1956–57 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1956–57 is the 76th 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.

1956–57 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abingdon Town 0–3 Banbury Spencer
2 Altrincham 4–3 Northwich Victoria
3 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–1 Whitstable
4 Bangor City 2–2 Pwllheli & District
5 Barking 4–1 Tilbury
6 Barnet 2–1 Stevenage Town
7 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–0 Maidstone United
8 Bilston 1–1 Wellington Town
9 Bishop's Stortford 3–0 Enfield
10 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–2 Stourbridge
11 Briggs Sports 4–0 Leyton
12 Bromley 5–3 Metropolitan Police
13 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–3 Cradley Heath
14 Cambridge City 2–1 Warboys Town
15 Chatham Town 2–4 Ramsgate Athletic
16 Chatteris Town 0–2 St Neots & District
17 Chelmsford City 1–0 Ilford
18 Cheltenham Town 3–0 Lovells Athletic
19 Chippenham Town 9–2 Calne & Harris United
20 Dagenham 0–1 Brentwood & Warley
21 Dartford 2–2 Gravesend & Northfleet
22 Deal Town 3–5 Sittingbourne
23 Dorking 0–1 Tunbridge Wells United
24 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Woking
25 Epsom 1–3 Bexleyheath & Welling
26 Erith & Belvedere 4–3 Sutton United
27 Finchley 5–0 Hemel Hempstead
28 Folkestone 0–1 Canterbury City
29 Halesowen Town 2–3 Stafford Rangers
30 Harwich & Parkeston 0–0 Clacton Town
31 Haywards Heath 2–3 Eastbourne
32 Histon 2–5 Ely City
33 Holbeach United 2–2 Cambridge United
34 Hyde United 4–4 Stalybridge Celtic
35 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Dudley Town
36 Kingstonian 2–2 Tonbridge
37 Letchworth Town 1–0 St Albans City
38 Leytonstone 6–2 Aveley
39 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Lancing Athletic
40 Lostock Gralam 2–1 Leek Town
41 Lytham 1–7 Horwich R M I
42 Macclesfield 2–1 Ellesmere Port Town
43 Maidenhead United 5–1 Huntley & Palmers
44 Margate 8–1 Sheppey United
45 Minehead 2–3 Wadebridge Town
46 New Brighton 1–0 Prescot Cables
47 Newhaven 1–5 Bognor Regis Town
48 Newmarket Town 1–6 March Town United
49 Redditch 4–1 Hednesford Town
50 Romford 4–2 Grays Athletic
51 Rossendale United 0–1 Mossley
52 Runcorn 1–1 Flint Town United
53 Skelmersdale United 3–0 Ashton United
54 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0–0 Dover
55 South Liverpool 7–0 Earle
56 St Blazey 2–5 Bideford
57 St Helens Town 2–2 Marine
58 Stockton Heath 4–5 Winsford United
59 Sutton Coldfield Town 3–2 Moor Green
60 Uxbridge 3–2 Berkhamsted Town
61 Ware 1–1 Hitchin Town
62 Wealdstone 2–4 Hayes
63 Wells City 1–1 Street
64 Wembley 4–1 Edgware Town
65 Wimbledon 1–5 Tooting & Mitcham United
66 Witton Albion 2–1 Buxton
67 Woodford Town 0–5 Rainham Town
68 Worcester City 7–0 Darlaston
69 Worthing 3–2 Southwick
70 Yiewsley 1–0 Hendon

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Pwllheli & District 4–1 Bangor City
8 Wellington Town 3–2 Bilston
13 Cradley Heath 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
21 Gravesend & Northfleet 3–2 Dartford
30 Clacton Town 2–1 Harwich & Parkeston
33 Cambridge United 5–0 Holbeach United
34 Stalybridge Celtic 4–4 Hyde United
36 Tonbridge 6–1 Kingstonian
52 Flint Town United 1–2 Runcorn
54 Dover 1–2 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
57 Marine 2–1 St Helens Town
61 Hitchin Town 5–2 Ware
63 Street 0–0 Wells City

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
34 Hyde United 6–1 Stalybridge Celtic
63 Street 2–0 Wells City

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Altrincham 1–3 Macclesfield
2 Ashby Institute 0–0 Louth United
3 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–2 Canterbury City
4 Atherstone Town 4–0 Boldmere St Michaels
5 Aylesbury United 3–0 Slough Town
6 Bacup Borough 2–6 Mossley
7 Barking 2–2 Brentwood & Warley
8 Barnet 0–3 Eton Manor
9 Barton Town 0–1 Alford United
10 Bath City 2–0 Clandown
11 Biggleswade & District 2–3 Vauxhall Motors
12 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Bridlington Central United
13 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Hoddesdon Town
14 Bourne Town 2–0 Brigg Town
15 Bourneville Athletic 0–4 Bedworth Town
16 Bridgwater Town 4–0 Clevedon
17 Briggs Sports 0–1 Romford
18 Bromley 6–0 Erith & Belvedere
19 Brush Sports 2–2 Hinckley Athletic
20 Bury Town 1–1 Haverhill Rovers
21 Cambridge United 2–5 Ely City
22 Carshalton Athletic 4–9 Bexleyheath & Welling
23 Chelmsford City 6–0 Rainham Town
24 Chichester City 2–3 Andover
25 Chorley 4–1 Nelson
26 Clacton Town 1–1 Leytonstone
27 Cockfield 2–3 Stanley United
28 Congleton Town 3–3 Hyde United
29 Cowes 1–4 Gosport Borough Athletic
30 Cramlington Welfare 3–1 Gosforth & Coxlodge
31 Darwen 1–0 Leyland Motors
32 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 0–2 Consett
33 Devizes Town 0–2 Chippenham Town
34 Diss Town 6–3 Whitton United
35 Eastbourne 4–1 Bexhill Town
36 Ebbw Vale 2–5 Cheltenham Town
37 Evenwood Town 4–0 Tow Law Town
38 Ferryhill Athletic 0–3 Horden Colliery Welfare
39 Finchley 1–0 Wembley
40 Fleetwood 3–0 Lancaster City
41 Gloucester City 3–1 Barry Town
42 Grantham 2–1 Skegness Town
43 Gravesend & Northfleet 7–1 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
44 Great Yarmouth Town 5–1 Gorleston
45 Gresley Rovers 7–3 Belper Town
46 Hallam 2–2 Norton Woodseats
47 Harrogate Railway Athletic 3–2 Ossett Town
48 Harrow Town 0–3 Southall
49 Hayes 0–2 Hounslow Town
50 Horwich R M I 2–1 Skelmersdale United
51 Ilfracombe Town 1–2 Bideford
52 Kidderminster Harriers 1–0 Redditch
53 King's Lynn 4–0 St Neots & District
54 Lancing Athletic 0–2 Bognor Regis Town
55 Langwith Miners Welfare 1–2 Creswell Colliery
56 Letchworth Town 0–0 Hertford Town
57 Linotype & Machinery 1–1 Winsford United
58 Llandudno 0–2 Earlestown
59 Llanelli 5–1 Merthyr Tydfil
60 Lockheed Leamington 3–1 Rugby Town
61 Long Eaton Town 9–0 Players Athletic
62 Lostock Gralam 1–0 Witton Albion
63 Lowestoft Town 8–1 Leiston
64 Maidenhead United 2–3 Oxford City
65 Marine 1–3 New Brighton
66 Marlow 6–1 Windsor & Eton
67 Melksham Town 2–2 Westbury United
68 Milnthorpe Corinthians 2–1 Burscough
69 Morpeth Town 0–5 North Shields
70 Peasedown Miners Welfare 0–2 Glastonbury
71 Pwllheli & District 1–4 South Liverpool
72 Ramsgate Athletic 1–2 Sittingbourne
73 Retford Town 3–3 Denaby United
74 Rothwell Town 0–1 Corby Town
75 Rushden Town 3–1 Stamford
76 Shefford Town 2–6 Hitchin Town
77 Shildon 2–2 West Auckland Town
78 Shotton Colliery Welfare 4–2 Wingate Welfare
79 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 2–2 Margate
80 South Normanton Miners Welfare 3–5 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare
81 South Shields 3–0 Alnwick Town
82 Spalding United 3–2 Kettering Town
83 Spennymoor United 1–1 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
84 Stafford Rangers 1–1 Oswestry Town
85 Stonehouse 1–4 Cinderford Town
86 Stork 2–2 Runcorn
87 Street 1–2 Chippenham United
88 Sutton Coldfield Town 1–7 Tamworth
89 Sutton Town 3–2 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
90 Tavistock 3–4 Newquay
91 Thetford Town 0–2 Cambridge City
92 Tonbridge 3–3 Tooting & Mitcham United
93 Trowbridge Town 5–0 Frome Town
94 Truro City 3–4 Penzance
95 Tunbridge Wells United 3–0 Woking
96 Uxbridge 1–4 Yiewsley
97 Wadebridge Town 0–6 Taunton
98 Warminster Town 1–6 Salisbury
99 Wellington Town 8–2 Stourbridge
100 Whitley Bay 1–3 Ashington
101 Wigmore Athletic 1–4 Horsham
102 Wisbech Town 0–0 March Town United
103 Witney Town 1–0 Banbury Spencer
104 Wolsingham Welfare 1–6 Willington
105 Worcester City 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
106 Worthing 2–2 Redhill

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Louth United 5–0 Ashby Institute
7 Brentwood & Warley 2–1 Barking
19 Hinckley Athletic 5–1 Brush Sports
20 Haverhill Rovers 1–6 Bury Town
26 Leytonstone 0–1 Clacton Town
28 Hyde United 6–2 Congleton Town
46 Norton Woodseats 0–0 Hallam
56 Hertford Town 3–0 Letchworth Town
57 Winsford United 2–1 Linotype & Machinery
67 Westbury United 4–2 Melksham Town
73 Denaby United 3–0 Retford Town
77 West Auckland Town 2–1 Shildon
79 Margate 1–0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
83 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 0–4 Spennymoor United
84 Oswestry Town 0–4 Stafford Rangers
86 Runcorn 3–2 Stork
92 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–1 Tonbridge
102 March Town United 2–1 Wisbech Town
106 Redhill 7–2 Worthing

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
46 Hallam 1–3 Norton Woodseats

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Andover 3–2 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
2 Annfield Plain 4–2 Consett
3 Atherstone Town 4–0 Lockheed Leamington (Replay Ordered?)
4 Aylesbury United 2–0 Oxford City
5 Bath City 1–2 Bridgwater Town
6 Bentley Colliery 2–1 Upton Colliery
7 Bexleyheath & Welling 2–5 Bromley
8 Bideford 4–0 Newquay
9 Bishop's Stortford 0–2 Eton Manor
10 Bourne Town 2–8 Grantham
11 Brentwood & Warley 0–1 Clacton Town
12 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–0 Kidderminster Harriers
13 Bungay Town 2–2 Beccles
14 Cambridge City 0–1 Ely City
15 Chelmsford City 4–0 Romford
16 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare 3–1 Gresley Rovers
17 Corby Town 6–0 Wellingborough Town
18 Cramlington Welfare 0–6 South Shields
19 Creswell Colliery 0–6 Ransome & Marles
20 Darwen 1–1 Mossley
21 Diss Town 2–4 Bury Town
22 Dunstable Town 3–0 Vauxhall Motors
23 Earlestown 1–6 New Brighton
24 Evenwood Town 2–1 Willington
25 Farsley Celtic 1–0 Yorkshire Amateur
26 Finchley 1–2 Yiewsley
27 Fleetwood 2–1 Penrith
28 Frickley Colliery 3–2 Denaby United
29 Glastonbury 3–2 Chippenham United
30 Gloucester City 1–2 Cheltenham Town
31 Goole Town 4–0 Harrogate Railway Athletic
32 Heanor Town 2–0 Whitwick Colliery
33 Hertford Town 0–1 Hitchin Town
34 Horden Colliery Welfare 10–0 Chilton Athletic
35 Horsham 2–0 Eastbourne
36 Horwich R M I 3–0 Chorley
37 Hyde United 5–2 Lostock Gralam
38 Ilkeston Town 2–0 Boots Athletic
39 Linby Colliery 0–3 Sutton Town
40 Llanelli 3–0 Cinderford Town
41 Long Eaton Town 3–4 Hinckley Athletic
42 Louth United 1–1 Alford United
43 Lowestoft Town 0–1 Sudbury Town
44 March Town United 4–1 King's Lynn
45 Margate 2–0 Canterbury City
46 Milnthorpe Corinthians 1–4 Morecambe
47 North Shields 1–0 Ashington
48 North Skelton Athletic 1–3 Billingham Synthonia
49 Norton Woodseats 2–1 Sheffield
50 Penzance 1–1 Taunton
51 Poole Town 3–0 Bridport
52 Portland United 9–0 Ilminster Town
53 Redhill 3–0 Bognor Regis Town
54 Runcorn 0–1 South Liverpool
55 Rushden Town 0–3 Spalding United
56 Salisbury 1–2 Chippenham Town
57 Sheringham 0–2 Great Yarmouth Town
58 Shotton Colliery Welfare 3–0 Boldon Colliery Welfare
59 Sittingbourne 1–0 Gravesend & Northfleet
60 Southall 2–1 Hounslow Town
61 Spennymoor United 3–1 Durham City
62 Stocksbridge Works 8–2 Beighton Miners Welfare
63 Tamworth 1–4 Bedworth Town
64 Trowbridge Town 5–2 Westbury United
65 Tunbridge Wells United 2–3 Tooting & Mitcham United
66 Wellington Town 4–1 Stafford Rangers
67 West Auckland Town 0–0 Stanley United
68 Whitby Town 5–1 South Bank
69 Winchester City 3–0 Gosport Borough Athletic
70 Winsford United 2–2 Macclesfield
71 Witney Town 1–1 Marlow
72 Wolverton Town & B R 4–3 Eynesbury Rovers

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Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Lockheed Leamington 2–1 Atherstone Town
13 Beccles 4–4 Bungay Town
20 Mossley 3–0 Darwen
42 Alford United 2–1 Louth United
50 Taunton 3–3 Penzance
67 Stanley United 2–0 West Auckland Town
70 Macclesfield 4–1 Winsford United
71 Marlow 0–4 Witney Town

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
13 Bungay Town 3–0 Beccles
50 Taunton 3–2 Penzance

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alford United 1–2 Grantham
2 Aylesbury United 7–0 Witney Town
3 Bedworth Town 2–4 Lockheed Leamington
4 Bentley Colliery 1–2 Frickley Colliery
5 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–0 Wellington Town
6 Bury Town 0–0 Sudbury Town
7 Chelmsford City 2–2 Clacton Town
8 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Llanelli
9 Chippenham Town 4–1 Trowbridge Town
10 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare 1–8 Ilkeston Town
11 Corby Town 3–1 Spalding United
12 Dunstable Town 3–1 Wolverton Town & B R
13 Ely City 2–0 March Town United
14 Eton Manor 3–1 Hitchin Town
15 Evenwood Town 5–1 Stanley United
16 Fleetwood 3–3 Morecambe
17 Glastonbury 4–3 Bridgwater Town
18 Goole Town 9–0 Farsley Celtic
19 Great Yarmouth Town 4–0 Bungay Town
20 Hinckley Athletic 4–1 Heanor Town
21 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–0 Spennymoor United
22 Horsham 2–1 Redhill
23 Horwich R M I 1–0 Mossley
24 Macclesfield 4–4 Hyde United
25 New Brighton 6–1 South Liverpool
26 North Shields 1–1 South Shields
27 Poole Town 2–0 Portland United
28 Shotton Colliery Welfare 2–3 Annfield Plain
29 Sittingbourne 2–3 Margate
30 Southall 0–1 Yiewsley
31 Stocksbridge Works 3–2 Norton Woodseats
32 Sutton Town 4–1 Ransome & Marles
33 Taunton 1–7 Bideford
34 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–0 Bromley
35 Whitby Town 2–3 Billingham Synthonia
36 Winchester City 0–2 Andover

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Tie Home team Score Away team
6 Sudbury Town 3–1 Bury Town
7 Clacton Town 0–0 Chelmsford City
16 Morecambe 3–2 Fleetwood
24 Hyde United 3–3 Macclesfield
26 South Shields 2–1 North Shields

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Chelmsford City 1–2 Clacton Town
24 Macclesfield 3–5 Hyde United

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Crook Town, Walthamstow Avenue, Yeovil Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Weymouth, Rhyl, Hereford United, Wigan Athletic, Blyth Spartans, Peterborough United, Headington United, Hastings United, Guildford City, Nuneaton Borough, Selby Town, Newport I O W, Boston United, Scarborough, Netherfield, Dorchester Town, Worksop Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Burton Albion and Easington Colliery Welfare.

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Bideford 1–1 Dorchester Town
2 Billingham Synthonia 8–3 Crook Town
3 Blyth Spartans 3–0 Annfield Plain
4 Boston United 6–3 Grantham
5 Burton Albion 6–1 Hinckley Athletic
6 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Andover
7 Chippenham Town 0–0 Weymouth
8 Clacton Town 2–3 Yiewsley
9 Corby Town 1–5 Peterborough United
10 Dunstable Town 5–1 Eton Manor
11 Easington Colliery Welfare 0–3 Evenwood Town
12 Ely City 1–0 Sudbury Town
13 Goole Town 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity
14 Headington United 0–2 Guildford City
15 Horsham 0–2 Hastings United
16 Ilkeston Town 2–2 Sutton Town
17 Lockheed Leamington 1–4 Hereford United
18 Morecambe 3–2 Horwich R M I
19 New Brighton 4–1 Hyde United
20 Nuneaton Borough 1–2 Bromsgrove Rovers
21 Poole Town 0–3 Newport I O W
22 Rhyl 2–0 Frickley Colliery
23 Selby Town 3–1 Stocksbridge Works
24 South Shields 1–0 Horden Colliery Welfare
25 Tooting & Mitcham United 3–1 Aylesbury United
26 Walthamstow Avenue 6–0 Great Yarmouth Town
27 Wigan Athletic 2–2 Netherfield
28 Worksop Town 1–4 Scarborough
29 Wycombe Wanderers 2–4 Margate
30 Yeovil Town 3–1 Glastonbury

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Dorchester Town 3–0 Bideford
7 Weymouth 4–1 Chippenham Town
16 Sutton Town 1–2 Ilkeston Town
27 Netherfield 3–3 Wigan Athletic

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
27 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Netherfield

1956–57 FA Cup

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See 1956-57 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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