Football tournament season
The 1997–98 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 117th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup ), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 563 clubs were accepted for the competition, down 11 from the previous season's 574.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8 ) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 28 winning teams from fourth round qualifying progressed to the First round proper , where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Round Start date New entries Clubs Preliminary round Saturday 30 August 1997 318 563 → 404 First round qualifying Saturday 13 September 1997 129 404 → 260 Second round qualifying Saturday 27 September 1997 none 260 → 188 Third round qualifying Saturday 11 October 1997 none 188 → 152 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 25 October 1997 20 152 → 124 First round proper Saturday 15 November 1997 52 124 → 84 Second round proper Saturday 6 December 1997 none 84 → 64 Third round proper Saturday 3 January 1998 44 64 → 32 Fourth round proper Saturday 24 January 1998 none 32 → 16 Fifth round proper Saturday 14 February 1998 none 16 → 8 Sixth round proper Saturday 7 March 1998 none 8 → 4 Semi-finals Saturday 5 April 1998 none 4 → 2 Final Saturday 16 May 1998 none 2 → 1
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A F C Lymington 6-0 Endsleigh 2 Abingdon Town 1-1 Devizes Town 3 Andover 3-4 Portsmouth Royal Navy 4 Arlesey Town 2-1 March Town United 5 Arnold Town 3-1 Shildon 6 Atherton Collieries 1-2 Maine Road 7 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 0-1 Hucknall Town 8 Banbury United 3-2 Rushall Olympic 9 Barking 3-1 Basildon United 10 Barnstaple Town 1-4 Carterton Town 11 Bashley 9-0 Torrington 12 Bedlington Terriers 6-1 Glapwell 13 Belper Town 2-2 Glossop North End 14 Billingham Synthonia 1-1 Brandon United 15 Billingham Town 3-0 Brodsworth Miners Welfare 16 Blackpool Rovers 1-4 Burscough 17 Blakenall 1-3 Great Yarmouth Town 18 Blidworth Welfare 3-5 Rossendale United 19 Bootle 3-1 Bradford Park Avenue 20 Borrowash Victoria 1-2 Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association 21 Boston Town 0-2 Stapenhill 22 Bournemouth F.C. 2-4 Gosport Borough 23 Brackley Town 1-0 Cogenhoe United 24 Bridgwater Town 1-0 Brislington 25 Bridport 1-2 Buckingham Town 26 Brigg Town 1-0 Eastwood Town 27 Buxton 0-1 Ilkeston Town 28 Castleton Gabriels 0-1 Clitheroe 29 Chatham Town 0-7 Banstead Athletic 30 Chester-Le-Street Town 0-2 Ryhope Community Association 31 Chippenham Town 0-0 Eastleigh 32 Cirencester Town 3-4 Tuffley Rovers 33 Clevedon Town 4-0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 34 Congleton Town 1-1 Darwen 35 Corinthian Casuals 0-2 Aveley 36 Cove 1-3 Brockenhurst 37 Crook Town 0-2 Mossley 38 Croydon 2-1 Mile Oak 39 Croydon Athletic 5-2 Beaconsfield S Y C O B 40 Denaby United 3-1 West Auckland Town 41 Didcot Town 1-5 Taunton Town 42 Diss Town 1-0 Bloxwich Town 43 Droylsden 4-1 Cheadle Town 44 Dudley Town scr-w/o Bridgnorth Town 45 Eccleshill United 1-1 Thackley 46 Egham Town 1-1 Burnham 47 Elmore 4-5 Hungerford Town 48 Epsom & Ewell 0-1 Canterbury City 49 Erith Town 0-3 Harlow Town 50 Evenwood Town 0-3 Durham City 51 Eynesbury Rovers 1-2 Pershore Town 52 Fakenham Town 0-1 Stourbridge 53 Flackwell Heath 5-0 Barkingside 54 Fleet Town 0-0 Thame United 55 Flixton 2-3 Staveley Miners Welfare 56 Folkestone Invicta 3-4 Marlow 57 Ford United 0-4 Great Wakering Rovers 58 Frome Town 0-5 Wokingham Town 59 Glastonbury 0-2 Chard Town 60 Godalming & Guildford 0-6 Tonbridge Angels 61 Grays Athletic 10-0 Langford 62 Great Harwood Town 2-1 Stockton 63 Gretna 4-2 Haslingden 64 Guisborough Town 2-3 Worksop Town 65 Hailsham Town 0-4 Metropolitan Police 66 Halstead Town 0-3 Berkhamsted Town 67 Hanwell Town 3-1 Tring Town 68 Harrogate Railway Athletic 2-3 South Shields 69 Harrogate Town 1-1 Armthorpe Welfare 70 Hassocks 1-2 Barton Rovers 71 Hatfield Main 2-3 Dunston Federation Brewery 72 Heanor Town 1-0 Salford City 73 Hebburn 0-5 Garforth Town 74 Hillingdon Borough 4-2 Stotfold 75 Hinckley United 2-0 Wednesfield 76 Histon 2-0 Oldbury United 77 Hornchurch 2-2 Arundel 78 Horsham 3-1 Northwood 79 Horsham Y M C A 2-4 Dartford 80 Hythe United 3-2 Chalfont St Peter 81 Kidsgrove Athletic 1-1 Whitley Bay 82 Kingsbury Town 1-2 Portfield 83 Langney Sports 2-1 Southall 84 Leatherhead 2-0 Wealdstone 85 Leighton Town 2-1 Ashford Town (Middx) 86 Lewes 0-1 Tilbury 87 Littlehampton Town 6-2 Southend Manor 88 Liversedge 3-0 Willington 89 London Colney 0-2 Fisher Athletic London 90 Long Buckby 2-4 Boldmere St Michaels 91 Louth United 1-0 Glasshoughton Welfare 92 Lye Town 2-1 Evesham United 93 Maldon Town 0-3 Ruislip Manor 94 Maltby Main 0-1 Shotton Comrades 95 Matlock Town 3-1 Curzon Ashton 96 Melksham Town 2-1 Yate Town 97 Milton Keynes 1-1 Viking Sports 98 Minehead 0-1 Mangotsfield United 99 Morpeth Town 5-0 Horden Colliery Welfare 100 Netherfield 1-1 Chadderton 101 Newmarket Town 4-4 Stamford 102 Newport A F C 2-1 Maidenhead United 103 Northampton Spencer 0-0 Warboys Town 104 Oakwood 2-1 Potters Bar Town 105 Odd Down 3-1 Backwell United 106 Oldham Town 4-2 Northallerton 107 Pagham 1-3 Camberley Town 108 Parkgate 2-0 Nantwich Town 109 Paulton Rovers 5-0 Fareham Town 110 Peacehaven & Telscombe 0-3 Potton United 111 Pelsall Villa 2-3 Barwell 112 Penrith 3-0 Trafford 113 Peterlee Newtown 1-3 Warrington Town 114 Pontefract Collieries 2-2 Ossett Albion 115 Racing Club Warwick 3-1 St Neots Town 116 Raunds Town 6-0 Shifnal Town 117 Redditch United 4-0 Wellingborough Town 118 Redhill 1-1 Ware 119 Ringmer 0-1 Wick Rocester 1-1 West Midlands Police 121 Romford 2-0 Hertford Town 122 Royston Town 0-0 Shoreham 123 Sandwell Borough 0-4 Spalding United 124 Seaham Red Star 1-1 Ossett Town 125 Selby Town 1-3 Lincoln United 126 Selsey 0-3 Wembley 127 Sheppey United 2-3 Windsor & Eton 128 Skelmersdale United 3-2 Pickering Town 129 Slade Green 1-1 Erith & Belvedere 130 St Blazey 1-0 Trowbridge Town 131 St Helens Town 3-1 Sheffield 132 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Ely City 133 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 1-1 Soham Town Rangers 134 Stourport Swifts 1-5 Woodbridge Town 135 Stratford Town 1-3 Desborough Town 136 Sutton Coldfield Town 1-3 Stowmarket Town 137 Tadcaster Albion 0-3 Stocksbridge Park Steels 138 Thamesmead Town 3-3 Saltdean United 139 Three Bridges 1-2 Whitehawk 140 Tiptree United 1-4 Clapton 141 Tiverton Town 2-0 Weymouth 142 Tow Law Town 1-2 R T M Newcastle 143 Tunbridge Wells 4-4 Chichester City 144 V S Rugby 1-0 Chasetown 145 Waterlooville 2-0 Reading Town 146 Watton United scr-w/o Lowestoft Town 147 Welton Rovers 1-5 Calne Town 148 Welwyn Garden City 2-3 East Thurrock United 149 Westfields 2-1 Westbury United 150 Whitstable Town 1-1 Dorking 151 Willenhall Town 4-1 Gorleston 152 Wimborne Town 3-2 Falmouth Town 153 Wingate & Finchley 1-1 Corinthian 154 Witham Town 1-1 Deal Town 155 Wivenhoe Town 4-0 Chipstead 156 Wootton Blue Cross 3-2 Hemel Hempstead 157 Worthing 8-1 Eastbourne Town 158 Wroxham 3-1 Paget Rangers 159 Yorkshire Amateur 1-4 Easington Colliery
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Devizes Town 0-3 Abingdon Town 13 Glossop North End 1-2 Belper Town 14 Brandon United 2-5 Billingham Synthonia 31 Eastleigh 0-1 Chippenham Town 34 Darwen 4-3 Congleton Town 45 Thackley 0-2 Eccleshill United 46 Burnham 1-1 Egham Town (Burnham won 5-4 on penalties) 54 Thame United 1-3 Fleet Town 69 Armthorpe Welfare 1-3 Harrogate Town 77 Arundel 4-3 Hornchurch 81 Whitley Bay 3-3 Kidsgrove Athletic (Whitley Bay won 5-3 on penalties) 97 Viking Sports 1-0 Milton Keynes 100 Chadderton 1-2 Netherfield 101 Stamford 1-4 Newmarket Town 103 Warboys Town 2-3 Northampton Spencer 114 Ossett Albion 0-3 Pontefract Collieries 118 Ware 4-1 Redhill 120 West Midlands Police 0-3 Rocester 122 Shoreham 2-1 Royston Town 124 Ossett Town 1-0 Seaham Red Star 129 Erith & Belvedere 5-3 Slade Green 132 Ely City 1-3 Stafford Rangers 133 Soham Town Rangers 1-3 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 138 Saltdean United 4-0 Thamesmead Town 143 Chichester City 4-1 Tunbridge Wells 150 Dorking 3-3 Whitstable Town (Dorking won 3-1 on penalties) 153 Corinthian 0-2 Wingate & Finchley 154 Deal Town 3-0 Witham Town
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Arundel 1-4 Erith & Belvedere 2 Ashington 0-2 Farsley Celtic 3 Aveley 2-1 Chichester City 4 Baldock Town 0-0 Slough Town 5 Bamber Bridge 1-1 Dunston Federation Brewery 6 Banstead Athletic 2-2 Camberley Town 7 Barking 4-1 Arlesey Town 8 Barton Rovers 1-0 Clapton 9 Barwell 1-2 Willenhall Town 10 Bedfont 2-4 Chesham United 11 Bedford Town 1-1 Dulwich Hamlet 12 Bedford United 0-5 Kingstonian 13 Berkhamsted Town 1-1 Deal Town 14 Bideford 0-2 Bath City 15 Billingham Synthonia 0-0 Maine Road 16 Billingham Town 0-1 Arnold Town 17 Boldmere St Michaels 1-0 Wroxham 18 Bootle 2-3 Belper Town 19 Bourne Town 1-3 King's Lynn 20 Brackley Town 4-0 Stapenhill 21 Bridgnorth Town 1-1 Desborough Town 22 Bridgwater Town 1-1 Abingdon Town 23 Brigg Town 3-0 Hucknall Town 24 Brimsdown Rovers 1-2 Canvey Island 25 Buckingham Town 1-1 Gosport Borough 26 Burgess Hill Town 1-2 Harrow Borough 27 Burnham 1-3 Dorking 28 Burnham Ramblers 0-1 Hastings Town 29 Burscough 3-3 Bedlington Terriers 30 Bury Town 1-2 Nuneaton Borough 31 Canterbury City 1-1 Worthing 32 Carterton Town 0-1 Portsmouth Royal Navy 33 Chertsey Town 1-1 Heybridge Swifts 34 Cheshunt 0-4 Sutton United 35 Chippenham Town 3-2 Bashley 36 Chorley 3-1 Pontefract Collieries 37 Clacton Town 2-7 Stansted 38 Clevedon Town 1-1 Calne Town 39 Clitheroe 4-3 Jarrow Roofing Boldon Community Association 40 Concord Rangers 0-1 Purfleet 41 Croydon 2-1 Horsham 42 Croydon Athletic 0-4 Wivenhoe Town 43 Darwen 1-2 Ryhope Community Association 44 Denaby United 2-3 Ossett Town 45 Diss Town 0-1 V S Rugby 46 Downton 0-4 Forest Green Rovers 47 Eccleshill United 1-2 Parkgate 48 Edgware Town 2-5 Aylesbury United 49 Felixstowe Port & Town 2-5 Halesowen Town 50 Fisher Athletic London 5-0 Wootton Blue Cross 51 Flackwell Heath 1-0 East Thurrock United 52 Frickley Athletic 3-3 Morpeth Town 53 Gateshead 2-0 Matlock Town 54 Gloucester City 3-0 Mangotsfield United 55 Gravesend & Northfleet 3-3 Braintree Town 56 Great Harwood Town 1-1 St Helens Town 57 Great Wakering Rovers 1-2 Grays Athletic 58 Great Yarmouth Town 2-1 Banbury United 59 Gretna 3-0 Mossley 60 Guiseley 3-0 Alfreton Town 61 Halesowen Harriers 0-1 Grantham Town 62 Halifax Town 4-1 Droylsden 63 Hanwell Town 3-2 Saltdean United 64 Harlow Town 0-2 Metropolitan Police 65 Harrogate Town 2-2 Easington Colliery 66 Harwich & Parkeston 1-1 Carshalton Athletic 67 Havant Town 1-1 Basingstoke Town 68 Heanor Town 1-2 Penrith 69 Herne Bay 1-2 Dartford 70 Hillingdon Borough 0-2 Windsor & Eton 71 Hinckley United 5-0 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 72 Histon 1-3 Newmarket Town 73 Hitchin Town 0-2 Bognor Regis Town 74 Holbeach United 3-6 Gresley Rovers 75 Hungerford Town 1-4 Fleet Town 76 Hyde United 3-0 Louth United 77 Hythe United 4-7 Romford 78 Ilkeston Town 3-0 Rossendale United 79 Kettering Town 1-0 Mirrlees Blackstone 80 Knowsley United scr-w/o Durham City 81 Knypersley Victoria 1-0 Atherstone United 82 Lancaster City 2-2 Consett 83 Langney Sports 2-1 Leatherhead 84 Leigh R M I 1-0 Accrington Stanley 85 Leighton Town 1-2 Wingate & Finchley 86 Liversedge 3-3 Stocksbridge Park Steels 87 Lye Town 2-3 Lowestoft Town 88 Margate 5-0 Bracknell Town 89 Marine 1-0 Ashton United 90 Marlow 2-2 Littlehampton Town 91 Melksham Town 1-2 Waterlooville 92 Merthyr Tydfil 7-1 Brockenhurst 93 Moor Green 0-2 Bilston Town 94 Newcastle Town 3-5 Garforth Town 95 Newport I O W 2-1 Aldershot Town 96 North Ferriby United 2-1 Barrow 97 Northampton Spencer 1-1 Woodbridge Town 98 Oakwood 0-1 Potton United 99 Odd Down 1-4 Wimborne Town 100 Oxford City 1-1 Dorchester Town 101 Pershore Town 0-7 Stourbridge 102 Portfield 2-1 Viking Sports 103 Racing Club Warwick 1-2 Redditch United 104 Radcliffe Borough 1-3 Bishop Auckland 105 Raunds Town 2-4 Spalding United 106 Rocester 3-2 Stowmarket Town 107 Rothwell Town 2-1 Corby Town 108 Ruislip Manor 4-1 Shoreham 109 Salisbury City 3-0 Chard Town 110 Shepshed Dynamo 0-3 Cambridge City 111 Sittingbourne 5-0 Molesey 112 Solihull Borough 2-0 Burton Albion 113 South Shields 3-0 Skelmersdale United 114 Spennymoor United 1-1 Blyth Spartans 115 St Blazey 0-2 Tiverton Town 116 St Leonards Stamcroft 1-0 Bishop's Stortford 117 Staines Town 3-1 Bromley 118 Staveley Miners Welfare 1-5 Lincoln United 119 Sudbury Wanderers 3-0 Stafford Rangers 120 Tamworth 1-2 Bromsgrove Rovers 121 Taunton Town 3-2 Newport A F C 122 Telford United 1-2 Bedworth United 123 Thatcham Town 0-1 Cheltenham Town 124 Tilbury 3-1 Wick 125 Tonbridge Angels 1-0 Ware 126 Tooting & Mitcham United 1-2 Billericay Town 127 Tuffley Rovers 1-3 Paulton Rovers 128 Uxbridge 0-2 Dover Athletic 129 Walton & Hersham 2-0 Hampton 130 Warrington Town 1-2 R T M Newcastle 131 Welling United 3-0 Leyton Pennant 132 Wembley 3-1 Whitehawk 133 Weston Super Mare 0-0 Cinderford Town 134 Whitby Town 6-2 Netherfield 135 Whitley Bay 0-0 Shotton Comrades 136 Whyteleafe 3-2 Crawley Town 137 Winsford United 1-0 Leek Town 138 Witton Albion 0-5 Gainsborough Trinity 139 Wokingham Town 1-1 Westfields 140 Worcester City 3-2 A F C Lymington 141 Workington 0-3 Emley 142 Worksop Town 4-2 Oldham Town 143 Yeading 4-2 Chelmsford City 144 Yeovil Town 1-1 Witney Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Slough Town 5-0 Baldock Town 5 Dunston Federation Brewery 2-3 Bamber Bridge 6 Camberley Town 2-1 Banstead Athletic 11 Dulwich Hamlet 2-0 Bedford Town 13 Deal Town 2-1 Berkhamsted Town 15 Maine Road 2-2 Billingham Synthonia (Maine Road won 5-3 on penalties) 21 Desborough Town 1-3 Bridgnorth Town 22 Abingdon Town 1-2 Bridgwater Town 25 Gosport Borough 1-2 Buckingham Town 29 Bedlington Terriers 1-2 Burscough 31 Worthing 4-1 Canterbury City 33 Heybridge Swifts 2-1 Chertsey Town 38 Calne Town 2-1 Clevedon Town 52 Morpeth Town 4-1 Frickley Athletic 55 Braintree Town 3-1 Gravesend & Northfleet 56 St Helens Town 3-1 Great Harwood Town 65 Easington Colliery 4-1 Harrogate Town 66 Carshalton Athletic 4-0 Harwich & Parkeston 67 Basingstoke Town 2-0 Havant Town 82 Consett 1-2 Lancaster City 86 Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-3 Liversedge 90 Littlehampton Town 2-2 Marlow (Marlow won 11-10 on penalties) 97 Woodbridge Town 3-1 Northampton Spencer 100 Dorchester Town 1-0 Oxford City 114 Blyth Spartans 1-0 Spennymoor United 133 Cinderford Town 0-1 Weston Super Mare 135 Shotton Comrades 1-0 Whitley Bay 139 Westfields 1-3 Wokingham Town 144 Witney Town 1-2 Yeovil Town
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Arnold Town 2-0 Shotton Comrades 2 Aylesbury United 0-3 Carshalton Athletic 3 Bamber Bridge 1-2 Marine 4 Barking 3-0 Hanwell Town 5 Basingstoke Town 1-1 Bath City 6 Bedworth United 1-1 Nuneaton Borough 7 Belper Town 2-2 Parkgate 8 Billericay Town 2-1 Dulwich Hamlet 9 Bilston Town 1-2 King's Lynn 10 Bognor Regis Town 2-1 Hastings Town 11 Brackley Town 0-0 Rocester 12 Braintree Town 3-0 Chesham United 13 Bridgwater Town 2-4 Paulton Rovers 14 Brigg Town 1-1 Worksop Town 15 Buckingham Town 0-2 Taunton Town 16 Burscough 1-4 Ossett Town 17 Chippenham Town 1-1 Wokingham Town 18 Chorley 2-2 Bishop Auckland 19 Clitheroe 1-3 Lincoln United 20 Croydon 2-0 Aveley 21 Dartford 1-2 Staines Town 22 Dorchester Town 1-0 Forest Green Rovers 23 Dover Athletic 0-4 Kingstonian 24 Durham City 0-5 Emley 25 Fleet Town 2-3 Calne Town 26 Garforth Town 0-1 Blyth Spartans 27 Gateshead 1-4 Gainsborough Trinity 28 Gloucester City 2-1 Newport I O W 29 Grays Athletic 1-2 Camberley Town 30 Gretna 3-1 Liversedge 31 Guiseley 0-0 Farsley Celtic 32 Halifax Town 4-0 Leigh R M I 33 Hinckley United 2-0 Great Yarmouth Town 34 Hyde United 4-1 Lancaster City 35 Ilkeston Town 7-1 R T M Newcastle 36 Kettering Town 1-1 Cambridge City 37 Knypersley Victoria 3-1 Gresley Rovers 38 Langney Sports 3-0 Dorking 39 Margate 4-0 Harrow Borough 40 Marlow 2-3 Flackwell Heath 41 Merthyr Tydfil 0-2 Cheltenham Town 42 Metropolitan Police 2-2 Wivenhoe Town 43 Morpeth Town 0-0 North Ferriby United 44 Newmarket Town 1-2 V S Rugby 45 Penrith 6-3 Easington Colliery 46 Portfield 1-1 Deal Town 47 Portsmouth Royal Navy 1-1 Waterlooville 48 Potton United 1-6 Romford 49 Redditch United 3-1 Willenhall Town 50 Rothwell Town 1-1 Halesowen Town 51 Ruislip Manor 0-0 Erith & Belvedere 52 Ryhope Community Association 2-0 St Helens Town 53 Salisbury City 2-2 Weston Super Mare 54 Sittingbourne 2-1 Purfleet 55 Solihull Borough 2-1 Grantham Town 56 South Shields 2-0 Maine Road 57 Spalding United 2-1 Lowestoft Town 58 St Leonards Stamcroft 2-0 Canvey Island 59 Stourbridge 2-1 Bridgnorth Town 60 Sudbury Wanderers 1-1 Bromsgrove Rovers 61 Tilbury 3-0 Wingate & Finchley 62 Tiverton Town 11-1 Wimborne Town 63 Tonbridge Angels 3-0 Worthing 64 Walton & Hersham 0-0 Slough Town 65 Welling United 2-2 Sutton United 66 Wembley 1-3 Fisher Athletic London 67 Whitby Town 1-4 Winsford United 68 Whyteleafe 0-2 Heybridge Swifts 69 Windsor & Eton 2-5 Barton Rovers 70 Woodbridge Town 4-2 Boldmere St Michaels 71 Worcester City 1-2 Yeovil Town 72 Yeading 3-0 Stansted
Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Bath City 1-3 Basingstoke Town 6 Nuneaton Borough 6-1 Bedworth United 7 Parkgate 0-2 Belper Town 11 Rocester 2-1 Brackley Town 14 Worksop Town 3-1 Brigg Town 17 Wokingham Town 0-1 Chippenham Town 18 Bishop Auckland 2-3 Chorley 31 Farsley Celtic 1-4 Guiseley 36 Cambridge City 2-4 Kettering Town 42 Wivenhoe Town 2-1 Metropolitan Police 43 North Ferriby United 1-0 Morpeth Town 46 Deal Town 2-1 Portfield 47 Waterlooville 7-0 Portsmouth Royal Navy 50 Halesowen Town 4-1 Rothwell Town 51 Erith & Belvedere 3-0 Ruislip Manor 53 Weston Super Mare 2-2 Salisbury City (Salisbury City won 4-3 on penalties) 60 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-0 Sudbury Wanderers 64 Slough Town 0-0 Walton & Hersham (Slough Town won 3-2 on penalties) 65 Sutton United 2-1 Welling United
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Basingstoke Town 0-0 Calne Town 2 Billericay Town 4-1 Erith & Belvedere 3 Blyth Spartans 4-0 Worksop Town 4 Bognor Regis Town 1-1 Croydon 5 Braintree Town 4-1 Barton Rovers 6 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-1 Rocester 7 Carshalton Athletic 1-0 Fisher Athletic London 8 Cheltenham Town 5-0 Paulton Rovers 9 Chorley 1-3 Ilkeston Town 10 Dorchester Town 0-1 Tiverton Town 11 Emley 2-1 Belper Town 12 Gainsborough Trinity 3-2 South Shields 13 Gloucester City 2-0 Waterlooville 14 Guiseley 1-2 Penrith 15 Halesowen Town 2-2 Redditch United 16 Halifax Town 5-0 Ossett Town 17 Heybridge Swifts 4-0 Flackwell Heath 18 Hyde United 8-0 Ryhope Community Association 19 Kettering Town 0-1 Hinckley United 20 King's Lynn 4-3 V S Rugby 21 Kingstonian 1-0 Wivenhoe Town 22 Knypersley Victoria 3-1 Spalding United 23 Margate 2-1 Deal Town 24 Marine 1-1 Lincoln United 25 North Ferriby United 2-0 Gretna 26 Nuneaton Borough 4-1 Stourbridge 27 Salisbury City 3-0 Taunton Town 28 Sittingbourne 2-1 Langney Sports 29 Slough Town 6-1 Tilbury 30 Solihull Borough 6-0 Woodbridge Town 31 St Leonards Stamcroft 1-3 Camberley Town 32 Staines Town 3-1 Barking 33 Sutton United 5-1 Tonbridge Angels 34 Winsford United 1-1 Arnold Town 35 Yeading 0-2 Romford 36 Yeovil Town 4-0 Chippenham Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Calne Town 1-2 Basingstoke Town 4 Croydon 2-2 Bognor Regis Town (Bognor Regis Town won 3-1 on penalties) 15 Redditch United 0-3 Halesowen Town 24 Lincoln United 4-1 Marine 34 Arnold Town 0-0 Winsford United (Winsford United won 7-6 on penalties)
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Morecambe, Northwich Victoria, Farnborough Town, Southport, Rushden & Diamonds, Stalybridge Celtic, Hayes, Altrincham, Runcorn, Ashford Town (Kent), Colwyn Bay, Boston United, Enfield, St Albans City, Boreham Wood, Hendon, Wisbech Town and Sudbury Town.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 0-2 Morecambe 2 Basingstoke Town 5-1 Braintree Town 3 Billericay Town 1-1 Camberley Town 4 Blyth Spartans 2-1 Kidderminster Harriers 5 Bognor Regis Town 0-0 Farnborough Town 6 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-0 Romford 7 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Sutton United 8 Enfield 1-2 Carshalton Athletic 9 Gainsborough Trinity 2-1 Halifax Town 10 Gloucester City 1-1 Wisbech Town 11 Halesowen Town 0-2 Northwich Victoria 12 Heybridge Swifts 5-2 Ashford Town (Kent) 13 Hinckley United 1-2 Colwyn Bay 14 Ilkeston Town 3-2 Hyde United 15 King's Lynn 5-0 Salisbury City 16 Knypersley Victoria 0-1 Boston United 17 Nuneaton Borough 2-3 Emley 18 Runcorn 1-2 Lincoln United 19 Rushden & Diamonds 1-1 Boreham Wood 20 Sittingbourne 2-2 Hereford United 21 Slough Town 2-1 Kingstonian 22 Southport 2-0 North Ferriby United 23 St Albans City 1-2 Hendon 24 Staines Town 0-3 Margate 25 Stalybridge Celtic 3-3 Solihull Borough 26 Tiverton Town 5-0 Sudbury Town 27 Winsford United 2-0 Penrith 28 Yeovil Town 1-1 Hayes
Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Camberley Town 0-1 Billericay Town 5 Farnborough Town 2-1 Bognor Regis Town 10 Wisbech Town 3-2 Gloucester City 19 Boreham Wood 1-0 Rushden & Diamonds 20 Hereford United 3-0 Sittingbourne 25 Solihull Borough 4-3 Stalybridge Celtic 28 Hayes 1-0 Yeovil Town
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