The 2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 132nd 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 758 clubs were accepted for the competition, down five from the previous season's 763.
Contents
- Calendar
- Extra Preliminary Round
- Preliminary Round
- First Round Qualifying
- Second Round Qualifying
- Third Round Qualifying
- Fourth Round Qualifying
- 2012 13 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 2012–13 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the FA.
Extra Preliminary Round
Extra preliminary round ties were played on Friday the 10th, Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of August. Replays were played on Monday the 13th, Tuesday the 14th and Wednesday the 15th of August. The relative immediacy of the replays was due to there only being two weeks between consecutive rounds of the competition. Of the 200 teams who progressed to the preliminary round, 50 were from the lowest tier represented in the competition.
† – After extra time
Preliminary Round
The Preliminary Round Draw is as follows:
† – After extra time
First Round Qualifying
The First Round Qualifying Draw is as follows:
Clevedon Town's Scott Murray won the Budweiser Player of the Round with 75% of the votes.
The results were as follows:
- Scott Murray, Clevedon Town
- Craig Hammond, Cambridge City
- Paul Booth, Maidstone United
- Tony Evans, Curzon Ashton
- Andy Teague, Chorley.
† – After extra time
Second Round Qualifying
The Second Round Qualifying draw is as follows:
FC United of Manchester's Nicky Platt won the Budweiser Player of the Round.
The results were as follows:
- Nicky Platt, FC United of Manchester
- Sean Shields, St Albans City
- Tom Winters, Brackley Town
- Jonte Smith, Metropolitan Police
- Callum Ward, Tadcaster Albion.
† – After extra time
Third Round Qualifying
The Third Round Qualifying draw is as follows:
South Park's Kieran Lavery won the Budweiser Player of the Round with 33% of the votes.
The results were as follows:
- Kieran Lavery, South Park
- Sam Reed, Bury Town
- Michael Barnes, AFC Fylde
- Jamie Slabber, Chelmsford City
- Jeanmal Prosper, Arlesey Town.
† – After extra time
Fourth Round Qualifying
The Fourth Round Qualifying draw is as follows:
Luton Town's Andre Gray won the Budweiser Player of the Round with 41% of the votes.
The results were as follows:
- Andre Gray, Luton Town
- Jake Speight, Mansfield Town
- Danny Hurst, Barrow
- Ryan Bowman, Hereford
- Lee Carey, Hastings.
† – After extra time
2012-13 FA Cup
See 2012-13 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.