Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1972–73 is the 92nd 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 28 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.
Preliminary round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hertford Town 2–1 Bromley 2 Hitchin Town 3–0 Dunstable Town 3 Lewes 3–0 Eastbourne United 4 Moor Green 2–1 Darlaston 5 Newport I O W 2–0 Cowes 6 Norton Woodseats 0–0 Heanor Town 7 Nuneaton Borough 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers 8 Ormskirk 3–3 Chorley 9 Prestwich Heys 3–3 Horwich R M I 10 Rawmarsh Welfare 0–1 Glossop 11 Ringmer 0–1 Haywards Heath 12 Rushden Town 0–1 Long Eaton United 13 Sheppey United 2–2 Dover 14 Slough Town 1–0 Bedford Town 15 Soham Town Rangers 0–2 Histon 16 Southall 0–1 Dulwich Hamlet 17 Spalding United 0–2 Kettering Town 18 Stonehouse 4–0 Cinderford Town 19 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–0 Highgate United 20 Sutton United 3–1 Corinthian Casuals 21 Thetford Town 2–1 King's Lynn 22 Tilbury 2–1 Ilford 23 Ton Pentre 3–3 Merthyr Tydfil 24 Tonbridge 1–1 Maidstone United 25 Truro City 1–0 Falmouth Town 26 Walton & Hersham 1–1 Metropolitan Police 27 Welton Rovers 2–0 Melksham Town 28 Wembley 1–3 Hayes 29 Whitby Town 0–1 Goole Town 30 Winsford United 3–1 Northwich Victoria 31 Winterton Rangers 2–0 Frickley Colliery
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Heanor Town 2–1 Norton Woodseats 7 Kidderminster Harriers 0–1 Nuneaton Borough 8 Chorley 1–0 Ormskirk 9 Horwich R M I 4–1 Prestwich Heys 13 Dover 1–0 Sheppey United 19 Highgate United 2–0 Sutton Coldfield Town 23 Merthyr Tydfil 1–0 Ton Pentre 24 Maidstone United 1–2 Tonbridge 26 Metropolitan Police 1–6 Walton & Hersham
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Darwen 2 Addlestone 1–0 Croydon 3 Alton Town 2–0 Farnborough Town 4 Alvechurch 3–1 Oldbury United 5 Aylesbury United 1–1 Oxford City 6 Bacup Borough 1–0 Morecambe 7 Banbury United 4–1 Wokingham Town 8 Barking 1–0 Rainham Town 9 Barnstaple Town 3–1 Bodmin Town 10 Basingstoke Town 1–1 Winchester City 11 Bath City 0–0 Cheltenham Town 12 Bedworth United 0–3 Rugby Town 13 Belper Town 1–1 Alfreton Town 14 Bexley United 1–0 Bracknell Town 15 Bideford 3–2 Penzance 16 Billingham Synthonia 3–2 Stanley United 17 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Epping Town 18 Blaenau Ffestiniog 1–2 Oswestry Town 19 Bognor Regis Town 3–0 Dorking 20 Bridgwater Town 3–0 Ferndale Athletic 21 Bridlington Trinity 2–1 Ashby Institute 22 Brierley Hill Alliance 2–1 Tamworth 23 Brigg Town 1–3 Barton Town 24 Burgess Hill Town 1–3 Peacehaven & Telscombe 25 Burscough 2–0 Wigan Rovers 26 Burton Albion 1–0 Atherstone Town 27 Buxton 0–0 Altrincham 28 Carshalton Athletic 0–0 Molesey 29 Chatham Town 0–2 Ashford Town (Kent) 30 Chesham United 0–1 Witney Town 31 Cheshunt 0–4 Wimbledon 32 Chichester City 0–0 Pagham 33 Chippenham Town 0–4 Devizes Town 34 Chorley 2–1 Formby 35 Clacton Town 1–4 Bury Town 36 Clapton 1–2 Aveley 37 Consett 3–1 Ryhope Colliery Welfare 38 Corby Town 3–1 Boston 39 Cray Wanderers 2–1 Canterbury City 40 Crook Town 2–0 Ashington 41 Denaby United 1–1 Hatfield Main 42 Desborough Town 1–2 Enderby Town 43 Dorchester Town 1–1 Andover 44 Dover 2–1 Hastings United 45 Droylsden 1–2 Ashton United 46 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Hampton 47 Durham City 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic 48 Eastbourne Town 0–5 Arundel 49 Eastwood Hanley 2–1 Congleton Town 50 Eastwood Town 3–3 Arnold 51 Ellesmere Port Town 2–1 Leek Town 52 Emley 1–2 Macclesfield Town 53 Evenwood Town 2–0 Annfield Plain 54 Farsley Celtic 3–2 Bridlington Town 55 Faversham Town 0–2 Bexhill Town 56 Finchley 2–0 Leyton 57 Folkestone 4–1 Deal Town 58 Frome Town 4–2 Bridport 59 Gateshead 1–0 West Auckland Town 60 Glossop 3–2 Mexborough Town 61 Gloucester City 2–2 Trowbridge Town 62 Goole Town 0–0 Scarborough 63 Gorleston 0–2 Chatteris Town 64 Gosport Borough 2–0 Ryde Sports 65 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–1 St Albans City 66 Great Harwood 4–1 Clitheroe 67 Great Yarmouth Town 2–2 Ely City 68 Gresley Rovers 0–1 Warley 69 Halesowen Town 1–4 Bilston 70 Harlow Town 1–0 Uxbridge 71 Harrow Borough 0–0 Erith & Belvedere 72 Harwich & Parkeston 1–3 Cambridge City 73 Hatfield Town 1–4 Biggleswade & District 74 Hayes 4–1 Hoddesdon Town 75 Haywards Heath 2–2 Littlehampton Town 76 Heanor Town 0–0 Ilkeston Town 77 Hednesford Town 1–5 Bromsgrove Rovers 78 Hemel Hempstead 2–9 Dartford 79 Herne Bay 5–0 Tunbridge Wells 80 Hertford Town 2–0 Ford United 81 Highgate United 6–0 Gornal Athletic 82 Histon 1–3 Potton United 83 Hitchin Town 2–1 Fleet Town 84 Holbeach United 0–1 Bourne Town 85 Horden Colliery Welfare 0–2 North Shields 86 Hornchurch 0–8 Walthamstow Avenue 87 Horwich R M I 3–3 Hyde United 88 Irthlingborough Diamonds 1–1 Hinckley Athletic 89 Kettering Town 4–0 Louth United 90 Lancaster City 3–1 Fleetwood 91 Leatherhead 3–0 Worthing 92 Letchworth Town 1–2 Egham Town 93 Lewes 1–0 Horsham 94 Leytonstone 1–0 Hounslow 95 Llanelli 0–1 Barry Town 96 Long Eaton United 3–0 Loughborough United 97 Lye Town 1–0 Redditch United 98 Maidenhead United 0–1 Woking 99 March Town United 1–1 Wisbech Town 100 Matlock Town 1–1 Sutton Town 101 Merthyr Tydfil 1–0 Minehead 102 Moor Green 2–1 Dudley Town 103 Mossley 1–1 Stalybridge Celtic 104 Nantwich Town 3–2 Connah's Quay Nomads 105 Netherfield 3–0 Penrith 106 New Brighton 1–4 Marine 107 New Mills 1–3 Radcliffe Borough 108 Newport I O W 2–6 Fareham Town 109 Nuneaton Borough 4–1 Lockheed Leamington 110 Porthmadog 0–0 South Liverpool 111 Redhill 1–0 Southwick 112 Retford Town 1–2 Worksop Town 113 Rothwell Town 1–5 Wellingborough Town 114 Runcorn 8–0 Leyland Motors 115 Salisbury 9–1 Westbury United 116 Sandbach Ramblers 0–7 Witton Albion 117 Selby Town 0–2 Yorkshire Amateur 118 Shildon 3–4 Murton Colliery Welfare 119 Sittingbourne 2–0 Whitstable Town 120 Skegness Town 3–1 Stamford 121 Slough Town 0–0 Bletchley Town 122 Spennymoor United 5–1 Stockton 123 St Blazey 1–2 Wadebridge Town 124 St Neots Town 1–1 Sudbury Town 125 Stevenage Athletic 1–0 Ware 126 Stocksbridge Works 1–3 Bradford Park Avenue 127 Stonehouse 0–1 Glastonbury 128 Stourbridge 2–1 Worcester City 129 Sutton United 5–1 Marlow 130 Taunton Town 3–1 Weston Super Mare 131 Thetford Town 4–2 Lowestoft Town 132 Tilbury 0–0 Kingstonian 133 Tonbridge 1–1 Ramsgate Athletic 134 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–3 Wycombe Wanderers 135 Tow Law Town 1–1 Boldon Colliery Welfare 136 Truro City 2–1 Newquay 137 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Edmonton 138 Walton & Hersham 3–0 Staines Town 139 Wealdstone 0–0 Windsor & Eton 140 Welton Rovers 2–0 Poole Town 141 Whitley Bay 0–1 Bishop Auckland 142 Wingate (Durham) 1–4 Willington 143 Winsford United 1–0 Prescot Town 144 Winterton Rangers 1–3 Gainsborough Trinity
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Darwen 2–4 Accrington Stanley 5 Oxford City 3–0 Aylesbury United 10 Winchester City 1–1 Basingstoke Town 11 Cheltenham Town 3–2 Bath City 13 Alfreton Town 4–1 Belper Town 27 Altrincham 4–1 Buxton 28 Molesey 4–1 Carshalton Athletic 32 Pagham 1–2 Chichester City 41 Hatfield Main 0–0 Denaby United 43 Andover 2–1 Dorchester Town 50 Arnold 0–5 Eastwood Town 61 Trowbridge Town 2–0 Gloucester City 62 Scarborough 1–0 Goole Town 65 St Albans City 1–0 Gravesend & Northfleet 67 Ely City 3–1 Great Yarmouth Town 71 Erith & Belvedere 2–1 Harrow Borough 75 Littlehampton Town 1–2 Haywards Heath 76 Ilkeston Town 0–2 Heanor Town 87 Hyde United 1–0 Horwich R M I 88 Hinckley Athletic 1–2 Irthlingborough Diamonds 99 Wisbech Town 3–0 March Town United 100 Sutton Town 3–2 Matlock Town 103 Stalybridge Celtic 4–3 Mossley 110 South Liverpool 2–1 Porthmadog 121 Bletchley Town 0–3 Slough Town 124 Sudbury Town 6–1 St Neots Town 132 Kingstonian 1–2 Tilbury 133 Ramsgate Athletic 0–3 Tonbridge 135 Boldon Colliery Welfare 0–3 Tow Law Town 137 Edmonton 0–2 Vauxhall Motors 139 Windsor & Eton 0–3 Wealdstone
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Basingstoke Town 0–0 Winchester City 41 Denaby United 1–2 Hatfield Main
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Winchester City 0–3 Basingstoke Town
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 1–1 Runcorn 2 Addlestone 0–1 St Albans City 3 Alfreton Town 3–0 Sutton Town 4 Alton Town 8–1 Gosport Borough 5 Altrincham 3–2 Radcliffe Borough 6 Alvechurch 4–0 Lye Town 7 Andover 0–1 Salisbury 8 Arundel 1–2 Haywards Heath 9 Ashford Town (Kent) 6–0 Herne Bay 10 Ashton United 1–1 Hyde United 11 Aveley 1–2 Sutton United 12 Banbury United 2–1 Slough Town 13 Barking 1–0 Hertford Town 14 Barnstaple Town 3–0 Wadebridge Town 15 Barry Town 1–0 Merthyr Tydfil 16 Barton Town 2–2 Gainsborough Trinity 17 Basingstoke Town 3–1 Fareham Town 18 Bexhill Town 0–0 Sittingbourne 19 Bexley United 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue 20 Bideford 8–0 Truro City 21 Biggleswade & District 0–2 Woking 22 Bilston 3–2 Stourbridge 23 Bishop's Stortford 4–1 Hitchin Town 24 Bognor Regis Town 2–0 Leatherhead 25 Bourne Town 1–5 Kettering Town 26 Bradford Park Avenue 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 27 Bridgwater Town 0–4 Taunton Town 28 Bridlington Trinity 0–1 Worksop Town 29 Brierley Hill Alliance 5–2 Warley 30 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 Highgate United 31 Burscough 1–1 Chorley 32 Burton Albion 2–1 Moor Green 33 Bury Town 1–1 Sudbury Town 34 Cambridge City 3–1 Potton United 35 Chatteris Town 3–1 Wisbech Town 36 Cheltenham Town 4–0 Trowbridge Town 37 Chichester City 1–2 Redhill 38 Consett 1–2 Willington 39 Corby Town 0–2 Skegness Town 40 Cray Wanderers 0–2 Dover 41 Crook Town 4–2 Tow Law Town 42 Dartford 4–3 Tilbury 43 Devizes Town 7–2 Glastonbury 44 Eastwood Hanley 3–0 Witton Albion 45 Eastwood Town 2–0 Heanor Town 46 Egham Town 2–6 Wycombe Wanderers 47 Ellesmere Port Town 1–0 Winsford United 48 Ely City 2–0 Thetford Town 49 Enderby Town 2–1 Wellingborough Town 50 Erith & Belvedere 1–2 Hayes 51 Evenwood Town 0–0 Billingham Synthonia 52 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Scarborough 53 Ferryhill Athletic 3–2 Bishop Auckland 54 Finchley 0–2 Wealdstone 55 Folkestone 0–1 Tonbridge 56 Frome Town 1–1 Welton Rovers 57 Great Harwood 5–0 Netherfield 58 Hatfield Main 1–2 Yorkshire Amateur 59 Irthlingborough Diamonds 2–1 Long Eaton United 60 Lancaster City 2–1 Bacup Borough 61 Leytonstone 2–2 Walton & Hersham 62 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Glossop 63 Marine 3–1 Oswestry Town 64 Molesey 0–0 Hampton 65 Murton Colliery Welfare 2–4 Gateshead 66 Nantwich Town 1–1 South Liverpool 67 Oxford City 0–4 Witney Town 68 Peacehaven & Telscombe 0–1 Lewes 69 Rugby Town 0–1 Nuneaton Borough 70 Spennymoor United 1–1 North Shields 71 Vauxhall Motors 2–1 Harlow Town 72 Wimbledon 3–1 Stevenage Athletic
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Runcorn 2–1 Accrington Stanley 10 Hyde United 2–2 Ashton United 16 Gainsborough Trinity 3–1 Barton Town 18 Sittingbourne 1–0 Bexhill Town 31 Chorley 1–2 Burscough 33 Sudbury Town 1–3 Bury Town 51 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Evenwood Town 56 Welton Rovers 0–1 Frome Town 61 Walton & Hersham 3–0 Leytonstone 64 Hampton 1–0 Molesey 66 South Liverpool 1–0 Nantwich Town 70 North Shields 2–2 Spennymoor United
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 10 Ashton United 2–1 Hyde United 70 Spennymoor United 1–0 North Shields
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashton United 1–3 Altrincham 2 Banbury United 0–0 Witney Town 3 Barking 3–2 St Albans City 4 Barry Town 0–0 Taunton Town 5 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Alton Town 6 Bideford 1–2 Barnstaple Town 7 Bishop's Stortford 2–0 Vauxhall Motors 8 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–1 Bilston 9 Burscough 2–2 Runcorn 10 Burton Albion 0–1 Brierley Hill Alliance 11 Cambridge City 0–1 Bury Town 12 Crook Town 0–3 Billingham Synthonia 13 Dartford 3–2 Woking 14 Devizes Town 1–0 Cheltenham Town 15 Dover 1–2 Ashford Town (Kent) 16 Eastwood Town 0–4 Alfreton Town 17 Ellesmere Port Town 2–2 Eastwood Hanley 18 Ely City 3–3 Chatteris Town 19 Ferryhill Athletic 1–5 Willington 20 Frome Town 0–0 Salisbury 21 Gainsborough Trinity 1–0 Worksop Town 22 Gateshead 0–4 Spennymoor United 23 Hampton 0–0 Bexley United 24 Hayes 3–1 Wealdstone 25 Haywards Heath 1–2 Redhill 26 Irthlingborough Diamonds 0–4 Enderby Town 27 Kettering Town 7–0 Skegness Town 28 Lancaster City 1–0 Great Harwood 29 Lewes 1–1 Bognor Regis Town 30 Macclesfield Town 1–0 Bradford Park Avenue 31 Marine 0–2 South Liverpool 32 Nuneaton Borough 2–0 Alvechurch 33 Scarborough 2–2 Yorkshire Amateur 34 Sutton United 3–1 Wimbledon 35 Tonbridge 4–1 Sittingbourne 36 Walton & Hersham 1–0 Wycombe Wanderers
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Witney Town 1–2 Banbury United 4 Taunton Town 2–0 Barry Town 8 Bilston 1–0 Bromsgrove Rovers 9 Runcorn 2–3 Burscough 17 Ellesmere Port Town 2–0 Eastwood Hanley 18 Chatteris Town 2–4 Ely City 20 Salisbury 0–1 Frome Town 23 Bexley United 4–1 Hampton 29 Bognor Regis Town 3–1 Lewes 33 Yorkshire Amateur 0–2 Scarborough
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Telford United, Hillingdon Borough, Skelmersdale United, Dagenham, Barrow, Yeovil Town, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Weymouth, Grantham, Margate, Bangor City, Wigan Athletic, Boston United, Rhyl, Romford, Guildford City, Blyth Spartans, Rossendale United and Crawley Town.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 0–2 Nuneaton Borough 2 Alton Town 2–0 Devizes Town 3 Altrincham 1–1 Ellesmere Port Town 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–4 Guildford City 5 Barking 1–2 Hayes 6 Barnstaple Town 1–0 Weymouth 7 Billingham Synthonia 1–1 South Shields 8 Bilston 3–0 Brierley Hill Alliance 9 Bishop's Stortford 1–1 Dagenham 10 Bognor Regis Town 1–0 Bexley United 11 Burscough 1–3 Wigan Athletic 12 Bury Town 1–3 Boston United 13 Crawley Town 0–2 Chelmsford City 14 Ely City 1–2 Kettering Town 15 Enderby Town 0–2 Telford United 16 Frome Town 1–1 Banbury United 17 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Grantham 18 Hillingdon Borough 0–0 Redhill 19 Lancaster City 3–1 Barrow 20 Macclesfield Town 0–1 South Liverpool 21 Margate 2–0 Sutton United 22 Rossendale United 1–2 Bangor City 23 Scarborough 2–1 Blyth Spartans 24 Skelmersdale United 0–4 Rhyl 25 Tonbridge 0–0 Romford 26 Walton & Hersham 2–2 Dartford 27 Willington 0–2 Spennymoor United 28 Yeovil Town 4–1 Taunton Town
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Ellesmere Port Town 1–2 Altrincham 7 South Shields 2–1 Billingham Synthonia 9 Dagenham 0–4 Bishop's Stortford 16 Banbury United 3–0 Frome Town 18 Redhill 0–1 Hillingdon Borough 25 Romford 1–2 Tonbridge 26 Dartford 0–1 Walton & Hersham
1972–73 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1972-73 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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