Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1951–52 is the 71st 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.
Preliminary round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashby Institute 3–6 Skegness Town 2 Bedworth Town 2–2 Rugby Town 3 Bentinck Colliery Welfare 1–2 Creswell Colliery 4 Berkhamsted Town 3–1 Edgware Town 5 Bestwood Colliery 1–1 Cinderhill Colliery 6 Bognor Regis Town 1–1 Bexhill Town 7 Bourneville Athletic 1–3 Tamworth 8 Bowater Lloyds 2–2 Ramsgate Athletic 9 Bridgwater Town 2–1 Minehead 10 Brierley Hill Alliance 4–2 Lye Town 11 Buxton 2–1 Hyde United 12 Calne & Harris United 4–0 Melksham Town 13 Chippenham Town 4–0 Spencer Moulton 14 Chippenham United 4–0 Weston Super Mare 15 Chorley 2–5 Horwich R M I 16 Clevedon 1–3 Bath City 17 Congleton Town w/o-scr Glossop 18 Darlaston 1–1 Atherstone Town 19 Dartmouth United 4–1 Oak Villa 20 Dorking w/o-scr Croydon Rovers 21 East Grinstead 3–5 Haywards Heath 22 Epsom 3–4 Woking 23 Farnham Town 3–5 Hounslow Town 24 Faversham Town 0–3 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 25 Folkestone 4–0 Chatham Town 26 Frome Town 1–0 Devizes Town 27 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–2 Maidstone United 28 Hanham Athletic 0–7 Paulton Rovers 29 Hastings United 1–3 Ashford Town (Kent) 30 Headington United 2–2 Oxford City 31 Horsham 2–3 Eastbourne 32 Huntley & Palmers 6–2 Abingdon Town 33 Ilford 1–1 Brentwood & Warley 34 Ilminster Town 4–3 Ilfracombe Town 35 Letchworth Town 0–2 Clapton 36 Littlehampton Town 1–7 Tonbridge 37 Maidenhead United 4–1 Yiewsley 38 Margate 6–1 Canterbury City 39 Marine 4–0 Liverpool Police 40 Marlow 4–3 Hemel Hempstead 41 Metropolitan Police 2–3 Tooting & Mitcham United 42 Moor Green 2–4 Burton Albion 43 Newquay 3–1 Wadebridge Town 44 Oswestry Town 5–2 Dudley Town 45 Peasedown Miners Welfare 3–1 Bristol St George 46 Prescot Cables 3–1 Llandudno 47 Radstock Town 1–3 Wells City 48 Redhill 3–0 Chichester City 49 Sheppey United 1–3 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 50 Sittingbourne 2–2 Deal Town 51 South Liverpool 1–1 Bangor City 52 Southwick 1–1 Lancing Athletic 53 St Austell 3–0 Tavistock 54 Stalybridge Celtic 2–2 Darwen 55 Stevenage Town 1–4 Woodford Town 56 Stourbridge 5–0 Bilston 57 Sutton Town 2–2 Linby Colliery 58 Sutton United 3–3 Carshalton Athletic 59 Taunton 1–1 Bideford 60 Tilbury 0–4 Briggs Sports 61 Tiverton Town 1–2 Barnstaple Town 62 Truro City 5–3 Newton Abbot 63 Uxbridge 3–2 Harrow Town 64 Warminster Town 3–5 Corsham Town 65 Wealdstone 2–1 Southall 66 Wellington Town 4–0 Halesowen Town 67 Westbury United 5–1 Andover 68 Whitstable 0–4 Dover 69 Wimbledon 0–1 Erith & Belvedere 70 Windsor & Eton 3–2 Bicester Town 71 Witney Town 1–3 Chesham United 72 Worthing 3–2 Shoreham
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Rugby Town 1–6 Bedworth Town 5 Cinderhill Colliery 4–0 Bestwood Colliery 6 Bexhill Town 3–0 Bognor Regis Town 8 Ramsgate Athletic 7–0 Bowater Lloyds 18 Atherstone Town 1–4 Darlaston 27 Maidstone United 0–3 Gravesend & Northfleet 30 Oxford City 0–3 Headington United 33 Brentwood & Warley 3–3 Ilford 50 Deal Town 1–3 Sittingbourne 51 Bangor City 2–1 South Liverpool 52 Lancing Athletic 0–1 Southwick 54 Darwen 2–0 Stalybridge Celtic 57 Linby Colliery 1–0 Sutton Town 58 Carshalton Athletic 2–3 Sutton United 59 Bideford 8–2 Taunton
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 33 Ilford 2–3 Brentwood & Warley
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alford United 1–3 Skegness Town 2 Alnwick Town 5–0 Cramlington Welfare 3 Amble 3–4 Shankhouse 4 Aylesbury United 4–1 Marlow 5 Banbury Spencer 2–1 Huntley & Palmers 6 Basingstoke Town 4–3 Cowes 7 Bedford Town 3–2 Biggleswade & District 8 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 3–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 9 Bexhill Town 0–4 Tonbridge 10 Billingham Synthonia 6–0 Skinnigrove Works 11 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 2–1 Ushaw Moor 12 Blandford United 1–3 Lymington 13 Boldon Colliery Welfare 3–5 Consett 14 Bootle Athletic 1–1 Bangor City 15 Boots Athletic 2–2 Basford United 16 Boston United 5–3 Barton Town 17 Bourne Town 2–4 Retford Town 18 Bridport 2–2 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 19 Brunswick Institute 0–2 Norton Woodseats 20 Burscough 2–2 Morecambe 21 Cheshunt 1–2 Leyton 22 Chilton Athletic 4–2 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 23 Cinderford Town 1–5 Ebbw Vale 24 Clacton Town 0–1 Briggs Sports 25 Clandown 3–1 Paulton Rovers 26 Corsham Town 2–7 Frome Town 27 Cradley Heath 1–5 Brierley Hill Alliance 28 Darlaston 1–2 Bedworth Town 29 Dartmouth United 1–0 Newquay 30 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 3–0 Annfield Plain 31 Diss Town 0–4 Sudbury Town 32 Dover 4–0 Ramsgate Athletic 33 Ellesmere Port Town 2–2 Flint Town United 34 Enfield 0–2 Woodford Town 35 Eton Manor 1–0 Clapton 36 Evenwood Town 1–3 Crook Town 37 Ferryhill Athletic 3–4 South Bank 38 Finchley 2–1 Tufnell Park Edmonton 39 Fleetwood 5–0 Great Harwood 40 Folkestone 3–1 Margate 41 Frickley Colliery 3–1 Hallam 42 Glastonbury 2–2 Bath City 43 Goole Town 7–3 Harrogate Town 44 Gorleston 5–1 Beccles 45 Gosforth & Coxlodge 2–3 Easington Colliery Welfare 46 Gosport Borough Athletic 2–3 Newport I O W 47 Grays Athletic 1–2 Brentwood & Warley 48 Great Yarmouth Town 4–2 Bungay Town 49 Harwich & Parkeston 2–2 Dagenham 50 Hayes 5–0 Berkhamsted Town 51 Haywards Heath 1–2 Eastbourne 52 Head Wrightsons 2–3 Bridlington Trinity 53 Headington United 5–2 Chesham United 54 Hednesford Town 0–0 Tamworth 55 Hinckley Athletic 1–1 Barwell Athletic 56 Hitchin Town 1–7 Eynesbury Rovers 57 Holbeach United 5–0 Lysaghts Sports 58 Horden Colliery Welfare 9–1 Seaham Colliery Welfare 59 Huntingdon United 0–2 Wisbech Town 60 Ilkeston Town 7–3 Gedling Colliery 61 Ilminster Town 1–1 Bridgwater Town 62 Kidderminster Harriers 3–2 Stafford Rangers 63 King's Lynn 14–1 Chatteris Town 64 Kingstonian 3–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 65 Lancaster City 2–0 Bacup Borough 66 Langold W M C 3–2 Brodsworth Main Colliery 67 Llanelli 2–0 Lovells Athletic 68 Long Eaton Town 1–1 Gresley Rovers 69 Lytham 1–3 Darwen 70 Macclesfield 0–0 Buxton 71 March Town United 1–1 Cambridge United 72 Moira United 5–1 Ibstock Penistone Rovers 73 Mossley 3–0 Leyland Motors 74 Murton Colliery Welfare 3–2 Silksworth Colliery Welfare 75 Nantwich 2–2 Congleton Town 76 Netherfield 2–0 Clitheroe 77 Newburn 1–1 Blyth Spartans 78 Newhall United 4–0 Matlock Town 79 Northwich Victoria 6–2 Linotype & Machinery 80 Nuneaton Borough 2–2 Burton Albion 81 Ossett Town w/o-scr Bradford United 82 Parliament Street Methodists 2–3 Linby Colliery 83 Portland United 1–1 Dorchester Town 84 Raleigh Athletic 2–4 Creswell Colliery 85 Ransome & Marles 4–1 Players Athletic 86 Rawmarsh Welfare 2–0 Beighton Miners Welfare 87 Redhill 2–3 Ashford Town (Kent) 88 Romford 1–0 Barking 89 Rossendale United 4–2 Horwich R M I 90 Runcorn 2–1 Marine 91 Rushden Town 0–6 Corby Town 92 Salisbury 2–0 Calne & Harris United 93 Selby Town 1–1 Farsley Celtic 94 Shaftesbury 1–4 Poole Town 95 Sheringham 0–2 Gothic 96 Shildon 3–0 Stanley United 97 Shirebrook 5–1 Cinderhill Colliery 98 Skelmersdale United 5–1 Ashton United 99 Slough Town 2–2 Barnet 100 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 4–2 Sittingbourne 101 South Kirkby Colliery 4–0 Grimethorpe Athletic 102 South Normanton Miners Welfare 6–0 Coalville Town 103 South Shields 4–0 Heaton Stannington 104 Southwick 6–7 Worthing 105 Spalding United 1–7 Kettering Town 106 St Albans City 3–1 Maidenhead United 107 St Austell 1–1 Bideford 108 St Helens Town 2–2 Prescot Cables 109 St Neots & District 6–3 Histon Institute 110 Stamford 5–3 Wellingborough Town 111 Stocksbridge Works 1–1 Denaby United 112 Stonehouse 1–2 Gloucester City 113 Stourbridge 4–0 Oswestry Town 114 Stowmarket 0–3 Bury Town 115 Street 0–3 Chippenham United 116 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 2–0 Boldmere St Michaels 117 Sutton United 2–2 Erith & Belvedere 118 Symingtons Recreation 1–3 Desborough Town 119 Thetford Town 4–4 Lowestoft Town 120 Totton 3–0 Ryde Sports 121 Troedyrhiw 1–3 Barry Town 122 Trowbridge Town 2–2 Chippenham Town 123 Truro City 2–3 Barnstaple Town 124 Upton Colliery 3–3 Sheffield 125 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Potton United 126 Walton & Hersham 0–6 Hounslow Town 127 Wealdstone 2–1 Uxbridge 128 Wells City 2–2 Peasedown Miners Welfare 129 Welton Rovers 2–2 Westbury United 130 West Auckland Town 2–4 Spennymoor United 131 West Sleekburn Welfare 2–2 Hexham Hearts 132 Whitby Town 6–2 Bridlington Central United 133 Whitton United 4–1 Leiston 134 Whitwick Colliery 0–3 Brush Sports 135 Willington 4–4 Tow Law Town 136 Winchester City 2–2 Alton Town 137 Winsford United 2–0 Altrincham 138 Woking 5–1 Dorking 139 Wolverton Town & B R 6–1 Luton Amateur 140 Worcester City 3–4 Wellington Town 141 Worksop Town 5–1 Bentley Colliery 142 Wycombe Wanderers 6–1 Windsor & Eton 143 Wymondham Town 1–4 Cromer 144 Yorkshire Amateur 5–2 Pilkington Recreation
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 14 Bangor City 2–0 Bootle Athletic 15 Basford United 2–0 Boots Athletic 18 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 3–1 Bridport 20 Morecambe 0–1 Burscough 33 Flint Town United 3–1 Ellesmere Port Town 42 Bath City 3–1 Glastonbury 49 Dagenham 2–1 Harwich & Parkeston 54 Tamworth 2–4 Hednesford Town 55 Barwell Athletic 2–7 Hinckley Athletic 61 Bridgwater Town 4–2 Ilminster Town 68 Gresley Rovers 0–2 Long Eaton Town 70 Buxton 2–0 Macclesfield 71 Cambridge United 3–4 March Town United 75 Congleton Town 3–1 Nantwich 77 Blyth Spartans 1–0 Newburn 80 Burton Albion 2–4 Nuneaton Borough 83 Dorchester Town 2–3 Portland United 93 Farsley Celtic 4–2 Selby Town 99 Barnet 1–6 Slough Town 107 Bideford 5–0 St Austell 108 Prescot Cables 2–1 St Helens Town 111 Denaby United 2–1 Stocksbridge Works 117 Erith & Belvedere 1–1 Sutton United 119 Lowestoft Town 5–0 Thetford Town 122 Chippenham Town 2–1 Trowbridge Town 124 Sheffield 0–2 Upton Colliery 125 Potton United 4–3 Vauxhall Motors 128 Peasedown Miners Welfare 0–2 Wells City 129 Westbury United 0–3 Welton Rovers 131 Hexham Hearts 6–0 West Sleekburn Welfare 135 Tow Law Town 1–2 Willington 136 Alton Town 3–1 Winchester City
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 117 Sutton United 3–0 Erith & Belvedere
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alnwick Town 2–0 Shankhouse 2 Banbury Spencer 0–4 Aylesbury United 3 Bangor City 1–0 Runcorn 4 Barry Town 0–0 Llanelli 5 Basford United 1–1 Newhall United 6 Basingstoke Town 2–5 Alton Town 7 Bedford Town 3–0 Eynesbury Rovers 8 Bedworth Town 3–0 Hednesford Town 9 Bideford 7–0 Dartmouth United 10 Blyth Spartans 4–0 Hexham Hearts 11 Boston United 6–1 Retford Town 12 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 1–3 Portland United 13 Brentwood & Warley 3–3 Dagenham 14 Bridgwater Town 1–3 Barnstaple Town 15 Bridlington Trinity 0–6 Billingham Synthonia 16 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers 17 Briggs Sports 1–1 Romford 18 Brush Sports 2–0 Moira United 19 Bury Town 2–0 Lowestoft Town 20 Buxton 4–0 Winsford United 21 Chilton Athletic 0–0 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 22 Chippenham Town 5–1 Welton Rovers 23 Clandown 1–3 Bath City 24 Congleton Town 1–0 Northwich Victoria 25 Corby Town 1–2 Kettering Town 26 Crook Town 2–1 Willington 27 Darwen 1–0 Mossley 28 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 0–3 Consett 29 Desborough Town 2–1 Stamford 30 Dover 0–2 Folkestone 31 Eastbourne 2–2 Ashford Town (Kent) 32 Eton Manor 0–1 Leyton 33 Farsley Celtic 2–3 Yorkshire Amateur 34 Frickley Colliery 4–1 Denaby United 35 Frome Town 2–3 Salisbury 36 Gloucester City 1–2 Ebbw Vale 37 Gorleston 3–0 Cromer 38 Great Yarmouth Town 0–3 Gothic 39 Headington United 3–2 Wycombe Wanderers (tie awarded to Wycombe Wanderers) 40 Hinckley Athletic 2–2 South Normanton Miners Welfare 41 King's Lynn 2–0 Wisbech Town 42 Lancaster City 2–3 Fleetwood 43 Linby Colliery 5–1 Ransome & Marles 44 Long Eaton Town 0–3 Ilkeston Town 45 Lymington 3–2 Poole Town 46 March Town United 1–0 St Neots & District 47 Murton Colliery Welfare 0–3 Horden Colliery Welfare 48 Netherfield 4–2 Burscough 49 Newport I O W 6–1 Totton 50 Nuneaton Borough 5–1 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 51 Ossett Town 2–3 Goole Town 52 Potton United 2–5 Wolverton Town & B R 53 Prescot Cables 3–1 Flint Town United 54 Rawmarsh Welfare 2–0 Langold W M C 55 Rossendale United 1–1 Skelmersdale United 56 Shildon 0–2 Spennymoor United 57 Shirebrook 2–2 Creswell Colliery 58 Skegness Town 4–0 Holbeach United 59 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0–2 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 60 South Shields 2–2 Easington Colliery Welfare 61 St Albans City 1–1 Slough Town 62 Stourbridge 1–3 Wellington Town 63 Sutton United 2–2 Kingstonian 64 Tonbridge 11–1 Worthing 65 Upton Colliery 2–2 South Kirkby Colliery 66 Wealdstone 2–0 Hayes 67 Wells City 1–5 Chippenham United 68 Whitby Town 3–2 South Bank 69 Whitton United 1–2 Sudbury Town 70 Woking 0–6 Hounslow Town 71 Woodford Town 3–1 Finchley 72 Worksop Town 1–0 Norton Woodseats
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Llanelli 2–2 Barry Town 5 Newhall United 3–0 Basford United 13 Dagenham 1–2 Brentwood & Warley 17 Romford 6–2 Briggs Sports 21 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 1–0 Chilton Athletic 31 Ashford Town (Kent) 4–0 Eastbourne 40 South Normanton Miners Welfare 1–2 Hinckley Athletic 55 Skelmersdale United 3–0 Rossendale United 57 Creswell Colliery 1–0 Shirebrook 60 Easington Colliery Welfare 1–1 South Shields 61 Slough Town 4–0 St Albans City 63 Kingstonian 2–3 Sutton United 65 South Kirkby Colliery 2–3 Upton Colliery
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Barry Town 4–0 Llanelli 60 South Shields 2–1 Easington Colliery Welfare
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–1 Tonbridge 2 Bangor City 1–0 Prescot Cables 3 Barnstaple Town 2–1 Bideford 4 Barry Town 4–2 Ebbw Vale 5 Bedford Town 5–1 Wolverton Town & B R 6 Bedworth Town 1–1 Nuneaton Borough 7 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 3–1 Horden Colliery Welfare 8 Blyth Spartans 4–3 Alnwick Town 9 Bury Town 1–1 Sudbury Town 10 Buxton 2–0 Congleton Town 11 Chippenham United 0–3 Bath City 12 Consett 4–0 South Shields 13 Creswell Colliery 2–0 Linby Colliery 14 Crook Town 0–2 Spennymoor United 15 Fleetwood 3–0 Netherfield 16 Folkestone 2–0 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 17 Frickley Colliery 5–0 Upton Colliery 18 Goole Town 3–0 Yorkshire Amateur 19 Gorleston 5–0 Gothic 20 Hinckley Athletic 2–3 Brush Sports 21 Hounslow Town 1–4 Sutton United 22 Ilkeston Town 6–1 Newhall United 23 Kettering Town 2–0 Desborough Town 24 Leyton 3–2 Woodford Town 25 Lymington 1–1 Portland United 26 March Town United 1–4 King's Lynn 27 Newport I O W 5–1 Alton Town 28 Rawmarsh Welfare 2–1 Worksop Town 29 Romford 3–1 Brentwood & Warley 30 Salisbury 1–1 Chippenham Town 31 Skegness Town 2–1 Boston United 32 Skelmersdale United 1–1 Darwen 33 Wealdstone 5–0 Slough Town 34 Wellington Town 3–2 Kidderminster Harriers 35 Whitby Town 2–3 Billingham Synthonia 36 Wycombe Wanderers 1–2 Aylesbury United
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Tonbridge 4–0 Ashford Town (Kent) 6 Nuneaton Borough 1–2 Bedworth Town 9 Sudbury Town 2–2 Bury Town 25 Portland United 1–2 Lymington 30 Chippenham Town 2–1 Salisbury 32 Darwen 0–1 Skelmersdale United
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Bury Town 2–4 Sudbury Town
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are New Brighton, Yeovil Town, Leytonstone, Cheltenham Town, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Gainsborough Trinity, Stockton, Walthamstow Avenue, Dartford, Witton Albion, Weymouth, North Shields, Rhyl, Bromsgrove Rovers, Merthyr Tydfil, Hereford United, Grantham, Peterborough United, Scarborough, Ashington, Wigan Athletic, Nelson and Hendon.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashington 0–2 Blyth Spartans 2 Aylesbury United 4–3 Hendon 3 Bangor City 2–1 New Brighton 4 Bath City 0–2 Barry Town 5 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 North Shields 6 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–5 Bedford Town 7 Brush Sports 3–1 Wellington Town 8 Cheltenham Town 2–3 Merthyr Tydfil 9 Chippenham Town 3–1 Newport I O W 10 Folkestone 1–1 Sutton United 11 Frickley Colliery 1–1 Buxton 12 Gainsborough Trinity 5–2 Creswell Colliery 13 Goole Town 4–3 Spennymoor United 14 Gorleston 1–0 Romford 15 Guildford City 2–1 Dartford 16 Ilkeston Town 2–1 Grantham 17 Kettering Town 4–2 Bedworth Town 18 King's Lynn 1–0 Sudbury Town 19 Leyton 0–0 Walthamstow Avenue 20 Leytonstone 2–1 Chelmsford City 21 Lymington 1–1 Barnstaple Town 22 Peterborough United 1–1 Hereford United 23 Rawmarsh Welfare 4–2 Skegness Town 24 Rhyl 7–2 Fleetwood 25 Scarborough 0–0 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 26 Skelmersdale United 0–3 Nelson 27 Stockton 2–0 Consett 28 Tonbridge 2–0 Wealdstone 29 Wigan Athletic 2–2 Witton Albion 30 Yeovil Town 1–1 Weymouth
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Sutton United 1–3 Folkestone 11 Buxton 3–1 Frickley Colliery 19 Walthamstow Avenue 1–2 Leyton 21 Barnstaple Town 3–1 Lymington 22 Hereford United 1–0 Peterborough United 25 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 5–3 Scarborough 29 Witton Albion 3–3 Wigan Athletic 30 Weymouth 2–1 Yeovil Town
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 29 Wigan Athletic 1–3 Witton Albion
1951–52 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1951–52 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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