1997–98 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Calendar

1997–98 FA Cup qualifying rounds

Section Title: Calendar
Table Section Text: None

Round	Start Date	New Entries	Clubs

Preliminary Round	Saturday 30 August 1997	318	563 → 404

First Round Qualifying	Saturday 13 September 1997	129	404 → 260

Second Round Qualifying	Saturday 27 September 1997	none	260 → 188

Third Round Qualifying	Saturday 11 October 1997	none	188 → 152

Fourth Round Qualifying	Saturday 25 October 1997	20	152 → 124

First Round Proper	Saturday 15 November 1997	52	124 → 84

Second Round Proper	Saturday 6 December 1997	none	84 → 64

Third Round Proper	Saturday 3 January 1998	44	64 → 32

Fourth Round Proper	Saturday 24 January 1998	none	32 → 16

Fifth Round Proper	Saturday 14 February 1998	none	16 → 8

Sixth Round Proper	Saturday 7 March 1998	none	8 → 4

Semi-Finals	Saturday 5 April 1998	none	4 → 2

Final	Saturday 16 May 1998	none	2 → 1

Sentence(s)

A total of 563 clubs were accepted for the 1997–98 FA Cup competition.

final_sentence: A total of 563 clubs were accepted for the 1997–98 FA Cup competition.