The 2026–27 FA Cup qualifying rounds open the 146th edition of the FA Cup, the world's oldest association football single knockout competition, organised by The Football Association, the governing body for the sport in England. 651 teams in the 5th to 9th tier of English football will compete across six rounds for 32 spots in the First round proper.
Eligibility The qualifying rounds are the point of entry into the FA Cup for all "non-League" teams—teams below the top four tiers of English football, and therefore outside the English Football League (EFL). These teams compete in leagues below the EFL which constitute the National League System. The number of teams entered in the FA Cup overall is 743, a drop from 747 teams in 2025–26.
Calendar Round Main date Leagues entering this round New entries this round Winners from the previous round Number of fixtures Prize fund Losing club Winning club Extra preliminary round 8 August 2026 Level 9Level 8(32 newly promoted clubs and91 lowest ranked clubs by points per game from 25/26) 438 None 219 £375 £1,125 Preliminary round 22 August 2026 Level 8(Remaining clubs) 53 219 136 £481 £1,444 First qualifying round 5 September 2026 Level 7 88 136 112 £750 £2,250 Second qualifying round 19 September 2026 National League NorthNational League South 48 112 80 £1,125 £3,375 Third qualifying round 3 October 2026 None 0 80 40 £1,875 £5,625 Fourth qualifying round 17 October 2026 National League 24 40 32 £3,125 £9,375
Extra preliminary round + Number of non-league teams per tier still in qualifying National League North/South Premier Division Division One Regional Total The draw for the extra preliminary round was made on 3 July 2026.
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Friday 7 August 2026 37 Sheffield (9) 0–2 Parkgate (9) 705 129 Thornbury Town (9) 0–1 Brislington (9) 219 51 Lye Town (9) 3–0 Stone Old Alleynians (9) 138 54 Romulus (9) 2–1 Highgate United (9) 140 Match played at Sutton Coldfield Town 59 Dudley Town (9) 0–2 Droitwich Spa (9) 229 92 Thetford Town (9) 1–1 Yaxley (9) 250 111 Hilltop (9) 1–5 Grays Athletic (8) 187 118 White Ensign (9) 1–0 Heybridge Swifts (9) 199 124 Hackney Wick (9) 0–1 West Essex (9) 75 Match played at Clapton 125 Enfield (9) 2–0 Welwyn Garden City (8) 275 Match played at Harlow Town 134 Hartpury (8) 0–2 Cirencester Town (9) 195 Match played at Cirencester Town 135 Cribbs (9) 1–2 Fairford Town (9) 120 136 Aylesbury United (8) A–A Flackwell Heath (8) N/A Match played at Beaconsfield Town 147 Wokingham Town (9) 2–0 Corsham Town (9) 353 163 Kingstonian (8) 4–1 Hastings United (8) 293 Match played at Ashford Town (Middlesex) 179 Forest Row (9) 0–2 Newhaven (9) 188 Faversham Strike Force (9) 0–1 Snodland Town (9) 257 58 Hinckley (9) 1–2 Whitchurch Alport (9) 326 Match played at Heather St John's 141 Ascot United (8) 3–2 Clevedon Town (9) 202 Saturday 8 August 2026 19 Horbury Town (9) 1–1 Golcar United (9) 195 70 Deeping Rangers (9) 3–7 Barton Town (9) 169 158 Guernsey (9) 0–5 Crowborough Athletic (8) 325 178 Bognor Regis Town (8) 3–0 Abbey Rangers (9) 458 1 Yarm & Eaglescliffe (9) 2–2 West Auckland Town (8) 224 2 Carlisle City (9) 2–0 Northallerton Town (9) 95 3 Consett (8) 1–1 North Shields (9) 356 4 Whitley Bay (9) 3–3 Easington Colliery (9) 407 5 Birtley Town (9) 2–3 Bishop Auckland (9) 369 6 Penrith (9) 1–2 Bridlington Town (8) 159 7 Shildon (9) 4–1 Blyth Town (9) 210 8 Ashington (8) 2–0 Horden Community Welfare (9) 464 9 Marske United (9) W/O Boro Rangers (9) – 10 Newcastle Benfield (9) 0–2 Redcar Town (9) 153 11 Guisborough Town (8) 0–1 Thornaby (9) 460 12 Crook Town (9) 4–0 Pickering Town (9) 226 13 Newton Aycliffe (9) 0–1 Kendal Town (9) 224 14 Knaresborough Town (9) 2–1 Whickham (9) 137 15 Blyth Spartans (8) 2–0 Newcastle Blue Star (9) 1,080 16 Euxton Villa (9) 6–0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (9) 17 1874 Northwich (8) 3–0 Rossington Main (9) 335 18 Liversedge (8) 4–1 Penistone Church (9) 236 20 Frickley Athletic (9) 1–1 Campion (9) 145 21 Garforth Town (8) 1–1 West Didsbury & Chorlton (9) 385 22 Wythenshawe (8) 2–0 Padiham (8) 288 23 Abbey Hey (9) 1–1 Ossett United (8) 224 25 Litherland REMYCA (9) 2–1 Charnock Richard (9) 153 26 Thackley (9) 2–1 Albion Sports (9) 385 27 Clitheroe (8) 5–0 AFC Liverpool (9) 455 28 Chadderton (9) 0–2 Witton Albion (8) 264 29 North Ferriby (8) 2–2 FC St Helens (9) 385 30 Wythenshawe Town (9) 0–2 Cheadle Town (9) 220 32 Silsden (8) 3–3 Mossley (8) 234 33 Ramsbottom United (9) 2–4 South Liverpool (9) 293 34 Nelson (9) 3–2 Stockport Georgians (9) 186 35 Handsworth (9) 0–2 Prestwich Heys (9) 154 36 Runcorn Town (9) 2–2 Dearne & District (9) 175 39 Barnoldswick Town (9) 2–2 Atherton Collieries (8) 232 40 Tadcaster Albion (9) 1–1 Glossop North End (9) 178 41 Burscough (9) 2–2 Droylsden (9) 325 42 Keighley Town (9) 0–1 Longridge Town (9) 263 43 Stourport Swifts (9) 1–2 Hanley Town (8) 118 44 Pershore Town (9) 3–1 Brocton (9) 136 45 Rugby Borough (8) 3–0 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 121 46 Westfields (9) 2–5 Nuneaton Town (8) 242 47 Stafford Rangers (8) 5–0 Tividale (9) 882 48 Gresley Rovers (9) 0–3 Boldmere St. Michaels (8) 319 49 Winsford United (9) 0–2 Mickleover (8) 319 50 Shifnal Town (8) 2–1 Clay Cross Town (9) 241 52 Sutton United (Birmingham) (9) 4–3 Coventry Sphinx (9) 304 53 Congleton Town (8) 2–3 AFC Wolverhampton City (9) 522 55 Newcastle Town (8) 2–1 Atherstone Town (9) 161 56 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 1–3 Coventry United (8) 226 57 Worcester Raiders (8) 0–0 Ashby Ivanhoe (9) 115 60 Chasetown (8) 6–1 Coton Green (9) 376 61 Knowle (9) 2–1 Darlaston Town (1874) (9) 207 62 Belper United (9) 1–2 Bedworth United (8) 75 63 Lutterworth Town (9) 0–0 Hereford Pegasus (9) 70 64 Sporting Khalsa (9) 1–1 Nantwich Town (8) 122 65 Rugby Town (9) 2–0 Uttoxeter Town (9) 269 66 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 0–0 Abbey Hulton United (9) 415 67 Blackstones (9) 0–1 Northampton Sileby Rangers (9) 130 68 Daventry Town (9) 1–2 Boston Town (8) 123 69 Kimberley Miners Welfare (9) 0–5 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 177 Match played at Hucknall Town 71 Newark Town (9) 0–4 Wellingborough Town (8) 157 72 Grimsby Borough (8) 0–3 Bourne Town (8) 73 AFC Mansfield (9) 1–0 Retford United (9) 120 74 Skegness Town (9) 0–2 Retford (9) 194 75 Leicester Nirvana (9) 1–2 Long Eaton United (8) 96 76 Bottesford Town (9) 6–3 Aylestone Park (9) 130 78 Grantham Town (8) 0–2 Lincoln United (8) 403 79 Corby Town (8) 7–1 FC Peterborough (9) 388 80 Loughborough Students (8) 1–2 Eastwood (9) 137 81 Desborough Town (9) 1–0 Hucknall Town (9) 211 82 Sherwood Colliery (9) 3–2 Moulton (9) 102 83 Woodbridge Town (9) 2–1 Heacham (9) 152 84 Wroxham (8) 0–2 Ipswich Wanderers (9) 245 85 Ely City (9) 2–2 March Town United (9) 259 86 Histon (9) 3–1 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 194 87 Haverhill Rovers (9) 0–2 Halstead Town (9) 121 88 Eynesbury Rovers (9) 2–3 Fakenham Town (8) 147 89 Godmanchester Rovers (9) 0–1 Newmarket Town (8) 144 90 Stowmarket Town (9) 1–1 St Neots Town (9) 245 91 Dereham Town (9) 1–1 Walsham-le-Willows (9) 181 93 Kirkley & Pakefield (9) 1–2 Little Oakley (8) 83 94 Mulbarton Wanderers (8) 6–0 Lakenheath (9) 95 Lowestoft Town (8) 1–4 Cambridge City (8) 327 96 Harleston Town (9) 3–1 Great Yarmouth Town (9) 298 97 Brantham Athletic (9) 2–1 Soham Town Rangers (9) 136 98 Cornard United (9) 2–2 Downham Town (9) 98 99 Wisbech Town (9) 2–2 Saffron Walden Town (9) 242 100 Harwich & Parkeston (9) 0–2 Mildenhall Town (9) 220 101 Baldock Town (9) 3–0 Kempston Rovers (9) 105 102 Biggleswade United (9) 0–1 Woodford Town (9) 111 103 Harefield United (9) 3–1 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 103 104 North Greenford United (9) 6–0 Arlesey Town (9) 80 105 London Lions (8) 3–1 Rayners Lane (9) 120 106 Everett Rovers (9) 0–0 Kings Langley (9) 220 107 Hendon (8) 4–1 Soul Tower Hamlets (9) 211 108 Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 4–2 AFC Welwyn (9) 109 Ilford (9) 1–2 Dunstable (9) 85 110 Bedfont Sports (8) 0–1 Concord Rangers (8) 82 112 Buckhurst Hill (8) 2–0 Barking (9) 201 113 Tilbury (8) 2–0 Wormley Rovers (9) 138 114 Harpenden Town (9) 1–3 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 251 115 Witham Town (8) 2–1 Colney Heath (9) 116 Harlow Town (9) 0–1 Frenford (9) 147 Match played at Frenford 117 Haringey Borough (8) 5–0 Sporting Bengal United (9) 271 119 Northwood (9) 1–1 Hutton (9) 132 120 Leverstock Green (8) 2–1 Walthamstow (8) 122 121 Great Wakering Rovers (9) 0–2 Takeley (8) 132 122 Romford (9) 2–1 Barton Rovers (8) 90 123 Cockfosters (9) 2–2 Potton United (9) 152 126 Stotfold (8) 4–1 Basildon United (9) 181 127 Hullbridge Sports (9) 2–0 Hadley (8) 123 128 Clapton Community (9) 3–0 Benfleet (9) 702 130 Ardley United (9) 0–0 Portishead Town (9) 124