Football tournament season
1968–69 FA Cup qualifying rounds Country England Wales
The FA Cup 1968–69 is the 88th 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 Belper Town 2–2 Bedworth Town 2 Burton Albion 1–3 Bromsgrove Rovers 3 Desborough Town 3–0 Chatteris Town 4 Droylsden 0–3 Skelmersdale United 5 Fleetwood 5–0 Milnthorpe Corinthians 6 Goole Town 4–1 Barton Town 7 Hayes 1–3 Brentwood Town 8 Hinckley Athletic 1–1 Lower Gornal Athletic 9 Horsham 2–3 Bognor Regis Town 10 Ilkeston Town 1–1 Wombwell Sporting Association 11 Lockheed Leamington 2–2 Hednesford 12 Long Eaton United 2–1 Loughborough United 13 March Town United 1–1 Cambridge United 14 Marlow 1–4 Banbury United 15 Mexborough Town 1–1 Denaby United 16 Mossley 1–0 Guinness Exports 17 Nantwich 5–4 Sandbach Ramblers 18 Nelson 0–4 Netherfield 19 Poole Town 4–0 Melksham Town 20 Rhyl 5–1 Prescot Town 21 Rushden Town 0–1 St Neots Town 22 Selsey 1–0 Andover 23 Stratford Town Amateurs 1–3 Wellington Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Bedworth Town 3–2 Belper Town 8 Lower Gornal Athletic 3–2 Hinckley Athletic 10 Wombwell Sporting Association 1–5 Ilkeston Town 11 Hednesford 4–1 Lockheed Leamington 13 Cambridge United 5–0 March Town United 15 Denaby United 3–2 Mexborough Town
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Abergavenny Thursdays 4–1 Stonehouse 2 Alfreton Town 1–2 Matlock Town 3 Alvechurch 3–2 Redditch 4 Amersham Town 1–5 Erith & Belvedere 5 Ashby Institute 0–3 Selby Town 6 Ashton United 1–6 Witton Albion 7 Atherstone Town 4–2 Long Eaton United 8 Aveley 0–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 9 Aylesbury United 1–0 Wembley 10 Bacup Borough 0–1 Rossendale United 11 Banstead Athletic 1–1 Uxbridge 12 Barking 0–1 Windsor & Eton 13 Bedford Town 5–0 Histon 14 Bedworth Town 3–3 Rugby Town 15 Bexley United 1–0 Sutton United 16 Bideford 2–2 Barnstaple Town 17 Billingham Synthonia 2–0 Ashington 18 Bishop Auckland 2–1 Gateshead 19 Bishop's Stortford 6–0 Wolverton Town & B R 20 Bletchley Town 0–0 Maidenhead United 21 Blyth Spartans 4–3 Spennymoor United 22 Bourne Town 2–3 Wisbech Town 23 Bridlington Town 1–1 Hull Brunswick 24 Bridport 9–1 Warminster Town 25 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–5 Lower Gornal Athletic 26 Brigg Town 1–5 Goole Town 27 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–1 Stafford Rangers 28 Burscough 3–1 Ellesmere Port Town 29 Cambridge City 0–0 St Neots Town 30 Canterbury City 1–0 Whitstable Town 31 Carshalton Athletic 4–5 Metropolitan Police 32 Chatham Town 1–6 Sittingbourne 33 Cheltenham Town 2–1 Lovells Athletic 34 Chichester City 1–0 Fleet Town 35 Chippenham Town 2–4 Welton Rovers 36 Clacton Town 4–2 Thetford Town 37 Clapton 1–1 Malden Town 38 Clitheroe 0–0 Great Harwood 39 Congleton Town 0–1 Winsford United 40 Consett 2–0 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 41 Corinthian Casuals 6–4 Rainham Town 42 Cowes 0–1 Thornycroft Athletic 43 Crittall Athletic 1–1 Ware 44 Crook Town 2–3 Stockton 45 Dagenham 2–2 Ruislip Manor 46 Dartford 4–0 Hornchurch 47 Darwen 1–4 Skelmersdale United 48 Deal Town 2–2 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 49 Desborough Town 0–4 Stamford 50 Dorchester Town 2–5 Poole Town 51 Dorking 1–2 Addlestone 52 Dover 5–2 Tonbridge 53 Dudley Town 0–2 Bilston 54 Dulwich Hamlet 0–1 Woodford Town 55 Durham City 1–0 Willington 56 Eastbourne 2–0 Lancing 57 Eastwood Hanley 2–3 Ilkeston Town 58 Eastwood Town 2–2 Heanor Town 59 Ely City 4–1 Newmarket Town 60 Evenwood Town 7–1 Annfield Plain 61 Fareham Town 2–3 Wokingham Town 62 Farsley Celtic 1–2 Retford Town 63 Finchley 2–2 Hounslow 64 Fleetwood 0–0 Penrith 65 Folkestone 1–3 Margate 66 Gainsborough Trinity 4–0 Denaby United 67 Gloucester City 3–1 Devizes Town 68 Gorleston 2–1 Harwich & Parkeston 69 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–3 Cray Wanderers 70 Grays Athletic 1–4 Southall 71 Great Yarmouth Town 0–0 Bury Town 72 Gresley Rovers 1–0 Arnold 73 Halesowen Town 0–1 Wellington Town 74 Hampton 1–6 Kingstonian 75 Harlow Town 0–3 Brentwood Town 76 Hastings United 1–1 Ramsgate Athletic 77 Hatfield Main 5–0 Yorkshire Amateur 78 Haywards Heath 1–1 Bognor Regis Town 79 Hednesford 1–2 Worcester City 80 Hertford Town 0–0 Hendon 81 Hillingdon Borough 7–0 Bromley 82 Hitchin Town 3–1 Cheshunt 83 Hoddesdon Town 1–1 Baldock Town 84 Holbeach United 1–1 Spalding United 85 Holyhead Town 2–3 Bangor City 86 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–1 Whitby Town 87 Hyde United 2–2 Mossley 88 Ilford 0–1 Edmonton 89 Kettering Town 1–0 Cambridge United 90 Kirkby Town 3–1 New Brighton 91 Lancaster City 7–3 Lytham 92 Leatherhead 5–0 Molesey 93 Letchworth Town 2–3 Banbury United 94 Leyton 3–2 Hemel Hempstead 95 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Eastbourne United 96 Llanelli 2–1 Ton Pentre 97 Lostock Gralam 4–2 Nantwich 98 Louth United 3–1 Boston 99 Maidstone United 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent) 100 Marine 0–0 Rhyl 101 Merthyr Tydfil 1–4 Cinderford Town 102 Minehead 1–2 Frome Town 103 Morecambe 4–0 Netherfield 104 Murton Colliery Welfare 1–0 Ferryhill Athletic 105 Newport I O W 3–2 Selsey 106 North Shields 3–0 Boldon Colliery Welfare 107 Northwich Victoria 3–0 Linotype & Machinery 108 Norton Woodseats 0–3 Buxton 109 Penzance 3–4 Falmouth Town 110 Potton United 1–2 Wellingborough Town 111 Pwllheli & District 0–5 Porthmadog 112 Rawmarsh Welfare 0–0 Sutton Town 113 Redhill 3–0 Ford United 114 Rothwell Town 2–3 Biggleswade & District 115 Ryde Sports 1–7 Salisbury 116 Scarborough 0–0 Bridlington Trinity 117 Sheppey United 1–1 Herne Bay 118 Skegness Town 0–3 King's Lynn 119 Slough Town 2–1 Feltham 120 Soham Town Rangers 6–0 Eynesbury Rovers 121 South Liverpool 4–2 Oswestry Town 122 Southwick 1–1 Worthing 123 St Blazey 2–2 Nanpean Rovers 124 St Helens Town 0–0 Chorley 125 Staines Town 0–4 Croydon Amateurs 126 Stalybridge Celtic 3–2 Leyland Motors 127 Stourbridge 7–4 Lye Town 128 Street 2–2 Bridgwater Town 129 Sudbury Town 1–0 Gothic 130 Tamworth 1–2 Darlaston 131 Tilbury 1–0 Epsom & Ewell 132 Trowbridge Town 3–0 Portland United 133 Vauxhall Motors 6–1 Harrow Borough 134 Walton & Hersham 7–1 Huntley & Palmers 135 Waterlooville 2–1 Basingstoke Town 136 Wealdstone 3–2 Dunstable Town 137 West Auckland Town 3–2 Stanley United 138 Westbury United 3–1 Glastonbury 139 Whitley Bay 0–1 Shildon 140 Wigan Rovers 1–1 Horwich R M I 141 Woking 2–1 Crawley Town 142 Worksop Town 2–4 Frickley Colliery 143 Wycombe Wanderers 0–0 St Albans City
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 11 Uxbridge 3–1 Banstead Athletic 14 Rugby Town 0–2 Bedworth Town 16 Barnstaple Town 0–1 Bideford 20 Maidenhead United 1–0 Bletchley Town 23 Hull Brunswick 3–2 Bridlington Town 27 Stafford Rangers 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 29 St Neots Town 3–3 Cambridge City 37 Malden Town 2–1 Clapton 38 Great Harwood 0–1 Clitheroe 43 Ware 2–1 Crittall Athletic 45 Ruislip Manor 1–6 Dagenham 48 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 2–1 Deal Town 58 Heanor Town 5–1 Eastwood Town 63 Hounslow 4–2 Finchley 64 Penrith 0–5 Fleetwood 71 Bury Town 1–0 Great Yarmouth Town 76 Ramsgate Athletic 0–1 Hastings United 78 Bognor Regis Town 2–3 Haywards Heath 80 Hendon 1–0 Hertford Town 83 Baldock Town 0–2 Hoddesdon Town 84 Spalding United 2–5 Holbeach United 87 Mossley 2–1 Hyde United 100 Rhyl 0–1 Marine 112 Sutton Town 4–1 Rawmarsh Welfare 116 Bridlington Trinity 1–1 Scarborough (Abandoned in extra time) 117 Herne Bay 3–5 Sheppey United 122 Worthing 4–4 Southwick (Abandoned in extra time) 123 Nanpean Rovers 1–1 St Blazey 124 Chorley 0–1 St Helens Town 128 Bridgwater Town 2–1 Street 140 Horwich R M I 2–0 Wigan Rovers 143 St Albans City 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 29 Cambridge City 3–0 St Neots Town 116 Scarborough 3–1 Bridlington Trinity 122 Southwick 5–3 Worthing 123 Nanpean Rovers 2–0 St Blazey
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Abergavenny Thursdays 2–2 Cheltenham Town 2 Aylesbury United 2–1 Maidenhead United 3 Bedworth Town 2–2 Heanor Town 4 Biggleswade & District 2–1 Cambridge City 5 Bilston 3–0 Lower Gornal Athletic 6 Bishop Auckland 2–1 Horden Colliery Welfare 7 Bishop's Stortford 9–0 Corinthian Casuals 8 Blyth Spartans 1–2 Billingham Synthonia 9 Bridport 1–4 Frome Town 10 Buxton 1–0 Ilkeston Town 11 Canterbury City 2–0 Sittingbourne 12 Cinderford Town 3–0 Llanelli 13 Clacton Town 2–3 Gorleston 14 Consett 4–3 Evenwood Town 15 Croydon Amateurs 0–2 Brentwood Town 16 Dagenham 1–2 Dartford 17 Dover 2–3 Ashford Town (Kent) 18 Eastbourne United 3–0 Haywards Heath 19 Falmouth Town 2–1 Bideford 20 Fleetwood 2–0 Clitheroe 21 Frickley Colliery 2–1 Gainsborough Trinity 22 Gresley Rovers 0–4 Atherstone Town 23 Hastings United 7–3 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 24 Hatfield Main 2–2 Retford Town 25 Hitchin Town 3–1 Woodford Town 26 Horwich R M I 1–5 Mossley 27 King's Lynn 3–1 Louth United 28 Lancaster City 2–4 Morecambe 29 Leyton 1–1 Edmonton 30 Murton Colliery Welfare 0–4 North Shields 31 Northwich Victoria 2–1 Lostock Gralam 32 Poole Town 4–0 Westbury United 33 Porthmadog 1–8 Bangor City 34 Redhill 1–0 Cray Wanderers 35 Salisbury 4–0 Thornycroft Athletic 36 Scarborough 0–2 Goole Town 37 Selby Town 2–1 Hull Brunswick 38 Sheppey United 0–6 Margate 39 Shildon 3–1 Durham City 40 Slough Town 2–1 Hendon 41 Soham Town Rangers 0–1 Kettering Town 42 South Liverpool 2–0 Marine 43 Southall 0–0 Kingstonian 44 Southwick 1–2 Eastbourne 45 St Albans City 3–2 Erith & Belvedere 46 St Helens Town 0–1 Skelmersdale United 47 Stafford Rangers 2–0 Darlaston 48 Stalybridge Celtic 2–2 Burscough 49 Stamford 1–0 Bedford Town 50 Stockton 2–1 West Auckland Town 51 Stourbridge 0–2 Wellington Town 52 Sudbury Town 1–1 Bury Town 53 Sutton Town 0–1 Matlock Town 54 Tilbury 0–3 Hillingdon Borough 55 Tooting & Mitcham United 0–1 Bexley United 56 Trowbridge Town 2–3 Bridgwater Town 57 Uxbridge 2–2 Metropolitan Police 58 Vauxhall Motors 1–0 Hoddesdon Town 59 Wadebridge Town 1–1 Nanpean Rovers 60 Walton & Hersham 4–1 Leatherhead 61 Ware 3–2 Hounslow 62 Waterlooville 3–0 Newport I O W 63 Wealdstone 3–1 Banbury United 64 Wellingborough Town 3–1 Ely City 65 Welton Rovers 1–2 Gloucester City 66 Windsor & Eton 2–2 Malden Town 67 Winsford United 2–4 Kirkby Town 68 Wisbech Town 3–1 Holbeach United 69 Witton Albion 4–3 Rossendale United 70 Woking 5–2 Addlestone 71 Wokingham Town 5–0 Chichester City 72 Worcester City 0–0 Alvechurch
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Abergavenny Thursdays 3 Heanor Town 1–0 Bedworth Town 24 Retford Town 1–0 Hatfield Main 29 Edmonton 2–1 Leyton 43 Kingstonian 3–1 Southall 48 Burscough 2–4 Stalybridge Celtic 52 Bury Town 3–2 Sudbury Town 57 Metropolitan Police 3–3 Uxbridge 59 Nanpean Rovers 0–7 Wadebridge Town 66 Malden Town 3–2 Windsor & Eton 72 Alvechurch 0–1 Worcester City
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 57 Metropolitan Police 3–1 Uxbridge
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–4 Canterbury City 2 Atherstone Town 3–2 Heanor Town 3 Bangor City 3–1 South Liverpool 4 Biggleswade & District 1–2 Stamford 5 Billingham Synthonia 0–2 Bishop Auckland 6 Bilston 3–2 Stafford Rangers 7 Brentwood Town 2–1 Metropolitan Police 8 Bridgwater Town 0–1 Frome Town 9 Bury Town 4–1 Gorleston 10 Buxton 0–3 Matlock Town 11 Cinderford Town 1–3 Cheltenham Town 12 Eastbourne United 2–3 Eastbourne 13 Edmonton 1–1 Kingstonian 14 Frickley Colliery 0–0 Retford Town 15 Goole Town 3–0 Selby Town 16 Hillingdon Borough 3–0 Bexley United 17 Hitchin Town 0–2 St Albans City 18 Kettering Town 4–1 Wellingborough Town 19 King's Lynn 5–3 Wisbech Town 20 Margate 4–0 Hastings United 21 Morecambe 1–0 Fleetwood 22 Mossley 2–0 Witton Albion 23 North Shields 2–1 Shildon 24 Northwich Victoria 4–2 Kirkby Town 25 Poole Town 1–1 Gloucester City 26 Redhill 2–4 Dartford 27 Skelmersdale United 3–1 Stalybridge Celtic 28 Slough Town 2–0 Bishop's Stortford 29 Stockton 0–3 Consett 30 Vauxhall Motors 3–3 Ware 31 Wadebridge Town 2–2 Falmouth Town 32 Walton & Hersham 4–0 Malden Town 33 Waterlooville 4–2 Salisbury 34 Wealdstone 2–1 Aylesbury United 35 Wellington Town 2–3 Worcester City 36 Woking 3–2 Wokingham Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 13 Kingstonian 2–0 Edmonton 14 Retford Town 0–0 Frickley Colliery 25 Gloucester City 1–2 Poole Town 30 Ware 2–1 Vauxhall Motors 31 Falmouth Town 3–1 Wadebridge Town
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 14 Retford Town 3–0 Frickley Colliery
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Enfield, Wimbledon, Yeovil Town, Hereford United, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Bath City, Weymouth, Romford, Wigan Athletic, Corby Town, Guildford City, Grantham, Altrincham, Kidderminster Harriers, Nuneaton Borough, Oxford City, Runcorn, Barnet, Macclesfield Town, Boston United, Walthamstow Avenue, Tow Law Town and Lowestoft Town.
Tie Home Team Score Away Team 1 Altrincham 2–0 Wigan Athletic 2 Barnet 4–2 Enfield 3 Bath City 0–2 Yeovil Town 4 Bilston 2–0 Matlock Town 5 Bishop Auckland 2–3 Goole Town 6 Boston United 2–2 Grantham 7 Corby Town 0–1 St Albans City 8 Eastbourne 2–2 Canterbury City 9 Falmouth Town 2–2 Waterlooville 10 Frome Town 1–2 Cheltenham Town 11 Guildford City 0–1 Dartford 12 Hereford United 4–1 Worcester City 13 Hillingdon Borough 0–0 Brentwood Town 14 Kettering Town 2–0 Atherstone Town 15 King's Lynn 3–0 Lowestoft Town 16 Kingstonian 3–3 Chelmsford City 17 Margate 1–0 Walton & Hersham 18 Mossley 1–2 Morecambe 19 North Shields 1–3 Tow Law Town 20 Northwich Victoria 1–3 Skelmersdale United 21 Nuneaton Borough 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers 22 Oxford City 7–1 Romford 23 Retford Town 0–2 Macclesfield Town 24 Runcorn 1–4 Bangor City 25 Slough Town 1–1 Wealdstone 26 South Shields 1–1 Consett 27 Stamford 0–2 Bury Town 28 Ware 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue 29 Weymouth 1–1 Poole Town 30 Wimbledon 0–2 Woking
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 6 Grantham 2–1 Boston United 8 Canterbury City 4–2 Eastbourne 9 Waterlooville 1–1 Falmouth Town 13 Brentwood Town 2–0 Hillingdon Borough 16 Chelmsford City 5–3 Kingstonian 21 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Nuneaton Borough 25 Wealdstone 2–0 Slough Town 26 Consett 0–6 South Shields 29 Poole Town 0–1 Weymouth
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home Team Score Away Team 9 Falmouth Town 0–2 Waterlooville
1968–69 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1968-69 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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