The 1993–94 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 113th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 539 clubs were accepted for the competition, down 22 from the previous season's 561.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 28 winning teams from Fourth round Qualifying progressed to the First round proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Calendar Round Start date New Entries Clubs Preliminary round Saturday 28 August 1993 270 539 → 404 First qualifying round Saturday 11 September 1993 153 404 → 260 Second qualifying round Saturday 25 September 1993 none 260 → 188 Third qualifying round Saturday 9 October 1993 none 188 → 152 Fourth qualifying round Saturday 23 October 1993 20 152 → 124 First round proper Saturday 13 November 1993 52 124 → 84 Second round Saturday 4 December 1993 none 84 → 64 Third round Saturday 8 January 1994 44 64 → 32 Fourth round Saturday 29 January 1994 none 32 → 16 Fifth round Saturday 19 February 1994 none 16 → 8 Sixth round Saturday 12 March 1994 none 8 → 4 Semi-finals Saturday 9 April 1994 none 4 → 2 Final Saturday 14 May 1994 none 2 → 1
Preliminary round
Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A F C Totton 1-1 Ryde Sports 2 Alfreton Town 3-2 Armthorpe Welfare 3 Armitage '90 1-0 Banbury United 4 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 1-1 Blackpool Rovers 5 Barnstaple Town 4-0 Exmouth Town 6 Bedfont w/o-scr Beckenham Town 7 Belper Town 1-2 Bamber Bridge 8 Bideford 2-2 Chippenham Town 9 Biggleswade Town 0-3 Barton Rovers 10 Billericay Town 5-2 Bourne Town 11 Billingham Synthonia 3-0 Darlington Cleveland Social 12 Billingham Town 1-1 Alnwick Town 13 Bilston Town 0-2 Bridgnorth Town 14 Bishop's Stortford 4-0 Boston 15 Blidworth Welfare 1-4 Arnold Town 16 Boldmere St Michaels 2-0 Blakenall 17 Bournemouth 0-1 Brockenhurst 18 Bracknell Town 3-3 Bognor Regis Town 19 Bridport 4-0 Bristol Manor Farm 20 Brightlingsea United 1-3 Canvey Island 21 Brook House 2-1 Boreham Wood 22 Burgess Hill Town 3-0 Arundel 23 Bury Town 1-2 Burnham Ramblers 24 Caernarfon Town 0-0 Burscough 25 Chasetown 2-1 Barwell 26 Chatteris Town 2-3 Cornard United 27 Clapton 1-1 Cheshunt 28 Clitheroe 1-0 Congleton Town 29 Consett 5-2 Willington 30 Cove 2-1 Walton & Hersham 31 Croydon 5-0 Corinthian Casuals 32 Daventry Town 0-3 Oldbury United 33 Dawlish Town 0-12 Taunton Town 34 Desborough Town 1-0 Evesham United 35 Dudley Town 2-1 Eastwood Hanley 36 Dunstable 2-2 Collier Row 37 Eastbourne United 5-1 Egham Town 38 Eccleshill United 2-2 Denaby United 39 Edgware Town 3-0 Feltham & Hounslow Borough 40 Elmore 2-1 Devizes Town 41 Erith & Belvedere 2-1 Godalming & Guildford 42 Esh Winning 0-1 Gretna 43 Evenwood Town 3-1 Ferryhill Athletic 44 Fakenham Town 2-2 Great Yarmouth Town 45 Fareham Town 1-1 Eastleigh 46 Faversham Town 3-0 Fisher '93 (Tie awarded to Fisher '93) 47 Felixstowe Town 1-1 Gorleston 48 Flixton 2-0 Farsley Celtic 49 Ford United 1-1 Haringey Borough 50 Frome Town 3-3 Glastonbury 51 Glasshoughton Welfare 0-2 Glossop North End 52 Gosport Borough 0-3 Hungerford Town 53 Great Harwood Town 1-5 Guiseley 54 Hailsham Town 1-4 Epsom & Ewell 55 Halesowen Harriers 2-4 Leicester United 56 Hanwell Town 1-2 Harefield United 57 Harrogate Town 5-2 Peterlee Newtown 58 Haverhill Rovers 1-2 Eynesbury Rovers 59 Hertford Town 0-1 Kempston Rovers 60 Hinckley Town 2-1 Hinckley Athletic 61 Histon 0-9 Heybridge Swifts 62 Horden Colliery Welfare 4-4 Hebburn 63 Hornchurch 1-1 Hoddesdon Town 64 Horsham 1-2 Herne Bay 65 Horsham Y M C A 2-2 Croydon Athletic 66 Hucknall Town 4-0 Chadderton 67 Immingham Town 1-3 Ilkeston Town 68 Lancaster City 3-1 Whickham 69 Langford 2-1 Leighton Town 70 Langney Sports 2-1 Malden Vale 71 Lewes 3-1 Littlehampton Town 72 Lincoln United 4-2 Mossley 73 Long Buckby 2-2 Redditch United 74 Lowestoft Town 3-2 Tamworth 75 Lye Town 1-2 Northampton Spencer 76 Maine Road 0-1 Maltby Miners Welfare 77 March Town United 3-2 Saffron Walden Town 78 Melksham Town 1-0 Falmouth Town 79 Merstham 1-4 Pagham 80 Mirrlees Blackstone 0-1 King's Lynn 81 Moreton Town 2-0 Minehead 82 Murton 3-2 Durham City 83 Newbury Town 6-1 Lancing 84 Newcastle Town 1-1 Ossett Albion 85 Northwood 3-0 Royston Town 86 Oakwood 1-1 Metropolitan Police 87 Odd Down 1-1 Ilfracombe Town 88 Oldham Town 1-3 North Ferriby United 89 Ossett Town 5-3 Harworth Colliery Institute 90 Oxford City 0-7 Newport I O W 91 Peacehaven & Telscombe 2-1 Fleet Town 92 Petersfield United scr-w/o Thame United 93 Pickering Town 5-2 Penrith 94 Poole Town 5-0 Swanage Town & Herston 95 Portfield 1-0 Steyning Town 96 Racing Club Warwick 1-2 Pershore Town 97 Radcliffe Borough 1-3 Salford City 98 Rainham Town 1-5 Purfleet 99 Ramsgate 1-1 Selsey 100 Redhill 1-2 Ringmer 101 Rocester 0-1 Rushden & Diamonds 102 Rossendale United 3-0 Rossington Main 103 Rothwell Town 2-0 Rushall Olympic 104 Ruislip Manor 4-3 Letchworth Garden City 105 Ryhope Community Association 0-3 Prudhoe East End 106 Shildon w/o-scr South Shields 107 Shoreham 0-2 Buckingham Town 108 Shortwood United 3-2 St Blazey 109 Skelmersdale United 0-1 Thackley 110 Southall 1-0 Ware 111 Southwick 2-1 Slade Green 112 Staines Town 1-0 Uxbridge 113 Stamford 4-1 Tiptree United 114 Stewart & Lloyds Corby 1-3 Stratford Town 115 Stocksbridge Park Steels 1-2 St Helens Town 116 Stourport Swifts 0-0 Stourbridge 117 Sudbury Town 4-1 Stowmarket Town 118 Tilbury 1-1 Tring Town 119 Tonbridge 4-1 Whitehawk 120 Tooting & Mitcham United 7-0 Tunbridge Wells 121 Torrington 1-4 Yate Town 122 Tow Law Town 1-0 West Auckland Town 123 Walthamstow Pennant 2-3 Wingate & Finchley 124 Warrington Town 5-0 Bradford Park Avenue 125 Watton United 3-1 Barking 126 Wednesfield 1-0 Eastwood Town 127 West Bromwich Town 1-3 Willenhall Town 128 Weston Super Mare 6-1 Welton Rovers 129 Whyteleafe 5-1 Three Bridges 130 Wimborne Town 5-0 Westbury United 131 Windsor & Eton 1-4 Wick 132 Winterton Rangers 2-0 Prescot 133 Wisbech Town 3-1 Brimsdown Rovers 134 Workington 0-2 Crook Town 135 Yorkshire Amateur 2-1 Brandon United
Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ryde Sports 1-3 A F C Totton 4 Blackpool Rovers 1-6 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 8 Chippenham Town 3-0 Bideford 12 Alnwick Town 1-2 Billingham Town 18 Bognor Regis Town 5-0 Bracknell Town 24 Burscough 2-0 Caernarfon Town 27 Cheshunt 2-1 Clapton 36 Collier Row 0-1 Dunstable 38 Denaby United 2-1 Eccleshill United 44 Great Yarmouth Town 3-1 Fakenham Town 45 Eastleigh 4-1 Fareham Town 47 Gorleston 0-2 Felixstowe Town 49 Haringey Borough 2-0 Ford United 50 Glastonbury 0-1 Frome Town 62 Hebburn 2-1 Horden Colliery Welfare 63 Hoddesdon Town 0-3 Hornchurch 65 Croydon Athletic 5-2 Horsham Y M C A 73 Redditch United 3-1 Long Buckby 84 Ossett Albion 1-2 Newcastle Town 86 Metropolitan Police 3-1 Oakwood 87 Ilfracombe Town 2-2 Odd Down 99 Selsey 3-3 Ramsgate 116 Stourbridge 2-1 Stourport Swifts 118 Tring Town 0-4 Tilbury
2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 87 Odd Down 1-0 Ilfracombe Town 99 Selsey 0-1 Ramsgate (Tie awarded to Selsey)
1st qualifying round
Ties