The 1993–94 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the
113th 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 539 clubs were accepted for the competition, down 22 from the previous season’s 561.
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
League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Calendar
Preliminary round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
1st qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
2nd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
3rd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round are Slough Town, Stafford Rangers, Bath City, Kidderminster Harriers, Altrincham, Kettering Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Witton Albion, Macclesfield Town, Southport, Farnborough Town, Sutton United, Aylesbury United, Hayes, Crawley Town, Marlow, Cheltenham Town, Accrington Stanley, Marine and V S Rugby.
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
1993-94 FA Cup
See
1993-94 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round Proper onwards.
External links
Football Club History Database: FA Cup 1993-94The FA Cup Archive
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Qual
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FA Cup qualifying rounds