1953–54 FA Cup qualifying rounds

1953–54 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
CountryEngland
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The FA Cup 1953–54 is the 73rd season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

Preliminary round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abingdon Town 0–5 Oxford City
2 Ashton United 5–1 Leyland Motors
3 Banbury Spencer 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers
4 Barnet 1–2 Wealdstone
5 Berkhamsted Town 3–3 Hemel Hempstead
6 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 3–2 Walton & Hersham
7 Bexleyheath & Welling 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet
8 Bicester Town 0–5 Maidenhead United
9 Bootle Athletic 0–2 Pwllheli & District
10 Briggs Sports 4–3 Clacton Town
11 Bristol St George 4–3 Radstock Town
12 Bromley 1–2 Wimbledon
13 Calne & Harris United 0–2 Chippenham Town
14 Canterbury City 0–2 Tunbridge Wells United
15 Chatham Town 1–3 Tooting & Mitcham United
16 Chesham United 3–1 Huntley & Palmers
17 Clandown 1–0 Wells City
18 Clevedon 0–1 Glastonbury
19 Cradley Heath 0–6 Brierley Hill Alliance
20 Dagenham 4–0 Brentwood & Warley
21 Dartmouth United 2–1 St Austell
22 Darwen 2–0 Rossendale United
23 Devizes Town 2–11 Trowbridge Town
24 Dover 1–2 Hounslow Town
25 Dudley Town 1–2 Bilston
26 East Grinstead 4–2 Southwick
27 Edgware Town 0–1 Southall
28 Epsom 1–1 Dorking
29 Halesowen Town 1–2 Stafford Rangers
30 Hanham Athletic 4–1 Paulton Rovers
31 Harrow Town 2–3 Hendon
32 Haywards Heath 3–0 Bexhill Town
33 Holbeach United 0–1 Histon
34 Horsham 3–1 Littlehampton Town
35 Kingstonian 3–1 Woking
36 Lancing Athletic 2–1 Newhaven
37 Leyton 2–1 Tilbury
38 Lockheed Leamington 7–0 Boldmere St Michaels
39 Lovells Athletic 1–3 Cinderford Town
40 Lye Town 3–5 Worcester City
41 Margate 5–1 Gravesend & Northfleet
42 Melksham Town 1–5 Andover
43 Newquay 2–1 Minehead
44 Newton Abbot 1–3 Wadebridge Town
45 Ramsgate Athletic w/o-scr Bowater Lloyds
46 Redhill 2–0 Bognor Regis Town
47 Rugby Town 5–1 Moor Green
48 Runcorn 3–1 New Brighton
49 Sheppey United 2–2 Maidstone United
50 Shoreham 0–3 Hastings United
51 Sittingbourne 2–1 Carshalton Athletic
52 Slough Centre 4–1 Slough Town
53 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1–3 Guildford City
54 Spencer Moulton 6–2 Westbury United
55 St Helens Town 2–2 Bangor City
56 St Neots & District 4–1 Huntingdon United
57 Stourbridge 2–0 Oswestry Town
58 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 3–2 Bourneville Athletic
59 Sutton United 3–5 Deal Town
60 Taunton 0–2 St Blazey
61 Tavistock 1–3 Barnstaple Town
62 Tiverton Town 2–3 Ilfracombe Town
63 Uxbridge 2–2 Hayes
64 Windsor & Eton 3–3 Yiewsley
65 Woodford Town 0–3 Chelmsford City
66 Worthing 2–4 Eastbourne

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Hemel Hempstead 4–2 Berkhamsted Town
28 Dorking 0–1 Epsom
49 Maidstone United 3–1 Sheppey United
55 Bangor City 5–1 St Helens Town
63 Hayes 2–3 Uxbridge
64 Yiewsley 2–1 Windsor & Eton

1st qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alnwick Town 9–0 Shankhouse
2 Alton Town 3–2 Gosport Borough Athletic
3 Amble 3–3 Newburn
4 Ashford Town (Kent) 4–0 East Grinstead
5 Ashington 1–2 West Sleekburn Welfare
6 Aylesbury United 1–2 Headington United
7 Banbury Spencer 2–0 Oxford City
8 Bangor City 1–2 Prescot Cables
9 Barking 1–2 Erith & Belvedere
10 Basford United 0–0 Newhall United
11 Basingstoke Town 0–5 Newport I O W
12 Beccles 7–1 Sheringham
13 Beighton Miners Welfare 5–2 Langold W M C
14 Bestwood Colliery 3–1 Cinderhill Colliery
15 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–0 Tooting & Mitcham United
16 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Whitby Town
17 Bilston 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers
18 Boldon Colliery Welfare 2–1 Heaton Stannington
19 Bourne Town 1–4 Boston United
20 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 8–0 Bridport
21 Bridlington Central United 4–0 South Bank
22 Brigg Town 4–1 Skegness Town
23 Brodsworth Main Colliery 1–4 Worksop Town
24 Brunswick Institute 0–4 Bentley Colliery
25 Brush Sports 2–0 Coalville Town
26 Bungay Town 3–3 Wymondham Town
27 Burscough 4–1 Bacup Borough
28 Burton Albion 2–1 Bedworth Town
29 Chelmsford City 3–2 Romford
30 Chesham United 2–0 Marlow
31 Chippenham United 3–1 Bridgwater Town
32 Clandown 2–4 Glastonbury
33 Congleton Town 5–5 Hyde United
34 Consett 2–2 Easington Colliery Welfare
35 Corby Town 6–2 Spalding United
36 Creswell Colliery 1–0 Ransome & Marles
37 Crook Town 0–1 Stanley United
38 Dagenham 1–3 Briggs Sports
39 Darlaston 0–0 Worcester City
40 Dartmouth United 2–3 Wadebridge Town
41 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 1–4 Annfield Plain
42 Deal Town 0–0 Ramsgate Athletic
43 Denaby United 1–2 Frickley Colliery
44 Dorchester Town 9–0 Lymington
45 Droylsden 2–4 Lytham
46 Earlestown 1–4 Runcorn
47 Eton Manor 4–3 Clapton
48 Ferryhill Athletic 18–0 Skinnigrove Works
49 Fleetwood 3–1 Netherfield
50 Flint Town United 3–2 Ellesmere Port Town
51 Frome Town 2–6 Chippenham Town
52 Gloucester City 6–1 Cinderford Town
53 Goole Town 4–2 Ossett Town
54 Gosforth & Coxlodge 0–5 South Shields
55 Gothic 1–10 Gorleston
56 Grantham 2–2 Ashby Institute
57 Great Harwood 1–4 Lancaster City
58 Gresley Rovers 2–1 Ilkeston Town
59 Guildford City 2–0 Sittingbourne
60 Hanham Athletic 0–2 Bristol St George
61 Hastings United 4–1 Horsham
62 Haywards Heath 1–3 Lancing Athletic
63 Hendon 2–1 Hemel Hempstead
64 Hexham Hearts 3–3 Cramlington Welfare
65 Hinckley Athletic 5–0 Players Athletic
66 Histon 2–5 Cambridge City
67 Hitchin Town 3–3 Lowestoft Town
68 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–0 Silksworth Colliery Welfare
69 Horwich R M I 1–1 Darwen
70 Hounslow Town 0–0 Dartford
71 Ilfracombe Town 0–4 Bideford
72 Ilminster Town 3–2 Poole Town
73 Leyton 0–2 Ilford
74 Lowestoft Town 2–1 Bury Town
75 Luton Amateur 1–3 Dunstable Town
76 Lysaghts Sports 2–2 Barton Town
77 Maidstone United 1–3 Margate
78 March Town United 3–1 King's Lynn
79 Marine 1–1 Pwllheli & District
80 Matlock Town 5–0 Boots Athletic
81 Merthyr Tydfil 3–2 Cheltenham Town
82 Metropolitan Police 1–2 Epsom
83 Mossley 3–2 Ashton United
84 Murton Colliery Welfare 2–1 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
85 Northwich Victoria 0–0 Winsford United
86 Nuneaton Borough 1–0 Lockheed Leamington
87 Peasedown Miners Welfare 1–4 Street
88 Penrith 1–6 Morecambe
89 Penzance 0–6 Barnstaple Town
90 Portland United 11–1 Shaftesbury
91 Potton United 1–5 Bedford Town
92 Rawmarsh Welfare 1–1 Norton Woodseats
93 Redhill 0–1 Eastbourne
94 Retford Town 3–4 Upton Colliery
95 Rushden Town 1–1 Kettering Town
96 Salisbury 2–1 Andover
97 Seaham Colliery Welfare 2–2 Chilton Athletic
98 Sheffield 2–2 Stocksbridge Works
99 Shildon 4–0 Tow Law Town
100 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 5–1 Parliament Street Methodists
101 Skelmersdale United 1–1 Chorley
102 Slough Centre 0–1 St Albans City
103 South Kirkby Colliery 1–2 Hallam
104 South Normanton Miners Welfare 1–0 Gedling Colliery
105 Spencer Moulton 3–5 Welton Rovers
106 Spennymoor United 6–0 West Auckland Town
107 St Blazey 4–2 Newquay
108 St Neots & District 0–3 Cambridge United
109 Stafford Rangers 2–3 Bromsgrove Rovers
110 Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 Macclesfield
111 Stamford 5–0 Wellingborough Town
112 Stevenage Town 6–1 Cheshunt
113 Stonehouse 0–6 Barry Town
114 Stourbridge 0–5 Brierley Hill Alliance
115 Stowmarket 2–0 Leiston
116 Sudbury Town 2–1 Diss Town
117 Sutton Town 3–2 Linby Colliery
118 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 1–1 Rugby Town
119 Symingtons Recreation 0–3 Desborough Town
120 Tamworth 0–1 Atherstone Town
121 Troedyrhiw 2–3 Ebbw Vale
122 Tufnell Park Edmonton 2–0 Enfield
123 Tunbridge Wells United 3–1 Dulwich Hamlet
124 Uxbridge 0–1 Yiewsley
125 Vauxhall Motors 6–2 Eynesbury Rovers
126 Warminster Town 2–2 Trowbridge Town
127 Wealdstone 2–1 Southall
128 Willington 2–0 Evenwood Town
129 Wimbledon 1–1 Kingstonian
130 Wisbech Town 6–0 Chatteris Town
131 Witney Town 0–1 Maidenhead United
132 Wolverton Town & B R 0–2 Biggleswade & District

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Newburn w/o-scr Amble
10 Newhall United 2–3 Basford United
26 Bungay Town 4–1 Wymondham Town
33 Hyde United 0–1 Congleton Town
34 Easington Colliery Welfare 1–3 Consett
39 Worcester City 3–1 Darlaston
42 Ramsgate Athletic 1–0 Deal Town
56 Ashby Institute 2–1 Grantham
64 Cramlington Welfare 2–5 Hexham Hearts
67 Letchworth Town 0–1 Hitchin Town
69 Darwen 3–2 Horwich R M I
70 Dartford 0–3 Hounslow Town
76 Barton Town 1–2 Lysaghts Sports
79 Pwllheli & District 4–0 Marine
85 Winsford United 1–1 Northwich Victoria
92 Norton Woodseats 6–0 Rawmarsh Welfare
95 Kettering Town 3–1 Rushden Town
97 Chilton Athletic 0–2 Seaham Colliery Welfare
98 Stocksbridge Works 0–0 Sheffield
101 Chorley 0–2 Skelmersdale United
118 Rugby Town 4–1 Sutton Town (Birmingham)
126 Trowbridge Town 8–2 Warminster Town
129 Kingstonian 4–2 Wimbledon

2nd replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
85 Winsford United 2–0 Northwich Victoria
98 Sheffield 1–1 Stocksbridge Works

3rd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
98 Sheffield 3–1 Stocksbridge Works

2nd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Altrincham 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic
2 Ashby Institute 4–3 Brigg Town
3 Barnstaple Town 2–2 Wadebridge Town
4 Barry Town 2–1 Gloucester City
5 Basford United 0–5 South Normanton Miners Welfare
6 Beccles 1–5 Gorleston
7 Beighton Miners Welfare 2–1 Norton Woodseats
8 Bentley Colliery 1–2 Worksop Town
9 Bestwood Colliery 0–7 Creswell Colliery
10 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–2 Tunbridge Wells United
11 Bideford 1–3 St Blazey
12 Biggleswade & District 0–0 Bedford Town
13 Billingham Synthonia 4–1 Bridlington Central United
14 Boldon Colliery Welfare 3–3 South Shields
15 Brierley Hill Alliance 2–0 Worcester City
16 Burscough 2–1 Lancaster City
17 Burton Albion 3–0 Atherstone Town
18 Cambridge City 1–3 Cambridge United
19 Chelmsford City 2–1 Erith & Belvedere
20 Chesham United 1–0 Banbury Spencer
21 Chippenham Town 4–2 Salisbury
22 Chippenham United 4–1 Bristol St George
23 Consett 2–3 Annfield Plain
24 Cowes 5–0 Alton Town
25 Cromer 2–0 Bungay Town
26 Desborough Town 0–4 Kettering Town
27 Dorchester Town 1–3 Portland United
28 Dunstable Town 3–2 Vauxhall Motors
29 Eastbourne 2–7 Hastings United
30 Eton Manor 1–1 Hitchin Town
31 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Goole Town
32 Ferryhill Athletic 7–1 Head Wrightsons
33 Fleetwood 1–2 Morecambe
34 Flint Town United 1–3 Runcorn
35 Frickley Colliery 2–1 Sheffield
36 Gresley Rovers 2–0 Matlock Town
37 Hallam 0–5 Upton Colliery
38 Headington United 4–0 Maidenhead United
39 Hendon 2–2 Yiewsley
40 Hexham Hearts 3–2 Alnwick Town
41 Hounslow Town 4–1 Epsom
42 Ilford 1–1 Briggs Sports
43 Ilminster Town 0–4 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
44 Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
45 Kingstonian 2–1 Margate
46 Lancing Athletic 1–3 Ashford Town (Kent)
47 Lowestoft Town 3–0 Sudbury Town
48 Lysaghts Sports 0–4 Boston United
49 Lytham 1–2 Skelmersdale United
50 Merthyr Tydfil 3–0 Ebbw Vale
51 Mossley 2–0 Darwen
52 Murton Colliery Welfare 1–1 Ushaw Moor
53 Newport I O W 7–0 Winchester City
54 Prescot Cables 0–1 Pwllheli & District
55 Raleigh Athletic 0–3 Hinckley Athletic
56 Ramsgate Athletic 2–4 Guildford City
57 Rugby Town 1–2 Nuneaton Borough
58 Seaham Colliery Welfare 0–2 Horden Colliery Welfare
59 Spennymoor United 2–1 Stanley United
60 Stamford 3–2 Corby Town
61 Stowmarket 4–1 Whitton United
62 Street 2–1 Glastonbury
63 Sutton Town 1–1 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
64 Tufnell Park Edmonton 2–1 Stevenage Town
65 Wealdstone 2–0 St Albans City
66 Welton Rovers 0–3 Trowbridge Town
67 West Sleekburn Welfare 0–1 Newburn
68 Whitwick Colliery 3–5 Brush Sports
69 Willington 3–0 Shildon
70 Winsford United 1–0 Congleton Town
71 Wisbech Town 4–1 March Town United
72 Yorkshire Amateur 3–3 Selby Town

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Wadebridge Town 3–4 Barnstaple Town
12 Bedford Town 5–0 Biggleswade & District
14 South Shields 9–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
30 Hitchin Town 7–1 Eton Manor
39 Yiewsley 2–0 Hendon
42 Briggs Sports 5–0 Ilford
52 Ushaw Moor 4–1 Murton Colliery Welfare
63 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 4–3 Sutton Town
72 Selby Town 4–1 Yorkshire Amateur

3rd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Annfield Plain 0–1 South Shields
2 Ashby Institute 2–3 Boston United
3 Billingham Synthonia 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic
4 Brush Sports 2–1 Hinckley Athletic
5 Burton Albion 1–1 Nuneaton Borough
6 Cambridge United 1–0 Wisbech Town
7 Chelmsford City 1–0 Briggs Sports
8 Chippenham Town 3–2 Trowbridge Town
9 Chippenham United 4–1 Street
10 Creswell Colliery 3–4 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
11 Cromer 2–6 Gorleston
12 Dunstable Town 2–4 Bedford Town
13 Goole Town 1–3 Selby Town
14 Gresley Rovers 5–1 South Normanton Miners Welfare
15 Hastings United 2–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
16 Headington United 2–0 Chesham United
17 Hexham Hearts 5–4 Newburn
18 Hitchin Town 5–1 Tufnell Park Edmonton
19 Horden Colliery Welfare 4–2 Ushaw Moor
20 Hounslow Town 6–1 Kingstonian
21 Kidderminster Harriers 2–0 Brierley Hill Alliance
22 Merthyr Tydfil 3–3 Barry Town
23 Morecambe 0–1 Burscough
24 Newport I O W 4–2 Cowes
25 Portland United 4–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
26 Pwllheli & District 2–2 Runcorn
27 Skelmersdale United 1–3 Mossley
28 Spennymoor United 2–1 Willington
29 St Blazey 3–5 Barnstaple Town
30 Stamford 3–3 Kettering Town
31 Stowmarket 4–2 Lowestoft Town
32 Tunbridge Wells United 0–2 Guildford City
33 Upton Colliery 2–3 Frickley Colliery
34 Winsford United 3–1 Altrincham
35 Worksop Town 3–2 Beighton Miners Welfare
36 Yiewsley 0–3 Wealdstone

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Nuneaton Borough 3–1 Burton Albion
22 Barry Town 2–3 Merthyr Tydfil
26 Runcorn 3–0 Pwllheli & District
30 Kettering Town 12–0 Stamford

4th qualifying round

The teams given byes to this round are Bishop Auckland, Yeovil Town, Leytonstone, Gainsborough Trinity, Stockton, Witton Albion, Weymouth, North Shields, Rhyl, Hereford United, Scarborough, Wigan Athletic, Nelson, Tonbridge, Blyth Spartans, Wellington Town, Buxton, Folkestone, Bath City, Llanelli, Peterborough United, Finchley, Great Yarmouth Town and Grays Athletic.

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Bath City 2–1 Barnstaple Town
2 Blyth Spartans 4–2 North Shields
3 Brush Sports 2–2 Hereford United
4 Buxton 0–3 Kettering Town
5 Chelmsford City 0–0 Great Yarmouth Town
6 Chippenham Town 2–4 Weymouth
7 Ferryhill Athletic 2–0 South Shields
8 Folkestone 0–1 Finchley
9 Gorleston 0–2 Bedford Town
10 Guildford City 4–0 Tonbridge
11 Hexham Hearts 2–2 Horden Colliery Welfare
12 Hounslow Town 1–2 Hastings United
13 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 Wellington Town
14 Leytonstone 0–1 Hitchin Town
15 Llanelli 6–5 Portland United
16 Mossley 1–1 Rhyl
17 Nelson 1–0 Winsford United
18 Newport I O W 3–1 Chippenham United
19 Nuneaton Borough 4–1 Gresley Rovers
20 Peterborough United 4–1 Grays Athletic
21 Scarborough 6–1 Stockton
22 Selby Town 2–0 Frickley Colliery
23 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 2–5 Boston United
24 Spennymoor United 3–1 Bishop Auckland
25 Stowmarket 0–5 Cambridge United
26 Wealdstone 0–3 Headington United
27 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Burscough
28 Witton Albion 2–0 Runcorn
29 Worksop Town 2–2 Gainsborough Trinity
30 Yeovil Town 2–1 Merthyr Tydfil

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Hereford United 3–0 Brush Sports
5 Great Yarmouth Town 1–0 Chelmsford City
11 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–0 Hexham Hearts
16 Rhyl 2–0 Mossley
29 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Worksop Town

1953–54 FA Cup

See 1953–54 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.