The FA Cup 1985–86 is the 105th 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.
Preliminary round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 AFC Totton 2–0 Sholing Sports 2 Accrington Stanley 2–0 Darwen 3 Arnold 4–0 Shifnal Town 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 5–1 Faversham Town 5 Ashington 0–2 Durham City 6 Barton Rovers 2–1 Chesham United 7 Blakenall 0–4 Tamworth 8 Boston Town 0–2 Atherstone United 9 Bridgend Town 0–1 Poole Town 10 Bridlington Trinity 4–0 Netherfield 11 Bristol Manor Farm 2–0 Chard Town 12 Brockenhurst 1–3 Warminster Town 13 Caernarfon Town 1–1 Congleton Town 14 Camberley Town 2–2 Bromley 15 Chadderton 2–2 Ashton United 16 Chalfont St Peter 2–1 Banbury United 17 Chatham Town 1–1 Southall 18 Chatteris Town 0–3 Newmarket Town 19 Clapton 3–2 Leytonstone Ilford (Awarded to Leytonstone Ilford) 20 Colwyn Bay 3–1 Leyland Motors 21 Crockenhill 0–1 Hounslow 22 Deal Town 1–4 Southwick 23 Desborough Town 2–3 Oldbury United 24 Devizes Town 2–2 Pagham 25 Dorchester Town 0–0 Clandown 26 Easington Colliery 2–3 Billingham Town 27 Eastbourne United 4–2 Dover Athletic 28 Edgware 1–1 Erith & Belvedere 29 Emley 1–1 Belper Town 30 Eppleton Colliery Welfare 5–1 Yorkshire Amateur 31 Evenwood Town 1–5 Crook Town 32 Farsley Celtic 2–0 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 33 Ferryhill Athletic 2–2 West Auckland Town 34 Fleet Town 0–2 Sheppey United 35 Garforth Town 1–2 Northallerton Town 36 Glastonbury 0–5 Exmouth Town 37 Great Yarmouth Town 2–0 Burnham & Hillingdon 38 Gresley Rovers 8–0 Friar Lane Old Boys 39 Hailsham Town 4–4 Dorking 40 Hampton 2–0 Chertsey Town 41 Harwich & Parkeston 2–3 Hoddesdon Town 42 Hastings Town 1–0 Burgess Hill Town 43 Heanor Town 0–2 Boldmere St Michaels 44 Hertford Town 1–1 Harefield United 45 Histon 3–0 Soham Town Rangers 46 Holbeach United 1–1 Rushden Town 47 Horley Town 0–5 Walton & Hersham 48 Horndean 1–1 Calne Town 49 Horsham Y M C A 0–3 Whyteleafe 50 Ilkeston Town 5–0 Lincoln United 51 Kingsbury Town 1–1 Leyton Wingate 52 Lancaster City 1–0 Willington 53 Lancing 0–3 Hythe Town 54 Langley Park Welfare 2–6 Horden Colliery Welfare 55 Leek Town 0–0 Armitage 56 Llanelli 2–3 Minehead 57 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Bury Town 58 Lye Town 2–1 Sutton Coldfield Town 59 Maesteg Park 0–1 Forest Green Rovers 60 Nantwich Town 1–0 Glossop 61 Newbury Town 2–1 Melksham Town 62 Norton & Stockton Ancients 1–1 Shotton Comrades 63 Oldswinford 2–1 Highgate United 64 Ottery St Mary 1–0 Torrington 65 Paget Rangers 2–2 Rushall Olympic 66 Radcliffe Borough 2–2 North Ferriby United 67 Rainham Town 1–2 Littlehampton Town 68 Ringmer 2–1 Whitstable Town 69 Rossendale United 1–0 Guiseley 70 Rothwell Town 3–3 Hemel Hempstead 71 Royston Town 2–7 March Town United 72 Saltash United 1–0 Barnstaple Town 73 Shildon 3–1 Esh Winning 74 Shortwood United 1–1 Sharpness 75 Spalding United 1–2 Coventry Sporting (Awarded to Spalding United) 76 St Albans City 1–1 Wolverton Town 77 St Blazey 1–0 Shepton Mallet Town 78 Stevenage Borough 2–1 Leamington 79 Stowmarket 3–0 Flackwell Heath 80 Sudbury Town 2–0 Tiptree United 81 Thackley 0–1 Fleetwood Town 82 Thanet United 3–1 Chichester City 83 Three Bridges 2–3 Lewes 84 Tilbury 2–0 Maidenhead United 85 Tonbridge 3–0 Horsham 86 Uxbridge 3–0 Corinthian Casuals 87 Warrington Town 3–1 Eastwood Town 88 Wellingborough Town 4–0 Wigston Fields 89 Welton Rovers 1–3 Mangotsfield United 90 Wimborne Town 2–5 Weston Super Mare 91 Wootton Blue Cross 0–1 Woodford Town
Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 13 Congleton Town 1–0 Caernarfon Town 14 Bromley 4–0 Camberley Town 15 Ashton United 2–1 Chadderton 17 Southall 2–0 Chatham Town 24 Pagham 4–1 Devizes Town 25 Clandown 0–0 Dorchester Town 28 Erith & Belvedere 1–0 Edgware 29 Belper Town 0–1 Emley 33 West Auckland Town 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic 39 Dorking 3–0 Hailsham Town 44 Harefield United 3–0 Hertford Town 46 Rushden Town 3–3 Holbeach United 48 Calne Town 0–0 Horndean 51 Leyton Wingate 3–0 Kingsbury Town 55 Armitage 0–2 Leek Town 62 Shotton Comrades 2–2 Norton & Stockton Ancients 65 Rushall Olympic 3–0 Paget Rangers 66 North Ferriby United 1–2 Radcliffe Borough 70 Hemel Hempstead 1–0 Rothwell Town 74 Sharpness 1–1 Shortwood United 76 Wolverton Town 0–2 St Albans City
2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 25 Dorchester Town 1–2 Clandown 46 Rushden Town 1–0 Holbeach United 48 Horndean 2–1 Calne Town 62 Shotton Comrades 5–2 Norton & Stockton Ancients 74 Sharpness 5–1 Shortwood United
1st qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abingdon Town 0–1 Tring Town 2 Accrington Stanley 4–1 Droylsden 3 Alfreton Town 6–0 Bourne Town 4 Andover 1–3 Hungerford Town 5 Arlesey Town 1–2 Aylesbury United 6 Arnold 6–1 Tividale 7 Arundel 1–3 Basingstoke Town 8 Ashton United 0–1 Stalybridge Celtic 9 Atherstone United 3–3 Bilston Town 10 Baldock Town 0–2 Harrow Borough 11 Barking 4–1 Cheshunt 12 Barry Town 2–2 Paulton Rovers 13 Barton Rovers 1–2 Walthamstow Avenue 14 Basildon United 1–3 Alvechurch 15 Bath City 4–1 Taunton Town 16 Berkhamsted Town 0–0 Bedworth United 17 Bideford 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil 18 Billingham Synthonia 0–4 Gateshead 19 Blue Star 2–1 Guisborough Town 20 Boldmere St Michaels 1–1 South Liverpool 21 Bootle 0–1 Chorley 22 Bracknell Town 1–1 Hayes 23 Brandon United 5–0 Barrow 24 Bridgnorth Town 0–1 Mile Oak Rovers 25 Bridlington Town 0–1 Scarborough 26 Bridlington Trinity 1–0 Alnwick Town 27 Brigg Town 0–1 Worksop Town 28 Bristol Manor Farm 1–1 Gosport Borough 29 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity 30 Burscough 1–1 Armthorpe Welfare 31 Chalfont St Peter 1–1 King's Lynn 32 Chelmsford City 2–0 Alma Swanley 33 Colwyn Bay 0–3 St Helens Town 34 Congleton Town 1–0 Curzon Ashton 35 Cray Wanderers 1–1 Canterbury City 36 Denaby United 0–0 Long Eaton United 37 Dorking 1–7 Welling United 38 Dulwich Hamlet 3–1 Eastbourne Town 39 Durham City 2–3 Chester-Le-Street 40 Eastwood Hanley 0–0 Hyde United 41 Egham Town 1–1 Hornchurch 42 Emley 1–0 Nantwich Town 43Eppleton Colliery Welfare 2–4 Spennymoor United 44 Erith & Belvedere 1–1 Crawley Town 45 Exmouth Town 2–0 Ottery St Mary 46 Fareham Town 2–2 Salisbury 47 Farsley Celtic 1–2 Blyth Spartans 48 Felixstowe Town 4–0 Gorleston 49 Ferryhill Athletic 0–3 Bishop Auckland 50 Fleetwood Town 2–2 North Shields 51 Forest Green Rovers 0–1 Clandown 52 Gloucester City 0–0 Ton Pentre 53 Goole Town 3–2 Skegness Town 54 Grays Athletic w/o-scr Burnham 55 Great Yarmouth Town 0–1 Heybridge Swifts 56 Halesowen Town 2–0 Racing Club Warwick 57 Hampton 3–1 Southall 58 Harefield United 0–0 Aveley 59 Harlow Town 2–1 Cambridge City 60 Harrogate Town 0–2 Morecambe 61 Hastings Town 2–1 Epsom & Ewell 62 Haywards Heath 3–5 Croydon 63 Hednesford Town 2–1 Milton Keynes Borough 64 Hemel Hempstead 1–3 Nuneaton Borough 65 Herne Bay 1–5 Carshalton Athletic 66 Hinckley Athletic 2–1 Willenhall Town 67 Histon 3–1 Finchley 68 Hitchin Town 1–1 Haverhill Rovers 69 Hoddesdon Town 1–3 Dunstable 70 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–3 Crook Town 71 Horndean 2–3 Tooting & Mitcham United 72 Hounslow 1–2 Leyton Wingate 73 Hythe Town 1–0 Ashford Town (Kent) 74 Ilkeston Town 2–2 Buxton 75 Irthlingborough Diamonds 3–2 Shepshed Charterhouse 76 Kingstonian 1–0 Whitehawk 77 Lancaster City 0–4 Gretna 78 Leatherhead 0–2 Redhill 79 Leek Town 2–0 Winsford United 80 Leicester United 0–1 Witton Albion 81 Letchworth Garden City 2–3 Corby Town 82 Lewes 0–1 Tonbridge 83 Leytonstone Ilford 0–2 Marlow 84 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Gravesend & Northfleet (played at Gravesend & Northfleet) 85 Lowestoft Town 1–2 Braintree Town 86 Lye Town 1–3 Stafford Rangers 87 Mangotsfield United 1–3 Frome Town 88 Merstham 0–4 Slough Town 89 Minehead 1–1 Cheltenham Town 90 Moor Green 5–0 Wednesfield Social 91 Newbury Town 3–3 A F C Totton 92 Newmarket Town 1–6 Stamford 93 Newport I O W 3–2 Metropolitan Police 94 Northallerton Town 1–2 Shotton Comrades 95 Oldbury United 1–1 Grantham 96 Oldswinford 2–2 Gresley Rovers 97 Oswestry Town 1–1 GKN Sankey 98 Oxford City 7–2 Malvern Town 99 Pagham 2–0 Petersfield United 100 Penrith 1–3 Peterlee Newtown 101 Poole Town 5–1 Weston Super Mare 102 Prescot Cables 1–2 Runcorn 103 Radcliffe Borough 0–0 Ossett Albion 104 Redditch United 1–1 R S Southampton 105 Rhyl 3–1 Wren Rovers 106 Ringmer 1–3 Woking 107 Rossendale United 1–2 Mossley 108 Ruislip Manor 1–0 Hendon 109 Rushall Olympic 0–2 Wellingborough Town 110 Rushden Town 2–3 March Town United 111 Ryhope Community Association 1–3 Whitley Bay 112 Saltash United 1–2 Sharpness 113 Sheppey United 1–1 Fisher Athletic 114 Shildon 1–2 Billingham Town 115 Sittingbourne 1–2 Banstead Athletic 116 Skelmersdale United 2–2 Horwich R M I 117 South Bank 4–0 Darlington Cleveland Bridge 118 Southport 4–2 Clitheroe 119 Southwick 1–1 Folkestone 120 Spalding United 2–2 Matlock Town 121 St Blazey 2–4 Clevedon Town 122 Staines Town 3–1 Molesey 123 Stevenage Borough 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers 124 Stowmarket 2–2 V S Rugby 125 Sudbury Town 0–0 Stourbridge 126 Sutton Town 2–2 Marine 127 Sutton United 5–0 Beckenham Town 128 Tamworth 2–1 Walsall Borough 129 Thanet United 2–2 Bromley 130 Tilbury 2–1 Tunbridge Wells 131 Tow Law Town 1–0 Consett 132 Trowbridge Town 1–3 Chippenham Town 133 Uxbridge 0–1 Buckingham Town 134 Walton & Hersham w/o-scr Hastings United 135 Ware 1–0 Billericay Town 136 Warminster Town 1–1 Wokingham Town 137 Warrington Town 1–3 Formby 138 Wembley 2–0 Boreham Wood 139 Whyteleafe 2–1 Eastbourne United 140 Wingate (Durham) 4–2 Workington 141 Wisbech Town 2–0 Dudley Town 142 Witney Town 3–0 Saffron Walden Town 143 Woodford Town 1–0 St Albans City 144 Worthing 3–0 Waterlooville
Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Bilston Town 0–2 Atherstone United 12 Paulton Rovers 0–2 Barry Town 16 Bedworth United 1–2 Berkhamsted Town 17 Merthyr Tydfil 1–1 Bideford 20 South Liverpool 5–0 Boldmere St Michaels 22 Hayes 2–1 Bracknell Town 28 Gosport Borough 2–2 Bristol Manor Farm 29 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Bromsgrove Rovers 30 Armthorpe Welfare 0–1 Burscough 31 King's Lynn 1–2 Chalfont St Peter 35 Canterbury City 5–0 Cray Wanderers 36 Long Eaton United 1–0 Denaby United 40 Hyde United 1–2 Eastwood Hanley 41 Hornchurch 0–1 Egham Town 44 Crawley Town 3–0 Erith & Belvedere 46 Salisbury 0–5 Fareham Town 50 North Shields 2–1 Fleetwood Town 52 Ton Pentre 3–3 Gloucester City 58 Aveley 2–0 Harefield United 68 Haverhill Rovers 0–0 Hitchin Town 74 Buxton 4–1 Ilkeston Town 89 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Minehead 91 A F C Totton 2–0 Newbury Town 95 Grantham 2–1 Oldbury United 96 Gresley Rovers 5–3 Oldswinford 97 GKN Sankey 1–0 Oswestry Town 103 Ossett Albion 0–3 Radcliffe Borough 104 R S Southampton 3–2 Redditch United 113 Fisher Athletic 2–2 Sheppey United 116 Horwich R M I 3–0 Skelmersdale United 119 Folkestone 1–1 Southwick 120 Matlock Town 0–0 Spalding United 124 V S Rugby 3–2 Stowmarket 125 Stourbridge 1–0 Sudbury Town 126 Marine 6–0 Sutton Town 129 Bromley 2–1 Thanet United 136 Wokingham Town 3–2 Warminster Town
2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 17 Bideford 2–0 Merthyr Tydfil 28 Gosport Borough 4–3 Bristol Manor Farm 52 Ton Pentre 2–1 Gloucester City 68 Hitchin Town 3–0 Haverhill Rovers 113 Sheppey United 0–4 Fisher Athletic 119 Southwick 3–1 Folkestone 120 Matlock Town 3–2 Spalding United
2nd qualifying round Ties