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The 2009–10 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 129th season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. As in the previous year, 762 clubs were accepted for the competition.
Contents
- Calendar
- Extra Preliminary Round
- Ties
- Replays
- Preliminary Round
- First Round Qualifying
- Second Round Qualifying
- Third Round Qualifying
- Fourth Round Qualifying
- 2009 10 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.
Calendar
The calendar for the 2009–10 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The FA
Extra Preliminary Round
The draw for the Extra Preliminary Round was announced on The FA's website on Tuesday, 1 July.
Matches in this round were played on the weekend around 15 August 2009, with replays were competed between 17 and 19 August 2009.
Ties
† – After extra time
Replays
† – After extra time
Preliminary Round
The draw for the Preliminary Round was announced on Tuesday, 1 July. Matches in this round were played on the weekend of 29 August 2009, with replays scheduled for no later than 3 September 2009.
Replays
† – After extra time
First Round Qualifying
The draw for the First Round Qualifying was announced on Tuesday, 1 July. Matches in this round were played on the weekend of 12 September 2009, with replays scheduled for no later than 17 September 2009.
As Newcastle Blue Star folded after the draw had been conducted, Ossett Albion were given a walkover to the Second Round Qualifying.
Bobby Traynor was voted 'Player of the Round' for his hattrick in Kingstonian's 4-1 win against Bognor Regis Town.
Second Round Qualifying
The draw for the Second Round Qualifying was announced on 14 September 2009. Matches in this round will be played on the weekend of 26 September 2009 with possible replays scheduled for no later than 30 September 2009.
Third Round Qualifying
The draw for the Third Round Qualifying was announced on 28 September 2009. Matches in this round will be played on the weekend of 10 October 2009.
Fourth Round Qualifying
The Conference National teams will enter at this stage, along with the winners from the third qualifying round. The draw was made on 12 October, and the ties will be played in the week beginning 24 October 2009.
2009-10 FA Cup
See 2009-10 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.