# 1945–46 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The 1945–46 FA Cup was the 65th 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 25 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

## Extra preliminary round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Aylesbury United | 5–0 | Chesham United |
| 2 | Banbury Spencer | 8–1 | Headington United |
| 3 | Pressed Steel | 1–0 | Morris Motors |
| 4 | Uxbridge | 11–1 | Lyons Club |

## Preliminary round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Apsley | 4–7 | King's Langley |
| 2 | Aylesbury United | 5–0 | Osberton Radiator |
| 3 | Banstead Mental Hospital | 0–2 | Metropolitan Police |
| 4 | Chippenham Town | 9–0 | Devizes Town |
| 5 | East Grinstead | 2–2 | Horsham |
| 6 | Edgware Town | 1–4 | Barnet |
| 7 | Epsom | 1–8 | Woking |
| 8 | Harrow Town | 8–0 | Berkhamsted Town |
| 9 | Hayes | 4–1 | Maidenhead United |
| 10 | Hertford Town | 3–6 | Enfield |
| 11 | Hoddesdon Town | 0–0 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 12 | Hounslow Town | 4–4 | Slough United |
| 13 | Marlow | 3–4 | Yiewsley |
| 14 | Newbury Town | 0–8 | Banbury Spencer |
| 15 | Ossett Town | 1–3 | Thorne Colliery |
| 16 | Oxford City | 4–0 | Uxbridge |
| 17 | Pinner | 1–2 | Wealdstone |
| 18 | Purton | 0–6 | Swindon G W R Corinthians |
| 19 | Shildon | 7–1 | Usworth Colliery |
| 20 | St Albans City | 4–3 | Finchley |
| 21 | Tufnell Park | 11–1 | Welwyn Garden City |
| 22 | Windsor & Eton | 11–1 | Pressed Steel |
| 23 | Wycombe Wanderers | 0–2 | Southall |
| 24 | Sutton United | 6–0 | Guildford |
| 25 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 5–2 | Kingstonian |
| 26 | Thornycrofts | 1–3 | Totton |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 5 | Horsham | 1–0 | East Grinstead |
| 11 | Bishop's Stortford | 4–1 | Hoddesdon Town |
| 12 | Slough United | 3–1 | Hounslow Town |

## 1st qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Abbey United | 0–8 | Cambridge Town |
| 2 | Aberaman & Aberdare | 6–1 | Llanelli (Aberaman & Aberdare disqualified) |
| 3 | Annfield Plain | 1–2 | Ashington |
| 4 | Aylesbury United | 1–2 | Oxford City |
| 5 | Bangor City | 4–1 | Rhyl (Bangor City disqualified) |
| 6 | Barry Town | 10–0 | Clevedon |
| 7 | Bedford Avenue | 0–0 | Bedford Town |
| 8 | Blackhall Colliery Welfare | 4–2 | Seaham Colliery Welfare |
| 9 | Brodsworth Main Colliery | 1–1 | Firbeck Main Colliery |
| 10 | Chatteris Engineers | 0–1 | Newmarket Town |
| 11 | Clandown | 0–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 12 | Consett | 6–0 | Shankhouse |
| 13 | East Bierley | 3–3 | Thorne Colliery |
| 14 | East Cowes Victoria | 9–1 | Sandown |
| 15 | Ebbw Vale | 3–1 | Cardiff Corinthians (Ebbw Vale disqualified) |
| 16 | Enfield | 8–1 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 17 | Erith & Belvedere | 3–3 | Gravesend United |
| 18 | Eton Manor | 1–1 | Romford |
| 19 | Ferryhill Athletic | 1–3 | Shildon |
| 20 | Ford Sports (Dagenham) | 4–2 | Hoffman Athletic (Chelmsford) |
| 21 | Goole Town | 0–1 | Yorkshire Amateur |
| 22 | Gosforth & Coxlodge | 0–2 | Throckley |
| 23 | Grimethorpe Rovers | 1–5 | Denaby United |
| 24 | Guiseley | 3–3 | Frickley Colliery |
| 25 | Harrow Town | 7–1 | King's Langley |
| 26 | Hastings & St Leonards | w/o–scr | Bexhill Town |
| 27 | Hayes | 1–1 | Southall |
| 28 | Hednesford Town | 2–2 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 29 | Hereford United | 0–8 | Moor Green |
| 30 | Hitchin Town | 3–2 | Vauxhall Motors |
| 31 | Horsham | 4–3 | Worthing |
| 32 | Hurst | 9–2 | Earle |
| 33 | Kettering Town | 5–0 | Peterborough Westwood Works |
| 34 | Leyland Motors | 1–2 | Skelmersdale United |
| 35 | Leyton | 1–1 | Grays Athletic |
| 36 | Meltham Mills | 1–7 | South Kirkby Colliery |
| 37 | Metropolitan Police | 1–4 | Woking |
| 38 | Monckton Athletic | 6–2 | Upton Colliery |
| 39 | Newburn | 3–1 | Amble |
| 40 | Newhaven | 2–2 | Haywards Heath |
| 41 | Northwich Victoria | 0–4 | Fodens Motor Works |
| 42 | Paulton Rovers | 4–3 | Swindon G W R Corinthians |
| 43 | Pewsey Y M | 1–3 | Trowbridge Town |
| 44 | Rawmarsh Welfare | 3–1 | Norton Woodseats |
| 45 | Redhill | 1–5 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 46 | Ryde Sports | 1–3 | Cowes |
| 47 | Salisbury Corinthians | 2–6 | Gosport Borough Athletic |
| 48 | Sheppey United | 1–5 | Bromley |
| 49 | Southwick | 4–1 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 50 | Spennymoor United | 4–1 | Tow Law Town |
| 51 | St Albans City | 2–2 | Wealdstone |
| 52 | Stanley United | 5–0 | West Auckland Town |
| 53 | Sutton United | 7–0 | Wimbledon |
| 54 | Tamworth | 2–5 | Bourneville Athletic |
| 55 | Totton | 0–4 | Newport I O W |
| 56 | Tufnell Park | 1–1 | Barnet |
| 57 | Walton & Hersham | 11–0 | Epsom Town |
| 58 | Westbury United | 4–3 | Swindon Victoria |
| 59 | Windsor & Eton | 0–3 | Banbury Spencer |
| 60 | Witton Albion | 8–2 | Glossop |
| 61 | Woolwich Polytechnic | 1–1 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) |
| 62 | Worcester City | 8–0 | Birmingham City Transport |
| 63 | Yiewsley | 2–2 | Slough United |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 7 | Bedford Town | 0–4 | Bedford Avenue |
| 9 | Firbeck Main Colliery | 3–4 | Brodsworth Main Colliery |
| 13 | Thorne Colliery | 1–6 | East Bierley |
| 17 | Gravesend United | 2–1 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 18 | Romford | 4–3 | Eton Manor |
| 24 | Frickley Colliery | 7–0 | Guiseley |
| 27 | Southall | 2–1 | Hayes |
| 28 | Nuneaton Borough | 5–2 | Hednesford Town |
| 35 | Grays Athletic | 0–3 | Leyton |
| 40 | Haywards Heath | 5–0 | Newhaven |
| 51 | Wealdstone | 3–0 | St Albans City |
| 56 | Barnet | 3–1 | Tufnell Park |
| 61 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) | 4–0 | Woolwich Polytechnic |
| 63 | Slough United | 2–2 | Yiewsley |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 63 | Slough United | 2–0 | Yiewsley |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Ashington | 1–1 | Consett |
| 2 | Banbury Spencer | 2–5 | Slough United |
| 3 | Barnet | 5–0 | Enfield |
| 4 | Barry Town | 6–1 | Cardiff Corinthians |
| 5 | Bourneville Athletic | 6–5 | Moor Green |
| 6 | Brodsworth Main Colliery | 2–3 | Denaby United |
| 7 | Bromley | 2–0 | Gravesend United |
| 8 | Cambridge Town | 4–1 | King's Lynn |
| 9 | Chorley | 5–2 | Wigan Athletic |
| 10 | Cowes | 4–2 | East Cowes Victoria |
| 11 | Darwen | 2–2 | Skelmersdale United |
| 12 | Grantham | 6–1 | Basford United |
| 13 | Harrow Town | 1–1 | Wealdstone |
| 14 | Hastings & St Leonards | 6–1 | Horsham |
| 15 | Haywards Heath | 5–1 | Southwick |
| 16 | Hitchin Town | 0–2 | Bedford Avenue |
| 17 | Letchworth Town | 3–0 | Leighton United |
| 18 | Leyton | 6–2 | Ford Sports (Dagenham) |
| 19 | Llanelli | 7–0 | Monmouth Town |
| 20 | Milnthorpe Corinthians | 4–5 | Kells Welfare Centre |
| 21 | Newport I O W | 2–0 | Gosport Borough Athletic |
| 22 | Nuneaton Borough | 1–0 | Worcester City |
| 23 | Ollerton Colliery | 4–2 | Boston United |
| 24 | Oxford City | 2–1 | Southall |
| 25 | Paulton Rovers | 4–0 | Westbury United |
| 26 | Ramsgate Athletic | 3–3 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) |
| 27 | Rawmarsh Welfare | 2–1 | Monckton Athletic |
| 28 | Rhyl | 5–1 | Fodens Motor Works |
| 29 | Romford | 7–1 | Crittall Athletic |
| 30 | Rushden Town | 1–9 | Peterborough United |
| 31 | Shildon | 6–1 | Blackhall Colliery Welfare |
| 32 | South Kirkby Colliery | 0–2 | Frickley Colliery |
| 33 | Spennymoor United | 6–1 | Stanley United |
| 34 | Stockton | 4–0 | Whitby United |
| 35 | Sutton United | 4–0 | Walton & Hersham |
| 36 | Throckley | 0–0 | Newburn |
| 37 | Trowbridge Town | 3–1 | Chippenham Town |
| 38 | Wellingborough Town | 2–5 | Kettering Town |
| 39 | Welton Rovers | 3–7 | Peasedown Miners Welfare |
| 40 | Wisbech Town | 5–0 | Newmarket Town |
| 41 | Witton Albion | 6–1 | Hurst |
| 42 | Woking | 1–2 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 43 | Yorkshire Amateur | 3–0 | East Bierley |
| 44 | Billingham Synthonia | Bye |
| 45 | Coalville Town | Bye |
| 46 | Gresley Rovers | Bye |
| 47 | Leiston | Bye |
| 48 | Lowestoft Town | Bye |
| 49 | Lysaghts Sports | Bye |
| 50 | Netherfield | Bye |
| 51 | Radstock Town | Bye |
| 52 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | Bye |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Consett | 3–0 | Ashington |
| 11 | Skelmersdale United | 2–3 | Darwen |
| 13 | Wealdstone | 6–1 | Harrow Town |
| 26 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) | 3–1 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 36 | Newburn | 1–2 | Throckley |

## 3rd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Barnet | 3–0 | Wealdstone |
| 2 | Bedford Avenue | 1–0 | Letchworth Town |
| 3 | Chorley | 1–0 | Darwen |
| 4 | Frickley Colliery | 0–4 | Yorkshire Amateur |
| 5 | Grantham | 2–1 | Ollerton Colliery |
| 6 | Gresley Rovers | 0–7 | Coalville Town |
| 7 | Haywards Heath | 1–0 | Hastings & St Leonards |
| 8 | Kells Welfare Centre | 1–2 | Netherfield |
| 9 | Kettering Town | 2–1 | Peterborough United |
| 10 | Leiston | 2–2 | Lowestoft Town (Lowestoft Town disqualified) |
| 11 | Llanelli | 1–7 | Barry Town |
| 12 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) | 3–4 | Bromley |
| 13 | Newport I O W | 0–1 | Cowes (Cowes disqualified) |
| 14 | Nuneaton Borough | 8–1 | Bourneville Athletic (Nuneaton Borough disqualified) |
| 15 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 7–0 | Radstock Town |
| 16 | Rawmarsh Welfare | 5–1 | Denaby United |
| 17 | Rhyl | 2–2 | Witton Albion |
| 18 | Romford | 4–1 | Leyton |
| 19 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 4–1 | Lysaghts Sports |
| 20 | Shildon | 3–2 | Spennymoor United |
| 21 | Slough United | 3–1 | Oxford City |
| 22 | Stockton | 4–1 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 23 | Throckley | 2–4 | Consett |
| 24 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 3–3 | Sutton United |
| 25 | Trowbridge Town | 7–0 | Paulton Rovers |
| 26 | Wisbech Town | 3–1 | Cambridge Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 17 | Witton Albion | 3–1 | Rhyl |
| 24 | Sutton United | 5–1 | Tooting & Mitcham United |

## 4th qualifying round

The teams entering the competition in this round are: Ilford, Lovells Athletic, Shorts Sports, Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Gillingham, Guildford City, Leytonstone, Lancaster City, Gainsborough Trinity, Scarborough, North Shields, Shrewsbury Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Runcorn, Walthamstow Avenue, Clapton, Wellington Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Willington, Colchester United, Marine and Workington.

### Ties

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 1 | Barnet | 5–2 | Ilford |
| 2 | Barry Town | 1–5 | Lovells Athletic |
| 3 | Bromley | 2–0 | Shorts Sports |
| 4 | Chelmsford City | 9–0 | Leiston |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 1–1 | Peasedown Miners Welfare |
| 6 | Consett | 2–3 | Stockton |
| 7 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1–2 | Romford |
| 8 | Gillingham | 3–9 | Sutton United |
| 9 | Guildford City | 1–2 | Newport I O W |
| 10 | Grantham | 6–1 | Bedford Avenue |
| 11 | Kettering Town | 2–1 | Coalville Town |
| 12 | Leytonstone | 3–3 | Slough United |
| 13 | Netherfield | 2–0 | Lancaster City |
| 14 | Rawmarsh Welfare | 1–3 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 15 | Scarborough | 2–4 | North Shields |
| 16 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 1–2 | Yorkshire Amateur |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 6–2 | Bourneville Athletic |
| 18 | Stalybridge Celtic | 3–0 | Runcorn |
| 19 | Trowbridge Town | 6–0 | Haywards Heath |
| 20 | Walthamstow Avenue | 4–0 | Clapton |
| 21 | Wellington Town | 5–2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 22 | Willington | 3–2 | Shildon |
| 23 | Wisbech Town | 5–0 | Colchester United |
| 24 | Witton Albion | 2–3 | Marine |
| 25 | Workington | 1–2 | Chorley |

### Replays

| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
| 5 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 0–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 12 | Slough United | 3–1 | Leytonstone |

## 1945–46 FA Cup

See 1945–46 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.