The qualifying campaign for the 1901–02 FA Cup, the thirty-first staging of the world's oldest association football competition, consisted of six rounds of matches, which began on 21 September 1901 with the preliminary round. The Cup was eventually won by Sheffield United, who beat Southampton in the final.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined.
| Round | Date | Matches | Number of clubs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 22 September 1900 | 27 | 222→195 | |
| First qualifying round | 6 October 1900 | 48 | 195→147 | |
| Second qualifying round | 20 October 1900 | 37 | 147→110 | |
| Third qualifying round | 3 November 1900 | 38 | 110→72 | |
| Fourth qualifying round | 17 November 1900 | 20 | 72→52 | |
| Fifth qualifying round | 8 December 1900 | 10 | 52→42 | |
| Intermediate round | 5 January 1901 | 10 | 42→32 | |
| First round proper | 9 February 1901 | 16 | 32→16 | |
| Second round proper | 23 February 1901 | 8 | 16→8 | |
| Third round proper | 23 March 1901 | 4 | 8→4 | |
| Semi-final | 6 April 1901 | 2 | 4→2 | |
| Final | 20 April 1901 | 1 | 2→1 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastbourne | 5–2 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 2 | 0–4 | Hastings & St Leonards | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 3 | Sheffield | 5–2 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 4 | 0–2 | Grays United | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 5 | 2–2 | 21 September 1901 | |||
| 5r | Roundel | 3–1 | 26 September 1901 | ||
| 6 | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 7–0 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 7 | 1–2 | Thornaby | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 8 | Stockton | 4–1 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 9 | Norwich CEYMS | 18–0 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 10 | Leadgate Park | 3–0 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 11 | Wellingborough Town | 4–0 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 12 | Moss Bay Exchange | 2–0 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 13 | Leytonstone | 2–0 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 14 | Hampstead | 1–3 | Willesden Town | 21 September 1901 | |
| 15 | 2–6 | Redhill | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 16 | 0–3 | West Norwood | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 17 | 0–1 | Crouch End Vampires | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 18 | 2–2 | 21 September 1901 | |||
| 18r | 2–3 | Denaby United | 26 September 1901 | ||
| 19 | 1–1 | 21 September 1901 | |||
| 19r | Harwich & Parkeston | 1–0 | 26 September 1901 | ||
| 20 | 0–1 | South Bank | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 21 | 0–3 | Lowestoft Town | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 22 | West Hartlepool | 4–2 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 23 | 3–4 | Great Yarmouth Town | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 24 | 0–3 | Eastbourne Swifts | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 25 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6–2 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 26 | Mexborough St Johns | 2–1 | 21 September 1901 | ||
| 27 | 2–3 | Fulham | 21 September 1901 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barrow | 3–2 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 2 | 2–2 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 2r | Stockton | W–W | - | ||
| 3 | 0–7 | Leyton | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 4 | Newark | 5–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 5 | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 5–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 6 | Luton Town | 13–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 7 | Morpeth Harriers | 5–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 8 | 1–1 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 9 | Oswestry United | 2–0 | 10 October 1901 | ||
| 10 | Belper Town | 6–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 11 | 1–1 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 11r | Lowestoft Town | 5–0 | 10 October 1901 | ||
| 12 | Darlington St Augustine's | 1–0 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 13 | 0–0 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 13r | Sittingbourne | 1–0 | 9 October 1901 | ||
| 14 | 0–0 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 14r | Gateshead NER | 3–0 | 10 October 1901 | ||
| 15 | Chesham Generals | 3–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 16 | 2–2 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 16r | Stafford Rangers | W–W | - | ||
| 17 | 1–2 | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 18 | Worksop Town | 5–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 19 | Slough | 3–0 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 20 | Newstead Byron | W–W | - | ||
| 21 | 0–0 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 21r | Sheppey United | 1–0 | 9 October 1901 | ||
| 22 | 0–4 | Ilkeston Town | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 23 | West Norwood | 7–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 24 | 1–2 | Upton Park | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 25 | 1–1 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 25r | Royston United | W–W | - | ||
| 26 | Accrington Stanley | 2–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 27 | Crouch End Vampires | 4–2 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 28 | 0–1 | Hastings & St Leonards | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 29 | Rothwell Town Swifts | 2–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 30 | 2–3 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 31 | Shepherd's Bush | 5–4 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 32 | 0–3 | Freemantle | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 33 | Maidstone United | 3–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 34 | 0–1 | Godalming | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 35 | 0–1 | Great Yarmouth Town | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 36 | 1–2 | Moss Bay Exchange | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 37 | 1–3 | Hudsons | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 38 | 1–1 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 38r | Chester (disqualified) | 5–4 | Birkenhead | 9 October 1901 | |
| 39 | 0–5 | Wigan United | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 40 | Denaby United | 3–0 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 41 | 1–5 | Wellingborough Town | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 42 | Wath Athletic | 3–2 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 43 | 1–1 | 5 October 1901 | |||
| 43r | 1–4 | Winsford United | 9 October 1901 | ||
| 44 | 0–2 | Leadgate Park | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 45 | Willesden Town | 5–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 46 | Bridgwater | 3–2 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 47 | 1–3 | Thornaby | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 48 | St Helens | 2–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 49 | Roundel | 4–0 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 50 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 3–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 51 | Bedford Queens Works | 3–1 | 5 October 1901 | ||
| 52 | 1–2 | Grays United | 5 October 1901 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–1 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 1r | 1–3 | Barrow | 26 October 1901 | ||
| 2 | 4–4 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 2r | 0–6 | Leyton | 24 October 1901 | ||
| 3 | Thornaby | 1–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 4 | 0–2 | Wrexham | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 5 | Luton Town | 4–2 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 6 | 2–3 | Gateshead NER | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 7 | 2–4 | Ilkeston Town | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 8 | Nantwich | 3–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 9 | Darlington St Augustine's | 4–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 10 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 4–1 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 11 | – | Bye | - | ||
| 12 | Wellingborough Town | 4–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 13 | Worksop Town | 5–1 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 14 | 2–4 | Maidstone United | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 15 | 3–4 | Gresley Rovers | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 16 | Newstead Byron | 2–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 17 | 0–5 | Yeovil Casuals | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 18 | 1–1 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 18r | Bristol East | 1–0 | 23 October 1901 | ||
| 19 | Berwick Rangers | 3–2 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 20 | 1–1 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 20r | 0–2 | Accrington Stanley | 23 October 1901 | ||
| 21 | Aylesbury United | 2–1 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 22 | Crouch End Vampires | 3–1 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 23 | 0–0 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 23r | 0–0 | 23 October 1901 | |||
| 23r2 | Grays United | 3–0 | 28 October 1901 | ||
| 24 | 1–1 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 24r | 0–2 | Oswestry United | 23 October 1901 | ||
| 25 | Rochdale | 7–2 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 26 | 1–1 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 26r | Shepherd's Bush | 1–0 | 24 October 1901 | ||
| 27 | Maidenhead Norfolkians | 2–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 28 | Denaby United | 3–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 29 | 0–2 | Lowestoft Town | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 30 | Royston United | 6–2 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 31 | 2–2 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 31r | Birkenhead | 2–1 | 24 October 1901 | ||
| 32 | 0–2 | West Norwood | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 33 | 1–4 | Street | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 34 | Whiteheads | 1–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 35 | 0–1 | St Helens | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 36 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5–0 | 19 October 1901 | ||
| 37 | 0–0 | 19 October 1901 | |||
| 37r | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 3–1 | 23 October 1901 | ||
| 38 | Shaddongate United | 5–1 | 19 October 1901 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darwen | 2–1 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 2 | Barrow | 4–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 3 | Bristol City | 5–1 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 4 | Kettering | 1–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 5 | Weymouth | W–W | - | ||
| 6 | 0–1 | West Ham United | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 7 | 1–2 | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 8 | 0–3 | Brentford | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 9 | 1–3 | West Norwood | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 10 | 0–0 | 2 November 1901 | |||
| 10r | 0–0 | 6 November 1901 | |||
| 10r2 | Southport Central | 2–1 | 11 November 1901 | ||
| 11 | Burslem Port Vale | 6–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 12 | Swindon Town | 4–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 13 | Nantwich | 2–1 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 14 | 0–2 | Wallsend Park Villa | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 15 | Bishop Auckland | 2–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 16 | 1–1 | 2 November 1901 | |||
| 16r | 1–1 | 6 November 1901 | |||
| 16r2 | Darlington St Augustine's | 2–0 | 11 November 1901 | ||
| 17 | 1–1 | 2 November 1901 | |||
| 17r | Walsall | 2–1 | 7 November 1901 | ||
| 18 | 0–2 | Stockport County | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 19 | 0–4 | Lincoln City | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 20 | New Brompton | 6–1 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 21 | Ilkeston Town | 2–1 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 22 | 0–2 | Crewe Alexandra | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 23 | 0–2 | Hinckley Town | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 24 | 0–2 | Northampton Town | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 25 | 1–1 | 2 November 1901 | |||
| 25r | 0–2 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 November 1901 | ||
| 26 | Oxford City | W–W | - | ||
| 27 | Queens Park Rangers | 2–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 28 | Berwick Rangers | 11–2 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 29 | Grays United | 2–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 30 | Barnsley | 1–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 31 | 1–2 | Wrexham | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 32 | Bristol Rovers | 5–0 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 33 | 1–2 | Luton Town | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 34 | Glossop | 5–2 | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 35 | 0–4 | Shepherd's Bush | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 36 | 1–2 | Watford | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 37 | 1–3 | Doncaster Rovers | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 38 | 2–3 | Clapton | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 39 | 0–3 | Burton United | 2 November 1901 | ||
| 40 | 0–2 | Workington | 2 November 1901 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–2 | 16 November 1901 | |||
| 1r | New Brompton | 2–0 | 20 November 1901 | ||
| 2 | 2–3 | Darwen | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 3 | 1–1 | 16 November 1901 | |||
| 3r | 2–2 | 21 November 1901 | |||
| 3r2 | Kettering | 6–0 | 25 November 1901 | ||
| 4 | 1–2 | Luton Town | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 5 | Walsall | 2–1 | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 6 | Southport Central | 4–0 | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 7 | Lincoln City | 1–0 | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 8 | Swindon Town | 2–1 | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 9 | 1–3 | Glossop | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 10 | 0–0 | 28 November 1901 | |||
| 10r | Burslem Port Vale | 3–1 | 30 November 1901 | ||
| 11 | Stockport County | 3–2 | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 12 | 2–4 | Barnsley | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 13 | 2–5 | Oxford City | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 14 | Queens Park Rangers | 4–0 | 20 November 1901 | ||
| 15 | 2–2 | 16 November 1901 | |||
| 15r | Bishop Auckland | 3–2 | 20 November 1901 | ||
| 16 | 2–3 | Shepherd's Bush | 23 November 1901 | ||
| 17 | 1–1 | 23 November 1901 | |||
| 17r | 2–3 | Bristol Rovers | 27 November 1901 | ||
| 18 | 1–2 | Grays United | 16 November 1901 | ||
| 19 | 0–0 | 20 November 1901 | |||
| 19r | Northampton Town | 2–0 | 25 November 1901 | ||
| 20 | 0–1 | Darlington St Augustine's | 16 November 1901 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2–2 | 30 November 1901 | |||
| 1r | Northampton Town | 2–0 | 2 December 1901 | ||
| 2 | 2–2 | 30 November 1901 | |||
| 2r | 2–2 | 3 December 1901 | |||
| 2r2 | Darwen | 1–0 | 9 December 1901 | ||
| 3 | 1–2 | Walsall | 7 December 1901 | ||
| 4 | Luton Town | 2–0 | 30 November 1901 | ||
| 5 | 0–1 | Bristol Rovers | 30 November 1901 | ||
| 6 | Bishop Auckland | 4–2 | 30 November 1901 | ||
| 7 | New Brompton | 1–0 | 30 November 1901 | ||
| 8 | 0–0 | 30 November 1901 | |||
| 8r | Lincoln City | 3–1 | 4 December 1901 | ||
| 9 | 1–3 | Oxford City | 30 November 1901 | ||
| 10 | Glossop | 2–0 | 30 November 1901 |