# 1980–81 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1980–81 is the 100th 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 28 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

## Preliminary round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Arundel | 0–2 | Kingstonian |
| 2 | Bath City | 7–1 | Glastonbury |
| 3 | Bilston | 3–2 | Congleton Town |
| 4 | Bracknell Town | 1–5 | Poole Town |
| 5 | Brereton Social | 1–1 | Evesham United |
| 6 | Bridlington Trinity | 3–0 | Eppleton Colliery Welfare |
| 7 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 0–2 | Darlaston |
| 8 | Bury Town | 2–1 | Felixstowe Town |
| 9 | Buxton | 1–2 | Eastwood Town |
| 10 | Caernarfon Town | 0–2 | Chorley |
| 11 | Calne Town | 0–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 12 | Carlisle City | 1–4 | Farsley Celtic |
| 13 | Carshalton Athletic | 2–0 | Feltham |
| 14 | Chard Town | 1–1 | Clevedon Town |
| 15 | Chatham Town | 2–1 | Eastbourne United |
| 16 | Chatteris Town | 1–1 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 17 | Chertsey Town | 2–1 | Dunstable |
| 18 | Cheshunt | 0–1 | Clapton |
| 19 | Chichester City | 1–1 | Devizes Town |
| 20 | Cinderford Town | 0–0 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 21 | Consett | 0–2 | Crook Town |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 2–1 | Deal Town |
| 23 | Cray Wanderers | 1–1 | Dorking Town |
| 24 | Denaby United | 1–3 | Frickley Athletic |
| 25 | Desborough Town | 2–1 | Friar Lane Old Boys |
| 26 | Dulwich Hamlet | 3–1 | Hampton |
| 27 | Easington Colliery Welfare | 0–2 | South Bank |
| 28 | Edgware | 4–3 | Hoddesdon Town |
| 29 | Egham Town | 3–1 | Molesey |
| 30 | Emley | 0–3 | Fleetwood Town |
| 31 | Epping Town | 2–1 | Haringey Borough |
| 32 | Formby | 0–2 | Glossop |
| 33 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3–1 | Heanor Town |
| 34 | Gresley Rovers | 1–1 | Highgate United |
| 35 | Hayes | 2–0 | Hemel Hempstead |
| 36 | Haywards Heath | 1–0 | Whitstable Town |
| 37 | Herne Bay | 0–3 | Tonbridge |
| 38 | Histon | 3–0 | Irthlingborough Diamonds |
| 39 | Hornchurch | 2–3 | Walthamstow Avenue |
| 40 | Horsham | 1–6 | Lewes |
| 41 | Lye Town | 2–0 | Mangotsfield United |
| 42 | March Town United | 2–1 | Stamford |
| 43 | Milton Keynes City | 0–2 | Southall |
| 44 | Nantwich Town | 0–0 | Winterton Rangers |
| 45 | Netherfield | 3–2 | Washington |
| 46 | New Brighton | 1–3 | Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare |
| 47 | Newbury Town | 1–0 | Pagham |
| 48 | Newmarket Town | 1–0 | Wellingborough Town |
| 49 | Newquay | 8–0 | Ottery St Mary |
| 50 | Normanby Park Works | 0–0 | Sutton Town |
| 51 | Oxford City | 0–2 | Cheltenham Town |
| 52 | Paulton Rovers | 0–3 | Weston Super Mare |
| 53 | Peacehaven & Telscombe | 0–1 | Tilbury |
| 54 | Peterlee Newtown | 1–1 | West Auckland Town |
| 55 | Porthmadog | 1–1 | Skelmersdale United |
| 56 | Potton United | 0–1 | Wisbech Town |
| 57 | Prescot Cables | 2–1 | South Liverpool |
| 58 | Racing Club Warwick | 1–2 | V S Rugby |
| 59 | Rainham Town | 3–4 | Uxbridge |
| 60 | Redditch United | 0–0 | Witton Albion |
| 61 | Ringmer | 3–1 | Tunbridge Wells |
| 62 | Rossendale United | 1–1 | Worksop Town |
| 63 | Saltash United | 5–0 | Wadebridge Town |
| 64 | Shepton Mallet Town | 2–1 | Welton Rovers |
| 65 | St Neots Town | 3–1 | Thetford Town |
| 66 | Staines Town | 0–1 | Willesden |
| 67 | Tamworth | 3–0 | Wolverton Town |
| 68 | Thackley | 1–1 | Wingate (Durham) |
| 69 | Three Bridges | 0–1 | Wokingham Town |
| 70 | Tiptree United | 3–0 | Wootton Blue Cross |
| 71 | Walsall Wood | 0–3 | Winsford United |
| 72 | Walton & Hersham | 3–0 | Woodford Town |
| 73 | Whitby Town | 3–1 | Yorkshire Amateur |
| 74 | Worthing | 0–1 | Basingstoke Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 5 | Evesham United | 3–2 | Brereton Social |
| 14 | Clevedon Town | 4–1 | Chard Town |
| 16 | Great Yarmouth Town | 3–2 | Chatteris Town |
| 19 | Devizes Town | 1–3 | Chichester City |
| 20 | Forest Green Rovers | 0–0 | Cinderford Town |
| 23 | Dorking Town | 0–2 | Cray Wanderers |
| 34 | Highgate United | 3–1 | Gresley Rovers |
| 44 | Winterton Rangers | 0–1 | Nantwich Town |
| 50 | Sutton Town | 2–3 | Normanby Park Works |
| 54 | West Auckland Town | 3–4 | Peterlee Newtown |
| 55 | Skelmersdale United | 3–1 | Porthmadog |
| 60 | Witton Albion | 5–1 | Redditch United |
| 62 | Worksop Town | 3–1 | Rossendale United |
| 68 | Wingate (Durham) | 0–1 | Thackley |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 20 | Cinderford Town | 1–2 | Forest Green Rovers |

## 1st qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 2–0 | Darwen |
| 2 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town | 2–2 | Boreham Wood |
| 3 | Alfreton Town | 2–1 | Brigg Town |
| 4 | Almondsbury Greenway | 0–1 | Barnstaple Town |
| 5 | Alton Town | 0–3 | Andover |
| 6 | Alvechurch | 0–2 | Banbury United |
| 7 | Annfield Plain | 2–3 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 8 | Appleby Frodingham{1} | 5–0 | Ashby Institute |
| 9 | Armitage | 1–2 | Belper Town |
| 10 | Arnold | 0–1 | Barton Town |
| 11 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 4–1 | Corinthian Casuals |
| 12 | Ashington | 0–3 | Bishop Auckland |
| 13 | Aveley | 2–0 | Basildon United |
| 14 | Aylesbury United | 2–0 | Burnham |
| 15 | Bangor City | 0–2 | Bootle |
| 16 | Barrow | 8–1 | Boldon Community Association |
| 17 | Barry Town | 1–0 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 18 | Barton Rovers | 3–0 | Camberley Town |
| 19 | Basingstoke Town | 2–3 | Egham Town |
| 20 | Bedford Town | 3–2 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 21 | Bedworth United | 2–0 | Gornal Athletic |
| 22 | Berkhamsted Town | 1–2 | Finchley |
| 23 | Bexhill Town | 0–7 | Bromley |
| 24 | Bideford | 1–0 | Bridgwater Town |
| 25 | Billericay Town | 1–1 | Chalfont St Peter |
| 26 | Blue Star | 3–1 | Bridlington Town |
| 27 | Bognor Regis Town | 3–1 | Bridport |
| 28 | Boston | 6–1 | Spalding United |
| 29 | Boston United | 3–0 | Skegness Town |
| 30 | Bourne Town | 0–0 | Cambridge City |
| 31 | Brandon United | 0–0 | Shildon |
| 32 | Bridgend Town | 0–1 | Ton Pentre |
| 33 | Burgess Hill Town | 1–2 | Canterbury City |
| 34 | Burscough | 2–1 | Prestwich Heys |
| 35 | Burton Albion | 2–2 | Willenhall Town |
| 36 | Chelmsford City | 0–0 | Clacton Town |
| 37 | Cheltenham Town | 3–2 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 38 | Chesham United | 0–1 | St Albans City |
| 39 | Clitheroe | 1–1 | Curzon Ashton |
| 40 | Corby Town | 1–0 | Ely City |
| 41 | Coventry Sporting | 2–3 | Hinckley Athletic |
| 42 | Croydon | 1–0 | Southwick |
| 43 | Dartford | 4–1 | Saffron Walden Town |
| 44 | Droylsden | 1–1 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 45 | Enderby Town | 3–1 | Tividale |
| 46 | Epsom & Ewell | 1–0 | Eastbourne Town |
| 47 | Evesham United | 0–1 | Buckingham Town |
| 48 | Falmouth Town | 1–1 | Liskeard Athletic |
| 49 | Fareham Town | 2–0 | Newport I O W |
| 50 | Faversham Town | 0–2 | Dover |
| 51 | Ferryhill Athletic | 2–2 | Evenwood Town |
| 52 | Folkestone | 6–2 | East Grinstead |
| 53 | Frome Town | 1–1 | Farnborough Town |
| 54 | Gloucester City | 1–0 | Dorchester Town |
| 55 | Goole Town | 1–0 | Whitley Bay |
| 56 | Gosport Borough | 0–0 | Hastings United |
| 57 | Grays Athletic | 0–0 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 58 | Guisborough Town | 2–3 | Gateshead |
| 59 | Halesowen Town | 1–1 | Didcot Town |
| 60 | Haverhill Rovers | 2–3 | Gorleston |
| 61 | Haywards Heath | 0–1 | Crawley Town |
| 62 | Hillingdon Borough | 0–0 | Hendon |
| 63 | Hitchin Town | 3–0 | Rushden Town |
| 64 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 1–0 | Willington |
| 65 | Hungerford Town | 5–1 | Wick |
| 66 | Ilkeston Town | 0–0 | Holbeach United |
| 67 | Kempston Rovers | 3–0 | Hertford Town |
| 68 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3–0 | Hednesford Town |
| 69 | Kingstonian | 1–0 | Banstead Athletic |
| 70 | Lancaster City | 1–1 | Hyde United |
| 71 | Leyton Wingate | 0–3 | Harefield United |
| 72 | Leytonstone Ilford | 0–1 | Wembley |
| 73 | Llanelli | 2–0 | Clandown |
| 74 | Long Eaton United | 0–0 | Grantham |
| 75 | Lowestoft Town | 0–2 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 76 | Lye Town | 1–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 77 | Lytham | 0–2 | Leyland Motors |
| 78 | Maidenhead United | 1–0 | Thame United |
| 79 | Maidstone United | 6–0 | Ramsgate |
| 80 | March Town United | 1–2 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 81 | Margate | 1–1 | Sittingbourne |
| 82 | Marine | 3–0 | Rhyl |
| 83 | Marlow | 1–2 | Harrow Borough |
| 84 | Melksham Town | 7–0 | Ilminster Town |
| 85 | Metropolitan Police | 2–3 | Hounslow |
| 86 | Mexborough Town Athletic | 1–2 | Leek Town |
| 87 | Moor Green | 4–0 | Rothwell Town |
| 88 | Moreton Town | 0–1 | Dudley Town |
| 89 | Nantwich Town | 0–0 | Eastwood Town |
| 90 | Netherfield | 1–2 | Bridlington Trinity |
| 91 | Newbury Town | 2–0 | Chichester City |
| 92 | Newmarket Town | 1–1 | Hayes |
| 93 | Normanby Park Works | 0–4 | Desborough Town |
| 94 | North Ferriby United | 1–0 | Horwich R M I |
| 95 | North Shields | 0–0 | Tow Law Town |
| 96 | Northwich Victoria | 1–0 | New Mills{1} |
| 97 | Oldbury United | 4–0 | Matlock Town |
| 98 | Oswestry Town | 0–1 | Colwyn Bay |
| 99 | Parson Drove United | 0–1 | Stowmarket |
| 100 | Penrith | 6–0 | Durham City |
| 101 | Peterlee Newtown | 0–2 | Farsley Celtic |
| 102 | Prescot Cables | 2–0 | Glossop |
| 103 | Redhill | 0–2 | Littlehampton Town |
| 104 | Ringmer | 3–3 | Lewes |
| 105 | Salisbury | 1–1 | Trowbridge Town |
| 106 | Saltash United | 4–0 | Newquay |
| 107 | Shepton Mallet Town | 0–4 | Clevedon Town |
| 108 | Skelmersdale United | 0–1 | Chorley |
| 109 | Slough Town | 5–1 | Ware |
| 110 | Soham Town Rangers | 1–1 | King's Lynn |
| 111 | Southall | 0–8 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 112 | Southport | 1–3 | St Helens Town |
| 113 | St Blazey | 1–2 | Penzance |
| 114 | St Neots Town | 0–1 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 115 | Stourbridge | 6–2 | Macclesfield Town |
| 116 | Sudbury Town | 0–3 | Letchworth Garden City |
| 117 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 2–0 | Telford United |
| 118 | Sutton United | 3–1 | Steyning Town |
| 119 | Tamworth | 3–0 | Histon |
| 120 | Thackley | 1–0 | Crook Town |
| 121 | Tilbury | 4–1 | Cray Wanderers |
| 122 | Tiptree United | 0–1 | Edgware |
| 123 | Tiverton Town | 0–5 | Taunton Town |
| 124 | Tonbridge | 1–1 | Chatham Town |
| 125 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 0–3 | Windsor & Eton |
| 126 | Uxbridge | 1–0 | Epping Town |
| 127 | V S Rugby | 3–1 | Darlaston |
| 128 | Wallsend Town | 0–2 | Spennymoor United |
| 129 | Walthamstow Avenue | 5–0 | Clapton |
| 130 | Walton & Hersham | 1–0 | Chertsey Town |
| 131 | Waterlooville | 2–0 | Horsham Y M C A |
| 132 | Welling United | 4–2 | Sheppey United |
| 133 | Weston Super Mare | 1–2 | Bath City |
| 134 | Whitby Town | 3–0 | South Bank |
| 135 | Willesden | 0–2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 136 | Winsford United | 4–2 | Bilston |
| 137 | Wisbech Town | 1–2 | Bury Town |
| 138 | Witney Town | 2–1 | Ruislip Manor |
| 139 | Witton Albion | 3–1 | Highgate United |
| 140 | Woking | 2–1 | Tring Town |
| 141 | Wokingham Town | 0–1 | Poole Town |
| 142 | Worcester City | 1–1 | Malvern Town |
| 143 | Worksop Town | 3–2 | Frickley Athletic |
| 144 | Worsbrough Bridge Miners Welfare | 0–4 | Fleetwood Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 2 | Boreham Wood | 0–2 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town |
| 25 | Chalfont St Peter | 0–3 | Billericay Town |
| 30 | Cambridge City | 0–1 | Bourne Town |
| 31 | Shildon | 1–0 | Brandon United |
| 35 | Willenhall Town | 1–2 | Burton Albion |
| 36 | Clacton Town | 1–2 | Chelmsford City |
| 39 | Curzon Ashton | 2–2 | Clitheroe |
| 44 | Stalybridge Celtic | 2–1 | Droylsden |
| 48 | Liskeard Athletic | 2–3 | Falmouth Town |
| 51 | Evenwood Town | 2–1 | Ferryhill Athletic |
| 53 | Farnborough Town | 1–0 | Frome Town |
| 56 | Hastings United | 3–4 | Gosport Borough |
| 57 | Erith & Belvedere | 1–3 | Grays Athletic |
| 59 | Didcot Town | 0–1 | Halesowen Town |
| 62 | Hendon | 3–2 | Hillingdon Borough |
| 66 | Holbeach United | 1–0 | Ilkeston Town |
| 70 | Hyde United | 3–1 | Lancaster City |
| 74 | Grantham | 2–2 | Long Eaton United |
| 76 | Chippenham Town | 0–2 | Lye Town |
| 81 | Sittingbourne | 3–4 | Margate |
| 89 | Eastwood Town | 1–0 | Nantwich Town |
| 92 | Hayes | 5–0 | Newmarket Town |
| 95 | Tow Law Town | 4–2 | North Shields |
| 104 | Lewes | 6–2 | Ringmer |
| 105 | Trowbridge Town | 2–1 | Salisbury |
| 110 | King's Lynn | 2–1 | Soham Town Rangers |
| 124 | Chatham Town | 1–0 | Tonbridge |
| 142 | Malvern Town | 0–2 | Worcester City |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 39 | Clitheroe | 0–1 | Curzon Ashton |
| 74 | Grantham | 3–0 | Long Eaton United |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Accrington Stanley | 1–1 | Fleetwood Town |
| 2 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town | 1–0 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 3 | Alfreton Town | 1–0 | Eastwood Town |
| 4 | Andover | 0–2 | Poole Town |
| 5 | Appleby Frodingham{1} | 0–2 | Worksop Town |
| 6 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 3–0 | Crawley Town |
| 7 | Aveley | 2–0 | Walthamstow Avenue |
| 8 | Aylesbury United | 6–0 | Uxbridge |
| 9 | Banbury United | 3–3 | V S Rugby |
| 10 | Barnstaple Town | 0–1 | Bath City |
| 11 | Barrow | 1–1 | Whitby Town |
| 12 | Barry Town | 1–1 | Lye Town |
| 13 | Barton Rovers | 1–0 | Walton & Hersham |
| 14 | Barton Town | 4–1 | Desborough Town |
| 15 | Bedford Town | 4–0 | Bury Town |
| 16 | Bedworth United | 1–2 | Witton Albion |
| 17 | Belper Town | 2–2 | Winsford United |
| 18 | Bideford | 2–1 | Clevedon Town |
| 19 | Billericay Town | 1–2 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 20 | Billingham Synthonia | 2–0 | Farsley Celtic |
| 21 | Bishop Auckland | 1–0 | Bridlington Trinity |
| 22 | Blue Star | 2–0 | Thackley |
| 23 | Bognor Regis Town | 1–2 | Newbury Town |
| 24 | Bootle | 0–1 | Chorley |
| 25 | Bourne Town | 0–2 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 26 | Bromley | 4–0 | Chatham Town |
| 27 | Buckingham Town | 2–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 28 | Canterbury City | 2–1 | Tilbury |
| 29 | Chelmsford City | 3–1 | Edgware |
| 30 | Colwyn Bay | 2–2 | Marine |
| 31 | Corby Town | 2–0 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 32 | Curzon Ashton | 1–4 | Prescot Cables |
| 33 | Dover | 2–0 | Welling United |
| 34 | Dudley Town | 0–0 | Moor Green |
| 35 | Epsom & Ewell | 3–1 | Margate |
| 36 | Evenwood Town | 2–0 | Shildon |
| 37 | Falmouth Town | 2–1 | Saltash United |
| 38 | Farnborough Town | 1–0 | Fareham Town |
| 39 | Finchley | 0–1 | Hayes |
| 40 | Folkestone | 0–2 | Maidstone United |
| 41 | Gateshead | 2–0 | Tow Law Town |
| 42 | Gloucester City | 0–1 | Trowbridge Town |
| 43 | Gorleston | 0–1 | Hitchin Town |
| 44 | Gosport Borough | 2–1 | Lewes |
| 45 | Grantham | 1–3 | Boston United |
| 46 | Grays Athletic | 2–0 | Dartford |
| 47 | Halesowen Town | 1–4 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 48 | Harefield United | 0–0 | Maidenhead United |
| 49 | Harrow Borough | 3–4 | St Albans City |
| 50 | Harwich & Parkeston | 2–1 | Stowmarket |
| 51 | Hendon | 1–1 | Woking |
| 52 | Hinckley Athletic | 2–1 | Tamworth |
| 53 | Holbeach United | 0–3 | Boston |
| 54 | Hounslow | 1–3 | Slough Town |
| 55 | Hyde United | 1–2 | Burscough |
| 56 | Kempston Rovers | 2–1 | Witney Town |
| 57 | King's Lynn | 2–0 | Enderby Town |
| 58 | Kingstonian | 2–1 | Egham Town |
| 59 | Leek Town | 1–1 | Northwich Victoria |
| 60 | Letchworth Garden City | 0–0 | Wembley |
| 61 | Leyland Motors | 0–4 | St Helens Town |
| 62 | Littlehampton Town | 0–3 | Croydon |
| 63 | Llanelli | 0–3 | Worcester City |
| 64 | Melksham Town | 0–3 | Ton Pentre |
| 65 | North Ferriby United | 0–0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 66 | Oldbury United | 0–3 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
| 67 | Penrith | 2–0 | Goole Town |
| 68 | Penzance | 2–3 | Taunton Town |
| 69 | Spennymoor United | 1–2 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 70 | Stourbridge | 1–1 | Burton Albion |
| 71 | Sutton United | 2–0 | Hungerford Town |
| 72 | Waterlooville | 0–0 | Windsor & Eton |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Fleetwood Town | 3–2 | Accrington Stanley |
| 9 | V S Rugby | 1–3 | Banbury United |
| 11 | Whitby Town | 1–2 | Barrow |
| 12 | Lye Town | 1–2 | Barry Town |
| 17 | Winsford United | 5–0 | Belper Town |
| 30 | Marine | 4–0 | Colwyn Bay |
| 34 | Moor Green | 2–1 | Dudley Town |
| 48 | Maidenhead United | 5–1 | Harefield United |
| 51 | Woking | 1–4 | Hendon |
| 59 | Northwich Victoria | 1–0 | Leek Town |
| 60 | Wembley | 3–1 | Letchworth Garden City |
| 65 | Stalybridge Celtic | 3–0 | North Ferriby United |
| 70 | Burton Albion | 2–1 | Stourbridge |
| 72 | Windsor & Eton | 4–1 | Waterlooville |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Boston | 0–1 | Corby Town |
| 2 | Boston United | 2–0 | Barton Town |
| 3 | Burscough | 4–0 | Prescot Cables |
| 4 | Burton Albion | 2–2 | Winsford United |
| 5 | Croydon | 0–1 | Gosport Borough |
| 6 | Dover | 2–2 | Canterbury City |
| 7 | Epsom & Ewell | 1–0 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 8 | Evenwood Town | 0–1 | Bishop Auckland |
| 9 | Farnborough Town | 4–1 | Newbury Town |
| 10 | Gateshead | 3–0 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 11 | Grays Athletic | 0–1 | Aveley |
| 12 | Harwich & Parkeston | 1–0 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 13 | Hendon | 1–1 | Aylesbury United |
| 14 | Hitchin Town | 3–2 | Bedford Town |
| 15 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 0–0 | Barrow |
| 16 | Kempston Rovers | 0–2 | Hayes |
| 17 | Kidderminster Harriers | 2–1 | Buckingham Town |
| 18 | King's Lynn | 5–1 | Hinckley Athletic |
| 19 | Maidenhead United | 0–0 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town |
| 20 | Maidstone United | 2–0 | Bromley |
| 21 | Marine | 3–0 | Chorley |
| 22 | Moor Green | 0–2 | Banbury United |
| 23 | Northwich Victoria | 3–2 | Alfreton Town |
| 24 | Penrith | 1–0 | Blue Star |
| 25 | Slough Town | 0–1 | Barton Rovers |
| 26 | St Albans City | 2–1 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 27 | St Helens Town | 0–1 | Fleetwood Town |
| 28 | Stalybridge Celtic | 0–0 | Worksop Town |
| 29 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 2–1 | Witton Albion |
| 30 | Sutton United | 4–1 | Poole Town |
| 31 | Taunton Town | 1–0 | Falmouth Town |
| 32 | Ton Pentre | 1–3 | Bath City |
| 33 | Trowbridge Town | 2–3 | Bideford |
| 34 | Wembley | 3–1 | Chelmsford City |
| 35 | Windsor & Eton | 1–1 | Kingstonian |
| 36 | Worcester City | 1–1 | Barry Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 4 | Winsford United | 1–3 | Burton Albion |
| 6 | Canterbury City | 3–3 | Dover |
| 13 | Aylesbury United | 1–0 | Hendon |
| 15 | Barrow | 2–3 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 19 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town | 5–0 | Maidenhead United |
| 28 | Worksop Town | 1–2 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 35 | Kingstonian | 2–3 | Windsor & Eton |
| 36 | Barry Town | 2–3 | Worcester City |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 6 | Canterbury City | 0–2 | Dover |

## 4th qualifying round

The teams given byes to this round are: AP Leamington, Barnet, Blyth Spartans, Morecambe, Enfield, Gravesend & Northfleet, Harlow Town, Wealdstone, Yeovil Town, Kettering Town, Nuneaton Borough, Stafford Rangers, Leatherhead, Barking, Merthyr Tydfil, Minehead, Runcorn, Weymouth, Wycombe Wanderers and Workington.

### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | A P Leamington | 0–1 | Barton Rovers |
| 2 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town | 3–0 | Bideford |
| 3 | Aylesbury United | 1–1 | Barnet |
| 4 | Blyth Spartans | 7–0 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 5 | Burscough | 2–0 | Morecambe |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Penrith |
| 7 | Corby Town | 0–1 | Boston United |
| 8 | Enfield | 5–0 | Epsom & Ewell |
| 9 | Fleetwood Town | 1–0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 10 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 4–0 | Aveley |
| 11 | Harlow Town | 1–1 | Wealdstone |
| 12 | Harwich & Parkeston | 2–2 | St Albans City |
| 13 | Hayes | 1–1 | Yeovil Town |
| 14 | Hitchin Town | 0–1 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
| 15 | Kettering Town | 3–0 | Banbury United |
| 16 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–0 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 17 | King's Lynn | 1–3 | Stafford Rangers |
| 18 | Leatherhead | 1–0 | Bath City |
| 19 | Maidstone United | 2–0 | Barking |
| 20 | Marine | 1–0 | Gateshead (tie awarded to Gatehsead) |
| 21 | Merthyr Tydfil | 0–1 | Farnborough Town |
| 22 | Minehead | 2–0 | Sutton United |
| 23 | Northwich Victoria | 2–1 | Runcorn |
| 24 | Wembley | 1–1 | Dover |
| 25 | Weymouth | 0–0 | Taunton Town |
| 26 | Windsor & Eton | 2–0 | Gosport Borough |
| 27 | Worcester City | 1–1 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 28 | Workington | 4–1 | Bishop Auckland |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 3 | Barnet | 0–0 | Aylesbury United |
| 11 | Wealdstone | 0–1 | Harlow Town |
| 12 | St Albans City | 3–0 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 13 | Yeovil Town | 2–0 | Hayes |
| 24 | Dover | 2–3 | Wembley |
| 25 | Taunton Town | 0–3 | Weymouth |
| 27 | Wycombe Wanderers | 1–0 | Worcester City |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 3 | Barnet | 1–0 | Aylesbury United |

## 1980–81 FA Cup

See 1980-81 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.