# 1965–66 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1965–66 is the 85th 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.

## 1st qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Arnold | 1–1 | Matlock Town |
| 2 | Ashington | 3–1 | West Auckland Town |
| 3 | Ashton United | 2–4 | St Helens Town |
| 4 | Aylesbury United | 3–3 | Huntley & Palmers |
| 5 | Banbury United | 2–0 | Chesham United |
| 6 | Basingstoke Town | 6–0 | Littlehampton Town |
| 7 | Belper Town | 1–1 | Buxton |
| 8 | Bexley United | 6–2 | Chatham Town |
| 9 | Billingham Synthonia | 1–2 | Whitby Town |
| 10 | Bilston | 2–1 | Rugby Town |
| 11 | Bishop Auckland | 5–1 | South Bank |
| 12 | Bishop's Stortford | 1–1 | Stevenage Town |
| 13 | Bletchley Town | 3–2 | Vauxhall Motors |
| 14 | Blyth Spartans | 4–3 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare |
| 15 | Boldon Colliery Welfare | 2–1 | Tow Law Town |
| 16 | Brentwood Town | 0–2 | Tilbury |
| 17 | Bridgwater Town | 1–0 | Taunton |
| 18 | Bridlington Trinity | 3–2 | Selby Town |
| 19 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 1–1 | Hednesford Town |
| 20 | Bromley | 3–2 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 21 | Burton Albion | 1–0 | Loughborough United |
| 22 | Cambridge City | 8–1 | Soham Town Rangers |
| 23 | Canterbury City | 2–1 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 24 | Chatteris Town | 2–3 | Ely City |
| 25 | Chichester City | 3–6 | Cowes |
| 26 | Chippenham Town | 5–1 | Melksham Town |
| 27 | Chorley | 6–0 | Nelson |
| 28 | Cinderford Town | 1–1 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 29 | Clapton | 0–9 | Leytonstone |
| 30 | Clitheroe | 2–0 | Lancaster City |
| 31 | Consett | 7–0 | Murton Colliery Welfare |
| 32 | Crawley Town | 3–0 | Haywards Heath |
| 33 | Cray Wanderers | 0–1 | Sheppey United |
| 34 | Dagenham | 2–2 | Ford United |
| 35 | Deal Town | 2–2 | Dover |
| 36 | Desborough Town | 3–0 | St Neots Town |
| 37 | Dorking | 1–1 | Walton & Hersham |
| 38 | Droylsden | 3–3 | Marine |
| 39 | Dudley Town | 0–0 | Wellington Town |
| 40 | Dulwich Hamlet | 3–2 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 41 | Durham City | 0–8 | Willington |
| 42 | Eastbourne | 1–4 | Tonbridge |
| 43 | Eastbourne United | 0–4 | Hastings United |
| 44 | Ellesmere Port Town | 3–1 | Runcorn |
| 45 | Eynesbury Rovers | 0–2 | Rothwell Town |
| 46 | Fareham Town | 7–3 | Alton Town |
| 47 | Farsley Celtic | 0–1 | Harrogate Town |
| 48 | Ferryhill Athletic | 1–3 | Stanley United |
| 49 | Folkestone | 2–1 | Margate |
| 50 | Gainsborough Trinity | 1–0 | Retford Town |
| 51 | Glastonbury | 0–1 | Frome Town |
| 52 | Gloucester City | 1–0 | Llanelli |
| 53 | Goole Town | 4–2 | Mexborough Town |
| 54 | Grantham | 3–0 | Spalding United |
| 55 | Grays Athletic | 1–0 | Hornchurch |
| 56 | Great Harwood | 1–4 | Hyde United |
| 57 | Great Yarmouth Town | 6–4 | Gorleston |
| 58 | Gresley Rovers | 0–2 | Ilkeston Town |
| 59 | Guildford City | 3–2 | Kingstonian |
| 60 | Harlow Town | 3–1 | Harrow Town |
| 61 | Harwich & Parkeston | 2–2 | Clacton Town |
| 62 | Hayes | 1–2 | Windsor & Eton |
| 63 | Heanor Town | 5–3 | Alfreton Town |
| 64 | Hemel Hempstead | 6–0 | Abingdon Town |
| 65 | Hertford Town | 1–2 | Wealdstone |
| 66 | Hillingdon Borough | 1–2 | Corinthian Casuals |
| 67 | Hitchin Town | 4–1 | Letchworth Town |
| 68 | Holbeach United | 2–0 | Louth United |
| 69 | Holyhead Town | 0–2 | New Brighton |
| 70 | Horsham | 2–2 | Sutton United |
| 71 | Horwich R M I | 2–1 | Burscough |
| 72 | Hounslow | 2–3 | Southall |
| 73 | Ilford | 2–4 | Barking |
| 74 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3–0 | Redditch |
| 75 | Lancing | 3–1 | Lewes |
| 76 | Leatherhead | 3–3 | Chertsey Town |
| 77 | Leyton | 3–2 | Woodford Town |
| 78 | Lockheed Leamington | 3–1 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 79 | Long Eaton United | 7–2 | Atherstone Town |
| 80 | Lovells Athletic | 6–1 | Barry Town |
| 81 | Lowestoft Town | 10–2 | Thetford Town |
| 82 | Lytham | 2–0 | Bacup Borough |
| 83 | Macclesfield | 7–0 | Winsford United |
| 84 | Maidstone United | 4–0 | Bexhill Town |
| 85 | March Town United | 1–2 | Bury Town |
| 86 | Marlow | 0–4 | Metropolitan Police |
| 87 | Milnthorpe Corinthians | 1–7 | Fleetwood |
| 88 | Morecambe | 2–0 | Penrith |
| 89 | Mossley | 1–4 | Northwich Victoria |
| 90 | Newport I O W | 2–1 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 91 | Norton Woodseats | 0–3 | Frickley Colliery |
| 92 | Ossett Albion | 0–0 | Bridlington Town |
| 93 | Oswestry Town | 6–0 | Congleton Town |
| 94 | Oxford City | 5–2 | Maidenhead United |
| 95 | Poole Town | 3–2 | Bridport |
| 96 | Portland United | 4–1 | Dorchester Town |
| 97 | Prescot Town | 1–2 | Altrincham |
| 98 | Redhill | 2–2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 99 | Rhyl | 1–1 | Borough United |
| 100 | Rossendale United | 3–2 | Darwen |
| 101 | Ruislip Manor | 1–5 | Rainham Town |
| 102 | Rushden Town | 4–4 | Bourne Town |
| 103 | Salisbury | 4–0 | Newbury Town |
| 104 | Shildon | 0–4 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 105 | Sittingbourne | 9–0 | Faversham Town |
| 106 | Skegness Town | 3–2 | Boston United |
| 107 | Skelmersdale United | 2–2 | Leyland Motors |
| 108 | Slough Town | 5–3 | Wembley |
| 109 | Spennymoor United | 2–0 | North Shields |
| 110 | St Albans City | 3–0 | Dunstable Town |
| 111 | Stafford Rangers | 1–1 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 112 | Stamford | 0–1 | Boston |
| 113 | Stocksbridge Works | 1–4 | Denaby United |
| 114 | Stockton | 3–0 | Evenwood Town |
| 115 | Stonehouse | 2–1 | Abergavenny Thursdays |
| 116 | Stork | 0–2 | Colwyn Bay United |
| 117 | Stourbridge | 8–0 | Bedworth Town |
| 118 | Sudbury Town | 3–0 | Haverhill Rovers |
| 119 | Sutton Town | 2–2 | Worksop Town |
| 120 | Tamworth | 1–1 | Hinckley Athletic |
| 121 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers | 4–1 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 122 | Uxbridge | 1–7 | Finchley |
| 123 | Walthamstow Avenue | 4–0 | Aveley |
| 124 | Ware | 3–1 | Cheshunt |
| 125 | Warminster Town | 0–4 | Andover |
| 126 | Wellingborough Town | 3–0 | Biggleswade & District |
| 127 | Westbury United | 1–3 | Trowbridge Town |
| 128 | Weston Super Mare | 2–1 | Minehead |
| 129 | Whitley Bay | 11–0 | Annfield Plain |
| 130 | Whitstable | 1–3 | Herne Bay |
| 131 | Wisbech Town | 5–1 | Newmarket Town |
| 132 | Witton Albion | 4–0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 133 | Woking | 9–0 | Addlestone |
| 134 | Wokingham Town | 6–0 | Bracknell Town |
| 135 | Wolverton Town & B R | 2–2 | Amersham Town |
| 136 | Worcester City | 4–2 | Lower Gornal Athletic |
| 137 | Yorkshire Amateur | 2–4 | Hull Brunswick |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Matlock Town | 2–2 | Arnold (Abandoned in extra time) |
| 4 | Huntley & Palmers | 1–0 | Aylesbury United |
| 7 | Buxton | 6–3 | Belper Town |
| 12 | Stevenage Town | 2–0 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 19 | Hednesford Town | 1–3 | Brierley Hill Alliance |
| 28 | Merthyr Tydfil | 4–0 | Cinderford Town |
| 34 | Ford United | 1–2 | Dagenham |
| 35 | Dover | 3–0 | Deal Town |
| 37 | Walton & Hersham | 4–1 | Dorking |
| 38 | Marine | 1–0 | Droylsden |
| 39 | Wellington Town | 1–2 | Dudley Town |
| 61 | Clacton Town | 0–5 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 70 | Sutton United | 3–2 | Horsham |
| 76 | Chertsey Town | 2–5 | Leatherhead |
| 92 | Bridlington Town | 1–2 | Ossett Albion |
| 98 | Carshalton Athletic | 3–0 | Redhill |
| 99 | Borough United | 1–0 | Rhyl |
| 102 | Bourne Town | 4–1 | Rushden Town |
| 107 | Leyland Motors | 1–2 | Skelmersdale United |
| 111 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 1–2 | Stafford Rangers |
| 119 | Worksop Town | 6–2 | Sutton Town |
| 120 | Hinckley Athletic | 4–2 | Tamworth |
| 135 | Amersham Town | 0–2 | Wolverton Town & B R |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Arnold | 1–2 | Matlock Town |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Altrincham | 4–0 | Marine |
| 2 | Andover | 0–3 | Salisbury |
| 3 | Barking | 0–1 | Grays Athletic |
| 4 | Basingstoke Town | 0–2 | Fareham Town |
| 5 | Bideford | 2–2 | Barnstaple Town |
| 6 | Bilston | 0–1 | Stourbridge |
| 7 | Bletchley Town | 2–1 | Wolverton Town & B R |
| 8 | Blyth Spartans | 0–2 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 9 | Boldon Colliery Welfare | 1–1 | Consett |
| 10 | Borough United | 3–0 | New Brighton |
| 11 | Bourne Town | 3–1 | Rothwell Town |
| 12 | Bridlington Trinity | 6–0 | Hull Brunswick |
| 13 | Bromley | 0–2 | Sittingbourne |
| 14 | Burton Albion | 8–1 | Hinckley Athletic |
| 15 | Bury Town | 5–0 | Ely City |
| 16 | Cambridge City | 1–1 | Wisbech Town |
| 17 | Canterbury City | 1–0 | Herne Bay |
| 18 | Cheltenham Town | 4–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 19 | Chorley | 1–1 | Rossendale United |
| 20 | Clitheroe | 2–1 | Morecambe |
| 21 | Cowes | 3–3 | Newport I O W |
| 22 | Desborough Town | 1–2 | Wellingborough Town |
| 23 | Devizes Town | 3–2 | Trowbridge Town |
| 24 | Dudley Town | 0–3 | Worcester City |
| 25 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1–2 | Wokingham Town |
| 26 | Ellesmere Port Town | 1–2 | Colwyn Bay United |
| 27 | Finchley | 2–2 | Southall |
| 28 | Folkestone | 1–1 | Dover |
| 29 | Frickley Colliery | 1–3 | Goole Town |
| 30 | Frome Town | 1–1 | Bridgwater Town |
| 31 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4–1 | Denaby United |
| 32 | Grantham | 7–0 | Boston |
| 33 | Heanor Town | 5–1 | Buxton |
| 34 | Hemel Hempstead | 5–1 | Banbury United |
| 35 | Horwich R M I | 3–3 | Fleetwood |
| 36 | Huntley & Palmers | 1–4 | Oxford City |
| 37 | Lancing | 0–2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 38 | Leatherhead | 2–2 | Guildford City |
| 39 | Leyton | 3–2 | Dagenham |
| 40 | Leytonstone | 5–0 | Rainham Town |
| 41 | Lockheed Leamington | 2–3 | Brierley Hill Alliance |
| 42 | Long Eaton United | 3–2 | Ilkeston Town |
| 43 | Lovells Athletic | 1–2 | Gloucester City |
| 44 | Lowestoft Town | 4–2 | Great Yarmouth Town |
| 45 | Lytham | 1–1 | Hyde United |
| 46 | Macclesfield | 9–0 | Witton Albion |
| 47 | Maidstone United | 1–5 | Hastings United |
| 48 | Matlock Town | 1–3 | Worksop Town |
| 49 | Merthyr Tydfil | 6–2 | Stonehouse |
| 50 | Ossett Albion | 1–1 | Harrogate Town |
| 51 | Oswestry Town | 3–1 | Northwich Victoria |
| 52 | Poole Town | 0–2 | Portland United |
| 53 | Sheppey United | 1–3 | Bexley United |
| 54 | Skegness Town | 2–2 | Holbeach United |
| 55 | Slough Town | 0–1 | Metropolitan Police |
| 56 | Spennymoor United | 0–0 | Bishop Auckland |
| 57 | St Albans City | 2–0 | Hitchin Town |
| 58 | St Blazey | 4–1 | Falmouth Town |
| 59 | St Helens Town | 0–3 | Skelmersdale United |
| 60 | Stafford Rangers | 0–2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 61 | Stanley United | 2–2 | Whitley Bay |
| 62 | Stevenage Town | 1–1 | Ware |
| 63 | Stockton | 3–1 | Ashington |
| 64 | Sudbury Town | 1–2 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 65 | Sutton United | 0–1 | Crawley Town |
| 66 | Tilbury | 0–0 | Walthamstow Avenue |
| 67 | Tonbridge | 4–1 | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
| 68 | Walton & Hersham | 0–4 | Woking |
| 69 | Wealdstone | 5–1 | Harlow Town |
| 70 | Welton Rovers | 1–1 | Weston Super Mare |
| 71 | Willington | 1–2 | Whitby Town |
| 72 | Windsor & Eton | 0–6 | Corinthian Casuals |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 5 | Barnstaple Town | 2–2 | Bideford |
| 9 | Consett | 5–0 | Boldon Colliery Welfare |
| 16 | Wisbech Town | 1–0 | Cambridge City |
| 19 | Rossendale United | 0–3 | Chorley |
| 21 | Newport I O W | 0–3 | Cowes |
| 27 | Southall | 2–1 | Finchley |
| 28 | Dover | 2–3 | Folkestone |
| 30 | Bridgwater Town | 0–1 | Frome Town |
| 35 | Fleetwood | 2–1 | Horwich R M I |
| 38 | Guildford City | 3–0 | Leatherhead |
| 45 | Hyde United | 4–0 | Lytham |
| 50 | Harrogate Town | 2–3 | Ossett Albion |
| 54 | Holbeach United | 0–1 | Skegness Town |
| 56 | Bishop Auckland | 1–4 | Spennymoor United |
| 61 | Whitley Bay | 1–0 | Stanley United |
| 62 | Walthamstow Avenue | 5–4 | Tilbury |
| 66 | Stevenage Town | 4–1 | Ware |
| 70 | Weston Super Mare | 0–3 | Welton Rovers |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 5 | Bideford | 4–1 | Barnstaple Town (@ Exeter City) |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Altrincham | 4–1 | Skelmersdale United |
| 2 | Bexley United | 4–2 | Sittingbourne |
| 3 | Borough United | 1–1 | Colwyn Bay United |
| 4 | Bourne Town | 2–2 | Wellingborough Town |
| 5 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 1–2 | Stourbridge |
| 6 | Bury Town | 0–3 | Wisbech Town |
| 7 | Consett | 2–0 | Stockton |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 3–0 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 9 | Devizes Town | 2–8 | Cheltenham Town |
| 10 | Fareham Town | 4–2 | Cowes |
| 11 | Fleetwood | 3–1 | Clitheroe |
| 12 | Folkestone | 1–0 | Canterbury City |
| 13 | Gloucester City | 1–1 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 14 | Goole Town | 3–4 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 15 | Grays Athletic | 1–3 | Walthamstow Avenue |
| 16 | Guildford City | 6–0 | Woking |
| 17 | Harwich & Parkeston | 4–2 | Lowestoft Town |
| 18 | Hastings United | 1–1 | Tonbridge |
| 19 | Heanor Town | 3–2 | Worksop Town |
| 20 | Hemel Hempstead | 0–1 | Oxford City |
| 21 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 1–0 | Whitley Bay |
| 22 | Hyde United | 1–1 | Chorley |
| 23 | Kidderminster Harriers | 2–2 | Worcester City |
| 24 | Leyton | 0–3 | Leytonstone |
| 25 | Long Eaton United | 1–2 | Burton Albion |
| 26 | Metropolitan Police | 3–2 | Wokingham Town |
| 27 | Ossett Albion | 2–0 | Bridlington Trinity |
| 28 | Oswestry Town | 3–2 | Macclesfield |
| 29 | Salisbury | 0–3 | Portland United |
| 30 | Skegness Town | 0–7 | Grantham |
| 31 | Southall | 2–2 | Corinthian Casuals |
| 32 | St Albans City | 0–1 | Bletchley Town |
| 33 | St Blazey | 2–2 | Bideford |
| 34 | Wealdstone | 6–5 | Stevenage Town |
| 35 | Welton Rovers | 4–1 | Frome Town |
| 36 | Whitby Town | 4–3 | Spennymoor United |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 3 | Colwyn Bay United | 2–1 | Borough United |
| 4 | Wellingborough Town | 3–2 | Bourne Town |
| 13 | Merthyr Tydfil | 1–1 | Gloucester City |
| 18 | Tonbridge | 3–1 | Hastings United |
| 22 | Chorley | 4–1 | Hyde United |
| 23 | Worcester City | 1–2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 31 | Corinthian Casuals | 3–2 | Southall |
| 33 | Bideford | 3–2 | St Blazey |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 13 | Gloucester City | 0–1 | Merthyr Tydfil |

## 4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are Crook Town, Enfield, Wimbledon, Gateshead, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, King's Lynn, Chelmsford City, Bath City, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Romford, Bedford Town, Cambridge United, Wigan Athletic, Scarborough, Bangor City, Netherfield, Corby Town, Dartford, South Liverpool and Gravesend & Northfleet

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Bangor City | 3–3 | Altrincham |
| 2 | Bath City | 3–1 | Welton Rovers |
| 3 | Burton Albion | 3–2 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 4 | Cambridge United | 1–2 | Bedford Town |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 0–1 | Hereford United |
| 6 | Corby Town | 2–1 | King's Lynn |
| 7 | Enfield | 0–3 | Corinthian Casuals |
| 8 | Fareham Town | 0–3 | Wimbledon |
| 9 | Fleetwood | 2–1 | Colwyn Bay United |
| 10 | Folkestone | 4–1 | Bexley United |
| 11 | Gateshead | 3–1 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 12 | Grantham | 4–4 | Heanor Town |
| 13 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 1–0 | Crawley Town |
| 14 | Guildford City | 4–0 | Bletchley Town |
| 15 | Metropolitan Police | 2–3 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 16 | Oswestry Town | 3–4 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 17 | Portland United | 1–1 | Yeovil Town |
| 18 | Romford | 2–1 | Chelmsford City |
| 19 | Scarborough | 3–1 | Netherfield |
| 20 | South Liverpool | 3–0 | Ossett Albion |
| 21 | South Shields | 3–0 | Consett |
| 22 | Stourbridge | 1–3 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 23 | Tonbridge | 0–0 | Dartford |
| 24 | Walthamstow Avenue | 2–5 | Leytonstone |
| 25 | Wealdstone | 2–0 | Oxford City |
| 26 | Wellingborough Town | 1–0 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 27 | Weymouth | 1–1 | Bideford |
| 28 | Whitby Town | 1–1 | Crook Town |
| 29 | Wigan Athletic | 4–0 | Chorley |
| 30 | Wisbech Town | 6–1 | Kettering Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Altrincham | 3–2 | Bangor City |
| 12 | Heanor Town | 1–2 | Grantham |
| 17 | Yeovil Town | 1–0 | Portland United |
| 23 | Dartford | 6–2 | Tonbridge |
| 27 | Bideford | 1–3 | Weymouth |
| 28 | Crook Town | 4–1 | Whitby Town |

## 1965–66 FA Cup

See 1965-66 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.