Football tournament season
The 1996–97 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 116th 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 574 clubs were accepted for the competition, down one from the previous season's 575.
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 31 August 1996 340 574 → 404 First round qualifying Saturday 14 September 1996 118 404 → 260 Second round qualifying Saturday 28 September 1996 none 260 → 188 Third round qualifying Saturday 12 October 1996 none 188 → 152 Fourth round qualifying Saturday 26 October 1996 20 152 → 124 First round proper Saturday 16 November 1996 52 124 → 84 Second round proper Saturday 7 December 1996 none 84 → 64 Third round proper Saturday 4 January 1997 44 64 → 32 Fourth round proper Saturday 25 January 1997 none 32 → 16 Fifth round proper Saturday 15 February 1997 none 16 → 8 Sixth round proper Saturday 8 March 1997 none 8 → 4 Semi-finals Saturday 13 April 1997 none 4 → 2 Final Saturday 17 May 1997 none 2 → 1
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A F C Lymington 6-1 Windsor & Eton 2 Alnwick Town 0-0 Consett 3 Arlesey Town 3-1 Potton United 4 Arundel 3-0 Canterbury City 5 Ashford Town (Middx) 2-0 Slade Green 6 Ashington 4-5 Ashfield United 7 Banbury United 0-1 V S Rugby 8 Barwell 0-2 Bilston Town 9 Basildon United 0-2 Woodbridge Town 10 Bedfont 1-2 Tunbridge Wells 11 Bedworth United 2-2 Paget Rangers 12 Belper Town 1-1 Leigh R M I 13 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2-0 Bicester Town 14 Berkhamsted Town 2-3 Chesham United 15 Biggleswade Town 0-1 London Colney 16 Blackpool Rovers 1-2 Hucknall Town 17 Blakenall 3-0 Glossop North End 18 Bootle 2-0 Seaham Red Star 19 Bournemouth 1-3 Abingdon Town 20 Bowers United 2-1 Hanwell Town 21 Brandon United 3-1 Tadcaster Albion 22 Bridport 0-1 Clevedon Town 23 Brimsdown Rovers 1-3 Tring Town 24 Burgess Hill Town 4-1 Epsom & Ewell 25 Burnham Ramblers 1-1 Great Yarmouth Town 26 Bury Town 4-1 Milton Keynes 27 Chasetown 2-0 Boldmere St Michaels 28 Cheadle Town 0-0 Burscough 29 Cirencester Town 1-0 Yate Town 30 Concord Rangers 2-2 Barking 31 Corby Town 5-1 Eynesbury Rovers 32 Corinthian Casuals 1-1 Chipstead 33 Cornard United 0-2 Gorleston 34 Cove 1-0 Ash United 35 Croydon Athletic 2-0 Lewes 36 Dartford 1-1 Horsham 37 Devizes Town 2-0 Westbury United 38 Droylsden 1-5 Stocksbridge Park Steels 39 Dudley Town 1-3 Tamworth 40 East Grinstead 2-3 Folkestone Invicta 41 East Thurrock United 4-2 Mirrlees Blackstone 42 Eastleigh 0-3 Hungerford Town 43 Eastwood Hanley 0-1 Crook Town 44 Eccleshill United 2-1 Hallam 45 Edgware Town 1-1 Flackwell Heath 46 Endsleigh 0-3 Bristol Manor Farm 47 Erith & Belvedere 2-2 Kingsbury Town 48 Esh Winning 1-3 Oldham Town 49 Evenwood Town 3-1 Darwen 50 Fakenham Town 2-2 Maldon Town 51 Falmouth Town 3-0 Barnstaple Town 52 Felixstowe Port & Town 0-1 Clapton 53 Ferryhill Athletic 1-2 Yorkshire Amateur 54 Fleet Town 2-0 Waterlooville 55 Flixton 4-1 R T M Newcastle 56 Ford United 1-0 Harwich & Parkeston 57 Frome Town 3-0 Elmore 58 Glasshoughton Welfare 1-2 Matlock Town 59 Glastonbury 2-4 Calne Town 60 Godalming & Guildford 5-2 Carterton Town 61 Gosport Borough 2-1 Ryde 62 Hailsham Town 2-2 Redhill 63 Halesowen Harriers 2-2 Long Buckby 64 Harefield United 2-4 Halstead Town 65 Haringey Borough 0-3 Hornchurch 66 Harrogate Railway Athletic 5-2 Stockton 67 Harrogate Town 6-0 Whitley Bay 68 Harworth Colliery Institute 0-0 Blidworth Welfare 69 Hassocks 1-3 Egham Town 70 Hatfield Main 0-0 Farsley Celtic 71 Haverhill Rovers 5-1 Holbeach United 72 Heanor Town 3-4 Sheffield 73 Hebburn 0-5 Dunston Federation Brewery 74 Hemel Hempstead 1-0 Ware 75 Hillingdon Borough 1-4 Stowmarket Town 76 Hoddesdon Town 0-1 Stotfold 77 Horden Colliery Welfare 0-4 Atherton Collieries 78 Horsham Y M C A 6-1 Littlehampton Town 79 Kidsgrove Athletic 0-3 Chester-Le-Street Town 80 Kimberley Town 1-1 Rossington Main 81 Knypersley Victoria 4-0 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 82 Langford 0-4 Brackley Town 83 Langney Sports 1-3 Chalfont St Peter 84 Leyton Pennant 0-0 Collier Row & Romford 85 Liversedge 0-0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 86 Louth United 2-2 Guisborough Town 87 Lowestoft Town 1-2 Boston Town 88 Lye Town 0-4 Desborough Town 89 Maidenhead United 0-1 Havant Town 90 Mangotsfield United 6-1 Chippenham Town 91 March Town United 2-1 Barkingside 92 Margate 0-1 Banstead Athletic 93 Melksham Town 2-1 Bridgwater Town 94 Merstham 3-2 Deal Town 95 Mile Oak 5-1 Lancing 96 Murton 1-0 Congleton Town 97 Nantwich Town 5-0 South Shields 98 Netherfield 3-0 Shildon 99 Newcastle Town 1-0 Denaby United 100 Newport Pagnell Town 0-1 Wednesfield 101 North Ferriby United 4-0 Great Harwood Town 102 Northallerton 0-1 Morpeth Town 103 Northampton Spencer 1-0 Oldbury United 104 Ossett Albion 2-1 Brigg Town 105 Ossett Town 3-1 Armthorpe Welfare 106 Pagham 1-4 Northwood 107 Peacehaven & Telscombe 5-0 Dorking 108 Pontefract Collieries 1-2 Pickering Town 109 Portfield 1-3 Three Bridges 110 Portsmouth Royal Navy 1-6 Camberley Town 111 Potters Bar Town 5-1 Cheshunt 112 Prudhoe Town 1-1 Maine Road 113 Raynes Park Vale 1-4 Burnham 114 Ringmer 7-0 Steyning Town 115 Rocester 5-1 Bolehall Swifts 116 Rossendale United 1-1 Castleton Gabriels 117 Rothwell Town 5-1 Bourne Town 118 Royston Town 1-0 Southall 119 Ruislip Manor 1-1 Clacton Town 120 Rushall Olympic 1-3 Pelsall Villa 121 Ryhope Community Association 1-2 Arnold Town 122 Saffron Walden Town 2-2 Newmarket Town 123 Selsey 3-1 Thamesmead Town 124 Sheppey United 1-2 Harlow Town 125 Shifnal Town 1-2 Chadderton 126 Shoreham 0-1 Wealdstone 127 Shotton Comrades 0-4 Garforth Town 128 Soham Town Rangers 0-2 Stamford 129 Southend Manor 0-5 Braintree Town 130 Southwick 0-0 Oakwood 131 St Blazey 2-0 Minehead 132 St Helens Town 2-2 Peterlee Newtown 133 St Leonards Stamcroft 2-0 Metropolitan Police 134 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Redditch United 135 Stansted 2-1 Aveley 136 Stapenhill 3-0 Salford City 137 Stourport Swifts 0-4 Pershore Town 138 Stratford Town 0-2 Shepshed Dynamo 139 Sutton Coldfield Town 0-0 Moor Green 140 Thackley 0-4 Selby Town 141 Thatcham Town 2-0 Brockenhurst 142 Tilbury 1-1 Diss Town 143 Tiptree United 1-0 Hadleigh United 144 Tonbridge Angels 1-0 Leatherhead 145 Torrington 3-0 Paulton Rovers 146 Trafford 2-0 Clitheroe 147 Tuffley Rovers 2-5 Taunton Town 148 Uxbridge 2-1 Leighton Town 149 Viking Sports 2-0 Corinthian 150 Washington 0-0 Bridgnorth Town 151 Watton United 1-4 Bedford Town 152 Wellingborough Town 0-3 Cogenhoe United 153 Welton Rovers 3-2 Saltash United 154 Welwyn Garden City 2-0 Wootton Blue Cross 155 West Midlands Police 1-2 Westfields 156 Weston Super Mare 2-0 Brislington 157 Whitby Town 6-2 Whickham 158 Whitehawk 1-6 Whitstable Town 159 Whyteleafe 3-3 Chatham Town 160 Wick 0-2 Herne Bay 161 Willenhall Town 1-0 Hinckley Town 162 Willington 2-1 Borrowash Victoria 163 Wimborne Town 1-1 Andover 164 Wingate & Finchley 0-1 Spalding United 165 Witham Town 2-5 Grantham Town 166 Wivenhoe Town 2-2 Raunds Town 167 Wokingham Town 0-0 Fareham Town 168 Workington 1-0 Worksop Town 169 Worthing 0-1 Fisher Athletic London 170 Wroxham 2-2 Great Wakering Rovers
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Consett 2-0 Alnwick Town 11 Paget Rangers 1-2 Bedworth United 12 Leigh R M I 3-1 Belper Town 25 Great Yarmouth Town 3-1 Burnham Ramblers 28 Burscough 2-0 Cheadle Town 30 Barking 1-0 Concord Rangers 32 Chipstead 2-4 Corinthian Casuals 36 Horsham 1-0 Dartford 45 Flackwell Heath 1-1 Edgware Town 47 Kingsbury Town 0-1 Erith & Belvedere 50 Maldon Town 2-0 Fakenham Town 62 Redhill 2-1 Hailsham Town 63 Long Buckby 1-1 Halesowen Harriers 68 Blidworth Welfare 2-2 Harworth Colliery Institute 70 Farsley Celtic 2-1 Hatfield Main 80 Rossington Main 3-0 Kimberley Town 84 Collier Row & Romford 1-0 Leyton Pennant 85 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 2-2 Liversedge 86 Guisborough Town 4-1 Louth United 112 Maine Road 1-2 Prudhoe Town 116 Castleton Gabriels 2-4 Rossendale United 119 Clacton Town 3-2 Ruislip Manor 122 Newmarket Town 3-0 Saffron Walden Town 130 Oakwood 1-2 Southwick 132 Peterlee Newtown 1-2 St Helens Town 134 Redditch United 0-1 Stafford Rangers 139 Moor Green 3-2 Sutton Coldfield Town 142 Diss Town 1-0 Tilbury 150 Bridgnorth Town 2-1 Washington 159 Chatham Town 2-0 Whyteleafe 163 Andover 0-1 Wimborne Town 166 Raunds Town 3-0 Wivenhoe Town 167 Fareham Town 4-1 Wokingham Town 170 Great Wakering Rovers 0-1 Wroxham
Tie Home team Score Away team 45 Flackwell Heath 0-3 Edgware Town 63 Halesowen Harriers 2-1 Long Buckby 68 Blidworth Welfare 2-1 Harworth Colliery Institute 85 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 2-2 Liversedge
Tie Home team Score Away team 85 Liversedge 1-3 Atherton Laburnum Rovers
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 1-1 Ossett Albion 2 Aldershot Town 8-1 Merstham 3 Arlesey Town 0-3 Stevenage Borough 4 Ashton United 3-0 Harrogate Railway Athletic 5 Atherstone United 3-1 Cogenhoe United 6 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 1-0 Ilkeston Town 7 Backwell United 0-6 Yeovil Town 8 Baldock Town 2-0 Tiptree United 9 Banstead Athletic 1-3 Peacehaven & Telscombe 10 Barton Rovers 2-2 Erith & Belvedere 11 Basingstoke Town 0-3 Gloucester City 12 Bedlington Terriers 4-0 Prudhoe Town 13 Bedworth United 3-3 V S Rugby 14 Bideford 2-6 Melksham Town 15 Billericay Town 4-0 Woodbridge Town 16 Billingham Synthonia 1-0 Atherton Collieries 17 Billingham Town 2-0 Dunston Federation Brewery 18 Bishop Auckland 3-1 Pickering Town 19 Bishop's Stortford 2-0 Bedford Town 20 Blidworth Welfare 0-1 Stapenhill 21 Boreham Wood 8-1 Tring Town 22 Brackley Town 1-1 Dagenham & Redbridge 23 Bracknell Town 4-2 Selsey 24 Bradford Park Avenue 1-0 Ashfield United 25 Brandon United 0-6 Morecambe 26 Bridgnorth Town 4-1 Trafford 27 Bromley 4-0 Viking Sports 28 Buckingham Town 3-6 Hungerford Town 29 Burton Albion 1-0 Guisborough Town 30 Bury Town 0-0 Heybridge Swifts 31 Buxton 1-2 Ossett Town 32 Cambridge City 6-1 Diss Town 33 Canvey Island 3-1 Haverhill Rovers 34 Carshalton Athletic 6-0 Tunbridge Wells 35 Chatham Town 1-2 Burgess Hill Town 36 Chelmsford City 5-0 March Town United 37 Chesham United 3-1 Barking 38 Cirencester Town 2-0 Falmouth Town 39 Clevedon Town 4-1 Dorchester Town 40 Collier Row & Romford 1-1 Halstead Town 41 Corby Town 4-1 Stamford 42 Croydon 3-1 Egham Town 43 Curzon Ashton 1-0 Evenwood Town 44 Devizes Town 2-2 Bath City 45 Dulwich Hamlet 2-0 Ashford Town (Middx) 46 Durham City 5-1 Morpeth Town 47 Easington Colliery 2-7 Winsford United 48 Eastwood Town 1-0 Eccleshill United 49 Edgware Town 3-3 Ford United 50 Emley 3-0 Selby Town 51 Evesham United 4-0 Pelsall Villa 52 Fareham Town 2-1 Worcester City 53 Farsley Celtic 1-0 Knowsley United 54 Fisher Athletic London 3-2 Chalfont St Peter 55 Fleet Town 0-3 Abingdon Town 56 Flixton 2-0 Bootle 57 Forest Green Rovers 4-5 Torrington 58 Garforth Town 1-3 Whitby Town 59 Gorleston 1-2 Sudbury Town 60 Gosport Borough 0-1 Cheltenham Town 61 Grantham Town 2-0 Boston Town 62 Grays Athletic 6-0 Clacton Town 63 Gresley Rovers 2-1 Chasetown 64 Gretna 1-1 Arnold Town 65 Guiseley 4-0 Hucknall Town 66 Hampton 2-1 Harlow Town 67 Harrogate Town 0-1 Consett 68 Harrow Borough 4-1 Stowmarket Town 69 Hastings Town 2-0 Burnham 70 Havant Town 0-3 Bashley 71 Hemel Hempstead 0-1 Stansted 72 Hendon 2-0 Croydon Athletic 73 Hertford Town 1-2 Potters Bar Town 74 Hinckley Athletic 5-1 Halesowen Harriers 75 Horsham 1-0 Wealdstone 76 Horsham Y M C A 2-3 Sittingbourne 77 Leicester United scr-w/o Desborough Town 78 Leigh R M I 2-0 Alfreton Town 79 Lincoln United 2-2 Lancaster City 80 London Colney 0-0 St Albans City 81 Maldon Town 2-7 Boston United 82 Marlow 0-2 Braintree Town 83 Matlock Town 0-1 Leek Town 84 Mile Oak 0-3 Dover Athletic 85 Molesey 3-1 Whitstable Town 86 Moor Green 1-2 Solihull Borough 87 Mossley 3-1 Burscough 88 Murton 1-3 Frickley Athletic 89 Netherfield 3-1 Nantwich Town 90 Newport A F C 5-2 Mangotsfield United 91 North Ferriby United 4-1 Chorley 92 Oldham Town 2-3 Halifax Town 93 Pershore Town 1-2 Knypersley Victoria 94 Purfleet 5-1 Hornchurch 95 Racing Club Warwick 1-1 Northampton Spencer 96 Radcliffe Borough 0-2 Marine 97 Raunds Town 2-4 East Thurrock United 98 Redhill 0-1 Crawley Town 99 Ringmer 1-2 Chertsey Town 100 Rocester 0-3 Kettering Town 101 Rossendale United 0-5 Southport 102 Rossington Main 1-2 Blakenall 103 Rothwell Town 2-3 Spalding United 104 Salisbury City 0-0 Godalming & Guildford 105 Sandwell Borough 0-0 Shepshed Dynamo 106 Sheffield 2-1 Chadderton 107 Southwick 1-2 Welling United 108 St Blazey 0-7 Merthyr Tydfil 109 St Helens Town 0-0 Gateshead 110 St Leonards Stamcroft 4-1 Arundel 111 Stafford Rangers 0-1 Bilston Town 112 Staines Town 2-0 Folkestone Invicta 113 Stocksbridge Park Steels 4-2 Chester-Le-Street Town 114 Stotfold 0-2 Hayes 115 Stourbridge 1-0 Halesowen Town 116 Sudbury Wanderers 1-1 Great Yarmouth Town 117 Tamworth 4-1 Willenhall Town 118 Thame United 1-1 A F C Lymington 119 Thatcham Town 1-1 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 120 Three Bridges 1-6 Farnborough Town 121 Tiverton Town 3-0 Frome Town 122 Tonbridge Angels 2-0 Northwood 123 Tooting & Mitcham United 5-0 Corinthian Casuals 124 Tow Law Town 1-1 Gainsborough Trinity 125 Trowbridge Town 3-0 Calne Town 126 Uxbridge 5-1 Clapton 127 Walton & Hersham 1-1 Herne Bay 128 Warrington Town 0-1 Hyde United 129 Wednesfield 0-0 Hednesford Town 130 Welton Rovers 0-6 Taunton Town 131 Welwyn Garden City 1-4 Aylesbury United 132 Wembley 0-2 Royston Town 133 West Auckland Town 1-3 Bamber Bridge 134 Westfields 0-4 Rushden & Diamonds 135 Weston Super Mare 4-0 Bristol Manor Farm 136 Weymouth 2-0 Camberley Town 137 Willington 1-3 Newcastle Town 138 Wimborne Town 5-0 Cove 139 Wisbech Town 2-1 Newmarket Town 140 Witney Town 1-1 Oxford City 141 Workington 3-1 Crook Town 142 Wroxham 3-2 King's Lynn 143 Yeading 6-0 Bowers United 144 Yorkshire Amateur 0-1 Stalybridge Celtic
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ossett Albion 2-1 Accrington Stanley 10 Erith & Belvedere 1-2 Barton Rovers 13 V S Rugby 0-3 Bedworth United 22 Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Brackley Town 30 Heybridge Swifts 3-0 Bury Town 40 Halstead Town 4-0 Collier Row & Romford 44 Bath City 3-1 Devizes Town 49 Ford United 2-3 Edgware Town 64 Arnold Town 3-0 Gretna 79 Lancaster City 3-2 Lincoln United 80 St Albans City 4-1 London Colney 95 Northampton Spencer 2-2 Racing Club Warwick 104 Godalming & Guildford 0-2 Salisbury City 105 Shepshed Dynamo 5-2 Sandwell Borough 109 Gateshead 5-1 St Helens Town 116 Great Yarmouth Town 0-1 Sudbury Wanderers 118 A F C Lymington 1-1 Thame United 119 Bemerton Heath Harlequins 2-3 Thatcham Town 124 Gainsborough Trinity 2-0 Tow Law Town 127 Herne Bay 1-0 Walton & Hersham 129 Hednesford Town 6-0 Wednesfield 140 Oxford City 2-3 Witney Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 95 Racing Club Warwick 5-1 Northampton Spencer 118 Thame United 3-1 A F C Lymington
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Arnold Town 0-0 Flixton 2 Ashton United 2-0 Netherfield 3 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 3-2 Curzon Ashton 4 Aylesbury United 0-3 Boreham Wood 5 Bamber Bridge 5-3 Stapenhill 6 Barton Rovers 1-2 Edgware Town 7 Bashley 4-3 Thame United 8 Bath City 5-2 Newport A F C 9 Billericay Town 0-0 Corby Town 10 Billingham Town 0-1 Workington 11 Boston United 3-0 Bishop's Stortford 12 Bracknell Town 5-2 Peacehaven & Telscombe 13 Braintree Town 3-1 Halstead Town 14 Burton Albion 2-1 Stocksbridge Park Steels 15 Canvey Island 1-1 Grantham Town 16 Cheltenham Town 4-3 Salisbury City 17 Chertsey Town 2-3 Hastings Town 18 Clevedon Town 0-2 Tiverton Town 19 Crawley Town 0-4 Bromley 20 Croydon 0-7 St Leonards Stamcroft 21 Dagenham & Redbridge 0-0 Harrow Borough 22 Desborough Town 2-2 Bilston Town 23 Dover Athletic 2-0 Aldershot Town 24 Durham City 1-1 Consett (Tie awarded to Consett) 25 Fareham Town 4-2 Hungerford Town 26 Farnborough Town 3-2 Carshalton Athletic 27 Farsley Celtic 3-1 Mossley 28 Frickley Athletic 1-0 Bradford Park Avenue 29 Gainsborough Trinity 2-1 Bridgnorth Town 30 Gateshead 5-1 Ossett Town 31 Gloucester City 1-3 Thatcham Town 32 Halifax Town 1-4 Bishop Auckland 33 Hampton 2-2 Stansted 34 Hayes 1-1 Grays Athletic 35 Hednesford Town 6-1 Evesham United 36 Hendon 0-0 Fisher Athletic London 37 Herne Bay 1-0 Horsham 38 Heybridge Swifts 1-1 Chelmsford City 39 Hinckley Athletic 1-1 Bedworth United 40 Hyde United 0-1 Whitby Town 41 Kettering Town 0-0 Atherstone United 42 Lancaster City 6-0 Blakenall 43 Leek Town 1-0 Eastwood Town 44 Leigh R M I 1-1 Billingham Synthonia 45 Marine 1-0 Sheffield 46 Melksham Town 0-1 Cirencester Town 47 Merthyr Tydfil 3-1 Torrington 48 Molesey 0-0 Tonbridge Angels 49 Morecambe 4-1 Guiseley 50 North Ferriby United 1-0 Bedlington Terriers 51 Potters Bar Town 0-4 Chesham United 52 Racing Club Warwick 0-5 Tamworth 53 Royston Town 0-5 Uxbridge 54 Rushden & Diamonds 4-0 Gresley Rovers 55 Sittingbourne 4-5 Tooting & Mitcham United 56 Solihull Borough 1-1 Shepshed Dynamo 57 Southport 1-1 Emley 58 St Albans City 1-1 Yeading 59 Staines Town 2-1 Burgess Hill Town 60 Stalybridge Celtic 4-1 Ossett Albion 61 Stevenage Borough 1-1 Baldock Town 62 Stourbridge 0-0 Knypersley Victoria 63 Sudbury Town 2-1 Purfleet 64 Sudbury Wanderers 3-2 Spalding United 65 Trowbridge Town 2-1 Weston Super Mare 66 Welling United 2-1 Dulwich Hamlet 67 Weymouth 1-0 Abingdon Town 68 Winsford United 0-1 Newcastle Town 69 Wisbech Town 2-0 East Thurrock United 70 Witney Town 2-1 Wimborne Town 71 Wroxham 1-1 Cambridge City 72 Yeovil Town 0-0 Taunton Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Flixton 2-0 Arnold Town 9 Corby Town 1-1 Billericay Town 15 Grantham Town 0-1 Canvey Island 21 Harrow Borough 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge 22 Bilston Town 5-2 Desborough Town 33 Stansted 2-1 Hampton 34 Grays Athletic 0-0 Hayes 36 Fisher Athletic London 0-1 Hendon 38 Chelmsford City 2-1 Heybridge Swifts 39 Bedworth United 3-1 Hinckley Athletic 41 Atherstone United 1-6 Kettering Town 44 Billingham Synthonia 2-3 Leigh R M I 48 Tonbridge Angels 1-2 Molesey 56 Shepshed Dynamo 1-0 Solihull Borough 57 Emley 2-3 Southport 58 Yeading 0-1 St Albans City 61 Baldock Town 1-2 Stevenage Borough 62 Knypersley Victoria 1-0 Stourbridge 71 Cambridge City 2-0 Wroxham 72 Taunton Town 3-5 Yeovil Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Corby Town 3-1 Billericay Town 34 Hayes 2-0 Grays Athletic
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 1-1 Bamber Bridge 2 Bashley 0-1 Thatcham Town 3 Bath City 2-0 Cirencester Town 4 Bishop Auckland 0-1 Consett 5 Boreham Wood 3-2 Edgware Town 6 Boston United 10-1 Sudbury Wanderers 7 Bromley 1-1 St Leonards Stamcroft 8 Cambridge City 0-3 Canvey Island 9 Chelmsford City 2-3 Wisbech Town 10 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Weymouth 11 Dagenham & Redbridge 3-0 Uxbridge 12 Dover Athletic 0-1 Hendon 13 Fareham Town 0-1 Witney Town 14 Farnborough Town 3-2 Bracknell Town 15 Farsley Celtic 0-1 Whitby Town 16 Frickley Athletic 1-1 Newcastle Town 17 Gateshead 4-0 Workington 18 Hastings Town 2-1 Molesey 19 Hayes 1-0 Chesham United 20 Hednesford Town 4-2 Tamworth 21 Kettering Town 0-1 Bedworth United 22 Leek Town 2-0 Gainsborough Trinity 23 Leigh R M I 2-0 Marine 24 Merthyr Tydfil 1-0 Trowbridge Town 25 Morecambe 6-2 Flixton 26 North Ferriby United 0-2 Lancaster City 27 Rushden & Diamonds 1-0 Bilston Town 28 Shepshed Dynamo 1-0 Knypersley Victoria 29 Southport 4-1 Burton Albion 30 St Albans City 5-0 Stansted 31 Stalybridge Celtic 2-1 Ashton United 32 Stevenage Borough 3-1 Braintree Town 33 Sudbury Town 1-0 Corby Town 34 Tiverton Town 0-2 Yeovil Town 35 Tooting & Mitcham United 0-1 Staines Town 36 Welling United 2-0 Herne Bay
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bamber Bridge 2-0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 7 St Leonards Stamcroft 2-5 Bromley 16 Newcastle Town 2-1 Frickley Athletic
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Kidderminster Harriers, Bromsgrove Rovers, Altrincham, Telford United, Slough Town, Runcorn, Witton Albion, Sutton United, Nuneaton Borough, Hitchin Town, Kingstonian, Gravesend & Northfleet, Ashford Town (Kent), Barrow, Blyth Spartans, Spennymoor United, Colwyn Bay, Newport I O W, Cinderford Town and Bognor Regis Town.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 3-1 Kingstonian 2 Barrow 1-1 Altrincham 3 Bath City 0-0 Cheltenham Town 4 Bedworth United 0-2 Boston United 5 Boreham Wood 5-0 Thatcham Town 6 Bromley 1-0 Sutton United 7 Canvey Island 0-1 Sudbury Town 8 Cinderford Town 0-4 Farnborough Town 9 Colwyn Bay 1-0 Nuneaton Borough 10 Gateshead 0-1 Consett 11 Gravesend & Northfleet 1-5 Stevenage Borough 12 Hastings Town 1-1 Hendon 13 Hayes 1-0 Slough Town 14 Hednesford Town 2-0 Telford United 15 Hitchin Town 1-2 Wisbech Town 16 Lancaster City 1-1 Morecambe 17 Leigh R M I 2-4 Runcorn 18 Merthyr Tydfil 2-1 Yeovil Town 19 Newcastle Town 4-0 Bamber Bridge 20 Newport I O W 1-4 Dagenham & Redbridge 21 Rushden & Diamonds 2-0 Bognor Regis Town 22 Shepshed Dynamo 2-0 Bromsgrove Rovers 23 Spennymoor United 2-2 Southport 24 Staines Town 0-1 Welling United 25 Stalybridge Celtic 1-0 Leek Town 26 Whitby Town 2-1 Blyth Spartans 27 Witney Town 0-4 St Albans City 28 Witton Albion 1-4 Kidderminster Harriers
Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Altrincham 4-0 Barrow 3 Cheltenham Town 4-1 Bath City 12 Hendon 2-0 Hastings Town 16 Morecambe 2-2 Lancaster City 23 Southport 2-1 Spennymoor United
Tie Home team Score Away team 16 Morecambe 4-2 Lancaster City
See 1996-97 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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