Football tournament season
The FA Cup 1973–74 is the 93rd 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 Feltham 1–3 Edmonton & Haringey 2 Kingstonian 4–0 Grays Athletic 3 Letchworth Town 2–1 Ely City 4 Maidenhead United 2–0 Hemel Hempstead 5 Matlock Town 3–0 Heanor Town 6 New Brighton 1–1 Hyde United 7 Newport I O W 1–1 Fareham Town 8 Oldbury United 0–1 Lye Town 9 Ormskirk 2–0 Leyland Motors 10 Oswestry Town 1–3 Northwich Victoria 11 Rainham Town 1–2 Horsham 12 Ramsgate 2–1 Herne Bay 13 Rawmarsh Welfare 2–1 Hatfield Main 14 Redditch United 1–3 A P Leamington 15 Retford Town 2–1 Louth United 16 Soham Town Rangers 1–2 Lowestoft Town 17 Stevenage Athletic 6–1 Rushden Town 18 Stocksbridge Works 4–4 Prestwich Heys 19 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–2 Eastwood Town 20 Sutton United 3–0 Metropolitan Police 21 Thetford Town 3–0 Spalding United 22 Truro City 0–2 Penzance 23 Tunbridge Wells 5–1 Ringmer 24 Waterlooville 4–0 Sidley United 25 Wealdstone 6–1 Marlow 26 Welton Rovers 1–4 Mangotsfield United 27 Wembley 0–1 Southall 28 Westbury United 0–2 Salisbury 29 Woking 2–1 Tonbridge
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Hyde United 2–1 New Brighton 7 Fareham Town 0–1 Newport I O W 18 Prestwich Heys 6–0 Stocksbridge Works
1st qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Addlestone 1–3 Boreham Wood 2 Alfreton Town 3–1 Burton Albion 3 Alton Town 2–0 Cowes 4 Altrincham 3–1 Glossop 5 Alvechurch 2–0 Halesowen Town 6 Annfield Plain 0–1 Murton Colliery Welfare 7 Arnold 1–1 Matlock Town 8 Arundel 0–2 Newport I O W 9 Ashby Institute 0–0 Frickley Colliery 10 Ashford Town (Kent) 4–0 Eastbourne United 11 Ashton United 0–3 Macclesfield Town 12 Atherstone Town 1–0 Darlaston 13 Aveley 2–1 Harlow Town 14 Aylesbury United 3–2 Hatfield Town 15 Bacup Borough 2–3 Fleetwood 16 Barking 0–2 Egham Town 17 Barnstaple Town 2–1 Minehead 18 Barrow 0–4 Accrington Stanley 19 Barry Town 0–3 Merthyr Tydfil 20 Barton Town 0–2 Bradford Park Avenue 21 Basingstoke Town 2–0 Frome Town 22 Bath City 3–0 Andover 23 Bedford Town 2–0 Cambridge City 24 Bedworth United 1–0 A P Leamington 25 Belper Town 0–0 Eastwood Town 26 Bexhill Town 0–2 Ramsgate 27 Bexley United 3–0 Edmonton & Haringey 28 Bideford 4–1 Penzance 29 Biggleswade & District 2–0 Letchworth Town 30 Billingham Synthonia 1–4 Ashington 31 Bishop Auckland w/o-scr Gateshead 32 Bletchley Town 3–0 Potton United 33 Bognor Regis Town 3–0 Ryde Sports 34 Boldon Colliery Welfare 0–1 Evenwood Town 35 Boston 0–2 Holbeach United 36 Bridgwater Town 3–3 Dorchester Town 37 Bridlington Town 5–0 Rawmarsh Welfare 38 Bridport 0–1 Salisbury 39 Brierley Hill Alliance 1–1 Hednesford Town 40 Brigg Town 1–0 Retford Town 41 Bromley 0–1 Southall 42 Burscough 1–1 Formby 43 Bury Town 0–4 Thetford Town 44 Buxton 1–0 Farsley Celtic 45 Carshalton Athletic 0–3 Horsham 46 Chatham Town 3–0 Molesey 47 Chatteris Town 0–4 Harwich & Parkeston 48 Chesham United 1–1 Wealdstone 49 Cheshunt 2–2 Dagenham 50 Cinderford Town 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers 51 Clacton Town 2–1 Lowestoft Town 52 Clapton 0–1 Kingstonian 53 Clitheroe 1–4 Ormskirk 54 Congleton Town 2–0 Hyde United 55 Connah's Quay Nomads 5–1 Prescot Town 56 Consett 2–2 Durham City 57 Corby Town 1–0 Wellingborough Town 58 Corinthian Casuals 0–2 Epping Town 59 Crook Town 1–3 Horden Colliery Welfare 60 Dartford 4–1 St Albans City 61 Deal Town 1–1 Folkestone 62 Dorking 0–2 Maidenhead United 63 Dover 5–0 Tunbridge Wells 64 Droylsden 1–4 Prestwich Heys 65 Dudley Town 1–2 Tamworth 66 Dulwich Hamlet 0–1 Romford 67 Eastbourne Town 3–2 Peacehaven & Telscombe 68 Eastwood Hanley 1–1 Northwich Victoria 69 Enderby Town 2–4 Worksop Town 70 Epsom & Ewell 1–5 Wimbledon 71 Erith & Belvedere 1–6 Leatherhead 72 Everwarm 0–4 Mangotsfield United 73 Evesham United 2–2 Banbury United 74 Farnborough Town 2–2 Woking 75 Finchley 1–0 Bracknell Town 76 Gainsborough Trinity 1–2 Sutton Town 77 Goole Town 2–0 Winterton Rangers 78 Gornal Athletic 0–0 Lye Town 79 Gosport Borough 8–0 Chichester City 80 Gravesend & Northfleet 6–1 Walthamstow Avenue 81 Great Harwood 0–1 South Liverpool 82 Hampton 3–3 Cray Wanderers 83 Harrow Borough 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 84 Hastings United 3–5 Sittingbourne 85 Haywards Heath 1–1 Waterlooville 86 Hertford Town 5–1 Wokingham Town 87 Highgate United 1–1 Worcester City 88 Hinckley Athletic 2–4 Stourbridge 89 Histon 1–0 Bourne Town 90 Hitchin Town 1–1 Stevenage Athletic 91 Hornchurch 0–0 Sutton United 92 Horwich R M I 3–1 Skelmersdale United 93 Hounslow 2–0 Edgware Town 94 Hungerford Town 1–1 Trowbridge Town 95 Ilkeston Town 2–2 Brereton Social 96 King's Lynn 1–0 Sudbury Town 97 Lewes 4–1 Whitstable Town 98 Leyton 2–2 Crawley Town 99 Leytonstone 2–0 Windsor & Eton 100 Llanelli 1–0 Weston Super Mare 101 Long Eaton United 1–3 Bilston 102 Maidstone United 4–2 Canterbury City 103 March Town United 2–2 Great Yarmouth Town 104 Marine 0–0 Blaenau Ffestiniog 105 Melksham Town 4–2 Chippenham Town 106 Mexborough Town 3–2 Bridlington Trinity 107 Moor Green 1–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 108 Morecambe 0–0 Darwen 109 Mossley 2–0 Yorkshire Amateur 110 Nantwich Town 5–0 Ellesmere Port Town 111 Netherfield 3–2 Rossendale United 112 New Mills 0–2 Stalybridge Celtic 113 Newquay 1–0 Wadebridge Town 114 North Shields 2–0 Spennymoor United 115 Norton Woodseats 0–4 Denaby United 116 Nuneaton Borough 3–0 Gresley Rovers 117 Oxford City 0–1 Witney Town 118 Pagham 0–0 Worthing 119 Penrith 0–1 Chorley 120 Poole Town 0–3 Weymouth 121 Radcliffe Borough 1–2 Emley 122 Redhill 0–1 Ilford 123 Rothwell Town 1–0 Vauxhall Motors 124 Runcorn 2–0 Witton Albion 125 Sandbach Ramblers 0–4 Leek Town 126 Sheppey United 2–3 Faversham Town 127 Shildon 2–1 Ferryhill Athletic 128 Skegness Town 2–3 Wisbech Town 129 Southwick 0–3 Littlehampton Town 130 St Blazey 1–3 Falmouth Town 131 St Neots Town 3–1 Irthlingborough Diamonds 132 Staines Town 2–0 Croydon 133 Stamford 1–0 Desborough Town 134 Stanley United 1–6 Willington 135 Stockton 2–4 Tow Law Town 136 Stonehouse 1–1 Gloucester City 137 Taunton Town 3–1 Devizes Town 138 Tilbury 0–3 Wycombe Wanderers 139 Ton Pentre 1–2 Glastonbury 140 Uxbridge 1–1 Fleet Town 141 Ware 2–0 Dunstable Town 142 West Auckland Town 1–1 Whitley Bay 143 Wingate (Durham) 2–1 Whitby Town 144 Winsford United 1–2 Porthmadog
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Matlock Town 3–4 Arnold 9 Frickley Colliery 2–1 Ashby Institute 25 Eastwood Town 0–3 Belper Town 36 Dorchester Town 0–1 Bridgwater Town 39 Hednesford Town 2–1 Brierley Hill Alliance 42 Formby 4–1 Burscough 48 Wealdstone 2–4 Chesham United 49 Dagenham 2–2 Cheshunt 50 Kidderminster Harriers 1–3 Cinderford Town 56 Durham City 3–1 Consett 61 Folkestone 6–2 Deal Town 68 Northwich Victoria 4–1 Eastwood Hanley 73 Banbury United 2–0 Evesham United 74 Woking 2–2 Farnborough Town 78 Lye Town 5–0 Gornal Athletic 82 Cray Wanderers 1–3 Hampton 85 Waterlooville 3–1 Haywards Heath 87 Worcester City 1–2 Highgate United 90 Stevenage Athletic 1–1 Hitchin Town 91 Sutton United 2–0 Hornchurch 94 Trowbridge Town 4–2 Hungerford Town 95 Brereton Social 1–1 Ilkeston Town 98 Crawley Town 3–2 Leyton 103 Great Yarmouth Town 2–2 March Town United 104 Blaenau Ffestiniog 0–0 Marine 107 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–0 Moor Green 108 Darwen 3–2 Morecambe 118 Worthing 3–1 Pagham 136 Gloucester City 0–1 Stonehouse 140 Fleet Town 3–1 Uxbridge 142 Whitley Bay 4–1 West Auckland Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 49 Cheshunt 0–0 Dagenham 74 Farnborough Town 1–2 Woking 90 Hitchin Town 3–2 Stevenage Athletic 95 Ilkeston Town 1–0 Brereton Social 103 March Town United 0–1 Great Yarmouth Town 104 Marine 1–0 Blaenau Ffestiniog
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 49 Dagenham 2–1 Cheshunt
2nd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashington 2–1 Murton Colliery Welfare 2 Bilston 0–2 Alfreton Town 3 Bognor Regis Town 1–0 Newport I O W 4 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–2 Alvechurch 5 Chorley 0–0 Fleetwood 6 Corby Town 1–0 Biggleswade & District 7 Crawley Town 2–3 Aveley 8 Dartford 1–3 Kingstonian 9 Darwen 0–1 Formby 10 Denaby United 0–3 Frickley Colliery 11 Emley 1–2 Buxton 12 Evenwood Town 2–2 Tow Law Town 13 Falmouth Town 4–1 Barnstaple Town 14 Faversham Town 1–1 Folkestone 15 Finchley 0–1 Boreham Wood 16 Fleet Town 2–4 Chatham Town 17 Glastonbury 0–0 Merthyr Tydfil 18 Goole Town 3–1 Bridlington Town 19 Gosport Borough 1–1 Alton Town 20 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–3 Maidenhead United 21 Great Yarmouth Town 1–2 Harwich & Parkeston 22 Hampton 0–5 Dagenham 23 Harrow Borough 1–0 Horsham 24 Hertford Town 2–0 Chesham United 25 Highgate United 1–0 Lye Town 26 Histon 2–1 Bedford Town 27 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–2 Wingate (Durham) 28 Horwich R M I 2–0 Congleton Town 29 Hounslow 1–2 Epping Town 30 Ilford 1–1 Leatherhead 31 Ilkeston Town 2–0 Atherstone Town 32 King's Lynn 3–1 Clacton Town 33 Leek Town 2–2 Macclesfield Town 34 Lewes 1–1 Dover 35 Leytonstone 3–2 Sutton United 36 Littlehampton Town 2–2 Eastbourne Town 37 Llanelli 1–2 Mangotsfield United 38 Maidstone United 1–1 Ashford Town (Kent) 39 Melksham Town 0–6 Basingstoke Town 40 Mexborough Town 1–1 Bradford Park Avenue 41 Mossley 1–1 Prestwich Heys 42 Nantwich Town 0–3 Altrincham 43 Netherfield 2–1 Accrington Stanley 44 Newquay 1–1 Bideford 45 North Shields 0–0 Whitley Bay 46 Nuneaton Borough 1–0 Hednesford Town 47 Porthmadog 2–0 Connah's Quay Nomads 48 Romford 2–2 Bexley United 49 Rothwell Town 1–7 Hitchin Town 50 Runcorn 0–0 Marine 51 Shildon 1–3 Bishop Auckland 52 Sittingbourne 1–1 Ramsgate 53 South Liverpool 0–1 Ormskirk 54 St Neots Town 0–3 Bletchley Town 55 Staines Town 2–0 Egham Town 56 Stalybridge Celtic 3–1 Northwich Victoria 57 Stamford 3–1 Holbeach United 58 Stonehouse 1–2 Cinderford Town 59 Stourbridge 5–2 Bedworth United 60 Sutton Town 1–1 Brigg Town 61 Tamworth 3–0 Belper Town 62 Taunton Town 1–0 Bridgwater Town 63 Trowbridge Town 0–0 Bath City 64 Ware 1–0 Aylesbury United 65 Weymouth 2–0 Salisbury 66 Willington 3–1 Durham City 67 Wimbledon 2–1 Southall 68 Wisbech Town 3–1 Thetford Town 69 Witney Town 1–2 Banbury United 70 Worksop Town 1–0 Arnold 71 Worthing 2–1 Waterlooville 72 Wycombe Wanderers 1–0 Woking
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Fleetwood 1–1 Chorley 12 Tow Law Town 1–0 Evenwood Town 14 Folkestone 4–1 Faversham Town 17 Merthyr Tydfil 3–1 Glastonbury 19 Alton Town 2–1 Gosport Borough 30 Leatherhead 2–0 Ilford 33 Macclesfield Town 4–2 Leek Town 34 Dover 1–2 Lewes 36 Eastbourne Town 0–1 Littlehampton Town 38 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–2 Maidstone United 40 Bradford Park Avenue 4–2 Mexborough Town 41 Prestwich Heys 2–3 Mossley 44 Bideford 6–1 Newquay 45 Whitley Bay 1–1 North Shields 48 Bexley United 3–1 Romford 50 Marine 0–1 Runcorn 52 Ramsgate 2–0 Sittingbourne 60 Brigg Town 0–1 Sutton Town 63 Bath City 2–4 Trowbridge Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Chorley 3–2 Fleetwood 45 North Shields 2–2 Whitley Bay
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 45 Whitley Bay 0–3 North Shields
3rd qualifying round [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 2–1 Worksop Town 2 Alton Town 1–2 Bognor Regis Town 3 Altrincham 4–0 Horwich R M I 4 Alvechurch 3–2 Stourbridge 5 Aveley 1–0 Harrow Borough 6 Basingstoke Town 0–1 Trowbridge Town 7 Bishop Auckland 3–1 Tow Law Town 8 Bletchley Town 1–1 Hitchin Town 9 Boreham Wood 1–0 Bexley United 10 Bradford Park Avenue 3–3 Goole Town 11 Buxton 2–1 Mossley 12 Chatham Town 0–7 Wycombe Wanderers 13 Chorley 0–1 Netherfield 14 Cinderford Town 2–2 Banbury United 15 Dagenham 3–2 Kingstonian 16 Epping Town 3–0 Maidenhead United 17 Falmouth Town 3–3 Bideford 18 Folkestone 5–1 Lewes 19 Formby 1–0 Ormskirk 20 Frickley Colliery 2–1 Sutton Town 21 Harwich & Parkeston 1–2 King's Lynn 22 Histon 0–2 Corby Town 23 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–1 Ashington 24 Ilkeston Town 2–3 Tamworth 25 Leatherhead 0–0 Leytonstone 26 Littlehampton Town 0–2 Worthing 27 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 28 Maidstone United 3–1 Ramsgate 29 Merthyr Tydfil 2–0 Mangotsfield United 30 Nuneaton Borough 1–4 Highgate United 31 Porthmadog 0–2 Runcorn 32 Staines Town 1–1 Wimbledon 33 Stamford 4–2 Wisbech Town 34 Taunton Town 1–2 Weymouth 35 Ware 0–0 Hertford Town 36 Willington 3–0 North Shields
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 8 Hitchin Town 2–0 Bletchley Town 10 Goole Town 4–1 Bradford Park Avenue 14 Banbury United 4–1 Cinderford Town 17 Bideford 1–1 Falmouth Town *23 Ashington 2–1 Horden Colliery Welfare 25 Leytonstone 1–0 Leatherhead 32 Wimbledon 4–3 Staines Town 35 Hertford Town 3–1 Ware
2nd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 17 Falmouth Town 2–2 Bideford
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 17 Bideford 2–2 Falmouth Town
4th replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 17 Falmouth Town 1–2 Bideford
4th qualifying round [ edit ] The teams that given byes to this round are Stafford Rangers, Barnet, Hendon, Enfield, Telford United, Hillingdon Borough, Yeovil Town, South Shields, Chelmsford City, Grantham, Margate, Bangor City, Boston United, Rhyl, Guildford City, Blyth Spartans, Kettering Town, Lancaster City, Hayes and Bishop's Stortford.
Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Banbury United 2–0 Tamworth 2 Barnet 2–2 Hendon 3 Bideford 2–2 Trowbridge Town 4 Bishop Auckland 0–1 South Shields 5 Bishop's Stortford 1–1 Dagenham 6 Blyth Spartans 2–0 Netherfield 7 Boreham Wood 2–2 Aveley 8 Buxton 2–2 Alfreton Town 9 Corby Town 1–2 Boston United 10 Epping Town 1–2 Chelmsford City 11 Folkestone 2–3 Guildford City 12 Formby 3–0 Goole Town 13 Grantham 3–1 Kettering Town 14 Hayes 1–1 Enfield 15 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Hertford Town 16 Hitchin Town 2–1 Bognor Regis Town 17 King's Lynn 3–1 Stamford 18 Lancaster City 1–1 Altrincham 19 Leytonstone 0–0 Margate 20 Macclesfield Town 0–0 Merthyr Tydfil 21 Rhyl 0–4 Frickley Colliery 22 Runcorn 2–2 Bangor City 23 Stafford Rangers 1–1 Alvechurch 24 Telford United 2–0 Highgate United 25 Willington 1–0 Ashington 26 Wimbledon 1–0 Maidstone United 27 Worthing 0–3 Wycombe Wanderers 28 Yeovil Town 1–1 Weymouth
Replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Hendon 3–0 Barnet 3 Trowbridge Town 1–1 Bideford 5 Dagenham 2–1 Bishop's Stortford 7 Aveley 1–2 Boreham Wood 8 Alfreton Town 2–1 Buxton 14 Enfield 0–1 Hayes 18 Altrincham 1–0 Lancaster City 19 Margate 1–3 Leytonstone 20 Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Macclesfield Town 22 Bangor City 1–2 Runcorn 23 Alvechurch 2–0 Stafford Rangers 28 Weymouth 2–2 Yeovil Town
2nd replays [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Bideford 1–1 Trowbridge Town 28 Yeovil Town 0–1 Weymouth
3rd replay [ edit ] Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Trowbridge Town 2–3 Bideford
1973–74 FA Cup [ edit ] See 1973-74 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
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