1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1962–63 is the 82nd 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.

1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alford United 1–1 Holbeach United
2 Alfreton Town 1–0 Heanor Town
3 Alton Town 2–0 Newport I O W
4 Altrincham 1–0 Marine
5 Andover 4–1 Cowes
6 Arnold St Mary's 3–2 Matlock Town
7 Ashington 4–3 Willington
8 Ashton United 2–0 Prescot Cables
9 Atherstone Town 1–1 Ilkeston Town
10 Aveley 1–0 Woodford Town
11 Aylesbury United 8–0 Huntley & Palmers
12 Bacup Borough 0–3 Stalybridge Celtic
13 Banbury Spencer 0–2 Oxford City
14 Bangor City 4–0 New Brighton
15 Barking 0–4 Ilford
16 Barnet 2–0 Hertford Town
17 Barry Town 2–0 Stonehouse
18 Basingstoke Town 4–2 Fareham Town
19 Bedford Town 8–0 Wolverton Town & B R
20 Bedlington Mechanics 3–1 Whitby Town
21 Belper Town w/o-scr South Normanton Miners Welfare
22 Biggleswade & District 3–3 Letchworth Town
23 Billingham Synthonia 2–2 Horden Colliery Welfare
24 Bilston 2–3 Hednesford Town
25 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Ware
26 Boldon Colliery Welfare 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic
27 Borough United 4–0 Stork
28 Bourne Town 4–1 Rushden Town
29 Brentwood & Warley 3–2 Rainham Town
30 Bridgwater Town 1–1 Weston Super Mare
31 Bridlington Town 1–1 Scarborough
32 Bridport 1–5 Portland United
33 Bromley 2–1 Bexleyheath & Welling
34 Bromsgrove Rovers 7–1 Oswestry Town
35 Burscough 1–4 Fleetwood
36 Burton Albion 1–1 Long Eaton United
37 Bury Town 4–1 Chatteris Town
38 Buxton 2–1 Sutton Town
39 Cambridge City 3–0 St Albans City
40 Canterbury City 0–3 Folkestone
41 Carshalton Athletic 4–0 Marlow
42 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Llanelli
43 Chichester City 2–3 Newbury Town
44 Chorley 10–2 Lytham
45 Clapton 2–3 Hornchurch
46 Clitheroe 4–1 Lancaster City
47 Congleton Town 1–1 Wellington Town
48 Consett 2–0 Spennymoor United
49 Creswell Colliery 1–5 Frickley Colliery
50 Dagenham 0–3 Leyton
51 Denaby United 4–0 Retford Town
52 Dorking 2–3 Metropolitan Police
53 Droylsden 3–3 Macclesfield
54 Dulwich Hamlet 6–1 Redhill
55 Earlestown 1–3 St Helens Town
56 Easington Colliery Welfare 1–6 Stanley United
57 Eastbourne 3–4 Tunbridge Wells United
58 Eastbourne United 4–3 Tonbridge
59 Ebbw Vale 1–1 Lovells Athletic
60 Edgware Town 0–3 Yiewsley
61 Ellesmere Port Town 3–0 Pwllheli & District
62 Epsom & Ewell 1–3 Slough Town
63 Evenwood Town 0–0 Annfield Plain
64 Eynesbury Rovers 0–5 St Neots Town
65 Falmouth Town 1–1 Barnstaple Town
66 Farsley Celtic 1–0 Goole Town
67 Finchley 4–0 Southall
68 Ford United 8–1 Wembley
69 Gainsborough Trinity 3–1 Stocksbridge Works
70 Glastonbury 0–6 Frome Town
71 Gloucester City 3–2 Merthyr Tydfil
72 Grantham 5–2 Louth United
73 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–1 Chatham Town
74 Grays Athletic 1–2 Tilbury
75 Great Yarmouth Town 3–2 Bungay Town
76 Gresley Rovers 2–2 Tamworth
77 Harlow Town 0–2 Wealdstone
78 Harrow Town 5–2 Wokingham Town
79 Hastings United 0–0 Maidstone United
80 Hayes 3–0 Uxbridge
81 Haywards Heath 4–0 Lancing
82 Hemel Hempstead 3–0 Chesham United
83 Hendon 1–0 Leytonstone
84 Hinckley Athletic 4–2 Loughborough United
85 Hitchin Town 0–0 Vauxhall Motors
86 Horwich R M I 2–2 Netherfield
87 Hyde United 3–0 Nelson
88 Kidderminster Harriers 1–0 Sankey Of Wellington
89 Kingstonian 5–0 Walton & Hersham
90 Leatherhead 1–4 Wimbledon
91 Lewes 5–1 Horsham
92 Leyland Motors 1–5 Rossendale United
93 Linotype & Machinery 1–2 Mossley
94 Llandudno 2–3 Runcorn
95 Lostock Gralam 3–1 Northwich Victoria
96 Lowestoft Town 4–2 Clacton Town
97 Maidenhead United 2–1 Windsor & Eton
98 March Town United 4–1 Ely City
99 Melksham Town 0–5 Devizes Town
100 Moor Green 0–6 Stafford Rangers
101 Newhaven 0–0 Bexhill Town
102 Norton Woodseats 1–3 Worksop Town
103 Nuneaton Borough 6–0 Halesowen Town
104 Petters Sports 0–2 Woking
105 Rugby Town 2–1 Stourbridge
106 Ruislip Manor 0–2 Tooting & Mitcham United
107 Salisbury 2–2 Chippenham Town
108 Selby Town 1–5 Ossett Albion
109 Sheppey United 0–1 Dover
110 Shildon 3–1 Durham City
111 Sittingbourne 10–0 Whitstable
112 South Bank 0–0 Ryhope Colliery Welfare
113 South Liverpool 3–1 Skelmersdale United
114 Spalding United 1–3 Boston United
115 Stevenage Town 0–2 Enfield
116 Stockton 2–1 Penrith
117 Stowmarket 2–1 Gorleston
118 Sutton United 4–1 Cray Wanderers
119 Swanage Town 0–8 Poole Town
120 Truro City 0–3 Bideford
121 Wellingborough Town 0–0 Corby Town
122 Wigan Athletic 5–0 Milnthorpe Corinthians
123 Winsford United 3–0 Witton Albion
124 Worthing 1–2 Bognor Regis Town

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Holbeach United 6–4 Alford United
9 Ilkeston Town 1–2 Atherstone Town
22 Letchworth Town 1–1 Biggleswade & District (Abandoned in extra time)
23 Horden Colliery Welfare 4–2 Billingham Synthonia
30 Weston Super Mare 0–0 Bridgwater Town
31 Scarborough 5–2 Bridlington Town
36 Long Eaton United 0–3 Burton Albion
47 Wellington Town 2–0 Congleton Town
53 Macclesfield 2–2 Droylsden (Abandoned in extra time)
59 Lovells Athletic 4–1 Ebbw Vale
63 Annfield Plain 2–1 Evenwood Town
65 Barnstaple Town 1–3 Falmouth Town
76 Tamworth 4–1 Gresley Rovers
79 Maidstone United 4–2 Hastings United
85 Vauxhall Motors 0–3 Hitchin Town
86 Netherfield 3–2 Horwich R M I
101 Newhaven 0–2 Bexhill Town
107 Chippenham Town 3–1 Salisbury
112 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 2–1 South Bank
121 Corby Town 1–0 Wellingborough Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
22 Letchworth Town 0–3 Biggleswade & District
30 Bridgwater Town 3–1 Weston Super Mare
53 Droylsden 3–2 Macclesfield

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 0–4 Arnold St Mary's
2 Altrincham 4–2 Ashton United
3 Andover 2–1 Basingstoke Town
4 Annfield Plain 2–2 Whitley Bay
5 Atherstone Town 2–1 Burton Albion
6 Bangor City 1–2 Ellesmere Port Town
7 Belper Town 3–4 Buxton
8 Bideford 0–0 Wadebridge Town
9 Bishop's Stortford 0–2 Wealdstone
10 Bognor Regis Town 2–5 Haywards Heath
11 Boston United 3–2 Grantham
12 Bourne Town 5–1 Stamford
13 Bridgwater Town 5–1 Taunton
14 Bromley 2–3 Erith & Belvedere
15 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–0 Kidderminster Harriers
16 Bury Town 0–2 Cambridge United
17 Cambridge City 5–0 Biggleswade & District
18 Carshalton Athletic 2–3 Dulwich Hamlet
19 Cheltenham Town 5–1 Lovells Athletic
20 Chippenham Town 4–1 Westbury United
21 Chorley 2–2 Hyde United
22 Clitheroe 0–4 Netherfield
23 Consett 1–1 North Shields
24 Corby Town 1–0 St Neots Town
25 Denaby United 1–2 Gainsborough Trinity
26 Devizes Town 2–3 Trowbridge Town
27 Dover 4–1 Ramsgate Athletic
28 Droylsden 0–0 Mossley
29 Eastbourne United 0–1 Tunbridge Wells United
30 Enfield 4–1 Barnet
31 Falmouth Town 1–0 St Blazey
32 Ferryhill Athletic 2–2 Ryhope Colliery Welfare
33 Finchley 1–1 Hayes
34 Frome Town 2–2 Minehead
35 Gloucester City 3–0 Barry Town
36 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–1 Sutton United
37 Great Yarmouth Town 1–3 Harwich & Parkeston
38 Hemel Hempstead 2–0 Aylesbury United
39 Hendon 2–1 Ford United
40 Hinckley Athletic 0–0 Tamworth
41 Hitchin Town 2–5 Bedford Town
42 Holbeach United 2–3 Skegness Town
43 Hornchurch 1–2 Leyton
44 Ilford 4–1 Brentwood & Warley
45 Lewes 6–2 Littlehampton Town
46 Lostock Gralam 0–3 Winsford United
47 Maidenhead United 3–2 Yiewsley
48 Maidstone United 5–0 Bexhill Town
49 March Town United 1–3 Sudbury Town
50 Metropolitan Police 1–2 Kingstonian
51 Newbury Town 1–9 Alton Town
52 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Lockheed Leamington
53 Ossett Albion 2–1 Farsley Celtic
54 Oxford City 4–2 Harrow Town
55 Poole Town 10–1 Warminster Town
56 Portland United 1–3 Dorchester Town
57 Rossendale United 2–4 Stalybridge Celtic
58 Rugby Town 2–0 Hednesford Town
59 Runcorn 0–1 Borough United
60 Scarborough 5–1 Harrogate Town
61 Shildon 4–0 Bedlington Mechanics
62 Sittingbourne 2–2 Folkestone
63 Slough Town 0–4 Tooting & Mitcham United
64 St Helens Town 2–1 South Liverpool
65 Stafford Rangers 0–2 Wellington Town
66 Stanley United 0–1 Horden Colliery Welfare
67 Stockton w/o-scr Ashington
68 Stowmarket 1–2 Lowestoft Town
69 Tilbury 2–1 Aveley
70 Wigan Athletic 8–1 Fleetwood
71 Wimbledon 4–2 Woking
72 Worksop Town 1–0 Frickley Colliery

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
4 Whitley Bay 0–1 Annfield Plain
8 Wadebridge Town 2–5 Bideford
15 Kidderminster Harriers 1–3 Bromsgrove Rovers
21 Hyde United 3–0 Chorley
23 North Shields 5–2 Consett
28 Mossley 1–2 Droylsden
32 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 1–0 Ferryhill Athletic
33 Hayes 1–2 Finchley
34 Minehead 4–0 Frome Town
40 Tamworth 0–1 Hinckley Athletic
62 Folkestone 1–2 Sittingbourne

3rd qualifying round

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alton Town 1–1 Andover
2 Bedford Town 2–1 Cambridge City
3 Borough United 0–1 Ellesmere Port Town
4 Boston United 1–0 Skegness Town
5 Bridgwater Town 1–3 Minehead
6 Buxton 6–3 Arnold St Mary's
7 Cambridge United 6–0 Sudbury Town
8 Chippenham Town 0–1 Trowbridge Town
9 Corby Town 4–1 Bourne Town
10 Dorchester Town 0–3 Poole Town
11 Falmouth Town 1–1 Bideford
12 Gloucester City 1–2 Cheltenham Town
13 Gravesend & Northfleet 5–0 Erith & Belvedere
14 Haywards Heath 0–3 Lewes
15 Hendon 4–1 Leyton
16 Hinckley Athletic 3–1 Atherstone Town
17 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–0 Annfield Plain
18 Lowestoft Town 4–0 Harwich & Parkeston
19 Maidenhead United 3–1 Finchley
20 Netherfield 0–3 Wigan Athletic
21 Ossett Albion 1–2 Scarborough
22 Oxford City 4–3 Hemel Hempstead
23 Rugby Town 1–0 Nuneaton Borough
24 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 1–2 Stockton
25 Shildon 3–3 North Shields
26 Sittingbourne 2–1 Dover
27 St Helens Town 1–3 Altrincham
28 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 Hyde United
29 Tilbury 1–0 Ilford
30 Tooting & Mitcham United 5–1 Dulwich Hamlet
31 Tunbridge Wells United 0–1 Maidstone United
32 Wealdstone 1–5 Enfield
33 Wellington Town 2–0 Bromsgrove Rovers
34 Wimbledon 3–2 Kingstonian
35 Winsford United 0–1 Droylsden
36 Worksop Town 0–0 Gainsborough Trinity

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Andover 4–1 Alton Town
11 Bideford 0–3 Falmouth Town
25 North Shields 5–2 Shildon
28 Hyde United 3–0 Stalybridge Celtic
36 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Worksop Town

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Walthamstow Avenue, West Auckland Town, Gateshead, Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, King's Lynn, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Margate, Bath City, Wisbech Town, Ashford Town, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Morecombe, Romford, Dartford and Brierley Hill Alliance.

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 2–3 Rhyl
2 Bedford Town 1–0 Wisbech Town
3 Blyth Spartans 2–1 Horden Colliery Welfare
4 Boston United 2–0 Kettering Town
5 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–3 Hinckley Athletic
6 Cambridge United 4–0 Lowestoft Town
7 Chelmsford City 2–0 Romford
8 Dartford 2–0 Maidstone United
9 Falmouth Town 2–1 Bath City
10 Gainsborough Trinity 0–0 Buxton
11 Gateshead 2–2 West Auckland Town
12 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–0 Lewes
13 Guildford City 0–0 Sittingbourne
14 Hendon 1–1 Andover
15 King's Lynn 2–1 Corby Town
16 Maidenhead United 2–1 Tilbury
17 Margate 2–0 Ashford Town (Kent)
18 Minehead 0–1 Cheltenham Town
19 Morecambe 1–0 Droylsden
20 North Shields 2–2 Stockton
21 Poole Town 0–0 Weymouth
22 Rugby Town 1–1 Wellington Town
23 Scarborough 1–0 Hyde United
24 South Shields 2–1 Bishop Auckland
25 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–3 Enfield
26 Walthamstow Avenue 1–1 Wycombe Wanderers
27 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Ellesmere Port Town
28 Wimbledon 6–1 Oxford City
29 Worcester City 0–2 Hereford United
30 Yeovil Town 4–0 Trowbridge Town

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
10 Buxton 4–1 Gainsborough Trinity
11 West Auckland Town 0–2 Gateshead
13 Sittingbourne 1–0 Guildford City
13 Andover 5–4 Hendon
20 Stockton 3–3 North Shields
21 Weymouth 0–2 Poole Town
22 Wellington Town 4–0 Rugby Town
26 Wycombe Wanderers 3–1 Walthamstow Avenue

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
20 North Shields 4–2 Stockton

1962–63 FA Cup

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See 1962-63 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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