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Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1956β57 is the 76th 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.
Preliminary round
Ties
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Abingdon Town
0β3
Banbury Spencer
2
Altrincham
4β3
Northwich Victoria
3
Ashford Town (Kent)
3β1
Whitstable
4
Bangor City
2β2
Pwllheli & District
5
Barking
4β1
Tilbury
6
Barnet
2β1
Stevenage Town
7
Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
1β0
Maidstone United
8
Bilston
1β1
Wellington Town
9
Bishop's Stortford
3β0
Enfield
10
Brierley Hill Alliance
0β2
Stourbridge
11
Briggs Sports
4β0
Leyton
12
Bromley
5β3
Metropolitan Police
13
Bromsgrove Rovers
3β3
Cradley Heath
14
Cambridge City
2β1
Warboys Town
15
Chatham Town
2β4
Ramsgate Athletic
16
Chatteris Town
0β2
St Neots & District
17
Chelmsford City
1β0
Ilford
18
Cheltenham Town
3β0
Lovells Athletic
19
Chippenham Town
9β2
Calne & Harris United
20
Dagenham
0β1
Brentwood & Warley
21
Dartford
2β2
Gravesend & Northfleet
22
Deal Town
3β5
Sittingbourne
23
Dorking
0β1
Tunbridge Wells United
24
Dulwich Hamlet
1β2
Woking
25
Epsom
1β3
Bexleyheath & Welling
26
Erith & Belvedere
4β3
Sutton United
27
Finchley
5β0
Hemel Hempstead
28
Folkestone
0β1
Canterbury City
29
Halesowen Town
2β3
Stafford Rangers
30
Harwich & Parkeston
0β0
Clacton Town
31
Haywards Heath
2β3
Eastbourne
32
Histon
2β5
Ely City
33
Holbeach United
2β2
Cambridge United
34
Hyde United
4β4
Stalybridge Celtic
35
Kidderminster Harriers
3β0
Dudley Town
36
Kingstonian
2β2
Tonbridge
37
Letchworth Town
1β0
St Albans City
38
Leytonstone
6β2
Aveley
39
Littlehampton Town
1β2
Lancing Athletic
40
Lostock Gralam
2β1
Leek Town
41
Lytham
1β7
Horwich R M I
42
Macclesfield
2β1
Ellesmere Port Town
43
Maidenhead United
5β1
Huntley & Palmers
44
Margate
8β1
Sheppey United
45
Minehead
2β3
Wadebridge Town
46
New Brighton
1β0
Prescot Cables
47
Newhaven
1β5
Bognor Regis Town
48
Newmarket Town
1β6
March Town United
49
Redditch
4β1
Hednesford Town
50
Romford
4β2
Grays Athletic
51
Rossendale United
0β1
Mossley
52
Runcorn
1β1
Flint Town United
53
Skelmersdale United
3β0
Ashton United
54
Snowdown Colliery Welfare
0β0
Dover
55
South Liverpool
7β0
Earle
56
St Blazey
2β5
Bideford
57
St Helens Town
2β2
Marine
58
Stockton Heath
4β5
Winsford United
59
Sutton Coldfield Town
3β2
Moor Green
60
Uxbridge
3β2
Berkhamsted Town
61
Ware
1β1
Hitchin Town
62
Wealdstone
2β4
Hayes
63
Wells City
1β1
Street
64
Wembley
4β1
Edgware Town
65
Wimbledon
1β5
Tooting & Mitcham United
66
Witton Albion
2β1
Buxton
67
Woodford Town
0β5
Rainham Town
68
Worcester City
7β0
Darlaston
69
Worthing
3β2
Southwick
70
Yiewsley
1β0
Hendon
Replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
4
Pwllheli & District
4β1
Bangor City
8
Wellington Town
3β2
Bilston
13
Cradley Heath
0β1
Bromsgrove Rovers
21
Gravesend & Northfleet
3β2
Dartford
30
Clacton Town
2β1
Harwich & Parkeston
33
Cambridge United
5β0
Holbeach United
34
Stalybridge Celtic
4β4
Hyde United
36
Tonbridge
6β1
Kingstonian
52
Flint Town United
1β2
Runcorn
54
Dover
1β2
Snowdown Colliery Welfare
57
Marine
2β1
St Helens Town
61
Hitchin Town
5β2
Ware
63
Street
0β0
Wells City
2nd replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
34
Hyde United
6β1
Stalybridge Celtic
63
Street
2β0
Wells City
1st qualifying round
Ties
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Altrincham
1β3
Macclesfield
2
Ashby Institute
0β0
Louth United
3
Ashford Town (Kent)
1β2
Canterbury City
4
Atherstone Town
4β0
Boldmere St Michaels
5
Aylesbury United
3β0
Slough Town
6
Bacup Borough
2β6
Mossley
7
Barking
2β2
Brentwood & Warley
8
Barnet
0β3
Eton Manor
9
Barton Town
0β1
Alford United
10
Bath City
2β0
Clandown
11
Biggleswade & District
2β3
Vauxhall Motors
12
Billingham Synthonia
2β1
Bridlington Central United
13
Bishop's Stortford
1β0
Hoddesdon Town
14
Bourne Town
2β0
Brigg Town
15
Bourneville Athletic
0β4
Bedworth Town
16
Bridgwater Town
4β0
Clevedon
17
Briggs Sports
0β1
Romford
18
Bromley
6β0
Erith & Belvedere
19
Brush Sports
2β2
Hinckley Athletic
20
Bury Town
1β1
Haverhill Rovers
21
Cambridge United
2β5
Ely City
22
Carshalton Athletic
4β9
Bexleyheath & Welling
23
Chelmsford City
6β0
Rainham Town
24
Chichester City
2β3
Andover
25
Chorley
4β1
Nelson
26
Clacton Town
1β1
Leytonstone
27
Cockfield
2β3
Stanley United
28
Congleton Town
3β3
Hyde United
29
Cowes
1β4
Gosport Borough Athletic
30
Cramlington Welfare
3β1
Gosforth & Coxlodge
31
Darwen
1β0
Leyland Motors
32
Dawdon Colliery Welfare
0β2
Consett
33
Devizes Town
0β2
Chippenham Town
34
Diss Town
6β3
Whitton United
35
Eastbourne
4β1
Bexhill Town
36
Ebbw Vale
2β5
Cheltenham Town
37
Evenwood Town
4β0
Tow Law Town
38
Ferryhill Athletic
0β3
Horden Colliery Welfare
39
Finchley
1β0
Wembley
40
Fleetwood
3β0
Lancaster City
41
Gloucester City
3β1
Barry Town
42
Grantham
2β1
Skegness Town
43
Gravesend & Northfleet
7β1
Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
44
Great Yarmouth Town
5β1
Gorleston
45
Gresley Rovers
7β3
Belper Town
46
Hallam
2β2
Norton Woodseats
47
Harrogate Railway Athletic
3β2
Ossett Town
48
Harrow Town
0β3
Southall
49
Hayes
0β2
Hounslow Town
50
Horwich R M I
2β1
Skelmersdale United
51
Ilfracombe Town
1β2
Bideford
52
Kidderminster Harriers
1β0
Redditch
53
King's Lynn
4β0
St Neots & District
54
Lancing Athletic
0β2
Bognor Regis Town
55
Langwith Miners Welfare
1β2
Creswell Colliery
56
Letchworth Town
0β0
Hertford Town
57
Linotype & Machinery
1β1
Winsford United
58
Llandudno
0β2
Earlestown
59
Llanelli
5β1
Merthyr Tydfil
60
Lockheed Leamington
3β1
Rugby Town
61
Long Eaton Town
9β0
Players Athletic
62
Lostock Gralam
1β0
Witton Albion
63
Lowestoft Town
8β1
Leiston
64
Maidenhead United
2β3
Oxford City
65
Marine
1β3
New Brighton
66
Marlow
6β1
Windsor & Eton
67
Melksham Town
2β2
Westbury United
68
Milnthorpe Corinthians
2β1
Burscough
69
Morpeth Town
0β5
North Shields
70
Peasedown Miners Welfare
0β2
Glastonbury
71
Pwllheli & District
1β4
South Liverpool
72
Ramsgate Athletic
1β2
Sittingbourne
73
Retford Town
3β3
Denaby United
74
Rothwell Town
0β1
Corby Town
75
Rushden Town
3β1
Stamford
76
Shefford Town
2β6
Hitchin Town
77
Shildon
2β2
West Auckland Town
78
Shotton Colliery Welfare
4β2
Wingate Welfare
79
Snowdown Colliery Welfare
2β2
Margate
80
South Normanton Miners Welfare
3β5
Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare
81
South Shields
3β0
Alnwick Town
82
Spalding United
3β2
Kettering Town
83
Spennymoor United
1β1
Blackhall Colliery Welfare
84
Stafford Rangers
1β1
Oswestry Town
85
Stonehouse
1β4
Cinderford Town
86
Stork
2β2
Runcorn
87
Street
1β2
Chippenham United
88
Sutton Coldfield Town
1β7
Tamworth
89
Sutton Town
3β2
Shirebrook Miners Welfare
90
Tavistock
3β4
Newquay
91
Thetford Town
0β2
Cambridge City
92
Tonbridge
3β3
Tooting & Mitcham United
93
Trowbridge Town
5β0
Frome Town
94
Truro City
3β4
Penzance
95
Tunbridge Wells United
3β0
Woking
96
Uxbridge
1β4
Yiewsley
97
Wadebridge Town
0β6
Taunton
98
Warminster Town
1β6
Salisbury
99
Wellington Town
8β2
Stourbridge
100
Whitley Bay
1β3
Ashington
101
Wigmore Athletic
1β4
Horsham
102
Wisbech Town
0β0
March Town United
103
Witney Town
1β0
Banbury Spencer
104
Wolsingham Welfare
1β6
Willington
105
Worcester City
0β1
Bromsgrove Rovers
106
Worthing
2β2
Redhill
Replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
2
Louth United
5β0
Ashby Institute
7
Brentwood & Warley
2β1
Barking
19
Hinckley Athletic
5β1
Brush Sports
20
Haverhill Rovers
1β6
Bury Town
26
Leytonstone
0β1
Clacton Town
28
Hyde United
6β2
Congleton Town
46
Norton Woodseats
0β0
Hallam
56
Hertford Town
3β0
Letchworth Town
57
Winsford United
2β1
Linotype & Machinery
67
Westbury United
4β2
Melksham Town
73
Denaby United
3β0
Retford Town
77
West Auckland Town
2β1
Shildon
79
Margate
1β0
Snowdown Colliery Welfare
83
Blackhall Colliery Welfare
0β4
Spennymoor United
84
Oswestry Town
0β4
Stafford Rangers
86
Runcorn
3β2
Stork
92
Tooting & Mitcham United
2β1
Tonbridge
102
March Town United
2β1
Wisbech Town
106
Redhill
7β2
Worthing
2nd replay
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
46
Hallam
1β3
Norton Woodseats
2nd qualifying round
Ties
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Andover
3β2
Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
2
Annfield Plain
4β2
Consett
3
Atherstone Town
4β0
Lockheed Leamington (Replay Ordered?)
4
Aylesbury United
2β0
Oxford City
5
Bath City
1β2
Bridgwater Town
6
Bentley Colliery
2β1
Upton Colliery
7
Bexleyheath & Welling
2β5
Bromley
8
Bideford
4β0
Newquay
9
Bishop's Stortford
0β2
Eton Manor
10
Bourne Town
2β8
Grantham
11
Brentwood & Warley
0β1
Clacton Town
12
Bromsgrove Rovers
4β0
Kidderminster Harriers
13
Bungay Town
2β2
Beccles
14
Cambridge City
0β1
Ely City
15
Chelmsford City
4β0
Romford
16
Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare
3β1
Gresley Rovers
17
Corby Town
6β0
Wellingborough Town
18
Cramlington Welfare
0β6
South Shields
19
Creswell Colliery
0β6
Ransome & Marles
20
Darwen
1β1
Mossley
21
Diss Town
2β4
Bury Town
22
Dunstable Town
3β0
Vauxhall Motors
23
Earlestown
1β6
New Brighton
24
Evenwood Town
2β1
Willington
25
Farsley Celtic
1β0
Yorkshire Amateur
26
Finchley
1β2
Yiewsley
27
Fleetwood
2β1
Penrith
28
Frickley Colliery
3β2
Denaby United
29
Glastonbury
3β2
Chippenham United
30
Gloucester City
1β2
Cheltenham Town
31
Goole Town
4β0
Harrogate Railway Athletic
32
Heanor Town
2β0
Whitwick Colliery
33
Hertford Town
0β1
Hitchin Town
34
Horden Colliery Welfare
10β0
Chilton Athletic
35
Horsham
2β0
Eastbourne
36
Horwich R M I
3β0
Chorley
37
Hyde United
5β2
Lostock Gralam
38
Ilkeston Town
2β0
Boots Athletic
39
Linby Colliery
0β3
Sutton Town
40
Llanelli
3β0
Cinderford Town
41
Long Eaton Town
3β4
Hinckley Athletic
42
Louth United
1β1
Alford United
43
Lowestoft Town
0β1
Sudbury Town
44
March Town United
4β1
King's Lynn
45
Margate
2β0
Canterbury City
46
Milnthorpe Corinthians
1β4
Morecambe
47
North Shields
1β0
Ashington
48
North Skelton Athletic
1β3
Billingham Synthonia
49
Norton Woodseats
2β1
Sheffield
50
Penzance
1β1
Taunton
51
Poole Town
3β0
Bridport
52
Portland United
9β0
Ilminster Town
53
Redhill
3β0
Bognor Regis Town
54
Runcorn
0β1
South Liverpool
55
Rushden Town
0β3
Spalding United
56
Salisbury
1β2
Chippenham Town
57
Sheringham
0β2
Great Yarmouth Town
58
Shotton Colliery Welfare
3β0
Boldon Colliery Welfare
59
Sittingbourne
1β0
Gravesend & Northfleet
60
Southall
2β1
Hounslow Town
61
Spennymoor United
3β1
Durham City
62
Stocksbridge Works
8β2
Beighton Miners Welfare
63
Tamworth
1β4
Bedworth Town
64
Trowbridge Town
5β2
Westbury United
65
Tunbridge Wells United
2β3
Tooting & Mitcham United
66
Wellington Town
4β1
Stafford Rangers
67
West Auckland Town
0β0
Stanley United
68
Whitby Town
5β1
South Bank
69
Winchester City
3β0
Gosport Borough Athletic
70
Winsford United
2β2
Macclesfield
71
Witney Town
1β1
Marlow
72
Wolverton Town & B R
4β3
Eynesbury Rovers
Replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
3
Lockheed Leamington
2β1
Atherstone Town
13
Beccles
4β4
Bungay Town
20
Mossley
3β0
Darwen
42
Alford United
2β1
Louth United
50
Taunton
3β3
Penzance
67
Stanley United
2β0
West Auckland Town
70
Macclesfield
4β1
Winsford United
71
Marlow
0β4
Witney Town
2nd replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
13
Bungay Town
3β0
Beccles
50
Taunton
3β2
Penzance
3rd qualifying round
Ties
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Alford United
1β2
Grantham
2
Aylesbury United
7β0
Witney Town
3
Bedworth Town
2β4
Lockheed Leamington
4
Bentley Colliery
1β2
Frickley Colliery
5
Bromsgrove Rovers
1β0
Wellington Town
6
Bury Town
0β0
Sudbury Town
7
Chelmsford City
2β2
Clacton Town
8
Cheltenham Town
4β0
Llanelli
9
Chippenham Town
4β1
Trowbridge Town
10
Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare
1β8
Ilkeston Town
11
Corby Town
3β1
Spalding United
12
Dunstable Town
3β1
Wolverton Town & B R
13
Ely City
2β0
March Town United
14
Eton Manor
3β1
Hitchin Town
15
Evenwood Town
5β1
Stanley United
16
Fleetwood
3β3
Morecambe
17
Glastonbury
4β3
Bridgwater Town
18
Goole Town
9β0
Farsley Celtic
19
Great Yarmouth Town
4β0
Bungay Town
20
Hinckley Athletic
4β1
Heanor Town
21
Horden Colliery Welfare
3β0
Spennymoor United
22
Horsham
2β1
Redhill
23
Horwich R M I
1β0
Mossley
24
Macclesfield
4β4
Hyde United
25
New Brighton
6β1
South Liverpool
26
North Shields
1β1
South Shields
27
Poole Town
2β0
Portland United
28
Shotton Colliery Welfare
2β3
Annfield Plain
29
Sittingbourne
2β3
Margate
30
Southall
0β1
Yiewsley
31
Stocksbridge Works
3β2
Norton Woodseats
32
Sutton Town
4β1
Ransome & Marles
33
Taunton
1β7
Bideford
34
Tooting & Mitcham United
4β0
Bromley
35
Whitby Town
2β3
Billingham Synthonia
36
Winchester City
0β2
Andover
Replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
6
Sudbury Town
3β1
Bury Town
7
Clacton Town
0β0
Chelmsford City
16
Morecambe
3β2
Fleetwood
24
Hyde United
3β3
Macclesfield
26
South Shields
2β1
North Shields
2nd replay
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
7
Chelmsford City
1β2
Clacton Town
24
Macclesfield
3β5
Hyde United
4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round are Crook Town, Walthamstow Avenue, Yeovil Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Weymouth, Rhyl, Hereford United, Wigan Athletic, Blyth Spartans, Peterborough United, Headington United, Hastings United, Guildford City, Nuneaton Borough, Selby Town, Newport I O W, Boston United, Scarborough, Netherfield, Dorchester Town, Worksop Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Burton Albion and Easington Colliery Welfare.
Ties
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Bideford
1β1
Dorchester Town
2
Billingham Synthonia
8β3
Crook Town
3
Blyth Spartans
3β0
Annfield Plain
4
Boston United
6β3
Grantham
5
Burton Albion
6β1
Hinckley Athletic
6
Cheltenham Town
2β1
Andover
7
Chippenham Town
0β0
Weymouth
8
Clacton Town
2β3
Yiewsley
9
Corby Town
1β5
Peterborough United
10
Dunstable Town
5β1
Eton Manor
11
Easington Colliery Welfare
0β3
Evenwood Town
12
Ely City
1β0
Sudbury Town
13
Goole Town
2β1
Gainsborough Trinity
14
Headington United
0β2
Guildford City
15
Horsham
0β2
Hastings United
16
Ilkeston Town
2β2
Sutton Town
17
Lockheed Leamington
1β4
Hereford United
18
Morecambe
3β2
Horwich R M I
19
New Brighton
4β1
Hyde United
20
Nuneaton Borough
1β2
Bromsgrove Rovers
21
Poole Town
0β3
Newport I O W
22
Rhyl
2β0
Frickley Colliery
23
Selby Town
3β1
Stocksbridge Works
24
South Shields
1β0
Horden Colliery Welfare
25
Tooting & Mitcham United
3β1
Aylesbury United
26
Walthamstow Avenue
6β0
Great Yarmouth Town
27
Wigan Athletic
2β2
Netherfield
28
Worksop Town
1β4
Scarborough
29
Wycombe Wanderers
2β4
Margate
30
Yeovil Town
3β1
Glastonbury
Replays
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
1
Dorchester Town
3β0
Bideford
7
Weymouth
4β1
Chippenham Town
16
Sutton Town
1β2
Ilkeston Town
27
Netherfield
3β3
Wigan Athletic
2nd replay
Tie
Home team
Score
Away team
27
Wigan Athletic
2β0
Netherfield
1956β57 FA Cup
See
1956-57 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
External links
Seasons Qualifying rounds
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