1975–76 FA Cup qualifying rounds

1975–76 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales

The FA Cup 1975–76 is the 95th 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 28 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

Preliminary round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alvechurch 1–1 Evesham United
2 Corby Town 0–0 Boston
3 Coventry Sporting 3–0 Bromsgrove Rovers
4 Crook Town 3–0 Barrow
5 Eastwood Hanley 1–3 Buxton
6 Enderby Town 2–1 Atherstone Town
7 Epsom & Ewell 4–2 Corinthian Casuals
8 Evenwood Town 2–3 Bridlington Trinity
9 Fareham Town 1–0 Bath City
10 Folkestone & Shepway 1–2 Canterbury City
11 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 Chertsey Town
12 Grays Athletic 1–2 Barnet
13 Great Harwood 2–1 Burscough
14 Guildford & Dorking United 7–0 Arundel
15 Harlow Town 2–3 Clacton Town
16 Harrow Borough 2–2 Barking
17 Hatfield Town 1–0 Edmonton & Haringey
18 Haywards Heath 0–4 Burgess Hill Town
19 Hednesford Town 1–1 Brereton Social
20 Hertford Town 0–2 Burnham
21 Hinckley Athletic 0–4 Dudley Town
22 Hoddesdon Town 1–2 Dunstable Town
23 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–1 Bridlington Town
24 Horwich R M I 1–1 Farsley Celtic
25 Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 Bedworth United
26 King's Lynn 2–0 Gorleston
27 Littlehampton Town 1–1 Chichester City
28 Llanelli 0–2 Mangotsfield United
29 Louth United 0–0 Barton Town
30 Lowestoft Town 4–3 Harwich & Parkeston
31 Maidstone United 5–0 Eastbourne United
32 Melksham Town 2–0 Devizes Town
33 Milton Keynes City 3–1 Didcot Town
34 Mossley 2–0 Emley
35 New Brighton 3–1 Bacup Borough
36 Penzance 5–1 Bideford
37 Porthmadog 3–2 Bethesda Athletic

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Evesham United 0–1 Alvechurch
2 Boston 1–2 Corby Town
11 Chertsey Town 0–2 Gravesend & Northfleet
16 Barking 2–0 Harrow Borough
19 Brereton Social 1–1 Hednesford Town
23 Bridlington Town 4–1 Horden Colliery Welfare
24 Farsley Celtic 1–1 Horwich R M I
27 Chichester City 0–2 Littlehampton Town
29 Barton Town 1–3 Louth United

2nd replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
19 Hednesford Town 3–3 Brereton Social
24 Horwich R M I 2–1 Farsley Celtic

3rd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
19 Brereton Social 0–2 Hednesford Town

1st qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Hyde United
2 Addlestone 2–0 Metropolitan Police
3 Alfreton Town 2–0 Gresley Rovers
4 Alton Town 2–1 Horsham
5 Andover 1–1 Frome Town
6 Armitage 0–3 Leek Town
7 Arnold 2–1 Long Eaton United
8 Ashby Institute 0–1 Mexborough Town
9 Ashford Town (Kent) 2–1 Lewes
10 Ashington 0–2 Netherfield
11 Ashton United 1–2 Skelmersdale United
12 Aveley 1–1 Hornchurch
13 Aylesbury United 2–1 Redditch United
14 Banbury United 1–0 Lye Town
15 Bangor City 2–0 Pwllheli & District
16 Barnstaple Town 9–1 St Blazey
17 Barry Town 1–1 Everwarm
18 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Farnborough Town
19 Bedford Town 2–0 Ely City
20 Belper Town 1–0 Ilkeston Town
21 Bexhill Town 0–8 Margate
22 Bexley United 0–2 Hillingdon Borough
23 Biggleswade & District 0–1 Maidenhead United
24 Billingham Synthonia 1–1 Shildon
25 Bilston 3–1 Eastwood Town
26 Bishop Auckland 0–1 North Shields
27 Bognor Regis Town 1–3 Newport I O W
28 Boldon Colliery Welfare 2–0 Consett
29 Boreham Wood 2–0 Hounslow
30 Bourne Town 4–0 Chatteris Town
31 Bracknell Town 1–1 Feltham
32 Bridgwater Town 1–2 Minehead
33 Bridport 4–3 Dorchester Town
34 Brierley Hill Alliance 2–1 Gloucester City
35 Brigg Town 2–1 Goole Town
36 Bromley 3–1 Leytonstone
37 Burton Albion 1–3 Darlaston
38 Bury Town 1–1 St Neots Town
39 Cambridge City 5–1 March Town United
40 Carshalton Athletic 0–2 Kingstonian
41 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Desborough Town
42 Chesham United 3–0 Epping Town
43 Cheshunt 2–2 Hemel Hempstead
44 Chippenham Town 2–4 Cinderford Town
45 Chorley 1–0 Nantwich Town
46 Clapton 2–0 Finchley
47 Clitheroe 1–2 Lancaster City
48 Congleton Town 4–3 Curzon Ashton
49 Cowes 0–2 Gosport Borough
50 Crawley Town 2–1 Hastings United
51 Cray Wanderers 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet
52 Croydon 1–1 Erith & Belvedere
53 Dagenham 5–1 Edgware Town
54 Darwen 2–3 Droylsden
55 Deal Town 1–1 Eastbourne Town
56 Denaby United 4–1 Stocksbridge Works
57 Dover 4–1 Peacehaven & Telscombe
58 Durham City 1–3 Easington Colliery Welfare
59 Egham Town 2–0 Hampton
60 Enfield 3–0 Hayes
61 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 1–0 Ferryhill Athletic
62 Falmouth Town 5–1 Newquay
63 Faversham Town 2–1 Herne Bay
64 Fleetwood 2–0 Glossop
65 Formby 0–1 Marine
66 Frickley Colliery 3–0 Gainsborough Trinity
67 Glastonbury 2–1 Hungerford Town
68 Gornal Athletic 1–0 Highgate United
69 Great Yarmouth Town 1–0 Holbeach United
70 Halesowen Town 2–1 Warley County Borough
71 Heanor Town 2–6 Tividale
72 Histon 0–2 Letchworth Town
73 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–2 A P Leamington
74 Leyland Motors 1–8 Rossendale United
75 Leyton Wingate 1–1 Tilbury
76 Macclesfield Town 0–0 Sutton Town
77 Mangotsfield United 0–1 Merthyr Tydfil
78 Marlow 2–0 Wokingham Town
79 Medway 1–3 Tunbridge Wells
80 Molesey 4–1 Willesden
81 Moor Green 0–1 Enderby Town
82 New Mills 1–1 Oswestry Town
83 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Buxton
84 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Tamworth
85 Oldbury United 0–0 Coventry Sporting
86 Oxford City 2–0 Wolverton Town & B R
87 Pagham 1–1 Southwick
88 Parson Drove United 5–5 Thetford Town
89 Penrith 1–0 Whitley Bay
90 Poole Town 1–0 Worthing
91 Potton United 2–1 Sudbury Town
92 Prescot Town 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic
93 Prestwich Heys 0–1 Great Harwood
94 Radcliffe Borough 4–0 Horwich R M I
95 Ramsgate 4–1 Sittingbourne
96 Redhill 1–0 Burgess Hill Town
97 Retford Town 0–0 Skegness Town
98 Rhyl 4–2 St Helens Town
99 Ringmer 1–1 Maidstone United
100 Romford 3–1 Ware
101 Rothwell Town 1–0 Bedworth United
102 Ruislip Manor 0–2 Clacton Town
103 Runcorn 5–3 Porthmadog
104 Rushden Town 0–3 Witney Town
105 Ryde Sports 0–4 Guildford & Dorking United
106 Salisbury 3–1 Trowbridge Town
107 Selby Town 1–0 Louth United
108 Sheppey United 5–1 Whitstable Town
109 Sidley United 0–2 Canterbury City
110 Soham Town Rangers 1–0 Wisbech Town
111 South Bank 2–0 West Auckland Town
112 South Liverpool 0–3 Witton Albion
113 Southall & Ealing Borough 1–1 Epsom & Ewell
114 Spalding United 3–3 King's Lynn
115 Spennymoor United 1–1 Crook Town
116 St Albans City 3–3 Tooting & Mitcham United
117 Staines Town 2–0 Tring Town
118 Stamford 3–2 Corby Town
119 Stevenage Athletic 2–1 Barking
120 Stonehouse 0–6 Yeovil Town
121 Stourbridge 0–1 Dudley Town
122 Stowmarket 0–1 Lowestoft Town
123 Sutton Coldfield Town 1–0 Hednesford Town
124 Sutton United 1–1 Barnet
125 Swaythling 2–0 Fareham Town
126 Taunton Town 2–3 Wadebridge Town
127 Tiverton Town 1–3 Penzance
128 Ton Pentre 4–3 Worcester City
129 Tonbridge 5–0 Hatfield Town
130 Tow Law Town 1–0 Bridlington Trinity
131 Uxbridge 1–3 Wembley
132 Vauxhall Motors 0–1 Dunstable Town
133 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Gravesend & Northfleet
134 Waterlooville 2–2 Littlehampton Town
135 Wealdstone 1–1 Woking
136 Wellingborough Town 0–1 Milton Keynes City
137 Welton Rovers 1–3 Alvechurch
138 Weston Super Mare 3–0 Melksham Town
139 Whitby Town 4–0 Wingate (Durham)
140 Willington 4–2 Bridlington Town
141 Windsor & Eton 1–1 Burnham
142 Winsford United 4–1 New Brighton
143 Winterton Rangers 4–2 Yorkshire Amateur
144 Worksop Town 1–0 Mossley

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Frome Town 5–3 Andover
12 Hornchurch 3–1 Aveley
17 Everwarm 0–1 Barry Town
24 Shildon 3–2 Billingham Synthonia
31 Feltham 3–2 Bracknell Town
38 St Neots Town 2–0 Bury Town
41 Desborough Town 2–3 Cheltenham Town
43 Hemel Hempstead 0–2 Cheshunt
52 Erith & Belvedere 1–3 Croydon
55 Eastbourne Town 1–0 Deal Town
75 Tilbury 11–0 Leyton Wingate
76 Sutton Town 0–4 Macclesfield Town
82 Oswestry Town 5–3 New Mills
85 Coventry Sporting 3–1 Oldbury United
87 Southwick 3–1 Pagham
88 Thetford Town 5–0 Parson Drove United
92 Stalybridge Celtic 1–2 Prescot Town
97 Skegness Town 0–2 Retford Town
99 Maidstone United 3–1 Ringmer
113 Epsom & Ewell 3–3 Southall & Ealing Borough
114 King's Lynn 1–1 Spalding United
115 Crook Town 1–2 Spennymoor United
116 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–0 St Albans City
124 Barnet 1–2 Sutton United
134 Littlehampton Town 1–3 Waterlooville
135 Woking 3–5 Wealdstone
141 Burnham 1–0 Windsor & Eton

2nd replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
113 Southall & Ealing Borough 5–1 Epsom & Ewell
114 Spalding United 5–2 King's Lynn

2nd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 A P Leamington 3–1 Aylesbury United
2 Alvechurch 1–0 Ton Pentre
3 Barry Town 5–2 Merthyr Tydfil
4 Basingstoke Town 5–0 Alton Town
5 Bilston 2–2 Alfreton Town
6 Boldon Colliery Welfare 1–1 Netherfield
7 Bourne Town 1–5 Bedford Town
8 Bridport 0–3 Frome Town
9 Brigg Town 2–3 Mexborough Town
10 Burnham 0–2 Wealdstone
11 Canterbury City 6–2 Sheppey United
12 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Banbury United
13 Chesham United 2–0 Hornchurch
14 Chorley 3–1 Skelmersdale United
15 Cinderford Town 0–1 Brierley Hill Alliance
16 Clacton Town 1–1 Romford
17 Clapton 1–2 Cheshunt
18 Congleton Town 1–3 Leek Town
19 Coventry Sporting 2–0 Halesowen Town
20 Crawley Town 4–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
21 Croydon 2–1 Bromley
22 Dagenham 4–0 Boreham Wood
23 Darlaston 0–1 Arnold
24 Droylsden 3–2 Hyde United
25 Dudley Town 0–1 Nuneaton Borough
26 Dulwich Hamlet 5–1 Hillingdon Borough
27 Dunstable Town 0–2 Wembley
28 Easington Colliery Welfare 1–3 Shildon
29 Eastbourne Town 0–2 Margate
30 Egham Town 0–1 Kingstonian
31 Enderby Town 0–1 Tividale
32 Enfield 6–0 Maidenhead United
33 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 1–1 North Shields
34 Falmouth Town 4–0 Barnstaple Town
35 Faversham Town 0–4 Dover
36 Feltham 2–6 Addlestone
37 Fleetwood 1–1 Lancaster City
38 Frickley Colliery 2–2 Denaby United
39 Glastonbury 0–4 Minehead
40 Gornal Athletic 2–0 Belper Town
41 Gosport Borough 2–2 Newport I O W
42 Great Harwood 5–1 Prescot Town
43 Great Yarmouth Town 3–2 St Neots Town
44 Guildford & Dorking United 2–2 Southwick
45 Letchworth Town 0–1 Cambridge City
46 Lowestoft Town 3–3 Potton United
47 Maidstone United 1–2 Ramsgate
48 Marine 1–0 Bangor City
49 Milton Keynes City 2–1 Witney Town
50 Northwich Victoria 3–1 Oswestry Town
51 Penzance 2–1 Wadebridge Town
52 Radcliffe Borough 2–2 Rossendale United
53 Redhill 4–1 Tunbridge Wells
54 Rothwell Town 0–1 Oxford City
55 Runcorn 4–1 Rhyl
56 Selby Town 0–2 Retford Town
57 Southall & Ealing Borough 2–1 Tilbury
58 Spalding United 8–2 Soham Town Rangers
59 Spennymoor United 2–0 Penrith
60 Stamford 2–0 Thetford Town
61 Stevenage Athletic 2–2 Tooting & Mitcham United
62 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–2 Macclesfield Town
63 Sutton United 5–1 Staines Town
64 Swaythling 0–1 Salisbury
65 Tonbridge 2–2 Marlow
66 Tow Law Town 2–1 South Bank
67 Walthamstow Avenue 1–2 Molesey
68 Waterlooville 3–0 Poole Town
69 Weston Super Mare 0–0 Yeovil Town
70 Willington 2–0 Whitby Town
71 Winsford United 3–2 Witton Albion
72 Worksop Town 4–3 Winterton Rangers

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Alfreton Town 2–1 Bilston
6 Netherfield 3–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
16 Romford 3–2 Clacton Town
33 North Shields 0–1 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
37 Lancaster City 2–1 Fleetwood
38 Denaby United 0–2 Frickley Colliery
41 Newport I O W 1–1 Gosport Borough
44 Southwick 3–2 Guildford & Dorking United
46 Potton United 1–3 Lowestoft Town
52 Rossendale United 4–1 Radcliffe Borough
61 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–0 Stevenage Athletic
65 Marlow 1–3 Tonbridge
69 Yeovil Town 4–0 Weston Super Mare

2nd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
41 Gosport Borough 2–0 Newport I O W

3rd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alvechurch 3–1 Barry Town
2 Canterbury City 2–0 Margate
3 Coventry Sporting 2–1 Brierley Hill Alliance
4 Great Harwood 1–1 Droylsden
5 Lowestoft Town 1–0 Cambridge City
6 Macclesfield Town 3–1 Arnold
7 Milton Keynes City 0–1 A P Leamington
8 Molesey 0–4 Croydon
9 Northwich Victoria 1–1 Leek Town
10 Nuneaton Borough 1–1 Gornal Athletic
11 Oxford City 0–0 Cheltenham Town
12 Penzance 0–3 Falmouth Town
13 Ramsgate 0–2 Dover
14 Redhill 1–1 Crawley Town
15 Retford Town 1–2 Mexborough Town
16 Romford 1–0 Cheshunt
17 Rossendale United 2–1 Lancaster City
18 Runcorn 0–0 Marine
19 Salisbury 1–0 Frome Town
20 Southall & Ealing Borough 2–2 Dulwich Hamlet
21 Southwick 2–1 Basingstoke Town
22 Spalding United 2–0 Great Yarmouth Town
23 Spennymoor United 3–0 Netherfield
24 Stamford 0–2 Bedford Town
25 Sutton United 3–1 Chesham United
26 Tividale 0–0 Alfreton Town
27 Tonbridge 0–0 Kingstonian
28 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–2 Addlestone
29 Tow Law Town 4–1 Shildon
30 Waterlooville 4–0 Gosport Borough
31 Wealdstone 2–0 Dagenham
32 Wembley 1–0 Enfield
33 Willington 2–1 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
34 Winsford United 2–0 Chorley
35 Worksop Town 1–1 Frickley Colliery
36 Yeovil Town 1–0 Minehead

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Droylsden 1–1 Great Harwood
9 Leek Town 1–0 Northwich Victoria
10 Gornal Athletic 0–3 Nuneaton Borough
11 Cheltenham Town 2–0 Oxford City
14 Crawley Town 1–0 Redhill
18 Marine 1–0 Runcorn
20 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Southall & Ealing Borough
26 Alfreton Town 0–1 Tividale
27 Kingstonian 3–1 Tonbridge
35 Frickley Colliery 1–1 Worksop Town

2nd replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Great Harwood 0–1 Droylsden
35 Worksop Town 2–0 Frickley Colliery

4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are Morecambe, Dartford, Bishop's Stortford, Ilford, Walton & Hersham, Slough Town, Hendon, Telford United, Gateshead United, Chelmsford City, Grantham, Boston United, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Wimbledon, Weymouth, Stafford Rangers, Wycombe Wanderers, Leatherhead and Hitchin Town.

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 A P Leamington 3–2 Tividale
2 Bedford Town 6–1 Lowestoft Town
3 Blyth Spartans 0–0 Rossendale United
4 Chelmsford City 0–2 Bishop's Stortford
5 Coventry Sporting 2–0 Spalding United
6 Crawley Town 0–0 Dover
7 Croydon 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers
8 Droylsden 0–4 Gateshead United
9 Falmouth Town 1–5 Yeovil Town
10 Grantham 4–0 Leek Town
11 Hendon 1–0 Canterbury City
12 Hitchin Town 0–1 Romford
13 Kettering Town 3–4 Boston United
14 Leatherhead 1–0 Ilford
15 Mexborough Town 1–2 Macclesfield Town
16 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Cheltenham Town
17 Salisbury 4–5 Weymouth
18 Slough Town 1–2 Walton & Hersham
19 Southall & Ealing Borough 1–4 Tooting & Mitcham United
20 Stafford Rangers 1–1 Alvechurch
21 Sutton United 1–1 Waterlooville
22 Telford United 1–1 Winsford United
23 Tow Law Town 0–2 Spennymoor United
24 Wealdstone 3–1 Southwick
25 Wembley 0–1 Dartford
26 Willington 2–2 Morecambe
27 Wimbledon 6–1 Kingstonian
28 Worksop Town 0–0 Marine

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Rossendale United 1–0 Blyth Spartans
6 Dover 6–0 Crawley Town
7 Wycombe Wanderers 5–2 Croydon
20 Alvechurch 1–2 Stafford Rangers
21 Waterlooville 1–3 Sutton United
22 Winsford United 5–4 Telford United
26 Morecambe 4–1 Willington
28 Marine 4–0 Worksop Town

1975–76 FA Cup

See 1975-76 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.