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1972–73 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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1972–73 FA Cup qualifying rounds
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The FA Cup 1972–73 is the 92nd 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 28 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Hertford Town 2–1 Bromley
2 Hitchin Town 3–0 Dunstable Town
3 Lewes 3–0 Eastbourne United
4 Moor Green 2–1 Darlaston
5 Newport I O W 2–0 Cowes
6 Norton Woodseats 0–0 Heanor Town
7 Nuneaton Borough 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers
8 Ormskirk 3–3 Chorley
9 Prestwich Heys 3–3 Horwich R M I
10 Rawmarsh Welfare 0–1 Glossop
11 Ringmer 0–1 Haywards Heath
12 Rushden Town 0–1 Long Eaton United
13 Sheppey United 2–2 Dover
14 Slough Town 1–0 Bedford Town
15 Soham Town Rangers 0–2 Histon
16 Southall 0–1 Dulwich Hamlet
17 Spalding United 0–2 Kettering Town
18 Stonehouse 4–0 Cinderford Town
19 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–0 Highgate United
20 Sutton United 3–1 Corinthian Casuals
21 Thetford Town 2–1 King's Lynn
22 Tilbury 2–1 Ilford
23 Ton Pentre 3–3 Merthyr Tydfil
24 Tonbridge 1–1 Maidstone United
25 Truro City 1–0 Falmouth Town
26 Walton & Hersham 1–1 Metropolitan Police
27 Welton Rovers 2–0 Melksham Town
28 Wembley 1–3 Hayes
29 Whitby Town 0–1 Goole Town
30 Winsford United 3–1 Northwich Victoria
31 Winterton Rangers 2–0 Frickley Colliery

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
6 Heanor Town 2–1 Norton Woodseats
7 Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 Nuneaton Borough
8 Chorley 1–0 Ormskirk
9 Horwich R M I 4–1 Prestwich Heys
13 Dover 1–0 Sheppey United
19 Highgate United 2–0 Sutton Coldfield Town
23 Merthyr Tydfil 1–0 Ton Pentre
24 Maidstone United 1–2 Tonbridge
26 Metropolitan Police 1–6 Walton & Hersham

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Darwen
2 Addlestone 1–0 Croydon
3 Alton Town 2–0 Farnborough Town
4 Alvechurch 3–1 Oldbury United
5 Aylesbury United 1–1 Oxford City
6 Bacup Borough 1–0 Morecambe
7 Banbury United 4–1 Wokingham Town
8 Barking 1–0 Rainham Town
9 Barnstaple Town 3–1 Bodmin Town
10 Basingstoke Town 1–1 Winchester City
11 Bath City 0–0 Cheltenham Town
12 Bedworth United 0–3 Rugby Town
13 Belper Town 1–1 Alfreton Town
14 Bexley United 1–0 Bracknell Town
15 Bideford 3–2 Penzance
16 Billingham Synthonia 3–2 Stanley United
17 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Epping Town
18 Blaenau Ffestiniog 1–2 Oswestry Town
19 Bognor Regis Town 3–0 Dorking
20 Bridgwater Town 3–0 Ferndale Athletic
21 Bridlington Trinity 2–1 Ashby Institute
22 Brierley Hill Alliance 2–1 Tamworth
23 Brigg Town 1–3 Barton Town
24 Burgess Hill Town 1–3 Peacehaven & Telscombe
25 Burscough 2–0 Wigan Rovers
26 Burton Albion 1–0 Atherstone Town
27 Buxton 0–0 Altrincham
28 Carshalton Athletic 0–0 Molesey
29 Chatham Town 0–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
30 Chesham United 0–1 Witney Town
31 Cheshunt 0–4 Wimbledon
32 Chichester City 0–0 Pagham
33 Chippenham Town 0–4 Devizes Town
34 Chorley 2–1 Formby
35 Clacton Town 1–4 Bury Town
36 Clapton 1–2 Aveley
37 Consett 3–1 Ryhope Colliery Welfare
38 Corby Town 3–1 Boston
39 Cray Wanderers 2–1 Canterbury City
40 Crook Town 2–0 Ashington
41 Denaby United 1–1 Hatfield Main
42 Desborough Town 1–2 Enderby Town
43 Dorchester Town 1–1 Andover
44 Dover 2–1 Hastings United
45 Droylsden 1–2 Ashton United
46 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Hampton
47 Durham City 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic
48 Eastbourne Town 0–5 Arundel
49 Eastwood Hanley 2–1 Congleton Town
50 Eastwood Town 3–3 Arnold
51 Ellesmere Port Town 2–1 Leek Town
52 Emley 1–2 Macclesfield Town
53 Evenwood Town 2–0 Annfield Plain
54 Farsley Celtic 3–2 Bridlington Town
55 Faversham Town 0–2 Bexhill Town
56 Finchley 2–0 Leyton
57 Folkestone 4–1 Deal Town
58 Frome Town 4–2 Bridport
59 Gateshead 1–0 West Auckland Town
60 Glossop 3–2 Mexborough Town
61 Gloucester City 2–2 Trowbridge Town
62 Goole Town 0–0 Scarborough
63 Gorleston 0–2 Chatteris Town
64 Gosport Borough 2–0 Ryde Sports
65 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 St Albans City
66 Great Harwood 4–1 Clitheroe
67 Great Yarmouth Town 2–2 Ely City
68 Gresley Rovers 0–1 Warley
69 Halesowen Town 1–4 Bilston
70 Harlow Town 1–0 Uxbridge
71 Harrow Borough 0–0 Erith & Belvedere
72 Harwich & Parkeston 1–3 Cambridge City
73 Hatfield Town 1–4 Biggleswade & District
74 Hayes 4–1 Hoddesdon Town
75 Haywards Heath 2–2 Littlehampton Town
76 Heanor Town 0–0 Ilkeston Town
77 Hednesford Town 1–5 Bromsgrove Rovers
78 Hemel Hempstead 2–9 Dartford
79 Herne Bay 5–0 Tunbridge Wells
80 Hertford Town 2–0 Ford United
81 Highgate United 6–0 Gornal Athletic
82 Histon 1–3 Potton United
83 Hitchin Town 2–1 Fleet Town
84 Holbeach United 0–1 Bourne Town
85 Horden Colliery Welfare 0–2 North Shields
86 Hornchurch 0–8 Walthamstow Avenue
87 Horwich R M I 3–3 Hyde United
88 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–1 Hinckley Athletic
89 Kettering Town 4–0 Louth United
90 Lancaster City 3–1 Fleetwood
91 Leatherhead 3–0 Worthing
92 Letchworth Town 1–2 Egham Town
93 Lewes 1–0 Horsham
94 Leytonstone 1–0 Hounslow
95 Llanelli 0–1 Barry Town
96 Long Eaton United 3–0 Loughborough United
97 Lye Town 1–0 Redditch United
98 Maidenhead United 0–1 Woking
99 March Town United 1–1 Wisbech Town
100 Matlock Town 1–1 Sutton Town
101 Merthyr Tydfil 1–0 Minehead
102 Moor Green 2–1 Dudley Town
103 Mossley 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic
104 Nantwich Town 3–2 Connah's Quay Nomads
105 Netherfield 3–0 Penrith
106 New Brighton 1–4 Marine
107 New Mills 1–3 Radcliffe Borough
108 Newport I O W 2–6 Fareham Town
109 Nuneaton Borough 4–1 Lockheed Leamington
110 Porthmadog 0–0 South Liverpool
111 Redhill 1–0 Southwick
112 Retford Town 1–2 Worksop Town
113 Rothwell Town 1–5 Wellingborough Town
114 Runcorn 8–0 Leyland Motors
115 Salisbury 9–1 Westbury United
116 Sandbach Ramblers 0–7 Witton Albion
117 Selby Town 0–2 Yorkshire Amateur
118 Shildon 3–4 Murton Colliery Welfare
119 Sittingbourne 2–0 Whitstable Town
120 Skegness Town 3–1 Stamford
121 Slough Town 0–0 Bletchley Town
122 Spennymoor United 5–1 Stockton
123 St Blazey 1–2 Wadebridge Town
124 St Neots Town 1–1 Sudbury Town
125 Stevenage Athletic 1–0 Ware
126 Stocksbridge Works 1–3 Bradford Park Avenue
127 Stonehouse 0–1 Glastonbury
128 Stourbridge 2–1 Worcester City
129 Sutton United 5–1 Marlow
130 Taunton Town 3–1 Weston Super Mare
131 Thetford Town 4–2 Lowestoft Town
132 Tilbury 0–0 Kingstonian
133 Tonbridge 1–1 Ramsgate Athletic
134 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–3 Wycombe Wanderers
135 Tow Law Town 1–1 Boldon Colliery Welfare
136 Truro City 2–1 Newquay
137 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Edmonton
138 Walton & Hersham 3–0 Staines Town
139 Wealdstone 0–0 Windsor & Eton
140 Welton Rovers 2–0 Poole Town
141 Whitley Bay 0–1 Bishop Auckland
142 Wingate (Durham) 1–4 Willington
143 Winsford United 1–0 Prescot Town
144 Winterton Rangers 1–3 Gainsborough Trinity

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Darwen 2–4 Accrington Stanley
5 Oxford City 3–0 Aylesbury United
10 Winchester City 1–1 Basingstoke Town
11 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Bath City
13 Alfreton Town 4–1 Belper Town
27 Altrincham 4–1 Buxton
28 Molesey 4–1 Carshalton Athletic
32 Pagham 1–2 Chichester City
41 Hatfield Main 0–0 Denaby United
43 Andover 2–1 Dorchester Town
50 Arnold 0–5 Eastwood Town
61 Trowbridge Town 2–0 Gloucester City
62 Scarborough 1–0 Goole Town
65 St Albans City 1–0 Gravesend & Northfleet
67 Ely City 3–1 Great Yarmouth Town
71 Erith & Belvedere 2–1 Harrow Borough
75 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Haywards Heath
76 Ilkeston Town 0–2 Heanor Town
87 Hyde United 1–0 Horwich R M I
88 Hinckley Athletic 1–2 Irthlingborough Diamonds
99 Wisbech Town 3–0 March Town United
100 Sutton Town 3–2 Matlock Town
103 Stalybridge Celtic 4–3 Mossley
110 South Liverpool 2–1 Porthmadog
121 Bletchley Town 0–3 Slough Town
124 Sudbury Town 6–1 St Neots Town
132 Kingstonian 1–2 Tilbury
133 Ramsgate Athletic 0–3 Tonbridge
135 Boldon Colliery Welfare 0–3 Tow Law Town
137 Edmonton 0–2 Vauxhall Motors
139 Windsor & Eton 0–3 Wealdstone

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Basingstoke Town 0–0 Winchester City
41 Denaby United 1–2 Hatfield Main

3rd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Winchester City 0–3 Basingstoke Town

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Runcorn
2 Addlestone 0–1 St Albans City
3 Alfreton Town 3–0 Sutton Town
4 Alton Town 8–1 Gosport Borough
5 Altrincham 3–2 Radcliffe Borough
6 Alvechurch 4–0 Lye Town
7 Andover 0–1 Salisbury
8 Arundel 1–2 Haywards Heath
9 Ashford Town (Kent) 6–0 Herne Bay
10 Ashton United 1–1 Hyde United
11 Aveley 1–2 Sutton United
12 Banbury United 2–1 Slough Town
13 Barking 1–0 Hertford Town
14 Barnstaple Town 3–0 Wadebridge Town
15 Barry Town 1–0 Merthyr Tydfil
16 Barton Town 2–2 Gainsborough Trinity
17 Basingstoke Town 3–1 Fareham Town
18 Bexhill Town 0–0 Sittingbourne
19 Bexley United 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue
20 Bideford 8–0 Truro City
21 Biggleswade & District 0–2 Woking
22 Bilston 3–2 Stourbridge
23 Bishop's Stortford 4–1 Hitchin Town
24 Bognor Regis Town 2–0 Leatherhead
25 Bourne Town 1–5 Kettering Town
26 Bradford Park Avenue 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic
27 Bridgwater Town 0–4 Taunton Town
28 Bridlington Trinity 0–1 Worksop Town
29 Brierley Hill Alliance 5–2 Warley
30 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 Highgate United
31 Burscough 1–1 Chorley
32 Burton Albion 2–1 Moor Green
33 Bury Town 1–1 Sudbury Town
34 Cambridge City 3–1 Potton United
35 Chatteris Town 3–1 Wisbech Town
36 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Trowbridge Town
37 Chichester City 1–2 Redhill
38 Consett 1–2 Willington
39 Corby Town 0–2 Skegness Town
40 Cray Wanderers 0–2 Dover
41 Crook Town 4–2 Tow Law Town
42 Dartford 4–3 Tilbury
43 Devizes Town 7–2 Glastonbury
44 Eastwood Hanley 3–0 Witton Albion
45 Eastwood Town 2–0 Heanor Town
46 Egham Town 2–6 Wycombe Wanderers
47 Ellesmere Port Town 1–0 Winsford United
48 Ely City 2–0 Thetford Town
49 Enderby Town 2–1 Wellingborough Town
50 Erith & Belvedere 1–2 Hayes
51 Evenwood Town 0–0 Billingham Synthonia
52 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Scarborough
53 Ferryhill Athletic 3–2 Bishop Auckland
54 Finchley 0–2 Wealdstone
55 Folkestone 0–1 Tonbridge
56 Frome Town 1–1 Welton Rovers
57 Great Harwood 5–0 Netherfield
58 Hatfield Main 1–2 Yorkshire Amateur
59 Irthlingborough Diamonds 2–1 Long Eaton United
60 Lancaster City 2–1 Bacup Borough
61 Leytonstone 2–2 Walton & Hersham
62 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Glossop
63 Marine 3–1 Oswestry Town
64 Molesey 0–0 Hampton
65 Murton Colliery Welfare 2–4 Gateshead
66 Nantwich Town 1–1 South Liverpool
67 Oxford City 0–4 Witney Town
68 Peacehaven & Telscombe 0–1 Lewes
69 Rugby Town 0–1 Nuneaton Borough
70 Spennymoor United 1–1 North Shields
71 Vauxhall Motors 2–1 Harlow Town
72 Wimbledon 3–1 Stevenage Athletic

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Runcorn 2–1 Accrington Stanley
10 Hyde United 2–2 Ashton United
16 Gainsborough Trinity 3–1 Barton Town
18 Sittingbourne 1–0 Bexhill Town
31 Chorley 1–2 Burscough
33 Sudbury Town 1–3 Bury Town
51 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Evenwood Town
56 Welton Rovers 0–1 Frome Town
61 Walton & Hersham 3–0 Leytonstone
64 Hampton 1–0 Molesey
66 South Liverpool 1–0 Nantwich Town
70 North Shields 2–2 Spennymoor United

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Ashton United 2–1 Hyde United
70 Spennymoor United 1–0 North Shields

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Ashton United 1–3 Altrincham
2 Banbury United 0–0 Witney Town
3 Barking 3–2 St Albans City
4 Barry Town 0–0 Taunton Town
5 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Alton Town
6 Bideford 1–2 Barnstaple Town
7 Bishop's Stortford 2–0 Vauxhall Motors
8 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–1 Bilston
9 Burscough 2–2 Runcorn
10 Burton Albion 0–1 Brierley Hill Alliance
11 Cambridge City 0–1 Bury Town
12 Crook Town 0–3 Billingham Synthonia
13 Dartford 3–2 Woking
14 Devizes Town 1–0 Cheltenham Town
15 Dover 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
16 Eastwood Town 0–4 Alfreton Town
17 Ellesmere Port Town 2–2 Eastwood Hanley
18 Ely City 3–3 Chatteris Town
19 Ferryhill Athletic 1–5 Willington
20 Frome Town 0–0 Salisbury
21 Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 Worksop Town
22 Gateshead 0–4 Spennymoor United
23 Hampton 0–0 Bexley United
24 Hayes 3–1 Wealdstone
25 Haywards Heath 1–2 Redhill
26 Irthlingborough Diamonds 0–4 Enderby Town
27 Kettering Town 7–0 Skegness Town
28 Lancaster City 1–0 Great Harwood
29 Lewes 1–1 Bognor Regis Town
30 Macclesfield Town 1–0 Bradford Park Avenue
31 Marine 0–2 South Liverpool
32 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Alvechurch
33 Scarborough 2–2 Yorkshire Amateur
34 Sutton United 3–1 Wimbledon
35 Tonbridge 4–1 Sittingbourne
36 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Witney Town 1–2 Banbury United
4 Taunton Town 2–0 Barry Town
8 Bilston 1–0 Bromsgrove Rovers
9 Runcorn 2–3 Burscough
17 Ellesmere Port Town 2–0 Eastwood Hanley
18 Chatteris Town 2–4 Ely City
20 Salisbury 0–1 Frome Town
23 Bexley United 4–1 Hampton
29 Bognor Regis Town 3–1 Lewes
33 Yorkshire Amateur 0–2 Scarborough

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Telford United, Hillingdon Borough, Skelmersdale United, Dagenham, Barrow, Yeovil Town, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Weymouth, Grantham, Margate, Bangor City, Wigan Athletic, Boston United, Rhyl, Romford, Guildford City, Blyth Spartans, Rossendale United and Crawley Town.

Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alfreton Town 0–2 Nuneaton Borough
2 Alton Town 2–0 Devizes Town
3 Altrincham 1–1 Ellesmere Port Town
4 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–4 Guildford City
5 Barking 1–2 Hayes
6 Barnstaple Town 1–0 Weymouth
7 Billingham Synthonia 1–1 South Shields
8 Bilston 3–0 Brierley Hill Alliance
9 Bishop's Stortford 1–1 Dagenham
10 Bognor Regis Town 1–0 Bexley United
11 Burscough 1–3 Wigan Athletic
12 Bury Town 1–3 Boston United
13 Crawley Town 0–2 Chelmsford City
14 Ely City 1–2 Kettering Town
15 Enderby Town 0–2 Telford United
16 Frome Town 1–1 Banbury United
17 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Grantham
18 Hillingdon Borough 0–0 Redhill
19 Lancaster City 3–1 Barrow
20 Macclesfield Town 0–1 South Liverpool
21 Margate 2–0 Sutton United
22 Rossendale United 1–2 Bangor City
23 Scarborough 2–1 Blyth Spartans
24 Skelmersdale United 0–4 Rhyl
25 Tonbridge 0–0 Romford
26 Walton & Hersham 2–2 Dartford
27 Willington 0–2 Spennymoor United
28 Yeovil Town 4–1 Taunton Town

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Ellesmere Port Town 1–2 Altrincham
7 South Shields 2–1 Billingham Synthonia
9 Dagenham 0–4 Bishop's Stortford
16 Banbury United 3–0 Frome Town
18 Redhill 0–1 Hillingdon Borough
25 Romford 1–2 Tonbridge
26 Dartford 0–1 Walton & Hersham

1972–73 FA Cup

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See 1972-73 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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