The 2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 132nd 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 758 clubs were accepted for the competition, down five from the previous season's 763.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) 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. The 32 winning clubs from fourth qualifying round progressed to the First round proper, where League clubs tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Calendar and prizes The calendar for the 2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the FA.
Round Main date Leagues entering at this round New entries this round Winners from previous round Number of fixtures Prize money Extra preliminary round 11 August 2012 Levels 9-10 400 none 200 £1,000 Preliminary round 25 August 2012 Level 8 132 200 166 £1,750 First qualifying round 8 September 2012 Level 7 66 166 116 £3,000 Second qualifying round 22 September 2012 Conference NorthConference South 44 116 80 £4,500 Third qualifying round 6 October 2012 none none 80 40 £7,500 Fourth qualifying round 20 October 2012 Conference Premier 24 40 32 £12,500 For the next rounds look 2012–13 FA Cup
Extra preliminary round Extra preliminary round ties were played on Friday (10 August), Saturday (11 August) and Sunday (12 August). Replays were played on Monday (13 August), Tuesday (14 August) and Wednesday (15 August). The relative immediacy of the replays was due to there only being two weeks between consecutive rounds of the competition. 400 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Dunston UTS (9) 2–0 Armthorpe Welfare (9) 175 2 Liversedge (9) 2–4 West Auckland Town (9) 237 3 Crook Town (10) 2–1 Penrith (9) 102 4 Thackley (9) 1–3 Hebburn Town (9) 99 5 Jarrow Roofing BCA (10) 1–1 Pickering Town (9) 38 Pickering Town (9) 2–4 Jarrow Roofing BCA (10) 152 6 Newton Aycliffe (9) 1–1 Holker Old Boys (10) 136 Holker Old Boys (10) 3–0 Newton Aycliffe (9) 101 7 Tadcaster Albion (9) 1–1 Consett (9) 123 Consett (9) 2–3 Tadcaster Albion (9) 140 8 Ashington (9) 1–1 Sunderland RCA (9) 230 Sunderland RCA (9) 1–2 Ashington (9) 133 9 Chester-Le-Street Town (10) 0–0 Billingham Town (9) 76 Billingham Town (9) 1–0 Chester-le-Street Town (10) 88 10 South Shields (9) 0–0 Darlington Railway Athletic (10) 106 Darlington Railway Athletic (10) 5–6 South Shields (9) 107 11 Northallerton Town (10) 4–5 Guisborough Town (9) 118 12 Billingham Synthonia (9) 0–1 Celtic Nation (9) 153 13 Marske United (9) 1–0 Stokesley Sports Club (10) 160 14 North Shields (10) 1–1 Birtley Town (10) 146 Birtley Town (10) 2–0 North Shields (10) 174 15 Durham City (9) 2–1 Newcastle Benfield (9) 102 16 Washington (10) 0–3 Esh Winning (10) 64 17 Tow Law Town (10) 0–2 Bishop Auckland (9) 136 18 Eccleshill United (10) 4–2 Glasshoughton Welfare (9) 28 19 Spennymoor Town (9) 1–0 Scarborough Athletic (9) 365 20 Bedlington Terriers (9) 2–1 Morpeth Town (10) 101 21 Pontefract Collieries (10) 2–2 Norton & Stockton Ancients (9) 88 Norton & Stockton Ancients (9) 5–2 Pontefract Collieries (10) 73 22 Silsden (9) 2–3 Brighouse Town (9) 123 23 Whitehaven (10) 0–3 Shildon (9) 84 24 West Allotment Celtic (10) 2–1 Selby Town (10) 85 25 Bridlington Town (9) 1–2 Whitley Bay (9) 206 26 Daisy Hill (10) 0–5 Formby (10) 60 27 AFC Blackpool (9) 3–6 AFC Liverpool (9) 92 28 Dinnington Town (10) 0–2 Atherton Collieries (10) 102 29 Irlam (10) 5–3 Hallam (10) 102 30 Bootle (9) 4–1 Alsager Town (9) 111 31 Maine Road (9) 3–0 Squires Gate (9) 85 32 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (10) 4–2 Rossington Main (10) 38 33 St. Helens Town (9) 1–5 Abbey Hey (10) 62 34 Padiham (9) 1–0 Wigan Robin Park (9) 135 35 Hemsworth Miners Welfare (10) 1–1 Runcorn Linnets (9) 197 Runcorn Linnets (9) Hemsworth Miners Welfare (10) 281 36 Colne (9) 0–0 Congleton Town (9) 66 Congleton Town (9) 5–2 Colne (9) 111 37 Stockport Sports (9) 0–0 Ashton Athletic (9) 53 Ashton Athletic (9) 2–1 Stockport Sports (9) 70 38 Cheadle Town (10) 1–1 Maltby Main (9) 52 Maltby Main (9) 1–0 Cheadle Town (10) 92 39 Parkgate (9) 2–3 Runcorn Town (9) 94 40 AFC Emley (10) 0–2 Chadderton (10) 152 41 Staveley Miners Welfare (9) 2–1 Hall Road Rangers (9) 102 42 Nostell Miners Welfare (9) 0–1 Winsford United (9) 54 43 Barton Town Old Boys (9) 2–0 Barnoldswick Town (9) 80 44 Winterton Rangers (9) 0–3 Bacup Borough (9) 49 45 Shepshed Dynamo (9) 0–3 Heanor Town (9) 162 46 Long Eaton United (9) 0–1 Dunkirk (9) 150 47 Blackstones (9) 5–1 Barrow Town (10) 71 48 Spalding United (9) 1–2 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic (10) 48 49 Arnold Town (9) 0–2 Holbeach United (9) 105 50 Shirebrook Town (10) 0–1 Kirby Muxloe (9) 82 51 Boston Town (9) 0–2 Quorn (9) 106 52 Glossop North End (9) 0–0 Louth Town (10) 192 Louth Town (10) 1–2 Glossop North End (9) 123 53 Retford United (9) 2–1 Bardon Hill (10) 100 54 Oadby Town (10) 3–1 Anstey Nomads (10) 175 55 Holbrook Sports (10) 3–1 Deeping Rangers (9) 70 56 Thurnby Nirvana (10) 4–2 Lincoln Moorlands Railway (9) 47 57 St. Andrews (10) 1–2 Borrowash Victoria (10) 86 58 Sleaford Town (9) 2–0 Holwell Sports (10) 113 59 Teversal (10) 1–2 Loughborough University (9) 74 60 Causeway United (9) 1–1 Continental Star (9) 94 Continental Star (9) 3–0 Causeway United (9) 71 61 Norton United (9) 2–2 Alvechurch (9) 94 Alvechurch (9) 1–2 Norton United (9) 80 62 Highgate United (9) 1–1 Wellington (10) 53 Wellington (10) Highgate United (9) 64 63 Coleshill Town (9) 1–1 AFC Wulfrunians (10) 53 AFC Wulfrunians (10) 3–2 Coleshill Town (9) 64 Bloxwich United (10) 2–3 Studley (9) 51 65 Brocton (10) 2–2 Bewdley Town (10) 71 Bewdley Town (10) 1–0 Brocton (10) 51 66 Dudley Sports (10) 2–2 Heath Hayes (9) 62 Heath Hayes (9) 2–1 Dudley Sports (10) 85 67 Boldmere St. Michaels (9) 1–3 Bridgnorth Town (9) 53 68 Pilkington XXX (10) 5–4 Atherstone Town (10) 95 69 Stone Dominoes (9) 0–3 Rocester (9) 70 70 Dudley Town (10) 4–1 Southam United (10) 77 71 Eccleshall (10) 0–1 Stourport Swifts (9) 68 72 Lye Town (10) 2–2 Bartley Green (10) 145 Bartley Green (10) 1–2 Lye Town (10) 73 Cradley Town (10) 3–0 Shifnal Town (10) 56 74 Tipton Town (9) 0–1 Wolverhampton Casuals (10) 84 75 Ellesmere Rangers (9) 0–4 Coventry Sphinx (9) 51 76 Gornal Athletic (9) 4–0 Malvern Town (10) 60 77 Earlswood Town (10) 3–3 Nuneaton Griff (10) 50 Nuneaton Griff (10) 3–1 Earlswood Town (10) 71 78 Shawbury United (10) 2–4 Westfields (9) 57 79 Pegasus Juniors (10) 2–1 Long Buckby (9) 74 80 Tividale (9) 5–2 Stratford Town (9) 117 81 Willenhall Town (10) 1–1 Sporting Khalsa (10) 72 Sporting Khalsa (10) 3–2 Willenhall Town (10) 71 82 Godmanchester Rovers (9) 2–1 Thetford Town (9) 106 83 Irchester United (9) 0–1 Huntingdon Town (9) 67 84 Ely City (9) 7–1 Rothwell Corinthians (10) 87 85 Peterborough Northern Star (9) 5–1 Wellingborough Whitworth (10) 110 86 Dereham Town (9) 3–1 Stewarts & Lloyds Corby (9) 108 87 Rushden & Higham United (10) 1–3 Bugbrooke St. Michaels (10) 62 88 Fakenham Town (10) 0–1 St. Ives Town (9) 151 89 Thrapston Town (10) 2–0 Cogenhoe United (9) 125 90 Wellingborough Town (9) 2–1 March Town United (10) 94 91 Wisbech Town (9) 1–1 Desborough Town (9) 80 Desborough Town (9) 2–5 Wisbech Town (9) 120 92 Northampton Spencer (10) 1–1 Yaxley (9) 80 Yaxley (9) 3–1 Northampton Spencer (10) 71 93 Brantham Athletic (9) 1–0 Mildenhall Town (9) 53 94 Wivenhoe Town (9) 1–1 Haverhill Rovers (9) 115 Haverhill Rovers (9) 2–0 Wivenhoe Town (9) 75 95 FC Clacton (9) 1–3 Halstead Town (10) 126 96 Felixstowe & Walton United (9) 3–1 Team Bury (10) 99