The qualifying campaign for the 1902β03 FA Cup, the thirty-second staging of the world's oldest association football competition, consisted of six rounds of matches, which began on 20 September 1902 with the preliminary round. The Cup was eventually won by Bury, who beat Derby County in the final.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined.
Round | Date | Matches | Number of clubs |
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Preliminary round | 20 September 1902 | 24 | 224β200 |
First qualifying round | 4 October 1902 | 48 | 200β152 |
Second qualifying round | 18 October 1902 | 40 | 152β112 |
Third qualifying round | 1 November 1902 | 40 | 112β72 |
Fourth qualifying round | 15 November 1902 | 20 | 72β52 |
Fifth qualifying round | 29 November 1902 | 10 | 52β42 |
Intermediate round | 13 December 1902 | 10 | 42β32 |
First round proper | 7 February 1903 | 16 | 32β16 |
Second round proper | 21 February 1903 | 8 | 16β8 |
Third round proper | 7 March 1903 | 4 | 8β4 |
Semi-final | 21 March 1903 | 2 | 4β2 |
Final | 18 April 1903 | 1 | 2β1 |
Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
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1 | Darwen | 2β2 | Padiham | 20 September 1902 |
1r | Padiham | 2β2 | Darwen | 23 September 1902 |
1r2 | Padiham | 1β0 | Darwen | 30 September 1902 |
2 | Leyton | 3β1 | West Ham Garfield | 20 September 1902 |
3 | Upton Park | 4β0 | Boleyn Castle | 20 September 1902 |
4 | Chatham | 1β1 | Maidstone United | 20 September 1902 |
4r | Maidstone United | 2β2 | Chatham | 29 September 1902 |
4r2 | Maidstone United | 2β0 | Chatham | 29 September 1902 |
5 | Rotherham Town | 2β0 | Attercliffe | 20 September 1902 |
6 | Workington | 0β1 | Frizington White Star | 20 September 1902 |
7 | Darlington St Augustine's | 1β2 | Tow Law | 20 September 1902 |
8 | Leadgate Park | 0β5 | Darlington | 20 September 1902 |
9 | Swanscombe | WβW | Folkestone | β |
10 | Leytonstone | 2β2 | Woodford | 20 September 1902 |
10r | Woodford | 3β1 | Leytonstone | 25 September 1902 |
11 | Fulham | 2β0 | Civil Service | 20 September 1902 |
12 | Crouch End Vampires | 6β1 | West Hampstead | 20 September 1902 |
13 | Trawden Forest | 3β3 | Bacup | 20 September 1902 |
13r | Bacup | 4β3 | Trawden Forest | 23 September 1902 |
14 | Lowestoft Town | 5β0 | Norwich City | 20 September 1902 |
15 | Bromley | 1β2 | West Croydon | 20 September 1902 |
16 | Kirkley | 3β1 | Great Yarmouth Town | 20 September 1902 |
17 | Deptford Town | 1β2 | Cray Wanderers | 20 September 1902 |
18 | Willesden Town | 3β3 | War Office | 20 September 1902 |
18r | War Office | 1β2 | Willesden Town | 25 September 1902 |
19 | Frizington Town | 0β1 | Moss Bay Exchange | 20 September 1902 |
20 | Apsley | 7β1 | Berkhamsted Town | 20 September 1902 |
21 | Bedford Queens Works | 4β2 | Leighton Cee Springs | 20 September 1902 |
22 | Hove | 1β2 | Brighton Athletic | 20 September 1902 |
23 | Chelmsford | 1β0 | Olympic | 20 September 1902 |
24 | Newhaven Cement Works | 2β3 | Hastings & St Leonards | 20 September 1902 |
Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
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1 | Blackpool | 0β1 | Rochdale | 18 October 1902 |
2 | Barrow | 7β1 | Black Diamonds | 18 October 1902 |
3 | Shoreham | 0β12 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 18 October 1902 |
4 | Walsall | 0β2 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 18 October 1902 |
5 | Rotherham Town | 3β1 | Thornhill United | 18 October 1902 |
6 | Swindon Town | 5β0 | Chippenham Town | 18 October 1902 |
7 | Morpeth Harriers | 4β0 | Shankhouse | 18 October 1902 |
8 | Belper Town | 3β0 | Stapleford Town | 18 October 1902 |
9 | Nantwich Town | β | Bye | — |
10 | Whitby | 1β7 | Stockton | 18 October 1902 |
11 | Poole | 3β2 | Weymouth | 18 October 1902 |
12 | Tow Law | 1β1 | Crook Town | 18 October 1902 |
12r | Crook Town | 1β1 | Tow Law | 22 October 1902 |
12r2 | Tow Law (disqualified) | 0β0 | Crook Town | 25 October 1902 |
13 | Chesham Generals | 2β0 | Chesham Town | 18 October 1902 |
14 | Sittingbourne | 1β2 | Maidstone United | 18 October 1902 |
15 | Stalybridge Rovers | 3β0 | Buxton | 18 October 1902 |
16 | Wellington Town | 0β3 | Stafford Rangers | 18 October 1902 |
17 | Gresley Rovers | 5β2 | Coalville Town | 18 October 1902 |
18 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0β2 | Aylesbury United | 18 October 1902 |
19 | Fulham | 0β0 | Willesden Town | 18 October 1902 |
19r | Fulham | 5β0 | Willesden Town | 23 October 1902 |
20 | Accrington Stanley | 1β0 | Rossendale United | 18 October 1902 |
21 | Oswestry United | 1β0 | Chirk | 18 October 1902 |
22 | West Croydon | 2β1 | Richmond Town | 18 October 1902 |
23 | Richmond Association | 1β2 | Southall | 18 October 1902 |
24 | Maidenhead Norfolkians | 4β0 | Maidenhead | 18 October 1902 |
25 | Kirkley | 0β0 | Lowestoft Town | 18 October 1902 |
25r | Lowestoft Town | 2β1 | Kirkley | 23 October 1902 |
26 | Woodford | 4β3 | Upton Park | 18 October 1902 |
27 | Grantham Avenue | 1β1 | Newark | 18 October 1902 |
27r | Newark | 1β0 | Grantham Avenue | 23 October 1902 |
28 | Royston United | 0β0 | Hemsworth | 18 October 1902 |
28r | Royston United | WβW | Hemsworth | — |
29 | Keswick | 2β0 | Shaddongate United | 18 October 1902 |
30 | Bedford Queens Works | 1β2 | Luton Amateur | 18 October 1902 |
31 | Burton United | WβW | Newhall Red Rose | — |
32 | Irthlingborough Town | 2β1 | Desborough Town | 18 October 1902 |
33 | Tunbridge Wells | 1β2 | Hastings & St Leonards | 18 October 1902 |
34 | Market Harborough Town | 1β4 | Whitwick White Cross | 18 October 1902 |
35 | Caerphilly | 1β7 | Aberaman | 18 October 1902 |
36 | North Hants Ironworks | 2β2 | Eastleigh Athletic | 18 October 1902 |
36r | Eastleigh Athletic | 3β0 | North Hants Ironworks | 22 October 1902 |
37 | Sunderland West End | 3β4 | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 18 October 1902 |
38 | Rhyl | β | Bye | — |
39 | St Helens Recreation | 3β0 | St Helens Town | 18 October 1902 |
40 | Glastonbury | 0β2 | Bristol East | 18 October 1902 |
Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
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1 | Chesterfield | 6β0 | Newark | 1 November 1902 |
2 | Nelson | 3β3 | Barrow | 1 November 1902 |
2r | Barrow | 2β0 | Nelson | 6 November 1902 |
3 | South Bank | 0β0 | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 1 November 1902 |
3r | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 4β1 | South Bank | 6 November 1902 |
4 | Southall | 3β2 | Aylesbury United | 1 November 1902 |
5 | Watford | 1β1 | Fulham | 1 November 1902 |
5r | Fulham | 3β0 | Watford | 6 November 1902 |
6 | Rotherham Town | 2β1 | Royston United | 1 November 1902 |
7 | Crewe Alexandra | 0β3 | Glossop | 1 November 1902 |
8 | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 2β0 | Rochdale | 1 November 1902 |
9 | Burslem Port Vale | 3β1 | Stalybridge Rovers | 1 November 1902 |
10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 1β0 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 November 1902 |
11 | Belper Town | 1β4 | Barnsley | 1 November 1902 |
12 | Wrexham | 3β0 | Nantwich | 1 November 1902 |
13 | Bishop Auckland | 2β1 | Morpeth Harriers | 1 November 1902 |
14 | Ilford | 5β0 | Hastings & St Leonards | 1 November 1902 |
15 | Tow Law | 1β5 | Stockton | 1 November 1902 |
16 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 0β1 | Stafford Rangers | 1 November 1902 |
17 | Stourbridge | 7β0 | Oswestry United | 1 November 1902 |
18 | Wellingborough Town | 3β0 | Whitwick White Cross | 1 November 1902 |
19 | Chesham Generals | 2β2 | Marlow | 1 November 1902 |
19r | Marlow | 2β4 | Chesham Generals | 6 November 1902 |
20 | New Brompton | 2β0 | Clapton | 1 November 1902 |
21 | Gresley Rovers | 0β1 | Kettering | 1 November 1902 |
22 | Kidderminster Harriers | WβW | Hereford | — |
23 | Oxford City | 2β2 | Brentford | 1 November 1902 |
23r | Brentford | 5β4 | Oxford City | 5 November 1902 |
24 | Queens Park Rangers | 0β3 | Luton Town | 1 November 1902 |
25 | Wallsend Park Villa | 1β0 | Gateshead NER | 1 November 1902 |
26 | West Croydon | 1β3 | Lowestoft Town | 1 November 1902 |
27 | Eastleigh Athletic | 7β0 | Staple Hill | 1 November 1902 |
28 | Maidstone United | 3β2 | Woodford | 1 November 1902 |
29 | Coventry City | 3β1 | Aberaman | 1 November 1902 |
30 | Maidenhead Norfolkians | 2β2 | Shepherd's Bush | 1 November 1902 |
30r | Shepherd's Bush | 5β1 | Maidenhead Norfolkians | 6 November 1902 |
31 | Yeovil Casuals | 0β4 | Swindon Town | 1 November 1902 |
32 | Bristol East | 1β1 | Poole | 1 November 1902 |
32r | Poole | 4β3 | Bristol East | 5 November 1902 |
33 | Keswick | 0β3 | Southport Central | 1 November 1902 |
34 | Whiteheads | 6β0 | Street | 1 November 1902 |
35 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5β5 | Grays United | 1 November 1902 |
35r | Grays United | 0β3 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 5 November 1902 |
36 | Burton United | 2β0 | Northampton Town | 1 November 1902 |
37 | Irtlingborough Town | 0β1 | Leicester Fosse | 1 November 1902 |
38 | Manchester United | 7β0 | Accrington Stanley | 1 November 1902 |
39 | St Helens Recreation | 18β0 | Rhyl | 1 November 1902 |
40 | Luton Amateur | 5β0 | West Norwood | 1 November 1902 |
Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
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1 | Southport Central | 2β1 | Barrow | 15 November 1902 |
2 | Luton Town | 5β1 | Lowestoft Town | 15 November 1902 |
3 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3β0 | Rotherham Town | 15 November 1902 |
4 | Swindon Town | 7β1 | Poole | 15 November 1902 |
5 | Stockton | 1β4 | Bishop Auckland | 15 November 1902 |
6 | Ilford | 1β0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 15 November 1902 |
7 | Stourbridge | 2β2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 15 November 1902 |
7r | Kidderminster Harriers | 0β0 | Stourbridge | 19 November 1902 |
7r2 | Stourbridge | 0β2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 24 November 1902 |
8 | Wellingborough Town | 4β1 | Leicester Fosse | 15 November 1902 |
9 | Wallsend Park Villa | 0β1 | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 15 November 1902 |
10 | Fulham | 4β1 | Luton Amateur | 15 November 1902 |
11 | Barnsley | 3β2 | Chesterfield | 15 November 1902 |
12 | Brentford | 5β0 | Southall | 15 November 1902 |
13 | Shepherd's Bush | 2β0 | Chesham Generals | 15 November 1902 |
14 | Maidstone United | 0β3 | New Brompton | 15 November 1902 |
15 | Glossop | 4β0 | Wrexham | 15 November 1902 |
16 | Coventry City | 5β2 | Stafford Rangers | 15 November 1902 |
17 | Whiteheads | 3β1 | Eastleigh Athletic | 15 November 1902 |
18 | Burton United | 3β1 | Kettering | 15 November 1902 |
19 | Manchester United | 3β2 | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 15 November 1902 |
20 | St Helens Recreation | 2β1 | Burslem Port Vale | 15 November 1902 |
Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
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1 | Luton Town | 6β1 | Fulham | 29 November 1902 |
2 | Bishop Auckland | 8β0 | Sunderland Royal Rovers | 29 November 1902 |
3 | New Brompton | 4β1 | Ilford | 29 November 1902 |
4 | Barnsley | 3β2 | Gainsborough Trinity | 29 November 1902 |
5 | Brentford | 2β2 | Shepherd's Bush | 29 November 1902 |
5r | Shepherd's Bush | 1β1 | Brentford | 3 December 1902 |
5r2 | Shepherd's Bush | 0β1 | Brentford | 8 December 1902 |
6 | Glossop | 5β0 | St Helens Recreation | 29 November 1902 |
7 | Coventry City | 2β2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 29 November 1902 |
7r | Kidderminster Harriers | 4β2 | Coventry City | 1 December 1902 |
8 | Whiteheads | 0β9 | Swindon Town | 29 November 1902 |
9 | Burton United | 5β1 | Wellingborough Town | 29 November 1902 |
10 | Manchester United | 4β1 | Southport Central | 29 November 1902 |