2023–24 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Region
England Wales
Number of teams
640
The 2023–24 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 143rd edition of the FA Cup , the world's oldest association football single knockout competition, organised by The Football Association , the governing body for the sport in England. 640 teams in the 5th to 10th tier of English football competed across six rounds for 32 spots in the First round proper .
Eligibility [ ]
Places for the FA Cup were capped at 732 to match the number of clubs in the top 9 tiers of English football, meaning 640 were places available in the qualifying competition. Clubs from the 10th tier were accepted only where there was a shortage of places due to higher ranked teams not applying or being ineligible for entry. This left seven places, which were awarded to the applicants from the 10th tier that had finished 2022-23 with the highest points per game, but that had not been promoted.
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The draw for the extra preliminary round was made on 7 July 2023. The seven clubs allowed entry from the 10th tier were the lowest ranked teams to enter.
Preliminary round [ ]
The draw for the preliminary round was also made on 7 July 2023. Okehampton Argyle F.C. are the sole team from Level 10 to progress to this stage.
First qualifying round [ ]
The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 21 August 2023. Okehampton Argyle F.C. of the South West Peninsula League are the sole team from Level 10 to progress to this stage.
Upsets [ ]
Second qualifying round [ ]
The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 4 September 2023. There are 14 clubs from Level 9 participating in this round.
Tie
Score
Att.
Friday 15 September 2023
7
Darlington (6)
3–1
Workington (7)
982
47
Ascot United (8)
1–2
Lewes (7)
451
72
Merthyr Town (7)
1–1
Taunton Town (6)
1,583
Saturday 16 September 2023
1
Farsley Celtic (6)
1–1
Scarborough Athletic (6)
691
2
Blyth Spartans (6)
1–1
Bradford (Park Avenue) (7)
663
3
Hyde United (7)
2–1
Albion Sports (9)
430
4
FC United of Manchester (7)
0–4
Warrington Rylands 1906 (7)
1,046
5
Warrington Town (6)
2–3
Curzon Ashton (6)
733
6
Runcorn Linnets (8)
1–1
Chorley (6)
907
8
Lancaster City (7)
4–1
Marske United (7)
395
9
Spennymoor Town (6)
2–2
Marine (7)
573
10
Morpeth Town (7)
3–0
Southport (6)
272
11
Tadcaster Albion (9)
1–3
Chester (6)
777
12
South Shields (6)
2–0
Bishop Auckland (9)
1,081
13
Ashton United (7)
2–2
Atherton Collieries (7)
265
14
Whitby Town (7)
2–1
Prescot Cables (8)
508
15
Mossley (8)
1–1
Emley (9)
433
16
Halesowen Town (7)
5–2
Alvechurch (7)
1,157
17
Stourbridge (7)
2–0
Matlock Town (7)
840
18
Coalville Town (7)
2–1
Stafford Rangers (7)
489
19
Lincoln United (9)
0–3
Worksop Town (7)
334
20
Peterborough Sports (6)
0–0
Redditch United (7)
227
21
Nantwich Town (8)
2–1
Banbury United (6)
415
22
Barwell (7)
1–2
Bromsgrove Sporting (7)
251
23
Macclesfield (7)
2–0
Buxton (6)
2,274
24
Rushall Olympic (6)
3–2
Carlton Town (8)
315
25
Mickleover (7)
3–1
Spalding United (8)
324
26
Tamworth (6)
2–1
Harborough Town (8)
840
27
Hereford (6)
2–0
Anstey Nomads (8)
1,208
28
Worcester City (9)
0–2
Leek Town (8)
720
29
Cleethorpes Town (8)
2–4
Alfreton Town (6)
301
30
Scunthorpe United (6)
0–0
Brackley Town (6)
1,909
31
Boston United (6)
4–0
Leamington (7)
1,130
32
Kettering Town (7)
1–0
Sporting Khalsa (8)
683
33
Brightlingsea Regent (8)
1–3
Billericay Town (7)
317
34
Royston Town (7)
1–3
Hemel Hempstead Town (6)
512
35
King's Lynn Town (6)
0–0
Aveley (6)
570
36
Barton Rovers (8)
1–1
Wroxham (8)
188
37
Bishop's Stortford (6)
3–3
Biggleswade Town (8)
397
38
Leiston (7)
1–2
St Albans City (6)
235
39
Enfield Town (7)
3–0
Felixstowe & Walton (8)
504
40
Ware (8)
3–3
Chelmsford City (6)
427
41
Canvey Island (7)
1–1
Braintree Town (6)
497
42
Bedford Town (8)
2–3
Gorleston (8)
413
44
Hitchin Town (7)
3–0
AFC Sudbury (7)
449
45
Hashtag United (7)
0–1
Needham Market (7)
245
46
Witham Town (8)
1–5
Hornchurch (7)
304
48
Haringey Borough (7)
4–2
Tonbridge Angels (6)
402
49
Bracknell Town (7)
2–1
Havant & Waterlooville (6)
292
50
Margate (7)
2–2
Folkestone Invicta (7)
692
51
Dartford (6)
2–3
Welling United (6)
1,031
52
Sheppey United (8)
3–0
Burgess Hill Town (8)
278
53
Eastbourne Borough (6)
0–1
Worthing (6)
1,028
Third qualifying round [ ]
The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 18 September 2023. Emley were the sole team from Level 9 to progress to this stage.
Fourth qualifying round [ ]
The draw for the fourth qualifying round was made on 2 October 2023. This round includes five teams, Biggleswade Town , Leek Town , Ramsgate , Cray Valley (PM) and Sheppey United , from Level 8 , the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition. The latter three sides in Ramsgate, Cray Valley Paper Mills and Sheppey United also became the lowest ranked sides this season to reach the first round proper, all three of which play in the Isthmian League South East Division.
Tie
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Score
Att.
Saturday 14 October 2023
1
Scarborough Athletic (6)
2–2
Oxford City (5)
1,836
2
Altrincham (5)
0–1
Oldham Athletic (5)
3,874
3
FC Halifax Town (5)
0–1
Marine (7)
1,646
4
Worksop Town (7)
3–2
Boston United (6)
1,684
5
AFC Fylde (5)
3–1
Leek Town (8)
930
6
Hereford (6)
1–0
Rochdale (5)
2,817
7
York City (5)
0–0
Needham Market (7)
1,867
8
Solihull Moors (5)
4–1
Biggleswade Town (8)
878
9
Chesterfield (5)
5–0
Kettering Town (7)
5,156
10
Alfreton Town (6)
3–1
Macclesfield (7)
956
11
Hartlepool United (5)
0–2
Chester (6)
3,205
12
Chelmsford City (6)
2–2
Whitby Town (7)
1,053
13
Curzon Ashton (6)
1–0
Tamworth (6)
581
14
Kidderminster Harriers (5)
2–0
Ashton United (7)
2,064
15
Stourbridge (7)
0–3
Gateshead (5)
1,465
16
Aldershot Town (5)
4–1
Lewes (7)
1,758
17
Torquay United (6)
0–2
Maidstone United (6)
1,636
18
AFC Totton (7)
0–1
Ramsgate (8)
1,283
19
Aveley (6)
2–2
Barnet (5)
919
20
Hemel Hempstead Town (6)
0–0
Woking (5)
1,305
21
Horsham (7)
2–0
Dorking Wanderers (5)
1,980
22
Eastleigh (5)
1–0
Dover Athletic (6)
1,401
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