The 2018–19 FA Cup qualifying rounds open the 138th 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 736 teams were accepted for the competition, one fewer than the previous year's 737.
The large number (644) of non-League teams 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 The calendar for the 2018–19 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 fund Losing club Winning club Extra preliminary round 11 August 2018 Levels 8–10 368 none 184 £ 750 £ 2,250 Preliminary round 25 August 2018 Level 7 (promoted clubs)Level 8 136 184 160 £ 960 £ 2,890 First qualifying round 8 September 2018 Level 7 72 160 116 £ 6,000 Second qualifying round 22 September 2018 National League NorthNational League South 44 116 80 £ 9,000 Third qualifying round 6 October 2018 none none 80 40 £ 15,000 Fourth qualifying round 20 October 2018 National League 24 40 32 £ 25,000
Extra preliminary round The extra preliminary round fixtures were played on Friday 10, Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 August 2018; replays were to take place no later than Thursday 16 August 2018. The draw was held on Friday 6 July 2018. A total of 368 teams, from Level 8, Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition. The round included 80 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 10 August 2018 69 Thetford Town (9) 1–0 Fakenham Town (10) 170 102 Winslow United (10) 2–2 Easington Sports (10) 351 169 Ascot United (9) 2–1 Camberley Town (9) 277 Saturday 11 August 2018 1 Consett (9) 2–1 North Shields (9) 292 2 Thackley (9) 2–3 Whitley Bay (9) 131 3 Hebburn Town (9) 2–3 Dunston UTS (9) 233 4 Ashington (9) 0–2 Knaresborough Town (9) 185 5 Goole (9) 1–5 Morpeth Town (8) 171 6 Glasshoughton Welfare (10) 1–2 Blyth (9) 106 7 Newcastle Benfield (9) 1–1 Stockton Town (9) 186 8 Selby Town (10) 3–2 Whickham (9) 160 9 Seaham Red Star (9) 1–1 Heaton Stannington (10) 76 10 Team Northumbria (9) W.O. Shildon (9) - Walkover for Shildon as Team Northumbria became ineligible after withdrawing from the Northern League. 11 Northallerton Town (10) 0–4 Garforth Town (9) 110 12 Guisborough Town (9) 3–3 Newton Aycliffe (9) 144 13 Barnoldswick Town (9) 1–1 Billingham Synthonia (10) 157 14 Washington (10) 0–4 West Auckland Town (9) 102 15 Sunderland RCA (9) 5–2 Ryhope Colliery Welfare (9) 173 16 Bridlington Town (9) 3–0 Harrogate Railway Athletic (9) 221 17 Penrith (9) 0–3 Albion Sports (9) 106 18 Bishop Auckland (9) 0–2 Pickering Town (8) 321 19 AFC Darwen (10) 3–1 Barnton (10) 89 20 Liversedge (9) 5–2 Padiham (9) 121 21 City of Liverpool (9) 3–1 Silsden (9) 630 22 AFC Liverpool (10) 2–2 Ashton Athletic (9) 139 23 Widnes (8) 1–1 Northwich Victoria (9) 126 24 Burscough (9) 2–2 1874 Northwich (9) 150 25 Congleton Town (9) 1–0 Eccleshill United (9) 147 26 Prestwich Heys (10) 2–1 Abbey Hey (9) 188 27 West Didsbury & Chorlton (9) 2–3 Squires Gate (9) 214 28 Winsford United (9) 1–2 Irlam (9) 148 29 Penistone Church (9) 2–1 Bootle (9) 165 30 Hemsworth Miners Welfare (9) 1–1 Runcorn Town (9) 130 32 Maltby Main (9) 3–0 Athersley Recreation (9) 99 33 Parkgate (10) 2–0 Sandbach United (10) 89 34 Litherland REMYCA (9) W.O. Charnock Richard (9) 126 Walkover for Charnock Richard as Litherland REMYCA fielded an ineligible player in their 4-2 win. 35 Maine Road (10) 0–1 Handsworth Parramore (9) 122 36 Walsall Wood (9) 1–1 Worcester City (9) 187 37 Highgate United (9) 1–0 AFC Wulfrunians (9) 74 38 Boldmere St. Michaels (9) 2–2 Malvern Town (10) 133 39 Atherstone Town (10) 1–1 Hanley Town (9) 178 40 Stourport Swifts (9) 2–1 Shawbury United (10) 124 41 Wednesfield (10) 2–1 Rocester (10) 40 43 Coventry Sphinx (9) 0–1 Whitchurch Alport (9) 175 44 Haughmond (10) 2–0 Wolverhampton Sporting (9) 56 45 Racing Club Warwick (10) 4–3 Coleshill Town (8) 249 46 Romulus (9) 6–1 Westfields (9) 72 47 Ellesmere Rangers (10) 0–1 Leicester Road (10) 73 48 Sporting Khalsa (9) 2–1 Tividale (10) 125 49 Long Eaton United (9) 2–1 St Andrews (10) 54 50 Sleaford Town (9) 0–1 South Normanton Athletic (9) 112 51 Heather St John's (10) 3–6 Kimberley Miners Welfare (10) 73 52 Kirby Muxloe (9) 0–6 AFC Mansfield (8) 83 53 Clipstone (10) 0–0 Barton Town (9) 84 54 Lutterworth Town (10) 2–1 Heanor Town (10) 216 55 Hinckley (10) 1–1 Anstey Nomads (10) 218 56 Worksop Town (9) 3–3 Shepshed Dynamo (9) 341 57 Rainworth Miners Welfare (10) 2–1 Dunkirk (9) 78 58 Staveley Miners Welfare (9) 4–2 Boston Town (9) 161 59 Teversal (10) 1–2 Loughborough University (9) 74 60 Oadby Town (9) 3–1 Shirebrook Town (10) 147 61 Bottesford Town (9) 3–1 Radford (10) 84 62 Quorn (9) 6–1 Belper United (10) 127 63 Leicester Nirvana (9) 0–3 Grimsby Borough (10) 63 64 Cogenhoe United (9) 1–2 Wisbech Town (8) 147 65 Wellingborough Whitworth (9) 0–1 Harborough Town (9) 51 66 Deeping Rangers (9) 3–2 Holbeach United (9) 182 67 Raunds Town (10) 1–2 Eynesbury Rovers (9) 73 68 Arlesey Town (9) 3–4 Desborough Town (9) 125 70 Northampton Sileby Rangers (10) 2–0 Ely City (9) 114 71 Godmanchester Rovers (9) 2–0 Newport Pagnell Town (9) 103 72 Biggleswade United (9) 1–1 Wellingborough Town (9) 88 73 Histon (9) 6–1 Peterborough Northern Star (9) 156 74 Daventry Town (9) 9–2 Potton United (9) 61 75 Biggleswade (9) 2–0 Northampton ON Chenecks (9) 91 76 Swaffham Town (10) 1–3 Yaxley (8) 95 77 Rothwell Corinthians (9) 3–0 Pinchbeck United (9) 60 78 Hullbridge Sports (9) 2–1 Gorleston (9) 113 79 Wroxham (9) 1–1 Saffron Walden Town (9) 126 80 Great Yarmouth Town (9) 1–3 Hadleigh United (9) 86 Match played at Hadleigh United. 81 Walthamstow (9) 3–1 Walsham-le-Willows (9) 78 82 Kirkley & Pakefield (9) 2–2 FC Clacton (9) 94 83 Wodson Park (10) 1–3 Hoddesdon Town (9) 94 84 Tower Hamlets (9) A–A Stanway Rovers (9) 50 Match abandoned after 80 minutes due to player unrest on the pitch when the score was 1–3. Match played at Stanway Rovers. 85 Norwich United (9) 1–2 Takeley (9) 85 87 Framlingham Town (9) 1–1 Whitton United (9) 87 88 Southend Manor (9) 1–3 FC Romania (8) 65 89 Wivenhoe Town (10) 0–5 Brantham Athletic (9) 78 90 Stowmarket Town (9) 0–2 Basildon United (8) 282 91 Sporting Bengal United (9) 4–3 Ilford (9) 55 92 Haverhill Rovers (9) 2–0 Haverhill Borough (10) 602 93 Ipswich Wanderers (10) 0–5 Baldock Town (9) 66 94 Barkingside (9) 0–0 Leyton Athletic (9) 50 95 Cockfosters (9) 0–2 Newmarket Town (9) 77 96 Woodbridge Town (9) 2–2 Clapton (9) 117 97 Burnham Ramblers (10) 3–5 West Essex (9) 102 99 Redbridge (9) 1–3 Long Melford (9) 52 100 Oxhey Jets (9) 3–4 Wantage Town (9) 77 101 Tuffley Rovers (9) 1–4 Colney Heath (9) 94 103 Harpenden Town (9) 1–0 Edgware Town (9) 191 104 Hadley (9) 2–0 Fairford Town (9) 66 105 Brackley Town Saints (9) 1–0 London Colney (9) 31 106 London Lions (10) 2–1 Wembley (9) 57 107 Windsor (9) 3–3 Highworth Town (8) 125 108 Bishop's Cleeve (9) 5–2 Stotfold (9) 103 109 AFC Hayes (9) 1–2 Lydney Town (9) 40 110 Flackwell Heath (9) 0–2 North Greenford United (9) 70 111 Tring Athletic (9) 0–2 Berkhamsted (8) 202 113 Holmer Green (9) 0–1 Longlevens (9) 54 114 Ardley United (9) 7–0 Shortwood United (9) 95 115 Holyport (10) 1–2 Brimscombe & Thrupp (9) 89 116 Abingdon United (9) 2–2 Burnham (10) 77 117 Crawley Green (9) 7–1 Woodley United (10) 56 118 Reading City (9) 1–1 Chipping Sodbury Town (9) 146 119 Leighton Town (9) 0–1 Royal Wootton Bassett Town (9) 128