The 1990–91 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the
110th season of competition in
England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (
FA Cup), the world's oldest
association football single
knockout
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competition. A total of 563 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 23 from the previous season’s 540.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (
Levels 5 through 8) in the
English football pyramid
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meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these
non-League teams. The 28 winning teams from fourth round qualifying progressed to the
First round proper, where
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teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Calendar
Preliminary round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
3rd replay
1st qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
2nd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replay
3rd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round are Runcorn, Macclesfield Town, Kettering Town, Welling United, Yeovil Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Telford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Northwich Victoria, Stafford Rangers, Bath City, Aylesbury United, Halesowen Town, Hayes, Dartford, Gloucester City, Bishop Auckland, Basingstoke Town, Woking and Whitley Bay.
Ties
Replays
1990-91 FA Cup
See
1990-91 FA Cup
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for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
External links
Football Club History Database: FA Cup 1990-91The FA Cup Archive
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Qual
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FA Cup qualifying rounds