Football tournament season
1953–54 FA Cup qualifying rounds Country England Wales
The FA Cup 1953–54 is the 73rd 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.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abingdon Town 0–5 Oxford City 2 Ashton United 5–1 Leyland Motors 3 Banbury Spencer 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers 4 Barnet 1–2 Wealdstone 5 Berkhamsted Town 3–3 Hemel Hempstead 6 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 3–2 Walton & Hersham 7 Bexleyheath & Welling 1–3 Dulwich Hamlet 8 Bicester Town 0–5 Maidenhead United 9 Bootle Athletic 0–2 Pwllheli & District 10 Briggs Sports 4–3 Clacton Town 11 Bristol St George 4–3 Radstock Town 12 Bromley 1–2 Wimbledon 13 Calne & Harris United 0–2 Chippenham Town 14 Canterbury City 0–2 Tunbridge Wells United 15 Chatham Town 1–3 Tooting & Mitcham United 16 Chesham United 3–1 Huntley & Palmers 17 Clandown 1–0 Wells City 18 Clevedon 0–1 Glastonbury 19 Cradley Heath 0–6 Brierley Hill Alliance 20 Dagenham 4–0 Brentwood & Warley 21 Dartmouth United 2–1 St Austell 22 Darwen 2–0 Rossendale United 23 Devizes Town 2–11 Trowbridge Town 24 Dover 1–2 Hounslow Town 25 Dudley Town 1–2 Bilston 26 East Grinstead 4–2 Southwick 27 Edgware Town 0–1 Southall 28 Epsom 1–1 Dorking 29 Halesowen Town 1–2 Stafford Rangers 30 Hanham Athletic 4–1 Paulton Rovers 31 Harrow Town 2–3 Hendon 32 Haywards Heath 3–0 Bexhill Town 33 Holbeach United 0–1 Histon 34 Horsham 3–1 Littlehampton Town 35 Kingstonian 3–1 Woking 36 Lancing Athletic 2–1 Newhaven 37 Leyton 2–1 Tilbury 38 Lockheed Leamington 7–0 Boldmere St Michaels 39 Lovells Athletic 1–3 Cinderford Town 40 Lye Town 3–5 Worcester City 41 Margate 5–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 42 Melksham Town 1–5 Andover 43 Newquay 2–1 Minehead 44 Newton Abbot 1–3 Wadebridge Town 45 Ramsgate Athletic w/o-scr Bowater Lloyds 46 Redhill 2–0 Bognor Regis Town 47 Rugby Town 5–1 Moor Green 48 Runcorn 3–1 New Brighton 49 Sheppey United 2–2 Maidstone United 50 Shoreham 0–3 Hastings United 51 Sittingbourne 2–1 Carshalton Athletic 52 Slough Centre 4–1 Slough Town 53 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 1–3 Guildford City 54 Spencer Moulton 6–2 Westbury United 55 St Helens Town 2–2 Bangor City 56 St Neots & District 4–1 Huntingdon United 57 Stourbridge 2–0 Oswestry Town 58 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 3–2 Bourneville Athletic 59 Sutton United 3–5 Deal Town 60 Taunton 0–2 St Blazey 61 Tavistock 1–3 Barnstaple Town 62 Tiverton Town 2–3 Ilfracombe Town 63 Uxbridge 2–2 Hayes 64 Windsor & Eton 3–3 Yiewsley 65 Woodford Town 0–3 Chelmsford City 66 Worthing 2–4 Eastbourne
Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Hemel Hempstead 4–2 Berkhamsted Town 28 Dorking 0–1 Epsom 49 Maidstone United 3–1 Sheppey United 55 Bangor City 5–1 St Helens Town 63 Hayes 2–3 Uxbridge 64 Yiewsley 2–1 Windsor & Eton
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alnwick Town 9–0 Shankhouse 2 Alton Town 3–2 Gosport Borough Athletic 3 Amble 3–3 Newburn 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 4–0 East Grinstead 5 Ashington 1–2 West Sleekburn Welfare 6 Aylesbury United 1–2 Headington United 7 Banbury Spencer 2–0 Oxford City 8 Bangor City 1–2 Prescot Cables 9 Barking 1–2 Erith & Belvedere 10 Basford United 0–0 Newhall United 11 Basingstoke Town 0–5 Newport I O W 12 Beccles 7–1 Sheringham 13 Beighton Miners Welfare 5–2 Langold W M C 14 Bestwood Colliery 3–1 Cinderhill Colliery 15 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 16 Billingham Synthonia 2–1 Whitby Town 17 Bilston 0–2 Kidderminster Harriers 18 Boldon Colliery Welfare 2–1 Heaton Stannington 19 Bourne Town 1–4 Boston United 20 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 8–0 Bridport 21 Bridlington Central United 4–0 South Bank 22 Brigg Town 4–1 Skegness Town 23 Brodsworth Main Colliery 1–4 Worksop Town 24 Brunswick Institute 0–4 Bentley Colliery 25 Brush Sports 2–0 Coalville Town 26 Bungay Town 3–3 Wymondham Town 27 Burscough 4–1 Bacup Borough 28 Burton Albion 2–1 Bedworth Town 29 Chelmsford City 3–2 Romford 30 Chesham United 2–0 Marlow 31 Chippenham United 3–1 Bridgwater Town 32 Clandown 2–4 Glastonbury 33 Congleton Town 5–5 Hyde United 34 Consett 2–2 Easington Colliery Welfare 35 Corby Town 6–2 Spalding United 36 Creswell Colliery 1–0 Ransome & Marles 37 Crook Town 0–1 Stanley United 38 Dagenham 1–3 Briggs Sports 39 Darlaston 0–0 Worcester City 40 Dartmouth United 2–3 Wadebridge Town 41 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 1–4 Annfield Plain 42 Deal Town 0–0 Ramsgate Athletic 43 Denaby United 1–2 Frickley Colliery 44 Dorchester Town 9–0 Lymington 45 Droylsden 2–4 Lytham 46 Earlestown 1–4 Runcorn 47 Eton Manor 4–3 Clapton 48 Ferryhill Athletic 18–0 Skinnigrove Works 49 Fleetwood 3–1 Netherfield 50 Flint Town United 3–2 Ellesmere Port Town 51 Frome Town 2–6 Chippenham Town 52 Gloucester City 6–1 Cinderford Town 53 Goole Town 4–2 Ossett Town 54 Gosforth & Coxlodge 0–5 South Shields 55 Gothic 1–10 Gorleston 56 Grantham 2–2 Ashby Institute 57 Great Harwood 1–4 Lancaster City 58 Gresley Rovers 2–1 Ilkeston Town 59 Guildford City 2–0 Sittingbourne 60 Hanham Athletic 0–2 Bristol St George 61 Hastings United 4–1 Horsham 62 Haywards Heath 1–3 Lancing Athletic 63 Hendon 2–1 Hemel Hempstead 64 Hexham Hearts 3–3 Cramlington Welfare 65 Hinckley Athletic 5–0 Players Athletic 66 Histon 2–5 Cambridge City 67 Hitchin Town 3–3 Lowestoft Town 68 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–0 Silksworth Colliery Welfare 69 Horwich R M I 1–1 Darwen 70 Hounslow Town 0–0 Dartford 71 Ilfracombe Town 0–4 Bideford 72 Ilminster Town 3–2 Poole Town 73 Leyton 0–2 Ilford 74 Lowestoft Town 2–1 Bury Town 75 Luton Amateur 1–3 Dunstable Town 76 Lysaghts Sports 2–2 Barton Town 77 Maidstone United 1–3 Margate 78 March Town United 3–1 King's Lynn 79 Marine 1–1 Pwllheli & District 80 Matlock Town 5–0 Boots Athletic 81 Merthyr Tydfil 3–2 Cheltenham Town 82 Metropolitan Police 1–2 Epsom 83 Mossley 3–2 Ashton United 84 Murton Colliery Welfare 2–1 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 85 Northwich Victoria 0–0 Winsford United 86 Nuneaton Borough 1–0 Lockheed Leamington 87 Peasedown Miners Welfare 1–4 Street 88 Penrith 1–6 Morecambe 89 Penzance 0–6 Barnstaple Town 90 Portland United 11–1 Shaftesbury 91 Potton United 1–5 Bedford Town 92 Rawmarsh Welfare 1–1 Norton Woodseats 93 Redhill 0–1 Eastbourne 94 Retford Town 3–4 Upton Colliery 95 Rushden Town 1–1 Kettering Town 96 Salisbury 2–1 Andover 97 Seaham Colliery Welfare 2–2 Chilton Athletic 98 Sheffield 2–2 Stocksbridge Works 99 Shildon 4–0 Tow Law Town 100 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 5–1 Parliament Street Methodists 101 Skelmersdale United 1–1 Chorley 102 Slough Centre 0–1 St Albans City 103 South Kirkby Colliery 1–2 Hallam 104 South Normanton Miners Welfare 1–0 Gedling Colliery 105 Spencer Moulton 3–5 Welton Rovers 106 Spennymoor United 6–0 West Auckland Town 107 St Blazey 4–2 Newquay 108 St Neots & District 0–3 Cambridge United 109 Stafford Rangers 2–3 Bromsgrove Rovers 110 Stalybridge Celtic 1–0 Macclesfield 111 Stamford 5–0 Wellingborough Town 112 Stevenage Town 6–1 Cheshunt 113 Stonehouse 0–6 Barry Town 114 Stourbridge 0–5 Brierley Hill Alliance 115 Stowmarket 2–0 Leiston 116 Sudbury Town 2–1 Diss Town 117 Sutton Town 3–2 Linby Colliery 118 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 1–1 Rugby Town 119 Symingtons Recreation 0–3 Desborough Town 120 Tamworth 0–1 Atherstone Town 121 Troedyrhiw 2–3 Ebbw Vale 122 Tufnell Park Edmonton 2–0 Enfield 123 Tunbridge Wells United 3–1 Dulwich Hamlet 124 Uxbridge 0–1 Yiewsley 125 Vauxhall Motors 6–2 Eynesbury Rovers 126 Warminster Town 2–2 Trowbridge Town 127 Wealdstone 2–1 Southall 128 Willington 2–0 Evenwood Town 129 Wimbledon 1–1 Kingstonian 130 Wisbech Town 6–0 Chatteris Town 131 Witney Town 0–1 Maidenhead United 132 Wolverton Town & B R 0–2 Biggleswade & District
Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Newburn w/o-scr Amble 10 Newhall United 2–3 Basford United 26 Bungay Town 4–1 Wymondham Town 33 Hyde United 0–1 Congleton Town 34 Easington Colliery Welfare 1–3 Consett 39 Worcester City 3–1 Darlaston 42 Ramsgate Athletic 1–0 Deal Town 56 Ashby Institute 2–1 Grantham 64 Cramlington Welfare 2–5 Hexham Hearts 67 Letchworth Town 0–1 Hitchin Town 69 Darwen 3–2 Horwich R M I 70 Dartford 0–3 Hounslow Town 76 Barton Town 1–2 Lysaghts Sports 79 Pwllheli & District 4–0 Marine 85 Winsford United 1–1 Northwich Victoria 92 Norton Woodseats 6–0 Rawmarsh Welfare 95 Kettering Town 3–1 Rushden Town 97 Chilton Athletic 0–2 Seaham Colliery Welfare 98 Stocksbridge Works 0–0 Sheffield 101 Chorley 0–2 Skelmersdale United 118 Rugby Town 4–1 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 126 Trowbridge Town 8–2 Warminster Town 129 Kingstonian 4–2 Wimbledon
Tie Home team Score Away team 85 Winsford United 2–0 Northwich Victoria 98 Sheffield 1–1 Stocksbridge Works
Tie Home team Score Away team 98 Sheffield 3–1 Stocksbridge Works
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 2 Ashby Institute 4–3 Brigg Town 3 Barnstaple Town 2–2 Wadebridge Town 4 Barry Town 2–1 Gloucester City 5 Basford United 0–5 South Normanton Miners Welfare 6 Beccles 1–5 Gorleston 7 Beighton Miners Welfare 2–1 Norton Woodseats 8 Bentley Colliery 1–2 Worksop Town 9 Bestwood Colliery 0–7 Creswell Colliery 10 Betteshanger Colliery Welfare 1–2 Tunbridge Wells United 11 Bideford 1–3 St Blazey 12 Biggleswade & District 0–0 Bedford Town 13 Billingham Synthonia 4–1 Bridlington Central United 14 Boldon Colliery Welfare 3–3 South Shields 15 Brierley Hill Alliance 2–0 Worcester City 16 Burscough 2–1 Lancaster City 17 Burton Albion 3–0 Atherstone Town 18 Cambridge City 1–3 Cambridge United 19 Chelmsford City 2–1 Erith & Belvedere 20 Chesham United 1–0 Banbury Spencer 21 Chippenham Town 4–2 Salisbury 22 Chippenham United 4–1 Bristol St George 23 Consett 2–3 Annfield Plain 24 Cowes 5–0 Alton Town 25 Cromer 2–0 Bungay Town 26 Desborough Town 0–4 Kettering Town 27 Dorchester Town 1–3 Portland United 28 Dunstable Town 3–2 Vauxhall Motors 29 Eastbourne 2–7 Hastings United 30 Eton Manor 1–1 Hitchin Town 31 Farsley Celtic 0–1 Goole Town 32 Ferryhill Athletic 7–1 Head Wrightsons 33 Fleetwood 1–2 Morecambe 34 Flint Town United 1–3 Runcorn 35 Frickley Colliery 2–1 Sheffield 36 Gresley Rovers 2–0 Matlock Town 37 Hallam 0–5 Upton Colliery 38 Headington United 4–0 Maidenhead United 39 Hendon 2–2 Yiewsley 40 Hexham Hearts 3–2 Alnwick Town 41 Hounslow Town 4–1 Epsom 42 Ilford 1–1 Briggs Sports 43 Ilminster Town 0–4 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 44 Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 45 Kingstonian 2–1 Margate 46 Lancing Athletic 1–3 Ashford Town (Kent) 47 Lowestoft Town 3–0 Sudbury Town 48 Lysaghts Sports 0–4 Boston United 49 Lytham 1–2 Skelmersdale United 50 Merthyr Tydfil 3–0 Ebbw Vale 51 Mossley 2–0 Darwen 52 Murton Colliery Welfare 1–1 Ushaw Moor 53 Newport I O W 7–0 Winchester City 54 Prescot Cables 0–1 Pwllheli & District 55 Raleigh Athletic 0–3 Hinckley Athletic 56 Ramsgate Athletic 2–4 Guildford City 57 Rugby Town 1–2 Nuneaton Borough 58 Seaham Colliery Welfare 0–2 Horden Colliery Welfare 59 Spennymoor United 2–1 Stanley United 60 Stamford 3–2 Corby Town 61 Stowmarket 4–1 Whitton United 62 Street 2–1 Glastonbury 63 Sutton Town 1–1 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 64 Tufnell Park Edmonton 2–1 Stevenage Town 65 Wealdstone 2–0 St Albans City 66 Welton Rovers 0–3 Trowbridge Town 67 West Sleekburn Welfare 0–1 Newburn 68 Whitwick Colliery 3–5 Brush Sports 69 Willington 3–0 Shildon 70 Winsford United 1–0 Congleton Town 71 Wisbech Town 4–1 March Town United 72 Yorkshire Amateur 3–3 Selby Town
Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Wadebridge Town 3–4 Barnstaple Town 12 Bedford Town 5–0 Biggleswade & District 14 South Shields 9–2 Boldon Colliery Welfare 30 Hitchin Town 7–1 Eton Manor 39 Yiewsley 2–0 Hendon 42 Briggs Sports 5–0 Ilford 52 Ushaw Moor 4–1 Murton Colliery Welfare 63 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 4–3 Sutton Town 72 Selby Town 4–1 Yorkshire Amateur
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Annfield Plain 0–1 South Shields 2 Ashby Institute 2–3 Boston United 3 Billingham Synthonia 1–2 Ferryhill Athletic 4 Brush Sports 2–1 Hinckley Athletic 5 Burton Albion 1–1 Nuneaton Borough 6 Cambridge United 1–0 Wisbech Town 7 Chelmsford City 1–0 Briggs Sports 8 Chippenham Town 3–2 Trowbridge Town 9 Chippenham United 4–1 Street 10 Creswell Colliery 3–4 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 11 Cromer 2–6 Gorleston 12 Dunstable Town 2–4 Bedford Town 13 Goole Town 1–3 Selby Town 14 Gresley Rovers 5–1 South Normanton Miners Welfare 15 Hastings United 2–1 Ashford Town (Kent) 16 Headington United 2–0 Chesham United 17 Hexham Hearts 5–4 Newburn 18 Hitchin Town 5–1 Tufnell Park Edmonton 19 Horden Colliery Welfare 4–2 Ushaw Moor 20 Hounslow Town 6–1 Kingstonian 21 Kidderminster Harriers 2–0 Brierley Hill Alliance 22 Merthyr Tydfil 3–3 Barry Town 23 Morecambe 0–1 Burscough 24 Newport I O W 4–2 Cowes 25 Portland United 4–1 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic 26 Pwllheli & District 2–2 Runcorn 27 Skelmersdale United 1–3 Mossley 28 Spennymoor United 2–1 Willington 29 St Blazey 3–5 Barnstaple Town 30 Stamford 3–3 Kettering Town 31 Stowmarket 4–2 Lowestoft Town 32 Tunbridge Wells United 0–2 Guildford City 33 Upton Colliery 2–3 Frickley Colliery 34 Winsford United 3–1 Altrincham 35 Worksop Town 3–2 Beighton Miners Welfare 36 Yiewsley 0–3 Wealdstone
Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Nuneaton Borough 3–1 Burton Albion 22 Barry Town 2–3 Merthyr Tydfil 26 Runcorn 3–0 Pwllheli & District 30 Kettering Town 12–0 Stamford
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Bishop Auckland, Yeovil Town, Leytonstone, Gainsborough Trinity, Stockton, Witton Albion, Weymouth, North Shields, Rhyl, Hereford United, Scarborough, Wigan Athletic, Nelson, Tonbridge, Blyth Spartans, Wellington Town, Buxton, Folkestone, Bath City, Llanelli, Peterborough United, Finchley, Great Yarmouth Town and Grays Athletic.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bath City 2–1 Barnstaple Town 2 Blyth Spartans 4–2 North Shields 3 Brush Sports 2–2 Hereford United 4 Buxton 0–3 Kettering Town 5 Chelmsford City 0–0 Great Yarmouth Town 6 Chippenham Town 2–4 Weymouth 7 Ferryhill Athletic 2–0 South Shields 8 Folkestone 0–1 Finchley 9 Gorleston 0–2 Bedford Town 10 Guildford City 4–0 Tonbridge 11 Hexham Hearts 2–2 Horden Colliery Welfare 12 Hounslow Town 1–2 Hastings United 13 Kidderminster Harriers 1–2 Wellington Town 14 Leytonstone 0–1 Hitchin Town 15 Llanelli 6–5 Portland United 16 Mossley 1–1 Rhyl 17 Nelson 1–0 Winsford United 18 Newport I O W 3–1 Chippenham United 19 Nuneaton Borough 4–1 Gresley Rovers 20 Peterborough United 4–1 Grays Athletic 21 Scarborough 6–1 Stockton 22 Selby Town 2–0 Frickley Colliery 23 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 2–5 Boston United 24 Spennymoor United 3–1 Bishop Auckland 25 Stowmarket 0–5 Cambridge United 26 Wealdstone 0–3 Headington United 27 Wigan Athletic 2–1 Burscough 28 Witton Albion 2–0 Runcorn 29 Worksop Town 2–2 Gainsborough Trinity 30 Yeovil Town 2–1 Merthyr Tydfil
Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Hereford United 3–0 Brush Sports 5 Great Yarmouth Town 1–0 Chelmsford City 11 Horden Colliery Welfare 2–0 Hexham Hearts 16 Rhyl 2–0 Mossley 29 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Worksop Town
See 1953–54 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
Seasons Qualifying rounds Finals