Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1956–57 is the 76th 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.
Preliminary round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abingdon Town 0–3 Banbury Spencer 2 Altrincham 4–3 Northwich Victoria 3 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–1 Whitstable 4 Bangor City 2–2 Pwllheli & District 5 Barking 4–1 Tilbury 6 Barnet 2–1 Stevenage Town 7 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–0 Maidstone United 8 Bilston 1–1 Wellington Town 9 Bishop's Stortford 3–0 Enfield 10 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–2 Stourbridge 11 Briggs Sports 4–0 Leyton 12 Bromley 5–3 Metropolitan Police 13 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–3 Cradley Heath 14 Cambridge City 2–1 Warboys Town 15 Chatham Town 2–4 Ramsgate Athletic 16 Chatteris Town 0–2 St Neots & District 17 Chelmsford City 1–0 Ilford 18 Cheltenham Town 3–0 Lovells Athletic 19 Chippenham Town 9–2 Calne & Harris United 20 Dagenham 0–1 Brentwood & Warley 21 Dartford 2–2 Gravesend & Northfleet 22 Deal Town 3–5 Sittingbourne 23 Dorking 0–1 Tunbridge Wells United 24 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Woking 25 Epsom 1–3 Bexleyheath & Welling 26 Erith & Belvedere 4–3 Sutton United 27 Finchley 5–0 Hemel Hempstead 28 Folkestone 0–1 Canterbury City 29 Halesowen Town 2–3 Stafford Rangers 30 Harwich & Parkeston 0–0 Clacton Town 31 Haywards Heath 2–3 Eastbourne 32 Histon 2–5 Ely City 33 Holbeach United 2–2 Cambridge United 34 Hyde United 4–4 Stalybridge Celtic 35 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Dudley Town 36 Kingstonian 2–2 Tonbridge 37 Letchworth Town 1–0 St Albans City 38 Leytonstone 6–2 Aveley 39 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Lancing Athletic 40 Lostock Gralam 2–1 Leek Town 41 Lytham 1–7 Horwich R M I 42 Macclesfield 2–1 Ellesmere Port Town 43 Maidenhead United 5–1 Huntley & Palmers 44 Margate 8–1 Sheppey United 45 Minehead 2–3 Wadebridge Town 46 New Brighton 1–0 Prescot Cables 47 Newhaven 1–5 Bognor Regis Town 48 Newmarket Town 1–6 March Town United 49 Redditch 4–1 Hednesford Town 50 Romford 4–2 Grays Athletic 51 Rossendale United 0–1 Mossley 52 Runcorn 1–1 Flint Town United 53 Skelmersdale United 3–0 Ashton United 54 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 0–0 Dover 55 South Liverpool 7–0 Earle 56 St Blazey 2–5 Bideford 57 St Helens Town 2–2 Marine 58 Stockton Heath 4–5 Winsford United 59 Sutton Coldfield Town 3–2 Moor Green 60 Uxbridge 3–2 Berkhamsted Town 61 Ware 1–1 Hitchin Town 62 Wealdstone 2–4 Hayes 63 Wells City 1–1 Street 64 Wembley 4–1 Edgware Town 65 Wimbledon 1–5 Tooting & Mitcham United 66 Witton Albion 2–1 Buxton 67 Woodford Town 0–5 Rainham Town 68 Worcester City 7–0 Darlaston 69 Worthing 3–2 Southwick 70 Yiewsley 1–0 Hendon
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Pwllheli & District 4–1 Bangor City 8 Wellington Town 3–2 Bilston 13 Cradley Heath 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 21 Gravesend & Northfleet 3–2 Dartford 30 Clacton Town 2–1 Harwich & Parkeston 33 Cambridge United 5–0 Holbeach United 34 Stalybridge Celtic 4–4 Hyde United 36 Tonbridge 6–1 Kingstonian 52 Flint Town United 1–2 Runcorn 54 Dover 1–2 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 57 Marine 2–1 St Helens Town 61 Hitchin Town 5–2 Ware 63 Street 0–0 Wells City
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 34 Hyde United 6–1 Stalybridge Celtic 63 Street 2–0 Wells City
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 1–3 Macclesfield 2 Ashby Institute 0–0 Louth United 3 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–2 Canterbury City 4 Atherstone Town 4–0 Boldmere St Michaels 5 Aylesbury United 3–0 Slough Town 6 Bacup Borough 2–6 Mossley 7 Barking 2–2 Brentwood & Warley 8 Barnet 0–3 Eton Manor 9 Barton Town 0–1 Alford United 10 Bath City 2–0 Clandown 11 Biggleswade & District 2–3 Vauxhall Motors 12 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Bridlington Central United 13 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Hoddesdon Town 14 Bourne Town 2–0 Brigg Town 15 Bourneville Athletic 0–4 Bedworth Town 16 Bridgwater Town 4–0 Clevedon 17 Briggs Sports 0–1 Romford 18 Bromley 6–0 Erith & Belvedere 19 Brush Sports 2–2 Hinckley Athletic 20 Bury Town 1–1 Haverhill Rovers 21 Cambridge United 2–5 Ely City 22 Carshalton Athletic 4–9 Bexleyheath & Welling 23 Chelmsford City 6–0 Rainham Town 24 Chichester City 2–3 Andover 25 Chorley 4–1 Nelson 26 Clacton Town 1–1 Leytonstone 27 Cockfield 2–3 Stanley United 28 Congleton Town 3–3 Hyde United 29 Cowes 1–4 Gosport Borough Athletic 30 Cramlington Welfare 3–1 Gosforth & Coxlodge 31 Darwen 1–0 Leyland Motors 32 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 0–2 Consett 33 Devizes Town 0–2 Chippenham Town 34 Diss Town 6–3 Whitton United 35 Eastbourne 4–1 Bexhill Town 36 Ebbw Vale 2–5 Cheltenham Town 37 Evenwood Town 4–0 Tow Law Town 38 Ferryhill Athletic 0–3 Horden Colliery Welfare 39 Finchley 1–0 Wembley 40 Fleetwood 3–0 Lancaster City 41 Gloucester City 3–1 Barry Town 42 Grantham 2–1 Skegness Town 43 Gravesend & Northfleet 7–1 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 44 Great Yarmouth Town 5–1 Gorleston 45 Gresley Rovers 7–3 Belper Town 46 Hallam 2–2 Norton Woodseats 47 Harrogate Railway Athletic 3–2 Ossett Town 48 Harrow Town 0–3 Southall 49 Hayes 0–2 Hounslow Town 50 Horwich R M I 2–1 Skelmersdale United 51 Ilfracombe Town 1–2 Bideford 52 Kidderminster Harriers 1–0 Redditch 53 King's Lynn 4–0 St Neots & District 54 Lancing Athletic 0–2 Bognor Regis Town 55 Langwith Miners Welfare 1–2 Creswell Colliery 56 Letchworth Town 0–0 Hertford Town 57 Linotype & Machinery 1–1 Winsford United 58 Llandudno 0–2 Earlestown 59 Llanelli 5–1 Merthyr Tydfil 60 Lockheed Leamington 3–1 Rugby Town 61 Long Eaton Town 9–0 Players Athletic 62 Lostock Gralam 1–0 Witton Albion 63 Lowestoft Town 8–1 Leiston 64 Maidenhead United 2–3 Oxford City 65 Marine 1–3 New Brighton 66 Marlow 6–1 Windsor & Eton 67 Melksham Town 2–2 Westbury United 68 Milnthorpe Corinthians 2–1 Burscough 69 Morpeth Town 0–5 North Shields 70 Peasedown Miners Welfare 0–2 Glastonbury 71 Pwllheli & District 1–4 South Liverpool 72 Ramsgate Athletic 1–2 Sittingbourne 73 Retford Town 3–3 Denaby United 74 Rothwell Town 0–1 Corby Town 75 Rushden Town 3–1 Stamford 76 Shefford Town 2–6 Hitchin Town 77 Shildon 2–2 West Auckland Town 78 Shotton Colliery Welfare 4–2 Wingate Welfare 79 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 2–2 Margate 80 South Normanton Miners Welfare 3–5 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare 81 South Shields 3–0 Alnwick Town 82 Spalding United 3–2 Kettering Town 83 Spennymoor United 1–1 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 84 Stafford Rangers 1–1 Oswestry Town 85 Stonehouse 1–4 Cinderford Town 86 Stork 2–2 Runcorn 87 Street 1–2 Chippenham United 88 Sutton Coldfield Town 1–7 Tamworth 89 Sutton Town 3–2 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 90 Tavistock 3–4 Newquay 91 Thetford Town 0–2 Cambridge City 92 Tonbridge 3–3 Tooting & Mitcham United 93 Trowbridge Town 5–0 Frome Town 94 Truro City 3–4 Penzance 95 Tunbridge Wells United 3–0 Woking 96 Uxbridge 1–4 Yiewsley 97 Wadebridge Town 0–6 Taunton 98 Warminster Town 1–6 Salisbury 99 Wellington Town 8–2 Stourbridge 100 Whitley Bay 1–3 Ashington 101 Wigmore Athletic 1–4 Horsham 102 Wisbech Town 0–0 March Town United 103 Witney Town 1–0 Banbury Spencer 104 Wolsingham Welfare 1–6 Willington 105 Worcester City 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 106 Worthing 2–2 Redhill
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Louth United 5–0 Ashby Institute 7 Brentwood & Warley 2–1 Barking 19 Hinckley Athletic 5–1 Brush Sports 20 Haverhill Rovers 1–6 Bury Town 26 Leytonstone 0–1 Clacton Town 28 Hyde United 6–2 Congleton Town 46 Norton Woodseats 0–0 Hallam 56 Hertford Town 3–0 Letchworth Town 57 Winsford United 2–1 Linotype & Machinery 67 Westbury United 4–2 Melksham Town 73 Denaby United 3–0 Retford Town 77 West Auckland Town 2–1 Shildon 79 Margate 1–0 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 83 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 0–4 Spennymoor United 84 Oswestry Town 0–4 Stafford Rangers 86 Runcorn 3–2 Stork 92 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–1 Tonbridge 102 March Town United 2–1 Wisbech Town 106 Redhill 7–2 Worthing
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 46 Hallam 1–3 Norton Woodseats
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Andover 3–2 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 2 Annfield Plain 4–2 Consett 3 Atherstone Town 4–0 Lockheed Leamington (Replay Ordered?) 4 Aylesbury United 2–0 Oxford City 5 Bath City 1–2 Bridgwater Town 6 Bentley Colliery 2–1 Upton Colliery 7 Bexleyheath & Welling 2–5 Bromley 8 Bideford 4–0 Newquay 9 Bishop's Stortford 0–2 Eton Manor 10 Bourne Town 2–8 Grantham 11 Brentwood & Warley 0–1 Clacton Town 12 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–0 Kidderminster Harriers 13 Bungay Town 2–2 Beccles 14 Cambridge City 0–1 Ely City 15 Chelmsford City 4–0 Romford 16 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare 3–1 Gresley Rovers 17 Corby Town 6–0 Wellingborough Town 18 Cramlington Welfare 0–6 South Shields 19 Creswell Colliery 0–6 Ransome & Marles 20 Darwen 1–1 Mossley 21 Diss Town 2–4 Bury Town 22 Dunstable Town 3–0 Vauxhall Motors 23 Earlestown 1–6 New Brighton 24 Evenwood Town 2–1 Willington 25 Farsley Celtic 1–0 Yorkshire Amateur 26 Finchley 1–2 Yiewsley 27 Fleetwood 2–1 Penrith 28 Frickley Colliery 3–2 Denaby United 29 Glastonbury 3–2 Chippenham United 30 Gloucester City 1–2 Cheltenham Town 31 Goole Town 4–0 Harrogate Railway Athletic 32 Heanor Town 2–0 Whitwick Colliery 33 Hertford Town 0–1 Hitchin Town 34 Horden Colliery Welfare 10–0 Chilton Athletic 35 Horsham 2–0 Eastbourne 36 Horwich R M I 3–0 Chorley 37 Hyde United 5–2 Lostock Gralam 38 Ilkeston Town 2–0 Boots Athletic 39 Linby Colliery 0–3 Sutton Town 40 Llanelli 3–0 Cinderford Town 41 Long Eaton Town 3–4 Hinckley Athletic 42 Louth United 1–1 Alford United 43 Lowestoft Town 0–1 Sudbury Town 44 March Town United 4–1 King's Lynn 45 Margate 2–0 Canterbury City 46 Milnthorpe Corinthians 1–4 Morecambe 47 North Shields 1–0 Ashington 48 North Skelton Athletic 1–3 Billingham Synthonia 49 Norton Woodseats 2–1 Sheffield 50 Penzance 1–1 Taunton 51 Poole Town 3–0 Bridport 52 Portland United 9–0 Ilminster Town 53 Redhill 3–0 Bognor Regis Town 54 Runcorn 0–1 South Liverpool 55 Rushden Town 0–3 Spalding United 56 Salisbury 1–2 Chippenham Town 57 Sheringham 0–2 Great Yarmouth Town 58 Shotton Colliery Welfare 3–0 Boldon Colliery Welfare 59 Sittingbourne 1–0 Gravesend & Northfleet 60 Southall 2–1 Hounslow Town 61 Spennymoor United 3–1 Durham City 62 Stocksbridge Works 8–2 Beighton Miners Welfare 63 Tamworth 1–4 Bedworth Town 64 Trowbridge Town 5–2 Westbury United 65 Tunbridge Wells United 2–3 Tooting & Mitcham United 66 Wellington Town 4–1 Stafford Rangers 67 West Auckland Town 0–0 Stanley United 68 Whitby Town 5–1 South Bank 69 Winchester City 3–0 Gosport Borough Athletic 70 Winsford United 2–2 Macclesfield 71 Witney Town 1–1 Marlow 72 Wolverton Town & B R 4–3 Eynesbury Rovers
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Lockheed Leamington 2–1 Atherstone Town 13 Beccles 4–4 Bungay Town 20 Mossley 3–0 Darwen 42 Alford United 2–1 Louth United 50 Taunton 3–3 Penzance 67 Stanley United 2–0 West Auckland Town 70 Macclesfield 4–1 Winsford United 71 Marlow 0–4 Witney Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 13 Bungay Town 3–0 Beccles 50 Taunton 3–2 Penzance
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alford United 1–2 Grantham 2 Aylesbury United 7–0 Witney Town 3 Bedworth Town 2–4 Lockheed Leamington 4 Bentley Colliery 1–2 Frickley Colliery 5 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–0 Wellington Town 6 Bury Town 0–0 Sudbury Town 7 Chelmsford City 2–2 Clacton Town 8 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Llanelli 9 Chippenham Town 4–1 Trowbridge Town 10 Clay Cross & Danesmoor Welfare 1–8 Ilkeston Town 11 Corby Town 3–1 Spalding United 12 Dunstable Town 3–1 Wolverton Town & B R 13 Ely City 2–0 March Town United 14 Eton Manor 3–1 Hitchin Town 15 Evenwood Town 5–1 Stanley United 16 Fleetwood 3–3 Morecambe 17 Glastonbury 4–3 Bridgwater Town 18 Goole Town 9–0 Farsley Celtic 19 Great Yarmouth Town 4–0 Bungay Town 20 Hinckley Athletic 4–1 Heanor Town 21 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–0 Spennymoor United 22 Horsham 2–1 Redhill 23 Horwich R M I 1–0 Mossley 24 Macclesfield 4–4 Hyde United 25 New Brighton 6–1 South Liverpool 26 North Shields 1–1 South Shields 27 Poole Town 2–0 Portland United 28 Shotton Colliery Welfare 2–3 Annfield Plain 29 Sittingbourne 2–3 Margate 30 Southall 0–1 Yiewsley 31 Stocksbridge Works 3–2 Norton Woodseats 32 Sutton Town 4–1 Ransome & Marles 33 Taunton 1–7 Bideford 34 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–0 Bromley 35 Whitby Town 2–3 Billingham Synthonia 36 Winchester City 0–2 Andover
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Sudbury Town 3–1 Bury Town 7 Clacton Town 0–0 Chelmsford City 16 Morecambe 3–2 Fleetwood 24 Hyde United 3–3 Macclesfield 26 South Shields 2–1 North Shields
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Chelmsford City 1–2 Clacton Town 24 Macclesfield 3–5 Hyde United
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Crook Town, Walthamstow Avenue, Yeovil Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Weymouth, Rhyl, Hereford United, Wigan Athletic, Blyth Spartans, Peterborough United, Headington United, Hastings United, Guildford City, Nuneaton Borough, Selby Town, Newport I O W, Boston United, Scarborough, Netherfield, Dorchester Town, Worksop Town, Wycombe Wanderers, Burton Albion and Easington Colliery Welfare.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bideford 1–1 Dorchester Town 2 Billingham Synthonia 8–3 Crook Town 3 Blyth Spartans 3–0 Annfield Plain 4 Boston United 6–3 Grantham 5 Burton Albion 6–1 Hinckley Athletic 6 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Andover 7 Chippenham Town 0–0 Weymouth 8 Clacton Town 2–3 Yiewsley 9 Corby Town 1–5 Peterborough United 10 Dunstable Town 5–1 Eton Manor 11 Easington Colliery Welfare 0–3 Evenwood Town 12 Ely City 1–0 Sudbury Town 13 Goole Town 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity 14 Headington United 0–2 Guildford City 15 Horsham 0–2 Hastings United 16 Ilkeston Town 2–2 Sutton Town 17 Lockheed Leamington 1–4 Hereford United 18 Morecambe 3–2 Horwich R M I 19 New Brighton 4–1 Hyde United 20 Nuneaton Borough 1–2 Bromsgrove Rovers 21 Poole Town 0–3 Newport I O W 22 Rhyl 2–0 Frickley Colliery 23 Selby Town 3–1 Stocksbridge Works 24 South Shields 1–0 Horden Colliery Welfare 25 Tooting & Mitcham United 3–1 Aylesbury United 26 Walthamstow Avenue 6–0 Great Yarmouth Town 27 Wigan Athletic 2–2 Netherfield 28 Worksop Town 1–4 Scarborough 29 Wycombe Wanderers 2–4 Margate 30 Yeovil Town 3–1 Glastonbury
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Dorchester Town 3–0 Bideford 7 Weymouth 4–1 Chippenham Town 16 Sutton Town 1–2 Ilkeston Town 27 Netherfield 3–3 Wigan Athletic
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 27 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Netherfield
1956–57 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1956-57 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
External links [ edit ]
Seasons Qualifying rounds Finals