# 1900–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The qualifying rounds for the 1900–01 Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup for short), the 30th edition of the world's oldest association football competition, consisting of six rounds of matches played between September and December 1900. A total of 220 teams entered the tournament, 178 of which played in at least one qualifying stage. The 1900–01 FA Cup began on 22 September 1900 when 40 teams competed in the preliminary round and ended on 20 April 1901, when Southern League side Tottenham Hotspur became the only ever non-League club to win the competition.

## Tournament calendar

| Round | Date | Ties | Byes | Number of clubs |
| Preliminary round | Saturday 22 September 1900 | 20 | 0 | 220→200 |
| First qualifying round | Saturday 6 October 1900 | 55 | 0 | 200→145 |
| Second qualifying round | Saturday 20 October 1900 | 35 | 3 | 145→110 |
| Third qualifying round | Saturday 3 November 1900 | 38 | 2 | 110→72 |
| Fourth qualifying round | Saturday 17 November 1900 | 20 | 0 | 72→52 |
| Fifth qualifying round | Saturday 8 December 1900 | 10 | 0 | 52→42 |
| Intermediate round | Saturday 5 January 1901 | 10 | 0 | 42→32 |
| First round proper | Saturday 9 February 1901 | 16 | 0 | 32→16 |
| Second round proper | Saturday 23 February 1901 | 8 | 0 | 16→8 |
| Third round proper | Saturday 23 March 1901 | 4 | 0 | 8→4 |
| Semi-final | Saturday 6 April 1901 | 2 | 0 | 4→2 |
| Final | Saturday 20 April 1901 | 1 | 0 | 2→1 |

## Preliminary round

| | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Eastbourne | 6–0 | Worthing | 22 September 1900 |
| 2 | Darlington | 3–0 | Tow Law | 22 September 1900 |
| 3 | Sheffield | 1–3 | Attercliffe | 22 September 1900 |
| 4 | Leyton | 1–1 | West Ham Garfield | 22 September 1900 |
| 4r | West Ham Garfield | 4–1 | Leyton | 27 September 1900 |
| 5 | Turton | 0–2 | Heywood | 22 September 1900 |
| 6 | Olympic | 5–0 | Upton Park | 22 September 1900 |
| 7 | Stockton | 0–2 | South Bank | 22 September 1900 |
| 8 | Doncaster Rovers | 6–1 | Rotherham Town | 22 September 1900 |
| 9 | Norwich CEYMS | 1–2 | Lowestoft Town | 22 September 1900 |
| 10 | Bishop Auckland | 5–2 | Stanley United | 22 September 1900 |
| 11 | Leadgate Park | 3–0 | Crook Town | 22 September 1900 |
| 12 | Worksop Town | 3–2 | Denaby United | 22 September 1900 |
| 13 | Howden-le-Wear | 0–2 | Darlington St Augustine's | 22 September 1900 |
| 14 | Hampstead | 0–4 | West Hampstead | 22 September 1900 |
| 15 | Altofts | 2–3 | Wath Athletic | 22 September 1900 |
| 16 | Colchester Town | 7–0 | Bury St Edmunds | 22 September 1900 |
| 17 | Woodford | 1–1 | Leytonstone | 22 September 1900 |
| 17r | Leytonstone | 1–10 | Woodford | 27 September 1900 |
| 18 | Great Yarmouth Town | 1–1 | Harwich & Parkeston | 22 September 1900 |
| 18r | Harwich & Parkeston | W–W | Great Yarmouth Town | — |
| 19 | King's Lynn | 2–0 | Kirkley | 22 September 1900 |
| 20 | Willesden Town | 1–3 | Civil Service | 22 September 1900 |

## First qualifying round

| | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | South Bank | 0–3 | Thornaby Utopians | 6 October 1900 |
| 2 | Shankhouse | 0–1 | Gateshead NER | 6 October 1900 |
| 3 | Sheppey United | 1–0 | Gravesend United | 6 October 1900 |
| 4 | Folkestone | 3–3 | Sittingbourne | 6 October 1900 |
| 4r | Sittingbourne | W–W | Folkestone | — |
| 5 | Maidenhead | W–W | Maidenhead Norfolkians | — |
| 6 | Civil Service | 4–1 | West Hampstead | 6 October 1900 |
| 7 | Druids | 1–2 | Chirk | 6 October 1900 |
| 8 | Blackburn Park Road | 5–1 | Trawden Forest | 6 October 1900 |
| 9 | Newark | 6–1 | Boston Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 10 | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 4–0 | Great Harwood | 6 October 1900 |
| 11 | Burton Wanderers | 2–2 | Gresley Rovers | 6 October 1900 |
| 11r | Gresley Rovers | 1–1 | Burton Wanderers | 11 October 1900 |
| 11r2 | Burton Wanderers | 2–4 | Gresley Rovers | 15 October 1900 |
| 12 | Attercliffe | 0–2 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 October 1900 |
| 13 | Belper Town | 2–0 | Heanor Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 14 | Workington | 4–3 | Moss Bay Exchange | 6 October 1900 |
| 15 | Darlington St Augustine's | 1–1 | Darlington | 6 October 1900 |
| 16 | Darlington | 4–1 | Darlington St Augustine's | 6 October 1900 |
| 17 | Stourbridge | 5–2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 6 October 1900 |
| 18 | Tranmere Rovers | 0–1 | White Star Wanderers | 6 October 1900 |
| 19 | Leadgate Park | 2–2 | Bishop Auckland | 6 October 1900 |
| 19r | Bishop Auckland | 3–1 | Leadgate Park | 10 October 1900 |
| 20 | Mickley | 1–2 | St Peter's Albion | 6 October 1900 |
| 21 | Chesham Generals | 0–0 | Chesham Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 21r | Chesham Town | 0–3 | Chesham Generals | 11 October 1900 |
| 22 | Rushden | 4–1 | Desborough Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 23 | Worksop Town | 7–2 | Montrose Works | 6 October 1900 |
| 24 | Ilkeston Town | 2–0 | Stapleford Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 25 | Coalville Town | 3–1 | Swadlincote | 6 October 1900 |
| 26 | Newstead Byron | W–W | Hucknall Portland | — |
| 27 | Swanscombe | 0–3 | Grays United | 6 October 1900 |
| 28 | Hinckley Town | W–W | Nuneaton Town | — |
| 29 | Middlewich Rangers | 0–3 | Nantwich | 6 October 1900 |
| 30 | Wallsend Park Villa | 1–1 | Prudhoe | 6 October 1900 |
| 30r | Prudhoe | 2–3 | Wallsend Park Villa | 10 October 1900 |
| 31 | Crouch End Vampires | 3–0 | London Welsh | 6 October 1900 |
| 32 | Eastbourne Swifts | 1–2 | Brighton Athletic | 6 October 1900 |
| 33 | Rothwell Town Swifts | 1–3 | Finedon Revellers | 6 October 1900 |
| 34 | Rochdale | 1–0 | Rossendale United | 6 October 1900 |
| 35 | Halesowen | 1–2 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 6 October 1900 |
| 36 | West Croydon | 5–0 | West Norwood | 6 October 1900 |
| 37 | Rhyl United | 3–0 | Llandudno Swifts | 6 October 1900 |
| 38 | Maidstone United | 4–0 | Ashford United | 6 October 1900 |
| 39 | Richmond Association | 3–2 | Shepherd's Bush | 6 October 1900 |
| 40 | Freetown | 3–1 | Heywood | 6 October 1900 |
| 41 | South Shields | 1–2 | Morpeth Harriers | 6 October 1900 |
| 42 | Birkenhead | 3–0 | Buckley Victoria | 6 October 1900 |
| 43 | West Ham Garfield | 0–3 | Olympic | 6 October 1900 |
| 44 | Colchester Town | 2–5 | Lowestoft Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 45 | Stockton St John's | 0–2 | Thornaby | 10 October 1900 |
| 46 | Wath Athletic | 3–0 | Wombwell Town | 6 October 1900 |
| 47 | Woodford | 2–3 | Ilford | 6 October 1900 |
| 48 | Grantham Avenue | 3–1 | Grimsby All Saints | 6 October 1900 |
| 49 | Royston United | 1–2 | Hunslet | 6 October 1900 |
| 50 | Brighton & Hove Rangers | 3–0 | Eastbourne | 6 October 1900 |
| 51 | Godalming | 4–3 | Redhill | 6 October 1900 |
| 52 | Mansfield Foresters | 2–1 | Bulwell United | 6 October 1900 |
| 53 | King's Lynn | 2–1 | Harwich & Parkeston | 6 October 1900 |
| 54 | Keswick | 3–2 | Frizington White Star | 6 October 1900 |
| 55 | Earlestown | 3–0 | Haydock | 6 October 1900 |

## Second qualifying round

| | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Olympic | 1–1 | Ilford | 20 October 1900 |
| 1r | Ilford | 0–2 | Olympic | 25 October 1900 |
| 2 | Blackburn Park Road | 3–0 | Oswaldtwistle Rovers | 20 October 1900 |
| 3 | Morpeth Harriers | 0–1 | Gateshead NER | 20 October 1900 |
| 4 | Nantwich | 5–2 | Winsford United | 20 October 1900 |
| 5 | Bishop Auckland | 3–0 | Darlington | 20 October 1900 |
| 6 | Buxton | – | Bye | — |
| 7 | Stourbridge | 2–2 | Brierley Hill Alliance | 20 October 1900 |
| 7r | Brierley Hill Alliance | 1–3 | Stourbridge | 22 October 1900 |
| 8 | Finedon Revellers | 2–2 | Rushden | 20 October 1900 |
| 8r | Rushden | 0–1 | Finedon Revellers | 25 October 1900 |
| 9 | Chesham Generals | 1–0 | Aylesbury United | 20 October 1900 |
| 10 | Worksop Town | 0–0 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 October 1900 |
| 10r | Doncaster Rovers | 2–1 | Worksop Town | 25 October 1900 |
| 11 | Ilkeston Town | 6–1 | Belper Town | 20 October 1900 |
| 12 | Slough | 2–2 | Maidenhead | 20 October 1900 |
| 12r | Maidenhead | 3–0 | Slough | 25 October 1900 |
| 13 | Gresley Rovers | 2–0 | Coalville Town | 20 October 1900 |
| 14 | Oxford City | – | Bye | — |
| 15 | Hinckley Town | W–W | Loughborough | — |
| 16 | Hunslet | 4–1 | Wath Athletic | 20 October 1900 |
| 17 | St Peter's Albion | 1–5 | Wallsend Park Villa | 20 October 1900 |
| 18 | Crouch End Vampires | 0–1 | Civil Service | 20 October 1900 |
| 19 | Grays United | 1–0 | Sheppey United | 20 October 1900 |
| 20 | Oswestry United | W–W | Ironbridge | — |
| 21 | Rhyl United | 0–0 | Chirk | 20 October 1900 |
| 21r | Chirk | W–W | Rhyl United | — |
| 22 | Maidstone United | 2–2 | Sittingbourne | 20 October 1900 |
| 22r | Sittingbourne | 0–0 | Maidstone United | 24 October 1900 |
| 22r2 | Maidstone United | 2–0 | Sittingbourne | 29 October 1900 |
| 23 | Richmond Association | W–W | 1st Coldstream Guards | — |
| 24 | Freetown | 0–3 | Rochdale | 20 October 1900 |
| 25 | Welshpool | W–W | Aberystwyth | — |
| 26 | Thornaby Utopians | 2–1 | Thornaby | 20 October 1900 |
| 27 | Birkenhead | 0–1 | White Star Wanderers | 20 October 1900 |
| 28 | Brighton Athletic | 0–4 | Brighton & Hove Rangers | 20 October 1900 |
| 29 | Yeovil Casuals | 6–1 | Street | 20 October 1900 |
| 30 | Bristol East | – | Bye | — |
| 31 | Grantham Avenue | 0–0 | Newark | 20 October 1900 |
| 31r | Newark | 4–2 | Grantham Avenue | 25 October 1900 |
| 32 | Hudsons | 1–2 | Southport Central | 20 October 1900 |
| 33 | Godalming | 4–0 | West Croydon | 20 October 1900 |
| 34 | Mansfield Foresters | 1–2 | Newstead Byron | 20 October 1900 |
| 35 | King's Lynn | 3–0 | Lowestoft Town | 20 October 1900 |
| 36 | Keswick | 1–2 | Workington | 20 October 1900 |
| 37 | Leighton Cee Springs | W–W | Hitchin | — |
| 38 | Earlestown | 5–0 | Swinton Town | 20 October 1900 |

## Third qualifying round

| | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Chesterfield | 8–3 | Hunslet | 3 November 1900 |
| 2 | Clapton | 8–1 | Maidstone United | 3 November 1900 |
| 3 | Darwen | 3–1 | Nelson | 3 November 1900 |
| 4 | Kettering | 7–0 | Finedon Revellers | 3 November 1900 |
| 5 | Watford | 10–0 | Leighton Cee Springs | 3 November 1900 |
| 6 | Weymouth | 4–3 | Yeovil Casuals | 3 November 1900 |
| 7 | Marlow | 3–5 | Chesham Generals | 3 November 1900 |
| 8 | Blackburn Park Road | 0–1 | Blackpool | 3 November 1900 |
| 9 | Southport Central | 3–1 | Chorley | 3 November 1900 |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 3–0 | Stalybridge Rovers | 3 November 1900 |
| 11 | Middlesbrough | 3–3 | Willington Athletic | 3 November 1900 |
| 11r | Willington Athletic | 0–0 | Middlesbrough | 7 November 1900 |
| 11r2 | Middlesbrough | 8–0 | Willington Athletic | 12 November 1900 |
| 12 | Lincoln City | 0–0 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3 November 1900 |
| 12r | Gainsborough Trinity | 1–1 | Lincoln City | 7 November 1900 |
| 12r2 | Lincoln City | 3–1 | Gainsborough Trinity | 12 November 1900 |
| 13 | Chirk | 8–1 | Welshpool | 3 November 1900 |
| 14 | Burton Swifts | 2–2 | Newstead Byron | 3 November 1900 |
| 14r | Newstead Byron | 0–4 | Burton Swifts | 7 November 1900 |
| 15 | Swindon Town | 1–1 | Bristol East | 3 November 1900 |
| 15r | Swindon Town | 5–0 | Bristol East | 12 November 1900 |
| 16 | Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Walsall | 3 November 1900 |
| 16r | Walsall | 1–0 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 November 1900 |
| 17 | Workington | W–W | Rochdale | — |
| 18 | Nantwich | 2–1 | Buxton | 3 November 1900 |
| 19 | Gateshead NER | 0–1 | Jarrow | 3 November 1900 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 6–2 | Wrexham | 3 November 1900 |
| 21 | Newark | 2–1 | Ilkeston Town | 7 November 1900 |
| 22 | Wellington Town | W–W | Stourbridge | — |
| 23 | Gresley Rovers | 2–0 | Wellingborough Town | 3 November 1900 |
| 24 | Oxford City | 0–4 | Reading | 3 November 1900 |
| 25 | Hinckley Town | 2–0 | Northampton Town | 3 November 1900 |
| 26 | Queens Park Rangers | 7–0 | Fulham | 3 November 1900 |
| 27 | Staple Hill | – | Bye | — |
| 28 | Wallsend Park Villa | 3–0 | Hebburn Argyle | 3 November 1900 |
| 29 | Grays United | 0–2 | New Brompton | 3 November 1900 |
| 30 | Barnsley | 2–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 November 1900 |
| 31 | Brentford | 3–1 | Maidenhead | 3 November 1900 |
| 32 | Oswestry United | W–W | Coventry City | — |
| 33 | Bristol Rovers | – | Bye | — |
| 34 | Richmond Association | W–W | Wycombe Wanderers | — |
| 35 | Thornaby Utopians | 1–5 | Bishop Auckland | 3 November 1900 |
| 36 | Brighton & Hove Rangers | 1–5 | Chatham | 3 November 1900 |
| 37 | Godalming | 1–2 | Civil Service | 3 November 1900 |
| 38 | King's Lynn | 1–4 | Luton Town | 3 November 1900 |
| 39 | West Ham United | 1–0 | Olympic | 3 November 1900 |
| 40 | Earlestown | 2–1 | White Star Wanderers | 3 November 1900 |

## Fourth qualifying round

| | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Darwen | 2–1 | Blackpool | 17 November 1900 |
| 2 | Watford | 1–1 | Queens Park Rangers | 17 November 1900 |
| 2r | Queens Park Rangers | 4–1 | Watford | 21 November 1900 |
| 3 | Reading | 11–0 | Chesham Generals | 17 November 1900 |
| 4 | Chatham | 2–2 | Clapton | 17 November 1900 |
| 4r | Clapton | 5–1 | Chatham | 21 November 1900 |
| 5 | Southport Central | 2–0 | Workington | 17 November 1900 |
| 6 | Middlesbrough | 3–0 | Jarrow | 17 November 1900 |
| 7 | Newark | 0–5 | Chesterfield | 17 November 1900 |
| 8 | Chirk | 0–1 | Walsall | 17 November 1900 |
| 9 | Burton Swifts | 4–1 | Hinckley Town | 17 November 1900 |
| 10 | Luton Town | 9–1 | Civil Service | 17 November 1900 |
| 11 | Swindon Town | 2–2 | Staple Hill | 17 November 1900 |
| 11r | Swindon Town | 6–0 | Staple Hill | 21 November 1900 |
| 12 | Bishop Auckland | 5–0 | Wallsend Park Villa | 17 November 1900 |
| 13 | Stockport County | 1–3 | Crewe Alexandra | 17 November 1900 |
| 14 | New Brompton | 1–1 | West Ham United | 17 November 1900 |
| 14r | West Ham United | 4–1 | New Brompton | 21 November 1900 |
| 15 | Wellington Town | 4–0 | Oswestry United | 17 November 1900 |
| 16 | Gresley Rovers | 1–3 | Kettering | 17 November 1900 |
| 17 | Barnsley | 1–0 | Lincoln City | 17 November 1900 |
| 18 | Brentford | 0–1 | Richmond Association | 17 November 1900 |
| 19 | Bristol Rovers | 15–1 | Weymouth | 17 November 1900 |
| 20 | Earlestown | 2–3 | Nantwich | 17 November 1900 |

## Fifth qualifying round

| | Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
| 1 | Reading | 2–0 | Richmond Association | 8 December 1900 |
| 2 | Walsall | 6–0 | Wellington Town | 8 December 1900 |
| 3 | Southport Central | 1–1 | Darwen | 8 December 1900 |
| 3r | Darwen | 2–0 | Southport Central | 11 December 1900 |
| 4 | Crewe Alexandra | 5–1 | Nantwich | 8 December 1900 |
| 5 | Middlesbrough | 4–0 | Bishop Auckland | 8 December 1900 |
| 6 | Burton Swifts | 1–2 | Kettering | 8 December 1900 |
| 7 | Luton Town | 3–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 8 December 1900 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 1–5 | Chesterfield | 8 December 1900 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 5–1 | Swindon Town | 8 December 1900 |
| 10 | West Ham United | 1–1 | Clapton | 8 December 1900 |
| 10r | Clapton | 2–3 | West Ham United | 12 December 1900 |