1920–21 FA Cup qualifying rounds

1920–21 FA Cup qualifying rounds EnglandWales 1919–20 1921–22 The 1920–21 FA Cup was the 46th 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 an extra Preliminary and preliminary rounds prior to six qualifying rounds. The 12 victorious teams from the Sixth round qualifying (from the 466 who contested the qualifying phase) progressed to the first round proper. Rounds: draw and playing dates and number of teams Round Draw Date Date Played Teams from Previous Round Additional Teams Total Teams Ties PlayedExtra preliminary round 28 May 1920 11 September 1920 – 142 142 71Preliminary round 25 September 1920 71 263 334 167First qualifying round 9 October 1920 167 25 192 96Second qualifying round 11–14 October 1920 23 October 1920 96 0 96 48Third qualifying round 28 October 1920 6 November 1920 48 0 48 24Fourth qualifying round 8 November 1920 20 November 1920 24 24 48 24Fifth qualifying round 22 November 1920 4 December 1920 24 0 24 12Sixth qualifying round 6 December 1920 18 December 1920 12 12 24 12 Extra preliminary to third qualifying round The five rounds from the extra preliminary to the third qualifying involved 430 teams from England and Wales. These were arranged into 24 geographically based divisions which thereby created matches against local rival clubs and limited the travelling required. Through a series of knock-out matches one team from each division progressed to the fourth qualifying round. Key to abbreviations in tables below R=Replay (after first match being a draw) R2= Second Replay (usually played on a neutral ground) §=The away club agreed to switch the tie from their home ground †= result awarded (reason as indicated) Division 1 (Northumberland / Tyneside / Wearside) The division comprised 20 teams, of which 8 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Newburn 3–2 Walker Celtic Preston Colliery 6–0 Heaton Stannington Prudhoe Castle 0–3 Hebburn Colliery Seaton Delaval 3–0 St Peters AlbionPreliminary round Ashington 1–0 Close Works § Bedlington United 1–1 Hebburn Colliery § Lintz Institute 4–1 Newburn Mickley 2–1 Pandon Temperance § Preston Colliery 1–0 Jarrow Scotswood 1–0 Chopwell Institute Spen Black & White 4–3 Seaton Delaval Usworth Colliery 1–3 Wallsend Preliminary round replay R Bedlington United 1–2 Hebburn Colliery First qualifying round Ashington 2–0 Spen Black & White Mickley 2–3 Hebburn Colliery Scotswood 1–0 Preston Colliery Wallsend 3–2 Lintz InstituteSecond qualifying round Ashington 0–1 Wallsend Scotswood 2–1 Hebburn Colliery §Third qualifying round Scotswood 2–0 Wallsend Division 2 (County Durham / Tyneside / Wearside) The division comprised 18 teams, of which 4 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Consett Celtic 3–0 Twizell United Wingate Albion Comrades 1–1 Craghead UnitedExtra preliminary round replay R Craghead United 4–0 Wingate Albion Comrades Preliminary round Annfield Plain 2–1 Esh Winning Birtley 1–0 Craghead United Consett Celtic 0–1 Tow Law Town Hobson Wanderers 0–3 Horden Athletic Houghton 2–0 Dipton United Leadgate Park 3–0 Crook Town Seaham Harbour 3–1 Langley Park Sunderland West End 3–0 Wolsingham First qualifying round Annfield Plain 3–2 Sunderland West End Horden Athletic 1–0 Birtley Houghton w–/ Leadgate Park † Leadgate won match 2-0 but were disqualified for using an ineligible player Seaham Harbour 5–3 Tow Law Town Second qualifying round Annfield Plain 0–1 Houghton Horden Athletic 0–0 Seaham Harbour Second qualifying round Replays R Seaham Harbour 1–1 Horden Athletic R2 Horden Athletic 4–5 Seaham Harbour Third qualifying round Seaham Harbour 1–1 Houghton Third qualifying round replay R Houghton 4–1 Seaham Harbour Division 3 (County Durham / North Yorkshire / East Riding of Yorkshire) The division comprised 20 teams, of which 8 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Bridlington Town 6–2 Redcar Filey 0–2 South Bank East End Haverton Hill 3–0 West Auckland Town Spennymoor United 1–2 Willington AFC Preliminary round Grangetown St Mary's 1–0 Brotton Hartlepools United 7–0 South Bank East End Haverton Hill 3–2 Darlington Rly Carrge Wks Loftus Albion 5–0 Bridlington Town Scarborough 4–1 Stanley United South Bank 3–1 Darlington Rlwy Athletic Stockton 4–0 Shildon Athletic Willington 0–1 Eston United First qualifying round Eston United 3–1 South Bank Grangetown St Mary's 0–1 Scarborough Hartlepools United 3–3 Haverton Hill § Stockton 1–2 Loftus AlbionFirst qualifying round replays R Hartlepools United 0–0 Haverton Hill R2 Haverton Hill 0–1 Hartlepools United Second qualifying round Eston United 4–4 Loftus Albion Scarborough 1–4 Hartlepools United Second qualifying round replay R Loftus Albion 3–0 Eston United Third qualifying round Hartlepools United 2–1 Loftus Albion Division 4 (Cumbria) The division comprised 14 teams from which 6 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 2 teams: Cleator Moor Celtic and Carlisle United. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Barrow 4–0 Vickerstown Barrow YMCA 0–2 Arlecdon Red Rose Frizington Athletic 2–0 Dalton Casuals Parton Athletic 0–0 Lowca Penrith 6–0 Distington Wath Brow United 10–2 ApplebyPreliminary round replays R Lowca 1–1 Parton Athletic R2 Parton Athletic 3–0 LowcaFirst qualifying round Arlecdon Red Rose 3–1 Parton Athletic Barrow 12–0 Cleator Moor Celtic § Frizington Athletic 1–3 Carlisle United Penrith 1–2 Wath Brow UnitedSecond qualifying round Barrow 1–1 Carlisle United Wath Brow United 3–1 Arlecdon Red RoseSecond qualifying round replay R Carlisle United / – w Barrow † Carlisle won 1-0 but were disqualified for using an ineligible playerThird qualifying round Barrow 3–0 Wath Brow United Division 5 (Lancashire) The division comprised 13 teams from which 5 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 3 teams: Chorley, Leyland and Horwich RMI. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Fleetwood 8–0 Accrington Stanley Great Harwood 0–1 Dick, Kerr's § Lancaster Town 3–2 Portsmouth Rovers § Morecambe 1–1 Breightmet United Nelson 4–1 Skelmersdale UnitedPreliminary round replay R Morecambe 0–2 Breightmet United §First qualifying round Chorley 0–1 Leyland Fleetwood 6–0 Dick, Kerr's § Lancaster Town 5–0 Breightmet United § Nelson 3–0 Horwich RMISecond qualifying round Fleetwood 5–0 Nelson Lancaster Town 2–2 Leyland Second qualifying round replay R Leyland 0–1 Lancaster Town Third qualifying round Lancaster Town 1–1 Fleetwood Third qualifying round replay R Fleetwood 5–1 Lancaster Town Division 6 (Lancashire / Cheshire / Derbyshire) The division comprised 13 teams from which 5 preliminary round ties with drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 3 teams; Monks Hall, Altrincham and Runcorn. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Chapel-en-le-Frith 3–4 Grayson's Garston § Eccles United 10–0 Glossop Garston Gasworks 4–0 Buxton Hurst 7–0 Matlock Town Sandbach Ramblers 3–6 Congleton TownFirst qualifying round Congleton Town 5–1 Grayson's Garston Eccles United 1–0 Altrincham Garston Gasworks 2–1 Monks Hall Runcorn 2–2 HurstFirst qualifying round replay R Hurst 5–1 RuncornSecond qualifying round Congleton Town 1–0 Garston Gasworks Eccles United 2–0 HurstThird qualifying round Congleton Town 2–3 Eccles United Division 7 (Liverpool / Cheshire / North Wales) The division comprised 18 teams, of which 4 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Marine 4–0 Bromborough Prescot Wire Works 2–1 Old XaveriansPreliminary round Buckley United w – / Marlborough Old Boys † Marlborough scratched, match awarded to Buckley United Harrowby 3–3 South Liverpool Lostock Gralam 8–1 Liverpool St Cleopas’ OB Marine 9–2 Oswestery South Nantwich Town 4–0 Witton Albion Prescot 4–2 Northern Nomads § Prescot Wire Works 3–0 Winsford United Wrexham 3–0 Northwich VictoriaPreliminary round replay R South Liverpool 0–1 Harrowby First qualifying round Buckley United 4–1 Nantwich Town Harrowby 0–1 Prescot Marine 4–1 Lostock Gralam Wrexham 7–0 Prescot Wire WorksSecond qualifying round Buckley United 1–1 Marine Wrexham 2–0 PrescotSecond qualifying round replay R Marine 0–2 Buckley UnitedThird qualifying round Buckley United 1–0 Wrexham Division 8 (Staffordshire / Shropshire / Birmingham / Worcestershire) The division comprised 26 teams, of which 20 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Bilston United 1–3 Kidderminster Harriers Bloxwich Strollers 0–0 Stafford Rangers Brierley Hill Alliance 1–4 Halesowen Cannock Town 4–1 Atherstone Town Darlaston 3–0 Oakengates Town Talbot Stead 1–0 Walsall Wood Wednesbury Old Athletic 3–1 Wolverhampton Amateurs Wellington St George's 2–1 Redditch West Birmingham 1–2 Birmingham Corp.Tramways Willenhall Swifts 1–1 StourbridgeExtra preliminary round replays R Stafford Rangers 2–2 Bloxwich Strollers R Stourbridge 1–2 Willenhall Swifts R2 Stafford Rangers 1–2 Bloxwich Strollers Preliminary round Bloxwich Strollers 0–6 Wellington Town Cradley Heath St Luke's 3–1 Darlaston Halesowen 3–2 Kidderminster Harriers Hednesford Town 4–1 Willenhall Swifts Walsall 3–0 Birmingham Tramways Wednesbury Old Athletic 3–1 Cannock Town Wellington St George's 1–2 Shrewsbury Town Worcester City 1–1 Talbot SteadPreliminary round replay R Talbot Stead 1–0 Worcester City First qualifying round Cradley Heath St Luke's 5–0 Halesowen Shrewsbury Town 1–0 Walsall Talbot Stead 1–4 Hednesford Town Wednesbury Old Athletic 0–3 Wellington TownSecond qualifying round Hednesford Town 3–2 Shrewsbury Town Wellington Town 1–0 Cradley Heath St Luke'sThird qualifying round Hednesford Town 2–1 Wellington Town Division 9 (East Riding of Yorkshire / North Lincolnshire) The division comprised 28 teams, of which 24 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties.. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Barton Town 2–2 Hull Dairycoates Bentley Colliery 4–0 Grimsby STC Charltons (Grimsby) 1–1 Goole Shipyards Frodingham Iron & Steel Ath. 3–6 Gilberdyke Grimsby Haycroft Rovers 3–0 Gainsborough Albion Works Holderness Athletic 0–2 Brunswick Institute Hook Shipyards 4–1 West Hull Albion Hull St Peter's Old Boys 1–1 Newland Choir Hull Wanderers 2– 5 Brodsworth Main Marfleet / – w Hull Old Boys Shiphams (Hull) 3–6 Grimsby Rovers Withernsea 3–0 Sutton (Hull)Extra preliminary round replays R Goole Shipyards 1–2 Charltons (Grimsby) R Hull Dairycoates 0–1 Barton Town R Newland Choir 1–2 Hull St Peter's Old BoysPreliminary round Barton Town 1–2 Hook Shipyards Bentley Colliery 4–0 Hull St Peter's Old Boys Brodsworth Main 5–2 Hull Graving Dock Charltons (Grimsby) 5–0 Withernsea § Cleethorpes 1–3 Gilberdyke Gainsborough Trinity 5–0 Hull Old Boys § Grimsby Haycroft Rovers 4–4 Grimsby Rovers Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 6–0 Brunswick Institute §Preliminary round replay R Grimsby Rovers 7–2 Grimsby Haycroft RoversFirst qualifying round Gainsborough Trinity 7–0 Grimsby Rovers Gilberdyke Athletic 2–2 Brodsworth Main Hook Shipyards 2–3 Charltons (Grimsby) Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 3–0 Bentley CollieryFirst qualifying round replay R Brodsworth Main w – / Gilberdyke † Gilberdyke scratched, match awarded to BrodsworthSecond qualifying round Charltons (Grimsby) 1–4 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United Gainsborough Trinity 0–1 Brodsworth MainThird qualifying round Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 1–1 Brodsworth MainThird qualifying round replays R Brodsworth Main 0–0 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United R2 Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 3–1 Brodsworth Main Division 10 (West Riding of Yorkshire) The division comprised 23 teams, of which 14 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Allerton Bywater Colliery 3–0 Glasshoughton Colliery Apperley Bridge 10–1 Selby Olympic Halifax Town 5–3 Rowntrees Horsforth 2–1 Ryhill Liberals Leeds United 5–2 Boothtown Mytholmroyd 1–4 Harrogate Rothwell Parish Church 2–2 Hebden BridgeExtra preliminary round replay R Hebden Bridge 2–0 Rothwell Parish ChurchPreliminary round Allerton Bywater Colliery 4–1 Rothwell Athletic Apperley Bridge 3–1 Yeadon Athletic Bolton United 3–1 Horsforth Halifax Town 3–1 Liversedge Harrogate 3–2 Hebden Bridge Leeds United 7–0 Leeds Steel Works § South Kirkby Colliery / – / Frickley Colliery † South Kirkby Colliery won 4-0 but were struck-out for using 2 ineligible players South Kirkby United / – w Calverley † South Kirkby United scratched, match awarded to CalverleyFirst qualifying round Bolton United / – w Calverley † Bolton United struck-out from competition owing to pitch size infringement Apperley Bridge w – / † Bye for Apperley Bridge (South Kirkby Colliery struck-out after previous round) Halifax Town 4–1 Allerton Bywater Colliery Harrogate w – / Leeds United † Leeds withdrew from competition, tie awarded to HarrogateSecond qualifying round Calverley 4–2 Apperley Bridge Halifax Town 1–0 HarrogateThird qualifying round Calverley 2–4 Halifax Town Division 11 (South Yorkshire / Nottinghamshire) The division comprised 26 teams, of which 20 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. This was the only division in which a team drawn into the extra preliminary round won the division – indeed Worksop Town eventually progressed to the Sixth qualifying round. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Ardsley Athletic 7–1 Goldthorpe Colliery Conisbrough Athletic 0–14 Wath Athletic Doncaster Rovers 6–0 Atlas & Norfolk Works Kilnhurst United 0–0 Jump Working Men's Club Kiveton Park Colliery 2–0 Anston United Maltby Main Colliery 2–0 Hemingfield Rawmarsh Athletic 0–1 Denaby United Tankersley 3–0 Hoyland St Peter's § Wombwell 4–0 Sheffield Worksop Town 0–0 Treeton Reading Room §Extra preliminary round replays R Kilnhurst United 1–0 Jump Working Men's Club R Worksop Town 2–0 Treeton Reading Room Preliminary round Denaby United 1–0 Ardsley Athletic Doncaster Rovers 0–1 Wombwell Grimethorpe Colliery Institute 3–2 Hoyland Common Wesleyans Houghton Main Colliery 0–0 Tankersley Mexborough 5–0 Kilnhurst United § Wath Athletic 0–1 Rotherham Town Wombwell Main 4–7 Maltby Main Colliery Worksop Town 1–0 Kiveton Park Colliery §Preliminary round replay R Tankersley 0–1 Houghton Main Colliery First qualifying round Denaby United 1–2 Houghton Main Colliery Mexborough 0–0 Rotherham Town Wombwell 2–0 Maltby Main Colliery Worksop Town 5–0 Grimethorpe Colliery Institute §First qualifying round replays R Rotherham Town 2–2 Mexborough R2 Mexborough 3–1 Rotherham Town Second qualifying round Mexborough 2–2 Houghton Main Colliery Wombwell 1–2 Worksop TownSecond qualifying round replay R Houghton Main Colliery 2–1 Mexborough Third qualifying round Worksop Town 3–1 Houghton Main Colliery Division 12 (Derbyshire) The division comprised 15 teams from which 7 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in a bye to the first qualifying round for Staveley Town. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Beighton Recreation 2–4 Tibshelf Colliery Blackwell Colliery 4–3 Clowne Colliery Bolsover Colliery /–w Hardwick Colliery † Bolsover Colliery scratched, tie awarded to Hardwick Colliery Chesterfield Municipal 11–1 Dronfield Woodhouse § Ilkeston United 3–0 Eckington Works Long Eaton 2–1 South Normanton Colliery Ripley Colliery 1–1 Clay Cross TownPreliminary round replay R Clay Cross Town 2–0 Ripley CollieryFirst qualifying round Chesterfield Municipal 2–1 Clay Cross Town § Long Eaton 1–1 Ilkeston United Staveley Town 1–1 Hardwick Colliery Tibshelf Colliery 3–3 Blackwell CollieryFirst qualifying round replays R Blackwell Colliery 2–0 Tibshelf Colliery R Staveley Town 5–2 Hardwick Colliery R Ilkeston United 1–0 Long Eaton Second qualifying round Ilkeston United 0–0 Chesterfield Municipal Staveley Town 4–1 Blackwell CollierySecond qualifying round replay R Chesterfield Municipal 1–0 Ilkeston United Third qualifying round Staveley Town 2–0 Chesterfield Municipal Division 13 (Nottinghamshire / South Lincolnshire) The division comprised 18 teams, of which 4 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Basford United 0–5 Lenton § Player's Athletic 2–1 Kirkby CollieriesPreliminary round Arnold St Mary's 2–1 Netherfield Rangers Grantham 4–1 Sneinton § Hucknall Byron 3–0 Lenton Mansfield Town 8–1 Sutton Junction § New Hucknall Colliery 0–3 Boots Athletic Shirebrook 1–0 Ericsson Athletic § Sutton Town 4–3 Newark Welbeck Colliery 4–0 Player's AthleticFirst qualifying round Boots Athletic 3–0 Arnold St Mary's Grantham 3–1 Shirebrook Mansfield Town A–A Hucknall ByronMatch abandoned after 55 mins (fog) with Mansfield leading 2-1Re-staged tie Mansfield Town 5–0 Hucknall Byron Sutton Town 1–3 Welbeck CollierySecond qualifying round Grantham 1–3 Mansfield Town Welbeck Colliery 3–4 Boots Athletic §Third qualifying round Mansfield Town 3–0 Boots Athletic § Division 14 (Derbyshire / Staffordshire / Leicestershire / Warwickshire) The division comprised 15 teams from which 7 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in a bye to the first qualifying round for Hinckley United. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Ashbourne Town / – w Gresley Colliery † Ashbourne won 1-0, but match awarded to Gresley owing to a pitch size infringement Barwell United 3–3 Gresley Rovers Burton All Saints 1–3 Bretby Colliery Coalville Swifts 2–1 Ashby Town Loughborough Brush Works 2–4 Coalville Town Loughborough Corinthians 2–1 Rugby Town Nuneaton Town 4–0 Whitwick Imperial §Preliminary round replay R Gresley Rovers 2–1 Barwell UnitedFirst qualifying round Bretby Colliery 1–1 Coalville Swifts Gresley Rovers 3–0 Loughborough Corinthians Hinckley United 5–1 Coalville Town Nuneaton Town 9–2 Gresley Colliery §First qualifying round replay R Coalville Swifts 4–0 Bretby CollierySecond qualifying round Coalville Swifts 0–2 Gresley Rovers Nuneaton Town 3–1 Hinckley United Third qualifying round Nuneaton Town 3–1 Gresley Rovers Division 15 (South Lincolnshire / Northamptonshire / Bedfordshire) The division comprised 19 teams, of which 6 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Horncastle Town 3–2 Spilsby Town Peterborough Westwood Wks 0–0 Rushden Town Raunds Town 2–5 Northampton War TeamExtra preliminary round replay R Rushden Town 4–0 Peterborough Westwood WksPreliminary round Bedford Town 1–3 Kettering Boston 7–1 Louth Fletton United 2–3 Rushden Town Horncastle Town 2–2 RAF Cranwell Irthlingborough Town 1–0 Brotherhood Works Northampton War Team 2–1 Market Harborough Stamford 7–0 Boston St James' § Wellingborough Town 2–4 Desborough TownPreliminary round replay R RAF Cranwell 6–1 Horncastle TownFirst qualifying round Boston 3–2 Stamford Irthlingborough Town 2–5 Kettering RAF Cranwell 2–3 Northampton War Team Rushden Town 1–3 Desborough TownSecond qualifying round Boston 1–2 Northampton War Team Desborough Town 1–2 KetteringThird qualifying round Northampton War Team 0–4 Kettering Division 16 (Norfolk / Suffolk / Cambridgeshire / Essex) The division comprised 13 teams from which 5 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 3 teams; Colchester Town, Lynn Town and Cambridge Town. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Bury United 1–1 Lowestoft Clacton Town 0–1 Leiston Works Athletic Gorleston 2–2 Norwich CEYMS Great Yarmouth Town 3–0 Cromer Terrington 1–5 Morton's Athletic Preliminary round replays R Lowestoft 2–0 Bury United R Norwich CEYMS 0–1 Gorleston First qualifying round Cambridge Town 4–0 Morton's Athletic Colchester Town 6–2 Lowestoft Great Yarmouth Town 1–0 Lynn Town Leiston Works Athletic 1–0 Gorleston Second qualifying round Colchester Town 3–1 Great Yarmouth Town Leiston Works Athletic 0–0 Cambridge Town Second qualifying round replay R Cambridge Town 5–0 Leiston Works Athletic Third qualifying round Cambridge Town 1–2 Colchester Town Division 17 (Essex / East London) The division comprised 13 teams from which 5 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for three teams: Gnome Athletic, Hoffmanns Athletic and Clapton. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Barking Town 2–2 Grays Athletic Chelmsford 3–1 Newportonians Custom House 1–0 Southend Corinthians Shoeburyness Garrison 1–2 GER Romford Walthamstow Grange 3–1 Green & Silley Weir Preliminary round replay R Grays Athletic 3–5 Barking Town First qualifying round Barking Town 4–1 Hoffmanns Athletic Chelmsford 1–2 Custom House GER Romford 1–0 Clapton Walthamstow Grange 1–2 Gnome Athletic Second qualifying round Gnome Athletic 1–1 Barking Town GER Romford 3–0 Custom House Second qualifying round replay R Barking Town 5–1 Gnome Athletic Third qualifying round Barking Town 2–2 GER Romford Third qualifying round replay R GER Romford 5–2 Barking Town Division 18 (Bedfordshire / Middlesex / North London) The division comprised 16 teams all included in the 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Barnet 2–1 London Generals Enfield 2–2 Luton Amateurs Fricker's Athletic 2–0 Wood Green Town § Hampstead Town 8–0 Polytechnic Leavesden Mental Hospital w – / Islington Town † Islington Town scratched, tie awarded to Leavesden St Albans City 1–0 West London Old Boys Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Chiswick Town Wealdstone 1–1 Cheshunt Preliminary round replays R Cheshunt 4–1 Wealdstone R Chiswick Town 2–3 Vauxhall Motors R Luton Amateurs 2–1 Enfield First qualifying round Barnet 8–0 Vauxhall Motors Cheshunt 3–3 Fricker's Athletic Hampstead Town 6–0 Luton Amateurs Leavesden Mental Hospital 1–1 St Albans City First qualifying round replays R Fricker's Athletic 2–0 Cheshunt R St Albans City 3–1 Leavesden Mental Hospital Second qualifying round Hampstead Town 5–1 Fricker's Athletic St Albans City 4–2 Barnet Third qualifying round St Albans City 1–2 Hampstead Town Division 19 (Berkshire / Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire / Middlesex) The division comprised 12 teams from which 4 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 4 teams: Wycombe Wanderers, Windsor & Eton, Slough and Chesham United. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Henley Town 2–4 Reading United § Marlow 1–3 Southall Maidenhead United 7–1 Newbury Town Yiewsley 1–1 Botwell Mission Preliminary round replay R Botwell Mission 6–1 Yiewsley First qualifying round Botwell Mission 1–5 Slough Chesham United 2–3 Reading United Windsor & Eton 3–1 Maidenhead United Wycombe Wanderers 4–1 Southall Second qualifying round Slough 1–0 Reading United Wycombe Wanderers 2–0 Windsor & Eton Third qualifying round Wycombe Wanderers 2–2 Slough Third qualifying round replay R Slough 2–7 Wycombe Wanderers Division 20 (Surrey / South London) The division comprised 14 teams from which 6 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 2 teams: Wimbledon and Guildford. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Aquarius 1–6 Kingstonian Earlsfield Town 1–5 West Norwood Redhill 3–3 Summerstown Sutton United 2–0 Camberley & Yorktown Tooting Town 8–2 Hersham United Woking 4–2 Walton-on-Thames Preliminary round replay R Summerstown 3–0 Redhill First qualifying round Kingstonian 3–2 Woking Summerstown 1–0 Sutton United Tooting Town 1–1 Guildford Wimbledon 5–1 West Norwood First qualifying round replay R Guildford 3–0 Tooting Town Second qualifying round Kingstonian 2–1 Wimbledon Guildford 7–2 Summerstown Third qualifying round Kingstonian 0–3 Guildford Division 21 (Kent / Sussex / South-East London) The division comprised 20 teams, of which 8 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Bexley Heath Labour w – / Dartford † Match awarded to Bexley Heath Labour Cray Wanderers 3–3 Bostall Heath Newhaven 3–1 Vernon Athletic § Whitstable Town 1–0 RN DepotExtra preliminary round replay R Bostall Heath 6–1 Cray WanderersPreliminary round Ashford Railway Works 0–0 Woolwich Ordnance Bexley Heath Labour 1–4 Margate Charlton Athletic 6–0 Catford Southend Folkestone 3–1 Tunbridge Wells Rangers Maidstone United 9–0 Bostall Heath § Northfleet United 6–2 Whitstable Town § Sheppey United 2–1 Sittingbourne Worthing 3–2 NewhavenPreliminary round replay R Woolwich Ordnance 0–1 Ashford Railway Works First qualifying round Maidstone United 7–0 Ashford Railway Works Margate 0–0 Charlton Athletic Northfleet United 4–1 Sheppey United Worthing 1–1 Folkestone First qualifying round replays R Charlton Athletic 3–1 Margate R Folkestone 1–1 Worthing R2 Worthing 2–1 Folkestone Second qualifying round Charlton Athletic 1–1 Maidstone United Worthing 0–5 Northfleet UnitedSecond qualifying round replay R Maidstone United 2–0 Charlton Athletic Third qualifying round Maidstone United 5–0 Northfleet United Division 22 (Hampshire / Dorset / Isle of Wight) The division comprised 13 teams from which 5 preliminary round ties were drawn, resulting in byes to the first qualifying round for 3 teams: Boscombe, Portsmouth Amateurs and Bournemouth Tramways. Tie Home team Score Away team NotePreliminary round Bournemouth Amateurs 3–1 Osborne Athletic Cowes 6–2 Salisbury City East Cowes Victoria Athletic 2–3 Blandford Thornycroft Athletic 2–5 Sholing Athletic Weymouth 2–1 Gosport Athletic First qualifying round Boscombe 1–1 Blandford Bournemouth Tramways 2–3 Cowes Portsmouth Amateurs 1–3 Bournemouth Amateurs Weymouth 1–1 Sholing Athletic First qualifying round replays R Blandford 2–1 Boscombe R Sholing Athletic 3–1 Weymouth Second qualifying round Blandford 2–0 Bournemouth Amateurs Cowes 2–1 Sholing Athletic Third qualifying round Blandford 2–3 Cowes Division 23 (Gloucestershire / Bristol / Somerset / Wiltshire) The division comprised 26 teams, of which 20 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Babbacombe 2–1 Frenchay Cheltenham Town 2–2 Melksham & Avon United † Match awarded to Cheltenham as Melksham refused to play pre-arranged extra-time Chippenham Rovers 1–3 Welton Rovers Clevedon 0–1 Glastonbury Frome Town 3–1 Yeovil & Petters United Paulton Rovers 2–1 Minehead Radstock Town 1–0 Warminster Town Spencer Moulton 4–1 Devizes Town Street 4–3 Torquay Town § Swindon Victoria 3–0 Timsbury Athletic Preliminary round Bath City 4–2 Welton Rovers Douglas 9–1 Babbacombe Glastonbury| 3–1 | Street | |- | | Hanham Athletic| 5–1 | Paulton Rovers | |- | | Radstock Town | 0–1 | Clandown| |- | | Spencer Moulton | 2–2 | Chippenham Town | |- | | Swindon Victoria | 1–1 | Frome Town | |- | | Trowbridge Town F.C.| 3–1 | Cheltenham Town | § |- | colspan="5"|Preliminary round replays |- | R | Chippenham Town| 2–4 | Spencer Moulton | |- | R | Frome Town | 1–3 | Swindon Victoria| |- | colspan="5"|First qualifying round|- | | Clandown| 3–1 | Glastonbury | |- | | Douglas | 0–4 | Bath City| |- | | Trowbridge Town F.C. | 1–1 | Hanham Athletic | |- | | Spencer Moulton | 2–3 | Swindon Victoria| |- | colspan="5"|First qualifying round replay |- | R | Hanham Athletic| 5–0 | Trowbridge Town F.C. | |- | colspan="5"|Second qualifying round|- | | Bath City| 3–0 | Hanham Athletic | |- | | Swindon Victoria| 2–0 | Clandown | |- | colspan="5"|Third qualifying round|- | | Bath City | 1–1 | Swindon Victoria | |- | colspan="5"|Third qualifying round replay |- | R | Swindon Victoria | 2–3 | Bath City' Division 24 (South Wales) The division comprised 17 teams, of which 2 of the generally smaller teams were drawn into the extra preliminary round to reduce the number to 16 teams required for 8 preliminary round ties. Tie Home team Score Away team NoteExtra preliminary round Chepstow Town 6–0 OakdalePreliminary round Aberdare Athletic 4–0 Cardiff Albion Bargoed 0–3 Aberaman Athletic Caerau Rovers 2–2 Cardiff Corinthians Chepstow Town 1–3 Abertillery Town Ebbw Vale 7–0 Llanelli Town Mid Rhondda 2–1 Pontypridd Dragons Newport Barbarians / – w Barry † Match awarded to Barry Town Ton Pentre 10–0 Rogerstone §Preliminary round replay R Cardiff Corinthians 5–3 Caerau RoversFirst qualifying round Aberaman Athletic 0–2 Barry Aberdare Athletic 2–1 Cardiff Corinthians Abertillery Town 1–0 Ebbw Vale Mid Rhondda 1–0 Ton PentreSecond qualifying round Abertillery Town 0–2 Aberdare Athletic Mid Rhondda 0–0 BarrySecond qualifying round replay R Barry 1–0 Mid RhonddaThird qualifying round Aberdare Athletic 2–0 Barry Fourth qualifying round The 24 teams qualifying from the Divisions were joined in the draw by 24 (generally stronger) teams who entered the competition at this stage. The ties were drawn on a regional basis. Tie Home team Score Away team Note Aberdare Athletic 0–0 Bath City Bishop Auckland 3–2 West Stanley Blyth Spartans 2–0 Scotswood Bromley 2–0 Chatham Buckley United 1–4 Stalybridge Celtic Castleford Town 3–1 Halifax Town Colchester Town 2–2 Ilford Dulwich Hamlet 5–0 Nunhead Durham City 4–1 Barrow Eccles United 2–0 Crewe Alexandra Gillingham 1–0 Maidstone United Hartlepools United 3–0 Houghton Kettering 5–2 Luton Clarence Leytonstone 4–0 Tufnell Park London Caledonians 4–2 Guildford Newport County 0–0 Merthyr Town Nuneaton Town 0–0 Hednesford Town Oxford City 3–0 Hampstead Town Rochdale 1–0 Fleetwood Scunthorpe & Lindsey United 0–1 Mansfield Town Staveley Town 1–3 Worksop Town Thornycrofts (Woolston) 3–1 Cowes Tranmere Rovers 1–0 Southport Central Wycombe Wanderers 3–2 GER RomfordFourth qualifying round replays R Bath City 2–1 Aberdare Athletic R Hednesford Town 3–2 Nuneaton Town R Ilford 2–0 Colchester Town R Merthyr Town 4–0 Newport County Fifth qualifying round The draw comprised the 24 victorious teams from the previous round. Ties were on a wider regional basis. Tie Home team Score Away team Note Blyth Spartans 1–0 Durham City Castleford Town 1–1 Hednesford Town Eccles United 2–0 Stalybridge Celtic Gillingham 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet Hartlepools United A–A Bishop AucklandMatch abandoned owing to inclement weatherRe-staged tie Hartlepools United 1–1 Bishop Auckland Kettering 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers London Caledonians 0–3 Leytonstone Merthyr Town 0–0 Bath City Oxford City 1–3 Bromley Rochdale 1–0 Tranmere Rovers Thornycrofts (Woolston) 1–0 Ilford Worksop Town 2–2 Mansfield TownFifth qualifying round replays R Bath City 1–0 Merthyr Town R Bishop Auckland 0–5 Hartlepools United R Hednesford Town 2–1 Castleford Town R Mansfield Town 3–8 Worksop Town Sixth qualifying round The 12 victorious teams from the previous round were joined in the draw by 12 teams (mostly from Football League Division 2 and Division 3 South) who entered the competition at this stage. Ties were no longer regionally based. Tie Home team Score Away team Note Bristol Rovers 9–0 Worksop Town Clapton Orient 1–0 Port Vale Coventry City 1–1 Rochdale Darlington 4–0 Blyth Spartans Kettering 2–4 Grimsby Town Leytonstone 1–1 Bath City Lincoln City 5–0 Bromley Northampton Town 3–1 Gillingham Rotherham County 1–3 Luton Town Southend United 3–1 Hednesford Town Swansea Town 3–0 Hartlepools United Thornycrofts (Woolston) 2–3 Eccles UnitedSixth qualifying round replays R Bath City 2–0 Leytonstone R Rochdale 2–1 Coventry City 1920–21 FA Cup See 1920–21 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards. External links Football Club History Database: FA Cup 1920–21 FA Cup Past Results Qualifying Category:FA Cup qualifying rounds