The 2017–18 FA Cup qualifying rounds open the 137th 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 737 teams were accepted for the competition, an increase of 1 from the previous season's 736.
The large number (645) of non-League clubs entering the tournament, from (Levels 5 to 10) in the English football pyramid, required the competition to start with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockout matches. The 32 winning teams from the fourth qualifying round progressed to the First round proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Calendar and prizes The calendar for the 2017–18 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.
Round Main date Leagues entering at this round New entries this round Winners from previous round Number of fixtures Prize money Extra preliminary round 5 August 2017 Levels 9–10 370 none 185 £1,500 Preliminary round 19 August 2017 Level 8 135 185 160 £1,925 First qualifying round 2 September 2017 Level 7 72 160 116 £3,000 Second qualifying round 16 September 2017 National League NorthNational League South 44 116 80 £4,500 Third qualifying round 30 September 2017 none none 80 40 £7,500 Fourth qualifying round 14 October 2017 National League 24 40 32 £12,500 For the next rounds look 2017–18 FA Cup
Extra preliminary round The Extra Preliminary round draw was held on 7 July 2017. Fixtures were played on Friday 4, Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 August 2017; replays were completed on Wednesday 16 August 2017. 370 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition. The round included 76 teams from Level 10 of English football, the lowest ranked clubs to compete in the tournament.
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Friday 4 August 2017 61 Heanor Town (9) 0–1 Aylestone Park (10) 213 78 Potton United (10) 0–0 Biggleswade United (9) 252 110 Flackwell Heath (9) 5–0 Burnham (9) 202 124 Crowborough Athletic (9) 2–0 Lingfield (10) 152 170 Sholing (9) 1–2 Alresford Town (9) 302 Saturday 5 August 2017 1 Penrith (9) 2–1 West Auckland Town (9) 213 2 Billingham Town (10) 0–3 Pickering Town (9) 134 3 Barnoldswick Town (9) 3–1 Jarrow Roofing BCA (9) 221 4 Sunderland RCA (9) 3–1 Garforth Town (9) 102 5 Shildon (9) 2–0 Morpeth Town (9) 270 6 Consett (9) 3–3 Bishop Auckland (9) 394 7 Washington (9) 0–3 Dunston UTS (9) 148 8 Bridlington Town (9) 2–0 Billingham Synthonia (9) 190 9 Newton Aycliffe (9) 1–0 Chester-le-Street Town (10) 131 10 Seaham Red Star (9) 1–1 Whitley Bay (9) 222 11 Thackley (9) 3–4 Harrogate Railway Athletic (9) 112 12 Guisborough Town (9) 4–2 Stockton Town (9) 256 13 Ashington (9) 1–0 Ryhope Colliery Welfare (9) 211 14 Newcastle Benfield (9) 1–0 West Allotment Celtic (10) 102 15 Albion Sports (9) 2–0 Nelson (10) 78 16 Team Northumbria (9) 0–1 Heaton Stannington (10) 95 17 Marske United (9) 4–4 North Shields (9) 217 18 Litherland REMYCA (10) 2–0 A.F.C. Liverpool (9) 312 20 Squires Gate (9) 0–4 Ashton Athletic (9) 82 21 Cammell Laird 1907 (10) 4–1 Maltby Main (9) 82 22 Padiham (9) 1–2 City of Liverpool (9) 357 23 Pontefract Collieries (9) 1–0 Alsager Town (10) 91 25 Runcorn Town (9) 3–2 A.F.C. Darwen (9) 120 26 Northwich Victoria (9) 2–2 1874 Northwich (9) 510 28 Congleton Town (9) 4–2 New Mills (10) 193 29 Irlam (9) 1–2 Abbey Hey (9) 203 30 Armthorpe Welfare (10) 1–1 Liversedge (9) 45 31 Parkgate (9) 4–2 Barnton (9) 83 32 Athersley Recreation (9) 0–5 West Didsbury & Chorlton (9) 113 33 Charnock Richard (9) 3–4 Penistone Church (9) 254 34 Maine Road (9) 3–2 Winsford United (9) 165 35 Runcorn Linnets (9) 2–0 Hemsworth Miners Welfare (9) 324 36 Hanley Town (9) 4–1 Atherstone Town (10) 181 37 Coventry United (9) 1–2 Rugby Town (9) 315 38 Sporting Khalsa (9) 2–2 Stourport Swifts (9) 57 39 AFC Wulfrunians (9) 3–0 Shawbury United (9) 72 40 Wolverhampton Sporting (10) 2–3 Haughmond (9) 55 41 Tividale (10) 1–1 Highgate United (9) 105 42 Walsall Wood (10) 3–1 Whitchurch Alport (10) 203 43 Coventry Sphinx (9) 0–2 Boldmere St. Michaels (9) 117 44 Daventry Town (9) 0–1 Worcester City (9) 244 45 Wolverhampton Casuals (10) 7–0 Malvern Town (10) 52 46 Westfields (9) 3–1 Bewdley Town (10) 219 47 Coleshill Town (9) 6–2 Wellington (Herefords) (9) 82 48 Bromsgrove Sporting (9) 2–2 Rocester (9) 602 49 Brocton (10) 3–0 Cadbury Athletic (10) 67 50 Kimberley Miners Welfare (10) 2–4 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic (10) 101 Walkover for Kimberley Miners Welfare as Blaby & Whetstone Athletic fielded an ineligible player. 51 Oadby Town (9) 1–1 St Andrews (9) 189 52 Birstall United (10) 3–0 South Normanton Athletic (9) 190 53 Bottesford Town (9) 6–0 Long Eaton United (9) 85 54 Leicester Road (10) 2–1 Sleaford Town (9) 54 55 Dunkirk (10) 2–1 Leicester Nirvana (9) 63 56 Kirby Muxloe (9) 4–2 Barton Town (9) 61 57 AFC Mansfield (9) 2–1 Hall Road Rangers (9) 70 58 Staveley Miners Welfare (9) 2–1 Loughborough University (9) 160 59 Retford United (10) 1–1 Quorn (9) 161 60 Clipstone (9) 3–1 West Bridgford (10) 100 62 Worksop Town (9) 1–2 Hinckley AFC (10) 435 63 Boston Town (9) 2–2 Radford (10) 90 64 Rainworth Miners Welfare (9) 0–1 Shepshed Dynamo (9) 95 65 Harrowby United (10) 0–3 Grimsby Borough (10) 70 66 Biggleswade (9) 1–4 Wisbech Town (9) 129 67 Swaffham Town (10) 3–1 Rothwell Corinthians (9) 80 68 Raunds Town (10) 1–1 Yaxley (9) 85 69 Peterborough Northern Star (9) 2–3 Deeping Rangers (9) 92 70 Cogenhoe United (9) 3–0 Godmanchester Rovers (9) 64 71 Ely City (9) 0–2 Holbeach United (9) 114 72 Huntingdon Town (10) 1–4 Newport Pagnell Town (9) 54 73 Eynesbury Rovers (9) 3–2 Thetford Town (9) 93 74 Northampton Sileby Rangers (9) 0–5 Harborough Town (9) 72 75 Wellingborough Whitworth (9) 0–4 Desborough Town (9) 52 76 Fakenham Town (9) 0–2 Wellingborough Town (9) 85 77 Histon (9) 0–1 Northampton ON Chenecks (9) 110 79 Hoddesdon Town (9) 1–2 Haverhill Rovers (9) 76 80 Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 0–3 West Essex (9) 115 81 Enfield 1893 (9) 1–2 Haverhill Borough (9) 44 82 Redbridge (9) 3–1 Stansted (9) 82 83 Takeley (9) 3–1 Wivenhoe Town (9) 86 84 Kirkley & Pakefield (9) 1–2 Saffron Walden Town (9) 98 85 Southend Manor (9) 1–0 Wroxham (9) 58 86 Framlingham Town (10) 0–0 Wadham Lodge (9) 236 87 Broxbourne Borough (10) 1–1 Tower Hamlets (9) 58 89 Ilford (9) 1–0 Woodbridge Town (10) 72 90 Clacton (9) 0–1 Clapton (9) 203 91 Hadleigh United (9) 3–2 Sporting Bengal United (9) 87 92 FC Romania (9) 2–2 Waltham Forest (9) 52 93 Hackney Wick (9) 0–1 Long Melford (9) 267 94 Felixstowe & Walton United (9) 2–7 Brantham Athletic (9) 255 95 Stanway Rovers (9) 2–4 Gorleston (9) 92 96 Hullbridge Sports (9) 5–1 Ipswich Wanderers (9) 70 98 Great Yarmouth Town (9) 5–0 Diss Town (10) 176 99 Newmarket Town (9) 5–1 Great Wakering Rovers (9) 88 100 Walsham-le-Willows (9) 2–2 Basildon United (9) 120 101 Welwyn Garden City (9) 2–4 North Greenford United (9) 160 102 Cockfosters (9) 1–1 Risborough Rangers (10) 120 103 Holmer Green (9) 4–0 A.F.C. Hayes (9) 71 104 Lydney Town (9) 1–3 Wantage Town (9) 107 105 Langford (10) 1–9 Hadley (9) 63 107 Stotfold (9) 1–12 Berkhamsted (9) 86 108 Woodley United (9) 1–2 Tuffley Rovers (9) 108 109 Southall (10) 5–1 Harpenden Town (9) 50 112 Fairford Town (9) 1–1 Longlevens (9) 202 113 Edgware Town (9) 1–1 Leverstock Green (9) 68 114 Chipping Sodbury Town (9) 3–1 Brackley Town Saints (9) 161 115 Leighton Town (9) 4–0 Oxhey Jets (9) 72 116 Windsor (9) 1–4 Wembley (9) 136 117 Brimscombe & Thrupp (9) 4–0 Sun Sports (9) 65 118 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (9) 1–2 Crawley Green (9) 89 119 Colney Heath (9) 1–0 Tring Athletic (9) 92 120 Ardley United (10) 1–3 Baldock Town (10) 52 121 Corinthian (9) 2–2 Deal Town (9) 71 122 Hassocks (9) 2–3 Hollands & Blair (9) 112