1965–66 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1965–66 is the 85th 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.

1965–66 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Arnold 1–1 Matlock Town
2 Ashington 3–1 West Auckland Town
3 Ashton United 2–4 St Helens Town
4 Aylesbury United 3–3 Huntley & Palmers
5 Banbury United 2–0 Chesham United
6 Basingstoke Town 6–0 Littlehampton Town
7 Belper Town 1–1 Buxton
8 Bexley United 6–2 Chatham Town
9 Billingham Synthonia 1–2 Whitby Town
10 Bilston 2–1 Rugby Town
11 Bishop Auckland 5–1 South Bank
12 Bishop's Stortford 1–1 Stevenage Town
13 Bletchley Town 3–2 Vauxhall Motors
14 Blyth Spartans 4–3 Ryhope Colliery Welfare
15 Boldon Colliery Welfare 2–1 Tow Law Town
16 Brentwood Town 0–2 Tilbury
17 Bridgwater Town 1–0 Taunton
18 Bridlington Trinity 3–2 Selby Town
19 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–1 Hednesford Town
20 Bromley 3–2 Erith & Belvedere
21 Burton Albion 1–0 Loughborough United
22 Cambridge City 8–1 Soham Town Rangers
23 Canterbury City 2–1 Ramsgate Athletic
24 Chatteris Town 2–3 Ely City
25 Chichester City 3–6 Cowes
26 Chippenham Town 5–1 Melksham Town
27 Chorley 6–0 Nelson
28 Cinderford Town 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil
29 Clapton 0–9 Leytonstone
30 Clitheroe 2–0 Lancaster City
31 Consett 7–0 Murton Colliery Welfare
32 Crawley Town 3–0 Haywards Heath
33 Cray Wanderers 0–1 Sheppey United
34 Dagenham 2–2 Ford United
35 Deal Town 2–2 Dover
36 Desborough Town 3–0 St Neots Town
37 Dorking 1–1 Walton & Hersham
38 Droylsden 3–3 Marine
39 Dudley Town 0–0 Wellington Town
40 Dulwich Hamlet 3–2 Tooting & Mitcham United
41 Durham City 0–8 Willington
42 Eastbourne 1–4 Tonbridge
43 Eastbourne United 0–4 Hastings United
44 Ellesmere Port Town 3–1 Runcorn
45 Eynesbury Rovers 0–2 Rothwell Town
46 Fareham Town 7–3 Alton Town
47 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Harrogate Town
48 Ferryhill Athletic 1–3 Stanley United
49 Folkestone 2–1 Margate
50 Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 Retford Town
51 Glastonbury 0–1 Frome Town
52 Gloucester City 1–0 Llanelli
53 Goole Town 4–2 Mexborough Town
54 Grantham 3–0 Spalding United
55 Grays Athletic 1–0 Hornchurch
56 Great Harwood 1–4 Hyde United
57 Great Yarmouth Town 6–4 Gorleston
58 Gresley Rovers 0–2 Ilkeston Town
59 Guildford City 3–2 Kingstonian
60 Harlow Town 3–1 Harrow Town
61 Harwich & Parkeston 2–2 Clacton Town
62 Hayes 1–2 Windsor & Eton
63 Heanor Town 5–3 Alfreton Town
64 Hemel Hempstead 6–0 Abingdon Town
65 Hertford Town 1–2 Wealdstone
66 Hillingdon Borough 1–2 Corinthian Casuals
67 Hitchin Town 4–1 Letchworth Town
68 Holbeach United 2–0 Louth United
69 Holyhead Town 0–2 New Brighton
70 Horsham 2–2 Sutton United
71 Horwich R M I 2–1 Burscough
72 Hounslow 2–3 Southall
73 Ilford 2–4 Barking
74 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Redditch
75 Lancing 3–1 Lewes
76 Leatherhead 3–3 Chertsey Town
77 Leyton 3–2 Woodford Town
78 Lockheed Leamington 3–1 Nuneaton Borough
79 Long Eaton United 7–2 Atherstone Town
80 Lovells Athletic 6–1 Barry Town
81 Lowestoft Town 10–2 Thetford Town
82 Lytham 2–0 Bacup Borough
83 Macclesfield 7–0 Winsford United
84 Maidstone United 4–0 Bexhill Town
85 March Town United 1–2 Bury Town
86 Marlow 0–4 Metropolitan Police
87 Milnthorpe Corinthians 1–7 Fleetwood
88 Morecambe 2–0 Penrith
89 Mossley 1–4 Northwich Victoria
90 Newport I O W 2–1 Bognor Regis Town
91 Norton Woodseats 0–3 Frickley Colliery
92 Ossett Albion 0–0 Bridlington Town
93 Oswestry Town 6–0 Congleton Town
94 Oxford City 5–2 Maidenhead United
95 Poole Town 3–2 Bridport
96 Portland United 4–1 Dorchester Town
97 Prescot Town 1–2 Altrincham
98 Redhill 2–2 Carshalton Athletic
99 Rhyl 1–1 Borough United
100 Rossendale United 3–2 Darwen
101 Ruislip Manor 1–5 Rainham Town
102 Rushden Town 4–4 Bourne Town
103 Salisbury 4–0 Newbury Town
104 Shildon 0–4 Horden Colliery Welfare
105 Sittingbourne 9–0 Faversham Town
106 Skegness Town 3–2 Boston United
107 Skelmersdale United 2–2 Leyland Motors
108 Slough Town 5–3 Wembley
109 Spennymoor United 2–0 North Shields
110 St Albans City 3–0 Dunstable Town
111 Stafford Rangers 1–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
112 Stamford 0–1 Boston
113 Stocksbridge Works 1–4 Denaby United
114 Stockton 3–0 Evenwood Town
115 Stonehouse 2–1 Abergavenny Thursdays
116 Stork 0–2 Colwyn Bay United
117 Stourbridge 8–0 Bedworth Town
118 Sudbury Town 3–0 Haverhill Rovers
119 Sutton Town 2–2 Worksop Town
120 Tamworth 1–1 Hinckley Athletic
121 Tunbridge Wells Rangers 4–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
122 Uxbridge 1–7 Finchley
123 Walthamstow Avenue 4–0 Aveley
124 Ware 3–1 Cheshunt
125 Warminster Town 0–4 Andover
126 Wellingborough Town 3–0 Biggleswade & District
127 Westbury United 1–3 Trowbridge Town
128 Weston Super Mare 2–1 Minehead
129 Whitley Bay 11–0 Annfield Plain
130 Whitstable 1–3 Herne Bay
131 Wisbech Town 5–1 Newmarket Town
132 Witton Albion 4–0 Stalybridge Celtic
133 Woking 9–0 Addlestone
134 Wokingham Town 6–0 Bracknell Town
135 Wolverton Town & B R 2–2 Amersham Town
136 Worcester City 4–2 Lower Gornal Athletic
137 Yorkshire Amateur 2–4 Hull Brunswick

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Matlock Town 2–2 Arnold (Abandoned in extra time)
4 Huntley & Palmers 1–0 Aylesbury United
7 Buxton 6–3 Belper Town
12 Stevenage Town 2–0 Bishop's Stortford
19 Hednesford Town 1–3 Brierley Hill Alliance
28 Merthyr Tydfil 4–0 Cinderford Town
34 Ford United 1–2 Dagenham
35 Dover 3–0 Deal Town
37 Walton & Hersham 4–1 Dorking
38 Marine 1–0 Droylsden
39 Wellington Town 1–2 Dudley Town
61 Clacton Town 0–5 Harwich & Parkeston
70 Sutton United 3–2 Horsham
76 Chertsey Town 2–5 Leatherhead
92 Bridlington Town 1–2 Ossett Albion
98 Carshalton Athletic 3–0 Redhill
99 Borough United 1–0 Rhyl
102 Bourne Town 4–1 Rushden Town
107 Leyland Motors 1–2 Skelmersdale United
111 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–2 Stafford Rangers
119 Worksop Town 6–2 Sutton Town
120 Hinckley Athletic 4–2 Tamworth
135 Amersham Town 0–2 Wolverton Town & B R

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Arnold 1–2 Matlock Town

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 4–0 Marine
2 Andover 0–3 Salisbury
3 Barking 0–1 Grays Athletic
4 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Fareham Town
5 Bideford 2–2 Barnstaple Town
6 Bilston 0–1 Stourbridge
7 Bletchley Town 2–1 Wolverton Town & B R
8 Blyth Spartans 0–2 Horden Colliery Welfare
9 Boldon Colliery Welfare 1–1 Consett
10 Borough United 3–0 New Brighton
11 Bourne Town 3–1 Rothwell Town
12 Bridlington Trinity 6–0 Hull Brunswick
13 Bromley 0–2 Sittingbourne
14 Burton Albion 8–1 Hinckley Athletic
15 Bury Town 5–0 Ely City
16 Cambridge City 1–1 Wisbech Town
17 Canterbury City 1–0 Herne Bay
18 Cheltenham Town 4–1 Chippenham Town
19 Chorley 1–1 Rossendale United
20 Clitheroe 2–1 Morecambe
21 Cowes 3–3 Newport I O W
22 Desborough Town 1–2 Wellingborough Town
23 Devizes Town 3–2 Trowbridge Town
24 Dudley Town 0–3 Worcester City
25 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Wokingham Town
26 Ellesmere Port Town 1–2 Colwyn Bay United
27 Finchley 2–2 Southall
28 Folkestone 1–1 Dover
29 Frickley Colliery 1–3 Goole Town
30 Frome Town 1–1 Bridgwater Town
31 Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 Denaby United
32 Grantham 7–0 Boston
33 Heanor Town 5–1 Buxton
34 Hemel Hempstead 5–1 Banbury United
35 Horwich R M I 3–3 Fleetwood
36 Huntley & Palmers 1–4 Oxford City
37 Lancing 0–2 Carshalton Athletic
38 Leatherhead 2–2 Guildford City
39 Leyton 3–2 Dagenham
40 Leytonstone 5–0 Rainham Town
41 Lockheed Leamington 2–3 Brierley Hill Alliance
42 Long Eaton United 3–2 Ilkeston Town
43 Lovells Athletic 1–2 Gloucester City
44 Lowestoft Town 4–2 Great Yarmouth Town
45 Lytham 1–1 Hyde United
46 Macclesfield 9–0 Witton Albion
47 Maidstone United 1–5 Hastings United
48 Matlock Town 1–3 Worksop Town
49 Merthyr Tydfil 6–2 Stonehouse
50 Ossett Albion 1–1 Harrogate Town
51 Oswestry Town 3–1 Northwich Victoria
52 Poole Town 0–2 Portland United
53 Sheppey United 1–3 Bexley United
54 Skegness Town 2–2 Holbeach United
55 Slough Town 0–1 Metropolitan Police
56 Spennymoor United 0–0 Bishop Auckland
57 St Albans City 2–0 Hitchin Town
58 St Blazey 4–1 Falmouth Town
59 St Helens Town 0–3 Skelmersdale United
60 Stafford Rangers 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers
61 Stanley United 2–2 Whitley Bay
62 Stevenage Town 1–1 Ware
63 Stockton 3–1 Ashington
64 Sudbury Town 1–2 Harwich & Parkeston
65 Sutton United 0–1 Crawley Town
66 Tilbury 0–0 Walthamstow Avenue
67 Tonbridge 4–1 Tunbridge Wells Rangers
68 Walton & Hersham 0–4 Woking
69 Wealdstone 5–1 Harlow Town
70 Welton Rovers 1–1 Weston Super Mare
71 Willington 1–2 Whitby Town
72 Windsor & Eton 0–6 Corinthian Casuals

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Barnstaple Town 2–2 Bideford
9 Consett 5–0 Boldon Colliery Welfare
16 Wisbech Town 1–0 Cambridge City
19 Rossendale United 0–3 Chorley
21 Newport I O W 0–3 Cowes
27 Southall 2–1 Finchley
28 Dover 2–3 Folkestone
30 Bridgwater Town 0–1 Frome Town
35 Fleetwood 2–1 Horwich R M I
38 Guildford City 3–0 Leatherhead
45 Hyde United 4–0 Lytham
50 Harrogate Town 2–3 Ossett Albion
54 Holbeach United 0–1 Skegness Town
56 Bishop Auckland 1–4 Spennymoor United
61 Whitley Bay 1–0 Stanley United
62 Walthamstow Avenue 5–4 Tilbury
66 Stevenage Town 4–1 Ware
70 Weston Super Mare 0–3 Welton Rovers

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Bideford 4–1 Barnstaple Town (@ Exeter City)

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 4–1 Skelmersdale United
2 Bexley United 4–2 Sittingbourne
3 Borough United 1–1 Colwyn Bay United
4 Bourne Town 2–2 Wellingborough Town
5 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–2 Stourbridge
6 Bury Town 0–3 Wisbech Town
7 Consett 2–0 Stockton
8 Crawley Town 3–0 Carshalton Athletic
9 Devizes Town 2–8 Cheltenham Town
10 Fareham Town 4–2 Cowes
11 Fleetwood 3–1 Clitheroe
12 Folkestone 1–0 Canterbury City
13 Gloucester City 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil
14 Goole Town 3–4 Gainsborough Trinity
15 Grays Athletic 1–3 Walthamstow Avenue
16 Guildford City 6–0 Woking
17 Harwich & Parkeston 4–2 Lowestoft Town
18 Hastings United 1–1 Tonbridge
19 Heanor Town 3–2 Worksop Town
20 Hemel Hempstead 0–1 Oxford City
21 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–0 Whitley Bay
22 Hyde United 1–1 Chorley
23 Kidderminster Harriers 2–2 Worcester City
24 Leyton 0–3 Leytonstone
25 Long Eaton United 1–2 Burton Albion
26 Metropolitan Police 3–2 Wokingham Town
27 Ossett Albion 2–0 Bridlington Trinity
28 Oswestry Town 3–2 Macclesfield
29 Salisbury 0–3 Portland United
30 Skegness Town 0–7 Grantham
31 Southall 2–2 Corinthian Casuals
32 St Albans City 0–1 Bletchley Town
33 St Blazey 2–2 Bideford
34 Wealdstone 6–5 Stevenage Town
35 Welton Rovers 4–1 Frome Town
36 Whitby Town 4–3 Spennymoor United

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Colwyn Bay United 2–1 Borough United
4 Wellingborough Town 3–2 Bourne Town
13 Merthyr Tydfil 1–1 Gloucester City
18 Tonbridge 3–1 Hastings United
22 Chorley 4–1 Hyde United
23 Worcester City 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers
31 Corinthian Casuals 3–2 Southall
33 Bideford 3–2 St Blazey

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
13 Gloucester City 0–1 Merthyr Tydfil

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Crook Town, Enfield, Wimbledon, Gateshead, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, King's Lynn, Chelmsford City, Bath City, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Romford, Bedford Town, Cambridge United, Wigan Athletic, Scarborough, Bangor City, Netherfield, Corby Town, Dartford, South Liverpool and Gravesend & Northfleet

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bangor City 3–3 Altrincham
2 Bath City 3–1 Welton Rovers
3 Burton Albion 3–2 Gainsborough Trinity
4 Cambridge United 1–2 Bedford Town
5 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Hereford United
6 Corby Town 2–1 King's Lynn
7 Enfield 0–3 Corinthian Casuals
8 Fareham Town 0–3 Wimbledon
9 Fleetwood 2–1 Colwyn Bay United
10 Folkestone 4–1 Bexley United
11 Gateshead 3–1 Horden Colliery Welfare
12 Grantham 4–4 Heanor Town
13 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–0 Crawley Town
14 Guildford City 4–0 Bletchley Town
15 Metropolitan Police 2–3 Wycombe Wanderers
16 Oswestry Town 3–4 Kidderminster Harriers
17 Portland United 1–1 Yeovil Town
18 Romford 2–1 Chelmsford City
19 Scarborough 3–1 Netherfield
20 South Liverpool 3–0 Ossett Albion
21 South Shields 3–0 Consett
22 Stourbridge 1–3 Merthyr Tydfil
23 Tonbridge 0–0 Dartford
24 Walthamstow Avenue 2–5 Leytonstone
25 Wealdstone 2–0 Oxford City
26 Wellingborough Town 1–0 Harwich & Parkeston
27 Weymouth 1–1 Bideford
28 Whitby Town 1–1 Crook Town
29 Wigan Athletic 4–0 Chorley
30 Wisbech Town 6–1 Kettering Town

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 3–2 Bangor City
12 Heanor Town 1–2 Grantham
17 Yeovil Town 1–0 Portland United
23 Dartford 6–2 Tonbridge
27 Bideford 1–3 Weymouth
28 Crook Town 4–1 Whitby Town

1965–66 FA Cup

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See 1965-66 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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