1983–84 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1983–84 is the 103rd 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.

1983–84 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 Accrington Stanley 3–1 Crook Town
2 Alfreton Town 0–1 Ashton United
3 Ampthill Town 2–1 Rushden Town
4 Aylesbury United 2–0 Harefield United
5 Barry Town 4–1 Calne Town
6 Beckenham Town 1–3 Ashford Town (Kent)
7 Belper Town 3–3 Bilston
8 Blakenall 0–1 Buckingham Town
9 Boldmere St Michaels 0–2 Dudley Town
10 Boston 1–3 Gresley Rovers
11 Bourne Town 4–2 Chipping Norton Town
12 Brigg Town 0–0 Hednesford Town
13 Bristol Manor Farm 0–1 Glastonbury
14 Brockenhurst 1–1 Clandown
15 Burnham 2–0 Bracknell Town
16 Bury Town 3–3 Tiptree United
17 Chadderton 1–0 Denaby United
18 Chalfont St Peter 2–1 Finchley
19 Chard Town 2–1 Taunton Town
20 Chertsey Town 0–1 Peacehaven & Telscombe
21 Chester-Le-Street 2–0 Shildon
22 Clapton 2–3 Cray Wanderers
23 Colwyn Bay 2–3 Emley
24 Congleton Town 1–0 Caernarfon Town
25 Dorking 1–0 Berkhamsted Town
26 Droylsden 1–2 Prestwich Heys
27 Durham City 3–1 Ashington
28 Easington Colliery 2–0 Whitley Bay
29 Eastbourne United 1–0 Arundel
30 Eastwood Hanley 1–0 Desborough Town
31 Ely City 3–2 Armitage
32 Falmouth Town 0–1 Bridgwater Town
33 Fleetwood Town 2–1 Blue Star
34 Formby 2–1 North Ferriby United
35 Gretna 3–1 Consett
36 Guisborough Town 2–1 Ferryhill Athletic
37 Hailsham Town 2–1 Woking
38 Haringey Borough 1–4 Canterbury City
39 Haverfordwest County 1–0 Weston Super Mare
40 Highgate United 1–2 Bridgnorth Town
41 Hoddesdon Town 1–0 Merstham
42 Hornchurch 1–0 Crawley Town
43 Horsham 0–0 Burgess Hill Town
44 Kingsbury Town 0–1 Addlestone & Weybridge Town
45 Lancing 3–1 Faversham Town
46 Lewes 2–2 Tunbridge Wells
47 Llanelli 3–0 Clevedon Town
48 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Letchworth Garden City
49 Lye Town 1–0 Willenhall Town
50 Mangotsfield United 3–1 Ton Pentre
51 March Town United 3–2 Bromsgrove Rovers
52 Metropolitan Police 0–1 Horsham Y M C A
53 Molesey 0–2 Erith & Belvedere
54 Newbury Town 4–2 Devizes Town
55 Paulton Rovers 2–1 Wellington (Somerset)
56 Peterlee Newtown 3–0 Netherfield
57 Prescot Cables 0–0 Lytham
58 R S Southampton 4–1 Oxford City
59 Racing Club Warwick 3–1 Banbury United
60 Radcliffe Borough 2–1 Ossett Albion
61 Ringmer 0–3 Sittingbourne
62 Romsey Town 1–1 Chippenham Town
63 Rothwell Town 2–0 Newmarket Town
64 Royston Town 4–1 Epping Town
65 Ryhope Community Association 1–3 Harrogate Town
66 Salisbury 1–0 Flackwell Heath
67 Saltash United 3–1 Barnstaple Town
68 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 7–0 Bridlington Trinity
69 Skegness Town 2–4 Tividale
70 Soham Town Rangers 1–0 Harwich & Parkeston
71 St Albans City 10–0 Banstead Athletic
72 Stevenage Borough 2–0 Milton Keynes City
73 Stowmarket 1–0 Cheshunt
74 Three Bridges 3–2 Hemel Hempstead
75 Tonbridge 3–0 Marlow
76 Walton & Hersham 1–1 Fleet Town
77 Warrington Town 0–3 Stalybridge Celtic
78 Whitehawk 3–0 Horndean
79 Wick 2–1 Newport I O W
80 Wigston Fields 3–1 Coventry Sporting
81 Winterton Rangers 1–0 Friar Lane Old Boys
82 Wootton Blue Cross 1–1 Basildon United
83 Wren Rovers 3–2 Appleby Frodingham

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Tie Home team Score Away team
7 Bilston 1–0 Belper Town
12 Hednesford Town 3–0 Brigg Town
14 Clandown 3–0 Brockenhurst
16 Tiptree United 0–1 Bury Town
43 Burgess Hill Town 0–2 Horsham
46 Tunbridge Wells 0–3 Lewes
57 Lytham 0–3 Prescot Cables
62 Chippenham Town 0–1 Romsey Town
76 Fleet Town 0–4 Walton & Hersham
82 Basildon United 2–0 Wootton Blue Cross

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Abingdon Town 0–3 Wokingham Town
2 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 3–1 Cray Wanderers
3 Andover 1–3 A F C Totton
4 Arnold 1–2 Bilston
5 Ashford Town (Kent) 5–0 Deal Town
6 Ashton United 0–1 Runcorn
7 Aylesbury United 2–0 Boreham Wood
8 Barry Town 2–0 Chard Town
9 Barton Rovers 0–1 Kidderminster Harriers
10 Basildon United 3–1 Leytonstone Ilford
11 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Llanelli
12 Bath City 4–0 Shepton Mallet Town
13 Bedworth United 3–2 Dunstable
14 Billericay Town 3–0 Thetford Town
15 Billingham Synthonia 0–1 Lancaster City
16 Bishop Auckland 2–2 Thackley
17 Bootle 0–1 Bangor City
18 Bourne Town 1–4 Shifnal Town
19 Brandon United 0–0 Guisborough Town
20 Bridgend Town 1–0 Redditch United
21 Bromley 3–1 Horley Town
22 Burnham 1–2 Hitchin Town
23 Bury Town 0–2 V S Rugby
24 Buxton 2–1 Curzon Ashton
25 Cambridge City 1–2 Wealdstone
26 Canterbury City 0–3 Bognor Regis Town
27 Chadderton 1–4 South Liverpool
28 Chatham Town 1–2 Epsom & Ewell
29 Chatteris Town 0–2 Wellingborough Town
30 Chelmsford City 5–1 Gorleston
31 Chester-Le-Street 1–0 Barrow
32 Chichester City 1–2 Tonbridge
33 Chorley 2–0 Burscough
34 Cinderford Town 1–2 Merthyr Tydfil
35 Clandown 4–2 Trowbridge Town
36 Clitheroe 0–0 South Bank
37 Coleshill Town 1–3 Gresley Rovers
38 Corinthian-Casuals 2–0 Camberley Town
39 Dorchester Town 0–0 Eastleigh
40 Dorking 1–1 Hendon
41 Dover Athletic 1–4 Lewes
42 Dudley Town 3–1 Irthlingborough Diamonds
43 Dulwich Hamlet 5–0 Ramsgate
44 Easington Colliery 2–1 Peterlee Newtown
45 Eastbourne Town 0–1 Hailsham Town
46 Eastwood Hanley 0–2 Leicester United
47 Edgware 0–5 Windsor & Eton
48 Egham Town 2–1 Sheppey United
49 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 0–2 Durham City
50 Evenwood Town 0–3 North Shields
51 Fareham Town 1–1 Maidenhead United
52 Farsley Celtic 1–4 Horwich R M I
53 Felixstowe Town 3–1 Rainham Town
54 Feltham 0–1 Whyteleafe
55 Fleetwood Town 1–2 Tow Law Town
56 Forest Green Rovers 6–0 Wimborne Town
57 Frome Town 1–1 Torrington
58 Gainsborough Trinity 6–0 Ilkeston Town
59 Glastonbury 0–0 Cheltenham Town
60 Great Yarmouth Town 3–1 Holbeach United
61 Gretna 1–0 Annfield Plain
62 Halesowen Town 6–0 King's Lynn
63 Harrogate Town 2–4 Whitby Town
64 Harrow Borough 9–0 Ware
65 Hastings Town 3–4 Tooting & Mitcham United
66 Haverfordwest County 1–2 Gloucester City
67 Haverhill Rovers 0–1 Lowestoft Town
68 Hayes 1–3 Wembley
69 Haywards Heath 2–6 Folkestone
70 Hednesford Town 1–2 Frickley Athletic
71 Herne Bay 1–3 Gravesend & Northfleet
72 Hertford Town 1–1 Horsham Y M C A
73 Heybridge Swifts 1–0 Soham Town Rangers
74 Hillingdon 2–1 Erith & Belvedere
75 Hinckley Athletic 0–1 Shepshed Charterhouse
76 Hoddesdon Town 0–4 Dartford
77 Horden Colliery Welfare 5–1 West Auckland Town
78 Hornchurch 3–2 Tring Town
79 Hounslow 0–3 Slough Town
80 Hungerford Town 2–1 Newbury Town
81 Hyde United 3–0 Darwen
82 Kingstonian 2–0 Steyning Town
83 Lancing 2–2 Hastings United
84 Leek Town 1–1 Goole Town
85 Leyland Motors 1–3 Congleton Town
86 Leyton Wingate 1–2 St Albans City
87 Littlehampton Town 0–2 Leatherhead
88 Long Eaton United 1–1 Lye Town
89 Mangotsfield United 4–0 Melksham Town
90 Marine 3–2 Heanor Town
91 Matlock Town 2–2 Winsford United
92 Mile Oak Rovers 0–1 Corby Town
93 Morecambe 1–0 Guiseley
94 Nantwich Town 1–1 Emley
95 Nuneaton Borough 1–2 Oldbury United
96 Peacehaven & Telscombe 0–3 Fisher Athletic
97 Prescot Cables 0–5 Rhyl
98 R S Southampton 0–0 Waterlooville
99 Racing Club Warwick 2–2 Alvechurch
100 Radcliffe Borough 1–3 Southport
101 Redhill 1–1 Eastbourne United
102 Romsey Town 0–2 Gosport Borough
103 Rothwell Town 1–5 Burton Albion
104 Royston Town 1–7 Hampton
105 Rushall Olympic 1–1 Grantham
106 Saffron Walden Town 3–0 Stowmarket
107 Saltash United 0–1 Poole Town
108 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 1–3 Gateshead
109 Sholing Sports 2–1 Salisbury
110 Sittingbourne 1–1 Horsham
111 Southall 3–3 Carshalton Athletic
112 Southwick 1–2 Worthing
113 St Blazey 3–1 Bridgwater Town
114 St Helens Town 0–1 Prestwich Heys
115 Staines Town 1–0 Grays Athletic
116 Stalybridge Celtic 8–1 Formby
117 Stevenage Borough 0–0 Moor Green
118 Stourbridge 2–1 Stamford
119 Sudbury Town 1–1 Walthamstow Avenue
120 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 Spalding United
121 Sutton Town 0–2 Bridgnorth Town
122 Tamworth 1–6 Macclesfield Town
123 Thame United 2–1 Ampthill Town
124 Thanet United 1–1 Pagham
125 Three Bridges 5–1 Croydon
126 Tilbury 0–1 Chesham United
127 Tiverton Town 1–6 Bideford
128 Tividale 0–5 A P Leamington
129 Uxbridge 4–2 Chalfont St Peter
130 Walsall Borough 1–2 March Town United
131 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Welling United
132 Wednesfield Social 4–0 Ely City
133 Welton Rovers 2–0 Paulton Rovers
134 Whitstable Town 1–2 Whitehawk
135 Wick 1–2 Farnborough Town
136 Wigston Fields 1–4 Buckingham Town
137 Willington 1–1 Accrington Stanley
138 Winterton Rangers 0–3 Eastwood Town
139 Witney Town 2–1 Moreton Town
140 Witton Albion 1–1 Glossop
141 Woodford Town 0–2 Aveley
142 Worksop Town 1–2 Wisbech Town
143 Wren Rovers 0–2 Oswestry Town
144 Yorkshire Amateur 4–1 Spennymoor United

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Tie Home team Score Away team
16 Thackley 1–4 Bishop Auckland
19 Guisborough Town 1–2 Brandon United
36 South Bank 0–0 Clitheroe
39 Eastleigh 0–2 Dorchester Town
40 Hendon 4–1 Dorking
51 Maidenhead United 0–1 Fareham Town
57 Torrington 0–3 Frome Town
59 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Glastonbury
72 Horsham Y M C A 2–2 Hertford Town
83 Hastings United 2–0 Lancing
84 Goole Town 4–0 Leek Town
88 Lye Town 4–3 Long Eaton United
91 Winsford United 2–1 Matlock Town
94 Emley 6–2 Nantwich Town
98 Waterlooville 2–1 R S Southampton
99 Alvechurch 5–1 Racing Club Warwick
101 Eastbourne United 2–1 Redhill
105 Grantham 3–0 Rushall Olympic
110 Horsham 1–2 Sittingbourne
111 Carshalton Athletic 3–4 Southall
117 Moor Green 1–0 Stevenage Borough
119 Walthamstow Avenue 2–0 Sudbury Town
124 Pagham 0–1 Thanet United
137 Accrington Stanley 3–0 Willington
140 Glossop 2–0 Witton Albion

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
36 Clitheroe 1–0 South Bank
72 Hertford Town 2–0 Horsham Y M C A

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Gateshead
2 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 2–1 Hendon
3 Aveley 1–1 Wealdstone
4 Barry Town 4–2 Mangotsfield United
5 Basingstoke Town 1–1 Clandown
6 Bath City 0–1 Merthyr Tydfil
7 Bedworth United 2–1 Kidderminster Harriers
8 Billericay Town 2–2 Walthamstow Avenue
9 Bilston 1–1 Frickley Athletic
10 Bishop Auckland 1–0 Clitheroe
11 Brandon United 1–0 Gretna
12 Bridgend Town 0–2 Cheltenham Town
13 Bridgnorth Town 2–1 Leicester United
14 Bromley 0–4 Gravesend & Northfleet
15 Buckingham Town 2–1 Alvechurch
16 Buxton 0–1 Horwich R M I
17 Chelmsford City 4–2 Great Yarmouth Town
18 Chorley 2–4 Bangor City
19 Congleton Town 3–0 Oswestry Town
20 Corinthian-Casuals 3–0 Southall
21 Dorchester Town 0–3 Wokingham Town
22 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Folkestone
23 Durham City 1–3 Whitby Town
24 Easington Colliery 0–0 Tow Law Town
25 Eastbourne United 0–0 Hastings United
26 Egham Town 1–5 Leatherhead
27 Emley 1–3 South Liverpool
28 Epsom & Ewell 1–2 Dartford
29 Fareham Town 0–3 A F C Totton
30 Frome Town 0–0 Bideford
31 Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 Grantham
32 Glossop 4–0 Goole Town
33 Gresley Rovers 0–1 Eastwood Town
34 Hailsham Town 1–3 Ashford Town (Kent)
35 Harrow Borough 0–0 Aylesbury United
36 Hertford Town 1–1 Bognor Regis Town
37 Heybridge Swifts 2–2 V S Rugby
38 Hillingdon 0–1 Hitchin Town
39 Horden Colliery Welfare 6–1 Chester-Le-Street
40 Hungerford Town 3–3 Waterlooville
41 Hyde United 3–0 Runcorn
42 Kingstonian 3–2 Worthing
43 Lancaster City 2–2 Yorkshire Amateur
44 Lewes 0–2 Fisher Athletic
45 Lowestoft Town 3–0 Felixstowe Town
46 Lye Town 4–4 A P Leamington
47 March Town United 3–2 Dudley Town
48 Marine 0–3 Macclesfield Town
49 Morecambe 2–2 North Shields
50 Oldbury United 2–0 Halesowen Town
51 Prestwich Heys 0–1 Southport
52 Saffron Walden Town 2–4 Basildon United
53 Sholing Sports 0–0 Gosport Borough
54 Sittingbourne 3–0 Three Bridges
55 St Albans City 3–0 Hornchurch
56 St Blazey 0–3 Poole Town
57 Staines Town 2–2 Windsor & Eton
58 Stalybridge Celtic 2–0 Rhyl
59 Stourbridge 2–3 Wellingborough Town
60 Sutton Coldfield Town 5–4 Shifnal Town
61 Thame United 4–4 Moor Green
62 Thanet United 0–7 Tooting & Mitcham United
63 Tonbridge 1–2 Farnborough Town
64 Uxbridge 0–1 Hampton
65 Wednesfield Social 1–2 Burton Albion
66 Welton Rovers 1–4 Gloucester City
67 Wembley 0–0 Chesham United
68 Whitehawk 4–1 Walton & Hersham
69 Whyteleafe 0–5 Slough Town
70 Winsford United 3–1 Shepshed Charterhouse
71 Wisbech Town 2–2 Corby Town
72 Witney Town 2–2 Forest Green Rovers

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Gateshead 1–2 Accrington Stanley
3 Wealdstone 2–0 Aveley
5 Clandown 0–2 Basingstoke Town
8 Walthamstow Avenue 0–0 Billericay Town
9 Frickley Athletic 2–0 Bilston
24 Tow Law Town 1–1 Easington Colliery
25 Hastings United 1–0 Eastbourne United
30 Bideford 0–2 Frome Town
35 Aylesbury United 1–2 Harrow Borough
36 Bognor Regis Town 2–0 Hertford Town
37 V S Rugby 2–0 Heybridge Swifts
40 Waterlooville 3–0 Hungerford Town
43 Yorkshire Amateur 0–2 Lancaster City
46 A P Leamington 4–0 Lye Town
49 North Shields 4–2 Morecambe
53 Gosport Borough 4–0 Sholing Sports
57 Windsor & Eton 2–0 Staines Town
61 Moor Green 4–2 Thame United
67 Chesham United 3–2 Wembley
71 Corby Town 3–2 Wisbech Town
72 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Witney Town

2nd replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
8 Walthamstow Avenue 2–1 Billericay Town
24 Easington Colliery 1–0 Tow Law Town

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 A F C Totton 1–1 Waterlooville
2 Bangor City 1–0 South Liverpool
3 Bedworth United 2–1 Moor Green
4 Bishop Auckland 4–1 Accrington Stanley
5 Chelmsford City 2–2 V S Rugby
6 Cheltenham Town 3–1 Barry Town
7 Chesham United 0–2 Hitchin Town
8 Corby Town 2–2 A P Leamington
9 Corinthian-Casuals 3–1 Bognor Regis Town
10 Dartford 2–2 Sittingbourne
11 Folkestone 2–0 Hastings United
12 Frome Town 2–3 Poole Town
13 Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Bridgnorth Town
14 Glossop 2–3 Frickley Athletic
15 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 Ashford Town (Kent)
16 Harrow Borough 1–0 Addlestone & Weybridge Town
17 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–2 Easington Colliery
18 Horwich R M I 2–1 Southport
19 Hyde United 2–0 Stalybridge Celtic
20 Kingstonian 2–4 Farnborough Town
21 Lancaster City 2–2 Whitby Town
22 Leatherhead 0–4 Fisher Athletic
23 Macclesfield Town 6–0 Congleton Town
24 Merthyr Tydfil 3–2 Gloucester City
25 North Shields 2–0 Brandon United
26 Oldbury United 0–3 Burton Albion
27 Slough Town 3–2 Hampton
28 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 Buckingham Town
29 Tooting & Mitcham United 3–0 Whitehawk
30 Walthamstow Avenue 0–0 Lowestoft Town
31 Wealdstone 3–1 Basildon United
32 Wellingborough Town 1–0 March Town United
33 Windsor & Eton 4–1 St Albans City
34 Winsford United 0–1 Eastwood Town
35 Witney Town 2–2 Basingstoke Town
36 Wokingham Town 2–1 Gosport Borough

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Waterlooville 3–0 A F C Totton
5 V S Rugby 1–2 Chelmsford City
8 A P Leamington 3–0 Corby Town
10 Sittingbourne 1–4 Dartford
13 Bridgnorth Town 1–4 Gainsborough Trinity
15 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–2 Gravesend & Northfleet
21 Whitby Town 7–3 Lancaster City
30 Lowestoft Town 0–2 Walthamstow Avenue
35 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Witney Town

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Maidstone United, Boston United, Weymouth, Scarborough, Dagenham, Barnet, Worcester City, Kettering Town, Yeovil Town, Stafford Rangers, Wycombe Wanderers, Bishop's Stortford, Sutton United, Mossley, Workington, Minehead, Blyth Spartans, Barking, Harlow Town and Penrith.

Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 A P Leamington 3–0 Wellingborough Town
2 Bangor City 2–1 Scarborough
3 Barking 3–0 Ashford Town (Kent)
4 Basingstoke Town 1–1 Worcester City
5 Boston United 3–1 Stafford Rangers
6 Chelmsford City 2–1 Bedworth United
7 Corinthian-Casuals 1–0 Merthyr Tydfil
8 Dartford 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United
9 Eastwood Town 2–2 Wycombe Wanderers
10 Fisher Athletic 1–1 Harrow Borough
11 Folkestone 1–1 Dagenham
12 Frickley Athletic 1–0 North Shields
13 Harlow Town 1–1 Barnet
14 Hitchin Town 0–1 Gainsborough Trinity
15 Horwich R M I 0–0 Macclesfield Town
16 Hyde United 1–1 Blyth Spartans
17 Kettering Town 3–2 Sutton Coldfield Town
18 Maidstone United 1–1 Sutton United
19 Penrith 3–0 Horden Colliery Welfare
20 Poole Town 3–0 Slough Town
21 Walthamstow Avenue 0–0 Burton Albion
22 Waterlooville 3–2 Wokingham Town
23 Wealdstone 1–0 Bishop's Stortford
24 Weymouth 1–1 Farnborough Town
25 Whitby Town 4–2 Bishop Auckland
26 Windsor & Eton 1–0 Cheltenham Town
27 Workington 0–0 Mossley
28 Yeovil Town 2–2 Minehead

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Tie Home team Score Away team
4 Worcester City 3–1 Basingstoke Town
9 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Eastwood Town
10 Harrow Borough 4–2 Fisher Athletic
11 Dagenham 3–0 Folkestone
13 Barnet 5–1 Harlow Town
15 Macclesfield Town 4–3 Horwich R M I
16 Blyth Spartans 2–4 Hyde United
18 Sutton United 1–3 Maidstone United
21 Burton Albion 3–1 Walthamstow Avenue
24 Farnborough Town 3–2 Weymouth
27 Mossley 1–0 Workington
28 Minehead 2–4 Yeovil Town

1983–84 FA Cup

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See 1983-84 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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