The 2025–26 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 145th edition of the FA Cup, the world's oldest association football single knockout competition, organised by The Football Association, the governing body for the sport in England. 655 teams in the 5th to 9th tier of English football competed across six rounds for 32 spots in the 2025–26 FA Cup first round proper.
Eligibility The qualifying rounds are the point of entry into the FA Cup for all "non-League" teams—teams below the top four tiers of English football, and therefore outside the English Football League (EFL). These teams compete in leagues below the EFL which constitute the National League System. The number of teams entered in the FA Cup overall is 747, a rise from 745 teams in 2024–25.
Calendar Round Main date Leagues entering this round New entries this round Winners from the previous round Number of fixtures Prize fund Losing club Winning club Extra preliminary round 2 August 2025 Level 9Level 8(32 newly promoted clubs and95 lowest ranked clubs by points per game from 24/25) 446 None 223 £375 £1,125 Preliminary round 16 August 2025 Level 8(Remaining clubs) 49 223 136 £481 £1,444 First qualifying round 30 August 2025 Level 7 88 136 112 £750 £2,250 Second qualifying round 13 September 2025 National League NorthNational League South 48 112 80 £1,125 £3,375 Third qualifying round 27 September 2025 None 0 80 40 £1,875 £5,625 Fourth qualifying round 11 October 2025 National League 24 40 32 £3,125 £9,375
Extra preliminary round The draw for the extra preliminary round was made on 4 July 2025.
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Friday 1 August 2025 6 Pickering Town (9) 3–2 Penrith (9) 220 35 Bootle (8) 4–0 1874 Northwich (9) 508 55 Stone Old Alleynians (9) 0–2 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 154 106 Enfield (8) 0–0 Wormley Rovers (9) 209 Match played at Harlow Town 129 Roman Glass St George (9) 7–0 Nailsea & Tickenham (9) 135 Match played at Mangotsfield United 49 Belper United (9) 2–1 Uttoxeter Town (9) 120 136 Wokingham Town (9) 3–2 Brislington (9) 391 Saturday 2 August 2025 198 Hamworthy Recreation (9) 1–2 Hartley Wintney (8) 125 151 Guernsey (9) 1–1 Bedfont Sports (8) 786 1 Redcar Athletic (8) 2–0 North Ferriby (8) 310 2 Bishop Auckland (8) 2–2 Whickham (9) 397 3 Blyth Town (8) 1–2 Horden Community Welfare (9) 259 4 West Allotment Celtic (9) 1–1 Northallerton Town (9) 76 5 Thornaby (9) 3–2 Tadcaster Albion (9) 172 7 Garforth Town (8) 2–3 West Auckland Town (9) 261 8 Easington Colliery (9) 3–1 Boro Rangers (9) 103 9 Marske United (9) 2–0 Carlisle City (9) 169 10 Newcastle Benfield (9) 2–3 Pontefract Collieries (8) 144 11 North Shields (9) 0–2 Newcastle Blue Star (9) 587 12 Knaresborough Town (9) 0–0 Bridlington Town (8) 240 13 Shildon (9) 3–1 Ashington (8) 138 Match played at Consett 14 Birtley Town (9) 3–1 Beverley Town (9) 199 15 Guisborough Town (9) 2–2 Consett (8) 283 16 Whitley Bay (9) 0–1 Heaton Stannington (8) 786 17 Crook Town (9) 1–3 Kendal Town (9) 282 18 Brighouse Town (8) 1–0 Frickley Athletic (9) 151 19 Wythenshawe Town (8) 2–4 Prestwich Heys (9) 250 21 Witton Albion (8) 4–1 Cheadle Town (9) 332 22 Golcar United (9) 1–2 Ramsbottom United (9) 314 23 Pilkington (9) 2–2 Longridge Town (9) 137 24 Trafford (8) 2–1 Barnoldswick Town (9) 404 25 Parkgate (9) 1–0 Eccleshill United (9) 96 26 Glossop North End (9) 1–1 FC St Helens (9) 248 27 Charnock Richard (9) 1–0 Burscough (9) 192 28 Abbey Hey (9) 1–1 AFC Liverpool (9) 164 29 City of Liverpool (9) 2–1 Euxton Villa (9) 161 30 Bury (8) 6–0 South Liverpool (9) 1,873 31 Chadderton (9) 2–1 Stockport Town (9) 270 33 Handsworth (9) 1–4 Silsden (8) 169 34 Winsford United (9) 1–1 West Didsbury & Chorlton (9) 513 36 Farsley Celtic (9) W/O Atherton Collieries (8) NA 37 Irlam (9) 4–0 Thackley (9) 170 38 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 1–0 Mossley (8) 355 39 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (9) 1–0 Ossett United (8) 280 40 Horbury Town (9) 0–0 Wombwell Town (9) 260 41 Penistone Church (9) 1–4 Padiham (9) 357 42 Liversedge (9) 0–3 Wythenshawe (9) 165 43 Runcorn Linnets (8) 1–0 Clitheroe (8) 574 44 Whitchurch Alport (9) 4–0 Litherland REMYCA (9) 170 45 Sheffield (9) 1–1 Albion Sports (9) 344 46 Westfields (9) 2–4 Atherstone Town (9) 260 47 Heanor Town (9) 1–3 Dudley Town (9) 181 48 Hinckley (9) 4–2 Highgate United (9) 203 50 Tividale (9) 1–3 Clay Cross Town (9) 113 51 Stafford Rangers (8) 0–1 Lutterworth Town (9) 517 52 Coton Green (9) 2–1 Rugby Town (8) 260 53 Coleshill Town (8) 2–1 Nuneaton Town (9) 410 54 Romulus (9) 0–2 Coventry Sphinx (8) 100 56 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 1–0 Rugby Borough (8) 113 57 Bedworth United (8) 2–1 Brocton (9) 144 58 Pershore Town (9) 2–1 Darlaston Town (1874) (8) 196 59 Racing Club Warwick (8) 2–1 Droitwich Spa (9) 404 60 Shifnal Town (8) 0–1 Coventry United (9) 193 61 Hanley Town (9) 3–1 Lichfield City (8) 130 62 Boldmere St. Michaels (8) 1–3 Abbey Hulton United (9) 162 63 Newcastle Town (8) 4–0 Stourport Swifts (9) 129 64 Hereford Pegasus (9) 0–2 Lye Town (9) 107 65 AFC Wolverhampton City (9) 2–3 Shepshed Dynamo (8) 144 66 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 2–2 Studley (9) 221 67 Eastwood (9) 2–2 Gresley Rovers (9) 119 68 Worcester Raiders (9) 1–0 Ashby Ivanhoe (9) 228 69 Grantham Town (9) 1–2 Newark Town (9) 411 70 Blackstones (9) 2–1 AFC Mansfield (9) 112 71 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 0–1 Grimsby Borough (8) 413 72 Sherwood Colliery (9) 4–1 Bugbrooke St Michaels (9) 89 73 Aylestone Park (9) 1–4 Northampton Sileby Rangers (9) 180 74 Daventry Town (9) 3–2 Leicester Nirvana (9) 146 75 GNG Oadby Town (9) 1–4 Newark & Sherwood United (9) 61 76 Bottesford Town (9) 3–0 Melton Town (9) 148 77 Harrowby United (9) 1–2 Bourne Town (8) 178 78 Loughborough Students (8) 1–1 Barton Town (9) 226 Match played at Barton Town 79 Hucknall Town (9) 3–2 Yaxley (9) 235 80 Boston Town (9) 2–0 Kimberley Miners Welfare (9) 121 81 Lincoln United (8) 3–0 Northampton ON Chenecks (9) 130 82 Skegness Town (9) 2–0 Godmanchester Rovers (9) 138 83 Rossington Main (9) 4–1 Moulton (9) 129 84 Deeping Rangers (9) 0–3 Wellingborough Town (8) 205 85 Harleston Town (9) 2–4 Walsham-le-Willows (9) 145 86 Heacham (9) 1–2 Newmarket Town (8) 167 87 Ipswich Wanderers (9) 2–1 Lakenheath (9) 77 88 Mulbarton Wanderers (9) 3–1 Dereham Town (9) 153 89 Cornard United (9) 2–2 Woodbridge Town (9) 90 90 Gorleston (8) 5–1 Hadleigh United (9) 102 91 Fakenham Town (9) 1–1 Wroxham (8) 220 92 Kirkley & Pakefield (9) 0–1 Cambridge City (8) 157 93 Haverhill Rovers (9) 3–2 Wisbech Town (9) 134 94 Stowmarket Town (9) 1–2 Ely City (9) 306 95 March Town United (9) 0–0 Soham Town Rangers (9) 298 96 Mildenhall Town (8) 1–1 Downham Town (8) 175 97 St Neots Town (8) 7–1 Great Yarmouth Town (9) 298 98 Histon (9) 2–2 Thetford Town (9) 231 99 Ware (8) 5–0 AFC Welwyn (9) 216 100 Witham Town (8) 1–1 Frenford (9) 182 101 Baldock Town (9) 1–1 Little Oakley (9) 135 102 Kempston Rovers (9) 1–5 Arlesey Town (9) 109 103 Barking (9) 1–2 Grays Athletic (8) 131 104 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 5–0 Buckhurst Hill (9) 442 105 White Ensign (9) 0–2 Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 152 107 Leighton Town (8) 1–1 Benfleet (9) 505 108 Milton Keynes Irish (8) 3–2 Heybridge Swifts (8) 227 109 Saffron Walden Town (9) 1–1 Harlow Town (9) 328 110 Hullbridge Sports (9) 3–1 Basildon United (9) 184 111 Stanway Rovers (8) 1–0 Romford (9) 122 112 Takeley (8) 5–2 Crawley Green (9) 131 113 Biggleswade (8) 2–2 Welwyn Garden City (8) 155 114 Colney Heath (9) 0–4 Woodford Town (9) 137 115 Dunstable Town (9) 1–3 Great Wakering Rovers (9) 257 116 Harwich & Parkeston (9) 2–4 AFC Dunstable (8) 390 117 Eynesbury Rovers (9) 4–1 Potton United (9) 137 118 Walthamstow (8) 1–1 Brantham Athletic (8) 182 119 Tring Athletic (9) 5–0 West Essex (9) 169 120 Stotfold (8) 0–4 Redbridge (8) 175 121 Cockfosters (9) 2–2 Kings Langley (9) 205 122 Harpenden Town (9) 1–1 Concord Rangers (8) 217 123 Haringey Borough (9) 3–1 Halstead Town (9) 271 124 Biggleswade United (9) 5–1 Newport Pagnell Town (9) 173 125 Leverstock Green (8) 0–1 Ilford (9) 97 126 Hertford Town (8) 3–1 London Lions (8) 224 127 Binfield (8) 4–1 Winslow United (9) 131 128 Longlevens (9) 1–5 Fairford Town (9) 221 130 Aylesbury Vale Dynamos (9) 1–1 Abingdon United (9) 195 131 Cinderford Town (9) 0–1 Amersham Town (9) 165 132 Burnham (9) 3–2 Holyport (9) 112 133 Cirencester Town (9) 0–0 Reading City (9) 144 134 Hartpury (8) 1–2 Tuffley Rovers (9) 93 135 Portishead Town (8) 4–3 Windsor & Eton (9) 241 137 Hallen (9) 1–0 Highworth Town (9) 55 138 Kidlington (9) 0–0 Clevedon Town (9) 157 139 Oldland Abbotonians (9) 2–0 Wallingford & Crowmarsh (9) 94 140 Ardley United (9) 1–0 Aylesbury United (8) 137 141 Lydney Town (9) 3–3 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (9) 177 142 Thornbury Town (9) 2–2 Virginia Water (9) 116 143 North Leigh (9) 1–2 Risborough Rangers (9) 78 144 Milton United (9) 0–6 Didcot Town (8) 509 Match played at Didcot Town