Football tournament season
1946–47 FA Cup qualifying rounds Country England Wales
The FA Cup 1946–47 is the 66th 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 25 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aylesbury United 2–1 Morris Motors 2 Barking 9–0 London Transport 3 Bicester Town 2–3 Headington United 4 Brentwood & Warley 3–4 Tilbury 5 Calne & Harris United 3–4 Warminster Town 6 Enfield 1–1 Wood Green Town 7 Finchley 2–0 Polytechnic 8 Hanham Athletic 1–2 Soundwell 9 Harwich & Parkeston 8–1 Dagenham British Legion 10 Hatfield United 2–3 Chipperfield 11 Henley Town 6–6 Uxbridge 12 Hertford Town 6–2 Leavesden 13 Hoffman Athletic (Stonehouse) 7–0 Frome Town 14 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–3 Easington Colliery Welfare 15 Hounslow Town 1–4 Maidenhead United 16 Langley Park Colliery Welfare 0–2 Evenwood Town 17 Metal & Produce Recovery 1–1 Chesham United 18 Pinner 2–3 Hendon 19 Redford Sports 3–7 Yiewsley 20 Saffron Walden Town 4–2 Ware 21 Spencer Moulton 2–4 Melksham 22 Trafalgar Sports 2–6 R A O C Hilsea 23 Twickenham 1–2 Acton Town 24 Welwyn Garden City 2–2 Berkhamsted Town 25 Wootton Bassett Town 5–0 Dilton Rovers 26 Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Marlow
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Wood Green Town 4–3 Enfield 11 Uxbridge 3–1 Henley Town 14 Easington Colliery Welfare 2–0 Horden Colliery Welfare 17 Chesham United 5–0 Metal & Produce Recovery 24 Berkhamsted Town 4–2 Welwyn Garden City
Preliminary round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Annfield Plain w/o-scr Shankhouse 2 Arlesey Town 1–2 Biggleswade & District 3 Atherstone Town 4–2 Boldmere St Michaels 4 Aylesbury United 6–2 Osberton Radiator 5 Barking w/o-scr Severalls Athletic 6 Basingstoke Town 1–1 Salisbury Corinthians 7 Bedford Town 1–1 Wolverton Town 8 Bexhill Town 5–2 Hove 9 Birmingham City Transport 0–5 Stourbridge 10 Bishop's Stortford 2–1 Chipperfield 11 Bournemouth 2–4 Poole Town 12 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic w/o-scr Weymouth S A A 13 Brandon Colliery Welfare 3–3 Stanley United 14 Brodsworth Main Colliery 9–1 Lysaghts Sports 15 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–3 Dudley Town 16 Buxton 2–2 Hyde United 17 Callender Athletic 2–3 Woolwich Polytechnic 18 Chatham 0–8 Folkestone 19 Clandown 8–3 Purton 20 Crittall Athletic 4–2 Woodford Town 21 Dartford 2–5 Sheppey United 22 Denaby United 4–1 Maltby Main Colliery 23 Devizes Town 1–2 Westbury United 24 Distington 1–7 Lowca 25 East Cowes Victoria 4–1 Portsmouth Electricity 26 East Grinstead 11–0 Shoreham 27 Eastbourne 4–1 Newhaven 28 Ebbw Vale 2–2 Llanelli 29 Eden Colliery 2–8 Crook Colliery Welfare 30 Edgware Town 1–2 Harrow Town 31 Ekco 2–0 Eton Manor 32 Ellesmere Port Town 9–0 Nantwich 33 Epsom 0–5 Metropolitan Police 34 Erith & Belvedere 3–3 Gravesend & Northfleet 35 Eynesbury Rovers 1–0 Waterlows 36 Ferryhill Athletic 2–1 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 37 Finchley 3–1 Hendon 38 Ford Sports (Dagenham) 2–4 Clapton 39 Frizington United 3–2 Haig Colliery 40 Gosforth & Coxlodge 6–2 Amble 41 Great Harwood 2–6 Horwich R M I 42 Harwich & Parkeston 3–2 Ilford 43 Harworth Colliery Athletic 8–1 Upton Colliery 44 Hastings & St Leonards 3–3 Worthing 45 Hayes 7–1 Pressed Steel 46 Headington United 3–2 Banbury Spencer 47 Hednesford Town 0–3 Hereford United 48 Hertford Town 7–2 Saffron Walden Town 49 Hoddesdon Town 4–3 Berkhamsted Town 50 Kells Welfare Centre 4–0 William Colliery 51 Kingstonian w/o-scr Epsom Town 52 Kiveton Park Colliery 1–2 Ossett Town 53 Leyton 3–0 Hoffman Athletic (Chelmsford) 54 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Bognor Regis Town 55 Llandudno 3–4 Northwich Victoria 56 Lloyds (Sittingbourne) 4–2 Shorts Sports 57 Lytham 1–1 Leyland Motors 58 Maidstone United 3–1 Margate 59 Matlock Town 2–5 Sheffield 60 Melksham 4–1 Swindon Victoria 61 Merthyr Tydfil 4–1 Cardiff Corinthians 62 Murton Colliery Welfare 3–2 South Shields{2} 63 Nelson 1–2 Morecambe 64 Nuneaton Borough 3–1 Darlaston 65 Odd Down 0–3 Soundwell 66 Parton United w/o-scr Salterbeck 67 Paulton Rovers 2–4 Hoffman Athletic (Stonehouse) 68 Penrith 1–5 Cleator Moor Celtic 69 R A O C Hilsea 4–3 Cowes 70 Ramsgate Athletic 9–0 Dover 71 Rawmarsh Welfare 5–1 Firbeck Main Colliery 72 Redhill 3–9 Tooting & Mitcham United 73 Romford 2–1 Grays Athletic 74 Ryde Sports 1–8 Gosport Borough Athletic 75 Sandown 3–3 Newport I O W 76 Scalegill 2–4 Moss Bay 77 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 5–2 Norton Woodseats 78 Seaham Colliery Welfare 7–0 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 79 Selby Town 6–0 Meltham Mills 80 Shildon 2–2 Easington Colliery Welfare 81 Slough United 4–2 Lyons Club 82 Southall 2–5 Wycombe Wanderers 83 Spennymoor United 7–2 Willington 84 St Albans City 5–1 Apsley 85 Street 2–2 Wells City 86 Swindon G W R Corinthians 5–1 Wootton Bassett Town 87 Thorne Colliery 0–0 Bradford United 88 Thornycroft Athletic 2–0 Andover 89 Thurnscoe 0–5 Wombwell Athletic 90 Tilbury 3–0 Clacton Town 91 Tow Law Town 1–3 Chilton & Windlestone 92 Trimdon Grange Colliery 3–3 Evenwood Town 93 Trowbridge Town 6–0 Chippenham Town 94 Uxbridge 7–2 Chesham United 95 Vauxhall Motors 2–4 Luton Amateur 96 Vickers Armstrong 5–0 P O Engineers 97 Walton & Hersham 11–0 Guildford 98 Warminster Town 4–6 Pewsey Y M 99 Wealdstone 6–1 Tufnell Park 100 West Auckland Town w/o-scr Usworth Colliery 101 Weston Super Mare St Johns 0–5 Gloucester City 102 Whitstable 3–10 Ashford 103 Wigan Athletic 3–2 Crossens 104 Wimbledon 3–0 Carshalton Athletic 105 Windsor & Eton 4–2 Oxford City 106 Wombwell Main Welfare 2–2 Grimethorpe Rovers 107 Wood Green Town 4–0 Acton Town 108 Yiewsley 3–3 Maidenhead United
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Salisbury Corinthians 2–2 Basingstoke Town 7 Wolverton Town 1–2 Bedford Town 13 Stanley United 1–3 Brandon Colliery Welfare 16 Hyde United 2–3 Buxton (Buxton disqualified) 28 Llanelli 5–2 Ebbw Vale 34 Gravesend & Northfleet 4–1 Erith & Belvedere 44 Worthing 2–2 Hastings & St Leonards 57 Lytham 0–3 Leyland Motors 75 Newport I O W 3–2 Sandown 80 Easington Colliery Welfare 2–4 Shildon 85 Wells City 1–2 Street 87 Bradford United 1–2 Thorne Colliery 92 Evenwood Town 2–1 Trimdon Grange Colliery 106 Grimethorpe Rovers 6–1 Wombwell Main Welfare 108 Maidenhead United 3–0 Yiewsley
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Salisbury Corinthians 2–1 Basingstoke Town 44 Worthing 3–2 Hastings & St Leonards
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Annfield Plain 1–2 Newburn 2 Atherstone Town 1–4 Nuneaton Borough 3 Aylesbury United 2–3 Headington United 4 Barry Town 4–1 Clevedon 5 Basford United 2–1 Ollerton Colliery 6 Bexhill Town 3–1 East Grinstead 7 Biggleswade & District 1–7 Bedford Avenue 8 Brandon Colliery Welfare 2–1 Evenwood Town 9 Brigham & Cowan 2–2 Billingham Synthonia 10 Brodsworth Main Colliery 1–1 Denaby United 11 Chorley 4–1 Hurst 12 Consett 7–0 Gosforth & Coxlodge 13 Crittall Athletic 3–1 Clapton 14 Dartmouth United 5–2 Plymouth United 15 Darwen 1–1 Horwich R M I 16 Dinnington Athletic 3–4 Frickley Colliery 17 Dudley Town 1–1 Stourbridge 18 Ferryhill Athletic 3–1 Chilton & Windlestone 19 Fodens Motor Works 3–6 Bangor City 20 Folkestone 2–1 Ramsgate Athletic 21 Glossop 2–6 Rhyl 22 Goole Town 2–4 Yorkshire Amateur 23 Gothic 1–1 Gorleston 24 Great Yarmouth Town 5–1 Old Grammarians 25 Harrow Town 4–3 Wealdstone 26 Harwich & Parkeston 0–3 Barking 27 Haywards Heath 0–1 Bognor Regis Town 28 Hereford United 1–0 Bourneville Athletic 29 Hoddesdon Town 3–2 Bishop's Stortford 30 Hoffman Athletic (Stonehouse) 2–1 Clandown 31 Hyde United 1–2 Ellesmere Port Town 32 Kells Welfare Centre 1–2 Lowca 33 Kettering Town 2–0 Rushden Town 34 Leighton United 2–1 Eynesbury Rovers 35 Letchworth Town 0–2 Hitchin Town 36 Lloyds (Sittingbourne) 1–4 Gravesend & Northfleet 37 Lovells Athletic 1–0 Aberaman & Aberdare 38 Luton Amateur 1–5 Bedford Town 39 Maidstone United 3–5 Ashford 40 Melksham 3–2 Swindon G W R Corinthians 41 Merthyr Tydfil 5–2 Llanelli 42 Morecambe 0–3 Wigan Athletic 43 Moss Bay 2–3 Milnthorpe Corinthians 44 Murton Colliery Welfare 1–3 Ashington 45 Netherfield 7–2 Frizington United 46 Newport I O W 0–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 47 Orrell 1–2 Newton Y M C A 48 Ossett Town 0–2 South Kirkby Colliery 49 Parton United 2–4 Cleator Moor Celtic 50 Peasedown Miners Welfare 1–0 Glastonbury 51 Peterborough United 6–0 Wellingborough Town 52 Poole Town 1–0 East Cowes Victoria 53 Portrack Shamrocks 5–1 Hull Amateurs 54 Prescot Cables w/o-scr St Helens Town 55 Ransome & Marles 3–1 Boots Athletic 56 Rawmarsh Welfare 4–0 Grimethorpe Rovers 57 Romford 3–0 Ekco 58 Salisbury Corinthians 2–2 Gosport Borough Athletic 59 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 5–2 Harworth Colliery Athletic 60 Selby Town 0–0 Thorne Colliery 61 Sheffield 2–4 Wombwell Athletic 62 Shildon 3–3 Spennymoor United 63 Skelmersdale United 4–3 Leyland Motors 64 Slough United 3–3 Windsor & Eton 65 Southwick 5–3 Horsham 66 St Albans City 5–1 Hertford Town 67 St Philip's Marsh Adult School 2–0 Gloucester City 68 Stalybridge Celtic 4–3 Northwich Victoria 69 Street 2–0 Somerton Amateurs 70 Sutton United 7–0 Metropolitan Police 71 Thornycroft Athletic 1–2 R A O C Hilsea 72 Throckley 2–5 Crook Colliery Welfare 73 Tilbury 4–1 Leyton 74 Trowbridge Town 6–2 Soundwell 75 Uxbridge 2–1 Maidenhead United 76 Vickers Armstrong 1–1 Kingstonian 77 Walton & Hersham 1–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 78 Welton Rovers 2–4 Radstock Town 79 West Auckland Town 0–3 Seaham Colliery Welfare 80 Westbury United 2–1 Pewsey Y M 81 Whitby Albion Rangers 2–6 Whitby 82 Woking 2–6 Wimbledon 83 Wood Green Town 2–4 Finchley 84 Woolwich Polytechnic 0–0 Sheppey United 85 Worcester City 1–1 Moor Green 86 Worthing 3–5 Eastbourne 87 Wycombe Wanderers 3–4 Hayes
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Billingham Synthonia w/o-scr Brigham & Cowan 10 Denaby United 2–1 Brodsworth Main Colliery 15 Horwich R M I 0–2 Darwen 17 Stourbridge 0–1 Dudley Town 23 Gothic 6–0 Gorleston 58 Gosport Borough Athletic 2–1 Salisbury Corinthians 60 Thorne Colliery 2–1 Selby Town 62 Spennymoor United 4–2 Shildon 64 Windsor & Eton 2–4 Slough United 76 Kingstonian 3–2 Vickers Armstrong 77 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–1 Walton & Hersham 84 Sheppey United 1–3 Woolwich Polytechnic 85 Moor Green 1–6 Worcester City
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford 1–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 2 Bangor City 4–1 Stalybridge Celtic 3 Barking 3–0 Crittall Athletic 4 Basford United 0–7 Ransome & Marles 5 Bedford Avenue 0–8 Hitchin Town 6 Bognor Regis Town 2–1 Bexhill Town 7 Brandon Colliery Welfare 1–1 Seaham Colliery Welfare 8 Brush Sports 7–0 Gresley Rovers 9 Coalville Town 14–0 Ibstock Penistone Rovers 10 Crook Colliery Welfare 2–1 Consett 11 Earle 0–3 Prescot Cables 12 Finchley 4–2 Hoddesdon Town 13 Grantham 1–2 Boston United 14 Haydock C & B Recreation 1–1 Newton Y M C A 15 Hayes 6–3 Slough United 16 Hereford United 3–0 Worcester City 17 Hoffman Athletic (Stonehouse) 5–1 Melksham 18 King's Lynn 0–2 Cambridge Town 19 Leighton United 2–5 Bedford Town 20 Leiston 3–1 Great Yarmouth Town 21 Lowca 3–3 Cleator Moor Celtic 22 Lowestoft Town 2–5 Gothic 23 Merthyr Tydfil 4–2 Lovells Athletic 24 Netherfield 6–2 Milnthorpe Corinthians 25 Newburn 3–3 Ashington 26 Newmarket Town 0–2 Chatteris Town 27 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Dudley Town 28 Peasedown Miners Welfare 1–1 Dartmouth United 29 Peterborough United 3–0 Peterborough Westwood Works 30 Poole Town 3–0 Gosport Borough Athletic 31 Portrack Shamrocks 2–1 Billingham Synthonia 32 R A O C Hilsea 2–2 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 33 Radstock Town 2–1 Street 34 Rawmarsh Welfare 0–3 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 35 Rhyl 4–4 Ellesmere Port Town 36 Skelmersdale United 1–1 Chorley 37 South Kirkby Colliery 2–1 Frickley Colliery 38 Southwick 5–5 Eastbourne 39 Spennymoor United 2–0 Ferryhill Athletic 40 St Albans City 2–5 Harrow Town 41 St Philip's Marsh Adult School 1–6 Barry Town 42 Stewarts & Lloyds 1–1 Kettering Town 43 Sutton United 3–1 Kingstonian 44 Tilbury 2–1 Romford 45 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–0 Wimbledon 46 Trowbridge Town 4–0 Westbury United 47 Uxbridge 5–2 Headington United 48 Whitby 0–2 Stockton 49 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Darwen 50 Wombwell Athletic 4–2 Denaby United 51 Woolwich Polytechnic 0–3 Folkestone 52 Yorkshire Amateur 1–0 Thorne Colliery
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Gravesend & Northfleet 3–2 Ashford 7 Seaham Colliery Welfare 2–0 Brandon Colliery Welfare 14 Newton Y M C A 1–3 Haydock C & B Recreation 21 Cleator Moor Celtic 0–5 Lowca 25 Ashington 6–1 Newburn 28 Dartmouth United 3–1 Peasedown Miners Welfare 32 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 6–2 R A O C Hilsea 35 Ellesmere Port Town 1–3 Rhyl 36 Chorley 1–1 Skelmersdale United 38 Eastbourne 4–1 Southwick 42 Kettering Town 4–2 Stewarts & Lloyds
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 36 Skelmersdale United 1–0 Chorley
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashington 7–1 Crook Colliery Welfare 2 Bangor City 5–3 Rhyl 3 Barking 3–0 Tilbury 4 Bedford Town 2–2 Hitchin Town 5 Boston United 3–1 Ransome & Marles 6 Brush Sports 4–3 Coalville Town 7 Chatteris Town 1–6 Cambridge Town 8 Eastbourne 4–1 Bognor Regis Town 9 Finchley 4–3 Harrow Town 10 Folkestone 1–2 Gravesend & Northfleet 11 Gothic 4–4 Leiston 12 Hayes 3–2 Uxbridge 13 Hereford United 5–0 Nuneaton Borough 14 Hoffman Athletic (Stonehouse) 3–4 Trowbridge Town 15 Lowca 0–1 Netherfield 16 Merthyr Tydfil 3–0 Barry Town 17 Peterborough United 4–1 Kettering Town 18 Poole Town 4–2 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic (Declared void) 19 Prescot Cables 2–2 Haydock C & B Recreation 20 Radstock Town 1–3 Dartmouth United 21 Seaham Colliery Welfare 0–4 Spennymoor United 22 Skelmersdale United 1–1 Darwen 23 South Kirkby Colliery 1–2 Yorkshire Amateur 24 Stockton 9–1 Portrack Shamrocks 25 Tooting & Mitcham United 3–5 Sutton United 26 Wombwell Athletic 2–5 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Hitchin Town 3–2 Bedford Town 11 Leiston 0–2 Gothic 18 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 2–3 Poole Town 19 Haydock C & B Recreation 1–0 Prescot Cables 22 Darwen 6–4 Skelmersdale United
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that entered in this round are: Leytonstone, Shrewsbury Town, Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Lancaster City, Walthamstow Avenue, Guildford City, Gillingham, Dulwich Hamlet, Marine, Bath City, Workington, North Shields, South Bank, South Liverpool, Scarborough, Bromley, Wellington Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Witton Albion, Runcorn, Yeovil Town and Gainsborough Trinity
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Barking 1–4 Leytonstone 2 Brush Sports 5–1 Shrewsbury Town 3 Chelmsford City 0–4 Cambridge Town 4 Cheltenham Town 1–1 Hereford United 5 Colchester United 5–1 Gothic 6 Darwen 2–5 Lancaster City 7 Eastbourne 3–7 Finchley 8 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue 9 Guildford City 1–2 Gillingham 10 Hayes 4–2 Dulwich Hamlet 11 Marine 7–0 Haydock C & B Recreation 12 Merthyr Tydfil 7–1 Bath City 13 Netherfield 1–3 Workington 14 North Shields 1–1 Ashington 15 Peterborough United 4–1 Hitchin Town 16 Poole Town 2–0 Trowbridge Town 17 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 4–1 Boston United 18 South Bank 0–3 Spennymoor United 19 South Liverpool 2–2 Bangor City 20 Stockton 5–1 Scarborough 21 Sutton United 2–0 Bromley 22 Wellington Town 3–1 Kidderminster Harriers 23 Witton Albion 1–2 Runcorn 24 Yeovil Town 10–2 Dartmouth United 25 Yorkshire Amateur 3–3 Gainsborough Trinity
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Hereford United 3–4 Cheltenham Town 14 Ashington 1–1 North Shields 19 Bangor City 0–4 South Liverpool 25 Gainsborough Trinity 6–2 Yorkshire Amateur
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 14 North Shields 3–1 Ashington
1946–47 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1946–47 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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