1955–56 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1955–56 is the 75th 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.

1955–56 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 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–0 Tooting & Mitcham United
2 Atherstone Town 1–2 Burton Albion
3 Aveley 5–1 Brentwood & Warley
4 Aylesbury United 3–1 Slough Centre
5 Bangor City 3–3 Llandudno
6 Barking 2–2 Leyton
7 Berkhamsted Town 2–2 Kingstonian
8 Bexhill Town 2–3 Littlehampton Town
9 Bilston 1–5 Stafford Rangers
10 Bishop's Stortford 1–2 Eton Manor
11 Bodmin Town 4–3 Ilfracombe Town
12 Boldmere St Michaels 2–2 Sutton Town (Birmingham)
13 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers
14 Bromley 0–1 Margate
15 Bulford United 1–1 Welton Rovers
16 Cambridge City 2–2 March Town United
17 Canterbury City 2–1 Sutton United
18 Carshalton Athletic 4–1 Dulwich Hamlet
19 Chatham Town 1–6 Ramsgate Athletic
20 Chatteris Town 2–1 Cambridge United
21 Chorley 4–0 Darwen
22 Clandown 0–0 Bath City
23 Clevedon 0–2 Chippenham United
24 Dagenham 2–1 Romford
25 Dartford 0–3 Gravesend & Northfleet
26 Dover 5–1 Whitstable
27 Dudley Town 1–4 Hednesford Town
28 East Grinstead 2–1 Newhaven
29 Eastbourne 4–2 Wigmore Athletic
30 Enfield 3–1 Letchworth Town
31 Erith & Belvedere 3–3 Dorking
32 Exning United 2–4 Ely City
33 Frome Town 4–3 Trowbridge Town
34 Grays Athletic 1–0 Chelmsford City
35 Halesowen Town 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
36 Harrow Town 3–3 Uxbridge
37 Hayes 1–4 Finchley
38 Hertford Town 1–2 St Albans City
39 Holbeach United 6–0 Newmarket Town
40 Horsham 1–3 Redhill
41 Horwich R M I 3–2 Skelmersdale United
42 Hounslow Town 3–3 Metropolitan Police
43 Ilford 0–3 Briggs Sports
44 King's Lynn 6–1 Histon
45 Leyland Motors 2–1 Bacup Borough
46 Leytonstone 2–1 Harwich & Parkeston
47 Linotype & Machinery 2–4 Hyde United
48 Maidstone United 1–1 Sheppey United
49 Marlow 1–2 Maidenhead United
50 Moor Green 2–2 Bloxwich Strollers
51 Mossley 1–1 Lytham
52 Nantwich 0–1 Congleton Town
53 Northwich Victoria 2–2 Altrincham
54 Penzance 4–2 Newquay
55 Prescot Cables 4–3 Marine
56 Rainham Town 1–3 Clacton Town
57 Redditch 0–1 Worcester City
58 Shoreham 1–6 Bognor Regis Town
59 Sittingbourne 4–2 Bexleyheath & Welling
60 Slough Town 4–0 Bicester Town
61 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 4–0 Walton & Hersham
62 South Liverpool 4–2 Ellesmere Port Town
63 St Austell 1–8 Truro City
64 St Blazey 3–1 Tavistock
65 St Helens Town 1–1 Pwllheli & District
66 Stevenage Town 1–3 Barnet
67 Stourbridge 6–0 Oswestry Town
68 Taunton 2–1 Barnstaple Town
69 Tonbridge 8–2 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
70 Ware 7–2 Shefford Town
71 Warminster Town 3–1 Melksham Town
72 Wells City 2–1 Bridgwater Town
73 Welwyn Garden City 0–3 Clapton
74 Wembley 2–3 Wealdstone
75 Wimbledon 4–1 Edgware Town
76 Windsor & Eton 2–2 Chesham United
77 Winsford United 4–1 Witton Albion
78 Wisbech Town 5–0 Warboys Town
79 Witney Town 0–0 Wycombe Wanderers
80 Woking 1–1 Folkestone
81 Woodford Town 4–2 Tilbury
82 Worthing 5–0 Lancing Athletic
83 Yiewsley 0–0 Southall

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Llandudno 1–0 Bangor City
6 Leyton 1–0 Barking
7 Kingstonian 6–0 Berkhamsted Town
12 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 4–2 Boldmere St Michaels
13 Kidderminster Harriers 4–2 Brierley Hill Alliance
15 Welton Rovers 1–3 Bulford United
16 March Town United 3–1 Cambridge City
22 Bath City 4–0 Clandown
31 Dorking 5–1 Erith & Belvedere
36 Uxbridge 1–2 Harrow Town
42 Metropolitan Police 0–4 Hounslow Town
48 Sheppey United 0–4 Maidstone United
50 Bloxwich Strollers 0–2 Moor Green
51 Lytham 1–0 Mossley
53 Altrincham 0–2 Northwich Victoria
65 Pwllheli & District 3–1 St Helens Town
76 Chesham United 2–0 Windsor & Eton
79 Wycombe Wanderers 15–1 Witney Town
80 Folkestone 2–1 Woking
83 Southall 2–1 Yiewsley

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abingdon Town 0–3 Slough Town
2 Andover 5–0 Gosport Borough Athletic
3 Ashford Town (Kent) 2–5 Ramsgate Athletic
4 Ashington 7–0 Gosforth & Coxlodge
5 Ashton United 1–1 Nelson
6 Banbury Spencer 7–0 Aylesbury United
7 Basingstoke Town 3–3 Fareham Town
8 Bath City 3–3 Chippenham United
9 Bedford Town 4–0 Biggleswade & District
10 Bideford 4–0 Minehead
11 Bognor Regis Town 3–1 East Grinstead
12 Bridlington Central United 3–0 North Skelton Athletic
13 Brigg Town 2–2 Bourne Town
14 Briggs Sports 0–0 Grays Athletic
15 Brodsworth Main Colliery 1–2 Langold W M C
16 Bulford United 4–1 Calne & Harris United
17 Bungay Town 0–2 Beccles
18 Burton Albion 2–0 Tamworth
19 Bury Town 3–2 Whitton United
20 Buxton 2–1 Lostock Gralam
21 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Lovells Athletic
22 Clacton Town 3–0 Woodford Town
23 Clapton 0–0 St Albans City
24 Congleton Town 1–3 Hyde United
25 Consett 4–0 Dawdon Colliery Welfare
26 Corby Town 2–1 Kettering Town
27 Cowes 4–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
28 Cromer 1–2 Wymondham Town
29 Darlaston 2–7 Stourbridge
30 Deal Town 2–2 Canterbury City
31 Denaby United 5–0 Retford Town
32 Desborough Town 0–0 Rothwell Town
33 Devizes Town 0–2 Salisbury
34 Dorking 3–1 Folkestone
35 Durham City 4–2 Chilton Athletic
36 Earlestown 1–1 South Liverpool
37 Eastbourne 0–2 Redhill
38 Ebbw Vale 2–2 Gloucester City
39 Ely City 4–3 Thetford Town
40 Epsom 3–2 Dover
41 Eton Manor 3–2 Barnet
42 Flint Town United 0–0 Runcorn
43 Frome Town 2–1 Warminster Town
44 Glastonbury 1–3 Street
45 Grantham 4–2 Ashby Institute
46 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–2 Margate
47 Harrow Town 0–7 Wealdstone
48 Hednesford Town 0–1 Halesowen Town
49 Hemel Hempstead 1–0 Hounslow Town
50 Hexham Hearts 2–4 North Shields
51 Hitchin Town 5–0 Ware
52 Hoddesdon Town 2–5 Enfield
53 Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Wellington Town
54 King's Lynn 4–2 Chatteris Town
55 Lancaster City 2–0 Burscough
56 Langwith Miners Welfare 1–2 Hallam
57 Leyland Motors 1–0 Horwich R M I
58 Leyton 3–0 Aveley
59 Leytonstone 0–3 Dagenham
60 Llanelli 5–0 Cinderford Town
61 Lockheed Leamington 2–1 Moor Green
62 Long Eaton Town 2–3 Whitwick Colliery
63 Lowestoft Town 9–0 Haverhill Rovers
64 Lytham 1–4 Chorley
65 Macclesfield 0–4 Northwich Victoria
66 March Town United 3–1 St Neots & District
67 Milnthorpe Corinthians 5–2 Morecambe
68 Murton Colliery Welfare 4–2 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
69 New Brighton 4–0 Llandudno
70 Newburn 1–2 Cramlington Welfare
71 Norton Woodseats 1–2 Beighton Miners Welfare
72 Oxford City 2–1 Chesham United
73 Penzance 3–1 Truro City
74 Potton United 0–2 Eynesbury Rovers
75 Pwllheli & District 4–1 Prescot Cables
76 Radstock Town 2–3 Weston Super Mare
77 Ransome & Marles 6–1 Creswell Colliery
78 Rossendale United 4–3 Droylsden
79 Rugby Town 2–2 Bedworth Town
80 Seaham Colliery Welfare 1–3 Easington Colliery Welfare
81 Sheringham 0–0 Great Yarmouth Town
82 Shildon 3–0 Stockton
83 Silksworth Colliery Welfare 9–5 Annfield Plain
84 Sittingbourne 2–0 Tunbridge Wells United
85 Skegness Town 7–2 Barton Town
86 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0–1 Carshalton Athletic
87 South Shields 5–0 Alnwick Town
88 Southall 1–1 Kingstonian
89 Southwick 2–1 Littlehampton Town
90 Stafford Rangers 1–2 Worcester City
91 Stalybridge Celtic 1–1 Winsford United
92 Stamford 1–5 Rushden Town
93 Stanley United 0–1 West Auckland Town
94 Stocksbridge Works 8–2 Sheffield
95 Stonehouse 3–4 Barry Town
96 Stowmarket 7–0 Diss Town
97 Sudbury Town 14–1 Leiston
98 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 2–2 Bourneville Athletic
99 Taunton 0–2 St Blazey
100 Tonbridge 0–1 Maidstone United
101 Tow Law Town 3–1 Evenwood Town
102 Upton Colliery 0–3 Frickley Colliery
103 Wadebridge Town 2–5 Bodmin Town
104 Wellingborough Town 1–9 Spalding United
105 Wells City 2–1 Peasedown Miners Welfare
106 Westbury United 1–1 Chippenham Town
107 Willington 3–1 Cockfield
108 Wimbledon 0–1 Finchley
109 Winchester City 2–2 Chichester City
110 Wisbech Town 2–2 Holbeach United
111 Wolverton Town & B R 0–2 Dunstable Town
112 Worksop Town 8–0 Brunswick Institute
113 Worthing 4–1 Haywards Heath
114 Wycombe Wanderers 4–2 Maidenhead United
115 Yorkshire Amateur 1–2 Ossett Town

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
5 Nelson 1–4 Ashton United
7 Fareham Town 3–2 Basingstoke Town
8 Chippenham United 1–0 Bath City
13 Bourne Town 2–3 Brigg Town
14 Grays Athletic 0–0 Briggs Sports
23 St Albans City 4–1 Clapton
30 Canterbury City 2–1 Deal Town
32 Rothwell Town 5–0 Desborough Town
36 South Liverpool 3–1 Earlestown
38 Gloucester City 4–1 Ebbw Vale
42 Runcorn 4–3 Flint Town United
79 Bedworth Town 2–2 Rugby Town
81 Great Yarmouth Town 3–2 Sheringham
88 Kingstonian 0–1 Southall
91 Winsford United 6–0 Stalybridge Celtic
98 Bourneville Athletic 1–4 Sutton Town (Birmingham)
106 Chippenham Town 0–1 Westbury United
109 Chichester City 1–3 Winchester City
110 Holbeach United 0–2 Wisbech Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
14 Briggs Sports 1–0 Grays Athletic
79 Bedworth Town 3–1 Rugby Town

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alford United 0–3 Grantham
2 Andover 2–1 Winchester City
3 Ashton United 2–1 Leyland Motors
4 Banbury Spencer 3–1 Oxford City
5 Barry Town 5–2 Gloucester City
6 Beccles 2–2 Wymondham Town
7 Bedworth Town 1–1 Burton Albion
8 Bideford 4–1 St Blazey
9 Bognor Regis Town 2–2 Redhill
10 Boldon Colliery Welfare 1–2 Consett
11 Bridlington Central United 4–4 Whitby Town
12 Bury Town 2–3 Lowestoft Town
13 Cowes 2–3 Fareham Town
14 Dagenham 0–1 Briggs Sports
15 Denaby United 3–2 Stocksbridge Works
16 Dunstable Town 0–4 Bedford Town
17 Easington Colliery Welfare 4–2 Silksworth Colliery Welfare
18 Enfield 4–2 St Albans City
19 Epsom 3–2 Dorking
20 Eton Manor 3–3 Hitchin Town
21 Eynesbury Rovers 5–0 Bletchley & Wipac Sports
22 Fleetwood 0–0 Milnthorpe Corinthians
23 Frome Town 2–2 Westbury United
24 Goole Town 6–0 Harrogate Railway Athletic
25 Great Yarmouth Town 2–0 Gorleston
26 Gresley Rovers 0–1 Boots Athletic
27 Halesowen Town 3–0 Stourbridge
28 Hallam 0–2 Frickley Colliery
29 Heanor Town 1–2 Brush Sports
30 Hemel Hempstead 2–5 Finchley
31 Hyde United 1–3 Northwich Victoria
32 Ilkeston Town 3–1 South Normanton Miners Welfare
33 Kidderminster Harriers 2–0 Worcester City
34 King's Lynn 1–1 March Town United
35 Lancaster City 2–0 Penrith
36 Langold W M C 1–2 Bentley Colliery
37 Leyton 4–0 Clacton Town
38 Linby Colliery 3–3 Sutton Town
39 Llanelli 0–3 Lovells Athletic
40 Lockheed Leamington 3–4 Sutton Town (Birmingham)
41 Maidstone United 1–4 Margate
42 Murton Colliery Welfare 0–2 Ferryhill Athletic
43 New Brighton 4–2 Pwllheli & District
44 North Shields 3–1 Ashington
45 Ossett Town 3–2 Farsley Celtic
46 Penzance 4–3 Bodmin Town
47 Players Athletic 1–4 Whitwick Colliery
48 Poole Town 3–1 Bridport
49 Portland United 5–0 Ilminster Town
50 Ramsgate Athletic 1–1 Canterbury City
51 Rossendale United 2–1 Chorley
52 Runcorn 1–1 South Liverpool
53 Rushden Town 3–3 Rothwell Town
54 Salisbury 3–0 Bulford United
55 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 3–1 Ransome & Marles
56 Sittingbourne 0–0 Carshalton Athletic
57 Skegness Town 3–1 Brigg Town
58 Slough Town 3–3 Wycombe Wanderers
59 South Bank 0–1 Billingham Synthonia
60 South Shields 5–3 Cramlington Welfare
61 Southwick 1–2 Worthing
62 Spalding United 1–3 Corby Town
63 Street 3–6 Chippenham United
64 Sudbury Town 4–0 Stowmarket
65 Tow Law Town 1–4 West Auckland Town
66 Wealdstone 1–2 Southall
67 Weston Super Mare 5–1 Wells City
68 Willington 3–3 Shildon
69 Winsford United 5–1 Buxton
70 Wisbech Town 3–2 Ely City
71 Wolsingham Welfare 2–2 Durham City
72 Worksop Town 3–0 Beighton Miners Welfare

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Tie Home team Score Away team
6 Wymondham Town 1–2 Beccles
7 Burton Albion 3–2 Bedworth Town
9 Redhill 4–0 Bognor Regis Town
11 Whitby Town 0–1 Bridlington Central United
20 Hitchin Town 2–1 Eton Manor
22 Milnthorpe Corinthians 2–5 Fleetwood
23 Westbury United 1–2 Frome Town
35 March Town United 1–0 King's Lynn
38 Sutton Town 3–2 Linby Colliery
50 Canterbury City 2–5 Ramsgate Athletic
52 South Liverpool 1–3 Runcorn
53 Rothwell Town 3–2 Rushden Town
56 Carshalton Athletic 1–2 Sittingbourne
58 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Slough Town
68 Shildon 7–3 Willington
71 Durham City 2–0 Wolsingham Welfare

3rd qualifying round

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Ashton United 1–0 Rossendale United
2 Banbury Spencer 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers
3 Barry Town 1–3 Lovells Athletic
4 Beccles 1–4 Great Yarmouth Town
5 Bridlington Central United 1–0 Billingham Synthonia
6 Briggs Sports 1–2 Leyton
7 Brush Sports 1–0 Whitwick Colliery
8 Burton Albion 6–3 Sutton Town (Birmingham)
9 Chippenham United 3–2 Weston Super Mare
10 Consett 1–4 Easington Colliery Welfare
11 Corby Town 3–1 Rothwell Town
12 Durham City 0–0 Ferryhill Athletic
13 Epsom 1–3 Margate
14 Eynesbury Rovers 1–4 Bedford Town
15 Fareham Town 2–2 Andover
16 Fleetwood 1–1 Lancaster City
17 Frickley Colliery 3–5 Denaby United
18 Goole Town 2–1 Ossett Town
19 Grantham 3–3 Skegness Town
20 Hitchin Town 3–1 Enfield
21 Ilkeston Town 9–0 Boots Athletic
22 Kidderminster Harriers 0–0 Halesowen Town
23 Lowestoft Town 0–0 Sudbury Town
24 Northwich Victoria 2–2 Winsford United
25 Penzance 2–2 Bideford
26 Portland United 1–4 Poole Town
27 Runcorn 0–1 New Brighton
28 Salisbury 3–0 Frome Town
29 Sittingbourne 1–1 Ramsgate Athletic
30 South Shields 0–1 North Shields
31 Southall 3–0 Finchley
32 Sutton Town 4–1 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
33 West Auckland Town 1–1 Shildon
34 Wisbech Town 1–1 March Town United
35 Worksop Town 9–2 Bentley Colliery
36 Worthing 1–4 Redhill

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Tie Home team Score Away team
12 Ferryhill Athletic 0–2 Durham City
15 Andover 0–2 Fareham Town
16 Lancaster City 3–1 Fleetwood
19 Skegness Town 3–0 Grantham
22 Halesowen Town 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers
23 Sudbury Town 4–1 Lowestoft Town
24 Winsford United 1–2 Northwich Victoria
25 Bideford 2–0 Penzance
29 Ramsgate Athletic 3–2 Sittingbourne
33 Shildon 5–3 West Auckland Town
34 March Town United 3–0 Wisbech Town

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, Spennymoor United, Horden Colliery Welfare, Nuneaton Borough, Selby Town, Newport I O W, Boston United, Scarborough, Netherfield, Dorchester Town and Hinckley Athletic.

Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Ashton United 5–0 Wigan Athletic
2 Bedford Town 6–0 Walthamstow Avenue
3 Bideford 0–3 Yeovil Town
4 Blyth Spartans 2–4 Shildon
5 Brush Sports 0–2 Burton Albion
6 Chippenham United 2–6 Salisbury
7 Dorchester Town 3–0 Newport I O W
8 Durham City 5–2 Bridlington Central United
9 Guildford City 2–2 Ramsgate Athletic
10 Headington United 2–4 Margate
11 Hereford United 8–1 Nuneaton Borough
12 Hinckley Athletic 1–4 Halesowen Town
13 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–4 Easington Colliery Welfare
14 Ilkeston Town 1–3 Peterborough United
15 Leyton 3–1 Hitchin Town
16 Lovells Athletic 2–0 Merthyr Tydfil
17 March Town United 1–0 Great Yarmouth Town
18 Netherfield 2–0 Lancaster City
19 Northwich Victoria 3–1 Denaby United
20 Poole Town 2–3 Weymouth
21 Redhill 2–2 Hastings United
22 Rhyl 3–1 New Brighton
23 Scarborough 3–1 North Shields
24 Selby Town 2–4 Goole Town
25 Skegness Town 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity
26 Spennymoor United 2–2 Crook Town
27 Sudbury Town 4–4 Southall
28 Sutton Town 2–8 Boston United
29 Wycombe Wanderers 3–1 Fareham Town
30 Worksop Town 1–0 Corby Town

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Tie Home team Score Away team
9 Ramsgate Athletic 3–2 Guildford City
21 Hastings United 4–0 Redhill
25 Gainsborough Trinity 0–2 Skegness Town
26 Crook Town 5–0 Spennymoor United
27 Southall 2–2 Sudbury Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
27 Southall 7–2 Sudbury Town

1955–56 FA Cup

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See 1955-56 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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