1984–85 FA Cup qualifying rounds explained

1984–85 FA Cup qualifying rounds
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The FA Cup 1984–85 is the 104th 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

Ties

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1Abingdon Town1–3Baldock Town
2Addlestone & Weybridge Town7–0Letchworth Garden City
3Alfreton Town4–2Eastwood Hanley
4Ampthill Town1–0Barton Rovers
5Andover6–0Calne Town
6Appleby Frodingham2–0Glossop
7Arlesey Town2–2Cheshunt
8Arnold1–4Ilkeston Town
9Banstead Athletic2–3Lewes
10Barnstaple Town4–1St Blazey
11Basingstoke Town2–0Dorking
12Bideford2–1Bristol Manor Farm
13Billingham Town2–0Coundon T T
14Blakenall2–0Mile Oak Rovers
15Boldmere St Michaels2–2Halesowen Town
16Boreham Wood2–1Haverhill Rovers
17Braintree Town0–0Hillingdon
18Brandon United3–0Harrogate Town
19Bridgwater Townw/o Dorchester Town
20Bridlington Trinity0–2Easington Colliery
21Brigg Town0–2Tamworth
22Brockenhurst1–3Chippenham Town
23Bromley4–0Cray Wanderers
24Burscough2–1Emley
25Bury Town3–0Great Yarmouth Town
26Caernarfon Town4–1Garforth Miners
27Camberley Town0–0Eastbourne Town
28Cambridge City3–1Hoddesdon Town
29Chard Town0–2Shepton Mallet Town
30Chatham Town2–3Metropolitan Police
31Chatteris Town1–4Oldswinford
32Chertsey Town0–0Lancing
33Chester-Le-Street3–0Lancaster City
34Chichester City0–1Kingstonian
35Cinderford Town1–2Forest Green Rovers
36Clandown0–1Haverfordwest County
37Clapton0–2Dunstable
38Colwyn Bay1–0Lytham
39Coventry Sporting0–0Spalding United
40Crockenhill0–3Grays Athletic
41Deal Town2–2Hastings Town
42Desborough Town3–0Racing Club Warwick
43Dover Athletic0–0Horsham
44Dudley Town4–0Heanor Town
45Erith & Belvedere2–2Rainham Town
46Esh Winning0–1Guisborough Town
47Felixstowe Town3–0Harwich & Parkeston
48Ferryhill Athletic1–2Guiseley
49Finchley1–2Hornchurch
50Fleet Town1–1Petersfield United
51Haywards Heath2–0Merstham
52Horley Town0–3Ruislip Manor
53Leyton Wingate1–0Burnham
54Littlehampton Town1–1Canterbury City
55Long Eaton United3–0Curzon Ashton
56Milton Keynes City0–3Rothwell Town
57Nantwich Town0–0Droylsden
58Ossett Albion1–4Formby
59Paulton Rovers2–1Taunton Town
60Peterlee Newtown5–1Eppleton Colliery Welfare
61Prescot Cables0–0Ashton United
62Radcliffe Borough1–0Clitheroe
63Rossendale United1–2Denaby United
64Salisbury3–1Marlow
65Shifnal Town2–2Chadderton
66Shildon0–1Crook Town
67Southall1–2Maidenhead United
68Southwick1–1Egham Town
69St Helens Town6–1Coleshill Town
70Stamford0–2Irthlingborough Diamonds
71Stevenage Borough8–0Holbeach United
72Steyning Town1–2Redhill
73Stowmarket1–1Gorleston
74Sudbury Town8–1Edgware
75Thackley0–2Darwen
76Thame United2–11Hungerford Town
77Tilbury0–1Epping Town
78Tonbridge4–1Molesey
79Tring Town3–1Kingsbury Town
80Walsall Borough1–4Gresley Rovers
81Walton & Hersham1–0Eastbourne United
82Wednesfield Social0–0Friar Lane Old Boys
83Wellington (Somerset)5–1Devizes Town
84Welton Rovers0–0Clevedon Town
85Wembley2–1Bourne Town
86Whitstable Town1–0Burgess Hill Town
87Wisbech Town3–0Evesham United
88Wootton Blue Cross3–2Histon
89Yorkshire Amateur0–1Consett

Replays

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7Cheshunt0–1Arlesey Town
15Halesowen Town1–1Boldmere St Michaels
17Hillingdon0–0Braintree Town
27Eastbourne Town2–1Camberley Town
32Lancing1–0Chertsey Town
39Spalding United2–3Coventry Sporting
41Hastings Town3–1Deal Town
43Horsham0–1Dover Athletic
45Rainham Town3–1Erith & Belvedere
50Petersfield United1–3Fleet Town
54Canterbury City6–0Littlehampton Town
57Droylsden2–0Nantwich Town
61Ashton United3–1Prescot Cables
65Chadderton2–1Shifnal Town
68Egham Town2–1Southwick
73Gorleston3–0Stowmarket
82Friar Lane Old Boys0–0Wednesfield Social
84Clevedon Town1–0Welton Rovers

2nd replays

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15Halesowen Town1–0Boldmere St Michaels
17Hillingdon0–2Braintree Town
82Friar Lane Old Boys2–1Wednesfield Social

1st qualifying round

Ties

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1Accrington Stanley2–1Ilkeston Town
2Alvechurch4–1Boreham Wood
3Ampthill Town1–4Oxford City
4Armitage0–4Witton Albion
5Arundel2–2Worthing
6Ashford Town (Kent)1–2Lewes
7Ashington3–1Whitley Bay
8Ashton United0–0Hyde United
9Aveley5–0March Town United
10Aylesbury United3–2Hayes
11Banbury United1–4Willenhall Town
12Barrow4–0Colwyn Bay
13Barry Town3–2Forest Green Rovers
14Basildon United4–0Felixstowe Town
15Bath City4–1Barnstaple Town
16Beckenham Town0–2Hitchin Town
17Bedworth United0–0Coventry Sporting
18Belper Town1–1Rhyl
19Berkhamsted Town0–0V S Rugby
20Billericay Town1–1Cambridge City
21Billingham Synthonia2–1Brandon United
22Bilston Town3–2South Liverpool
23Bishop Auckland4–3Chester-Le-Street
24Blue Star3–0Horden Colliery Welfare
25Blyth Spartans1–1Guisborough Town
26Bognor Regis Town2–2Basingstoke Town
27Bootle0–2Marine
28Boston1–4Matlock Town
29Bracknell Town0–3Tooting & Mitcham United
30Bridgend Town0–2Witney Town
31Bridgnorth Town3–2Redditch United
32Bromley1–1Heybridge Swifts
33Bromsgrove Rovers2–5Shepshed Charterhouse
34Buckingham Town2–2Braintree Town
35Burscough3–0Skelmersdale United
36Bury Town0–2Saffron Walden Town
37Canterbury City3–0Faversham Town
38Carshalton Athletic4–0Lancing
39Chadderton0–0Oswestry Town
40Chalfont St Peter0–0Oldbury United
41Cheltenham Town0–0Bideford
42Chippenham Town3–0Sholing Sports
43Chorley5–1Blakenall
44Clevedon Town3–2Waterlooville
45Consett0–2Gateshead
46Corby Town2–1Arlesey Town
47Corinthian Casuals0–3Addlestone & Weybridge Town
48Crawley Town2–1Ruislip Manor
49Crook Town3–1Durham City
50Darwen1–2Gretna
51Denaby United3–3Buxton
52Desborough Town0–0Wigston Fields
53Dorchester Town4–2Weston Super Mare
54Dover Athletic1–0Three Bridges
55Droylsden4–0Fleetwood Town
56Dudley Town1–1Paget Rangers
57Dulwich Hamlet0–2Kingstonian
58Easington Colliery2–2Wren Rovers
59Eastbourne Town9–2Wick
60Eastleigh0–2A F C Totton
61Eastwood Town1–0Tamworth
62Egham Town3–0Hailsham Town
63Epping Town3–4Lowestoft Town
64Fareham Town2–1Andover
65Farnborough Town5–1Fleet Town
66Fisher Athletic6–1Rainham Town
67Formby5–2Lye Town
68Friar Lane Old Boys1–1Goole Town
69Frickley Athletic3–0Caernarfon Town
70Gainsborough Trinity3–0Oldswinford
71Gorleston1–1Haringey Borough
72Grantham0–2Halesowen Town
73Grays Athletic3–0St Albans City
74Gresley Rovers6–1Lincoln United
75Guiseley1–1West Auckland Town
76Harefield United0–2Sutton United
77Hastings United2–1Hastings Town
78Haverfordwest County2–2Moreton Town
79Haywards Heath2–0Woking
80Hemel Hempstead0–2King's Lynn
81Hendon1–3Dunstable
82Herne Bay0–3Walthamstow Avenue
83Hertford Town2–2Sutton Coldfield Town
84Hinckley Athletic1–3Stalybridge Celtic
85Hornchurch2–1Woodford Town
86Horndean1–3Epsom & Ewell
87Horsham Y M C A1–8Wokingham Town
88Horwich R M I3–0Appleby Frodingham
89Hounslow2–5Wealdstone
90Hungerford Town2–1Gosport Borough
91Irthlingborough Diamonds3–0Leicester United
92Leek Town2–1Runcorn
93Leyland Motors0–4Southport
94Leyton Wingate2–2Chesham United
95Llanelli2–5Gloucester City
96Long Eaton United1–3Hednesford Town
97Maidenhead United0–2Potton United
98Mangotsfield United0–0Highgate United
99Melksham Town0–3R S Southampton
100Metropolitan Police5–0Ware
101Moor Green2–1Baldock Town
102Morecambe0–1Alfreton Town
103Netherfield0–4South Bank
104Newbury Town1–5Slough Town
105Newmarket Town1–2Wellingborough Town
106North Ferriby United2–2Winsford United
107North Shields7–2Billingham Town
108Pagham0–5Leatherhead
109Paulton Rovers0–4Wimborne Town
110Peterlee Newtown4–0Evenwood Town
111Poole Town2–1Shepton Mallet Town
112Radcliffe Borough5–2Farsley Celtic
113Redhill3–2Ringmer
114Rothwell Town2–1Wolverton Town
115Royston Town0–3Chelmsford City
116Rushall Olympic1–2Kidderminster Harriers
117Rushden Town3–3Stafford Rangers
118Ryhope Community Association4–2Spennymoor United
119Salisbury4–1Newport I O W
120Saltash United0–0Merthyr Tydfil
121Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star3–3Tow Law Town
122Sheppey United2–0Whitehawk
123St Helens Town2–0Congleton Town
124Stevenage Borough2–1Soham Town Rangers
125Stourbridge2–0Sutton Town
126Sudbury Town2–0Flackwell Heath
127Thanet United2–3Sittingbourne
128Tiptree United0–4Harlow Town
129Tividale1–2Worksop Town
130Ton Pentre1–1Trowbridge Town
131Tonbridge0–1Folkestone
132Torrington0–1Frome Town
133Tring Town1–0Hampton
134Tunbridge Wells0–2Leytonstone Ilford
135Uxbridge0–1Welling United
136Wadebridge Town0–2Minehead
137Walton & Hersham0–1Gravesend & Northfleet
138Wellington (Somerset)2–3Glastonbury
139Wembley3–1A P Leamington
140Whitstable Town0–0Croydon
141Whyteleafe0–1Staines Town
142Willington2–5Whitby Town
143Wisbech Town2–6Nuneaton Borough
144Wootton Blue Cross0–4Burton Albion

Replays

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5Worthing4–1Arundel
8Hyde United2–4Ashton United
17Coventry Sporting2–3Bedworth United
18Rhyl1–0Belper Town
19V S Rugby3–1Berkhamsted Town
20Cambridge City3–1Billericay Town
25Guisborough Town3–1Blyth Spartans
26Basingstoke Town0–1Bognor Regis Town
32Heybridge Swifts2–1Bromley
34Braintree Town1–2Buckingham Town
39Oswestry Town4–0Chadderton
40Oldbury United1–1Chalfont St Peter
41Bideford0–2Cheltenham Town
51Buxton0–1Denaby United
52Wigston Fields1–1Desborough Town
56Paget Rangers2–3Dudley Town
58Wren Rovers4–2Easington Colliery
68Goole Town4–1Friar Lane Old Boys
71Haringey Borough0–2Gorleston
75West Auckland Town2–1Guiseley
78Moreton Town1–1Haverfordwest County
83Sutton Coldfield Town2–1Hertford Town
94Chesham United1–0Leyton Wingate
98Highgate United1–3Mangotsfield United
106Winsford United3–1North Ferriby United
117Stafford Rangers1–3Rushden Town
120Merthyr Tydfil1–0Saltash United
121Tow Law Town3–1Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star
130Trowbridge Town0–3Ton Pentre
140Croydon5–0Whitstable Town

2nd replays

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40Chalfont St Peter1–3Oldbury United
52Desborough Town1–2Wigston Fields
78Moreton Town3–5Haverfordwest County

2nd qualifying round

Ties

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1A F C Totton1–1Farnborough Town
2Ashington0–5Bishop Auckland
3Aveley2–1Cambridge City
4Aylesbury United0–0Buckingham Town
5Bilston Town0–1Chorley
6Blue Star1–0Billingham Synthonia
7Burscough2–0Leek Town
8Canterbury City2–1Croydon
9Chippenham Town2–2R S Southampton
10Crook Town1–2Gateshead
11Dorchester Town0–0Merthyr Tydfil
12Dover Athletic1–4Leatherhead
13Droylsden0–0Denaby United
14Dudley Town1–1Stalybridge Celtic
15Eastbourne Town2–4Epsom & Ewell
16Egham Town1–0Gravesend & Northfleet
17Formby1–0St Helens Town
18Glastonbury1–2Clevedon Town
19Gorleston1–0Lowestoft Town
20Grays Athletic3–1Sutton United
21Gresley Rovers0–2Goole Town
22Harlow Town1–1Basildon United
23Haverfordwest County scr-w/o Gloucester City
24Haywards Heath0–3Sittingbourne
25Hednesford Town3–0Ashton United
26Heybridge Swifts0–0Chesham United
27Hitchin Town1–1Fisher Athletic
28Hornchurch1–1Chelmsford City
29Irthlingborough Diamonds0–5Nuneaton Borough
30Mangotsfield United1–1Barry Town
31Marine3–0Barrow
32Matlock Town2–0Eastwood Town
33Metropolitan Police3–1Leytonstone Ilford
34Minehead0–0Bath City
35Oxford City3–0Oldbury United
36Peterlee Newtown0–0Gretna
37Potton United0–2Tring Town
38Radcliffe Borough0–1Oswestry Town
39Redhill0–3Folkestone
40Rhyl0–2Frickley Athletic
41Rothwell Town1–4Kidderminster Harriers
42Rushden Town0–1Bridgnorth Town
43Saffron Walden Town0–0King's Lynn
44Salisbury0–0Hungerford Town
45Sheppey United0–1Hastings United
46Shepshed Charterhouse2–5Gainsborough Trinity
47Slough Town2–0Fareham Town
48Southport1–1Alfreton Town
49Staines Town4–2Carshalton Athletic
50Stevenage Borough0–2Burton Albion
51Sudbury Town0–0Wembley
52Sutton Coldfield Town0–3Moor Green
53Ton Pentre2–3Cheltenham Town
54Tooting & Mitcham United2–2Kingstonian
55Tow Law Town4–3Guisborough Town
56V S Rugby5–0Alvechurch
57Walthamstow Avenue1–0Crawley Town
58Wealdstone6–0Dunstable
59Welling United2–1Addlestone & Weybridge Town
60Wellingborough Town1–4Corby Town
61West Auckland Town0–6South Bank
62Whitby Town1–1North Shields
63Wigston Fields1–6Stourbridge
64Willenhall Town3–0Bedworth United
65Wimborne Town1–3Frome Town
66Winsford United2–1Horwich R M I
67Witney Town1–1Poole Town
68Witton Albion4–0Accrington Stanley
69Wokingham Town1–2Bognor Regis Town
70Worksop Town0–3Halesowen Town
71Worthing3–0Lewes
72Wren Rovers2–3Ryhope Community Association

Replays

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1Farnborough Town5–1A F C Totton
4Buckingham Town4–0Aylesbury United
9R S Southampton1–2Chippenham Town
11Merthyr Tydfil3–0Dorchester Town
13Denaby United2–0Droylsden
14Stalybridge Celtic3–1Dudley Town
22Basildon United2–3Harlow Town
26Chesham United1–2Heybridge Swifts
27Fisher Athletic3–1Hitchin Town
28Chelmsford City6–1Hornchurch
30Barry Town3–1Mangotsfield United
34Bath City3–0Minehead
36Gretna2–0Peterlee Newtown
43King's Lynn2–1Saffron Walden Town
44Hungerford Town3–0Salisbury
48Alfreton Town3–0Southport
51Wembley2–2Sudbury Town
54Kingstonian0–4Tooting & Mitcham United
62North Shields2–2Whitby Town
67Poole Town0–0Witney Town

2nd replays

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51Sudbury Town0–3Wembley
62North Shields1–1Whitby Town
67Witney Town3–1Poole Town

3rd replay

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62Whitby Town2–0North Shields

3rd qualifying round

Ties

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1Burscough2–2Alfreton Town
2Burton Albion2–1Willenhall Town
3Canterbury City2–1Worthing
4Chelmsford City1–2Harlow Town
5Chippenham Town1–0Slough Town
6Clevedon Town2–3Witney Town
7Denaby United0–1Marine
8Egham Town0–0Tooting & Mitcham United
9Epsom & Ewell4–5Bognor Regis Town
10Folkestone1–0Walthamstow Avenue
11Formby3–2Chorley
12Frome Town3–1Bath City
13Gateshead1–1Blue Star
14Gloucester City1–3Barry Town
15Goole Town4–2Matlock Town
16Gorleston0–4Aveley
17Grays Athletic2–1Wealdstone
18Gretna0–2Bishop Auckland
19Hednesford Town2–2Witton Albion
20Heybridge Swifts0–0Buckingham Town
21Hungerford Town3–3Farnborough Town
22Kidderminster Harriers3–2Bridgnorth Town
23King's Lynn0–0Corby Town
24Leatherhead1–2Hastings United
25Merthyr Tydfil4–1Cheltenham Town
26Metropolitan Police3–1Welling United
27Nuneaton Borough2–0Gainsborough Trinity
28Oswestry Town1–1Frickley Athletic
29Oxford City1–2Moor Green
30Ryhope Community Association1–1Whitby Town
31Sittingbourne1–1Staines Town
32South Bank1–2Tow Law Town
33Stalybridge Celtic5–0Winsford United
34Stourbridge1–1Halesowen Town
35Tring Town1–1Fisher Athletic
36Wembley1–5V S Rugby

Replays

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1Alfreton Town2–3Burscough
8Tooting & Mitcham United1–0Egham Town
13Blue Star3–1Gateshead
19Witton Albion2–2Hednesford Town
20Buckingham Town1–0Heybridge Swifts
21Farnborough Town4–1Hungerford Town
23Corby Town0–3King's Lynn
28Frickley Athletic2–0Oswestry Town
30Whitby Town5–1Ryhope Community Association
31Staines Town3–0Sittingbourne
34Halesowen Town3–4Stourbridge
35Fisher Athletic5–0Tring Town

2nd replays

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19Witton Albion2–3Hednesford Town

4th qualifying round

The teams given byes to this round were Maidstone United, Worcester City, Barnet, Scarborough, Enfield, Weymouth, Boston United, Dagenham, Kettering Town, Yeovil Town, Dartford, Wycombe Wanderers, Bishop's Stortford, Mossley, Workington, Barking, Penrith, Macclesfield Town, Harrow Borough and Windsor & Eton.

Ties

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1Aveley0–1Dagenham
2Barnet3–1Boston United
3Bishop Auckland1–2Macclesfield Town
4Bishop's Stortford1–0Maidstone United
5Blue Star0–0Burscough
6Bognor Regis Town2–0Frome Town
7Buckingham Town3–1Barking
8Canterbury City0–1Enfield
9Farnborough Town2–1Chippenham Town
10Folkestone2–2Fisher Athletic
11Frickley Athletic5–0Moor Green
12Grays Athletic1–3Dartford
13Harlow Town1–3Metropolitan Police
14Hastings United1–1Staines Town
15Hednesford Town0–4Nuneaton Borough
16Kettering Town1–1Harrow Borough
17Kidderminster Harriers1–1King's Lynn
18Marine0–1Whitby Town
19Merthyr Tydfil1–1Barry Town
20Mossley0–1Goole Town
21Penrith3–2Formby
22Stalybridge Celtic1–0Workington
23Stourbridge1–1V S Rugby
24Tow Law Town1–0Scarborough
25Weymouth3–1Worcester City
26Windsor & Eton5–0Tooting & Mitcham United
27Wycombe Wanderers1–1Burton Albion
28Yeovil Town3–1Witney Town

Replays

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5Burscough0–4Blue Star
10Fisher Athletic2–0Folkestone
14Staines Town2–1Hastings United
16Harrow Borough0–2Kettering Town
17King's Lynn1-0Kidderminster Harriers
19Barry Town1–1Merthyr Tydfil
23V S Rugby2–0Stourbridge
27Burton Albion2–1Wycombe Wanderers

2nd replays

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19Barry Town3–2Merthyr Tydfil

1984–85 FA Cup

See 1984-85 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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