Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1969–70 is the 89th 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.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Boston United 2–1 Wisbech Town 2 Canvey Island 0–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 3 Chertsey Town 0–2 Wolverton Town & B R 4 Congleton Town 0–6 Winsford United 5 Darlaston 1–2 Dudley Town 6 Darwen 3–0 Penrith 7 Dorking 1–0 Fleet Town 8 Egham Town 1–1 Ruislip Manor 9 Enfield 1–1 Southall 10 Ferryhill Athletic 2–0 Boldon Colliery Welfare 11 Glastonbury 5–1 Melksham Town 12 Great Yarmouth Town 0–1 Harwich & Parkeston 13 Gresley Rovers 3–0 Long Eaton United 14 Guildford City 4–1 Uxbridge 15 Hatfield Town 0–2 Windsor & Eton 16 Hazells 3–2 Ware 17 Horsham 3–0 Lancing 18 Hyde United 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic 19 Ilkeston Town 1–2 Matlock Town 20 Kiveton Park 1–3 Yorkshire Amateur 21 Littlehampton Town 3–0 Eastbourne United 22 Loughborough United 1–1 Bedworth United 23 Lower Gornal Athletic 4–2 Brierley Hill Alliance 24 March Town United 1–1 Newmarket Town 25 Marlow 4–1 Maidenhead United 26 Norton Woodseats 1–0 Buxton 27 Poole Town 6–1 Devizes Town 28 Prescot Town 1–6 Runcorn 29 Rothwell Town 0–2 Rushden Town 30 Ryde Sports 1–1 Salisbury 31 Soham Town Rangers 1–1 Ely City 32 St Neots Town 3–0 Chatteris Town 33 Stourbridge 5–1 Stratford Town Amateurs 34 Street 1–3 Frome Town 35 Sudbury Town 1–3 Gorleston 36 Telford United 3–1 Lockheed Leamington 37 Trowbridge Town 2–3 Minehead 38 Tunbridge Wells 2–1 Whitstable Town 39 Wealdstone 2–1 Bletchley Town 40 Whitby Town 3–1 West Auckland Town 41 Winterton Rangers 5–2 Selby Town 42 Woking 4–1 Chichester City
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–1 Canvey Island 8 Ruislip Manor 1–2 Egham Town 9 Southall 1–1 Enfield 18 Stalybridge Celtic 0–2 Hyde United 22 Bedworth United 2–1 Loughborough United 24 Newmarket Town 3–0 March Town United 30 Salisbury 3–2 Ryde Sports 31 Ely City 2–3 Soham Town Rangers
Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Enfield 6–2 Southall
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 2–1 Sutton Town 2 Andover 4–1 Newport I O W 3 Ashby Institute 1–0 Bridlington Trinity 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–0 Dover 5 Atherstone Town 1–2 Rugby Town 6 Aveley 1–2 Bromley 7 Baldock Town 3–0 Harrow Borough 8 Banbury United 2–1 Wembley 9 Barnstaple Town 3–1 St Blazey 10 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Wokingham Town 11 Bedford Town 2–3 Corby Town 12 Bedlington Colliery Welfare 0–1 Whitby Town 13 Bedworth United 0–0 Arnold 14 Belper Town 0–3 Gresley Rovers 15 Bideford 1–2 Falmouth Town 16 Bilston 0–1 Stafford Rangers 17 Bishop Auckland 4–1 Washington 18 Bishop's Stortford 1–2 Hendon 19 Boston 2–3 King's Lynn 20 Bridlington Town 3–5 Barton Town 21 Bridport 9–3 Warminster Town 22 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–1 Dudley Town 23 Burscough 5–2 Leyland Motors 24 Cambridge City 7–0 Stamford 25 Cambridge United 5–0 Wellingborough Town 26 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Banstead Athletic 27 Chatham Town 1–6 Canterbury City 28 Cheshunt 3–0 Amersham Town 29 Chippenham Town 3–2 Westbury United 30 Cinderford Town 2–3 Abergavenny Thursdays 31 Clacton Town 2–1 Thetford Town 32 Clapton 0–5 Barking 33 Clitheroe 1–5 Fleetwood 34 Consett 2–3 Annfield Plain 35 Crawley Town 4–0 Dorking 36 Crook Town 3–3 Ferryhill Athletic 37 Dagenham 3–0 Cray Wanderers 38 Desborough Town 1–2 Rushden Town 39 Dorchester Town 1–2 Glastonbury 40 Droylsden 1–0 St Helens Town 41 Dunstable Town 4–2 Marlow 42 East Grinstead 1–3 Alton Town 43 Eastbourne 5–1 Worthing 44 Eastwood Hanley 2–3 Matlock Town 45 Eastwood Town 0–1 Burton Albion 46 Edmonton 2–0 Hemel Hempstead 47 Ellesmere Port Town 1–1 Hyde United 48 Epsom & Ewell 0–1 Tilbury 49 Erith & Belvedere 2–1 St Albans City 50 Eynesbury Rovers 2–3 Newmarket Town 51 Fareham Town 3–0 Cowes 52 Finchley 1–1 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 53 Folkestone 0–0 Herne Bay 54 Frickley Colliery 2–1 Farsley Celtic 55 Gateshead 5–0 Durham City 56 Gorleston 1–2 Bury Town 57 Gothic 0–1 Harwich & Parkeston 58 Gravesend & Northfleet 0–1 Redhill 59 Great Harwood 1–3 Netherfield 60 Hampton 1–2 Grays Athletic 61 Harlow Town 2–2 Corinthian Casuals 62 Hastings United 4–0 Deal Town 63 Hayes 2–2 Staines Town 64 Haywards Heath 1–2 Horsham 65 Hednesford 2–1 Worcester City 66 Hertford Town 1–0 Slough Town 67 Hillingdon Borough 0–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 68 Hitchin Town 5–0 Chesham United 69 Hoddesdon Town 4–2 Vauxhall Motors 70 Holbeach United 1–2 Bourne Town 71 Horden Colliery Welfare 0–1 Shildon 72 Hornchurch 1–1 Egham Town 73 Horwich R M I 3–1 Guinness Exports 74 Hounslow 6–1 Hazells 75 Hull Brunswick 2–0 Winterton Rangers 76 Ilford 2–0 Leyton 77 Kingstonian 1–3 Enfield (Ordered to be replayed) 78 Lancaster City 1–0 Darwen 79 Leatherhead 0–1 Walton & Hersham 80 Letchworth Town 2–3 Irthlingborough Diamonds 81 Linotype & Machinery 0–1 Kirkby Town 82 Littlehampton Town 1–0 Bognor Regis Town 83 Llanelli 1–2 Stonehouse 84 Louth United 0–1 Skegness Town 85 Lower Gornal Athletic 1–1 Tamworth 86 Lye Town 2–3 Alvechurch 87 Maidstone United 5–4 Tonbridge 88 Malden Town 4–0 Windsor & Eton 89 Marine 2–3 South Liverpool 90 Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Barry Town 91 Metropolitan Police 1–0 Guildford City 92 Mexborough Town 3–3 Worksop Town 93 Milnthorpe Corinthians 1–1 Lytham 94 Minehead 2–0 Bridgwater Town 95 Molesey 1–1 Huntley & Palmers 96 Moor Green 1–1 Highgate United 97 Nantwich 2–3 Northwich Victoria 98 New Brighton 2–1 Winsford United 99 New Mills 0–1 Mossley 100 Norton Woodseats 1–3 Wombwell Sporting Association 101 Oswestry Town 0–1 Runcorn 102 Poole Town 1–1 Welton Rovers 103 Porthmadog 1–3 Rhyl 104 Portland United 1–1 Frome Town 105 Pwllheli & District 0–6 Bethesda Athletic 106 Rainham Town 1–0 Wolverton Town & B R 107 Ramsgate Athletic 8–1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 108 Rawmarsh Welfare 1–1 Heanor Town 109 Redditch United 0–0 Stourbridge 110 Retford Town 4–0 Yorkshire Amateur 111 Romford 2–2 Ford United 112 Rossendale United 3–1 Witton Albion 113 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 0–1 Ashington 114 Sandbach Ramblers 0–1 Lostock Gralam 115 Scarborough 4–1 Brigg Town 116 Selsey 3–4 Waterlooville 117 Sheppey United 3–1 Brett Sports 118 Sittingbourne 0–1 Tunbridge Wells 119 Soham Town Rangers 2–2 Potton United 120 Southwick 2–1 Arundel 121 Spalding United 0–4 Boston United 122 Spennymoor United 1–0 South Bank 123 St Neots Town 2–3 Biggleswade & District 124 Stevenage Athletic 1–3 Leighton Town 125 Stockton 3–3 Blyth Spartans 126 Taunton 2–4 Bath City 127 Telford United 7–3 Halesowen Town 128 Thackley 1–4 Gainsborough Trinity 129 Thornycroft Athletic 3–4 Salisbury 130 Ton Pentre 2–2 Gloucester City 131 Wadebridge Town 8–0 Nanpean Rovers 132 Walthamstow Avenue 1–1 Bexley United 133 Wealdstone 0–0 Aylesbury United 134 Weston Super Mare 11–2 Spencer Moulton 135 Whitley Bay 2–1 Stanley United 136 Whyteleafe 1–1 Croydon Amateurs 137 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Chorley 138 Wigan Rovers 0–6 Formby 139 Willington 2–4 Evenwood Town 140 Wingate (Durham) 3–0 Murton Colliery Welfare 141 Woking 3–3 Addlestone 142 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet
Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Dover 2–4 Ashford Town (Kent) 13 Arnold 6–1 Bedworth United 36 Ferryhill Athletic 0–1 Crook Town 47 Hyde United 1–0 Ellesmere Port Town 52 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 2–0 Finchley 53 Herne Bay 1–1 Folkestone 61 Corinthian Casuals 4–1 Harlow Town 63 Staines Town 1–0 Hayes 67 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–2 Hillingdon Borough 72 Egham Town 0–0 Hornchurch (Abandoned in extra time) 77 Kingstonian 0–3 Enfield 85 Tamworth 4–2 Lower Gornal Athletic 92 Worksop Town 6–1 Mexborough Town 93 Lytham 1–5 Milnthorpe Corinthians 95 Huntley & Palmers 3–1 Molesey 96 Highgate United 3–2 Moor Green 102 Welton Rovers 2–1 Poole Town 104 Frome Town 2–0 Portland United 108 Heanor Town 0–1 Rawmarsh Welfare 109 Stourbridge 3–0 Redditch United 111 Ford United 2–4 Romford (@ Romford) 119 Potton United 2–1 Soham Town Rangers 125 Blyth Spartans 8–2 Stockton 130 Gloucester City 0–1 Ton Pentre 132 Bexley United 2–2 Walthamstow Avenue 133 Aylesbury United 1–3 Wealdstone 136 Croydon Amateurs 1–1 Whyteleafe 137 Chorley 2–5 Wigan Athletic 141 Addlestone 2–0 Woking
Tie Home team Score Away team 53 Folkestone 1–0 Herne Bay 72 Hornchurch 5–2 Egham Town 132 Bexley United 0–2 Walthamstow Avenue 136 Croydon Amateurs 0–1 Whyteleafe
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Addlestone 0–1 Wokingham Town 2 Alfreton Town 1–1 Wombwell Sporting Association 3 Andover 2–1 Waterlooville 4 Arnold 0–3 Rugby Town 5 Ashby Institute 0–2 Scarborough 6 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–0 Maidstone United 7 Baldock Town 0–1 Hoddesdon Town 8 Bethesda Athletic 1–3 Rhyl 9 Biggleswade & District 0–2 Cambridge City 10 Bishop Auckland 3–0 Ashington 11 Blyth Spartans 1–1 Evenwood Town 12 Boston United 0–0 Bourne Town 13 Bury Town 3–1 Clacton Town 14 Cambridge United 10–0 Potton United 15 Corinthian Casuals 1–2 Hertford Town 16 Crawley Town 1–0 Alton Town 17 Crook Town 0–4 Shildon 18 Dudley Town 3–0 Highgate United 19 Dunstable Town 3–1 Leighton Town 20 Edmonton 2–1 Ilford 21 Enfield 7–1 Grays Athletic 22 Falmouth Town 1–0 Penzance 23 Fleetwood 3–0 Netherfield 24 Folkestone 1–1 Ramsgate Athletic 25 Formby 1–2 Horwich R M I 26 Frome Town 1–4 Bath City 27 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Worksop Town 28 Glastonbury 3–1 Weston Super Mare 29 Gresley Rovers 0–3 Burton Albion 30 Harwich & Parkeston 0–1 Lowestoft Town 31 Hillingdon Borough 4–1 Bromley 32 Hitchin Town 3–1 Cheshunt 33 Hornchurch 0–2 Dagenham 34 Horsham 2–0 Southwick 35 Hounslow 2–2 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 36 Hull Brunswick 1–1 Barton Town 37 Huntley & Palmers 0–9 Walton & Hersham 38 Hyde United 0–1 Burscough 39 King's Lynn 2–1 Skegness Town 40 Lancaster City 3–0 Milnthorpe Corinthians 41 Littlehampton Town 2–0 Eastbourne 42 Lostock Gralam 0–5 Northwich Victoria 43 Malden Town 2–2 Barking 44 Matlock Town 2–2 Rawmarsh Welfare 45 Merthyr Tydfil 3–2 Abergavenny Thursdays 46 Metropolitan Police 1–4 Carshalton Athletic 47 Minehead 2–0 Bridport 48 Mossley 0–0 Rossendale United 49 New Brighton 1–2 Kirkby Town 50 Newmarket Town 3–1 Irthlingborough Diamonds 51 Rainham Town 1–1 Hendon 52 Retford Town 1–1 Frickley Colliery 53 Romford 2–0 Redhill 54 Runcorn 1–1 South Liverpool 55 Rushden Town 2–1 Corby Town 56 Salisbury 1–0 Fareham Town 57 Sheppey United 0–6 Hastings United 58 Spennymoor United 2–2 Gateshead 59 Stourbridge 1–1 Alvechurch 60 Tamworth 3–3 Stafford Rangers 61 Telford United 4–3 Hednesford 62 Ton Pentre 2–0 Stonehouse 63 Tunbridge Wells 3–4 Canterbury City 64 Wadebridge Town 4–2 Barnstaple Town 65 Walthamstow Avenue 2–2 Tilbury 66 Wealdstone 1–0 Banbury United 67 Welton Rovers 2–2 Chippenham Town 68 Whitby Town 3–1 Wingate (Durham) 69 Whitley Bay 7–1 Annfield Plain 70 Whyteleafe 1–2 Staines Town 71 Wigan Athletic 4–1 Droylsden 72 Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Erith & Belvedere
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Wombwell Sporting Association 1–2 Alfreton Town 11 Evenwood Town 2–1 Blyth Spartans 12 Boston United 2–0 Bourne Town 24 Ramsgate Athletic 1–0 Folkestone 35 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 2–0 Hounslow 36 Barton Town 1–2 Hull Brunswick 43 Barking 4–0 Malden Town 44 Rawmarsh Welfare 3–2 Matlock Town 48 Rossendale United 0–1 Mossley 51 Hendon 7–2 Rainham Town 52 Frickley Colliery 3–0 Retford Town 54 South Liverpool 5–0 Runcorn 58 Gateshead 0–1 Spennymoor United 59 Alvechurch 1–3 Stourbridge 60 Stafford Rangers 0–3 Tamworth 65 Tilbury 2–2 Walthamstow Avenue 67 Chippenham Town 2–1 Welton Rovers
Tie Home team Score Away team 65 Tilbury 3–1 Walthamstow Avenue
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 3–1 Rawmarsh Welfare 2 Andover 0–0 Salisbury 3 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–1 Canterbury City 4 Bishop Auckland 2–1 Shildon 5 Bury Town 1–3 Lowestoft Town 6 Cambridge City 4–1 Rushden Town 7 Cambridge United 6–0 Newmarket Town 8 Chippenham Town 2–2 Glastonbury 9 Edmonton 1–4 Enfield 10 Evenwood Town 0–2 Whitby Town 11 Fleetwood 3–1 Lancaster City 12 Gainsborough Trinity 3–2 Frickley Colliery 13 Hertford Town 2–4 Hendon 14 Hoddesdon Town 1–1 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 15 King's Lynn 2–1 Boston United 16 Littlehampton Town 3–2 Horsham 17 Minehead 3–0 Bath City 18 Mossley 2–1 Horwich R M I 19 Northwich Victoria 0–2 Kirkby Town 20 Ramsgate Athletic 2–1 Hastings United 21 Romford 1–2 Dagenham 22 Rugby Town 1–0 Burton Albion 23 Scarborough 5–1 Hull Brunswick 24 South Liverpool 2–0 Rhyl 25 Staines Town 1–2 Carshalton Athletic 26 Tamworth 2–0 Dudley Town 27 Telford United 3–0 Stourbridge 28 Tilbury 1–2 Hillingdon Borough 29 Ton Pentre 4–2 Merthyr Tydfil 30 Wadebridge Town 0–5 Falmouth Town 31 Walton & Hersham 4–1 Barking 32 Wealdstone 4–0 Dunstable Town 33 Whitley Bay 2–3 Spennymoor United 34 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Burscough 35 Wokingham Town 2–5 Crawley Town 36 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Hitchin Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Salisbury 3–0 Andover 3 Canterbury City 1–4 Ashford Town (Kent) 8 Glastonbury 7–0 Chippenham Town 14 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 3–1 Hoddesdon Town 34 Burscough 2–3 Wigan Athletic
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Leytonstone, Wimbledon, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Weymouth, Grantham, Altrincham, Kidderminster Harriers, Nuneaton Borough, Oxford City, Barnet, Macclesfield Town, Tow Law Town, Kettering Town, Margate, Brentwood Town, Morecambe, Bangor City, Goole Town, Skelmersdale United, Cheltenham Town and Dartford.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 3–0 Goole Town 2 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–1 Walton & Hersham 3 Bangor City 2–1 Fleetwood 4 Brentwood Town 1–0 Lowestoft Town 5 Carshalton Athletic 1–0 Ramsgate Athletic 6 Chelmsford City 3–2 Cambridge United 7 Falmouth Town 1–1 Ton Pentre 8 Glastonbury 0–0 Cheltenham Town 9 Grantham 5–0 Gainsborough Trinity 10 Hendon 1–0 Cambridge City 11 Hereford United 3–1 Rugby Town 12 Hillingdon Borough 1–1 Dartford 13 Kettering Town 4–0 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 14 Leytonstone 0–4 Dagenham 15 Littlehampton Town 0–1 Margate 16 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Altrincham 17 Minehead 0–0 Yeovil Town 18 Mossley 4–1 Morecambe 19 Nuneaton Borough 2–4 Tamworth 20 Oxford City 2–0 King's Lynn 21 Salisbury 0–1 Weymouth 22 South Liverpool 0–0 Kirkby Town 23 South Shields 2–2 Bishop Auckland 24 Spennymoor United 1–0 Tow Law Town 25 Telford United 2–1 Kidderminster Harriers 26 Wealdstone 0–1 Enfield 27 Whitby Town 3–1 Scarborough 28 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Skelmersdale United 29 Wimbledon 0–0 Crawley Town 30 Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 Barnet
Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Ton Pentre 1–1 Falmouth Town 8 Cheltenham Town 4–1 Glastonbury 12 Dartford 0–0 Hillingdon Borough 17 Yeovil Town 0–0 Minehead 22 Kirkby Town 4–3 South Liverpool 23 Bishop Auckland 1–3 South Shields 29 Crawley Town 0–0 Wimbledon 30 Barnet 3–0 Wycombe Wanderers
Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Falmouth Town 1–0 Ton Pentre 12 Hillingdon Borough 4–1 Dartford 17 Minehead 0–5 Yeovil Town 29 Crawley Town 0–2 Wimbledon
See 1969-70 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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