2008–09 FA Cup qualifying rounds


The 2008–09 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 128th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup', the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A new record 762 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 33 from the previous season's 729 - completing a significant increase of 75 teams from the 687 clubs just two seasons earlier. South Normanton Athletic folded before the fixtures were released, leaving 761 clubs to appear in the draw.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary and qualifying knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.

Calendar

Extra Preliminary Round

The draw for the Extra Preliminary Round was announced on The FA's website on Tuesday, 1 July.

Ties

Replays

Preliminary Round

Matches in the Preliminary Round were played on the weekend of Saturday, 30 August 2008, with replays played on 2 September and 3 September 2008. The draw for the round was announced on The FA's website on Tuesday, 1 July.

Ties

† – After extra time

Replays

† – After extra time

First Round Qualifying

Matches in the First Round Qualifying were played on the weekend of Saturday, 13 September 2008. Replays were played on 16 and 17 September 2008. The draw for the round was announced on The FA's website on Tuesday, 1 July.

Ties

Replays

† – After extra time

Second Round Qualifying

Matches in the Second Round Qualifying were played on the weekend of Saturday, 27 September 2008.

Ties

Replays

† – After extra time

Third Round Qualifying

Matches in the Third Round Qualifying will be played on the weekend of Saturday, 11 October 2008. The draw for the round was announced on The FA's website on Monday, 29 September.

Ties

Replays

Fourth Round Qualifying

Matches in the Fourth Round Qualifying were played on the weekend of Saturday, 25 October 2008.

Ties

Replays

2008-09 FA Cup

See 2008-09 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.