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1900–01 FA Cup qualifying rounds

Association football competition


Association football competition

The qualifying rounds for the 1900–01 Football Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup for short), the 30th edition of the world's oldest association football competition, consisting of six rounds of matches played between September and December 1900. A total of 220 teams entered the tournament, 178 of which played in at least one qualifying stage. The 1900–01 FA Cup began on 22 September 1900 when 40 teams competed in the preliminary round and ended on 20 April 1901, when Southern League side Tottenham Hotspur became the only ever non-League club to win the competition.

Tournament calendar

RoundDateTiesByesNumber of clubs
Preliminary roundSaturday 22 September 1900200220→200
First qualifying roundSaturday 6 October 1900550200→145
Second qualifying roundSaturday 20 October 1900353145→110
Third qualifying roundSaturday 3 November 1900382110→72
Fourth qualifying roundSaturday 17 November 190020072→52
Fifth qualifying roundSaturday 8 December 190010052→42
Intermediate roundSaturday 5 January 190110042→32
First round properSaturday 9 February 190116032→16
Second round properSaturday 23 February 19018016→8
Third round properSaturday 23 March 1901408→4
Semi-finalSaturday 6 April 1901204→2
FinalSaturday 20 April 1901102→1

Preliminary round

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
**Eastbourne**6–0Worthing
**Darlington**3–0Tow Law
Sheffield1–3**Attercliffe**
Leyton1–1West Ham Garfield
**West Ham Garfield**4–1Leyton
Turton0–2**Heywood**
**Olympic**5–0Upton Park
Stockton0–2**South Bank**
**Doncaster Rovers**6–1Rotherham Town
Norwich CEYMS1–2**Lowestoft Town**
10**Bishop Auckland**5–2Stanley United
11**Leadgate Park**3–0Crook Town
12**Worksop Town**3–2Denaby United
13Howden-le-Wear0–2**Darlington St Augustine's**
14Hampstead0–4**West Hampstead**
15Altofts2–3**Wath Athletic**
16**Colchester Town**7–0Bury St Edmunds
17Woodford1–1Leytonstone
17rLeytonstone1–10**Woodford**
18Great Yarmouth Town1–1Harwich & Parkeston
18r**Harwich & Parkeston**W–WGreat Yarmouth Town
19**King's Lynn**2–0Kirkley
20Willesden Town1–3**Civil Service**

First qualifying round

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
South Bank0–3**Thornaby Utopians**
Shankhouse0–1**Gateshead NER**
**Sheppey United**1–0Gravesend United
Folkestone3–3Sittingbourne
**Sittingbourne**W–WFolkestone
**Maidenhead**W–WMaidenhead Norfolkians
**Civil Service**4–1West Hampstead
Druids1–2**Chirk**
**Blackburn Park Road**5–1Trawden Forest
**Newark**6–1Boston Town
10**Oswaldtwistle Rovers**4–0Great Harwood
11Burton Wanderers2–2Gresley Rovers
11rGresley Rovers1–1Burton Wanderers
11r2Burton Wanderers2–4**Gresley Rovers**
12Attercliffe0–2**Doncaster Rovers**
13**Belper Town**2–0Heanor Town
14**Workington**4–3Moss Bay Exchange
15Darlington St Augustine's1–1Darlington
16**Darlington**4–1Darlington St Augustine's
17**Stourbridge**5–2Kidderminster Harriers
18Tranmere Rovers0–1**White Star Wanderers**
19Leadgate Park2–2Bishop Auckland
19r**Bishop Auckland**3–1Leadgate Park
20Mickley1–2**St Peter's Albion**
21Chesham Generals0–0Chesham Town
21rChesham Town0–3**Chesham Generals**
22**Rushden**4–1Desborough Town
23**Worksop Town**7–2Montrose Works
24**Ilkeston Town**2–0Stapleford Town
25**Coalville Town**3–1Swadlincote
26**Newstead Byron**W–WHucknall Portland
27Swanscombe0–3**Grays United**
28**Hinckley Town**W–WNuneaton Town
29Middlewich Rangers0–3**Nantwich**
30Wallsend Park Villa1–1Prudhoe
30rPrudhoe2–3**Wallsend Park Villa**
31**Crouch End Vampires**3–0London Welsh
32Eastbourne Swifts1–2**Brighton Athletic**
33Rothwell Town Swifts1–3**Finedon Revellers**
34**Rochdale**1–0Rossendale United
35Halesowen1–2**Brierley Hill Alliance**
36**West Croydon**5–0West Norwood
37**Rhyl United**3–0Llandudno Swifts
38**Maidstone United**4–0Ashford United
39**Richmond Association**3–2Shepherd's Bush
40**Freetown**3–1Heywood
41South Shields1–2**Morpeth Harriers**
42**Birkenhead**3–0Buckley Victoria
43West Ham Garfield0–3**Olympic**
44Colchester Town2–5**Lowestoft Town**
45Stockton St John's0–2**Thornaby**
46**Wath Athletic**3–0Wombwell Town
47Woodford2–3**Ilford**
48**Grantham Avenue**3–1Grimsby All Saints
49Royston United1–2**Hunslet**
50**Brighton & Hove Rangers**3–0Eastbourne
51**Godalming**4–3Redhill
52**Mansfield Foresters**2–1Bulwell United
53**King's Lynn**2–1Harwich & Parkeston
54**Keswick**3–2Frizington White Star
55**Earlestown**3–0Haydock

Second qualifying round

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
Olympic1–1Ilford
Ilford0–2**Olympic**
**Blackburn Park Road**3–0Oswaldtwistle Rovers
Morpeth Harriers0–1**Gateshead NER**
**Nantwich**5–2Winsford United
**Bishop Auckland**3–0Darlington
**Buxton**Bye
Stourbridge2–2Brierley Hill Alliance
Brierley Hill Alliance1–3**Stourbridge**
Finedon Revellers2–2Rushden
Rushden0–1**Finedon Revellers**
**Chesham Generals**1–0Aylesbury United
10Worksop Town0–0Doncaster Rovers
10r**Doncaster Rovers**2–1Worksop Town
11**Ilkeston Town**6–1Belper Town
12Slough2–2Maidenhead
12r**Maidenhead**3–0Slough
13**Gresley Rovers**2–0Coalville Town
14**Oxford City**Bye
15**Hinckley Town**W–WLoughborough
16**Hunslet**4–1Wath Athletic
17St Peter's Albion1–5**Wallsend Park Villa**
18Crouch End Vampires0–1**Civil Service**
19**Grays United**1–0Sheppey United
20**Oswestry United**W–WIronbridge
21Rhyl United0–0Chirk
21r**Chirk**W–WRhyl United
22Maidstone United2–2Sittingbourne
22rSittingbourne0–0Maidstone United
22r2**Maidstone United**2–0Sittingbourne
23**Richmond Association**W–W[1st Coldstream Guards](1st-coldstream-guards-f-c)
24Freetown0–3**Rochdale**
25**Welshpool**W–WAberystwyth
26**Thornaby Utopians**2–1Thornaby
27Birkenhead0–1**White Star Wanderers**
28Brighton Athletic0–4**Brighton & Hove Rangers**
29**Yeovil Casuals**6–1Street
30**Bristol East**Bye
31Grantham Avenue0–0Newark
31r**Newark**4–2Grantham Avenue
32Hudsons1–2**Southport Central**
33**Godalming**4–0West Croydon
34Mansfield Foresters1–2**Newstead Byron**
35**King's Lynn**3–0Lowestoft Town
36Keswick1–2**Workington**
37**Leighton Cee Springs**W–WHitchin
38**Earlestown**5–0Swinton Town

Third qualifying round

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
**Chesterfield**8–3Hunslet
**Clapton**8–1Maidstone United
**Darwen**3–1Nelson
**Kettering**7–0Finedon Revellers
**Watford**10–0Leighton Cee Springs
**Weymouth**4–3Yeovil Casuals
Marlow3–5**Chesham Generals**
Blackburn Park Road0–1**Blackpool**
**Southport Central**3–1Chorley
10**Crewe Alexandra**3–0Stalybridge Rovers
11Middlesbrough3–3Willington Athletic
11rWillington Athletic0–0Middlesbrough
11r2**Middlesbrough**8–0Willington Athletic
12Lincoln City0–0Gainsborough Trinity
12rGainsborough Trinity1–1Lincoln City
12r2**Lincoln City**3–1Gainsborough Trinity
13**Chirk**8–1Welshpool
14Burton Swifts2–2Newstead Byron
14rNewstead Byron0–4**Burton Swifts**
15Swindon Town1–1Bristol East
15r**Swindon Town**5–0Bristol East
16Shrewsbury Town1–1Walsall
16r**Walsall**1–0Shrewsbury Town
17**Workington**W–WRochdale
18**Nantwich**2–1Buxton
19Gateshead NER0–1**Jarrow**
20**Stockport County**6–2Wrexham
21**Newark**2–1Ilkeston Town
22**Wellington Town**W–WStourbridge
23**Gresley Rovers**2–0Wellingborough Town
24Oxford City0–4**Reading**
25**Hinckley Town**2–0Northampton Town
26**Queens Park Rangers**7–0Fulham
27**Staple Hill**Bye
28**Wallsend Park Villa**3–0Hebburn Argyle
29Grays United0–2**New Brompton**
30**Barnsley**2–1Doncaster Rovers
31**Brentford**3–1Maidenhead
32**Oswestry United**W–WCoventry City
33**Bristol Rovers**Bye
34**Richmond Association**W–WWycombe Wanderers
35Thornaby Utopians1–5**Bishop Auckland**
36Brighton & Hove Rangers1–5**Chatham**
37Godalming1–2**Civil Service**
38King's Lynn1–4**Luton Town**
39**West Ham United**1–0Olympic
40**Earlestown**2–1White Star Wanderers

Fourth qualifying round

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
**Darwen**2–1Blackpool
Watford1–1Queens Park Rangers
**Queens Park Rangers**4–1Watford
**Reading**11–0Chesham Generals
Chatham2–2Clapton
**Clapton**5–1Chatham
**Southport Central**2–0Workington
**Middlesbrough**3–0Jarrow
Newark0–5**Chesterfield**
Chirk0–1**Walsall**
**Burton Swifts**4–1Hinckley Town
10**Luton Town**9–1Civil Service
11Swindon Town2–2Staple Hill
11r**Swindon Town**6–0Staple Hill
12**Bishop Auckland**5–0Wallsend Park Villa
13Stockport County1–3**Crewe Alexandra**
14New Brompton1–1West Ham United
14r**West Ham United**4–1New Brompton
15**Wellington Town**4–0Oswestry United
16Gresley Rovers1–3**Kettering**
17**Barnsley**1–0Lincoln City
18Brentford0–1**Richmond Association**
19**Bristol Rovers**15–1Weymouth
20Earlestown2–3**Nantwich**

Fifth qualifying round

Home teamScoreAway teamDate
**Reading**2–0Richmond Association
**Walsall**6–0Wellington Town
Southport Central1–1Darwen
**Darwen**2–0Southport Central
**Crewe Alexandra**5–1Nantwich
**Middlesbrough**4–0Bishop Auckland
Burton Swifts1–2**Kettering**
**Luton Town**3–0Queens Park Rangers
Barnsley1–5**Chesterfield**
**Bristol Rovers**5–1Swindon Town
10West Ham United1–1Clapton
10rClapton2–3**West Ham United**

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