1981–82 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1981–82 is the 101st 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 28 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

1981–82 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 Abingdon Town 1–2 Hendon
2 Accrington Stanley 2–1 South Liverpool
3 Alfreton Town 5–0 Ashby Institute
4 Almondsbury Greenway 1–1 Wellington (Somerset)
5 Appleby Frodingham{1} 2–2 Buxton
6 Arundel 1–4 Wick
7 Barnstaple Town 3–1 Tiverton Town
8 Barry Town 2–0 Ton Pentre
9 Bedford Town 4–0 Hoddesdon Town
10 Billericay Town 1–0 Tiptree United
11 Bilston 0–0 Rushall Olympic
12 Blakenall 1–1 Desborough Town
13 Blue Star 0–0 Whitley Bay
14 Bognor Regis Town 5–1 Haywards Heath
15 Boldon Community Association 1–5 Tow Law Town
16 Boston 5–0 Holbeach United
17 Brereton Social 0–3 Tamworth
18 Bridgend Town 6–0 Paulton Rovers
19 Bridlington Town 1–3 Thackley
20 Bridlington Trinity 3–1 Winterton Rangers
21 Bridport 5–0 Ottery St Mary
22 Burgess Hill Town 4–0 Molesey
23 Burnham 3–4 Newbury Town
24 Bury Town 2–0 Spalding United
25 Chatham Town 1–4 Hastings United
26 Chatteris Town 3–1 Felixstowe Town
27 Chertsey Town 2–5 Lewes
28 Chester-Le-Street 1–0 West Auckland Town
29 Chichester City 1–5 Poole Town
30 Cinderford Town 1–2 Llanelli
31 Clandown 1–3 Gloucester City
32 Clapton 1–0 Whyteleafe
33 Clitheroe 0–1 Netherfield
34 Colwyn Bay 3–3 Matlock Town
35 Congleton Town 0–2 Belper Town
36 Croydon 1–0 Ringmer
37 Dartford 2–2 Redhill
38 Didcot Town w/o-scr Willesden
39 Dorking Town 0–2 Basingstoke Town
40 Dudley Town 3–0 Stourbridge
41 Eastbourne United 0–2 Tonbridge
42 Eastwood Town 3–0 Friar Lane Old Boys
43 Edgware Town 3–1 Staines Town
44 Egham Town 1–1 Marlow
45 Erith & Belvedere 2–1 Rainham Town
46 Falmouth Town 2–2 Penzance
47 Farsley Celtic 1–1 Mexborough Town Athletic
48 Gorleston 2–0 Chelmsford City
49 Great Yarmouth Town 4–0 Saffron Walden Town
50 Gresley Rovers 2–1 Redditch United
51 Guisborough Town 3–1 Shildon
52 Heanor Town 1–3 Worksop Town
53 Hednesford Town 3–0 Moor Green
54 Histon 1–4 Leyton Wingate
55 Horsham Y M C A 1–1 Uxbridge
56 Horwich R M I 4–0 Skelmersdale United
57 Hounslow 1–3 Kingstonian
58 Hungerford Town 4–0 Chippenham Town
59 Irthlingborough Diamonds 2–1 Harefield United
60 Lancaster City 3–1 Percy Main Amateurs
61 Long Eaton United 1–3 Halesowen Town
62 March Town United 1–1 Soham Town Rangers
63 Marine 2–0 Prestwich Heys
64 Metropolitan Police 1–2 Worthing
65 Pagham 3–0 Waterlooville
66 Peterlee Newtown 0–2 South Bank
67 Prescot Cables 4–1 St Helens Town
68 Rhyl 0–1 Winsford United
69 Shifnal Town 5–0 New Mills{1}
70 Southwick 0–1 Thanet United
71 Steyning Town 0–0 Three Bridges
72 Sudbury Town 3–3 Epping Town
73 Telford United 4–0 Oswestry Town
74 Thame United 1–0 Haringey Borough
75 Tividale 3–0 Milton Keynes City
76 Wallsend Town 1–4 Evenwood Town
77 Wellingborough Town w/o-scr Brierley Hill Alliance
78 Whitstable Town 2–2 Sheppey United
79 Willington 0–0 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
80 Witton Albion 3–1 Macclesfield Town
81 Woking 1–0 Newport I O W
82 Wootton Blue Cross 2–2 Slough Town

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Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Wellington (Somerset) 3–0 Almondsbury Greenway
5 Buxton 3–0 Appleby Frodingham{1}
11 Rushall Olympic 1–3 Bilston
12 Desborough Town 2–6 Blakenall
13 Whitley Bay 3–1 Blue Star
34 Matlock Town 2–2 Colwyn Bay
37 Redhill 1–0 Dartford
44 Marlow 1–1 Egham Town
46 Penzance 2–2 Falmouth Town
47 Mexborough Town Athletic 2–1 Farsley Celtic
55 Uxbridge 2–1 Horsham Y M C A
62 Soham Town Rangers 0–4 March Town United
71 Three Bridges 1–3 Steyning Town
72 Epping Town 2–4 Sudbury Town
78 Sheppey United 1–2 Whitstable Town
79 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 0–2 Willington
82 Slough Town 4–2 Wootton Blue Cross

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
34 Colwyn Bay 1–4 Matlock Town
44 Egham Town 7–4 Marlow
46 Falmouth Town 1–0 Penzance

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 3–1 Ruislip Manor
2 Alvechurch 2–0 Evesham United
3 Ampthill Town 0–1 Hendon
4 Annfield Plain 2–3 Durham City
5 Armitage 0–2 Nantwich Town
6 Arnold 1–2 Alfreton Town
7 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–0 Hastings Town
8 Ashington 4–2 Crook Town
9 Ashton United 1–1 Lytham
10 Aveley 1–1 Welling United
11 Aylesbury United 0–1 Feltham
12 Banbury United 2–1 Hemel Hempstead
13 Bangor City 6–0 Glossop
14 Banstead Athletic 2–0 Horsham
15 Barton Rovers 1–0 Haverhill Rovers
16 Barton Town 1–3 Buxton
17 Basildon United 1–2 Walthamstow Avenue
18 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United
19 Bath City 3–0 Mangotsfield United
20 Belper Town 0–6 Telford United
21 Berkhamsted Town 0–3 Hampton
22 Bideford 4–1 St Blazey
23 Bilston 2–3 Halesowen Town
24 Bishop Auckland 4–0 Ossett Albion
25 Boston 0–0 Gainsborough Trinity
26 Boston United 2–1 Sutton Town
27 Bourne Town 1–2 North Ferriby United
28 Bracknell Town 1–2 Wokingham Town
29 Bridgwater Town 2–0 Wellington (Somerset)
30 Bridlington Trinity 2–0 Denaby United
31 Bridport 2–2 Liskeard Athletic
32 Brigg Town 0–0 Curzon Ashton
33 Bromley 0–5 Fareham Town
34 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–0 Blakenall
35 Burscough 4–0 Darwen
36 Burton Albion 3–1 Coventry Sporting
37 Calne Town 1–2 Bridgend Town
38 Camberley Town 0–2 Newbury Town
39 Cambridge City 1–1 Bury Town
40 Chard Town 1–2 Barnstaple Town
41 Chatteris Town 3–3 Ely City
42 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Barry Town
43 Cheshunt 2–2 Lewes
44 Chorley 0–0 Accrington Stanley
45 Clacton Town 1–0 Ware
46 Clevedon Town 3–1 Welton Rovers
47 Corby Town 2–1 Enderby Town
48 Corinthian Casuals 3–3 Clapton
49 Crawley Town 0–1 Burgess Hill Town
50 Cray Wanderers 0–4 Billericay Town
51 Croydon w/o-scr Bexhill Town
52 Darlaston 1–2 Tamworth
53 Devizes Town 1–0 Shepton Mallet Town
54 Dover 4–1 Folkestone
55 Droylsden 1–0 Southport
56 Dudley Town 0–2 Malvern Town
57 Eastbourne Town 0–2 Canterbury City
58 Eastleigh 2–1 Poole Town
59 Edgware Town 1–3 Thame United
60 Egham Town 1–2 Maidenhead United
61 Emley 2–1 Thackley
62 Epsom & Ewell 2–1 Herne Bay
63 Erith & Belvedere 2–2 Leytonstone Ilford
64 Falmouth Town 2–0 Newquay
65 Farnborough Town 5–0 Horndean
66 Ferryhill Athletic 2–2 Chester-Le-Street
67 Finchley 4–3 Sittingbourne
68 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Hyde United
69 Frickley Athletic 2–0 Whitby Town
70 Frome Town 2–1 Trowbridge Town
71 Gateshead 1–1 Spennymoor United
72 Glastonbury 3–1 Weston Super Mare
73 Gloucester City 2–1 Forest Green Rovers
74 Gosport Borough 0–1 Melksham Town
75 Grantham 1–0 Eastwood Town
76 Great Yarmouth Town 3–2 Parson Drove United
77 Gresley Rovers 1–1 Racing Club Warwick
78 Guisborough Town 2–3 Seaham Red Star
79 Harrow Borough 4–2 Oxford City
80 Harwich & Parkeston 1–2 Wisbech Town
81 Hastings United 5–0 Faversham Town
82 Hayes 1–1 Tilbury
83 Hednesford Town 1–1 Bedworth United
84 Heybridge Swifts 2–1 Gorleston
85 Highgate United 2–2 Kempston Rovers
86 Hillingdon Borough 7–2 Tunbridge Wells
87 Hitchin Town 1–2 Southall
88 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–1 Brandon United
89 Hornchurch 0–0 Woodford Town
90 Horwich R M I 2–0 Witton Albion
91 Hungerford Town 1–2 Dorchester Town
92 Ilkeston Town 2–0 Hinckley Athletic
93 Ilminster Town 0–2 Torrington
94 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–0 Chesham United
95 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 Shepshed Charterhouse
96 King's Lynn 0–0 Thetford Town
97 Kingstonian 2–0 Boreham Wood
98 Lancaster City 1–0 Billingham Synthonia
99 Littlehampton Town 0–3 Carshalton Athletic
100 Llanelli 1–2 Haverfordwest County
101 Lowestoft Town 1–0 Stamford
102 Lye Town 2–1 Wellingborough Town
103 March Town United 1–0 St Neots Town
104 Marine 4–0 Formby
105 Matlock Town 1–1 Shifnal Town
106 Mexborough Town Athletic 1–6 Goole Town
107 Morecambe 2–3 Consett
108 Netherfield 3–2 Leyland Motors
109 Newmarket Town 1–0 Letchworth Garden City
110 North Shields 2–1 Wingate (Durham)
111 Nuneaton Borough 6–0 Rushden Town
112 Oldbury United 0–2 Willenhall Town
113 Pagham 2–1 Andover
114 Penrith 2–1 Rossendale United
115 Potton United 1–1 Bedford Town
116 Prescot Cables 3–1 Bootle
117 Redhill 1–2 Hertford Town
118 Rothwell Town 1–3 Tring Town
119 Runcorn 3–0 Leek Town
120 Slough Town 2–1 Chalfont St Peter
121 South Bank 3–2 Barrow
122 St Albans City 2–1 Grays Athletic
123 Stalybridge Celtic 2–1 Yorkshire Amateur
124 Steyning Town 1–1 Dulwich Hamlet
125 Stowmarket 2–3 Leyton Wingate
126 Sudbury Town 1–1 Dunstable
127 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 Buckingham Town
128 Taunton Town 1–0 Saltash United
129 Thanet United 2–2 Deal Town
130 Tividale 3–0 Walsall Wood
131 Tonbridge 3–1 Whitstable Town
132 Tow Law Town 4–2 Evenwood Town
133 Uxbridge 2–2 Peacehaven & Telscombe
134 V S Rugby 5–0 Wolverton Town
135 Wealdstone 4–0 Salisbury
136 Wembley 2–1 East Grinstead
137 Whitley Bay 3–1 Willington
138 Wick 2–1 Woking
139 Windsor & Eton 3–4 Walton & Hersham
140 Winsford United 2–3 Caernarfon Town
141 Witney Town 3–0 Didcot Town
142 Worcester City 5–2 Moreton Town
143 Worksop Town 2–1 Skegness Town
144 Worthing 0–0 Bognor Regis Town

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
9 Lytham 3–1 Ashton United
10 Welling United 1–1 Aveley
25 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Boston
31 Liskeard Athletic 3–1 Bridport
32 Curzon Ashton 4–1 Brigg Town
39 Bury Town 1–1 Cambridge City
41 Ely City 2–1 Chatteris Town
43 Lewes 3–3 Cheshunt
44 Accrington Stanley 0–0 Chorley
48 Clapton 1–2 Corinthian Casuals
63 Leytonstone Ilford 3–0 Erith & Belvedere
66 Chester-Le-Street 2–1 Ferryhill Athletic
68 Hyde United 2–1 Fleetwood Town
71 Spennymoor United 3–0 Gateshead
77 Racing Club Warwick 1–3 Gresley Rovers
82 Tilbury 0–0 Hayes
83 Bedworth United 3–0 Hednesford Town
85 Kempston Rovers 1–2 Highgate United
88 Brandon United 1–3 Horden Colliery Welfare
89 Woodford Town 2–1 Hornchurch
96 Thetford Town 0–1 King's Lynn
105 Shifnal Town 2–0 Matlock Town
115 Bedford Town 4–1 Potton United
124 Dulwich Hamlet 3–0 Steyning Town
126 Dunstable 3–1 Sudbury Town
129 Deal Town 2–1 Thanet United
133 Peacehaven & Telscombe 1–3 Uxbridge
144 Bognor Regis Town 1–0 Worthing

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Aveley 0–0 Welling United
39 Cambridge City 1–2 Bury Town
43 Cheshunt 0–2 Lewes
44 Chorley 4–0 Accrington Stanley
82 Hayes 0–0 Tilbury

3rd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Welling United 3–2 Aveley
82 Tilbury 1–1 Hayes

4th replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
82 Hayes 4–0 Tilbury

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alfreton Town 0–2 Boston United
2 Barnstaple Town 0–1 Bideford
3 Basingstoke Town 4–2 Hillingdon Borough
4 Bedford Town 2–0 Barton Rovers
5 Bedworth United 0–1 Alvechurch
6 Billericay Town 3–1 Welling United
7 Bognor Regis Town 0–0 Addlestone & Weybridge Town
8 Boston 1–2 North Ferriby United
9 Bridgend Town 1–3 Worcester City
10 Bridgwater Town 1–1 Taunton Town
11 Bridlington Trinity 0–1 Curzon Ashton
12 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town
13 Burgess Hill Town 2–1 Walton & Hersham
14 Bury Town 0–5 King's Lynn
15 Buxton 1–0 Stalybridge Celtic
16 Caernarfon Town 3–2 Bangor City
17 Cheltenham Town 2–2 Bath City
18 Chester-Le-Street 1–1 Spennymoor United
19 Chorley 0–1 Penrith
20 Corinthian Casuals 2–1 Hayes
21 Croydon 1–1 Epsom & Ewell
22 Deal Town 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
23 Dorchester Town 3–0 Frome Town
24 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Fareham Town
25 Dunstable 3–2 Walthamstow Avenue
26 Eastleigh 3–1 Melksham Town
27 Ely City 2–1 Clacton Town
28 Emley 1–4 Bishop Auckland
29 Falmouth Town 1–0 Torrington
30 Gloucester City 2–4 Devizes Town
31 Goole Town 2–3 Frickley Athletic
32 Grantham 0–1 Corby Town
33 Great Yarmouth Town 3–1 Lowestoft Town
34 Gresley Rovers 3–3 Willenhall Town
35 Halesowen Town 0–0 Burton Albion
36 Hastings United 4–1 Canterbury City
37 Haverfordwest County 3–2 Clevedon Town
38 Hendon 2–2 Banbury United
39 Hertford Town 4–3 Finchley
40 Heybridge Swifts 2–2 Wisbech Town
41 Horwich R M I 0–4 Hyde United
42 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–1 Tring Town
43 Kingstonian 1–0 Hampton
44 Lancaster City 1–3 Ashington
45 Lewes 1–2 Wembley
46 Leyton Wingate 2–2 St Albans City
47 Leytonstone Ilford 2–1 Woodford Town
48 Liskeard Athletic 2–0 Glastonbury
49 Lye Town 1–2 Nuneaton Borough
50 Maidenhead United 0–2 Harrow Borough
51 Malvern Town 2–1 Highgate United
52 March Town United 5–5 Newmarket Town
53 Marine 0–0 Lytham
54 Netherfield 1–1 Droylsden
55 Newbury Town 1–6 Wealdstone
56 Pagham 2–2 Banstead Athletic
57 Prescot Cables 1–1 Nantwich Town
58 Seaham Red Star 0–1 North Shields
59 Shifnal Town 0–3 Runcorn
60 Slough Town 1–5 Wokingham Town
61 South Bank 4–1 Durham City
62 Tamworth 2–2 Shepshed Charterhouse
63 Telford United 3–0 Burscough
64 Thame United 1–1 Feltham
65 Tividale 2–2 V S Rugby
66 Tonbridge 2–2 Dover
67 Tow Law Town 1–4 Horden Colliery Welfare
68 Uxbridge 0–3 Carshalton Athletic
69 Whitley Bay 1–0 Consett
70 Wick 2–2 Farnborough Town
71 Witney Town 4–1 Southall
72 Worksop Town 2–3 Ilkeston Town

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Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 2–0 Bognor Regis Town
10 Taunton Town 1–0 Bridgwater Town
17 Bath City 1–2 Cheltenham Town
18 Spennymoor United 1–0 Chester-Le-Street
21 Epsom & Ewell 4–0 Croydon
34 Willenhall Town 3–1 Gresley Rovers
35 Burton Albion 2–0 Halesowen Town
38 Banbury United 3–4 Hendon
40 Wisbech Town 2–1 Heybridge Swifts
42 Tring Town 1–0 Irthlingborough Diamonds
46 St Albans City 4–1 Leyton Wingate
52 Newmarket Town 0–2 March Town United
53 Lytham 2–6 Marine
54 Droylsden 3–1 Netherfield
56 Banstead Athletic 7–1 Pagham
57 Nantwich Town 0–1 Prescot Cables
62 Shepshed Charterhouse 2–0 Tamworth
64 Feltham 1–2 Thame United
65 V S Rugby 0–2 Tividale
66 Dover 5–2 Tonbridge
70 Farnborough Town 3–0 Wick

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 2–0 Fareham Town
2 Bedford Town 1–0 Ely City
3 Bideford 1–0 Falmouth Town
4 Billericay Town 0–0 Leytonstone Ilford
5 Bishop Auckland 3–0 Frickley Athletic
6 Boston United 4–0 North Ferriby United
7 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–1 Malvern Town
8 Burgess Hill Town 1–5 Carshalton Athletic
9 Burton Albion 2–0 Alvechurch
10 Buxton 4–1 Curzon Ashton
11 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Haverfordwest County
12 Corby Town 8–1 Ilkeston Town
13 Corinthian Casuals 2–0 Hertford Town
14 Dover 2–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
15 Eastleigh 2–4 Dorchester Town
16 Epsom & Ewell 2–4 Hastings United
17 Farnborough Town 4–0 Banstead Athletic
18 Hendon 4–0 Tring Town
19 Horden Colliery Welfare 0–0 Ashington
20 Hyde United 3–1 Marine
21 King's Lynn 5–1 Great Yarmouth Town
22 Nuneaton Borough 5–2 Tividale
23 Penrith 3–2 Droylsden
24 Runcorn 4–1 Prescot Cables
25 Shepshed Charterhouse 1–5 Willenhall Town
26 Spennymoor United 2–2 North Shields
27 St Albans City 1–5 Dunstable
28 Taunton Town 2–1 Liskeard Athletic
29 Telford United 1–2 Caernarfon Town
30 Thame United 1–2 Kingstonian
31 Wealdstone 1–4 Harrow Borough
32 Wembley 5–1 Basingstoke Town
33 Whitley Bay 0–2 South Bank
34 Wisbech Town 2–1 March Town United
35 Witney Town 2–0 Wokingham Town
36 Worcester City 4–1 Devizes Town

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Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Leytonstone Ilford 1–0 Billericay Town
19 Ashington 1–3 Horden Colliery Welfare
16 North Shields 1–5 Spennymoor United

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Kettering Town, Scarborough, Northwich Victoria, Weymouth, Maidstone United, Stafford Rangers, Yeovil Town, Gravesend & Northfleet, A P Leamington, Barnet, Dagenham, Mossley, Leatherhead, Wycombe Wanderers, Workington, Minehead, Blyth Spartans, Merthyr Tydfil, Barking and Harlow Town.

Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 2–2 Taunton Town
2 Barnet 2–0 Corinthian Casuals
3 Bedford Town 3–0 Wisbech Town
4 Bideford 1–0 Kingstonian
5 Boston United 3–1 Dunstable
6 Caernarfon Town 0–2 Bishop Auckland
7 Cheltenham Town 1–3 Dorchester Town
8 Dover 1–1 Leatherhead
9 Gravesend & Northfleet 0–0 Dagenham
10 Harlow Town 1–0 Corby Town
11 Hastings United 2–0 Wembley
12 Hendon 2–1 Harrow Borough
13 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–0 Hyde United
14 Kettering Town 2–1 King's Lynn
15 Leytonstone Ilford 2–0 Carshalton Athletic
16 Maidstone United 0–1 Barking
17 Minehead 1–0 Worcester City
18 Nuneaton Borough 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
19 Penrith 1–0 Northwich Victoria
20 Scarborough 2–3 Blyth Spartans
21 South Bank 0–1 Mossley
22 Spennymoor United 0–1 Runcorn
23 Stafford Rangers 3–0 A P Leamington
24 Weymouth 3–0 Farnborough Town
25 Willenhall Town 2–1 Burton Albion
26 Witney Town 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers
27 Workington 4–1 Buxton
28 Yeovil Town 3–0 Merthyr Tydfil

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Taunton Town 0–0 Addlestone & Weybridge Town
8 Leatherhead 0–1 Dover
9 Dagenham 6–3 Gravesend & Northfleet

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Taunton Town 4–2 Addlestone & Weybridge Town

1981–82 FA Cup

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See 1981-82 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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