2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds


The 2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 132nd season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup', the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 758 clubs were accepted for the competition, down five from the previous season's 763.
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 clubs from Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper, where League clubs tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.

Calendar and prizes

The calendar for the 2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the FA.

[|Extra Preliminary Round]

Extra preliminary round ties were played on Friday the 10th, Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of August. Replays were played on Monday the 13th, Tuesday the 14th and Wednesday the 15th of August. The relative immediacy of the replays was due to there only being two weeks between consecutive rounds of the competition. 400 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition.
† – After extra time

Preliminary round

[|Preliminary Round] fixtures were played on the weekend of 25 August 2012. A total of 332 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 200 winners from the Extra Preliminary Round and 132 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The round featured 49 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round. The draw was as follows: The draw is as follows:
† – After extra time

[|First Round Qualifying]

The First Round Qualifying fixtures were played on the weekend of 8 September 2012, with replays being played the following mid-week. A total of 232 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 166 winners from the Preliminary Round and 66 entering at this stage from the top division of the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round featured twenty clubs from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round. The draw is as follows:
Clevedon Town's Scott Murray won the Budweiser Player of the Round with 75% of the votes.
The results were as follows:
  1. Scott Murray, Clevedon Town
  2. Craig Hammond, Cambridge City
  3. Paul Booth, Maidstone United
  4. Tony Evans, Curzon Ashton
  5. Andy Teague, Chorley.
TieHome team ScoreAway team '
1Spennymoor Town 2–0South Shields 268
2Tadcaster Albion 3–0Holker Old Boys 111
3Durham City 1–3Shildon 214
4Farsley 1–1Ossett Albion 196
replayOssett Albion 1–0Farsley 146
5Ossett Town 1–1Whitby Town 75
replayWhitby Town 1–0Ossett Town 179
6Bedlington Terriers 0–1Bishop Auckland 206
7Dunston UTS 3–3Kendal Town 212
replayKendal Town 4–2 †Dunston UTS 159
8Ashington 2–3West Auckland Town 277
9Eccleshill United 0–2North Ferriby United 99
10Blyth Spartans 1–0Garforth Town 401
11Abbey Hey 2–1Atherton Collieries 72
12Warrington Town 1–0Maine Road 224
13Burscough 2–4Witton Albion 217
14Worksop Town 0–2Frickley Athletic 274
15Skelmersdale United 1–0Clitheroe 163
16Lancaster City 0–4Salford City 178
17Chorley 2–0Nantwich Town 633
18Bootle 1–2Bamber Bridge 206
19Prescot Cables 1–3Ashton United 167
20Stocksbridge Park Steels 0–3Marine 159
21FC United Of Manchester 5–0Cammell Laird 1,024
22Runcorn Town 0–4Trafford 100
23Curzon Ashton 8–1Maltby Main 135
24AFC Fylde 3–1Ramsbottom United 302
25Retford United 1–2New Mills 125
26Matlock Town 2–2Belper Town 460
replayBelper Town 3–0Matlock Town 341
27Holbeach United 1–2Stamford 307
28Eastwood Town 1–1Blaby & Whetstone Athletic 174
replayBlaby & Whetstone Athletic 1–3Eastwood Town 254
29Quorn 1–2Buxton 165
30Thurnby Nirvana 2–2Gresley 135
replayGresley 4–1Thurnby Nirvana 203
31Loughborough Dynamo 2–2Grantham Town 175
replayGrantham Town 3–1Loughborough Dynamo 200
32Rainworth MW 2–2Carlton Town 124
replayCarlton Town 3–1Rainworth MW 63
33Coalville Town 0–1Ilkeston 322
34Dudley Town 0–1Nuneaton Griff 119
35Rugby Town 1–1Bedworth United 237
replayBedworth United 1–0 †Rugby Town 215
36Chasetown 1–1Market Drayton Town 290
replayMarket Drayton Town 1–2 †Chasetown 120
37Redditch United 0–3Hednesford Town 276
38Norton United 2–5Westfields 51
39Barwell 3–0AFC Wulfrunians 125
40Bridgnorth Town 3–1Rushall Olympic 149
41Leamington 2–2Stourbridge 601
replayStourbridge 1–2Leamington 440
42Sutton Coldfield Town 0–3Gornal Athletic 80
43Stourport Swifts 1–1Stafford Rangers 171
replayStafford Rangers 2–1 †Stourport Swifts 309
44Wolverhampton Casuals 1–1Tividale 112
replayTividale 4–2Wolverhampton Casuals 101
45Leek Town 5–1Bewdley Town 251
46Cambridge City 7–0Huntingdon Town 240
47Daventry Town 1–1King's Lynn Town 180
replayKing's Lynn Town 2–3 †Daventry Town 387
48St Neots Town 5–0Peterborough Northern Star 342
49Wisbech Town 0–0Kettering Town 527
replayKettering Town 3–0Wisbech Town 239
50Bugbrooke St Michaels 1–4Dereham Town 80
51Tilbury 0–2Lowestoft Town 134
52Heybridge Swifts 4–1AFC Sudbury 203
53Soham Town Rangers 0–2Maldon & Tiptree 132
54Basildon United 0–3Thurrock 50
55Bury Town 3–0Canvey Island 375
56Wroxham 0–5Brentwood Town 178
57Leiston 5–1Southend Manor 153
58Concord Rangers' 1–0Needham Market 132

† – After extra time

Second Round Qualifying

The Second Round Qualifying fixtures were played on the weekend of 22 September 2012. A total of 160 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First Round Qualifying and 44 Level 6 clubs, from Conference North and Conference South, entering at this stage. The round featured Abbey Hey, Nuneaton Griff and Wootton Bassett Town from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.
The Second Round Qualifying draw is as follows:
FC United of Manchester's Nicky Platt won the Budweiser Player of the Round.
The results were as follows:
  1. Nicky Platt, FC United of Manchester
  2. Sean Shields, St Albans City
  3. Tom Winters, Brackley Town
  4. Jonte Smith, Metropolitan Police
  5. Callum Ward, Tadcaster Albion.
TieHome team ScoreAway team '
1Bishop Auckland 1–2AFC Fylde 298
2Halifax Town 6–0Abbey Hey 936
3Curzon Ashton 1–3Bradford Park Avenue 237
4Blyth Spartans 1–1Workington 502
replayWorkington 1–0Blyth Spartans 219
5Shildon 0–3Altrincham 280
6Ashton United 0–2Marine 193
7Salford City 2–3FC United of Manchester 1,298
8Trafford 5–3Spennymoor Town 311
9Stalybridge Celtic 1–0Vauxhall Motors 420
10Bamber Bridge 0–1Guiseley 249
11Kendal Town 4–2Witton Albion 277
12Colwyn Bay 3–2Warrington Town 249
13Gainsborough Trinity 1–1Chester 756
replayChester 2–1 †Gainsborough Trinity 1,492
14Tadcaster Albion 4–1Skelmersdale United 183
15Whitby Town 4–3Droylsden 202
16North Ferriby United 1–2Ossett Albion 236
17West Auckland Town 2–2Harrogate Town 194
replayHarrogate Town 5–1West Auckland 171
18Chorley 1–3Frickley Athletic 642
19Gornal Athletic 0–4Worcester City 400
20Boston United 1–0Kettering Town 901
21Solihull Moors 1–1Westfields 124
replayWestfields 1–2Solihull Moors 153
22Hinckley United 5–3Tividale 239
23Cambridge City 3–1Grantham Town 379
24Eastwood Town 3–5Histon 159
25Nuneaton Griff 2–3Hednesford Town 298
26Gresley 3–2Stafford Rangers 414
27Carlton Town 4–3New Mills 78
28Brackley Town 4–0Daventry Town 332
29Dereham Town 2–1Chasetown 243
30Ilkeston 2–2Belper Town 519
replayBelper Town 1–5Ilkeston 320
31Stamford 1–3Buxton 201
32Leek Town 3–0Bridgnorth Town 356
33Barwell 3–2Bedworth United 304
34Corby Town 3–2Leamington 516
35Northwood 1–1AFC Dunstable 111
replayAFC Dunstable 0–3Northwood 109
36Wealdstone 1–2Lowestoft Town 413
37Ashford Town 2–6St Albans City 176
38Hayes & Yeading United 3–2Heybridge Swifts 139
39Carshalton Athletic 0–1Chalfont St Peter 185
40Hendon' 3–0Lewes 166

† – After extra time

Third Round Qualifying

The Third Round Qualifying took place on the weekend of 6 October 2012. A total of 80 clubs took part, all having progressed from the Second Round Qualifying. Five clubs from Level 9 of English football, was the lowest-ranked team to qualify for this round of the competition.
The draw is as follows:
South Park's Kieran Lavery won the Budweiser Player of the Round with 33% of the votes.
The results were as follows:
  1. Kieran Lavery, South Park
  2. Sam Reed, Bury Town
  3. Michael Barnes, AFC Fylde
  4. Jamie Slabber, Chelmsford City
  5. Jeanmal Prosper, Arlesey Town.
TieHome team ScoreAway team '
1Ilkeston 4–2Gresley 621
2Chester 1–1Halifax Town 2,613
replayHalifax Town 3–1Chester 1,541
3Hednesford Town 2–2Buxton 498
replayBuxton 2–1 †Hednesford Town 302
4AFC Fylde 4–1Solihull Moors 278
5Carlton Town 1–3Bradford Park Avenue 151
6Colwyn Bay 1–1Guiseley 318
replayGuiseley 3–1Colwyn Bay 360
7Stalybridge Celtic 3–1Whitby Town 372
8Barwell 1–1Workington 217
replayWorkington 2–0Barwell 385
9Hinckley United 2–2Ossett Albion 270
replayOssett Albion 1–0Hinckley United 222
10FC United of Manchester 3–1Kendal Town 1,186
11Leek Town 0–2Altrincham 962
12Trafford 1–3Marine 515
13Harrogate Town 3–2Frickley Athletic 349
14Tadcaster Albion 0–2Boston United 368
15Hastings United 2–2Hitchin Town 459
replayHitchin Town 1–2Hastings United 289
16Histon 1–1Corby Town 330
replayCorby Town 2–1Histon 510
17Cambridge City 1–1Billericay Town 394
replayBillericay Town 2–4Cambridge City 364
18Margate 0–1Slough Town 410
19Dereham Town 1–1Metropolitan Police 328
replayMetropolitan Police 2–0Dereham Town 191

TieHome team ScoreAway team '
20South Park 3–1Brentwood Town 255
21Chalfont St Peter 1–1Bishop's Stortford 241
replayBishop's Stortford 3–1Chalfont St Peter 268
22Cray Wanderers 1–2Chelmsford City 350
23Dover Athletic 1–2Bromley 715
24Northwood 0–4Boreham Wood 225
25East Thurrock United 3–0Maidstone United 364
26Bury Town 4–0Hampton & Richmond Borough 405
27St Albans City 0–1Lowestoft Town 306
28Eastbourne Borough 2–2Hendon 493
replayHendon 2–1 †Eastbourne Borough 190
29Arlesey Town 4–3Brackley Town 227
30Welling United 1–1Thurrock 402
replayThurrock 1–3Welling United 176
31Weston-super-Mare 1–1Worcester City 556
replayWorcester City 1–0Weston-super-Mare 1,013
32Dorchester Town 1–0Basingstoke Town 466
33Yate Town 2–1North Leigh 191
34Gloucester City 1–0Eastleigh 432
35Chippenham Town 3–1Badshot Lea 367
36Didcot Town 1–0Maidenhead United 301
37AFC Totton 3–2Merthyr Town 539
38Bath City 1–1Gosport Borough 586
replayGosport Borough 3–1Bath City 342
39Sholing 1–3Blackfield & Langley 165
40Hayes & Yeading United 2–1Salisbury City 345

† – After extra time

Fourth Round Qualifying

The Fourth Round Qualifying took place on the weekend of 20 October 2012. A total of 64 clubs took part, 40 having progressed from the Third Round Qualifying and 24 clubs from Conference Premier, forming Level 5 of English football, entering at this stage. The lowest-ranked sides to qualify for this round were Level 9 clubs South Park, and Blackfield & Langley. The draw is as follows:
Luton Town's Andre Gray won the Budweiser Player of the Round with 41% of the votes.
The results were as follows:
  1. Andre Gray, Luton Town
  2. Jake Speight, Mansfield Town
  3. Danny Hurst, Barrow
  4. Ryan Bowman, Hereford
  5. Lee Carey, Hastings.
TieHome team ScoreAway team '
1Alfreton Town 2–0Gateshead 338
2Hyde 1–1Harrogate Town 393
replayHarrogate Town 1–0 †Hyde 247
3FC United of Manchester 0–2Hereford United 2,212
4Barrow 2–0Tamworth 1,104
5Guiseley 2–0Buxton 847
6Grimsby Town 2–4Kidderminster Harriers 2,092
7Bradford Park Avenue 4–1Ossett Albion 477
8Wrexham 2–0Southport 1,911
9AFC Fylde 1–1Ilkeston 482
replayIlkeston 0–1AFC Fylde 696
10Boston United 1–3Altrincham 1,200
11Lincoln City 0–0Halifax Town 1,940
replayHalifax Town 0–2Lincoln City 1,418
12Macclesfield Town 3–1Marine 1,189
13Workington 1–2Mansfield Town 701
14Stockport County 5–3Stalybridge Celtic 2,123
15AFC Telford United 2–2Nuneaton Town 1,251
replayNuneaton Town 1–0 †AFC Telford United 616
16South Park 0–3Metropolitan Police' 643

† – After extra time

Competition proper

Winners from Fourth Round Qualifying advance to First Round Proper, where clubs from Level 3 and Level 4 of English football, operating in The Football League, first enter the competition. See 2012–13 FA Cup for a report of First Round Proper onwards.