Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1952–53 is the 72nd 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 Andover 2–3 Frome Town 2 Ashby Institute 2–3 Brigg Town 3 Aylesbury United 4–1 Chesham United 4 Banbury Spencer 1–1 Maidenhead United 5 Barking 1–1 Ilford 6 Barnstaple Town 5–1 Dartmouth United 7 Berkhamsted Town 1–5 Barnet 8 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 2–0 Deal Town 9 Bexhill Town 2–0 Shoreham 10 Bexleyheath & Welling 1–5 Carshalton Athletic 11 Blandford United 2–5 Dorchester Town 12 Boldmere St Michaels 2–2 Rugby Town 13 Boston United 7–1 Barton Town 14 Brentwood & Warley 1–3 Dagenham 15 Calne & Harris United 0–4 Trowbridge Town 16 Chatham Town 0–6 Dover 17 Chatteris Town 0–4 Cambridge United 18 Clandown 0–4 Glastonbury 19 Corsham Town 1–4 Chippenham Town 20 Darlaston 2–1 Stourbridge 21 Dunstable Town 2–4 Hitchin Town 22 Earlestown 0–2 Prescot Cables 23 East Grinstead 4–2 Redhill 24 Enfield 3–3 Woodford Town 25 Epsom 2–2 Dulwich Hamlet 26 Gloucester City 1–1 Llanelli 27 Halesowen Town 1–4 Brierley Hill Alliance 28 Hanham Athletic 0–1 Paulton Rovers 29 Harrow Town 1–8 Uxbridge 30 Hastings United 4–0 Chichester City 31 Hayes 6–1 Yiewsley 32 Haywards Heath 2–2 Southwick 33 Horsham 1–4 Worthing 34 Huntley & Palmers 4–2 Witney Town 35 Kidderminster Harriers 4–0 Dudley Town 36 Kingstonian 5–0 Erith & Belvedere 37 Lancing Athletic 6–6 Eastbourne 38 Leyland Motors 0–3 Horwich R M I 39 Littlehampton Town 4–3 Bognor Regis Town 40 Llandudno 1–1 Bootle Athletic 41 Lockheed Leamington 1–2 Nuneaton Borough 42 Lytham 2–0 Droylsden 43 Maidstone United 0–6 Bromley 44 Margate 1–4 Gravesend & Northfleet 45 Marine 3–3 Ellesmere Port Town 46 Marlow 0–8 Headington United 47 Melksham Town 0–2 Warminster Town 48 Metropolitan Police 1–5 Wimbledon 49 Minehead 1–4 Bideford 50 Moor Green 1–1 Burton Albion 51 Newhaven 2–4 Ashford Town (Kent) 52 Newquay 7–1 Truro City 53 Newton Abbot 1–1 Ilfracombe Town 54 Oxford City 1–4 Wycombe Wanderers 55 Parliament Street Methodists 0–6 Linby Colliery 56 Peasedown Miners Welfare 6–2 Clevedon 57 Penrith 4–4 Burscough 58 Raleigh Athletic 1–4 Ransome & Marles 59 Ramsgate Athletic 4–2 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 60 Retford Town 2–1 Holbeach United 61 Runcorn 2–2 Bangor City 62 Rushden Town 3–1 Wellingborough Town 63 Salisbury 7–1 Welton Rovers 64 Sheppey United 5–1 Bowater Lloyds 65 Sittingbourne 3–1 Faversham Town 66 Slough Centre 2–1 Slough Town 67 Southall 1–3 Edgware Town 68 St Blazey 3–1 Penzance 69 Stafford Rangers 0–1 Bilston 70 Street 2–0 Bristol St George 71 Tamworth 0–2 Hednesford Town 72 Tavistock 1–2 Bridgwater Town 73 Tiverton Town 1–2 Taunton 74 Tunbridge Wells United 2–1 Canterbury City 75 Wadebridge Town 4–5 St Austell 76 Walton & Hersham 0–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 77 Windsor & Eton 0–4 Wealdstone 78 Woking 4–1 Dorking
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Maidenhead United 3–0 Banbury Spencer 5 Ilford 4–2 Barking 12 Rugby Town 2–1 Boldmere St Michaels 24 Woodford Town 4–2 Enfield 25 Dulwich Hamlet 4–2 Epsom 26 Llanelli 5–0 Gloucester City 32 Southwick 0–1 Haywards Heath 37 Eastbourne 1–2 Lancing Athletic 40 Bootle Athletic 1–0 Llandudno 45 Ellesmere Port Town 2–1 Marine 50 Burton Albion 3–0 Moor Green 53 Ilfracombe Town 2–1 Newton Abbot 57 Burscough 3–1 Penrith 61 Bangor City 3–2 Runcorn
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alnwick Town 4–1 West Sleekburn Welfare 2 Amble 0–4 Ashington 3 Annfield Plain 6–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–3 Hastings United 5 Ashton United 7–2 Skelmersdale United 6 Bangor City 2–0 St Helens Town 7 Barnet 1–2 St Albans City 8 Barnstaple Town 1–1 Taunton 9 Basford United 0–1 Boots Athletic 10 Basingstoke Town 3–1 Totton 11 Beccles 3–1 Bungay Town 12 Bedford Town 6–0 Potton United 13 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–2 Ramsgate Athletic 14 Bexhill Town 1–2 Lancing Athletic 15 Biggleswade & District 0–3 Wolverton Town & B R 16 Billingham Synthonia 3–2 South Bank 17 Bootle Athletic 1–1 New Brighton 18 Boston United 5–4 Alford United 19 Bourne Town 0–5 Grantham 20 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 3–0 Poole Town 21 Bourneville Athletic 0–2 Rugby Town 22 Bridport 0–2 Dorchester Town 23 Brodsworth Main Colliery 0–5 Norton Woodseats 24 Bromley 0–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 25 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–2 Darlaston 26 Brunswick Institute 0–2 Beighton Miners Welfare 27 Brush Sports 5–0 Ibstock Penistone Rovers 28 Burscough 1–0 Lancaster City 29 Burton Albion 1–2 Bedworth Town 30 Bury Town 9–1 Leiston 31 Cambridge United 3–1 March Town United 32 Carshalton Athletic 3–0 Kingstonian 33 Cheshunt 2–1 Tufnell Park Edmonton 34 Chippenham United 2–2 Wells City 35 Cinderford Town 1–1 Cheltenham Town 36 Clacton Town 1–1 Romford 37 Clapton 1–2 Finchley 38 Clitheroe 1–1 Fleetwood 39 Coalville Town 7–1 Moira United 40 Cowes 0–1 Newport I O W 41 Cradley Heath 2–2 Bilston 42 Cramlington Welfare 0–1 Hexham Hearts 43 Creswell Colliery 2–0 Sutton Town 44 Dagenham 2–2 Briggs Sports 45 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 1–2 South Shields 46 Denaby United 2–1 Stocksbridge Works 47 Desborough Town 1–4 Corby Town 48 Diss Town 1–4 Lowestoft Town 49 Dover 2–0 Sheppey United 50 Dulwich Hamlet 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 51 Easington Colliery Welfare 3–0 Heaton Stannington 52 East Grinstead 1–0 Haywards Heath 53 Edgware Town 2–1 Slough Centre 54 Ellesmere Port Town 4–0 South Liverpool 55 Evenwood Town 1–0 Tow Law Town 56 Farsley Celtic 1–0 Ossett Town 57 Ferryhill Athletic 7–0 Skinnigrove Works 58 Frickley Colliery 2–2 Upton Colliery 59 Frome Town 3–6 Devizes Town 60 Gosforth & Coxlodge 0–5 Consett 61 Gothic 6–0 Wymondham Town 62 Grays Athletic 6–2 Harwich & Parkeston 63 Great Yarmouth Town 13–0 Cromer 64 Gresley Rovers 3–1 Gedling Colliery 65 Grimethorpe Athletic 3–1 Sheffield 66 Hayes 0–3 Uxbridge 67 Head Wrightsons 2–0 Bridlington Central United 68 Headington United 4–2 Aylesbury United 69 Hednesford Town 1–1 Nuneaton Borough 70 Hemel Hempstead 6–0 Abingdon Town 71 Hinckley Athletic 2–3 Whitwick Colliery 72 Hitchin Town 5–0 Luton Amateur 73 Horwich R M I 5–3 Chorley 74 Huntingdon United 0–3 Cambridge City 75 Ilfracombe Town 3–0 Bideford 76 Ilkeston Town 7–2 Long Eaton Town 77 Ilminster Town 2–1 Lymington 78 Kettering Town 1–0 Rushden Town 79 Kidderminster Harriers 2–0 Oswestry Town 80 King's Lynn 4–1 St Neots & District 81 Langold W M C 2–0 Bentley Colliery 82 Letchworth Town 1–1 Eton Manor 83 Linby Colliery 3–0 Bestwood Colliery 84 Littlehampton Town 0–3 Worthing 85 Lovells Athletic 0–1 Llanelli 86 Lye Town 1–3 Brierley Hill Alliance 87 Lysaghts Sports 1–9 Skegness Town 88 Macclesfield 3–0 Congleton Town 89 Maidenhead United 2–0 Bicester Town 90 Morecambe 1–0 Great Harwood 91 Mossley 3–1 Lytham 92 Netherfield 5–0 Bacup Borough 93 Newburn 4–1 Shankhouse 94 Newhall United 3–2 Matlock Town 95 Newquay 1–3 St Blazey 96 Northwich Victoria 1–1 Winsford United 97 Paulton Rovers 2–7 Bath City 98 Peasedown Miners Welfare 3–0 Radstock Town 99 Players Athletic 8–5 Shirebrook 100 Portland United 3–1 Shaftesbury 101 Prescot Cables 1–1 Flint Town United 102 Ransome & Marles 1–0 Cinderhill Colliery 103 Retford Town 8–2 Brigg Town 104 Rossendale United 2–0 Darwen 105 Ryde Sports 3–4 Alton Town 106 Salisbury 4–1 Westbury United 107 Seaham Colliery Welfare 1–3 Horden Colliery Welfare 108 Shildon 0–4 Crook Town 109 Silksworth Colliery Welfare 7–0 Murton Colliery Welfare 110 South Kirkby Colliery 2–1 Hallam 111 South Normanton Miners Welfare 4–0 Barwell Athletic 112 Spalding United 1–0 Stamford 113 Spencer Moulton 0–3 Chippenham Town 114 St Austell 2–3 Bridgwater Town 115 Stalybridge Celtic 3–2 Hyde United 116 Stanley United 2–4 Spennymoor United 117 Stonehouse 0–1 Ebbw Vale 118 Stowmarket 4–0 Thetford Town 119 Street 1–2 Glastonbury 120 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 1–2 Atherstone Town 121 Sutton United 3–2 Hounslow Town 122 Symingtons Recreation 2–5 Peterborough United 123 Tilbury 1–0 Ilford 124 Troedyrhiw 3–8 Barry Town 125 Tunbridge Wells United 2–4 Sittingbourne 126 Ushaw Moor 2–0 Chilton Athletic 127 Vauxhall Motors 2–4 Eynesbury Rovers 128 Warminster Town 1–1 Trowbridge Town 129 Wealdstone 0–1 Hendon 130 Whitton United 0–4 Sudbury Town 131 Willington 2–4 West Auckland Town 132 Winchester City 1–0 Gosport Borough Athletic 133 Wisbech Town 3–0 Histon Institute 134 Woking 1–2 Wimbledon 135 Woodford Town 2–1 Stevenage Town 136 Worksop Town 3–3 Rawmarsh Welfare 137 Wycombe Wanderers 4–2 Huntley & Palmers
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 8 Taunton 3–5 Barnstaple Town 17 New Brighton 1–0 Bootle Athletic 34 Wells City 3–1 Chippenham United 35 Cheltenham Town 5–0 Cinderford Town 36 Romford 1–3 Clacton Town 38 Fleetwood 1–2 Clitheroe 41 Bilston 3–1 Cradley Heath 44 Briggs Sports 0–0 Dagenham (Abandoned in extra time) 58 Upton Colliery 0–2 Frickley Colliery 69 Nuneaton Borough 2–5 Hednesford Town 82 Eton Manor 1–1 Letchworth Town 96 Winsford United 4–2 Northwich Victoria 101 Flint Town United 3–0 Prescot Cables 128 Trowbridge Town 4–1 Warminster Town 136 Rawmarsh Welfare 3–2 Worksop Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 44 Briggs Sports 1–3 Dagenham 82 Letchworth Town 0–3 Eton Manor
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alnwick Town 0–1 Newburn 2 Ashton United 2–1 Horwich R M I 3 Atherstone Town 2–0 Rugby Town 4 Bangor City 2–0 New Brighton 5 Barnstaple Town 4–2 Bridgwater Town 6 Basingstoke Town 2–0 Alton Town 7 Bath City 2–0 Wells City 8 Beighton Miners Welfare 6–0 Rawmarsh Welfare 9 Billingham Synthonia 6–1 Head Wrightsons 10 Boots Athletic 2–2 Newhall United 11 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 5–1 Portland United 12 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–0 Bilston 13 Brush Sports 3–1 Coalville Town 14 Burscough 2–4 Netherfield 15 Bury Town 1–1 Stowmarket 16 Cambridge City 3–3 King's Lynn 17 Cambridge United 0–0 Wisbech Town 18 Cheltenham Town 0–3 Barry Town 19 Cheshunt 0–1 Eton Manor 20 Clacton Town 6–2 Tilbury 21 Clitheroe 0–1 Morecambe 22 Corby Town 1–1 Kettering Town 23 Creswell Colliery 3–0 Ransome & Marles 24 Crook Town 1–2 Spennymoor United 25 Dagenham 0–1 Grays Athletic 26 Denaby United 1–0 Grimethorpe Athletic 27 Devizes Town 0–3 Trowbridge Town 28 Dorchester Town 6–1 Ilminster Town 29 Dover 5–3 Ramsgate Athletic 30 Dulwich Hamlet 3–3 Wimbledon 31 Easington Colliery Welfare 2–2 Consett 32 East Grinstead 0–1 Lancing Athletic 33 Ebbw Vale 0–3 Llanelli 34 Ellesmere Port Town 1–2 Flint Town United 35 Eynesbury Rovers 0–4 Bedford Town 36 Ferryhill Athletic 4–0 Whitby Town 37 Finchley 2–0 Woodford Town 38 Frickley Colliery 4–0 South Kirkby Colliery 39 Goole Town 3–3 Farsley Celtic 40 Gothic 0–5 Great Yarmouth Town 41 Gravesend & Northfleet 3–0 Sittingbourne 42 Gresley Rovers 0–5 Ilkeston Town 43 Headington United 2–0 Maidenhead United 44 Hednesford Town 0–3 Bedworth Town 45 Hemel Hempstead 1–2 Wycombe Wanderers 46 Hexham Hearts 3–5 Ashington 47 Hitchin Town 3–0 Wolverton Town & B R 48 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–0 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 49 Ilfracombe Town 2–0 St Blazey 50 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 Brierley Hill Alliance 51 Langold W M C 0–4 Norton Woodseats 52 Linby Colliery 6–0 Players Athletic 53 Mossley 1–0 Rossendale United 54 Peasedown Miners Welfare 0–1 Glastonbury 55 Retford Town 1–4 Boston United 56 Salisbury 3–1 Chippenham Town 57 Selby Town 2–1 Yorkshire Amateur 58 Sheringham 2–2 Beccles 59 Skegness Town 2–0 Grantham 60 South Normanton Miners Welfare 3–0 Whitwick Colliery 61 South Shields 3–1 Annfield Plain 62 Spalding United 2–2 Peterborough United 63 St Albans City 1–1 Hendon 64 Stalybridge Celtic 2–2 Altrincham 65 Sudbury Town 4–0 Lowestoft Town 66 Sutton United 0–2 Carshalton Athletic 67 Ushaw Moor 4–1 Silksworth Colliery Welfare 68 Uxbridge 2–1 Edgware Town 69 West Auckland Town 1–2 Evenwood Town 70 Winchester City 1–3 Newport I O W 71 Winsford United 1–0 Macclesfield 72 Worthing 2–2 Hastings United
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Newhall United 0–2 Boots Athletic 15 Stowmarket 2–4 Bury Town 16 King's Lynn 5–1 Cambridge City 17 Wisbech Town 2–3 Cambridge United 22 Kettering Town 0–2 Corby Town 30 Wimbledon 5–2 Dulwich Hamlet 31 Consett 3–0 Easington Colliery Welfare 39 Farsley Celtic 3–4 Goole Town 50 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers 58 Beccles 2–1 Sheringham 62 Peterborough United 3–0 Spalding United 63 Hendon 3–1 St Albans City 64 Altrincham 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 72 Hastings United 1–3 Worthing
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashton United 2–1 Mossley 2 Atherstone Town 1–1 Bedworth Town 3 Bangor City 4–2 Flint Town United 4 Barnstaple Town 0–0 Ilfracombe Town 5 Barry Town 1–1 Llanelli 6 Basingstoke Town 2–4 Newport I O W 7 Beighton Miners Welfare 1–1 Norton Woodseats 8 Billingham Synthonia 5–0 Ferryhill Athletic 9 Boston United 3–2 Skegness Town 10 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers 11 Brush Sports 3–1 South Normanton Miners Welfare 12 Bury Town 3–0 Sudbury Town 13 Cambridge United 0–0 King's Lynn 14 Carshalton Athletic 3–4 Wimbledon 15 Consett 4–0 South Shields 16 Corby Town 0–0 Peterborough United 17 Dorchester Town 2–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 18 Eton Manor 0–1 Finchley 19 Evenwood Town 1–1 Spennymoor United 20 Frickley Colliery 1–1 Denaby United 21 Glastonbury 0–3 Bath City 22 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–1 Dover 23 Grays Athletic 2–1 Clacton Town 24 Great Yarmouth Town 2–1 Beccles 25 Headington United 6–2 Wycombe Wanderers 26 Hendon 3–1 Uxbridge 27 Hitchin Town 2–3 Bedford Town 28 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–1 Ushaw Moor 29 Ilkeston Town 4–0 Boots Athletic 30 Lancing Athletic 2–0 Worthing 31 Linby Colliery 0–0 Creswell Colliery 32 Netherfield 3–1 Morecambe 33 Newburn 1–4 Ashington 34 Salisbury 0–2 Trowbridge Town 35 Selby Town 4–1 Goole Town 36 Winsford United 0–1 Altrincham
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Bedworth Town 2–0 Atherstone Town 4 Ilfracombe Town 1–0 Barnstaple Town 5 Llanelli 3–0 Barry Town 7 Norton Woodseats 1–3 Beighton Miners Welfare 13 King's Lynn 4–0 Cambridge United 16 Peterborough United 5–3 Corby Town 19 Spennymoor United 4–1 Evenwood Town 20 Denaby United 3–4 Frickley Colliery 31 Creswell Colliery 0–0 Linby Colliery
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 31 Creswell Colliery 0–5 Linby Colliery
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are: Bishop Auckland, Yeovil Town, Leytonstone, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Gainsborough Trinity, Stockton, Dartford, Witton Albion, Weymouth, North Shields, Rhyl, Merthyr Tydfil, Hereford United, Scarborough, Wigan Athletic, Nelson, Worcester City, Tonbridge, Blyth Spartans, Wellington Town, Buxton, Folkestone and Gorleston
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashington 4–0 Billingham Synthonia 2 Ashton United 3–1 Altrincham 3 Bath City 3–0 Trowbridge Town 4 Boston United 3–2 Frickley Colliery 5 Brush Sports 0–1 Hereford United 6 Buxton 2–3 Beighton Miners Welfare 7 Chelmsford City 0–0 Finchley 8 Consett 1–3 North Shields 9 Dartford 0–3 Hendon 10 Dorchester Town 1–5 Weymouth 11 Folkestone 0–0 Tonbridge 12 Gainsborough Trinity 5–1 Ilkeston Town 13 Gorleston 1–4 Leytonstone 14 Grays Athletic 0–0 King's Lynn 15 Great Yarmouth Town 2–0 Bury Town 16 Guildford City 2–1 Headington United 17 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–1 Blyth Spartans 18 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 Bedworth Town 19 Lancing Athletic 1–5 Newport I O W 20 Llanelli 1–0 Ilfracombe Town 21 Nelson 1–3 Rhyl 22 Peterborough United 2–1 Bedford Town 23 Scarborough 5–1 Stockton 24 Selby Town 4–2 Linby Colliery 25 Spennymoor United 1–1 Bishop Auckland 26 Wellington Town 1–0 Worcester City 27 Wigan Athletic 2–3 Netherfield 28 Wimbledon 4–2 Gravesend & Northfleet 29 Witton Albion 0–2 Bangor City 30 Yeovil Town 1–0 Merthyr Tydfil
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Finchley 3–0 Chelmsford City 11 Tonbridge 4–4 Folkestone 14 King's Lynn 0–2 Grays Athletic 18 Bedworth Town 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers 25 Bishop Auckland 2–1 Spennymoor United
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 11 Folkestone 0–2 Tonbridge
1952–53 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1952–53 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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