The 2021–22 FA Vase (Known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Vase) was the 48th season of the FA Vase, an annual football competition for teams playing in Levels 9 and 10 (steps 5 & 6) of the English National League System. The competition is played with two qualifying rounds followed by six proper rounds, semi-finals, and the final played at Wembley Stadium. All ties this season were played to a finish on the day. For this season there were no replays in any of the rounds to minimise fixture congestion due to late start of the football season brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. If games finished level after 90 minutes, the match was decided by penalties to find the winner of the tie, apart from the Final where there were 30 minutes extra time (15 minutes each way) followed by penalties if still level after the extra time period.
Calendar Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs remaining New entries this round Prize money winners Prize money losers First round qualifying Saturday, 11 September 2021 203 618 → 415 406 £525 £175 Second round qualifying Saturday, 25 September 2021 182 415 → 233 161 £675 £225 First round proper Saturday, 23 October 2021 105 233 → 128 28 £750 £250 Second round proper Saturday, 20 November 2021 64 128 → 64 23 £825 £275 Third round proper Saturday, 11 December 2021 32 64 → 32 None £1,050 £350 Fourth round proper Saturday, 15 January 2022 16 32 → 16 None £1,875 £625 Fifth round proper Saturday, 12 February 2022 8 16 → 8 None £2,250 £750 Quarter-finals Saturday, 12 March 2022 4 8 → 4 None £4,125 £1,375 Semi-finals Saturday, 2 April 2022 2 4 → 2 None £5,475 £1,825 Final Sunday, 22 May 2022 1 2 → 1 None £30,000 £15,000
First qualifying round The draw was made on 9 July 2021.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Friday, 10 September 2021 7 Washington (10) 0–5 Thornaby (9) 107 131 Eversley & California (10) 3–0 Virginia Water (9) 168 90 St Margaretsbury (9) 0–2 Benfleet (10) 75 144 Canterbury City (9) 5–0 FC Elmstead (10) 90 36 FC Humber United (10) 1–4 Parkgate (10) 116 41 Handsworth (9) 1–2 Golcar United (10) 278 Saturday, 11 September 2021 56 Uttoxeter Town (9) 2–0 Littleton (10) 50 110 Burnham (9) 6–1 Bedford (10) 86 1 Padiham (9) 0–4 North Shields (9) 243 2 Chester-Le-Street Town (10) 1–1 (3–1 p) Jarrow (10) 122 3 Willington (10) 3–2 Tow Law Town (10) 110 4 West Allotment Celtic (9) 5–5 (4–3 p) Steeton (10) 84 5 Carlisle City (10) 1–0 Guisborough Town (9) 146 6 Whitley Bay (9) 3–4 Billingham Synthonia (10) 422 8 Squires Gate (9) 1–1 (3–4 p) Garforth Town (9) 41 9 Newcastle University (10) 1–1 (3–4 p) Heaton Stannington (10) 88 10 Barnoldswick Town (9) 3–3 (9–8 p) AFC Blackpool (10) 253 11 Easington Colliery (10) 2–1 Redcar Athletic (9) 85 12 Campion (10) 3–3 (2–3 p) Newton Aycliffe (9) 100 13 Crook Town (9) 0–2 Eccleshill United (9) 204 14 Sunderland West End (10) 2–3 Cleator Moor Celtic (10) 34 15 Sunderland RCA (9) 1–2 Redcar Town (10) 87 16 Bishop Auckland (9) 2–2 (15–14 p) Ryton & Crawcrook Albion (10) 268 17 Ilkley Town (10) 1–2 Penrith (9) 121 18 Newcastle Benfield (9) 3–2 Ashington (9) 192 19 Silsden (9) 1–2 Albion Sports (9) 117 20 Litherland REMYCA (9) 0–6 Wythenshawe Town (9) 68 21 Avro (9) 2–1 AFC Darwen (10) 85 22 AFC Liverpool (9) 5–3 Charnock Richard (9) 114 23 Athersley Recreation (9) 1–5 Chadderton (10) 121 24 Brigg Town (10) 3–2 Cammell Laird 1907 (10) 269 25 Runcorn Town (9) 4–1 Ashton Town (10) 114 26 FC St Helens (10) w/o South Liverpool (10) NA Walkover for South Liverpool – FC St Helens not accepted into the competition 27 Burscough (9) 2–1 Hallam (10) 106 28 New Mills (10) 1–1 (6–5 p) Armthorpe Welfare (10) 120 29 Bacup Borough (10) 1–0 Penistone Church (9) 122 30 St Helens Town (10) 0–4 Cheadle Heath Nomads (10) 38 31 West Didsbury & Chorlton (10) 3–2 Nostell MW (10) 509 32 Northwich Victoria (9) 1–2 Bury AFC (10) 507 33 Skelmersdale United (9) 9–1 Retford (10) 145 34 Maltby Main (9) 1–1 (5–4 p) Glasshoughton Welfare (10) 75 35 Swallownest (10) 3–1 Bottesford Town (9) 134 37 Selby Town (10) 5–2 Hemsworth Miners Welfare (9) 302 38 Winterton Rangers (9) 3–2 Macclesfield (9) 363 39 Dronfield Town (10) 1–0 Barnton (10) 92 42 Cheadle Town (10) 0–1 Irlam (9) 75 43 Abbey Hey (10) 1–0 Ashton Athletic (9) 72 44 Shifnal Town (9) 5–1 Smethwick Rangers (10) 108 46 Brocton (10) 1–5 Boldmere St. Michaels (9) 89 47 Winsford United (9) 3–1 Stapenhill (10) 145 48 Hinckley LR (9) 3–0 Cradley Town (10) 76 49 Shawbury United (10) 0–4 Romulus (9) 25 50 Lichfield City (9) 2–1 FC Stratford (10) 118 51 Haughmond (9) 2–3 Ashby Ivanhoe (10) 43 52 Wem Town (10) w/o Bilston Town (10) NAWalkover for Bilston Town – Wem Town not accepted into the competition 53 Bewdley Town (9) 2–2 (7–6 p) Hereford Lads Club (9) 109 54 Wellington (10) w/o Nuneaton Griff (10) NA Nuneaton Griff awarded a walkover due to Wellington withdrawing from the Hellenic Football League. 55 Stone Old Alleynians (9) 2–3 Heather St John's (9) 77 57 Atherstone Town (10) 2–1 Abbey Hulton United (10) 282 58 AFC Bridgnorth (10) 2–1 Rocester (10) 55 59 Studley (10) 2–0 Paget Rangers (10) 60 60 Whitchurch Alport (9) 3–0 Tividale (9) 115 61 Coventry Copsewood (10) 2–8 Rugby Town (9) 79 62 Gresley Rovers (9) 7–0 Dudley Sports (10) 205 63 Stafford Town (10) w/o Eccleshall (10) NA Stafford Town awarded a walkover due to Eccleshall withdrawing from the competition. 64 St Martins (10) 0–18 Hinckley AFC (10) 80 65 Bourne Town (10) 1–2 Belper United (10) 115 66 Clipstone (10) 1–1 (4–5 p) St Andrews (10) 59 67 Teversal (10) 0–2 Eastwood Community (9) 81 68 Saffron Dynamo (10) 1–1 (1–4 p) Quorn (9) 61 69 Melton Town (9) P–P West Bridgford (10) NA 70 Sherwood Colliery (9) 1–0 Borrowash Victoria (10) 115 71 Selston (9) 2–1 Barrow Town (10) 122 72 Dunkirk (10) 3–0 AFC Mansfield (9) 63 73 Leicester Nirvana (9) 4–1 Clifton All Whites (10) 18 74 Birstall United (10) 2–2 (6–5 p) Kirby Muxloe (10) 90 75 Hucknall Town (10) 1–3 Gedling MW (10) 192 76 Ingles (10) 4–1 Blackstones (10) 40 77 Boston Town (9) 4–1 Lutterworth Athletic (10) 105 78 Rainworth MW (10) 0–2 Heanor Town (9) 99 79 Deeping Rangers (9) 3–0 Holwell Sports (10) 120 80 Debenham LC (10) 1–1 (4–2 p) Peterborough Northern Star (9) 53 81 Eynesbury Rovers (9) 2–0 Huntingdon Town (10) 147 82 Wisbech St Mary (10) 0–6 Great Yarmouth Town (10) 49 83 Godmanchester Rovers (9) 6–1 FC Parson Drove (10) 75 84 Walsham-le-Willows (9) A–A March Town United (9) 100 Match abandoned tied 0–0, due to a supporter requiring an ambulance. 86 Brimsdown (10) 0–1 Barkingside (10) 133 87 Whitton United (9) 4–3 Enfield Borough (10) 45 88 Takeley (9) 2–0 Frenford (10) 85 89 Long Melford (9) 3–0 Little Oakley (9) 96 91 Newbury Forest (10) 1–0 Haverhill Borough (10) 45 92 Halstead Town (10) 1–2 Potton United (9) 201 94 Walthamstow (9) 0–0 (3–4 p) Hadleigh United (9) 84 95 Woodbridge Town (9) 1–1 (4–5 p) Woodford Town (9) 129 96 Hoddesdon Town (9) 5–2 FC Clacton (9) 83 97 Biggleswade United (9) 0–8 Southend Manor (9) 45 98 Maccabi London Lions (10) 2–1 St. Panteleimon (9) 46 99 Stotfold (10) 1–5 White Ensign (9) 165 101 Park View (10) 2–2 (1–3 p) Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 23 102 Harwich & Parkeston (10) 1–2 Ipswich Wanderers (10) 120 103 Brantham Athletic (9) 1–2 Holland (10) 48