England FA Cup Qualification

Harry Hampton scores one of his two goals in the 1905 FA Cup final, when Aston Villa defeated Newcastle United

In 1863, the newly founded Football Association (the FA) published the Laws of the Game of Association Football, unifying the various different rules in use before then. On 20 July 1871, in the offices of newspaper, the FA Secretary C. W. Alcock proposed to the FA committee that "it is desirable that a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association for which all clubs belonging to the Association should be invited to compete". The inaugural FA Cup tournament kicked off in November 1871. After thirteen games in all, Wanderers were crowned the winners in the final, on 16 March 1872. Wanderers retained the trophy the following year. The modern cup was beginning to be established by the 1888–89 season, when qualifying rounds were introduced.

Following the 1914–15 edition, the competition was suspended in mid air due to the First World War, and did not resume until 1919–20. The 1923 FA Cup Final, commonly known as the "White Horse Final", was the first final to be played in the newly opened Wembley Stadium (known at the time as the Empire Stadium). The 1927 final saw "Abide with Me" being sung for the first time at the Cup final, which has become a pre-match tradition. Due to the outbreak of World War II, the competition was not played between the 1938–39 and 1945–46 editions. Due to the wartime breaks, the competition did not celebrate its centenary year until 1980–81.

After some confusion over the rules in its first competition, the FA decided that any drawn match would lead to a replay, with teams competing in further replays until a game was eventually won. Alvechurch and Oxford City contested the most replayed tie in the 1971–72 qualification, in a tie which went to 6 matches. Multiple replays were scrapped for the competition proper in 1991–92, and the qualifying rounds in 1997–98. Replays were removed altogether from the semi-final and final matches in 2000, from the quarter-finals in 2016–17, the fifth round in 2019–20 and the first round onwards from 2024-25.

Redevelopment of Wembley saw the final played outside of England for the first time, the 2001–2006 finals being played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. The final returned to Wembley in 2007, followed by the semi-finals from 2008.

Date	R	Home v Away	-
10/15 18:45	17	Gateshead v Hednesford	1-3
10/15 18:45	17	Boston Utd v Gainsborough	0-4
10/15 18:45	17	Peterborough Sports v Rushall Olympic	0-0
10/15 18:45	17	Brackley v Hartlepool	3-1
10/15 18:45	17	Maidenhead Utd v Taunton Town	3-0
10/15 18:45	17	Solihull Moors v Altrincham	2-2
10/12 14:30	17	Hednesford v Gateshead	1-1
10/12 14:00	17	Alfreton Town v Spennymoor Town	1-0
10/12 14:00	17	Lowestoft Town v Weston Super Mare	1-3
10/12 14:00	17	Chesham v Yeovil	1-0
10/12 14:00	17	Leiston v Dag & Red	1-5
10/12 14:00	17	Kidderminster v Guiseley	0-1
10/12 14:00	17	Curzon Ashton v Kings Lynn Town	1-0
10/12 14:00	17	Scarborough Athletic v Chester	3-1
10/12 14:00	17	Rushall Olympic v Peterborough Sports	1-1
10/12 14:00	17	Forest Green v Weymouth	2-0
10/12 14:00	17	Horsham v Gorleston	1-0
10/12 14:00	17	Harborough Town v Bury	1-0
10/12 14:00	17	Altrincham v Solihull Moors	1-1
10/12 14:00	17	AFC Fylde v Rochdale	1-4
10/12 14:00	17	Taunton Town v Maidenhead Utd	1-1
10/12 14:00	17	Eastleigh v Southend	0-1
10/12 14:00	17	Chertsey Town v Sutton Utd	1-3
10/12 14:00	17	Wealdstone v Gosport Borough	4-1
10/12 14:00	17	Braintree Town v Bishop's Stortford	1-0
10/12 14:00	17	Oldham v Halifax	4-2
10/12 14:00	17	Hartlepool v Brackley	1-1
10/12 14:00	17	Farsley Celtic v Kettering	1-2
10/12 14:00	17	Barnet v Chelmsford	4-0
10/12 14:00	17	Biggleswade v York	1-3

England FA Cup Qualification

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