Football tournament season
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.
Preliminary round [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 14 Briggs Sports 1–0 Grays Athletic 79 Bedworth Town 3–1 Rugby Town
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] 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
Replays [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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
Replays [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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.
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
Replays [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 27 Southall 7–2 Sudbury Town
1955–56 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1955-56 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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