FA Cup Exploits
As Horwich RMI, the club only made the FA Cup First Round proper twice. In the 1928–29 season, RMI lost to Scarborough at home 1–2, and 54 years later, in 1982, they lost at Blackpool 3–0.
After relocating to Leigh, the club reached the FA Cup First Round on three occasions. The first came in the 1998–1999 season when RMI defeated Winsford, Worksop, and Droylsden, the last two by the same scoreline, 2–1, to meet Fulham, then in Division Two, at Craven Cottage. Leigh achieved a 1–1 draw against Fulham in the club's first FA Cup first round appearance in 16 years, and received attention of the British media. Leigh goalkeeper David Felgate, who was then 38 years old, received widespread plaudits for his sparkling performance in the Fulham match, which prompted then-Fulham boss Kevin Keegan to declare that Felgate's goalkeeping was "the best I've ever seen at any level."
The RMI-Fulham replay at Hilton Park, which was televised and shown live on Sky Sports, ended with Leigh losing 0–2. RMI's Cup defeat witnessed by a club record crowd of 7,125 spectators.
Leigh's second FA Cup First Round appearance in the 2000–01 season also ended in defeat. They lost 3–0 to Millwall who at that time were in Division Two. On police advice, the venue for this match was switched from Hilton Park to The New Den in Bermondsey, Millwall's home ground.
A third appearance in the FA Cup First Round Proper also ended in defeat for Leigh with a 2–1 defeat away to Conference South side Cambridge City in the 2004–05 season. This followed RMI's 2-0 victory at Accrington Stanley in the Fourth Qualifying Round that year.
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