The FA Cup 1980–81 is the 100th season of the world's oldest
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...
for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...
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
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
1st qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
2nd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
3rd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
4th qualifying round
The teams given byes to this round are: AP Leamington, Barnet, Blyth Spartans, Morecambe, Enfield, Gravesend & Northfleet, Harlow Town, Wealdstone, Yeovil Town, Kettering Town, Nuneaton Borough, Stafford Rangers, Leatherhead, Barking, Merthyr Tydfil, Minehead, Runcorn, Weymouth, Wycombe Wanderers and Workington.
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
1980–81 FA Cup
See
1980-81 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.
External links
Football Club History Database: FA Cup 1980–81FA Cup Past Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:1980-81 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds
Qual
FA Cup qualifying rounds