Country England
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The 2007–08 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 127th 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 729 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 42 from the previous season's 687.
Contents
- Extra preliminary round
- Preliminary round
- First Round Qualifying
- Second Round Qualifying
- Third Round Qualifying
- Fourth Round Qualifying
- 200708 FA Cup
- References
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. The 32 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progressed to the First Round Proper, where League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 entered the competition.
Extra preliminary round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 18 August 2007.
Preliminary round
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 1 September 2007.
This early round saw Level 8 team Chasetown F.C. enter the 2007–08 competition. Chasetown would defeat seven teams over four months, becoming the lowest-ranked club ever to reach the Third Round Proper of an FA Cup competition.
First Round Qualifying
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 15 September 2007.
Second Round Qualifying
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 29 September 2007.
Third Round Qualifying
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 13 October 2007.
Fourth Round Qualifying
Matches played on the weekend of Saturday 27 October 2007.
2007–08 FA Cup
See 2007-08 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.