The 2005–06 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 125th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 674 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 13 from the previous season's 661.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 11) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. South Western Football League was the only level 11 league represented in the Cup, seven clubs from the South Western Football League were the lowest-ranked clubs in competition. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First round proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Calendar Round Start date Leagues entering at this round New entries this round Winners from previous round Number of fixtures Prize money Extra preliminary round 20 August 2005 Levels 9-11 172 none 86 £500 Preliminary round 27 August 2005 Level 8 278 86 182 £1,000 First qualifying round 10 September 2005 Level 7 66 182 124 £2,250 Second qualifying round 24 September 2005 Conference NorthConference South 44 124 84 £3,750 Third qualifying round 8 October 2005 none none 84 42 £5,000 Fourth qualifying round 22 October 2005 Conference Premier 22 42 32 £10,000
Extra preliminary round Matches played on Friday/Saturday/Sunday 19 to 21 August 2005. 172 clubs from Level 9, Level 10 and Level 11 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition, while other 189 clubs from levels 9-11 get a bye to the preliminary round.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Newcastle Benfield (Bay Plastics) (9) 2–4 Bedlington Terriers (9) 153 2 Bacup Borough (9) 0–5 Pickering Town (9) 60 3 Jarrow Roofing BCA (9) 0–4 Sheffield (9) 66 4 Blackpool Mechanics (10) 1–2 Newcastle Blue Star (9) 80 5 Nelson (10) 2–4 Retford United (10) 106 6 Esh Winning (9) 4–4 Ashington (9) 59 Ashington (9) 4–1 Esh Winning (9) 165 7 Prudhoe Town (10) 1–3 Horden Colliery Welfare (9) 32 8 Skelmersdale United (9) 1–0 Liversedge (9) 132 9 Curzon Ashton (9) 2–1 Darwen (10) 194 10 Oldham Town (10) 1–0 Morpeth Town (9) 65 11 Guisborough Town (10) 1–1 Great Harwood Town (10) 77 Great Harwood Town (10) Guisborough Town (10) 92 12 Cheadle Town (10) 3–1 Abbey Hey (9) 61 13 Brandon United (9) 0–5 Billingham Synthonia (9) 71 14 Tow Law Town (9) 2–0 Squires Gate (9) 115 15 Formby (9) 1–1 Consett (9) 70 Consett (9) 5–1 Formby (9) 97 16 Winsford United (10) 1–1 Alsager Town (9) 99 Alsager Town (9) 0–1 Winsford United (10) 120 17 Flixton (10) 1–2 Hebburn Town (10) 64 18 Rossington Main (10) 1–1 Garforth Town (9) 79 Garforth Town (9) 3–0 Rossington Main (10) 88 19 Cammell Laird (9) 4–1 West Allotment Celtic (9) 130 20 West Auckland Town (9) 2–1 Shildon (9) 125 21 Winterton Rangers (10) 1–0 North Shields (10) 56 22 Studley (9) 1–3 Oadby Town (9) 79 23 Sutton Town (9) 5–1 Loughborough Dynamo (9) 108 24 Stourbridge (9) 3–0 Glossop North End (9) 211 25 Borrowash Victoria (10) 1–1 Ford Sports Daventry (9) 79 Ford Sports Daventry (9) 1–2 Borrowash Victoria (10) 50 26 Long Eaton United (9) 2–1 Quorn (9) 93 27 Congleton Town (9) 2–0 Romulus (9) 148 28 Norton United (10) 1–0 Alvechurch (9) 60 29 Shirebrook Town (9) 2–3 Teversal (10) 183 30 Oldbury United (9) 2–1 Racing Club Warwick (9) 72 31 Witham Town (9) 1–0 Hadleigh United (10) 51 32 Hullbridge Sports (9) 2–5 Wisbech Town (9) 70 33 Chalfont St Peter (9) 1–0 Buckingham Town (9) 67 34 Brook House (9) 1–1 Leiston (9) 77 Leiston (9) 1–3 Brook House (9) 122 35 Wembley (9) 0–2 St Neots Town (9) 87 36 Aylesbury Vale (9) 2–2 Kirkley (9) 105 Kirkley (9) 0–3 Aylesbury Vale (9) 191 37 Ware (9) 2–0 Sporting Bengal United (9) 207 38 Concord Rangers (9) 0–1 Kingsbury Town (9) 53 39 Harpenden Town (9) 2–1 Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 61 40 Soham Town Rangers (9) 2–1 Yaxley (9) 151 41 Stanway Rovers (10) 4–1 Norwich United (9) 80 42 Fakenham Town (10) 2–0 Long Buckby (9) 86 43 Gorleston (10) 2–4 North Greenford United (9) 84
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 44 Haringey Borough (9) 0–3 Felixstowe & Walton United (10) 73 45 Bowers & Pitsea (9) 2–2 Stotfold (9) 68 Stotfold (9) Bowers & Pitsea (9) 95 46 London APSA (9) 0–2 Halstead Town (9) 94 47 Broxbourne Borough V & E (9) 1–4 Holmer Green (9) 28 48 Eton Manor (9) 0–1 Leverstock Green (9) 35 49 St Margaretsbury (9) 2–1 St Ives Town (9) 60 50 Wootton Blue Cross (9) 2–0 Desborough Town (9) 67 51 Romford (9) 1–3 Waltham Abbey (9) 107 52 Biggleswade United (9) 6–0 Haverhill Rovers (10) 86 53 Harefield United (9) 2–3 Langford (9) 33 54 Southend Manor (9) 0–1 Woodford United (9) 34 55 Woodbridge Town (9) 3–3 Lowestoft Town (9) 121 Lowestoft Town (9) 5–0 Woodbridge Town (9) 238 56 Saffron Walden Town (10) 1–1 Flackwell Heath (9) 102 Flackwell Heath (9) 3–1 Saffron Walden Town (10) 82 57 Erith Town (9) 0–3 Hassocks (9) 46 58 Thamesmead Town (9) 2–4 Abingdon United (9) 38 59 Saltdean United (10) 0–0 Wantage Town (9) 47 Wantage Town (9) 0–2 Saltdean United (10) 86 60 AFC Totton (9) 5–0 Milton United (9) 80 61 Eastbourne United Association (9) 1–2 Ash United (9) 68 62 Hythe Town (9) 4–1 Raynes Park Vale (9) 116 63 Moneyfields (9) 6–1 Abingdon Town (9) 67 64 Fareham Town (9) 0–0 Selsey (10) 90 Selsey (10) 3–2 Fareham Town (9) 250 65 Gosport Borough (9) 6–1 Sandhurst Town (9) 138 66 East Grinstead Town (10) 0–7 VCD Athletic (9) 73 67 AFC Newbury (9) 2–2 Farnham Town (9) 95 Farnham Town (9) 2–3 AFC Newbury (9) 90 68 Erith & Belvedere (9) 4–2 Hamble ASSC (9) 99 69 Lancing (10) 1–2 Whitehawk (9) 95 70 Westfield (9) 1–2 Godalming Town (9) 61 71 Chichester City United (9) 1–2 East Preston (9) 48 72 Sidley United (9) 3–1 Pagham (10) 205 73 Sevenoaks Town (9) 4–2 Chertsey Town (9) 133 74 Andover (9) 4–4 Didcot Town (9) 190 Didcot Town (9) 2–0 Andover (9) 292 75 Hungerford Town (9) 0–4 North Leigh (9) 71 76 Horsham YMCA (9) 1–0 Hailsham Town (9) 80 77 Three Bridges (9) 2–0 Shoreham (9) 55 78 Westbury United (10) 2–1 Newquay (11) 78 79 Willand Rovers (9) 0–1 Hamworthy United (9) 167 80 Tuffley Rovers (9) 0–0 Elmore (10) 45 Elmore (10) 1–0 Tuffley Rovers (9) 74 81 Bishop's Cleeve (9) 1–0 Corsham Town (9) 124 82 Hallen (9) 3–0 Porthleven (11) 78 83 Calne Town (9) 0–2 Shortwood United (9) 56 84 Minehead Town (10) 1–2 Almondsbury Town (9) 49 85 Slimbridge (9) 0–1 Wimborne Town (9) 131 86 Odd Down (9) 2–0 Portland United (9) 50
Preliminary round Matches played on weekend of Saturday 27 August 2005. A total of 364 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 86 winners from the extra preliminary round, 189 clubs from Levels 9–11, who get a bye in the extra preliminary round and 89 entering at this stage from the four divisions at Level 8 of English football. The round featured five clubs from Level 11 (all from the South Western Football League) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.