Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1971–72 is the 91st 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.
Preliminary round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bridlington Town 2–1 Bridlington Trinity 2 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–2 Bromsgrove Rovers 3 Chippenham Town 1–0 Frome Town 4 Desborough Town 1–2 Irthlingborough Diamonds 5 Ellesmere Port Town 2–1 Formby 6 Frickley Colliery 3–2 Mexborough Town 7 Gosport Borough 0–0 Newport I O W 8 Harwich & Parkeston 2–2 Lowestoft Town 9 Hertford Town 1–1 Leytonstone 10 Histon 4–2 Rothwell Town 11 Hornchurch 1–4 Metropolitan Police 12 Hyde United 2–2 Kirkby Town 13 Ilford 2–3 Staines Town 14 Kidderminster Harriers 3–1 Lye Town 15 Kingstonian 4–1 Leighton Town 16 Lincoln United 1–0 Louth United 17 Llanelli 0–3 Merthyr Tydfil 18 March Town United 1–2 Skegness Town 19 Minehead 1–2 Poole Town 20 New Mills 3–1 Sandbach Ramblers 21 Ramsgate Athletic 1–1 Sittingbourne 22 Romford 3–0 St Albans City
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Newport I O W 4–0 Gosport Borough 8 Lowestoft Town 1–2 Harwich & Parkeston 9 Leytonstone 2–1 Hertford Town 12 Kirkby Town 1–2 Hyde United 21 Sittingbourne 0–1 Ramsgate Athletic
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abergavenny Thursdays 1–0 Barry Town 2 Alfreton Town 4–0 Bilston 3 Alton Town 3–2 Cowes 4 Altrincham 1–0 Buxton 5 Alvechurch 4–0 Moor Green 6 Annfield Plain 0–5 Durham City 7 Arnold 2–0 Brigg Town 8 Arundel 1–0 Bognor Regis Town 9 Ashford Town (Kent) 2–0 Bexhill Town 10 Ashton United 2–1 Clitheroe 11 Atherstone Town 3–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 12 Aveley 1–0 Banstead Athletic 13 Bacup Borough 0–0 Fleetwood 14 Banbury United 2–2 Bedford Town 15 Barking 0–1 Bishop's Stortford 16 Barnstaple Town 1–3 Bideford 17 Barton Town 1–0 Bridlington Town 18 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Welton Rovers 19 Bath City 2–1 Chippenham Town 20 Bedlington Colliery Welfare 5–1 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 21 Belper Town 0–0 Burton Albion 22 Bexley United 2–1 Clapton 23 Biggleswade & District 2–1 Rushden Town 24 Billingham Synthonia 0–2 Ferryhill Athletic 25 Bishop Auckland 4–1 Stanley United 26 Blyth Spartans 3–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare 27 Boreham Wood 2–1 Cheshunt 28 Boston 1–5 Bourne Town 29 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 2–1 Chertsey Town 30 Bridgwater Town 1–0 Bridport 31 Bury Town 2–0 Clacton Town 32 Canterbury City 5–1 Chatham Town 33 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Chesham United 34 Chatteris Town 3–0 Soham Town Rangers 35 Chichester City 3–1 Haywards Heath 36 Chorley 3–0 Marine 37 Cinderford Town 1–1 Ton Pentre 38 Civil Service 0–10 Bromley 39 Corby Town 0–1 Irthlingborough Diamonds 40 Corinthian Casuals 0–2 Harlow Town 41 Crawley Town 4–0 Eastbourne Town 42 Cray Wanderers 3–0 Ware 43 Crook Town 1–4 Consett 44 Darlaston 2–1 Warley 45 Dartford 1–1 Walton & Hersham 46 Deal Town 1–1 Tonbridge 47 Denaby United 3–0 Emley 48 Dorchester Town 3–2 Taunton Town 49 Dover 2–1 Ramsgate Athletic 50 Droylsden 0–3 Ellesmere Port Town 51 Dudley Town 0–1 Worcester City 52 Dulwich Hamlet 1–0 Dunstable Town 53 East Grinstead 2–0 Ringmer 54 Eastbourne United 0–2 Burgess Hill Town 55 Eastwood Hanley 1–0 Winsford United 56 Eastwood Town 2–2 Retford Town 57 Ely City 4–0 Histon 58 Erith & Belvedere 2–2 Leatherhead 59 Falmouth Town 3–2 Truro City 60 Fareham Town 8–2 Selsey 61 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Frickley Colliery 62 Feltham 1–3 Redhill 63 Finchley 0–1 Stevenage Athletic 64 Fleet Town 1–1 Newport I O W 65 Folkestone 6–2 Sheppey United 66 Ford United 1–4 Staines Town 67 Gainsborough Trinity 2–3 Lincoln United 68 Gateshead 3–0 Tow Law Town 69 Glastonbury 2–1 Poole Town 70 Glossop 0–1 Worksop Town 71 Gloucester City 2–3 Merthyr Tydfil 72 Goole Town 3–0 Selby Town 73 Gorleston 0–3 Sudbury Town 74 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–2 Southall 75 Grays Athletic 2–4 Sutton United 76 Great Harwood 7–1 Prescot Town 77 Great Yarmouth Town 1–3 Harwich & Parkeston 78 Gresley Rovers 0–4 Stafford Rangers 79 Guildford City 2–0 Aylesbury United 80 Hampton 2–1 Bletchley Town 81 Harrow Borough 0–1 Wealdstone 82 Hastings United 1–1 Southwick 83 Hatfield Town 0–4 Leytonstone 84 Hayes 2–0 Kingstonian 85 Heanor Town 1–0 Newhall United 86 Hednesford Town 0–2 Redditch United 87 Hemel Hempstead 2–2 Addlestone 88 Herne Bay 3–1 Faversham Town 89 Highgate United 3–1 Kidderminster Harriers 90 Hitchin Town 2–2 Tilbury 91 Hoddesdon Town 2–1 Metropolitan Police 92 Holbeach United 1–4 Stamford 93 Horsham 2–0 Lewes 94 Horwich R M I 1–1 Hyde United 95 Hounslow 0–2 Uxbridge 96 Hull Brunswick 1–3 Whitby Town 97 Ilkeston Town 1–2 Bedworth United 98 Kettering Town 6–1 Cambridge City 99 King's Lynn 4–1 Skegness Town 100 Lancaster City 6–1 Penrith 101 Letchworth Town 1–2 Romford 102 Leyland Motors 1–4 Ormskirk 103 Littlehampton Town 0–1 Worthing 104 Lockheed Leamington 2–1 Stourbridge 105 Long Eaton United 3–1 Sutton Coldfield Town 106 Loughborough United 0–5 Nuneaton Borough 107 Lower Gornal Athletic 2–2 Halesowen Town 108 Maidenhead United 2–0 Wycombe Wanderers 109 Maidstone United 6–1 Tunbridge Wells 110 Marlow 0–3 Wembley 111 Matlock Town 1–3 Sutton Town 112 Melksham Town 1–3 Andover 113 Morecambe 2–0 Accrington Stanley 114 Mossley 2–2 Prestwich Heys 115 Nantwich 3–1 New Mills 116 Netherfield 2–4 Rossendale United 117 Newmarket Town 1–4 Thetford Town 118 Norton Woodseats 0–3 Winterton Rangers 119 Oswestry Town 2–1 Porthmadog 120 Potton United 0–1 Witney Town 121 Pwllheli & District 0–3 Connah's Quay Nomads 122 Radcliffe Borough 2–3 Burscough 123 Rawmarsh Welfare 1–1 Yorkshire Amateur 124 Runcorn 2–0 New Brighton 125 Ryde Sports 1–4 Thornycroft Athletic 126 Salisbury 4–0 Westbury United 127 Saltash United 2–3 Wadebridge Town 128 Scarborough 6–0 Ashby Institute 129 Shildon 1–1 Evenwood Town 130 Slough Town 1–1 Woking 131 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1–4 Whitstable Town 132 South Liverpool 1–0 Northwich Victoria 133 Spalding United 0–1 Wisbech Town 134 Spennymoor United 4–2 Horden Colliery Welfare 135 St Blazey 4–0 Newquay 136 St Neots Town 1–3 Wellingborough Town 137 Stalybridge Celtic 0–1 Witton Albion 138 Stockton 2–2 Whitley Bay 139 Stonehouse 4–2 Weston Super Mare 140 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–1 Windsor & Eton 141 Trowbridge Town 4–2 Street 142 Walthamstow Avenue 1–0 Woodford Town 143 Washington 1–1 Willington 144 Wingate (Durham) 0–1 North Shields
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 13 Fleetwood 3–0 Bacup Borough 14 Bedford Town 1–0 Banbury United 21 Burton Albion 2–0 Belper Town 37 Ton Pentre 3–1 Cinderford Town 45 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Dartford 46 Tonbridge 2–0 Deal Town 56 Retford Town 0–3 Eastwood Town 58 Leatherhead 3–0 Erith & Belvedere 64 Newport I O W 5–2 Fleet Town 74 Southall 3–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 82 Southwick 1–1 Hastings United 87 Addlestone 1–1 Hemel Hempstead 90 Tilbury 3–2 Hitchin Town 94 Hyde United 2–0 Horwich R M I 107 Halesowen Town 1–3 Lower Gornal Athletic 114 Prestwich Heys 1–2 Mossley 123 Yorkshire Amateur 4–2 Rawmarsh Welfare 129 Evenwood Town 4–3 Shildon 130 Woking 0–2 Slough Town 138 Whitley Bay 5–2 Stockton 140 Windsor & Eton 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 143 Willington 1–0 Washington
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 82 Hastings United 2–1 Southwick 87 Hemel Hempstead 1–4 Addlestone
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abergavenny Thursdays 0–2 Ton Pentre 2 Alfreton Town 3–1 Heanor Town 3 Alton Town 0–1 Fareham Town 4 Altrincham 4–1 Eastwood Hanley 5 Andover 1–3 Basingstoke Town 6 Arnold 2–4 Eastwood Town 7 Arundel 0–0 Chichester City 8 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–1 Tonbridge 9 Ashton United 3–2 Great Harwood 10 Aveley 1–1 Southall 11 Bedford Town 3–0 Biggleswade & District 12 Bedlington Colliery Welfare 0–0 Consett 13 Bexley United 3–2 Leatherhead 14 Bideford 3–1 Falmouth Town 15 Bishop's Stortford 4–2 Harlow Town 16 Blyth Spartans 3–1 Willington 17 Boreham Wood 1–1 Wealdstone 18 Bourne Town 3–1 Stamford 19 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 1–0 Cray Wanderers 20 Bridgwater Town 1–0 Dorchester Town 21 Bromley 1–1 Stevenage Athletic 22 Burscough 2–1 Chorley 23 Burton Albion 1–2 Stafford Rangers 24 Bury Town 2–0 Sudbury Town 25 Canterbury City 1–3 Folkestone 26 Carshalton Athletic 0–0 Walton & Hersham 27 Crawley Town 3–0 East Grinstead 28 Darlaston 0–4 Alvechurch 29 Denaby United 1–2 Worksop Town 30 Dulwich Hamlet 0–1 Redhill 31 Durham City 2–0 Spennymoor United 32 Fleetwood 0–2 Lancaster City 33 Gateshead 3–2 Bishop Auckland 34 Goole Town 3–2 Barton Town 35 Hampton 1–1 Guildford City 36 Hastings United 4–1 Burgess Hill Town 37 Kettering Town 2–0 Chatteris Town 38 Lockheed Leamington 0–2 Highgate United 39 Lower Gornal Athletic 0–0 Redditch United 40 Maidenhead United 1–0 Leytonstone 41 Maidstone United 3–0 Herne Bay 42 Mossley 0–0 Hyde United 43 North Shields 3–1 Ferryhill Athletic 44 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Long Eaton United 45 Ormskirk 0–1 Ellesmere Port Town 46 Oswestry Town 3–1 Connah's Quay Nomads 47 Rossendale United 2–2 Morecambe 48 Salisbury 2–1 Bath City 49 Slough Town 0–1 Romford 50 South Liverpool 1–0 Runcorn 51 Stonehouse 0–2 Merthyr Tydfil 52 Sutton Town 2–2 Bedworth United 53 Thetford Town 0–0 Harwich & Parkeston 54 Thornycroft Athletic 4–1 Newport I O W 55 Tilbury 3–0 Addlestone 56 Trowbridge Town 0–0 Glastonbury 57 Uxbridge 1–3 Sutton United 58 Wadebridge Town 6–1 St Blazey 59 Walthamstow Avenue 2–0 Hoddesdon Town 60 Wellingborough Town 4–2 Ely City 61 Wembley 1–6 Hayes 62 Whitby Town 0–2 Scarborough 63 Whitley Bay 3–1 Evenwood Town 64 Whitstable Town 0–5 Dover 65 Windsor & Eton 2–1 Staines Town 66 Winterton Rangers 3–1 Lincoln United 67 Wisbech Town 0–4 King's Lynn 68 Witney Town 3–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds 69 Witton Albion 0–1 Nantwich 70 Worcester City 0–0 Atherstone Town 71 Worthing 1–3 Horsham 72 Yorkshire Amateur 0–0 Frickley Colliery
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Chichester City 1–1 Arundel 10 Southall 3–3 Aveley 12 Consett 4–1 Bedlington Colliery Welfare 17 Wealdstone 0–2 Boreham Wood 21 Stevenage Athletic 2–4 Bromley 26 Walton & Hersham 5–1 Carshalton Athletic 35 Guildford City 2–1 Hampton 39 Redditch United 3–1 Lower Gornal Athletic 42 Hyde United 2–0 Mossley 47 Morecambe 0–1 Rossendale United 52 Bedworth United 0–1 Sutton Town 53 Harwich & Parkeston 1–0 Thetford Town 56 Glastonbury 0–5 Trowbridge Town 70 Atherstone Town 1–0 Worcester City 72 Frickley Colliery 3–1 Yorkshire Amateur
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Arundel 2–7 Chichester City 10 Aveley 2–1 Southall
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 0–4 Nuneaton Borough 2 Altrincham 1–1 Nantwich 3 Alvechurch 3–0 Atherstone Town 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–2 Dover 5 Ashton United 2–2 Hyde United 6 Aveley 1–1 Maidenhead United 7 Basingstoke Town 5–2 Salisbury 8 Bedford Town 2–2 Witney Town 9 Bexley United 1–1 Tilbury 10 Bideford 4–1 Wadebridge Town 11 Bishop's Stortford 2–2 Guildford City 12 Blyth Spartans 8–1 Consett 13 Boreham Wood 2–2 Walthamstow Avenue 14 Bourne Town 0–3 King's Lynn 15 Braintree & Crittall Athletic 0–2 Romford 16 Bridgwater Town 2–1 Trowbridge Town 17 Bromley 3–0 Hayes 18 Burscough 0–1 Ellesmere Port Town 19 Bury Town 1–0 Harwich & Parkeston 20 Chichester City 1–1 Hastings United 21 Crawley Town 3–1 Horsham 22 Eastwood Town 1–2 Winterton Rangers 23 Fareham Town 5–1 Thornycroft Athletic 24 Folkestone 2–0 Maidstone United 25 Gateshead 0–1 North Shields 26 Kettering Town 2–1 Wellingborough Town 27 Lancaster City 1–4 Rossendale United 28 Oswestry Town 2–0 South Liverpool 29 Redditch United 3–0 Highgate United 30 Redhill 0–2 Sutton United 31 Scarborough 2–0 Goole Town 32 Stafford Rangers 2–0 Sutton Town 33 Ton Pentre 2–1 Merthyr Tydfil 34 Walton & Hersham 2–2 Windsor & Eton 35 Whitley Bay 3–1 Durham City 36 Worksop Town 1–1 Frickley Colliery
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Nantwich 1–4 Altrincham 5 Hyde United 3–1 Ashton United 6 Maidenhead United 3–2 Aveley 8 Witney Town 2–0 Bedford Town 9 Tilbury 2–1 Bexley United 11 Guildford City 1–1 Bishop's Stortford 13 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Boreham Wood 20 Hastings United 9–1 Chichester City 34 Windsor & Eton 0–1 Walton & Hersham 36 Frickley Colliery 3–1 Worksop Town
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 11 Bishop's Stortford 1–2 Guildford City
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Macclesfield Town, Enfield, Bradford Park Avenue, Wimbledon, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Weymouth, Grantham, Oxford City, Barnet, Margate, Bangor City, Cheltenham Town, Wigan Athletic, Tamworth, Boston United, Hendon and Rhyl.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alvechurch 2–2 Oxford City 2 Basingstoke Town 2–2 Fareham Town 3 Bradford Park Avenue 0–1 South Shields 4 Bridgwater Town 2–0 Yeovil Town 5 Bromley 0–1 Guildford City 6 Bury Town 1–3 King's Lynn 7 Folkestone 0–2 Romford 8 Frickley Colliery 3–0 Grantham 9 Hastings United 0–0 Crawley Town 10 Hendon 2–2 Barnet 11 Hereford United 3–0 Cheltenham Town 12 Hyde United 1–3 Bangor City 13 Kettering Town 4–1 Chelmsford City 14 Macclesfield Town 1–2 Ellesmere Port Town 15 Maidenhead United 2–1 Walton & Hersham 16 Margate 1–0 Wimbledon 17 Nuneaton Borough 3–1 Tamworth 18 Oswestry Town 0–3 Altrincham 19 Redditch United 3–0 Ton Pentre 20 Rossendale United 6–3 Stafford Rangers 21 Scarborough 1–0 North Shields 22 Sutton United 0–1 Witney Town 23 Tilbury 0–1 Enfield 24 Walthamstow Avenue 0–0 Dover 25 Weymouth 3–1 Bideford 26 Whitley Bay 1–1 Blyth Spartans 27 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Rhyl 28 Winterton Rangers 0–3 Boston United
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Oxford City 1–1 Alvechurch 2 Fareham Town 1–1 Basingstoke Town 9 Crawley Town 3–2 Hastings United 10 Barnet 2–0 Hendon 24 Dover 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue 26 Blyth Spartans 2–1 Whitley Bay
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alvechurch 1–1 Oxford City 2 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Fareham Town
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Oxford City 0–0 Alvechurch
4th replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Oxford City 0–0 Alvechurch
5th replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Oxford City 0–1 Alvechurch
1971–72 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1971–72 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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