1976–77 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1976–77 is the 96th 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.

1976–77 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 A P Leamington 1–0 Moor Green
2 Clevedon Town 1–1 Weston Super Mare
3 Congleton Town 1–2 Worksop Town
4 Crook Town 4–1 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
5 Croydon 1–0 Guildford & Dorking United
6 Darwen 3–1 Radcliffe Borough
7 Dudley Town 3–1 Halesowen Town
8 Dunstable 0–4 Witney Town
9 Eastwood Hanley 2–2 Heanor Town
10 Edmonton & Haringey 0–1 Kingstonian
11 Enfield 1–0 Hampton
12 Evenwood Town 1–1 Lancaster City
13 Everwarm 0–1 Llanelli
14 Farnborough Town 4–0 Salisbury
15 Feltham 0–1 Hornchurch
16 Frecheville Community 0–1 Winterton Rangers
17 Friar Lane Old Boys 2–0 Warley County Borough
18 Frickley Athletic 3–0 Yorkshire Amateur
19 Glastonbury 1–0 Barry Town
20 Gloucester City 1–1 Trowbridge Town
21 Harrow Borough 3–1 Willesden
22 Harwich & Parkeston 4–2 Thetford Town
23 Hayes 2–0 Leyton Wingate
24 Herne Bay 4–1 Whitstable Town
25 Hertford Town 1–1 Romford
26 Hinckley Athletic 0–1 Tividale
27 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–3 Wingate (Durham)
28 Horsham Y M C A 2–0 Worthing
29 Hyde United 2–1 Leek Town
30 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 Redditch United
31 Letchworth Garden City 5–1 Maidenhead United
32 Louth United 2–2 Wisbech Town
33 March Town United 0–3 Stowmarket
34 Margate 2–2 Sittingbourne
35 Marlow 0–0 Milton Keynes City
36 Medway 3–3 Rainham Town
37 Molesey 2–1 St Albans City
38 New Brighton 1–1 Skelmersdale United
39 Newport I O W 2–0 Wigmore Athletic
40 North Shields 0–0 Spennymoor United
41 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Racing Club Warwick
42 Penzance 2–7 Yeovil Town
43 Prescot Town 4–1 St Helens Town
44 Ruislip Manor 2–2 Wokingham Town
45 Rushden Town 1–0 Wolverton Town & B R
46 South Liverpool 0–4 Winsford United
47 Stalybridge Celtic 1–3 Witton Albion
48 Washington 3–1 West Auckland Town

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Weston Super Mare 3–0 Clevedon Town
9 Heanor Town 2–0 Eastwood Hanley
12 Lancaster City 4–0 Evenwood Town
20 Trowbridge Town 1–2 Gloucester City
25 Romford 1–2 Hertford Town
32 Wisbech Town 2–0 Louth United
34 Sittingbourne 0–1 Margate
35 Milton Keynes City 0–1 Marlow
36 Rainham Town 2–1 Medway
38 Skelmersdale United 0–2 New Brighton
40 Spennymoor United 4–1 North Shields
44 Wokingham Town 3–1 Ruislip Manor

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Accrington Stanley 5–0 Bacup Borough
2 Alfreton Town 2–0 Belper Town
3 Alton Town 1–0 Andover
4 Ammanford Town 1–0 Evesham United (Replay ordered)
5 Annfield Plain 3–2 Billingham Synthonia
6 Appleby Frodingham 5–3 Bridlington Town
7 Armitage 2–1 Bedworth United
8 Arnold 1–0 Atherstone Town
9 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–0 Canterbury City
10 Aylesbury United 1–3 Banbury United
11 Bangor City 6–0 Prescot Town
12 Barking 6–1 Chertsey Town
13 Barnet 6–1 Egham Town
14 Barnstaple Town 2–1 Bath City
15 Barton Rovers 3–0 Cambridge City
16 Barton Town 2–2 Brigg Town
17 Basingstoke Town 10–0 Chichester City
18 Bedford Town 7–1 Chatteris Town
19 Bethesda Athletic 2–1 Oswestry Town
20 Bexhill Town 2–1 Bognor Regis Town
21 Boston 2–0 Bourne Town
22 Bridgwater Town 2–4 Falmouth Town
23 Bridport 2–4 Minehead
24 Burton Albion 1–1 Eastwood Town
25 Bury Town 2–1 Clacton Town (@ Clacton Town)
26 Camberley Town 1–1 Epsom & Ewell
27 Chippenham Town 1–3 Devizes Town
28 Cinderford Town 1–1 Melksham Town
29 Clitheroe 0–0 Formby
30 Consett 1–0 Easington Colliery Welfare
31 Corinthian Casuals 0–1 Grays Athletic
32 Cray Wanderers 2–2 Erith & Belvedere
33 Dagenham w/o-scr Stevenage Athletic
34 Darlaston 2–1 Highgate United
35 Desborough Town 0–1 Enderby Town
36 Didcot Town 1–0 Oxford City
37 Dover 3–1 Eastbourne United
38 Droylsden 3–2 Glossop
39 Dulwich Hamlet 0–0 Hemel Hempstead
40 Eastbourne Town 0–3 Lewes
41 Emley 4–1 Gainsborough Trinity
42 Epping Town 3–2 Hoddesdon Town
43 Fareham Town 1–1 Gosport Borough
44 Farsley Celtic 1–4 Goole Town
45 Ferryhill Athletic 0–1 Netherfield
46 Frome Town 1–5 Mangotsfield United
47 Gorleston 1–1 Lowestoft Town
48 Gornal Athletic 1–3 Lye Town
49 Gravesend & Northfleet 0–0 Maidstone United
50 Great Harwood 1–1 Darwen
51 Harlow Town 2–2 Hillingdon Borough
52 Hastings United 5–0 Peacehaven & Telscombe
53 Hatfield Town 2–0 Hounslow
54 Haywards Heath 3–1 Ringmer
55 Heaton Stannington 0–3 Shildon
56 Hednesford Town 1–0 Ilkeston Town
57 Hertford Town 1–2 Boreham Wood
58 Histon 1–4 Potton United
59 Horsham 4–0 Selsey
60 Horwich R M I 1–1 Worksop Town
61 Hungerford Town 0–3 Farnborough Town
62 Hyde United 4–1 Ashton United
63 Irthlingborough Diamonds 2–2 Soham Town Rangers
64 King's Lynn 3–2 Parson Drove United
65 Lancaster City 1–1 Bishop Auckland
66 Letchworth Garden City 1–0 Addlestone
67 Leytonstone 2–0 Harrow Borough
68 Littlehampton Town 0–1 Horsham Y M C A
69 Llanelli 2–1 Calne Town
70 Long Eaton United 3–0 Heanor Town
71 Marlow 1–2 Carshalton Athletic
72 Merthyr Tydfil 4–1 Gloucester City
73 Metropolitan Police 0–3 Sutton United
74 Mexborough Town 2–0 Frickley Athletic
75 Molesey 2–1 Burnham
76 Mossley 5–2 Chorley
77 Nantwich Town 0–1 Northwich Victoria
78 New Mills 5–2 Brereton Social
79 Newmarket Town 1–1 Harwich & Parkeston
80 Newquay 0–0 St Blazey
81 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Brierley Hill Alliance
82 Oldbury United 0–4 Tividale
83 Penrith 0–2 Crook Town
84 Poole Town 2–0 Dorchester Town
85 Porthmadog 3–4 New Brighton
86 Prestwich Heys 0–1 Runcorn
87 Rainham Town 1–2 Aveley
88 Ramsgate 2–1 Herne Bay
89 Redditch United 2–0 Alvechurch
90 Redhill 0–1 Bromley
91 Retford Town 0–3 Winterton Rangers
92 Rhyl 1–1 Macclesfield Town
93 Rossendale United 0–5 Buxton
94 Rothwell Town 0–0 A P Leamington
95 Selby Town 0–2 Bridlington Trinity
96 Sheppey United 2–2 Margate
97 Sidley United 0–3 Folkestone & Shepway
98 Skegness Town 0–2 Wisbech Town
99 Slough Town 2–2 Finchley
100 South Bank 3–0 Carlisle City
101 Southall & Ealing Borough 2–1 Hornchurch
102 Southwick 2–0 Deal Town
103 Spalding United 0–3 Corby Town
104 St Neots Town 1–0 Stowmarket
105 Staines Town 3–1 Hayes
106 Stamford 3–2 Holbeach United
107 Stourbridge 1–3 Bromsgrove Rovers
108 Stratford Town 0–2 Dudley Town
109 Sudbury Town 1–1 Great Yarmouth Town
110 Sutton Coldfield Town 3–0 Friar Lane Old Boys
111 Sutton Town 0–1 Denaby United
112 Swaythling 4–0 Newport I O W
113 Tamworth 1–1 Coventry Sporting
114 Taunton Town 1–0 Weston Super Mare
115 Telford United 3–1 Gresley Rovers
116 Thame United 1–0 Witney Town
117 Three Bridges 3–3 Faversham Town
118 Tilbury 2–2 Enfield
119 Tiverton Town 0–2 Yeovil Town
120 Ton Pentre 1–1 Cheltenham Town
121 Tonbridge 0–1 Croydon
122 Tow Law Town 3–1 Wingate (Durham)
123 Tring Town 0–3 Chesham United
124 Tunbridge Wells 2–0 Crawley Town
125 Uxbridge 0–1 Bracknell Town
126 V S Rugby 1–4 Bilston
127 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Rushden Town
128 Wadebridge Town 1–1 Ilminster Town
129 Walthamstow Avenue 1–4 Kingstonian
130 Ware 2–0 Edgware Town
131 Washington 0–2 Barrow
132 Waterlooville 9–0 Cowes
133 Wealdstone 5–1 Clapton
134 Wellingborough Town 3–1 Ely City
135 Welton Rovers 1–2 Bideford
136 Wembley 1–1 Wokingham Town
137 Whitby Town 3–0 Spennymoor United
138 Whitley Bay 5–0 Boldon Community Association
139 Willington 3–3 Durham City
140 Windsor & Eton 3–2 Cheshunt
141 Winsford United 0–0 Burscough
142 Witton Albion 3–1 Curzon Ashton
143 Woking 3–1 Burgess Hill Town
144 Worcester City 3–2 Glastonbury

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Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Ammanford Town 1–5 Evesham United
16 Brigg Town 3–2 Barton Town
24 Eastwood Town 1–2 Burton Albion
26 Epsom & Ewell 1–0 Camberley Town
28 Melksham Town 0–1 Cinderford Town
29 Formby 3–1 Clitheroe
32 Erith & Belvedere 2–3 Cray Wanderers
39 Hemel Hempstead 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet
43 Gosport Borough 0–5 Fareham Town
47 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Gorleston
49 Maidstone United 3–0 Gravesend & Northfleet
50 Darwen 0–3 Great Harwood
51 Hillingdon Borough 2–0 Harlow Town
60 Worksop Town 1–0 Horwich R M I
63 Soham Town Rangers 4–3 Irthlingborough Diamonds
65 Bishop Auckland 2–0 Lancaster City
79 Harwich & Parkeston 8–1 Newmarket Town
80 St Blazey 1–3 Newquay
92 Macclesfield Town 1–2 Rhyl
94 A P Leamington 2–0 Rothwell Town
96 Margate 2–0 Sheppey United
99 Finchley 0–4 Slough Town
109 Great Yarmouth Town 0–1 Sudbury Town
113 Coventry Sporting 2–0 Tamworth
117 Faversham Town 2–1 Three Bridges
118 Enfield 3–1 Tilbury
120 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Ton Pentre
127 Rushden Town 1–2 Vauxhall Motors
128 Ilminster Town 1–0 Wadebridge Town
136 Wokingham Town 1–1 Wembley
139 Durham City 3–3 Willington
141 Burscough 1–3 Winsford United

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
136 Wembley 0–1 Wokingham Town
139 Willington 2–3 Durham City

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 A P Leamington 1–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
2 Accrington Stanley 0–3 Formby
3 Alfreton Town 0–1 Droylsden
4 Alton Town 0–0 Fareham Town
5 Annfield Plain 1–1 Netherfield
6 Appleby Frodingham 0–0 Goole Town
7 Armitage 1–1 Darlaston
8 Arnold 0–0 Hednesford Town
9 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–1 Hastings United
10 Aveley 1–0 Grays Athletic
11 Banbury United 3–2 Didcot Town
12 Bangor City 4–2 Bethesda Athletic
13 Barking 1–1 Sutton United
14 Barnet 3–0 Hatfield Town
15 Barnstaple Town 1–2 Minehead
16 Barrow 2–1 Shildon
17 Barton Rovers 5–0 Soham Town Rangers
18 Basingstoke Town 2–0 Horsham
19 Bedford Town 4–1 Potton United
20 Bexhill Town 0–3 Lewes
21 Bishop Auckland 3–0 Consett
22 Boreham Wood 1–1 Epsom & Ewell
23 Boston 2–1 King's Lynn
24 Brigg Town 1–2 Emley
25 Bromley 2–0 Faversham Town
26 Bury Town 2–3 Lowestoft Town
27 Carshalton Athletic 1–1 Epping Town
28 Cray Wanderers 2–1 Maidstone United
29 Crook Town 1–0 South Bank
30 Croydon 0–0 Woking
31 Devizes Town 0–1 Mangotsfield United
32 Dover 2–0 Haywards Heath
33 Dudley Town 4–1 Bilston
34 Enfield 5–2 Bracknell Town
35 Falmouth Town 8–0 Newquay
36 Farnborough Town 1–1 Poole Town
37 Great Harwood 6–0 Mossley
38 Harwich & Parkeston 3–1 Sudbury Town
39 Horsham Y M C A 1–1 Tunbridge Wells
40 Hyde United 0–1 Burton Albion
41 Kingstonian 0–2 Wealdstone
42 Letchworth Garden City 0–1 Dulwich Hamlet
43 Leytonstone 1–1 Slough Town
44 Llanelli 3–2 Cinderford Town
45 Long Eaton United 3–0 New Mills
46 Margate 2–2 Folkestone & Shepway
47 Merthyr Tydfil 3–3 Cheltenham Town
48 Mexborough Town 3–2 Bridlington Trinity
49 Molesey 1–1 Hillingdon Borough
50 New Brighton 1–3 Rhyl
51 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Lye Town
52 Ramsgate 1–1 Southwick
53 Redditch United 0–0 Enderby Town
54 Southall & Ealing Borough 0–1 Dagenham
55 St Neots Town 3–0 Corby Town
56 Staines Town 3–1 Ware
57 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 Coventry Sporting
58 Swaythling 0–3 Waterlooville
59 Taunton Town 4–2 Bideford
60 Thame United 0–1 Chesham United
61 Tividale 0–3 Telford United
62 Tow Law Town 1–2 Durham City
63 Vauxhall Motors 1–3 Wellingborough Town
64 Whitby Town 2–0 Whitley Bay
65 Winsford United 1–0 Runcorn
66 Winterton Rangers 2–1 Denaby United
67 Wisbech Town 1–1 Stamford
68 Witton Albion 1–3 Northwich Victoria
69 Wokingham Town 2–1 Windsor & Eton
70 Worcester City 3–1 Evesham United
71 Worksop Town 3–0 Buxton
72 Yeovil Town 10–1 Ilminster Town

2nd replays

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Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 A P Leamington
4 Fareham Town 1–0 Alton Town
5 Netherfield 6–0 Annfield Plain
6 Goole Town 1–0 Appleby Frodingham
7 Darlaston 1–0 Armitage
8 Hednesford Town 3–0 Arnold
13 Sutton United 1–4 Barking
22 Epsom & Ewell 2–1 Boreham Wood
27 Epping Town 1–1 Carshalton Athletic
30 Woking 2–0 Croydon
36 Poole Town 3–1 Farnborough Town
39 Tunbridge Wells 0–3 Horsham Y M C A (Ordered to be replayed)
39 Tunbridge Wells 0–2 Horsham Y M C A
43 Slough Town 1–0 Leytonstone
46 Folkestone & Shepway 2–4 Margate (Ordered to be replayed)
46 Folkestone & Shepway 3–4 Margate
47 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil
49 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Molesey
52 Southwick 1–2 Ramsgate
53 Enderby Town 1–0 Redditch United
67 Stamford 3–0 Wisbech Town

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Tie Home team Score Away team
27 Carshalton Athletic 4–2 Epping Town
47 Merthyr Tydfil 4–0 Cheltenham Town

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Aveley 1–1 Woking
2 Banbury United 1–4 Chesham United
3 Barking 3–1 Wokingham Town
4 Barnet 0–1 Slough Town
5 Barrow 2–2 Whitby Town
6 Barton Rovers 1–1 Wellingborough Town
7 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Waterlooville
8 Bedford Town 3–0 St Neots Town
9 Bishop Auckland 1–1 Crook Town
10 Boston 1–0 Stamford
11 Burton Albion 5–0 Long Eaton United
12 Carshalton Athletic 3–3 Dagenham
13 Cray Wanderers 0–2 Bromley
14 Darlaston 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town
15 Dover 3–2 Margate
16 Droylsden 1–0 Worksop Town
17 Dulwich Hamlet 0–2 Wealdstone
18 Emley 4–7 Winterton Rangers
19 Enderby Town 0–1 Dudley Town
20 Epsom & Ewell 1–1 Enfield
21 Falmouth Town 2–0 Yeovil Town
22 Fareham Town 0–1 Poole Town
23 Formby 0–0 Great Harwood
24 Goole Town 7–1 Mexborough Town
25 Hastings United 2–0 Ramsgate
26 Hednesford Town 0–0 Telford United
27 Hillingdon Borough 2–0 Staines Town
28 Lewes 4–4 Horsham Y M C A
29 Llanelli 3–6 Merthyr Tydfil
30 Lowestoft Town 0–3 Harwich & Parkeston
31 Mangotsfield United 0–2 Worcester City
32 Minehead 2–1 Taunton Town
33 Netherfield 1–1 Durham City
34 Northwich Victoria 0–0 Rhyl
35 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Bromsgrove Rovers
36 Winsford United 1–1 Bangor City

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Woking 4–0 Aveley
5 Whitby Town 3–4 Barrow
6 Wellingborough Town 1–2 Barton Rovers
9 Crook Town 1–0 Bishop Auckland
12 Dagenham 2–1 Carshalton Athletic
20 Enfield 1–0 Epsom & Ewell
23 Great Harwood 3–0 Formby
26 Telford United 3–0 Hednesford Town
28 Horsham Y M C A 2–4 Lewes
33 Durham City 1–2 Netherfield
34 Rhyl 1–3 Northwich Victoria
36 Bangor City 4–1 Winsford United

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Matlock Town, Altrincham, Morecambe, Dartford, Bishop's Stortford, Ilford, Walton & Hersham, Hendon, Gateshead United, Chelmsford City, Grantham, Boston United, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Wycombe Wanderers, Leatherhead, Hitchin Town, Tooting & Mitcham United and Marine.

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Altrincham 1–0 Grantham
2 Barton Rovers 2–3 Nuneaton Borough
3 Blyth Spartans 0–3 Gateshead United
4 Boston 1–0 Bangor City
5 Bromley 9–3 Walton & Hersham
6 Burton Albion 0–1 Northwich Victoria
7 Chelmsford City 0–4 Leatherhead
8 Chesham United 4–2 Worcester City
9 Crook Town 2–1 Netherfield
10 Dagenham 1–1 Dartford
11 Darlaston 1–1 Kettering Town
12 Dover 2–2 Hitchin Town
13 Dudley Town 1–0 Bedford Town
14 Enfield 2–2 Ilford
15 Falmouth Town 1–1 Minehead
16 Goole Town 1–1 Boston United
17 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Hastings United
18 Lewes 1–1 Harwich & Parkeston
19 Marine 1–1 Barrow
20 Morecambe 2–0 Great Harwood
21 Poole Town 2–3 Weymouth
22 Telford United 2–5 Matlock Town
23 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–1 Barking
24 Waterlooville 4–1 Hendon
25 Wealdstone 3–2 Bishop's Stortford
26 Winterton Rangers 3–3 Droylsden
27 Woking 0–0 Slough Town
28 Wycombe Wanderers 3–1 Merthyr Tydfil

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Dartford 3–2 Dagenham
11 Kettering Town 2–0 Darlaston
12 Hitchin Town 3–1 Dover
14 Ilford 0–4 Enfield
15 Minehead 3–0 Falmouth Town
16 Boston United 1–3 Goole Town
18 Harwich & Parkeston 3–1 Lewes
19 Barrow 3–1 Marine
23 Barking 1–2 Tooting & Mitcham United
26 Droylsden 3–2 Winterton Rangers
27 Slough Town 0–1 Woking

1976–77 FA Cup

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See 1976–77 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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