1959–60 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1959–60 is the 79th 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 30 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

1959–60 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
Country England
 Wales

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Aveley 1–2 Leytonstone
2 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 2–2 Ramsgate Athletic
3 Bideford 4–3 Tavistock
4 Bilston 3–2 Lockheed Leamington
5 Bognor Regis Town 1–2 Eastbourne
6 Brentwood & Warley 1–2 Tilbury
7 Bromley 5–0 Redhill
8 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 Stafford Rangers
9 Brush Sports 2–1 Long Eaton United
10 Chatham Town 0–3 Sheppey United
11 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Lovells Athletic
12 Crawley Town 6–1 Southwick
13 Droylsden 2–1 Darwen
14 Erith & Belvedere 0–2 Tonbridge
15 Ford United 1–2 Hendon
16 Hayes 2–1 Wealdstone
17 Horsham 1–3 Hastings United
18 Lancing Athletic 2–1 Newhaven
19 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Arundel
20 Lostock Gralam 0–1 Linotype & Machinery
21 Maidenhead United 4–1 Huntley & Palmers
22 Metropolitan Police 1–3 Carshalton Athletic
23 Nelson 0–0 Ashton United
24 New Brighton 1–0 Marine
25 Rossendale United 4–4 Lytham
26 Skelmersdale United 0–0 Mossley
27 South Liverpool 3–4 Pwllheli & District
28 St Helens Town 0–2 Earlestown
29 Stockton Heath 0–3 Congleton Town
30 Stork 1–2 Runcorn
31 Walton & Hersham 0–2 Kingstonian
32 Wimbledon 6–0 Dorking
33 Windsor & Eton 2–3 Aylesbury United
34 Winsford United 0–3 Northwich Victoria
35 Witney Town 0–1 Oxford City
36 Witton Albion 3–3 Stalybridge Celtic
37 Woking 3–0 Epsom
38 Wokingham Town 5–2 Slough Town
39 Worthing 3–1 Eastbourne United

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Ramsgate Athletic 0–1 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
23 Ashton United 1–2 Nelson
25 Lytham 2–1 Rossendale United
26 Mossley 3–0 Skelmersdale United
36 Stalybridge Celtic 1–2 Witton Albion

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abingdon Town 1–1 Maidenhead United
2 Altrincham 7–1 Droylsden
3 Andover 0–0 Gosport Borough Athletic
4 Aylesbury United 1–4 Oxford City
5 Bangor City 3–2 New Brighton
6 Barking 0–1 Leytonstone
7 Barnstaple Town w/o-scr Newquay
8 Basingstoke Town 5–2 Alton Town
9 Bexleyheath & Welling 5–1 Sittingbourne
10 Billingham Synthonia 3–5 Murton Colliery Welfare
11 Bourne Town 4–1 Louth United
12 Bridgwater Town 2–1 Minehead
13 Brierley Hill Alliance 2–2 Rugby Town
14 Brigg Town 1–1 Ashby Institute
15 Burton Albion 1–4 Nuneaton Borough
16 Buxton 4–1 Linotype & Machinery
17 Canterbury City 1–0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
18 Carshalton Athletic 2–4 Kingstonian
19 Chatteris Town 1–2 March Town United
20 Cinderford Town 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil
21 Clapton 2–4 Hornchurch & Upminster
22 Congleton Town 0–3 Northwich Victoria
23 Consett 2–1 Evenwood Town
24 Cowes 2–0 Newport I O W
25 Cradley Heath 0–5 Stourbridge
26 Dagenham 1–1 Walthamstow Avenue
27 Dartford 4–1 Sheppey United
28 Deal Town 0–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
29 Devizes Town 3–2 Chippenham United
30 Dover 0–0 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
31 Earlestown 5–2 Pwllheli & District
32 Ebbw Vale 2–2 Barry Town
33 Edgware Town 0–1 Hendon
34 Ely City 0–3 Cambridge United
35 Evesham United 2–0 Bedworth Town
36 Farsley Celtic 5–2 Upton Colliery
37 Ferryhill Athletic 0–0 Bridlington Town
38 Fleetwood 2–2 Clitheroe
39 Frickley Colliery 1–0 East End Park W M C
40 Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 Alford United
41 Glastonbury 2–1 Street
42 Gloucester City 1–3 Cheltenham Town
43 Gorleston 2–2 Diss Town
44 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–0 Tonbridge
45 Grays Athletic 2–1 Tilbury
46 Gresley Rovers 2–2 Atherstone Town
47 Halesowen Town 2–4 Bilston
48 Hastings United 4–1 Bexhill Town
49 Haywards Heath 3–3 Eastbourne
50 Hertford Town 7–0 Cheshunt
51 Hinckley Athletic 0–1 Brush Sports
52 Histon 1–4 Cambridge City
53 Hoddesdon Town 2–0 St Albans City
54 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–2 North Shields
55 Horwich R M I 1–2 Bacup Borough
56 Hounslow Town 6–0 Wembley
57 Ilford 4–1 Rainham Town
58 Kidderminster Harriers 7–1 Bourneville Athletic
59 Lancaster City 2–4 Burscough
60 Lancing Athletic 2–3 Arundel
61 Letchworth Town 5–0 Dunstable Town
62 Lowestoft Town 6–2 Sheringham
63 Macclesfield 2–3 Ellesmere Port Town
64 Marlow 0–3 Banbury Spencer
65 Melksham Town 2–4 Trowbridge Town
66 Milnthorpe Corinthians 0–3 Netherfield
67 Moor Green 2–4 Bromsgrove Rovers
68 Mossley 2–1 Chorley
69 Nelson 2–2 Lytham
70 Newmarket Town 1–4 Clacton Town
71 Norton Woodseats 2–1 Boots Athletic
72 Penrith 1–0 Morecambe
73 Penzance 3–5 Bideford
74 Portland United 2–3 Salisbury
75 Prescot Cables 4–0 Flint Town United
76 Retford Town 2–2 Heanor Town
77 Romford 1–3 Finchley
78 Runcorn 3–2 Llandudno
79 Rushden Town 3–2 Stamford
80 Scarborough 2–2 Ashington
81 Selby Town 1–3 Denaby United
82 Sheffield 2–3 Worksop Town
83 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 1–1 Sutton Town
84 Shotton Colliery Welfare 0–2 Spennymoor United
85 Skegness Town 5–0 Grantham
86 South Normanton Miners Welfare 3–0 Ransome & Marles
87 Southall 1–0 Harrow Town
88 St Neots Town 1–1 Holbeach United
89 Staines Town 1–2 Hayes
90 Stevenage Town 0–1 Vauxhall Motors
91 Stocksbridge Works 1–3 Matlock Town
92 Stonehouse 0–5 Llanelli
93 Stowmarket 0–3 Sudbury Town
94 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–3 Hednesford Town
95 Sutton United 6–0 Leatherhead
96 Tamworth 2–2 Ilkeston Town
97 Taunton 7–0 Weston Super Mare
98 Thetford Town 2–4 Great Yarmouth Town
99 Tow Law Town 2–1 Whitby Town
100 Truro City w/o-scr Ilfracombe Town
101 Tunbridge Wells United 1–1 Maidstone United
102 Wadebridge Town 3–2 St Blazey
103 Ware 1–7 Enfield
104 Warminster Town 1–1 Frome Town
105 Wellingborough Town 3–2 Rothwell Town
106 Wellington Town 1–1 Oswestry Town
107 Westbury United 3–1 Chippenham Town
108 Whitstable 1–6 Folkestone
109 Whitton United 1–2 Harwich & Parkeston
110 Wimbledon 3–0 Bromley
111 Winchester City 1–4 Fareham Town
112 Witton Albion 2–1 Hyde United
113 Woking 3–0 Dulwich Hamlet
114 Wokingham Town 4–1 Chesham United
115 Wolverton Town & B R 2–1 Hitchin Town
116 Woodford Town 1–1 Leyton
117 Worthing 1–6 Crawley Town
118 Yiewsley 2–1 Uxbridge
119 Yorkshire Amateur 1–3 Goole Town

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Maidenhead United 3–1 Abingdon Town
3 Gosport Borough Athletic 0–1 Andover
13 Rugby Town 1–0 Brierley Hill Alliance
14 Ashby Institute 1–5 Brigg Town
20 Merthyr Tydfil 2–0 Cinderford Town
26 Walthamstow Avenue 4–0 Dagenham
30 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 3–1 Dover
32 Barry Town 6–1 Ebbw Vale
37 Bridlington Town 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic
38 Clitheroe 1–0 Fleetwood
43 Diss Town 1–2 Gorleston
46 Atherstone Town 2–0 Gresley Rovers
49 Eastbourne 4–2 Haywards Heath
54 North Shields 3–1 Horden Colliery Welfare
69 Lytham 2–0 Nelson
76 Heanor Town 4–0 Retford Town
80 Ashington 0–0 Scarborough
83 Sutton Town 3–4 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
88 Holbeach United 3–2 St Neots Town
96 Ilkeston Town 2–1 Tamworth
101 Maidstone United 2–3 Tunbridge Wells United
104 Frome Town 1–2 Warminster Town
106 Oswestry Town 3–1 Wellington Town
116 Leyton 1–0 Woodford Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
80 Scarborough 1–0 Ashington

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Altrincham 3–2 Mossley
2 Annfield Plain 4–1 Bedlington Mechanics
3 Arundel 2–5 Hastings United
4 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–0 Folkestone
5 Atherstone Town 0–2 Ilkeston Town
6 Bangor City 4–1 Runcorn
7 Barnstaple Town 9–1 Wadebridge Town
8 Barry Town 2–0 Llanelli
9 Basingstoke Town 4–1 Fareham Town
10 Belper Town 3–2 Norton Woodseats
11 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 6–0 Canterbury City
12 Bideford 6–2 Truro City
13 Biggleswade & District 1–2 Letchworth Town
14 Bilston 5–1 Rugby Town
15 Bishop's Stortford 0–1 Hertford Town
16 Brigg Town 0–3 Skegness Town
17 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–0 Stourbridge
18 Brush Sports 4–3 Nuneaton Borough
19 Bungay Town 1–0 Gorleston
20 Burscough 4–1 Netherfield
21 Bury Town 6–5 Clacton Town
22 Buxton 1–2 Witton Albion
23 Calne & Harris United 7–2 Devizes Town
24 Cambridge City 5–1 March Town United
25 Cambridge United 3–0 Holbeach United
26 Cheltenham Town 2–2 Merthyr Tydfil
27 Clitheroe 6–3 Penrith
28 Cowes 3–0 Andover
29 Crawley Town 2–2 Eastbourne
30 Creswell Colliery 2–5 Heanor Town
31 Dartford 0–2 Tunbridge Wells United
32 Denaby United 2–0 Farsley Celtic
33 Earlestown 0–1 Prescot Cables
34 Easington Colliery Welfare 0–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
35 Enfield 15–0 Hoddesdon Town
36 Evesham United 3–1 Hednesford Town
37 Ferryhill Athletic 2–4 Consett
38 Frickley Colliery 1–3 Goole Town
39 Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 Bourne Town
40 Gravesend & Northfleet 4–3 Bexleyheath & Welling
41 Grays Athletic 2–2 Ilford
42 Great Yarmouth Town 6–2 Lowestoft Town
43 Harwich & Parkeston 5–2 Sudbury Town
44 Hayes 1–0 Hounslow Town
45 Hendon 0–2 Hornchurch & Upminster
46 Ilminster Town 1–3 Bridgwater Town
47 Kidderminster Harriers 0–2 Oswestry Town
48 Kingstonian 0–3 Woking
49 Leytonstone 1–3 Leyton
50 Lytham 2–1 Bacup Borough
51 Maidenhead United 5–0 Wokingham Town
52 Matlock Town 3–1 Worksop Town
53 Murton Colliery Welfare 2–5 Scarborough
54 North Shields 5–0 Newburn
55 Northwich Victoria 0–3 Ellesmere Port Town
56 Oxford City 5–1 Banbury Spencer
57 Poole Town 4–0 Bridport
58 Shildon 4–0 Redcar Albion
59 South Normanton Miners Welfare 6–1 Shirebrook Miners Welfare
60 Southall 1–1 Yiewsley
61 Spalding United 1–2 Corby Town
62 Spennymoor United 3–1 South Bank
63 Stockton 4–2 Stanley United
64 Taunton 0–0 Glastonbury
65 Tow Law Town 4–4 West Auckland Town
66 Walthamstow Avenue 4–0 Finchley
67 Warminster Town 0–5 Salisbury
68 Wellingborough Town 0–2 Rushden Town
69 Westbury United 1–3 Trowbridge Town
70 Willington 4–1 Whitley Bay
71 Wimbledon 0–1 Sutton United
72 Wolverton Town & B R 5–1 Vauxhall Motors

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
26 Merthyr Tydfil 0–1 Cheltenham Town
29 Eastbourne 1–2 Crawley Town
41 Ilford 2–4 Grays Athletic
60 Yiewsley 1–2 Southall
64 Glastonbury 2–1 Taunton
65 West Auckland Town 5–2 Tow Law Town

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Annfield Plain 2–3 Scarborough
2 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–0 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
3 Barnstaple Town 1–1 Bideford
4 Barry Town 1–4 Cheltenham Town
5 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Cowes
6 Belper Town 2–3 Matlock Town
7 Boldon Colliery Welfare 0–4 Consett
8 Bridgwater Town 3–1 Glastonbury
9 Bungay Town 1–4 Great Yarmouth Town
10 Bury Town 2–0 Harwich & Parkeston
11 Calne & Harris United 1–6 Trowbridge Town
12 Cambridge United 0–1 Cambridge City
13 Clitheroe 1–2 Burscough
14 Corby Town 2–2 Rushden Town
15 Crawley Town 2–2 Hastings United
16 Ellesmere Port Town 4–1 Witton Albion
17 Evesham United 2–1 Bilston
18 Goole Town 0–1 Denaby United
19 Heanor Town 2–1 South Normanton Miners Welfare
20 Hertford Town 2–3 Enfield
21 Ilkeston Town 1–1 Brush Sports
22 Letchworth Town 3–2 Wolverton Town & B R
23 Leyton 1–1 Grays Athletic
24 Lytham 1–1 Altrincham
25 Oswestry Town 3–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
26 Oxford City 3–0 Maidenhead United
27 Poole Town 0–1 Salisbury
28 Prescot Cables 4–1 Bangor City
29 Shildon 2–0 North Shields
30 Skegness Town 0–0 Gainsborough Trinity
31 Southall 1–1 Hayes
32 Stockton 1–1 Spennymoor United
33 Sutton United 3–3 Woking
34 Tunbridge Wells United 0–3 Gravesend & Northfleet
35 Walthamstow Avenue 7–1 Hornchurch & Upminster
36 Willington 0–2 West Auckland Town

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Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Bideford 1–5 Barnstaple Town
14 Rushden Town 2–1 Corby Town
15 Hastings United 5–2 Crawley Town
21 Brush Sports 1–2 Ilkeston Town
23 Grays Athletic 6–2 Leyton
24 Altrincham 3–0 Lytham
30 Gainsborough Trinity 3–0 Skegness Town
31 Hayes 4–1 Southall
32 Spennymoor United 1–0 Stockton
33 Woking 1–3 Sutton United

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Bedford Town, Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, Headington United, King's Lynn, Weymouth, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Guildford City, Dorchester Town, Margate, Chelmsford City, Bath City, Durham City, Kettering Town, Boston United, Wisbech Town and Tooting & Mitcham United.

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Barnstaple Town 1–0 Trowbridge Town
2 Bedford Town 5–3 Hayes
3 Bishop Auckland 1–2 Scarborough
4 Blyth Spartans 4–0 Spennymoor United
5 Cambridge City 2–3 Headington United
6 Cheltenham Town 0–0 Bridgwater Town
7 Consett 0–0 South Shields
8 Ellesmere Port Town 1–2 Burscough
9 Enfield 3–0 Rushden Town
10 Gainsborough Trinity 4–2 Heanor Town
11 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
12 Grays Athletic 1–3 Chelmsford City
13 Ilkeston Town 2–6 Matlock Town
14 Kettering Town 1–0 Boston United
15 Letchworth Town 3–4 King's Lynn
16 Margate 1–0 Guildford City
17 Oswestry Town 4–1 Evesham United
18 Peterborough United 8–1 Bury Town
19 Prescot Cables 1–0 Altrincham
20 Salisbury 2–2 Basingstoke Town
21 Shildon 6–1 Denaby United
22 Sutton United 2–3 Hastings United
23 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–2 Wisbech Town
24 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Great Yarmouth Town
25 West Auckland Town 2–2 Durham City
26 Weymouth 0–1 Dorchester Town
27 Wigan Athletic 1–1 Rhyl
28 Worcester City 0–3 Hereford United
29 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Oxford City
30 Yeovil Town 0–2 Bath City

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Tie Home team Score Away team
6 Bridgwater Town 0–1 Cheltenham Town
7 South Shields 2–2 Consett
20 Basingstoke Town 0–1 Salisbury
25 Durham City 0–0 West Auckland Town
27 Rhyl 3–1 Wigan Athletic

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Consett 5–5 South Shields
25 West Auckland Town 4–1 Durham City

3rd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
7 South Shields 1–0 Consett

1959–60 FA Cup

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See 1959-60 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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