1971–72 FA Cup qualifying rounds

1971–72 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
CountryEngland
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The FA Cup 1971–72 is the 91st 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 Bridlington Town 2–1 Bridlington Trinity
2 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–2 Bromsgrove Rovers
3 Chippenham Town 1–0 Frome Town
4 Desborough Town 1–2 Irthlingborough Diamonds
5 Ellesmere Port Town 2–1 Formby
6 Frickley Colliery 3–2 Mexborough Town
7 Gosport Borough 0–0 Newport I O W
8 Harwich & Parkeston 2–2 Lowestoft Town
9 Hertford Town 1–1 Leytonstone
10 Histon 4–2 Rothwell Town
11 Hornchurch 1–4 Metropolitan Police
12 Hyde United 2–2 Kirkby Town
13 Ilford 2–3 Staines Town
14 Kidderminster Harriers 3–1 Lye Town
15 Kingstonian 4–1 Leighton Town
16 Lincoln United 1–0 Louth United
17 Llanelli 0–3 Merthyr Tydfil
18 March Town United 1–2 Skegness Town
19 Minehead 1–2 Poole Town
20 New Mills 3–1 Sandbach Ramblers
21 Ramsgate Athletic 1–1 Sittingbourne
22 Romford 3–0 St Albans City

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Newport I O W 4–0 Gosport Borough
8 Lowestoft Town 1–2 Harwich & Parkeston
9 Leytonstone 2–1 Hertford Town
12 Kirkby Town 1–2 Hyde United
21 Sittingbourne 0–1 Ramsgate Athletic

1st qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abergavenny Thursdays 1–0 Barry Town
2 Alfreton Town 4–0 Bilston
3 Alton Town 3–2 Cowes
4 Altrincham 1–0 Buxton
5 Alvechurch 4–0 Moor Green
6 Annfield Plain 0–5 Durham City
7 Arnold 2–0 Brigg Town
8 Arundel 1–0 Bognor Regis Town
9 Ashford Town (Kent) 2–0 Bexhill Town
10 Ashton United 2–1 Clitheroe
11 Atherstone Town 3–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
12 Aveley 1–0 Banstead Athletic
13 Bacup Borough 0–0 Fleetwood
14 Banbury United 2–2 Bedford Town
15 Barking 0–1 Bishop's Stortford
16 Barnstaple Town 1–3 Bideford
17 Barton Town 1–0 Bridlington Town
18 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Welton Rovers
19 Bath City 2–1 Chippenham Town
20 Bedlington Colliery Welfare 5–1 Ryhope Colliery Welfare
21 Belper Town 0–0 Burton Albion
22 Bexley United 2–1 Clapton
23 Biggleswade & District 2–1 Rushden Town
24 Billingham Synthonia 0–2 Ferryhill Athletic
25 Bishop Auckland 4–1 Stanley United
26 Blyth Spartans 3–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
27 Boreham Wood 2–1 Cheshunt
28 Boston 1–5 Bourne Town
29 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 2–1 Chertsey Town
30 Bridgwater Town 1–0 Bridport
31 Bury Town 2–0 Clacton Town
32 Canterbury City 5–1 Chatham Town
33 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Chesham United
34 Chatteris Town 3–0 Soham Town Rangers
35 Chichester City 3–1 Haywards Heath
36 Chorley 3–0 Marine
37 Cinderford Town 1–1 Ton Pentre
38 Civil Service 0–10 Bromley
39 Corby Town 0–1 Irthlingborough Diamonds
40 Corinthian Casuals 0–2 Harlow Town
41 Crawley Town 4–0 Eastbourne Town
42 Cray Wanderers 3–0 Ware
43 Crook Town 1–4 Consett
44 Darlaston 2–1 Warley
45 Dartford 1–1 Walton & Hersham
46 Deal Town 1–1 Tonbridge
47 Denaby United 3–0 Emley
48 Dorchester Town 3–2 Taunton Town
49 Dover 2–1 Ramsgate Athletic
50 Droylsden 0–3 Ellesmere Port Town
51 Dudley Town 0–1 Worcester City
52 Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 Dunstable Town
53 East Grinstead 2–0 Ringmer
54 Eastbourne United 0–2 Burgess Hill Town
55 Eastwood Hanley 1–0 Winsford United
56 Eastwood Town 2–2 Retford Town
57 Ely City 4–0 Histon
58 Erith & Belvedere 2–2 Leatherhead
59 Falmouth Town 3–2 Truro City
60 Fareham Town 8–2 Selsey
61 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Frickley Colliery
62 Feltham 1–3 Redhill
63 Finchley 0–1 Stevenage Athletic
64 Fleet Town 1–1 Newport I O W
65 Folkestone 6–2 Sheppey United
66 Ford United 1–4 Staines Town
67 Gainsborough Trinity 2–3 Lincoln United
68 Gateshead 3–0 Tow Law Town
69 Glastonbury 2–1 Poole Town
70 Glossop 0–1 Worksop Town
71 Gloucester City 2–3 Merthyr Tydfil
72 Goole Town 3–0 Selby Town
73 Gorleston 0–3 Sudbury Town
74 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–2 Southall
75 Grays Athletic 2–4 Sutton United
76 Great Harwood 7–1 Prescot Town
77 Great Yarmouth Town 1–3 Harwich & Parkeston
78 Gresley Rovers 0–4 Stafford Rangers
79 Guildford City 2–0 Aylesbury United
80 Hampton 2–1 Bletchley Town
81 Harrow Borough 0–1 Wealdstone
82 Hastings United 1–1 Southwick
83 Hatfield Town 0–4 Leytonstone
84 Hayes 2–0 Kingstonian
85 Heanor Town 1–0 Newhall United
86 Hednesford Town 0–2 Redditch United
87 Hemel Hempstead 2–2 Addlestone
88 Herne Bay 3–1 Faversham Town
89 Highgate United 3–1 Kidderminster Harriers
90 Hitchin Town 2–2 Tilbury
91 Hoddesdon Town 2–1 Metropolitan Police
92 Holbeach United 1–4 Stamford
93 Horsham 2–0 Lewes
94 Horwich R M I 1–1 Hyde United
95 Hounslow 0–2 Uxbridge
96 Hull Brunswick 1–3 Whitby Town
97 Ilkeston Town 1–2 Bedworth United
98 Kettering Town 6–1 Cambridge City
99 King's Lynn 4–1 Skegness Town
100 Lancaster City 6–1 Penrith
101 Letchworth Town 1–2 Romford
102 Leyland Motors 1–4 Ormskirk
103 Littlehampton Town 0–1 Worthing
104 Lockheed Leamington 2–1 Stourbridge
105 Long Eaton United 3–1 Sutton Coldfield Town
106 Loughborough United 0–5 Nuneaton Borough
107 Lower Gornal Athletic 2–2 Halesowen Town
108 Maidenhead United 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers
109 Maidstone United 6–1 Tunbridge Wells
110 Marlow 0–3 Wembley
111 Matlock Town 1–3 Sutton Town
112 Melksham Town 1–3 Andover
113 Morecambe 2–0 Accrington Stanley
114 Mossley 2–2 Prestwich Heys
115 Nantwich 3–1 New Mills
116 Netherfield 2–4 Rossendale United
117 Newmarket Town 1–4 Thetford Town
118 Norton Woodseats 0–3 Winterton Rangers
119 Oswestry Town 2–1 Porthmadog
120 Potton United 0–1 Witney Town
121 Pwllheli & District 0–3 Connah's Quay Nomads
122 Radcliffe Borough 2–3 Burscough
123 Rawmarsh Welfare 1–1 Yorkshire Amateur
124 Runcorn 2–0 New Brighton
125 Ryde Sports 1–4 Thornycroft Athletic
126 Salisbury 4–0 Westbury United
127 Saltash United 2–3 Wadebridge Town
128 Scarborough 6–0 Ashby Institute
129 Shildon 1–1 Evenwood Town
130 Slough Town 1–1 Woking
131 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1–4 Whitstable Town
132 South Liverpool 1–0 Northwich Victoria
133 Spalding United 0–1 Wisbech Town
134 Spennymoor United 4–2 Horden Colliery Welfare
135 St Blazey 4–0 Newquay
136 St Neots Town 1–3 Wellingborough Town
137 Stalybridge Celtic 0–1 Witton Albion
138 Stockton 2–2 Whitley Bay
139 Stonehouse 4–2 Weston Super Mare
140 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–1 Windsor & Eton
141 Trowbridge Town 4–2 Street
142 Walthamstow Avenue 1–0 Woodford Town
143 Washington 1–1 Willington
144 Wingate (Durham) 0–1 North Shields

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
13 Fleetwood 3–0 Bacup Borough
14 Bedford Town 1–0 Banbury United
21 Burton Albion 2–0 Belper Town
37 Ton Pentre 3–1 Cinderford Town
45 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Dartford
46 Tonbridge 2–0 Deal Town
56 Retford Town 0–3 Eastwood Town
58 Leatherhead 3–0 Erith & Belvedere
64 Newport I O W 5–2 Fleet Town
74 Southall 3–1 Gravesend & Northfleet
82 Southwick 1–1 Hastings United
87 Addlestone 1–1 Hemel Hempstead
90 Tilbury 3–2 Hitchin Town
94 Hyde United 2–0 Horwich R M I
107 Halesowen Town 1–3 Lower Gornal Athletic
114 Prestwich Heys 1–2 Mossley
123 Yorkshire Amateur 4–2 Rawmarsh Welfare
129 Evenwood Town 4–3 Shildon
130 Woking 0–2 Slough Town
138 Whitley Bay 5–2 Stockton
140 Windsor & Eton 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United
143 Willington 1–0 Washington

2nd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
82 Hastings United 2–1 Southwick
87 Hemel Hempstead 1–4 Addlestone

2nd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abergavenny Thursdays 0–2 Ton Pentre
2 Alfreton Town 3–1 Heanor Town
3 Alton Town 0–1 Fareham Town
4 Altrincham 4–1 Eastwood Hanley
5 Andover 1–3 Basingstoke Town
6 Arnold 2–4 Eastwood Town
7 Arundel 0–0 Chichester City
8 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–1 Tonbridge
9 Ashton United 3–2 Great Harwood
10 Aveley 1–1 Southall
11 Bedford Town 3–0 Biggleswade & District
12 Bedlington Colliery Welfare 0–0 Consett
13 Bexley United 3–2 Leatherhead
14 Bideford 3–1 Falmouth Town
15 Bishop's Stortford 4–2 Harlow Town
16 Blyth Spartans 3–1 Willington
17 Boreham Wood 1–1 Wealdstone
18 Bourne Town 3–1 Stamford
19 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 1–0 Cray Wanderers
20 Bridgwater Town 1–0 Dorchester Town
21 Bromley 1–1 Stevenage Athletic
22 Burscough 2–1 Chorley
23 Burton Albion 1–2 Stafford Rangers
24 Bury Town 2–0 Sudbury Town
25 Canterbury City 1–3 Folkestone
26 Carshalton Athletic 0–0 Walton & Hersham
27 Crawley Town 3–0 East Grinstead
28 Darlaston 0–4 Alvechurch
29 Denaby United 1–2 Worksop Town
30 Dulwich Hamlet 0–1 Redhill
31 Durham City 2–0 Spennymoor United
32 Fleetwood 0–2 Lancaster City
33 Gateshead 3–2 Bishop Auckland
34 Goole Town 3–2 Barton Town
35 Hampton 1–1 Guildford City
36 Hastings United 4–1 Burgess Hill Town
37 Kettering Town 2–0 Chatteris Town
38 Lockheed Leamington 0–2 Highgate United
39 Lower Gornal Athletic 0–0 Redditch United
40 Maidenhead United 1–0 Leytonstone
41 Maidstone United 3–0 Herne Bay
42 Mossley 0–0 Hyde United
43 North Shields 3–1 Ferryhill Athletic
44 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Long Eaton United
45 Ormskirk 0–1 Ellesmere Port Town
46 Oswestry Town 3–1 Connah's Quay Nomads
47 Rossendale United 2–2 Morecambe
48 Salisbury 2–1 Bath City
49 Slough Town 0–1 Romford
50 South Liverpool 1–0 Runcorn
51 Stonehouse 0–2 Merthyr Tydfil
52 Sutton Town 2–2 Bedworth United
53 Thetford Town 0–0 Harwich & Parkeston
54 Thornycroft Athletic 4–1 Newport I O W
55 Tilbury 3–0 Addlestone
56 Trowbridge Town 0–0 Glastonbury
57 Uxbridge 1–3 Sutton United
58 Wadebridge Town 6–1 St Blazey
59 Walthamstow Avenue 2–0 Hoddesdon Town
60 Wellingborough Town 4–2 Ely City
61 Wembley 1–6 Hayes
62 Whitby Town 0–2 Scarborough
63 Whitley Bay 3–1 Evenwood Town
64 Whitstable Town 0–5 Dover
65 Windsor & Eton 2–1 Staines Town
66 Winterton Rangers 3–1 Lincoln United
67 Wisbech Town 0–4 King's Lynn
68 Witney Town 3–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds
69 Witton Albion 0–1 Nantwich
70 Worcester City 0–0 Atherstone Town
71 Worthing 1–3 Horsham
72 Yorkshire Amateur 0–0 Frickley Colliery

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Chichester City 1–1 Arundel
10 Southall 3–3 Aveley
12 Consett 4–1 Bedlington Colliery Welfare
17 Wealdstone 0–2 Boreham Wood
21 Stevenage Athletic 2–4 Bromley
26 Walton & Hersham 5–1 Carshalton Athletic
35 Guildford City 2–1 Hampton
39 Redditch United 3–1 Lower Gornal Athletic
42 Hyde United 2–0 Mossley
47 Morecambe 0–1 Rossendale United
52 Bedworth United 0–1 Sutton Town
53 Harwich & Parkeston 1–0 Thetford Town
56 Glastonbury 0–5 Trowbridge Town
70 Atherstone Town 1–0 Worcester City
72 Frickley Colliery 3–1 Yorkshire Amateur

2nd replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Arundel 2–7 Chichester City
10 Aveley 2–1 Southall

3rd qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alfreton Town 0–4 Nuneaton Borough
2 Altrincham 1–1 Nantwich
3 Alvechurch 3–0 Atherstone Town
4 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–2 Dover
5 Ashton United 2–2 Hyde United
6 Aveley 1–1 Maidenhead United
7 Basingstoke Town 5–2 Salisbury
8 Bedford Town 2–2 Witney Town
9 Bexley United 1–1 Tilbury
10 Bideford 4–1 Wadebridge Town
11 Bishop's Stortford 2–2 Guildford City
12 Blyth Spartans 8–1 Consett
13 Boreham Wood 2–2 Walthamstow Avenue
14 Bourne Town 0–3 King's Lynn
15 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 0–2 Romford
16 Bridgwater Town 2–1 Trowbridge Town
17 Bromley 3–0 Hayes
18 Burscough 0–1 Ellesmere Port Town
19 Bury Town 1–0 Harwich & Parkeston
20 Chichester City 1–1 Hastings United
21 Crawley Town 3–1 Horsham
22 Eastwood Town 1–2 Winterton Rangers
23 Fareham Town 5–1 Thornycroft Athletic
24 Folkestone 2–0 Maidstone United
25 Gateshead 0–1 North Shields
26 Kettering Town 2–1 Wellingborough Town
27 Lancaster City 1–4 Rossendale United
28 Oswestry Town 2–0 South Liverpool
29 Redditch United 3–0 Highgate United
30 Redhill 0–2 Sutton United
31 Scarborough 2–0 Goole Town
32 Stafford Rangers 2–0 Sutton Town
33 Ton Pentre 2–1 Merthyr Tydfil
34 Walton & Hersham 2–2 Windsor & Eton
35 Whitley Bay 3–1 Durham City
36 Worksop Town 1–1 Frickley Colliery

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Nantwich 1–4 Altrincham
5 Hyde United 3–1 Ashton United
6 Maidenhead United 3–2 Aveley
8 Witney Town 2–0 Bedford Town
9 Tilbury 2–1 Bexley United
11 Guildford City 1–1 Bishop's Stortford
13 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Boreham Wood
20 Hastings United 9–1 Chichester City
34 Windsor & Eton 0–1 Walton & Hersham
36 Frickley Colliery 3–1 Worksop Town

2nd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
11 Bishop's Stortford 1–2 Guildford City

4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are Macclesfield Town, Enfield, Bradford Park Avenue, Wimbledon, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Weymouth, Grantham, Oxford City, Barnet, Margate, Bangor City, Cheltenham Town, Wigan Athletic, Tamworth, Boston United, Hendon and Rhyl.

Ties

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alvechurch 2–2 Oxford City
2 Basingstoke Town 2–2 Fareham Town
3 Bradford Park Avenue 0–1 South Shields
4 Bridgwater Town 2–0 Yeovil Town
5 Bromley 0–1 Guildford City
6 Bury Town 1–3 King's Lynn
7 Folkestone 0–2 Romford
8 Frickley Colliery 3–0 Grantham
9 Hastings United 0–0 Crawley Town
10 Hendon 2–2 Barnet
11 Hereford United 3–0 Cheltenham Town
12 Hyde United 1–3 Bangor City
13 Kettering Town 4–1 Chelmsford City
14 Macclesfield Town 1–2 Ellesmere Port Town
15 Maidenhead United 2–1 Walton & Hersham
16 Margate 1–0 Wimbledon
17 Nuneaton Borough 3–1 Tamworth
18 Oswestry Town 0–3 Altrincham
19 Redditch United 3–0 Ton Pentre
20 Rossendale United 6–3 Stafford Rangers
21 Scarborough 1–0 North Shields
22 Sutton United 0–1 Witney Town
23 Tilbury 0–1 Enfield
24 Walthamstow Avenue 0–0 Dover
25 Weymouth 3–1 Bideford
26 Whitley Bay 1–1 Blyth Spartans
27 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Rhyl
28 Winterton Rangers 0–3 Boston United

Replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Oxford City 1–1 Alvechurch
2 Fareham Town 1–1 Basingstoke Town
9 Crawley Town 3–2 Hastings United
10 Barnet 2–0 Hendon
24 Dover 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue
26 Blyth Spartans 2–1 Whitley Bay

2nd replays

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alvechurch 1–1 Oxford City
2 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Fareham Town

3rd replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Oxford City 0–0 Alvechurch

4th replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Oxford City 0–0 Alvechurch

5th replay

Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Oxford City 0–1 Alvechurch

1971–72 FA Cup

See 1971–72 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.