1958–59 FA Cup qualifying rounds

1958–59 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales

The FA Cup 1958–59 is the 78th 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 0–2 Maidenhead United
2 Ashford Town (Kent) 10–1 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
3 Ashton United 4–1 Leyland Motors
4 Aveley 0–1 Barking
5 Aylesbury United 2–2 Wokingham Town
6 Bacup Borough 4–1 Droylsden
7 Banbury Spencer 0–3 Oxford City
8 Barry Town 2–0 Cheltenham Town
9 Beighton Miners Welfare 2–5 Belper Town
10 Bexhill Town 2–3 Arundel
11 Bilston 6–1 Lockheed Leamington
12 Bognor Regis Town 5–1 Littlehampton Town
13 Boston United 3–0 Alford United
14 Briggs Sports 2–2 Clapton
15 Burton Albion 3–2 Atherstone Town
16 Chesham United 3–0 Huntley & Palmers
17 Cheshunt 3–2 Bishop's Stortford
18 Chorley 1–0 Mossley
19 Clacton Town 0–1 Harwich & Parkeston
20 Crawley Town 0–1 Horsham
21 Cromptons Recreation 1–4 Horwich R M I
22 Darlaston 1–3 Evesham United
23 Dorking 2–1 Wimbledon
24 Dulwich Hamlet 5–2 Epsom
25 Eastbourne 1–1 Haywards Heath
26 Ely City 3–5 Holbeach United
27 Erith & Belvedere 8–0 Chatham Town
28 Fareham Town 4–2 Ryde Sports
29 Flint Town United 4–3 Marine
30 Halesowen Town 2–2 Bedworth Town
31 Histon 0–5 Wisbech Town
32 Hyde United 2–0 Lostock Gralam
33 Kingstonian 1–5 Carshalton Athletic
34 Linotype & Machinery 1–2 Witton Albion
35 Llandudno 7–0 Stork
36 Lye Town 1–0 Bourneville Athletic
37 Macclesfield 1–3 Ellesmere Port Town
38 March Town United 5–2 Chatteris Town
39 Minehead 3–4 Bideford
40 Moor Green 5–3 Cradley Heath
41 Prescot Cables 4–3 Earlestown
42 Redhill 3–2 Walton & Hersham
43 Rossendale United 1–0 Lytham
44 Runcorn 7–1 South Liverpool
45 Soham Town Rangers 4–1 Warboys Town
46 Southwick 3–1 Lancing Athletic
47 Stafford Rangers 11–0 Dudley Town
48 Staines Town 2–2 Harrow Town
49 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 Winsford United
50 Tunbridge Wells United 3–1 Maidstone United
51 Wadebridge Town 4–1 Penzance
52 Ware 2–2 Hemel Hempstead
53 Windsor & Eton 4–3 Marlow

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Wokingham Town 4–2 Aylesbury United
14 Clapton 1–3 Briggs Sports
25 Haywards Heath 3–1 Eastbourne
30 Bedworth Town 4–2 Halesowen Town
48 Harrow Town 2–3 Staines Town
49 Winsford United 5–1 Stalybridge Celtic
52 Hemel Hempstead 1–0 Ware

1st qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alnwick Town 3–3 Cockfield
2 Andover 4–1 Winchester City
3 Annfield Plain 1–1 Whitley Bay
4 Arundel 3–2 Newhaven
5 Ashford Town (Kent) 6–0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
6 Ashton United 1–3 Skelmersdale United
7 Bacup Borough 2–3 Nelson
8 Bangor City 0–0 New Brighton
9 Barking 3–1 Tilbury
10 Barnet 1–2 St Albans City
11 Barnstaple Town 3–0 Truro City
12 Barry Town 1–4 Merthyr Tydfil
13 Basingstoke Town 2–2 Alton Town
14 Bedworth Town 1–1 Sutton Coldfield Town
15 Belper Town 2–3 Sheffield
16 Berkhamsted Town 2–2 Hemel Hempstead
17 Bexleyheath & Welling 1–1 Tonbridge
18 Bideford 3–0 Tavistock
19 Biggleswade & District 1–2 Vauxhall Motors
20 Billingham Synthonia 2–4 Tow Law Town
21 Bilston 2–1 Rugby Town
22 Bognor Regis Town 0–2 Haywards Heath
23 Boldmere St Michaels 2–4 Evesham United
24 Boston United 5–2 Louth United
25 Bourne Town 1–2 Skegness Town
26 Bridgwater Town 2–0 Street
27 Bridlington Central United 2–3 Chilton Athletic
28 Bridport 2–5 Salisbury
29 Brigg Town 3–1 Ashby Institute
30 Briggs Sports 4–4 Hornchurch & Upminster
31 Bromley 2–2 Tooting & Mitcham United
32 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–2 Lye Town
33 Bungay Town 4–3 Sheringham
34 Burscough 2–2 Netherfield
35 Burton Albion 0–3 Nuneaton Borough
36 Calne & Harris United 2–7 Trowbridge Town
37 Cambridge United 2–1 Cambridge City
38 Carshalton Athletic 5–0 Metropolitan Police
39 Cheshunt 4–0 Hoddesdon Town
40 Chorley 2–1 Horwich R M I
41 Clandown 1–3 Taunton
42 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare 2–3 South Normanton Miners Welfare
43 Congleton Town 1–5 Buxton
44 Consett 2–1 Whitby Town
45 Corby Town 7–2 Stamford
46 Cowes 5–4 Chichester City
47 Creswell Colliery 0–3 Sutton Town
48 Dartford 3–3 Tunbridge Wells United
49 Darwen 3–1 Rossendale United
50 Deal Town 3–4 Whitstable
51 Denaby United 4–2 Yorkshire Amateur
52 Devizes Town 2–6 Chippenham Town
53 Dorking 1–4 Sutton United
54 Dover 0–2 Canterbury City
55 East End Park W M C 1–0 Upton Colliery
56 Eastbourne United 3–1 Southwick
57 Edgware Town 0–4 Dagenham
58 Ellesmere Port Town 3–1 Northwich Victoria
59 Erith & Belvedere 0–4 Sittingbourne
60 Eton Manor 2–9 Romford
61 Evenwood Town 8–1 Easington Colliery Welfare
62 Eynesbury Rovers 3–0 Wolverton Town & B R
63 Fareham Town 6–2 Gosport Borough Athletic
64 Farsley Celtic 1–3 Selby Town
65 Ferryhill Athletic 1–1 Morpeth Town
66 Fleetwood 6–2 Clitheroe
67 Glastonbury 0–0 Clevedon
68 Gloucester City 3–2 Cinderford Town
69 Gorleston 3–2 Diss Town
70 Grantham 1–4 Gainsborough Trinity
71 Grays Athletic 0–1 Woodford Town
72 Great Yarmouth Town 4–4 Thetford Town
73 Gresley Rovers 1–3 Tamworth
74 Hallam 3–1 Boots Athletic
75 Harwich & Parkeston 1–1 Sudbury Town
76 Headington United 7–0 Windsor & Eton
77 Hednesford Town 0–6 Brierley Hill Alliance
78 Hendon 3–2 Finchley
79 Hertford Town 0–2 Enfield
80 Hinckley Athletic 1–2 Brush Sports
81 Hitchin Town 6–2 Dunstable Town
82 Horsham 5–2 Worthing
83 Hounslow Town 0–2 Yiewsley
84 Ilfracombe Town 4–4 Wadebridge Town
85 Leiston 2–6 Whitton United
86 Leyton 2–2 Brentwood & Warley
87 Llandudno 3–0 St Helens Town
88 Long Eaton United 2–0 Ilkeston Town
89 Long Melford 2–2 Haverhill Rovers
90 Lovells Athletic 1–1 Llanelli
91 Lowestoft Town 0–1 King's Lynn
92 Maidenhead United 7–2 Witney Town
93 March Town United 0–1 St Neots Town
94 Melksham Town 1–6 Chippenham United
95 Milnthorpe Corinthians 2–0 Penrith
96 Moor Green 0–8 Wellington Town
97 Morecambe 5–2 Lancaster City
98 Norton Woodseats 4–1 Matlock Town
99 Oswestry Town 5–3 Kidderminster Harriers
100 Oxford City 5–2 Chesham United
101 Players Athletic 0–4 Worksop Town
102 Poole Town 7–1 Frome Town
103 Portland United 7–0 Ilminster Town
104 Prescot Cables 8–0 Pwllheli & District
105 Rainham Town 2–1 Leytonstone
106 Ramsgate Athletic 3–2 Folkestone
107 Ransome & Marles 1–5 Heanor Town
108 Redhill 1–0 Dulwich Hamlet
109 Runcorn 0–1 Flint Town United
110 Rushden Town 5–2 Rothwell Town
111 Sheppey United 2–6 Gravesend & Northfleet
112 Shildon 2–6 Horden Colliery Welfare
113 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0–1 Retford Town
114 Soham Town Rangers 1–3 Holbeach United
115 South Bank 0–1 West Auckland Town
116 Southall 0–2 Hayes
117 Spalding United 4–6 Kettering Town
118 St Blazey 2–1 Newquay
119 Stafford Rangers 4–1 Stourbridge
120 Staines Town 3–6 Wembley
121 Stevenage Town 3–2 Letchworth Town
122 Stocksbridge Works 3–3 Frickley Colliery
123 Stockton 4–5 Spennymoor United
124 Stonehouse 1–0 Ebbw Vale
125 Stowmarket 3–1 Newmarket Town
126 Wealdstone 2–1 Uxbridge
127 Weston Super Mare 2–1 Wells City
128 Willington 6–0 Shotton Colliery Welfare
129 Winsford United 1–2 Hyde United
130 Wisbech Town 7–0 Somersham Town
131 Witton Albion 1–2 Stockton Heath
132 Wokingham Town 3–2 Slough Town

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Cockfield 3–2 Alnwick Town
3 Whitley Bay 2–1 Annfield Plain
8 New Brighton 3–2 Bangor City
13 Alton Town 3–2 Basingstoke Town
14 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–3 Bedworth Town
16 Hemel Hempstead 1–2 Berkhamsted Town
17 Tonbridge 6–5 Bexleyheath & Welling
30 Hornchurch & Upminster 3–2 Briggs Sports
31 Tooting & Mitcham United 5–1 Bromley
34 Netherfield 2–1 Burscough
48 Tunbridge Wells United 1–2 Dartford
65 Morpeth Town 0–2 Ferryhill Athletic
67 Clevedon 0–2 Glastonbury
72 Thetford Town 3–3 Great Yarmouth Town
75 Sudbury Town 0–2 Harwich & Parkeston
84 Wadebridge Town 2–1 Ilfracombe Town
86 Brentwood & Warley 2–1 Leyton
89 Haverhill Rovers 4–2 Long Melford
90 Llanelli 1–1 Lovells Athletic
122 Frickley Colliery 0–3 Stocksbridge Works

2nd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
72 Thetford Town 4–5 Great Yarmouth Town
90 Lovells Athletic 3–2 Llanelli

2nd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Andover 1–0 Fareham Town
2 Barnstaple Town 0–2 Bideford
3 Bedworth Town 0–1 Bilston
4 Brierley Hill Alliance 4–0 Evesham United
5 Buxton 3–0 Hyde United
6 Cambridge United 1–2 Holbeach United
7 Chippenham Town 3–0 Westbury United
8 Chippenham United 1–2 Trowbridge Town
9 Cockfield 1–2 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
10 Consett 3–2 Ashington
11 Cowes 1–2 Alton Town
12 Cramlington Welfare 3–4 Whitley Bay
13 Darwen 1–1 Chorley
14 Denaby United 2–0 East End Park W M C
15 Eastbourne United 3–1 Haywards Heath
16 Enfield 6–0 Berkhamsted Town
17 Evenwood Town 7–2 Newburn
18 Eynesbury Rovers 0–3 Vauxhall Motors
19 Gainsborough Trinity 6–2 Brigg Town
20 Glastonbury 1–1 Taunton
21 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 Dartford
22 Great Yarmouth Town 2–1 Bungay Town
23 Headington United 3–2 Oxford City
24 Hendon 3–1 Dagenham
25 Horsham 5–1 Arundel
26 Kettering Town 5–1 Corby Town
27 King's Lynn 6–1 Gorleston
28 Llandudno 5–4 Prescot Cables
29 Long Eaton United 1–2 Brush Sports
30 Lovells Athletic 2–3 Gloucester City
31 Maidenhead United 4–0 Wokingham Town
32 Milnthorpe Corinthians 1–2 Netherfield
33 Morecambe 4–2 Fleetwood
34 New Brighton 3–0 Flint Town United
35 North Shields 4–1 Horden Colliery Welfare
36 Norton Woodseats 4–1 Hallam
37 Oswestry Town 3–0 Bromsgrove Rovers
38 Poole Town 2–1 Salisbury
39 Portland United 3–0 Warminster Town
40 Rainham Town 3–1 Brentwood & Warley
41 Ramsgate Athletic 0–2 Canterbury City
42 Retford Town 1–1 Heanor Town
43 Romford 2–3 Hornchurch & Upminster
44 Rushden Town 1–0 Wellingborough Town
45 Skegness Town 0–3 Boston United
46 Skelmersdale United 2–0 Nelson
47 South Normanton Miners Welfare 1–4 Sheffield
48 Spennymoor United 3–3 Ferryhill Athletic
49 St Albans City 2–3 Cheshunt
50 St Blazey 2–2 Wadebridge Town
51 Stanley United 4–2 Chilton Athletic
52 Stevenage Town 3–4 Hitchin Town
53 Stocksbridge Works 1–1 Selby Town
54 Stockton Heath 0–2 Ellesmere Port Town
55 Stonehouse 2–3 Merthyr Tydfil
56 Stowmarket 5–1 Haverhill Rovers
57 Sutton United 1–1 Carshalton Athletic
58 Tamworth 1–1 Nuneaton Borough
59 Tonbridge 0–2 Sittingbourne
60 Tooting & Mitcham United 7–1 Redhill
61 Tow Law Town 4–1 Boldon Colliery Welfare
62 Wealdstone 2–1 Hayes
63 Wellington Town 3–1 Stafford Rangers
64 West Auckland Town 3–0 Redcar Albion
65 Weston Super Mare 1–3 Bridgwater Town
66 Whitstable 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
67 Whitton United 0–2 Harwich & Parkeston
68 Wisbech Town 4–0 St Neots Town
69 Wolsingham Welfare 1–4 Willington
70 Woodford Town 2–1 Barking
71 Worksop Town 3–3 Sutton Town
72 Yiewsley 3–1 Wembley

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
13 Chorley 3–0 Darwen
20 Taunton 4–0 Glastonbury
21 Dartford 2–4 Gravesend & Northfleet
42 Heanor Town 7–1 Retford Town
48 Ferryhill Athletic 2–1 Spennymoor United
50 Wadebridge Town 3–1 St Blazey
53 Selby Town 1–2 Stocksbridge Works
57 Carshalton Athletic 3–4 Sutton United
58 Nuneaton Borough 1–0 Tamworth
71 Sutton Town 4–3 Worksop Town

3rd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Andover 3–2 Alton Town
2 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–1 Canterbury City
3 Bideford 7–1 Wadebridge Town
4 Bilston 2–2 Brierley Hill Alliance
5 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 2–2 Whitley Bay
6 Boston United 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity
7 Bridgwater Town 1–2 Taunton
8 Cheshunt 3–1 Enfield
9 Chippenham Town 2–2 Trowbridge Town
10 Consett 0–0 Willington
11 Denaby United 2–1 Stocksbridge Works
12 Ellesmere Port Town 2–2 Buxton
13 Evenwood Town 1–0 North Shields
14 Great Yarmouth Town 0–1 King's Lynn
15 Harwich & Parkeston 1–0 Stowmarket
16 Hornchurch & Upminster 0–1 Hendon
17 Horsham 3–1 Eastbourne United
18 Llandudno 0–1 New Brighton
19 Maidenhead United 1–6 Headington United
20 Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Gloucester City
21 Netherfield 0–0 Morecambe
22 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Brush Sports
23 Portland United 1–0 Poole Town
24 Rushden Town 0–1 Kettering Town
25 Sheffield 2–0 Norton Woodseats
26 Sittingbourne 4–4 Gravesend & Northfleet
27 Skelmersdale United 2–2 Chorley
28 Sutton Town 1–3 Heanor Town
29 Sutton United 1–8 Tooting & Mitcham United
30 Tow Law Town 2–0 Ferryhill Athletic
31 Vauxhall Motors 0–2 Hitchin Town
32 Wellington Town 2–3 Oswestry Town
33 West Auckland Town 3–3 Stanley United
34 Wisbech Town 4–0 Holbeach United
35 Woodford Town 2–0 Rainham Town
36 Yiewsley 1–2 Wealdstone

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Canterbury City 2–4 Ashford Town (Kent)
4 Brierley Hill Alliance 4–2 Bilston
5 Whitley Bay 5–0 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
6 Gainsborough Trinity 2–2 Boston United
9 Trowbridge Town 3–0 Chippenham Town
10 Willington 1–2 Consett
12 Buxton 4–1 Ellesmere Port Town
21 Morecambe 7–1 Netherfield
26 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–0 Sittingbourne
27 Chorley 3–0 Skelmersdale United
33 Stanley United 2–0 West Auckland Town

2nd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
6 Gainsborough Trinity 1–3 Boston United

4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Bedford Town, Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Walthamstow Avenue, Weymouth, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Hastings United, Guildford City, Newport I O W, Scarborough, Dorchester Town, Goole Town, Margate, Chelmsford City, Worcester City, Bath City, Crook Town and Durham City.

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Bath City 3–1 Trowbridge Town
2 Bedford Town 3–4 Wisbech Town
3 Bideford 1–4 Yeovil Town
4 Bishop Auckland 4–1 Stanley United
5 Blyth Spartans 1–0 Durham City
6 Buxton 4–0 New Brighton
7 Chelmsford City 2–0 Harwich & Parkeston
8 Cheshunt 0–6 King's Lynn
9 Consett 3–0 Whitley Bay
10 Crook Town 3–0 Evenwood Town
11 Goole Town 1–2 Denaby United
12 Gravesend & Northfleet 0–0 Margate
13 Guildford City 1–0 Andover
14 Hastings United 1–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
15 Heanor Town 2–2 Scarborough
16 Hendon 1–3 Wycombe Wanderers
17 Hitchin Town 1–1 Woodford Town
18 Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Taunton
19 Morecambe 2–0 Chorley
20 Nuneaton Borough 2–2 Hereford United
21 Oswestry Town 1–3 Kettering Town
22 Peterborough United 3–0 Walthamstow Avenue
23 Portland United 2–2 Newport I O W
24 Rhyl 1–0 Wigan Athletic
25 Sheffield 0–3 Boston United
26 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–0 Horsham
27 Tow Law Town 2–3 South Shields
28 Wealdstone 2–4 Headington United
29 Weymouth 3–0 Dorchester Town
30 Worcester City 3–0 Brierley Hill Alliance

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
12 Margate 4–3 Gravesend & Northfleet
14 Ashford Town (Kent) 2–1 Hastings United
15 Scarborough 2–3 Heanor Town
17 Woodford Town 2–3 Hitchin Town
20 Hereford United 3–1 Nuneaton Borough
23 Newport I O W 3–1 Portland United

1958–59 FA Cup

See 1958-59 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.