F A Cup 25/26
The Emirates FA Cup fourth round qualifying draw was made live on talkSPORT radio on Monday afternoon, with 32 ties pulled out of the hat for the final stage of the qualifying rounds.
With the draw split into North and South sections, 64 clubs will now head into action across the weekend of Saturday 11 October 2025 with a spot in the first round proper up for grabs.
Winning clubs in the fourth round qualifying will collect £9375 from the competition prize fund, while losing teams will get £3125.
The Draw
North
1 AFC Fylde or Darlington vs AFC Telford United
2 Macclesfield v Stamford
3 Gainsborough Trinity v Hartlepool United
4 Carlisle United v Boston United
5 Rochdale v York City
6 Runcorn Linnets or Ashton United v Buxton
7 Morecambe v Chester
8 South Shields v Spalding United
9 Tamworth v Hyde United
10 Scunthorpe United v King’s Lynn Town
11 Halesowen Town or Aveley v Gateshead
12 Spennymoor Town v Hednesford Town or Billericay Town
13 Southport v Halifax Town
14 Altrincham v Harborough Town
South
16 Worthing v Forest Green Rovers
17 Maldon & Tiptree v Flackwell Heath or Bracknell Town
18 Woking v Brackley Town
19 Wealdstone v Whitstable Town
20 Slough Town v Enfield Town
21 Eastbourne Borough v Boreham Wood
22 Hampton & Richmond Borough v Eastleigh
23 Southend United v Folkestone Invicta
24 Ebbsfleet United v Solihull Moors
25 Braintree Town v Farnborough
26 Cray Valley (PM) or Tonbridge Angels v Chatham Town
27 Weston Super Mare v Needham Market
28 Hemel Hempstead Town or Hereford v Yeovil Town
29 Banbury United v St Albans City
30 Chelmsford City v Chippenham Town
31 AFC Totton v Truro City
32 Salisbury or Dorking Wanderers v Aldershot Town
33 Farnham Town v Sutton United
https://www.thefa.com/news/2025/sep/29/emirates-fa-cup-fourth-round-qualifying-draw-20252909
Comments
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I won tickets to the semi final of my choice at Wembley in this years FA Cup at golf last weekend.An omen?0
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Whitstable Town the lowest ranked side left (only tier 9 side) in the competition who have an away tie at Wealdstone.1
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Yeah a bad one, you'll probably get to choose between Palace v Wednesday and Millwall v OrientGreenhithe said:I won tickets to the semi final of my choice at Wembley in this years FA Cup at golf last weekend.An omen?7 -
Isthmian Premier League side Folkestone Invicta (with Joe Pigott) have already knocked out Horsham and Maidstone Utd from the National League South so may fancy their chances at National League Southend United0
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I'd like to see Brackley Town v Bracknell Town in the next round. Get pissed up & you wont know who you're cheering for 😂😂😂3
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I'll often joke that "I'm now in the north" when I cross the Thames, but it seems I'm not wrong given that's where Aveley have been put1
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Tell them you want Charlton v a local park side so we get to the final.Greenhithe said:I won tickets to the semi final of my choice at Wembley in this years FA Cup at golf last weekend.An omen?4 -
I went to watch my Son in Law play for Runcorn Linnets v Ashton Unithed on Saturday in the 3rd Round. They drew 1-1 (he hit the bar in the second half), the replay is tomorrow night. Their previous round game in North Yorkshire was live on IPlayer.
It is nearly a month since they played an actual league game as the have being played FA and FA Trophy trophy matches / replays.
It is relentless, they are playing every Tuesday and Saturdays for the next month as well as the last couple of weeks in September (As well as having their full time jobs). I do love watching this level though.
Bring on Buxton!.1 -
Aveley and Billericay in the Northern half?1
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My Crystal ball says that we will fuck up a game, only to miss out on a really lucrative and exciting next round game!
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I hope Maldon and Tiptree are known as the Jamboys or the Salters or something related1
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In terms of Essex teams, Aveley is further south than Southend and especially Braintree, both in the south.MrOneLung said:Aveley and Billericay in the Northern half?
But baffling when Solihull are in the southern section
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For anyone else who feels lost in the confusion and impending disappointment of the unknown, we come in at round 3 on 10th Jan for which the draw should be made after round 2, sometime around 6th December. The current holders are Crystal Palace.
From https://groundhopperguides.com/fa-cup-dates/ -3rd Round Proper: January 10, 2026
This is the really fun one, when all the 44 clubs from the Premier League and Championship, the top two tiers, enter and often wind up facing some really small clubs. Sixty-four teams play 32 games.
Note that both the Championship and Premier League take this weekend off from league games.
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We've had our share of really small clubs in recent years.
Coalville
Truro
Havant and Waterlooville
Cray Valley PM.
About time we got one of the so called big 6.0 -
That will be the most painful day in our history. 🥲RodneyCharltonTrotta said:
Tell them you want Charlton v a local park side so we get to the final.Greenhithe said:I won tickets to the semi final of my choice at Wembley in this years FA Cup at golf last weekend.An omen?1 -
Shame on you for posting this bit. None of us need to be reminded!swords_alive said:For anyone else who feels lost in the confusion and impending disappointment of the unknown, we come in at round 3 on 10th Jan for which the draw should be made after round 2, sometime around 6th December. The current holders are Crystal Palace.
From https://groundhopperguides.com/fa-cup-dates/ -3rd Round Proper: January 10, 2026
This is the really fun one, when all the 44 clubs from the Premier League and Championship, the top two tiers, enter and often wind up facing some really small clubs. Sixty-four teams play 32 games.
Note that both the Championship and Premier League take this weekend off from league games.
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Palace?iaitch said:We've had our share of really small clubs in recent years.
Coalville
Truro
Havant and Waterlooville
Cray Valley PM.
About time we got one of the so called big 6.0 -
Without doing any research my guess is they've done it by levels.killerandflash said:
In terms of Essex teams, Aveley is further south than Southend and especially Braintree, both in the south.MrOneLung said:Aveley and Billericay in the Northern half?
But baffling when Solihull are in the southern section
So the North / South are left with the same amount of National League sides etc. and so avoiding one region having them all (for exaggerated example), same as you filter down the other tiers.1 -
They called themselves FA Cup champions. FFS.stoneroses19 said:
Shame on you for posting this bit. None of us need to be reminded!swords_alive said:For anyone else who feels lost in the confusion and impending disappointment of the unknown, we come in at round 3 on 10th Jan for which the draw should be made after round 2, sometime around 6th December. The current holders are Crystal Palace.
From https://groundhopperguides.com/fa-cup-dates/ -3rd Round Proper: January 10, 2026
This is the really fun one, when all the 44 clubs from the Premier League and Championship, the top two tiers, enter and often wind up facing some really small clubs. Sixty-four teams play 32 games.
Note that both the Championship and Premier League take this weekend off from league games.
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cheers FA - let me know after you have done your researchForeverAddickted said:
Without doing any research my guess is they've done it by levels.killerandflash said:
In terms of Essex teams, Aveley is further south than Southend and especially Braintree, both in the south.MrOneLung said:Aveley and Billericay in the Northern half?
But baffling when Solihull are in the southern section
So the North / South are left with the same amount of National League sides etc. and so avoiding one region having them all (for exaggerated example), same as you filter down the other tiers.
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So the Northern half of the draw hasMrOneLung said:
cheers FA - let me know after you have done your researchForeverAddickted said:
Without doing any research my guess is they've done it by levels.killerandflash said:
In terms of Essex teams, Aveley is further south than Southend and especially Braintree, both in the south.MrOneLung said:Aveley and Billericay in the Northern half?
But baffling when Solihull are in the southern section
So the North / South are left with the same amount of National League sides etc. and so avoiding one region having them all (for exaggerated example), same as you filter down the other tiers.
12-teams from the National League
10-teams from the National League North / South
6-teams from Tier 7 that are guaranteed, and a max of three could join them
1-team from Tier 8 that is guaranteed, and a max of three join could them
The Southern half of the draw has
12-teams from the National League
12-teams from the National League North / South (there could be one more)
6-teams from Tier 7 that are guaranteed, one more could join them
1-team from Tier 9
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Ha ha - cheers FA1
