1960–61 FA Cup qualifying rounds

1960–61 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
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The FA Cup 1960–61 is the 80th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, often abbreviated to the FA Cup, or FACC, 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 Lowestoft Town 5–1 Sheringham
2 Matlock Town 6–0 Creswell Colliery
3 Rossendale United 1–1 Mossley
4 South Liverpool 1–5 Pwllheli & District
5 Stourbridge 1–4 Oswestry Town
6 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Prescot Cables

Replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Mossley 5–2 Rossendale United

1st qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Abingdon Town 4–2 Banbury Spencer
2 Arundel 3–0 Crawley Town
3 Ashington 2–1 Newburn
4 Atherstone Town 0–3 Hinckley Athletic
5 Aveley 2–5 Brentwood & Warley
6 Barnet 5–1 Hounslow Town
7 Barry Town 9–0 Ebbw Vale
8 Bedlington Mechanics 5–2 Billingham Synthonia
9 Bedworth Town 4–1 Brierley Hill Alliance
10 Belper Town 3–2 South Normanton Miners Welfare
11 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–7 Deal Town
12 Bridlington Town 6–0 Durham City
13 Bromley 2–3 Kingstonian
14 Burscough 2–1 Milnthorpe Corinthians
15 Bury Town 0–3 Cambridge City
16 Buxton 1–3 Linotype & Machinery
17 Calne & Harris United 2–5 Devizes Town
18 Cambridge United 5–1 Newmarket Town
19 Chesham United 5–1 Aylesbury United
20 Cheshunt 0–2 Bishop's Stortford
21 Clapton 1–0 Leyton
22 Corby Town 1–2 Kettering Town
23 Cradley Heath{1} 1–3 Redditch
24 Cray Wanderers 4–5 Dartford
25 Darwen 0–1 Bacup Borough
26 Dover 4–1 Canterbury City
27 Earlestown 4–3 Altrincham
28 East End Park W M C 0–2 Retford Town
29 Eastbourne 2–1 Newhaven
30 Eastbourne United 1–2 Tunbridge Wells United
31 Edgware Town 3–1 Finchley
32 Ely City 6–2 Chatteris Town
33 Epsom 0–1 Carshalton Athletic
34 Erith & Belvedere 3–6 Bexleyheath & Welling
35 Evesham United 1–3 Bilston
36 Eynesbury Rovers 1–9 St Neots Town
37 Fareham Town 4–3 Alton Town
38 Ferryhill Athletic 3–2 Evenwood Town
39 Fleetwood 3–2 Clitheroe
40 Flint Town United 1–2 Bangor City
41 Gainsborough Trinity 0–3 Denaby United
42 Gloucester City 1–4 Cheltenham Town
43 Goole Town 2–4 Frickley Colliery
44 Gorleston 0–1 Bungay Town
45 Grantham 3–4 Skegness Town
46 Grays Athletic 2–3 Barking
47 Harwich & Parkeston 0–4 Clacton Town
48 Hednesford Town 2–3 Halesowen Town
49 Hertford Town 5–1 Ware
50 Histon 1–2 March Town United
51 Hitchin Town 4–0 Biggleswade & District
52 Holbeach United 7–1 Alford United
53 Hornchurch & Upminster 1–0 Ford United
54 Horsham 3–1 Bognor Regis Town
55 Ilkeston Town 3–1 Burton Albion
56 Leatherhead 1–2 Dorking
57 Leytonstone 3–0 Dagenham
58 Littlehampton Town 6–3 Lancing Athletic
59 Lockheed Leamington 4–0 Rugby Town
60 Lostock Gralam 0–0 Congleton Town
61 Loughborough United 5–1 Long Eaton United
62 Louth United 1–0 Spalding United
63 Lovells Athletic 2–3 Llanelli
64 Lowestoft Town 4–1 Great Yarmouth Town
65 Lytham 2–4 Hyde United
66 Maidstone United 2–1 Gravesend & Northfleet
67 Marine 2–0 Horwich R M I
68 Marlow 0–1 Slough Town
69 Matlock Town 0–1 Heanor Town
70 Melksham Town 3–2 Westbury United
71 Merthyr Tydfil 5–2 Stonehouse
72 Moor Green 2–3 Kidderminster Harriers
73 Morecambe 7–4 Lancaster City
74 Mossley 0–1 Chorley
75 Nelson 6–2 Stalybridge Celtic
76 Netherfield 5–0 Penrith
77 New Brighton 3–1 Llandudno
78 Newport I O W 1–2 Cowes
79 North Shields 6–2 Spennymoor United
80 Northwich Victoria 0–3 Macclesfield
81 Nuneaton Borough 1–4 Tamworth
82 Oswestry Town 3–2 Bromsgrove Rovers
83 Oxford City 6–1 Huntley & Palmers
84 Poole Town 6–3 Bridport
85 Pwllheli & District 1–4 Ellesmere Port Town
86 Rainham Town 2–3 Ilford
87 Ramsgate Athletic 1–1 Folkestone
88 Romford 7–0 Wembley
89 Runcorn 6–0 Stork
90 Rushden Town 1–0 Rothwell Town
91 Scarborough 4–1 Whitley Bay
92 Selby Town 3–2 Yorkshire Amateur
93 Sheppey United 1–4 Sittingbourne
94 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 1–6 Alfreton Town
95 Shotton Colliery Welfare 2–2 Murton Colliery Welfare
96 Skelmersdale United 3–2 St Helens Town
97 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 6–1 Whitstable
98 Southall 2–1 Hayes
99 Southwick 2–2 Worthing
100 St Albans City 2–1 Dunstable Town
101 Stafford Rangers 0–1 Wellington Town
102 Staines Town 0–2 Dulwich Hamlet
103 Stamford 2–1 Wellingborough Town
104 Stevenage Town 2–2 Letchworth Town
105 Stowmarket 2–3 Sudbury Town
106 Street 0–8 Weston Super Mare
107 Sutton United 4–0 Redhill
108 Tilbury 2–2 Woodford Town
109 Tonbridge 2–2 Bexhill Town
110 Trowbridge Town 1–1 Chippenham Town
111 Truro City 2–2 Bideford
112 Uxbridge 2–1 Yiewsley
113 Vauxhall Motors 2–0 Wolverton Town & B R
114 Wadebridge Town 2–7 St Blazey
115 Walton & Hersham 5–1 Metropolitan Police
116 Warminster Town 3–1 Portland United
117 Wealdstone 1–2 Harrow Town
118 West Auckland Town 2–4 Annfield Plain
119 Whitby Town 1–2 Stockton
120 Wigan Athletic 3–2 Ashton United
121 Wimbledon 5–1 Woking
122 Windsor & Eton 2–4 Maidenhead United
123 Winsford United 1–0 Witton Albion
124 Witney Town 2–5 Wokingham Town
125 Worksop Town 2–2 Sutton Town

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
60 Congleton Town 2–0 Lostock Gralam
87 Folkestone 4–1 Ramsgate Athletic
95 Murton Colliery Welfare 3–1 Shotton Colliery Welfare
99 Worthing 2–3 Southwick
104 Letchworth Town 2–6 Stevenage Town
108 Woodford Town 1–2 Tilbury
109 Bexhill Town 1–2 Tonbridge
110 Chippenham Town 0–1 Trowbridge Town
111 Bideford 4–2 Truro City
125 Sutton Town 3–0 Worksop Town

2nd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 1–7 Belper Town
2 Annfield Plain 1–4 Shildon
3 Ashington 6–1 Silksworth Colliery Welfare
4 Bacup Borough 0–2 Nelson
5 Bangor City 2–1 Runcorn
6 Barking 3–3 Tilbury
7 Barnstaple Town 1–1 St Blazey
8 Bexleyheath & Welling 1–0 Sittingbourne
9 Bideford 5–2 Penzance
10 Bilston 1–4 Lockheed Leamington
11 Bishop's Stortford 4–2 Barnet
12 Bridgwater Town 4–1 Minehead
13 Bridlington Town 5–0 Murton Colliery Welfare
14 Bungay Town 4–2 Sudbury Town
15 Cambridge United 7–3 March Town United
16 Carshalton Athletic 5–2 Slough Town
17 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Merthyr Tydfil
18 Chesham United 2–2 Wokingham Town
19 Chichester City 6–3 Cowes
20 Clacton Town 6–2 Lowestoft Town
21 Congleton Town 3–1 Winsford United
22 Consett 3–2 North Shields
23 Dorking 4–3 Wimbledon
24 Dover 5–3 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
25 Earlestown 2–4 Skelmersdale United
26 Eastbourne 0–7 Hastings United
27 Ely City 1–8 Cambridge City
28 Fareham Town 3–3 Andover
29 Fleetwood 0–4 Netherfield
30 Folkestone 5–1 Deal Town
31 Frickley Colliery 3–0 Denaby United
32 Glastonbury 2–2 Weston Super Mare
33 Halesowen Town 5–2 Bedworth Town
34 Harrow Town 3–2 Hertford Town
35 Hitchin Town 3–0 Vauxhall Motors
36 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–1 Bedlington Mechanics
37 Hornchurch & Upminster 2–1 Clapton
38 Horsham 10–1 Southwick
39 Hyde United 1–1 Chorley
40 Ilford 0–2 Brentwood & Warley
41 Ilkeston Town 3–1 Tamworth
42 Kettering Town 3–0 Stamford
43 Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Oswestry Town
44 Leytonstone 1–3 Romford
45 Littlehampton Town 3–2 Arundel
46 Llanelli 0–0 Barry Town
47 Loughborough United 2–1 Hinckley Athletic
48 Louth United 0–3 Holbeach United
49 Macclesfield 1–1 Linotype & Machinery
50 Maidenhead United 4–0 Uxbridge
51 Maidstone United 1–3 Dartford
52 Marine 1–5 Wigan Athletic
53 Melksham Town 2–5 Chippenham United
54 Morecambe 2–2 Burscough
55 New Brighton 0–0 Ellesmere Port Town
56 Oxford City 1–1 Abingdon Town
57 Poole Town 4–1 Frome Town
58 Redditch 0–3 Wellington Town
59 Retford Town 1–2 Selby Town
60 Rushden Town 0–5 St Neots Town
61 Scarborough 5–2 Willington
62 Skegness Town 5–1 Ransome & Marles
63 South Bank 3–4 Ferryhill Athletic
64 Southall 2–2 Edgware Town
65 Stevenage Town 1–1 St Albans City
66 Stockton 2–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
67 Sutton Town 4–2 Heanor Town
68 Sutton United 4–2 Dulwich Hamlet
69 Trowbridge Town 2–2 Devizes Town
70 Tunbridge Wells United 1–2 Tonbridge
71 Walton & Hersham 3–1 Kingstonian
72 Weymouth 5–1 Warminster Town

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
6 Tilbury 3–1 Barking
7 St Blazey 1–2 Barnstaple Town
18 Wokingham Town 1–2 Chesham United
28 Andover 3–2 Fareham Town
32 Weston Super Mare 2–0 Glastonbury
39 Chorley 3–1 Hyde United
46 Barry Town 1–2 Llanelli
49 Linotype & Machinery 0–3 Macclesfield
54 Burscough 1–2 Morecambe
55 Ellesmere Port Town 0–1 New Brighton
56 Abingdon Town 2–1 Oxford City
64 Edgware Town 3–2 Southall
65 St Albans City 2–2 Stevenage Town
66 Boldon Colliery Welfare 3–1 Stockton
69 Devizes Town 2–3 Trowbridge Town

2nd replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
65 St Albans City 3–2 Stevenage Town

3rd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bangor City 3–0 New Brighton
2 Barnstaple Town 1–0 Bideford
3 Belper Town 1–2 Sutton Town
4 Bexleyheath & Welling 5–0 Dartford
5 Bridlington Town 11–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
6 Bungay Town 0–1 Clacton Town
7 Cambridge United 1–1 Cambridge City
8 Carshalton Athletic 2–2 Sutton United
9 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Llanelli
10 Chesham United 1–2 Abingdon Town
11 Chichester City 2–1 Andover
12 Congleton Town 0–3 Macclesfield
13 Consett 1–2 Scarborough
14 Dorking 1–1 Walton & Hersham
15 Dover 1–0 Folkestone
16 Ferryhill Athletic 2–1 Ashington
17 Harrow Town 8–4 Bishop's Stortford
18 Hitchin Town 4–0 St Albans City
19 Holbeach United 1–0 Skegness Town
20 Horden Colliery Welfare 5–1 Shildon
21 Horsham 2–3 Littlehampton Town
22 Ilkeston Town 0–3 Loughborough United
23 Kettering Town 2–0 St Neots Town
24 Lockheed Leamington 6–1 Halesowen Town
25 Maidenhead United 3–3 Edgware Town
26 Nelson 7–4 Chorley
27 Netherfield 2–0 Morecambe
28 Romford 3–0 Hornchurch & Upminster
29 Selby Town 1–3 Frickley Colliery
30 Skelmersdale United 0–0 Wigan Athletic
31 Tilbury 1–3 Brentwood & Warley
32 Tonbridge 1–2 Hastings United
33 Trowbridge Town 2–1 Chippenham United
34 Wellington Town 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers
35 Weston Super Mare 0–1 Bridgwater Town
36 Weymouth 1–1 Poole Town

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
7 Cambridge City 1–1 Cambridge United
8 Sutton United 3–0 Carshalton Athletic
14 Walton & Hersham 2–1 Dorking
25 Edgware Town 0–2 Maidenhead United
30 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Skelmersdale United
36 Poole Town 3–4 Weymouth

2nd replay

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
7 Cambridge City 1–2 Cambridge United

4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round were Crook Town, Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Bedford Town, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, Oxford United, King's Lynn Town, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Dorchester Town, Margate, Bath City, Boston United, Wisbech Town, Tooting & Mitcham United, Walthamstow Avenue, Enfield, Salisbury and Ashford Town (Kent).

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–1 Margate
2 Bangor City 1–0 Netherfield
3 Barnstaple Town 1–2 Bath City
4 Bedford Town 1–4 King's Lynn
5 Bexleyheath & Welling 1–3 Sutton United
6 Brentwood & Warley 0–4 Oxford United
7 Bridgwater Town 0–0 Cheltenham Town
8 Bridlington Town 5–3 South Shields
9 Chelmsford City 3–3 Wisbech Town
10 Chichester City 4–1 Dorchester Town
11 Clacton Town 2–1 Cambridge United
12 Crook Town 1–2 Bishop Auckland
13 Dover 2–1 Littlehampton Town
14 Harrow Town 2–3 Maidenhead United
15 Hastings United 2–1 Guildford City
16 Hitchin Town 2–0 Abingdon Town
17 Holbeach United 1–2 Loughborough United
18 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–3 Blyth Spartans
19 Kettering Town 1–1 Boston United
20 Lockheed Leamington 1–2 Hereford United
21 Nelson 2–3 Macclesfield
22 Romford 2–1 Enfield
23 Scarborough 1–0 Ferryhill Athletic
24 Sutton Town 2–1 Frickley Colliery
25 Trowbridge Town 0–4 Yeovil Town
26 Walthamstow Avenue 4–1 Walton & Hersham
27 Wellington Town 1–1 Worcester City
28 Weymouth 1–1 Salisbury
29 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Rhyl
30 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Margate 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
7 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Bridgwater Town
9 Wisbech Town 1–4 Chelmsford City
19 Boston United 1–3 Kettering Town
27 Worcester City 3–2 Wellington Town
28 Salisbury 0–2 Weymouth
29 Rhyl 2–1 Wigan Athletic

1960–61 FA Cup

See 1960-61 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.