# 1959–60 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1959–60 is the 79th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

## Preliminary round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Aveley | 1–2 | Leytonstone |
| 2 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare | 2–2 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 3 | Bideford | 4–3 | Tavistock |
| 4 | Bilston | 3–2 | Lockheed Leamington |
| 5 | Bognor Regis Town | 1–2 | Eastbourne |
| 6 | Brentwood & Warley | 1–2 | Tilbury |
| 7 | Bromley | 5–0 | Redhill |
| 8 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 2–1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 9 | Brush Sports | 2–1 | Long Eaton United |
| 10 | Chatham Town | 0–3 | Sheppey United |
| 11 | Cheltenham Town | 1–0 | Lovells Athletic |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 6–1 | Southwick |
| 13 | Droylsden | 2–1 | Darwen |
| 14 | Erith & Belvedere | 0–2 | Tonbridge |
| 15 | Ford United | 1–2 | Hendon |
| 16 | Hayes | 2–1 | Wealdstone |
| 17 | Horsham | 1–3 | Hastings United |
| 18 | Lancing Athletic | 2–1 | Newhaven |
| 19 | Littlehampton Town | 1–2 | Arundel |
| 20 | Lostock Gralam | 0–1 | Linotype & Machinery |
| 21 | Maidenhead United | 4–1 | Huntley & Palmers |
| 22 | Metropolitan Police | 1–3 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 23 | Nelson | 0–0 | Ashton United |
| 24 | New Brighton | 1–0 | Marine |
| 25 | Rossendale United | 4–4 | Lytham |
| 26 | Skelmersdale United | 0–0 | Mossley |
| 27 | South Liverpool | 3–4 | Pwllheli & District |
| 28 | St Helens Town | 0–2 | Earlestown |
| 29 | Stockton Heath | 0–3 | Congleton Town |
| 30 | Stork | 1–2 | Runcorn |
| 31 | Walton & Hersham | 0–2 | Kingstonian |
| 32 | Wimbledon | 6–0 | Dorking |
| 33 | Windsor & Eton | 2–3 | Aylesbury United |
| 34 | Winsford United | 0–3 | Northwich Victoria |
| 35 | Witney Town | 0–1 | Oxford City |
| 36 | Witton Albion | 3–3 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 37 | Woking | 3–0 | Epsom |
| 38 | Wokingham Town | 5–2 | Slough Town |
| 39 | Worthing | 3–1 | Eastbourne United |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 2 | Ramsgate Athletic | 0–1 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare |
| 23 | Ashton United | 1–2 | Nelson |
| 25 | Lytham | 2–1 | Rossendale United |
| 26 | Mossley | 3–0 | Skelmersdale United |
| 36 | Stalybridge Celtic | 1–2 | Witton Albion |

## 1st qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Abingdon Town | 1–1 | Maidenhead United |
| 2 | Altrincham | 7–1 | Droylsden |
| 3 | Andover | 0–0 | Gosport Borough Athletic |
| 4 | Aylesbury United | 1–4 | Oxford City |
| 5 | Bangor City | 3–2 | New Brighton |
| 6 | Barking | 0–1 | Leytonstone |
| 7 | Barnstaple Town w/o-scr Newquay | | |
| 8 | Basingstoke Town | 5–2 | Alton Town |
| 9 | Bexleyheath & Welling | 5–1 | Sittingbourne |
| 10 | Billingham Synthonia | 3–5 | Murton Colliery Welfare |
| 11 | Bourne Town | 4–1 | Louth United |
| 12 | Bridgwater Town | 2–1 | Minehead |
| 13 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 2–2 | Rugby Town |
| 14 | Brigg Town | 1–1 | Ashby Institute |
| 15 | Burton Albion | 1–4 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 16 | Buxton | 4–1 | Linotype & Machinery |
| 17 | Canterbury City | 1–0 | Snowdown Colliery Welfare |
| 18 | Carshalton Athletic | 2–4 | Kingstonian |
| 19 | Chatteris Town | 1–2 | March Town United |
| 20 | Cinderford Town | 1–1 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 21 | Clapton | 2–4 | Hornchurch & Upminster |
| 22 | Congleton Town | 0–3 | Northwich Victoria |
| 23 | Consett | 2–1 | Evenwood Town |
| 24 | Cowes | 2–0 | Newport I O W |
| 25 | Cradley Heath | 0–5 | Stourbridge |
| 26 | Dagenham | 1–1 | Walthamstow Avenue |
| 27 | Dartford | 4–1 | Sheppey United |
| 28 | Deal Town | 0–1 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 29 | Devizes Town | 3–2 | Chippenham United |
| 30 | Dover | 0–0 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare |
| 31 | Earlestown | 5–2 | Pwllheli & District |
| 32 | Ebbw Vale | 2–2 | Barry Town |
| 33 | Edgware Town | 0–1 | Hendon |
| 34 | Ely City | 0–3 | Cambridge United |
| 35 | Evesham United | 2–0 | Bedworth Town |
| 36 | Farsley Celtic | 5–2 | Upton Colliery |
| 37 | Ferryhill Athletic | 0–0 | Bridlington Town |
| 38 | Fleetwood | 2–2 | Clitheroe |
| 39 | Frickley Colliery | 1–0 | East End Park W M C |
| 40 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4–1 | Alford United |
| 41 | Glastonbury | 2–1 | Street |
| 42 | Gloucester City | 1–3 | Cheltenham Town |
| 43 | Gorleston | 2–2 | Diss Town |
| 44 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 2–0 | Tonbridge |
| 45 | Grays Athletic | 2–1 | Tilbury |
| 46 | Gresley Rovers | 2–2 | Atherstone Town |
| 47 | Halesowen Town | 2–4 | Bilston |
| 48 | Hastings United | 4–1 | Bexhill Town |
| 49 | Haywards Heath | 3–3 | Eastbourne |
| 50 | Hertford Town | 7–0 | Cheshunt |
| 51 | Hinckley Athletic | 0–1 | Brush Sports |
| 52 | Histon | 1–4 | Cambridge City |
| 53 | Hoddesdon Town | 2–0 | St Albans City |
| 54 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 2–2 | North Shields |
| 55 | Horwich R M I | 1–2 | Bacup Borough |
| 56 | Hounslow Town | 6–0 | Wembley |
| 57 | Ilford | 4–1 | Rainham Town |
| 58 | Kidderminster Harriers | 7–1 | Bourneville Athletic |
| 59 | Lancaster City | 2–4 | Burscough |
| 60 | Lancing Athletic | 2–3 | Arundel |
| 61 | Letchworth Town | 5–0 | Dunstable Town |
| 62 | Lowestoft Town | 6–2 | Sheringham |
| 63 | Macclesfield | 2–3 | Ellesmere Port Town |
| 64 | Marlow | 0–3 | Banbury Spencer |
| 65 | Melksham Town | 2–4 | Trowbridge Town |
| 66 | Milnthorpe Corinthians | 0–3 | Netherfield |
| 67 | Moor Green | 2–4 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 68 | Mossley | 2–1 | Chorley |
| 69 | Nelson | 2–2 | Lytham |
| 70 | Newmarket Town | 1–4 | Clacton Town |
| 71 | Norton Woodseats | 2–1 | Boots Athletic |
| 72 | Penrith | 1–0 | Morecambe |
| 73 | Penzance | 3–5 | Bideford |
| 74 | Portland United | 2–3 | Salisbury |
| 75 | Prescot Cables | 4–0 | Flint Town United |
| 76 | Retford Town | 2–2 | Heanor Town |
| 77 | Romford | 1–3 | Finchley |
| 78 | Runcorn | 3–2 | Llandudno |
| 79 | Rushden Town | 3–2 | Stamford |
| 80 | Scarborough | 2–2 | Ashington |
| 81 | Selby Town | 1–3 | Denaby United |
| 82 | Sheffield | 2–3 | Worksop Town |
| 83 | Shirebrook Miners Welfare | 1–1 | Sutton Town |
| 84 | Shotton Colliery Welfare | 0–2 | Spennymoor United |
| 85 | Skegness Town | 5–0 | Grantham |
| 86 | South Normanton Miners Welfare | 3–0 | Ransome & Marles |
| 87 | Southall | 1–0 | Harrow Town |
| 88 | St Neots Town | 1–1 | Holbeach United |
| 89 | Staines Town | 1–2 | Hayes |
| 90 | Stevenage Town | 0–1 | Vauxhall Motors |
| 91 | Stocksbridge Works | 1–3 | Matlock Town |
| 92 | Stonehouse | 0–5 | Llanelli |
| 93 | Stowmarket | 0–3 | Sudbury Town |
| 94 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 2–3 | Hednesford Town |
| 95 | Sutton United | 6–0 | Leatherhead |
| 96 | Tamworth | 2–2 | Ilkeston Town |
| 97 | Taunton | 7–0 | Weston Super Mare |
| 98 | Thetford Town | 2–4 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 99 | Tow Law Town | 2–1 | Whitby Town |
| 100 | Truro City w/o-scr Ilfracombe Town | | |
| 101 | Tunbridge Wells United | 1–1 | Maidstone United |
| 102 | Wadebridge Town | 3–2 | St Blazey |
| 103 | Ware | 1–7 | Enfield |
| 104 | Warminster Town | 1–1 | Frome Town |
| 105 | Wellingborough Town | 3–2 | Rothwell Town |
| 106 | Wellington Town | 1–1 | Oswestry Town |
| 107 | Westbury United | 3–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 108 | Whitstable | 1–6 | Folkestone |
| 109 | Whitton United | 1–2 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 110 | Wimbledon | 3–0 | Bromley |
| 111 | Winchester City | 1–4 | Fareham Town |
| 112 | Witton Albion | 2–1 | Hyde United |
| 113 | Woking | 3–0 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 114 | Wokingham Town | 4–1 | Chesham United |
| 115 | Wolverton Town & B R | 2–1 | Hitchin Town |
| 116 | Woodford Town | 1–1 | Leyton |
| 117 | Worthing | 1–6 | Crawley Town |
| 118 | Yiewsley | 2–1 | Uxbridge |
| 119 | Yorkshire Amateur | 1–3 | Goole Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Maidenhead United | 3–1 | Abingdon Town |
| 3 | Gosport Borough Athletic | 0–1 | Andover |
| 13 | Rugby Town | 1–0 | Brierley Hill Alliance |
| 14 | Ashby Institute | 1–5 | Brigg Town |
| 20 | Merthyr Tydfil | 2–0 | Cinderford Town |
| 26 | Walthamstow Avenue | 4–0 | Dagenham |
| 30 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare | 3–1 | Dover |
| 32 | Barry Town | 6–1 | Ebbw Vale |
| 37 | Bridlington Town | 1–2 | Ferryhill Athletic |
| 38 | Clitheroe | 1–0 | Fleetwood |
| 43 | Diss Town | 1–2 | Gorleston |
| 46 | Atherstone Town | 2–0 | Gresley Rovers |
| 49 | Eastbourne | 4–2 | Haywards Heath |
| 54 | North Shields | 3–1 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 69 | Lytham | 2–0 | Nelson |
| 76 | Heanor Town | 4–0 | Retford Town |
| 80 | Ashington | 0–0 | Scarborough |
| 83 | Sutton Town | 3–4 | Shirebrook Miners Welfare |
| 88 | Holbeach United | 3–2 | St Neots Town |
| 96 | Ilkeston Town | 2–1 | Tamworth |
| 101 | Maidstone United | 2–3 | Tunbridge Wells United |
| 104 | Frome Town | 1–2 | Warminster Town |
| 106 | Oswestry Town | 3–1 | Wellington Town |
| 116 | Leyton | 1–0 | Woodford Town |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 80 | Scarborough | 1–0 | Ashington |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Altrincham | 3–2 | Mossley |
| 2 | Annfield Plain | 4–1 | Bedlington Mechanics |
| 3 | Arundel | 2–5 | Hastings United |
| 4 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 1–0 | Folkestone |
| 5 | Atherstone Town | 0–2 | Ilkeston Town |
| 6 | Bangor City | 4–1 | Runcorn |
| 7 | Barnstaple Town | 9–1 | Wadebridge Town |
| 8 | Barry Town | 2–0 | Llanelli |
| 9 | Basingstoke Town | 4–1 | Fareham Town |
| 10 | Belper Town | 3–2 | Norton Woodseats |
| 11 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare | 6–0 | Canterbury City |
| 12 | Bideford | 6–2 | Truro City |
| 13 | Biggleswade & District | 1–2 | Letchworth Town |
| 14 | Bilston | 5–1 | Rugby Town |
| 15 | Bishop's Stortford | 0–1 | Hertford Town |
| 16 | Brigg Town | 0–3 | Skegness Town |
| 17 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 4–0 | Stourbridge |
| 18 | Brush Sports | 4–3 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 19 | Bungay Town | 1–0 | Gorleston |
| 20 | Burscough | 4–1 | Netherfield |
| 21 | Bury Town | 6–5 | Clacton Town |
| 22 | Buxton | 1–2 | Witton Albion |
| 23 | Calne & Harris United | 7–2 | Devizes Town |
| 24 | Cambridge City | 5–1 | March Town United |
| 25 | Cambridge United | 3–0 | Holbeach United |
| 26 | Cheltenham Town | 2–2 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 27 | Clitheroe | 6–3 | Penrith |
| 28 | Cowes | 3–0 | Andover |
| 29 | Crawley Town | 2–2 | Eastbourne |
| 30 | Creswell Colliery | 2–5 | Heanor Town |
| 31 | Dartford | 0–2 | Tunbridge Wells United |
| 32 | Denaby United | 2–0 | Farsley Celtic |
| 33 | Earlestown | 0–1 | Prescot Cables |
| 34 | Easington Colliery Welfare | 0–2 | Boldon Colliery Welfare |
| 35 | Enfield | 15–0 | Hoddesdon Town |
| 36 | Evesham United | 3–1 | Hednesford Town |
| 37 | Ferryhill Athletic | 2–4 | Consett |
| 38 | Frickley Colliery | 1–3 | Goole Town |
| 39 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4–1 | Bourne Town |
| 40 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 4–3 | Bexleyheath & Welling |
| 41 | Grays Athletic | 2–2 | Ilford |
| 42 | Great Yarmouth Town | 6–2 | Lowestoft Town |
| 43 | Harwich & Parkeston | 5–2 | Sudbury Town |
| 44 | Hayes | 1–0 | Hounslow Town |
| 45 | Hendon | 0–2 | Hornchurch & Upminster |
| 46 | Ilminster Town | 1–3 | Bridgwater Town |
| 47 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0–2 | Oswestry Town |
| 48 | Kingstonian | 0–3 | Woking |
| 49 | Leytonstone | 1–3 | Leyton |
| 50 | Lytham | 2–1 | Bacup Borough |
| 51 | Maidenhead United | 5–0 | Wokingham Town |
| 52 | Matlock Town | 3–1 | Worksop Town |
| 53 | Murton Colliery Welfare | 2–5 | Scarborough |
| 54 | North Shields | 5–0 | Newburn |
| 55 | Northwich Victoria | 0–3 | Ellesmere Port Town |
| 56 | Oxford City | 5–1 | Banbury Spencer |
| 57 | Poole Town | 4–0 | Bridport |
| 58 | Shildon | 4–0 | Redcar Albion |
| 59 | South Normanton Miners Welfare | 6–1 | Shirebrook Miners Welfare |
| 60 | Southall | 1–1 | Yiewsley |
| 61 | Spalding United | 1–2 | Corby Town |
| 62 | Spennymoor United | 3–1 | South Bank |
| 63 | Stockton | 4–2 | Stanley United |
| 64 | Taunton | 0–0 | Glastonbury |
| 65 | Tow Law Town | 4–4 | West Auckland Town |
| 66 | Walthamstow Avenue | 4–0 | Finchley |
| 67 | Warminster Town | 0–5 | Salisbury |
| 68 | Wellingborough Town | 0–2 | Rushden Town |
| 69 | Westbury United | 1–3 | Trowbridge Town |
| 70 | Willington | 4–1 | Whitley Bay |
| 71 | Wimbledon | 0–1 | Sutton United |
| 72 | Wolverton Town & B R | 5–1 | Vauxhall Motors |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 26 | Merthyr Tydfil | 0–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 29 | Eastbourne | 1–2 | Crawley Town |
| 41 | Ilford | 2–4 | Grays Athletic |
| 60 | Yiewsley | 1–2 | Southall |
| 64 | Glastonbury | 2–1 | Taunton |
| 65 | West Auckland Town | 5–2 | Tow Law Town |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Annfield Plain | 2–3 | Scarborough |
| 2 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 3–0 | Betteshanger Colliery Welfare |
| 3 | Barnstaple Town | 1–1 | Bideford |
| 4 | Barry Town | 1–4 | Cheltenham Town |
| 5 | Basingstoke Town | 2–1 | Cowes |
| 6 | Belper Town | 2–3 | Matlock Town |
| 7 | Boldon Colliery Welfare | 0–4 | Consett |
| 8 | Bridgwater Town | 3–1 | Glastonbury |
| 9 | Bungay Town | 1–4 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 10 | Bury Town | 2–0 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 11 | Calne & Harris United | 1–6 | Trowbridge Town |
| 12 | Cambridge United | 0–1 | Cambridge City |
| 13 | Clitheroe | 1–2 | Burscough |
| 14 | Corby Town | 2–2 | Rushden Town |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 2–2 | Hastings United |
| 16 | Ellesmere Port Town | 4–1 | Witton Albion |
| 17 | Evesham United | 2–1 | Bilston |
| 18 | Goole Town | 0–1 | Denaby United |
| 19 | Heanor Town | 2–1 | South Normanton Miners Welfare |
| 20 | Hertford Town | 2–3 | Enfield |
| 21 | Ilkeston Town | 1–1 | Brush Sports |
| 22 | Letchworth Town | 3–2 | Wolverton Town & B R |
| 23 | Leyton | 1–1 | Grays Athletic |
| 24 | Lytham | 1–1 | Altrincham |
| 25 | Oswestry Town | 3–1 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 26 | Oxford City | 3–0 | Maidenhead United |
| 27 | Poole Town | 0–1 | Salisbury |
| 28 | Prescot Cables | 4–1 | Bangor City |
| 29 | Shildon | 2–0 | North Shields |
| 30 | Skegness Town | 0–0 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 31 | Southall | 1–1 | Hayes |
| 32 | Stockton | 1–1 | Spennymoor United |
| 33 | Sutton United | 3–3 | Woking |
| 34 | Tunbridge Wells United | 0–3 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 35 | Walthamstow Avenue | 7–1 | Hornchurch & Upminster |
| 36 | Willington | 0–2 | West Auckland Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 3 | Bideford | 1–5 | Barnstaple Town |
| 14 | Rushden Town | 2–1 | Corby Town |
| 15 | Hastings United | 5–2 | Crawley Town |
| 21 | Brush Sports | 1–2 | Ilkeston Town |
| 23 | Grays Athletic | 6–2 | Leyton |
| 24 | Altrincham | 3–0 | Lytham |
| 30 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3–0 | Skegness Town |
| 31 | Hayes | 4–1 | Southall |
| 32 | Spennymoor United | 1–0 | Stockton |
| 33 | Woking | 1–3 | Sutton United |

## 4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Bedford Town, Peterborough United, Wigan Athletic, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, Headington United, King's Lynn, Weymouth, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Guildford City, Dorchester Town, Margate, Chelmsford City, Bath City, Durham City, Kettering Town, Boston United, Wisbech Town and Tooting & Mitcham United.

### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Barnstaple Town | 1–0 | Trowbridge Town |
| 2 | Bedford Town | 5–3 | Hayes |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 1–2 | Scarborough |
| 4 | Blyth Spartans | 4–0 | Spennymoor United |
| 5 | Cambridge City | 2–3 | Headington United |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 0–0 | Bridgwater Town |
| 7 | Consett | 0–0 | South Shields |
| 8 | Ellesmere Port Town | 1–2 | Burscough |
| 9 | Enfield | 3–0 | Rushden Town |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4–2 | Heanor Town |
| 11 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 1–2 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 12 | Grays Athletic | 1–3 | Chelmsford City |
| 13 | Ilkeston Town | 2–6 | Matlock Town |
| 14 | Kettering Town | 1–0 | Boston United |
| 15 | Letchworth Town | 3–4 | King's Lynn |
| 16 | Margate | 1–0 | Guildford City |
| 17 | Oswestry Town | 4–1 | Evesham United |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 8–1 | Bury Town |
| 19 | Prescot Cables | 1–0 | Altrincham |
| 20 | Salisbury | 2–2 | Basingstoke Town |
| 21 | Shildon | 6–1 | Denaby United |
| 22 | Sutton United | 2–3 | Hastings United |
| 23 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 1–2 | Wisbech Town |
| 24 | Walthamstow Avenue | 2–1 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 25 | West Auckland Town | 2–2 | Durham City |
| 26 | Weymouth | 0–1 | Dorchester Town |
| 27 | Wigan Athletic | 1–1 | Rhyl |
| 28 | Worcester City | 0–3 | Hereford United |
| 29 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1–0 | Oxford City |
| 30 | Yeovil Town | 0–2 | Bath City |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 6 | Bridgwater Town | 0–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 7 | South Shields | 2–2 | Consett |
| 20 | Basingstoke Town | 0–1 | Salisbury |
| 25 | Durham City | 0–0 | West Auckland Town |
| 27 | Rhyl | 3–1 | Wigan Athletic |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 7 | Consett | 5–5 | South Shields |
| 25 | West Auckland Town | 4–1 | Durham City |

### 3rd replay

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 7 | South Shields | 1–0 | Consett |

## 1959–60 FA Cup

See 1959-60 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.