# 1962–63 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1962–63 is the 82nd 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 | Alford United | 1–1 | Holbeach United |
| 2 | Alfreton Town | 1–0 | Heanor Town |
| 3 | Alton Town | 2–0 | Newport I O W |
| 4 | Altrincham | 1–0 | Marine |
| 5 | Andover | 4–1 | Cowes |
| 6 | Arnold St Mary's | 3–2 | Matlock Town |
| 7 | Ashington | 4–3 | Willington |
| 8 | Ashton United | 2–0 | Prescot Cables |
| 9 | Atherstone Town | 1–1 | Ilkeston Town |
| 10 | Aveley | 1–0 | Woodford Town |
| 11 | Aylesbury United | 8–0 | Huntley & Palmers |
| 12 | Bacup Borough | 0–3 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 13 | Banbury Spencer | 0–2 | Oxford City |
| 14 | Bangor City | 4–0 | New Brighton |
| 15 | Barking | 0–4 | Ilford |
| 16 | Barnet | 2–0 | Hertford Town |
| 17 | Barry Town | 2–0 | Stonehouse |
| 18 | Basingstoke Town | 4–2 | Fareham Town |
| 19 | Bedford Town | 8–0 | Wolverton Town & B R |
| 20 | Bedlington Mechanics | 3–1 | Whitby Town |
| 21 | Belper Town w/o-scr South Normanton Miners Welfare | | |
| 22 | Biggleswade & District | 3–3 | Letchworth Town |
| 23 | Billingham Synthonia | 2–2 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 24 | Bilston | 2–3 | Hednesford Town |
| 25 | Bishop's Stortford | 1–0 | Ware |
| 26 | Boldon Colliery Welfare | 1–2 | Ferryhill Athletic |
| 27 | Borough United | 4–0 | Stork |
| 28 | Bourne Town | 4–1 | Rushden Town |
| 29 | Brentwood & Warley | 3–2 | Rainham Town |
| 30 | Bridgwater Town | 1–1 | Weston Super Mare |
| 31 | Bridlington Town | 1–1 | Scarborough |
| 32 | Bridport | 1–5 | Portland United |
| 33 | Bromley | 2–1 | Bexleyheath & Welling |
| 34 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 7–1 | Oswestry Town |
| 35 | Burscough | 1–4 | Fleetwood |
| 36 | Burton Albion | 1–1 | Long Eaton United |
| 37 | Bury Town | 4–1 | Chatteris Town |
| 38 | Buxton | 2–1 | Sutton Town |
| 39 | Cambridge City | 3–0 | St Albans City |
| 40 | Canterbury City | 0–3 | Folkestone |
| 41 | Carshalton Athletic | 4–0 | Marlow |
| 42 | Cheltenham Town | 1–0 | Llanelli |
| 43 | Chichester City | 2–3 | Newbury Town |
| 44 | Chorley | 10–2 | Lytham |
| 45 | Clapton | 2–3 | Hornchurch |
| 46 | Clitheroe | 4–1 | Lancaster City |
| 47 | Congleton Town | 1–1 | Wellington Town |
| 48 | Consett | 2–0 | Spennymoor United |
| 49 | Creswell Colliery | 1–5 | Frickley Colliery |
| 50 | Dagenham | 0–3 | Leyton |
| 51 | Denaby United | 4–0 | Retford Town |
| 52 | Dorking | 2–3 | Metropolitan Police |
| 53 | Droylsden | 3–3 | Macclesfield |
| 54 | Dulwich Hamlet | 6–1 | Redhill |
| 55 | Earlestown | 1–3 | St Helens Town |
| 56 | Easington Colliery Welfare | 1–6 | Stanley United |
| 57 | Eastbourne | 3–4 | Tunbridge Wells United |
| 58 | Eastbourne United | 4–3 | Tonbridge |
| 59 | Ebbw Vale | 1–1 | Lovells Athletic |
| 60 | Edgware Town | 0–3 | Yiewsley |
| 61 | Ellesmere Port Town | 3–0 | Pwllheli & District |
| 62 | Epsom & Ewell | 1–3 | Slough Town |
| 63 | Evenwood Town | 0–0 | Annfield Plain |
| 64 | Eynesbury Rovers | 0–5 | St Neots Town |
| 65 | Falmouth Town | 1–1 | Barnstaple Town |
| 66 | Farsley Celtic | 1–0 | Goole Town |
| 67 | Finchley | 4–0 | Southall |
| 68 | Ford United | 8–1 | Wembley |
| 69 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3–1 | Stocksbridge Works |
| 70 | Glastonbury | 0–6 | Frome Town |
| 71 | Gloucester City | 3–2 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 72 | Grantham | 5–2 | Louth United |
| 73 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 2–1 | Chatham Town |
| 74 | Grays Athletic | 1–2 | Tilbury |
| 75 | Great Yarmouth Town | 3–2 | Bungay Town |
| 76 | Gresley Rovers | 2–2 | Tamworth |
| 77 | Harlow Town | 0–2 | Wealdstone |
| 78 | Harrow Town | 5–2 | Wokingham Town |
| 79 | Hastings United | 0–0 | Maidstone United |
| 80 | Hayes | 3–0 | Uxbridge |
| 81 | Haywards Heath | 4–0 | Lancing |
| 82 | Hemel Hempstead | 3–0 | Chesham United |
| 83 | Hendon | 1–0 | Leytonstone |
| 84 | Hinckley Athletic | 4–2 | Loughborough United |
| 85 | Hitchin Town | 0–0 | Vauxhall Motors |
| 86 | Horwich R M I | 2–2 | Netherfield |
| 87 | Hyde United | 3–0 | Nelson |
| 88 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–0 | Sankey Of Wellington |
| 89 | Kingstonian | 5–0 | Walton & Hersham |
| 90 | Leatherhead | 1–4 | Wimbledon |
| 91 | Lewes | 5–1 | Horsham |
| 92 | Leyland Motors | 1–5 | Rossendale United |
| 93 | Linotype & Machinery | 1–2 | Mossley |
| 94 | Llandudno | 2–3 | Runcorn |
| 95 | Lostock Gralam | 3–1 | Northwich Victoria |
| 96 | Lowestoft Town | 4–2 | Clacton Town |
| 97 | Maidenhead United | 2–1 | Windsor & Eton |
| 98 | March Town United | 4–1 | Ely City |
| 99 | Melksham Town | 0–5 | Devizes Town |
| 100 | Moor Green | 0–6 | Stafford Rangers |
| 101 | Newhaven | 0–0 | Bexhill Town |
| 102 | Norton Woodseats | 1–3 | Worksop Town |
| 103 | Nuneaton Borough | 6–0 | Halesowen Town |
| 104 | Petters Sports | 0–2 | Woking |
| 105 | Rugby Town | 2–1 | Stourbridge |
| 106 | Ruislip Manor | 0–2 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 107 | Salisbury | 2–2 | Chippenham Town |
| 108 | Selby Town | 1–5 | Ossett Albion |
| 109 | Sheppey United | 0–1 | Dover |
| 110 | Shildon | 3–1 | Durham City |
| 111 | Sittingbourne | 10–0 | Whitstable |
| 112 | South Bank | 0–0 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare |
| 113 | South Liverpool | 3–1 | Skelmersdale United |
| 114 | Spalding United | 1–3 | Boston United |
| 115 | Stevenage Town | 0–2 | Enfield |
| 116 | Stockton | 2–1 | Penrith |
| 117 | Stowmarket | 2–1 | Gorleston |
| 118 | Sutton United | 4–1 | Cray Wanderers |
| 119 | Swanage Town | 0–8 | Poole Town |
| 120 | Truro City | 0–3 | Bideford |
| 121 | Wellingborough Town | 0–0 | Corby Town |
| 122 | Wigan Athletic | 5–0 | Milnthorpe Corinthians |
| 123 | Winsford United | 3–0 | Witton Albion |
| 124 | Worthing | 1–2 | Bognor Regis Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Holbeach United | 6–4 | Alford United |
| 9 | Ilkeston Town | 1–2 | Atherstone Town |
| 22 | Letchworth Town | 1–1 | Biggleswade & District (Abandoned in extra time) |
| 23 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 4–2 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 30 | Weston Super Mare | 0–0 | Bridgwater Town |
| 31 | Scarborough | 5–2 | Bridlington Town |
| 36 | Long Eaton United | 0–3 | Burton Albion |
| 47 | Wellington Town | 2–0 | Congleton Town |
| 53 | Macclesfield | 2–2 | Droylsden (Abandoned in extra time) |
| 59 | Lovells Athletic | 4–1 | Ebbw Vale |
| 63 | Annfield Plain | 2–1 | Evenwood Town |
| 65 | Barnstaple Town | 1–3 | Falmouth Town |
| 76 | Tamworth | 4–1 | Gresley Rovers |
| 79 | Maidstone United | 4–2 | Hastings United |
| 85 | Vauxhall Motors | 0–3 | Hitchin Town |
| 86 | Netherfield | 3–2 | Horwich R M I |
| 101 | Newhaven | 0–2 | Bexhill Town |
| 107 | Chippenham Town | 3–1 | Salisbury |
| 112 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare | 2–1 | South Bank |
| 121 | Corby Town | 1–0 | Wellingborough Town |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 22 | Letchworth Town | 0–3 | Biggleswade & District |
| 30 | Bridgwater Town | 3–1 | Weston Super Mare |
| 53 | Droylsden | 3–2 | Macclesfield |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Alfreton Town | 0–4 | Arnold St Mary's |
| 2 | Altrincham | 4–2 | Ashton United |
| 3 | Andover | 2–1 | Basingstoke Town |
| 4 | Annfield Plain | 2–2 | Whitley Bay |
| 5 | Atherstone Town | 2–1 | Burton Albion |
| 6 | Bangor City | 1–2 | Ellesmere Port Town |
| 7 | Belper Town | 3–4 | Buxton |
| 8 | Bideford | 0–0 | Wadebridge Town |
| 9 | Bishop's Stortford | 0–2 | Wealdstone |
| 10 | Bognor Regis Town | 2–5 | Haywards Heath |
| 11 | Boston United | 3–2 | Grantham |
| 12 | Bourne Town | 5–1 | Stamford |
| 13 | Bridgwater Town | 5–1 | Taunton |
| 14 | Bromley | 2–3 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 15 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 0–0 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 16 | Bury Town | 0–2 | Cambridge United |
| 17 | Cambridge City | 5–0 | Biggleswade & District |
| 18 | Carshalton Athletic | 2–3 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town | 5–1 | Lovells Athletic |
| 20 | Chippenham Town | 4–1 | Westbury United |
| 21 | Chorley | 2–2 | Hyde United |
| 22 | Clitheroe | 0–4 | Netherfield |
| 23 | Consett | 1–1 | North Shields |
| 24 | Corby Town | 1–0 | St Neots Town |
| 25 | Denaby United | 1–2 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 26 | Devizes Town | 2–3 | Trowbridge Town |
| 27 | Dover | 4–1 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 28 | Droylsden | 0–0 | Mossley |
| 29 | Eastbourne United | 0–1 | Tunbridge Wells United |
| 30 | Enfield | 4–1 | Barnet |
| 31 | Falmouth Town | 1–0 | St Blazey |
| 32 | Ferryhill Athletic | 2–2 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare |
| 33 | Finchley | 1–1 | Hayes |
| 34 | Frome Town | 2–2 | Minehead |
| 35 | Gloucester City | 3–0 | Barry Town |
| 36 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 2–1 | Sutton United |
| 37 | Great Yarmouth Town | 1–3 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 38 | Hemel Hempstead | 2–0 | Aylesbury United |
| 39 | Hendon | 2–1 | Ford United |
| 40 | Hinckley Athletic | 0–0 | Tamworth |
| 41 | Hitchin Town | 2–5 | Bedford Town |
| 42 | Holbeach United | 2–3 | Skegness Town |
| 43 | Hornchurch | 1–2 | Leyton |
| 44 | Ilford | 4–1 | Brentwood & Warley |
| 45 | Lewes | 6–2 | Littlehampton Town |
| 46 | Lostock Gralam | 0–3 | Winsford United |
| 47 | Maidenhead United | 3–2 | Yiewsley |
| 48 | Maidstone United | 5–0 | Bexhill Town |
| 49 | March Town United | 1–3 | Sudbury Town |
| 50 | Metropolitan Police | 1–2 | Kingstonian |
| 51 | Newbury Town | 1–9 | Alton Town |
| 52 | Nuneaton Borough | 2–1 | Lockheed Leamington |
| 53 | Ossett Albion | 2–1 | Farsley Celtic |
| 54 | Oxford City | 4–2 | Harrow Town |
| 55 | Poole Town | 10–1 | Warminster Town |
| 56 | Portland United | 1–3 | Dorchester Town |
| 57 | Rossendale United | 2–4 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 58 | Rugby Town | 2–0 | Hednesford Town |
| 59 | Runcorn | 0–1 | Borough United |
| 60 | Scarborough | 5–1 | Harrogate Town |
| 61 | Shildon | 4–0 | Bedlington Mechanics |
| 62 | Sittingbourne | 2–2 | Folkestone |
| 63 | Slough Town | 0–4 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 64 | St Helens Town | 2–1 | South Liverpool |
| 65 | Stafford Rangers | 0–2 | Wellington Town |
| 66 | Stanley United | 0–1 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 67 | Stockton w/o-scr Ashington | | |
| 68 | Stowmarket | 1–2 | Lowestoft Town |
| 69 | Tilbury | 2–1 | Aveley |
| 70 | Wigan Athletic | 8–1 | Fleetwood |
| 71 | Wimbledon | 4–2 | Woking |
| 72 | Worksop Town | 1–0 | Frickley Colliery |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 4 | Whitley Bay | 0–1 | Annfield Plain |
| 8 | Wadebridge Town | 2–5 | Bideford |
| 15 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–3 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 21 | Hyde United | 3–0 | Chorley |
| 23 | North Shields | 5–2 | Consett |
| 28 | Mossley | 1–2 | Droylsden |
| 32 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare | 1–0 | Ferryhill Athletic |
| 33 | Hayes | 1–2 | Finchley |
| 34 | Minehead | 4–0 | Frome Town |
| 40 | Tamworth | 0–1 | Hinckley Athletic |
| 62 | Folkestone | 1–2 | Sittingbourne |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Alton Town | 1–1 | Andover |
| 2 | Bedford Town | 2–1 | Cambridge City |
| 3 | Borough United | 0–1 | Ellesmere Port Town |
| 4 | Boston United | 1–0 | Skegness Town |
| 5 | Bridgwater Town | 1–3 | Minehead |
| 6 | Buxton | 6–3 | Arnold St Mary's |
| 7 | Cambridge United | 6–0 | Sudbury Town |
| 8 | Chippenham Town | 0–1 | Trowbridge Town |
| 9 | Corby Town | 4–1 | Bourne Town |
| 10 | Dorchester Town | 0–3 | Poole Town |
| 11 | Falmouth Town | 1–1 | Bideford |
| 12 | Gloucester City | 1–2 | Cheltenham Town |
| 13 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 5–0 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 14 | Haywards Heath | 0–3 | Lewes |
| 15 | Hendon | 4–1 | Leyton |
| 16 | Hinckley Athletic | 3–1 | Atherstone Town |
| 17 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 2–0 | Annfield Plain |
| 18 | Lowestoft Town | 4–0 | Harwich & Parkeston |
| 19 | Maidenhead United | 3–1 | Finchley |
| 20 | Netherfield | 0–3 | Wigan Athletic |
| 21 | Ossett Albion | 1–2 | Scarborough |
| 22 | Oxford City | 4–3 | Hemel Hempstead |
| 23 | Rugby Town | 1–0 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 24 | Ryhope Colliery Welfare | 1–2 | Stockton |
| 25 | Shildon | 3–3 | North Shields |
| 26 | Sittingbourne | 2–1 | Dover |
| 27 | St Helens Town | 1–3 | Altrincham |
| 28 | Stalybridge Celtic | 1–1 | Hyde United |
| 29 | Tilbury | 1–0 | Ilford |
| 30 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 5–1 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 31 | Tunbridge Wells United | 0–1 | Maidstone United |
| 32 | Wealdstone | 1–5 | Enfield |
| 33 | Wellington Town | 2–0 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 34 | Wimbledon | 3–2 | Kingstonian |
| 35 | Winsford United | 0–1 | Droylsden |
| 36 | Worksop Town | 0–0 | Gainsborough Trinity |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Andover | 4–1 | Alton Town |
| 11 | Bideford | 0–3 | Falmouth Town |
| 25 | North Shields | 5–2 | Shildon |
| 28 | Hyde United | 3–0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 36 | Gainsborough Trinity | 2–1 | Worksop Town |

## 4th qualifying round

The teams that given byes to this round are Walthamstow Avenue, West Auckland Town, Gateshead, Bishop Auckland, Wycombe Wanderers, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Worcester City, King's Lynn, Guildford City, Chelmsford City, Rhyl, Blyth Spartans, Margate, Bath City, Wisbech Town, Ashford Town, Kettering Town, Weymouth, Morecombe, Romford, Dartford and Brierley Hill Alliance.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Altrincham | 2–3 | Rhyl |
| 2 | Bedford Town | 1–0 | Wisbech Town |
| 3 | Blyth Spartans | 2–1 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 4 | Boston United | 2–0 | Kettering Town |
| 5 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 1–3 | Hinckley Athletic |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 4–0 | Lowestoft Town |
| 7 | Chelmsford City | 2–0 | Romford |
| 8 | Dartford | 2–0 | Maidstone United |
| 9 | Falmouth Town | 2–1 | Bath City |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 0–0 | Buxton |
| 11 | Gateshead | 2–2 | West Auckland Town |
| 12 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 1–0 | Lewes |
| 13 | Guildford City | 0–0 | Sittingbourne |
| 14 | Hendon | 1–1 | Andover |
| 15 | King's Lynn | 2–1 | Corby Town |
| 16 | Maidenhead United | 2–1 | Tilbury |
| 17 | Margate | 2–0 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 18 | Minehead | 0–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 19 | Morecambe | 1–0 | Droylsden |
| 20 | North Shields | 2–2 | Stockton |
| 21 | Poole Town | 0–0 | Weymouth |
| 22 | Rugby Town | 1–1 | Wellington Town |
| 23 | Scarborough | 1–0 | Hyde United |
| 24 | South Shields | 2–1 | Bishop Auckland |
| 25 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 2–3 | Enfield |
| 26 | Walthamstow Avenue | 1–1 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 27 | Wigan Athletic | 2–0 | Ellesmere Port Town |
| 28 | Wimbledon | 6–1 | Oxford City |
| 29 | Worcester City | 0–2 | Hereford United |
| 30 | Yeovil Town | 4–0 | Trowbridge Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 10 | Buxton | 4–1 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 11 | West Auckland Town | 0–2 | Gateshead |
| 13 | Sittingbourne | 1–0 | Guildford City |
| 13 | Andover | 5–4 | Hendon |
| 20 | Stockton | 3–3 | North Shields |
| 21 | Weymouth | 0–2 | Poole Town |
| 22 | Wellington Town | 4–0 | Rugby Town |
| 26 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3–1 | Walthamstow Avenue |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 20 | North Shields | 4–2 | Stockton |

## 1962–63 FA Cup

See 1962-63 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.