2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The 2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 123rd season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A total of 644 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 20 from the previous season’s 624.

2003–04 FA Cup qualifying rounds

Tournament details
Country	England  Wales
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The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. South Western Football League was the only level 10 league represented in the Cup, four clubs from the South Western Football League were the lowest-ranked clubs in competition. The 32 winning teams from Fourth qualifying round progressed to the First round proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.

Calendar

Round	Start date	Leagues entering at this round	New entries this round	Winners from previous round	Number of fixtures	Prize money
Extra preliminary round	23 August 2003	Levels 8-10	130	none	65	£500
Preliminary round	30 August 2003	Level 7	331	65	198	£1,000
First qualifying round	20 September 2003	none	none	198	99	£2,250
Second qualifying round	27 September 2003	Isthmian League Northern Premier League Southern Football League (Premier divisions)	69	99	84	£3,750
Third qualifying round	11 October 2003	none	none	84	42	£5,000
Fourth qualifying round	25 October 2003	Football Conference	22	42	32	£10,000

Extra preliminary round

Matches played on Saturday/Sunday 23 to 24 August 2003. 130 clubs from Level 8, Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition, while other 217 clubs from levels 8-10 get a bye to the preliminary round.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Skelmersdale United (8) 7–2 Glasshoughton Welfare (8) 71 2 Brodsworth Miners Welfare (8) 0–1 Pickering Town (8) 90 3 St Helens Town (8) 0–2 Trafford (8) 182 4 Garforth Town (9) 0–3 Whickham (9) 87 5 Holker Old Boys (9) 1–0 Penrith (8) 6 Colne (9) 2–3 Mossley (8) 100 7 Norton & Stockton Ancients (9) 0–2 Evenwood Town (9) 117 8 Ossett Albion (8) 5–2 Alnwick Town (9) 94 9 Washington Nissan (9) 1–2 Jarrow Roofing BCA (8) 54 10 Shotton Comrades (9) 1–4 Newcastle Blue Star (9) 35 11 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 1–0 Abbey Hey (8) 121 12 Eccleshill United (8) 1–2 Warrington Town (8) 49 13 Oldham Town (9) 3–2 Northallerton Town (9) 73 14 Fleetwood Town (8) 1–0 Darwen (9) 103 15 Blackstones (8) 1–4 Gedling Town (9) 78 16 Holbeach United (8) 1–1 Staveley Miners Welfare (9) replay Staveley Miners Welfare (9) 3–2 Holbeach United (8) 17 Carlton Town (9) 0–3 Shirebrook Town (9) 87 18 Lincoln Moorlands (9) 1–0 Arnold Town (8) 65 19 Nantwich Town (8) 1–2 Stratford Town (8) 80 20 Cradley Town (8) 2–0 Daventry Town (8) 65 21 Maldon Town (8) 4–1 Holmer Green (8) 22 Stotfold (8) 1–2 London Colney (8) 67 23 Wroxham (8) 4–1 Halstead Town (8) 126 24 Brentwood (9) 0–2 Haringey Borough (8) 73 25 Kingsbury Town (8) 1–2 Stowmarket Town (8) 48 26 Harpenden Town (8) 6–1 Woodbridge Town (8) 65 27 Needham Market (9) 0–3 Norwich United (8) 79 28 Romford (9) 0–2 Bury Town (8) 166 29 Tiptree United (8) 0–1 Cogenhoe United (8) 92 30 Northampton Spencer (8) 2–2 Desborough Town (8) 76 replay Desborough Town (8) 4–2 Northampton Spencer (8) 31 Broxbourne Borough V&E (8) 0–2 Yaxley (8) 26 32 Mildenhall Town (8) 2–1 Ilford (9) 103 33 St Margaretsbury (8) 0–0 Henley Town (8) 46 replay Henley Town (8) 0–3 St Margaretsbury (8)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 34 Bedford United & Valerio (8) 1–0 Harefield United (8) 32 35 Southend Manor (9) 1–1 Buckingham Town (8) 30 replay Buckingham Town (8) 4–1 Southend Manor (9) 36 Ruislip Manor (8) 2–2 Ely City (9) 32 replay Ely City (9) 0–2 Ruislip Manor (8) 37 Hadleigh United (9) 0–1 Wootton Blue Cross (8) 72 38 Brackley Town (8) 2–1 Hullbridge Sports (9) 75 39 Royston Town (8) 0–3 Ford Sports Daventry (8) 85 40 Great Yarmouth Town (8) 4–1 Southall Town (8) 271 41 St Leonards (8) 1–4 Arundel (8) 127 42 Thatcham Town (8) 6–0 Selsey (8) 88 43 East Preston (8) 2–3 Andover (8) 124 44 Walton Casuals (8) 5–0 Westfield (8) 78 45 Brockenhurst (8) 2–3 VCD Athletic (8) 59 46 Wokingham Town (8) 2–0 Chertsey Town (8) 136 47 Chichester City United (8) 4–1 Tunbridge Wells (8) 115 48 Sandhurst Town (8) 2–1 Camberley Town (8) 106 49 Didcot Town (8) 2–1 Ramsgate (8) 131 50 Saltdean United (9) 0–4 Cray Wanderers (8) 104 51 Bedfont (8) 4–0 Littlehampton Town (9) 54 52 Horsham YMCA (8) 3–3 Gosport Borough (8) 105 replay Gosport Borough (8) 1–0 Horsham YMCA (8) 53 Eastbourne United Association (9) 1–0 Lordswood (8) 102 54 BAT Sports (8) 3–1 Cobham (8) 109 55 Carterton Town (8) 1–0 Hungerford Town (8) 64 56 Lancing (9) 0–3 Whitehawk (8) 94 57 AFC Totton (8) 3–0 Erith Town (8) 68 58 Reading Town (8) 1–2 Lymington & New Milton (8) 56 59 Barnstaple Town (8) 2–3 Exmouth Town (8) 126 60 Highworth Town (8) 3–1 Shortwood United (8) 85 61 Frome Town (8) 1–0 Tuffley Rovers (8) 96 62 Shepton Mallet (9) 0–1 Falmouth Town (10) 126 63 Minehead Town (9) 2–1 Liskeard Athletic (10) 94 64 Devizes Town (8) 0–4 Christchurch (8) 101 65 Chard Town (9) 0–3 Paulton Rovers (8) 58

Preliminary round

Matches played on weekend of Saturday 30 August 2003. A total of 396 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 65 winners from the extra preliminary round, 217 clubs from Levels 8-10, who get a bye in the extra preliminary round and 114 entering at this stage from the five divisions at Level 7 of English football. The round featured three clubs from Level 10 (all from the South Western Football League) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Brigg Town (8) 2–2 Billingham Town (8) 187 replay Billingham Town (8) 1–0 Brigg Town (8) 157 2 Maine Road (9) 2–4 Ashington (9) 45 3 Bishop Auckland (7) 8–0 Flixton (9) 145 4 Harrogate Railway Athletic (8) w/o Hatfield Main Walkover for Harrogate Railway Athletic – Hatfield Main removed 5 Armthorpe Welfare (8) w/o Louth United Walkover for Armthorpe Welfare – Louth United removed 6 Chadderton (9) 1–2 Holker Old Boys (9) 86 7 Peterlee Newtown (8) 1–2 Bridlington Town (7) 111 8 Mossley (8) 1–1 Curzon Ashton (8) 236 replay Curzon Ashton (8) 2–3 Mossley (8) 253 9 Bamber Bridge (7) 3–1 Prescot Cables (7) 187 10 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 2–1 Squires Gate (8) 120 11 Goole (8) 2–4 Rossendale United (7) 227 12 Witton Albion (7) 4–1 Nelson (9) 240 13 Thackley (8) 0–1 Ossett Town (7) 111 14 Skelmersdale United (8) 3–0 Atherton Laburnum Rovers (8) 104 15 Pontefract Collieries (9) 0–2 Clitheroe (8) 102 16 Blackpool Mechanics (9) 1–1 Colwyn Bay (7) 80 replay Colwyn Bay (7) 3–1 Blackpool Mechanics (9) 17 Crook Town (9) 2–3 Guiseley (7) 18 Tow Law Town (8) 1–1 Salford City (8) 126 replay Salford City (8) 4–3 Tow Law Town (8) 111 19 South Shields (9) 0–0 Bedlington Terriers (8) 189 replay Bedlington Terriers (8) 4–1 South Shields (9) 138 20 Willington (9) 0–5 Consett (9) 72 21 Fleetwood Town (8) 3–0 Parkgate (9) 144 22 Newcastle Blue Star (9) 1–2 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 139 23 Billingham Synthonia (8) 1–1 Chorley (7) 112 replay Chorley (7) 3–1 Billingham Synthonia (8) 279 24 Hyde United (7) 6–1 Hallam (8) 228 25 Liversedge (8) 3–1 Gateshead (7) 92 26 Guisborough Town (8) 1–1 Kendal Town (7) 86 replay Kendal Town (7) 2–2 (7–8 p) Guisborough Town (8) 159 27 Tadcaster Albion (9) 0–4 Winsford United (9) 50 28 Great Harwood Town (9) 0–3 North Ferriby United (7) 111 29 Cheadle Town (9) 1–2 Chester-le-Street Town (8) 61 30 Woodley Sports (8) 1–1 Ramsbottom United (8) 113 replay Ramsbottom United (8) 3–0 Woodley Sports (8) 31 Durham City (8) 0–0 Rossington Main (9) 127 replay Rossington Main (9) 0–1 Durham City (8) 111 32 Horden Colliery Welfare (8) 0–1 Brandon United (8) 106 33 Esh Winning (8) 1–3 Bacup Borough (8) 104 34 Whickham (9) 2–2 Hebburn Town (9) 180 replay Hebburn Town (9) 1–2 Whickham (9) 159 35 Thornaby (8) 5–1 Easington Colliery (9) 47 36 Shildon (8) 2–1 Workington (7) 240 37 Selby Town (8) 0–0 Washington (8) 102 replay Washington (8) 3–3 (4–5 p) Selby Town (8) 106 38 Maltby Main (9) 1–0 West Auckland Town (8) 55 39 Sheffield (8) 1–0 Jarrow Roofing BCA (8) 130 40 Pickering Town (8) 2–0 Whitley Bay (8) 205 41 Evenwood Town (9) 3–5 Oldham Town (9) 124 42 Hall Road Rangers (9) 1–1 Trafford (8) 107 replay Trafford (8) 3–1 Hall Road Rangers (9) 130 43 Marske United (8) 3–0 Winterton Rangers (9) 104 44 Warrington Town (8) 1–0 Yorkshire Amateur (9) 92 45 Prudhoe Town (9) 2–0 Morpeth Town (8) 34 46 Ossett Albion (8) 2–1 Alsager Town (8) 106 47 Seaham Red Star (9) 3–4 Murton (9) 114 48 Atherton Collieries (8) 0–3 Farsley Celtic (7) 71 49 Gresley Rovers (7) 1–1 Buxton (8) 310 replay Buxton (8) 4–0 Gresley Rovers (7) 360 50 Stamford (7) 2–0 Bourne Town (8) 244 51 Shepshed Dynamo (7) 0–1 Congleton Town (8) 148 52 Shirebrook Town (9) 2–1 Matlock Town (7) 297 53 Grosvenor Park (8) 0–0 Glapwell (8) 37 replay Glapwell (8) 2–0 Grosvenor Park (8) 60 54 Quorn (8) 0–1 Gedling Town (9) 137 55 Studley (8) 3–0 Rushall Olympic (8) 104 56 Oadby Town (8) 5–1 Stratford Town (8) 205 57 Corby Town (7) 2–1 Lincoln United (7) 110 58 Bedworth United (7) 0–2 Halesowen Town (7) 262 59 Belper Town (7) 1–1 Boston Town (8) 208 replay Boston Town (8) 0–1 Belper Town (7) 108 60 Mickleover Sports (8) 3–0 Ludlow Town (8) 80 61 Chasetown (8) 1–2 Sutton Coldfield Town (7) 217 62 Kidsgrove Athletic (7) 1–3 Rugby United (7) 174 63 Borrowash Victoria (8) 3–4 Biddulph Victoria (8) 52 64 Racing Club Warwick (8) 0–1 Stafford Town (8) 85 65 Rocester (8) 1–1 Ilkeston Town (7) 165 replay Ilkeston Town (7) 3–1 Rocester (8) 238 66 Staveley Miners Welfare (9) 0–1 Sutton Town (9) 96 67 Atherstone United (7) w/o Pelsall Villa (8) Walkover for Pelsall Villa – Atherstone United removed 68 Eastwood Town (8) 2–2 Deeping Rangers (8) 111 replay Deeping Rangers (8) 1–2 Eastwood Town (8) 252 69 Lincoln Moorlands (9) 1–2 Leek Town (7) 70 Spalding United (8) 3–0 Glossop North End (8) 196 71 Stourport Swifts (7) 1–0 Boldmere St Michaels (8) 101 72 Cradley Town (8) 0–4 Bromsgrove Rovers (7) 164 73 Solihull Borough (7) 3–0 Stone Dominoes (8) 163 74 Leek CSOB (9) 2–3 Redditch United (7) 105 75 Barwell (8) 3–1 Oldbury United (8) 70 76 Newcastle Town (8) 3–0 Willenhall Town (8) 95 77 Stourbridge (8) 0–2 Causeway United (8) 190 78 Long Eaton United (9) 0–0 Norton United (9) 71 replay Norton United (9) 0–2 Long Eaton United (9) 78 79 Gorleston (8) w/o Haverhill Rovers (9) Walkover for Haverhill Rovers – Gorleston removed 80 Burnham (7) 1–7 Arlesey Town (7) 85 81 Burnham Ramblers (9) 4–1 Potters Bar Town (8) 82 Dunstable Town (7) w/o Saffron Walden Town Walkover for Dunstable Town – Saffron Walden Town removed 83 Leighton Town (8) 3–1 Wootton Blue Cross (8) 122 84 Tring Town w/o Mildenhall Town (8) Walkover for Mildenhall Town – Tring Town removed 85 Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 2–2 AFC Wallingford (8) 41 replay AFC Wallingford (8) 2–0 Sawbridgeworth Town (9) 125 86 Newmarket Town (8) 5–0 Wembley (8) 142 87 Chalfont St Peter (8) 0–6 Chesham United (7) 145 88 Boreham Wood (7) 2–1 Desborough Town (8) 66 89 Ware (8) 2–2 London Colney (8) 102 replay London Colney (8) 0–1 Ware (8) 90 90 Enfield Town (9) 2–1 Clacton Town (8) 356 91 Norwich United (8) 2–2 Leyton (7) 98 replay Leyton (7) 2–1 Norwich United (8) 190 92 AFC Sudbury (8) 5–1 Diss Town (8) 347 93 Histon (7) 7–0 Yeading (7) 131

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 94 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 3–0 Great Wakering Rovers (7) 157 95 Harpenden Town (8) 1–3 St Margaretsbury (8) 68 96 Haringey Borough (8) 1–3 Dereham Town (8) 65 97 Barton Rovers (7) 2–2 Rothwell Town (7) 134 replay Rothwell Town (7) 3–0 Barton Rovers (7) 147 98 Stewart & Lloyds Corby (8) 3–0 Fakenham Town (8) 48 99 Milton Keynes City w/o Tilbury (7) Walkover for Tilbury – Milton Keynes City removed 100 Bedford United & Valerio (8) 0–2 St Neots Town (8) 70 101 Beaconsfield SYCOB (8) 1–1 Ipswich Wanderers (9) 78 replay Ipswich Wanderers (9) 2–1 Beaconsfield SYCOB (8) 172 102 Wisbech Town (8) 1–2 Aveley (7) 289 103 Stowmarket Town (8) 0–2 Waltham Forest (7) 86 104 Stanway Rovers (9) 0–1 Staines Town (7) 140 105 Wivenhoe Town (7) 7–0 Bowers United (9) 104 106 Cheshunt (7) 2–3 Harlow Town (7) 155 107 Cogenhoe United (8) 1–2 Maldon Town (8) 94 108 Wingate & Finchley (7) 3–2 Bury Town (8) 127 109 Edgware Town (8) 2–2 Clapton (8) 85 replay Clapton (8) 0–1 Edgware Town (8) 110 Stansted (9) 0–7 Uxbridge (7) 87 111 Great Yarmouth Town (8) 0–1 Berkhamsted Town (7) 217 112 Raunds Town (8) 1–0 Hoddesdon Town (8) 86 113 Buckingham Town (8) 2–0 Ford Sports Daventry (8) 101 114 Hertford Town (8) 2–4 Lowestoft Town (8) 140 115 Yaxley (8) 2–1 Barking & East Ham United (7) 84 116 Ruislip Manor (8) 1–4 Soham Town Rangers (8) 78 117 Enfield (7) 1–1 Hemel Hempstead Town (7) 89 replay Hemel Hempstead Town (7) 2–3 Enfield (7) 115 118 Wroxham (8) 6–1 Banbury United (7) 137 119 Flackwell Heath (8) 4–1 Concord Rangers (9) 83 120 Long Buckby (8) 1–5 King's Lynn (7) 210 121 Hanwell Town (8) 2–2 East Thurrock United (7) 85 replay East Thurrock United (7) 6–3 Hanwell Town (8) 147 122 Witham Town (8) 2–0 Marlow (7) 77 123 Brook House (8) 1–3 Wealdstone (7) 223 124 Brackley Town (8) 4–2 Harwich & Parkeston (9) 93 125 Greenwich Borough (8) 1–1 Maidstone United (8) 314 replay Maidstone United (8) 1–0 Greenwich Borough (8) 270 126 Hailsham Town (8) 0–1 Cowes Sports (8) 132 127 Chessington & Hook United (8) 2–0 Merstham (8) 118 128 Leatherhead (7) 3–1 Moneyfields (8) 113 129 Windsor & Eton (7) 0–1 Metropolitan Police (7) 134 130 Dartford (7) 1–0 Bashley (7) 257 131 Walton & Hersham (7) 0–2 Walton Casuals (8) 216 132 Three Bridges (8) 1–1 Redhill (8) 75 replay Redhill (8) 0–3 Three Bridges (8) 86 133 Tonbridge Angels (7) 4–0 BAT Sports (8) 424 134 Fisher Athletic (7) 3–4 Bedfont (8) 91 135 Blackfield & Langley (8) 1–3 Thamesmead Town (8) 76 136 Abingdon United (8) 3–2 Cove (8) 44 137 Banstead Athletic (7) 0–2 Winchester City (8) 106 138 Arundel (8) 4–0 Hassocks (8) 94 139 Tooting & Mitcham United (7) 3–1 Ashford Town (Middx) (7) 235 140 Chipstead (8) 1–2 Ringmer (8) 778 141 Croydon (7) 1–1 Hythe Town (8) replay Hythe Town (8) 1–1 (5–4 p) Croydon (7) 165 142 Abingdon Town (8) 3–1 Chichester City United (8) 128 143 Whitchurch United (8) 4–1 Withdean 2000 (8) 50 144 Worthing (7) 7–0 Ash United (8) 259 145 Fleet Town (7) 1–0 Epsom & Ewell (7) 88 146 Slade Green (8) 1–2 Hartley Wintney (8) 57 147 Egham Town (7) 1–8 Thame United (7) 66 148 Sidlesham (8) 0–2 Sittingbourne (7) 61 149 AFC Totton (8) 3–1 AFC Newbury (8) 111 150 Didcot Town (8) 4–1 Eastbourne Town (8) 172 151 Ashford Town (Kent) (7) 3–0 Eastbourne United Association (9) 363 152 Gosport Borough (8) 2–4 Erith & Belvedere (7) 166 153 Hastings United (7) 1–3 Bracknell Town (7) 289 154 Southwick (8) 1–4 Burgess Hill Town (7) 203 155 VCD Athletic (8) 2–1 Eastleigh (7) 67 156 Beckenham Town (8) 2–5 Sandhurst Town (8) 28 157 Slough Town (7) 5–0 East Grinstead Town (8) 374 158 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 1–3 Folkestone Invicta (7) 265 159 Wokingham Town (8) 0–1 Deal Town (8) 104 160 Dorking (8) 3–5 Lewes (7) 222 161 Hillingdon Borough (8) 2–0 Corinthian-Casuals (7) 62 162 Wick (9) 0–5 Whyteleafe (7) 102 163 Oxford City (7) 5–1 Farnham Town (8) 98 164 Molesey (7) 1–2 Godalming & Guildford (8) 76 165 Croydon Athletic (7) 2–1 Herne Bay (8) 110 166 Bromley (7) 2–1 North Leigh (8) 262 167 Whitehawk (8) 0–2 Lymington & New Milton (8) 67 168 Thatcham Town (8) 1–2 Alton Town (8) 113 169 Whitstable Town (8) 1–3 Raynes Park Vale (8) 136 170 Cray Wanderers (8) 5–0 Pagham (8) 87 171 Peacehaven & Telscombe (9) 2–1 Chessington United (8) 61 172 Horsham (7) 1–2 Newport (Isle of Wight) (7) 297 173 Carterton Town (8) 1–2 Fareham Town (8) 82 174 Chatham Town (7) 2–4 Andover (8) 143 175 Bitton (9) 3–4 Christchurch (8) 162 176 Bideford (8) 1–3 Swindon Supermarine (7) 330 177 Backwell United (8) 2–0 Fairford Town (8) 41 178 Bishop Sutton (8) 1–0 Falmouth Town (10) 78 179 Bridport (8) 2–0 Street (9) 102 180 Cinderford Town (7) 1–3 Brislington (8) 130 181 Melksham Town (8) 0–4 Mangotsfield United (7) 156 182 Evesham United (7) 3–3 Hallen (9) 97 replay Hallen (9) 2–1 Evesham United (7) 179 183 Taunton Town (7) 1–1 Bournemouth (8) 336 replay Bournemouth (8) 0–5 Taunton Town (7) 269 184 St Blazey (10) 5–0 Willand Rovers (9) 140 185 Highworth Town (8) 4–3 Portland United (8) 132 186 Westbury United (9) 2–2 Keynsham Town (8) 103 replay Keynsham Town (8) 2–5 Westbury United (9) 65 187 Minehead Town (9) 2–2 Welton Rovers (8) 80 replay Welton Rovers (8) 2–1 Minehead Town (9) 75 188 Bemerton Heath Harlequins (8) 3–2 Torrington (8) 74 189 Bristol Manor Farm (9) 0–5 Gloucester City (7) 153 190 Frome Town (8) 1–1 Clevedon Town (7) 156 replay Clevedon Town (7) 2–3 Frome Town (8) 182 191 Porthleven (10) 0–4 Team Bath (7) 238 192 Salisbury City (7) 4–0 Odd Down (8) 418 193 Elmore (8) 1–3 Wimborne Town (8) 61 194 Downton (8) 3–4 Exmouth Town (8) 70 195 Yate Town (7) 1–2 Cirencester Town (7) 197 196 Paulton Rovers (8) 2–0 Calne Town (9) 86 197 Bridgwater Town (8) 0–1 Corsham Town (9) 206 198 Dawlish Town (8) 1–2 Clevedon United (9) 68

First qualifying round

Matches on weekend of Saturday 20 September 2003. A total of 198 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all having progressed from the Preliminary round. St Blazey from the South Western Football League at Level 10 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Witton Albion (7) 7–0 Holker Old Boys (9) 279 2 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 6–1 Prudhoe Town (9) 103 3 Mossley (8) 1–6 Hyde United (7) 525 4 Rossendale United (7) 2–1 Harrogate Railway Athletic (8) 218 5 Clitheroe (8) 4–1 Brandon United (8) 222 Tie awarded to Brandon United – Clitheroe removed 6 Maltby Main (9) 4–2 Colwyn Bay (7) 110 7 Winsford United (9) 2–1 Marske United (8) 189 8 Oldham Town (9) 3–2 Liversedge (8) 120 9 Ossett Albion (8) 0–0 Ossett Town (7) 522 replay Ossett Town (7) 1–3 Ossett Albion (8) 10 Durham City (8) 0–2 Shildon (8) 221 11 Ashington (9) 3–1 Ramsbottom United (8) 271 12 Thornaby (8) 1–2 Guisborough Town (8) 90 13 Armthorpe Welfare (8) 0–0 Whickham (9) 72 replay Whickham (9) 2–1 Armthorpe Welfare (8) 14 Bamber Bridge (7) 2–0 Bacup Borough (8) 15 Guiseley (7) 1–0 Trafford (8) 242 16 Bishop Auckland (7) 0–1 Pickering Town (8) 168 17 Chester-le-Street Town (8) 2–0 Murton (9) 71 18 Warrington Town (8) 6–1 North Ferriby United (7) 107 19 Chorley (7) 2–1 Selby Town (8) 222 20 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 2–2 Billingham Town (8) 104 replay Billingham Town (8) 0–1 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 21 Farsley Celtic (7) 1–1 Sheffield (8) replay Sheffield (8) 1–3 Farsley Celtic (7) 22 Bridlington Town (7) 5–0 Salford City (8) 311 23 Skelmersdale United (8) 2–0 Consett (9) 102 24 Fleetwood Town (8) 3–2 Bedlington Terriers (8) 158 25 Stourport Swifts (7) 0–3 Rugby United (7) 173 26 Oadby Town (8) 0–2 Stamford (7) 281 27 Barwell (8) 2–5 Newcastle Town (8) 113 28 Glapwell (8) 1–2 Gedling Town (9) 75 29 Shirebrook Town (9) 2–0 Stafford Town (8) 190 30 Studley (8) 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers (7) 387 31 Solihull Borough (7) 0–3 Redditch United (7) 416 32 Long Eaton United (9) 0–2 Ilkeston Town (7) 484 33 Mickleover Sports (8) 0–0 Eastwood Town (8) 213 replay Eastwood Town (8) 1–0 Mickleover Sports (8) 34 Sutton Coldfield Town (7) 1–1 Causeway United (8) 118 replay Causeway United (8) 0–3 Sutton Coldfield Town (7) 35 Pelsall Villa (8) 0–4 Belper Town (7) 36 Corby Town (7) 1–1 Halesowen Town (7) 228 replay Halesowen Town (7) 3–2 Corby Town (7) 37 Spalding United (8) 2–2 Sutton Town (9) 293 replay Sutton Town (9) 0–5 Spalding United (8) 38 Congleton Town (8) 1–0 Leek Town (7) 386 39 Biddulph Victoria (8) 1–1 Buxton (8) 326 replay Buxton (8) 3–2 Biddulph Victoria (8) 40 Newmarket Town (8) 6–1 Brackley Town (8) 160 41 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 1–0 Dunstable Town (7) 155 42 Harlow Town (7) 1–0 St Neots Town (8) 140 43 Waltham Forest (7) 1–3 Rothwell Town (7) 96 44 Dereham Town (8) 1–4 Tilbury (7) 120 45 Aveley (7) 1–2 Lowestoft Town (8) 107 46 Wealdstone (7) 0–1 Uxbridge (7) 326 47 Leyton (7) 4–0 Arlesey Town (7) 108 48 Edgware Town (8) 0–1 Enfield Town (9) 225 49 Ware (8) 2–2 Buckingham Town (8) 116 replay Buckingham Town (8) 2–1 Ware (8)

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 50 Wingate & Finchley (7) 3–1 Raunds Town (8) 107 51 Mildenhall Town (8) 1–6 Histon (7) 168 52 AFC Wallingford (8) 2–0 Ipswich Wanderers (9) 137 53 Berkhamsted Town (7) 0–9 AFC Sudbury (8) 376 54 Chesham United (7) 2–0 Yaxley (8) 202 55 Wroxham (8) 2–2 Flackwell Heath (8) 163 replay Flackwell Heath (8) 1–0 Wroxham (8) 56 East Thurrock United (7) 2–1 Staines Town (7) 140 57 Wivenhoe Town (7) 2–3 Soham Town Rangers (8) 124 58 Boreham Wood (7) 2–1 Maldon Town (8) 121 59 St Margaretsbury (8) 2–2 Leighton Town (8) 83 replay Leighton Town (8) 0–1 St Margaretsbury (8) 60 Haverhill Rovers (9) 1–2 Burnham Ramblers (9) 230 61 King's Lynn (7) 2–2 Stewart & Lloyds Corby (8) 871 replay Stewart & Lloyds Corby (8) 0–3 King's Lynn (7) 62 Enfield (7) 4–0 Witham Town (8) 99 63 Whitchurch United (8) 0–3 Tooting & Mitcham United (7) 156 64 Raynes Park Vale (8) 0–2 Folkestone Invicta (7) 120 65 Lymington & New Milton (8) 1–0 Erith & Belvedere (7) 133 66 Cray Wanderers (8) 4–1 Sandhurst Town (8) 129 67 Deal Town (8) 1–2 Leatherhead (7) 170 68 Ashford Town (Kent) (7) 1–1 Bromley (7) 427 replay Bromley (7) 1–0 Ashford Town (Kent) (7) 69 Tonbridge Angels (7) 1–1 Lewes (7) 617 replay Lewes (7) 2–1 Tonbridge Angels (7) 70 Hillingdon Borough (8) 1–1 Oxford City (7) 85 replay Oxford City (7) 2–1 Hillingdon Borough (8) 71 Chessington & Hook United (8) 1–4 Thamesmead Town (8) 123 72 Slough Town (7) 2–0 Godalming & Guildford (8) 319 73 Metropolitan Police (7) 2–3 Winchester City (8) 180 74 Fareham Town (8) 1–2 Newport (Isle of Wight) (7) 210 75 Hythe Town (8) 3–1 Alton Town (8) 136 76 Burgess Hill Town (7) 2–1 Abingdon United (8) 220 77 Thame United (7) 4–2 VCD Athletic (8) 145 78 Worthing (7) 4–1 Walton Casuals (8) 390 79 Dartford (7) 3–0 Peacehaven & Telscombe (9) 284 80 Sittingbourne (7) 1–0 Whyteleafe (7) 267 81 Andover (8) 5–0 Arundel (8) 278 82 Abingdon Town (8) 4–3 Ringmer (8) 88 83 Bracknell Town (7) 3–2 Hartley Wintney (8) 154 84 Three Bridges (8) 1–2 Fleet Town (7) 129 85 Croydon Athletic (7) 7–1 Bedfont (8) 142 86 AFC Totton (8) 1–3 Didcot Town (8) 94 87 Maidstone United (8) 4–0 Cowes Sports (8) 350 88 Clevedon United (9) 4–1 Frome Town (8) 141 89 Paulton Rovers (8) 2–0 Bemerton Heath Harlequins (8) 133 90 Gloucester City (7) 0–0 Team Bath (7) 377 replay Team Bath (7) 0–2 Gloucester City (7) 91 Christchurch (8) 2–3 Westbury United (9) 103 92 Mangotsfield United (7) 4–3 Bridport (8) 229 93 Cirencester Town (7) 2–1 Swindon Supermarine (7) 188 94 Corsham Town (9) 1–2 Brislington (8) 160 95 Salisbury City (7) 4–1 Taunton Town (7) 551 96 Exmouth Town (8) 2–2 St Blazey (10) replay St Blazey (10) 2–2 (3–4 p) Exmouth Town (8) 97 Hallen (9) 1–2 Highworth Town (8) 84 98 Backwell United (8) 1–4 Wimborne Town (8) 49 99 Welton Rovers (8) 3–3 Bishop Sutton (8) 70 replay Bishop Sutton (8) 1–0 Welton Rovers (8)

Second qualifying round

Matches played on weekend of Saturday 27 September 2003. A total of 168 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, including the 99 winners from the first qualifying round and 69 Level 6 clubs, from Premier divisions of the Isthmian League, Northern Premier League and Southern Football League, entering at this stage. The round featured eleven clubs from Level 9 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Frickley Athletic (6) 0–0 Shildon (8) 253 replay Shildon (8) 5–1 Frickley Athletic (6) 664 2 Whitby Town (6) 3–0 Winsford United (9) 282 3 Runcorn Halton (6) 3–0 Guiseley (7) 234 4 Droylsden (6) 2–2 Burscough (6) 151 replay Burscough (6) 1–2 Droylsden (6) 166 5 Pickering Town (8) 0–1 Ossett Albion (8) 258 6 Vauxhall Motors (6) 3–1 Southport (6) 492 7 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 1–1 Fleetwood Town (8) 165 replay Fleetwood Town (8) 1–2 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 185 8 Bridlington Town (7) 2–2 Farsley Celtic (7) 359 replay Farsley Celtic (7) 3–0 Bridlington Town (7) 182 9 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 3–2 Brandon United (8) 139 10 Ashton United (6) 1–1 Hyde United (7) 446 replay Hyde United (7) 1–2 Ashton United (6) 489 11 Blyth Spartans (6) 3–0 Bamber Bridge (7) 464 12 Marine (6) 3–1 Rossendale United (7) 332 13 Chester-le-Street Town (8) 0–2 Bradford (Park Avenue) (6) 201 14 Maltby Main (9) 2–3 Ashington (9) 121 15 Barrow (6) 2–0 Harrogate Town (6) 1,250 16 Lancaster City (6) 2–0 Altrincham (6) 489 17 Gainsborough Trinity (6) 6–0 Skelmersdale United (8) 376 18 Witton Albion (7) 0–1 Wakefield & Emley (6) 348 19 Guisborough Town (8) 2–2 Stalybridge Celtic (6) 205 replay Stalybridge Celtic (6) 3–1 Guisborough Town (8) 305 20 Chorley (7) 5–0 Whickham (9) 239 21 Radcliffe Borough (6) 2–1 Oldham Town (9) 294 22 Spennymoor United (6) 0–2 Warrington Town (8) 202 23 Gedling Town (9) 1–0 Alfreton Town (6) 280 24 Newcastle Town (8) 2–1 Sutton Coldfield Town (7) 107 25 Cambridge City (6) 3–1 Ilkeston Town (7) 294 26 Hednesford Town (6) 0–2 Bromsgrove Rovers (7) 570 27 Rothwell Town (7) 0–1 Bedford Town (6) 410 28 Stafford Rangers (6) 1–2 Grantham Town (6) 797 29 Redditch United (7) 1–1 Shirebrook Town (9) 337 replay Shirebrook Town (9) 2–2 (4–1 p) Redditch United (7) 340 30 Spalding United (8) 1–2 Halesowen Town (7) 393 31 Stamford (7) 0–3 Kettering Town (6) 862 32 Hucknall Town (6) 1–1 Congleton Town (8) 447 replay Congleton Town (8) 3–2 Hucknall Town (6) 290 33 Soham Town Rangers (8) 0–2 Histon (7) 281 34 Buxton (8) 1–0 Belper Town (7) 915 35 Nuneaton Borough (6) 1–0 Worcester City (6) 1,352 36 Worksop Town (6) 2–2 King's Lynn (7) 834 replay King's Lynn (7) 1–4 Worksop Town (6) 1,209 37 Rugby United (7) 1–3 Eastwood Town (8) 364 38 Moor Green (6) 1–2 Hinckley United (6) 271 39 Basingstoke Town (6) 1–0 Cray Wanderers (8) 351 40 Sutton United (6) 0–0 Bishop's Stortford (6) 429 replay Bishop's Stortford (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Sutton United (6) 347

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 41 Buckingham Town (8) 1–2 Thurrock (6) 182 42 Bromley (7) 2–0 Dartford (7) 542 43 Sittingbourne (7) 1–2 East Thurrock United (7) 301 44 Boreham Wood (7) 4–0 Burgess Hill Town (7) 165 45 Bracknell Town (7) 4–2 Tilbury (7) 178 46 Hendon (6) 4–0 Enfield (7) 158 47 Canvey Island (6) 6–1 Uxbridge (7) 321 48 Wingate & Finchley (7) 1–2 Oxford City (7) 159 49 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 2–1 Kingstonian (6) 660 50 Heybridge Swifts (6) 3–3 Worthing (7) 297 replay Worthing (7) 2–0 Heybridge Swifts (6) 452 51 Lowestoft Town (8) 2–1 Lewes (7) 317 52 Hythe Town (8) 0–4 Maidstone United (8) 603 53 Leyton (7) 1–0 Leatherhead (7) 140 54 Slough Town (7) 1–1 Welling United (6) 465 replay Welling United (6) 4–1 Slough Town (7) 418 55 Thame United (7) 4–0 Thamesmead Town (8) 150 56 Abingdon Town (8) 1–2 Chesham United (7) 183 57 Hornchurch (6) 2–1 Billericay Town (6) 836 58 Newmarket Town (8) 3–0 Fleet Town (7) 221 59 Braintree Town (6) 3–2 Aylesbury United (6) 214 60 St Albans City (6) 2–4 Grays Athletic (6) 420 61 Hayes (6) 4–2 Tooting & Mitcham United (7) 272 62 Enfield Town (9) 0–1 Carshalton Athletic (6) 501 63 Hitchin Town (6) 0–0 Folkestone Invicta (7) 319 replay Folkestone Invicta (7) 3–0 Hitchin Town (6) 428 64 Ford United (6) 3–1 Didcot Town (8) 117 65 Croydon Athletic (7) 2–0 AFC Wallingford (8) 150 66 Northwood (6) 2–4 AFC Sudbury (8) 385 67 Dover Athletic (6) 4–0 Maidenhead United (6) 703 68 Burnham Ramblers (9) 1–3 St Margaretsbury (8) 160 69 Eastbourne Borough (6) 2–2 Chelmsford City (6) 608 replay Chelmsford City (6) 0–2 Eastbourne Borough (6) 441 70 Harrow Borough (6) 0–0 Flackwell Heath (8) 120 replay Flackwell Heath (8) 0–1 Harrow Borough (6) 128 71 Harlow Town (7) 0–4 Crawley Town (6) 372 72 Newport County (6) 3–2 Weymouth (6) 769 73 Bognor Regis Town (6) 0–4 Havant & Waterlooville (6) 945 74 Newport (Isle of Wight) (7) 2–1 Tiverton Town (6) 378 75 Weston-super-Mare (6) 4–1 Dorchester Town (6) 293 76 Paulton Rovers (8) 4–1 Bishop Sutton (8) 123 77 Mangotsfield United (7) 3–0 Wimborne Town (8) 233 78 Brislington (8) 0–2 Bath City (6) 516 79 Salisbury City (7) 1–1 Westbury United (9) 570 replay Westbury United (9) 1–2 Salisbury City (7) 478 80 Chippenham Town (6) 2–1 Winchester City (8) 461 81 Gloucester City (7) 2–0 Merthyr Tydfil (6) 476 82 Lymington & New Milton (8) 8–2 Clevedon United (9) 130 83 Cirencester Town (7) 3–2 Andover (8) 202 84 Exmouth Town (8) 0–1 Highworth Town (8) 258

Third qualifying round

Matches played on weekend of Saturday 11 October 2003. A total of 84 clubs took part, all having progressed from the second qualifying round. Ashington, Gedling Town and Shirebrook Town from Level 9 of English football were the lowest-ranked club to qualify for this round of the competition.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Ashton United (6) 2–1 Barrow (6) 429 2 Farsley Celtic (7) 3–0 Worksop Town (6) 374 3 Shirebrook Town (9) 1–3 Shildon (8) 662 4 Nuneaton Borough (6) 1–1 Runcorn Halton (6) 1,201 replay Runcorn Halton (6) 2–2 (5–4 p) Nuneaton Borough (6) 347 5 Ashington (9) 1–3 Grantham Town (6) 659 6 Gedling Town (9) 0–1 Stalybridge Celtic (6) 210 7 Eastwood Town (8) 1–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 277 replay Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 3–2 Eastwood Town (8) 253 8 Newcastle Town (8) 1–1 Ossett Albion (8) 184 replay Ossett Albion (8) 4–4 (3–0 p) Newcastle Town (8) 334 9 Marine (6) 1–2 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 329 10 Blyth Spartans (6) 2–1 Halesowen Town (7) 667 11 Bradford (Park Avenue) (6) 1–1 Vauxhall Motors (6) 321 replay Vauxhall Motors (6) 1–3 Bradford (Park Avenue) (6) 278 12 Warrington Town (8) 0–0 Whitby Town (6) 253 replay Whitby Town (6) 2–1 Warrington Town (8) 364 13 Wakefield & Emley (6) 0–2 Hinckley United (6) 248 14 Droylsden (6) 0–2 Gainsborough Trinity (6) 345 15 Buxton (8) 2–1 Radcliffe Borough (6) 1,416 16 Chorley (7) 1–1 Lancaster City (6) 616 replay Lancaster City (6) 1–0 Chorley (7) 452 17 Congleton Town (8) 0–2 Bromsgrove Rovers (7) 544 18 Kettering Town (6) 2–0 St Margaretsbury (8) 790 19 Folkestone Invicta (7) 1–1 Welling United (6) 734 replay Welling United (6) 2–2 (5–3 p) Folkestone Invicta (7) 602 20 Bromley (7) 1–1 Thurrock (6) 461 replay Thurrock (6) 3–0 Bromley (7) 231

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 21 Histon (7) 0–0 Newmarket Town (8) 402 replay Newmarket Town (8) 0–1 Histon (7) 938 22 Hornchurch (6) 5–0 Carshalton Athletic (6) 611 23 Canvey Island (6) 4–3 Dover Athletic (6) 528 24 Ford United (6) 3–2 Worthing (7) 167 25 Cambridge City (6) 3–0 Lowestoft Town (8) 357 26 Maidstone United (8) 1–1 Bishop's Stortford (6) 601 replay Bishop's Stortford (6) 3–2 Maidstone United (8) 568 27 Hayes (6) 1–1 Boreham Wood (7) 350 replay Boreham Wood (7) 3–1 Hayes (6) 268 28 East Thurrock United (7) 1–1 AFC Sudbury (8) 600 replay AFC Sudbury (8) 1–1 (2–4 p) East Thurrock United (7) 602 29 Leyton (7) 3–0 Bedford Town (6) 275 30 Grays Athletic (6) 3–0 Hendon (6) 406 31 Braintree Town (6) 0–4 Eastbourne Borough (6) 351 32 Crawley Town (6) 6–1 Croydon Athletic (7) 897 33 Basingstoke Town (6) 0–0 Bracknell Town (7) 429 replay Bracknell Town (7) 1–0 Basingstoke Town (6) 375 34 Gloucester City (7) 4–3 Chippenham Town (6) 611 35 Thame United (7) 3–0 Bath City (6) 342 36 Oxford City (7) 0–3 Cirencester Town (7) 181 37 Havant & Waterlooville (6) 3–4 Salisbury City (7) 494 38 Newport (Isle of Wight) (7) 2–2 Harrow Borough (6) 415 replay Harrow Borough (6) 2–0 Newport (Isle of Wight) (7) 181 39 Newport County (6) 3–6 Mangotsfield United (7) 667 40 Weston-super-Mare (6) 1–1 Chesham United (7) 303 replay Chesham United (7) 1–2 Weston-super-Mare (6) 211 40 Lymington & New Milton (8) 2–0 Highworth Town (8) 200 42 Paulton Rovers (8) 2–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough (7) 300

Fourth qualifying round

Matches played on weekend of Saturday 25 October 2003. A total of 64 clubs took part, 42 having progressed from the third qualifying round and 22 clubs from Conference Premier, forming Level 5 of English football, entering at this stage. The round featured six clubs from Level 8 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked clubs in this round.

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 1 Ossett Albion (8) 0–1 Stalybridge Celtic (6) 621 2 Dunston Federation Brewery (8) 0–1 Lancaster City (6) 310 3 Ashton United (6) 1–2 Grantham Town (6) 413 4 Blyth Spartans (6) 0–1 Chester City (5) 1,105 5 Bromsgrove Rovers (7) 2–2 Whitby Town (6) 814 replay Whitby Town (6) 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers (7) 6 Burton Albion (5) 6–0 Buxton (8) 1,980 7 Morecambe (5) 2–4 Shrewsbury Town (5) 1,651 8 Telford United (5) 3–3 Tamworth (5) 1,431 replay Tamworth (5) 2–3 Telford United (5) 1,221 9 Scarborough (5) 3–1 Hinckley United (6) 1,207 10 Farsley Celtic (7) 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity (6) 774 replay Gainsborough Trinity (6) 3–0 Farsley Celtic (7) 845 11 Accrington Stanley (5) 2–0 Leigh RMI (5) 1,361 12 Northwich Victoria (5) 1–0 Halifax Town (5) 1,101 13 Runcorn Halton (6) 0–1 Bradford (Park Avenue) (6) 379 14 Shildon (8) 6–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 1,046 15 Leyton (7) 1–2 Histon (7) 288 16 Eastbourne Borough (6) 2–2 Stevenage Borough (5) 1,305 replay Stevenage Borough (5) 1–0 Eastbourne Borough (6) 1,205

Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Att. 17 Bracknell Town (7) 0–3 Barnet (5) 1,069 18 Thame United (7) 1–2 Farnborough Town (5) 909 19 Grays Athletic (6) 3–3 Margate (5) 665 replay Margate (5) 3–3 (1–3 p) Grays Athletic (6) 411 20 Welling United (6) 2–3 Weston-super-Mare (6) 678 21 Boreham Wood (7) 1–0 Kettering Town (6) 501 22 Forest Green Rovers (5) 1–3 Aldershot Town (5) 1,137 23 Thurrock (6) 2–1 Dagenham & Redbridge (5) 957 24 Harrow Borough (6) 1–6 Hereford United (5) 655 25 Bishop's Stortford (6) 2–0 Gloucester City (7) 768 26 Salisbury City (7) 5–1 Lymington & New Milton (8) 1,190 27 Cambridge City (6) 2–3 Ford United (6) 412 28 Mangotsfield United (7) 1–2 Canvey Island (6) 1.083 29 Hornchurch (6) 1–0 Paulton Rovers (8) 747 30 East Thurrock United (7) 1–1 Woking (5) 1,215 replay Woking (5) 2–0 East Thurrock United (7) 1,781 31 Cirencester Town (7) 2–4 Crawley Town (6) 715 32 Exeter City (5) 0–0 Gravesend & Northfleet (5) 2,686 replay Gravesend & Northfleet (5) 3–3 (6–5 p) Exeter City (5) 1,227

Competition proper

See 2003–04 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

External links

• Football Club History Database: FA Cup 2003–04
• The FA Cup Archive