FA Cup 2026-27 4th Qualifying Round Review
by Phil Annets – @FACupFactile on X
Stats of the Round
AFC Rushden and Diamonds has reached the FA Cup 1st Round for the first ever time and has done so after starting this season’s campaign in the earliest Extra Preliminary Round!
Stafford Rangers has also made the 1st Round having started in the Extra Preliminary Round. It’s the first time since 2010-11 that two clubs have made 1st Rd having started in EP Rd in the same season!
Yeovil Town extend their competition record of reaching the 1st Rd of the FA Cup for the 54th time as a non-league club.
First time in 1st Round ever
Cray Wanderers – 78th campaign
Sholing FC – 21st campaign
Berkhamsted FC – 16th campaign
Plymouth Parkway – 15th campaign
AFC Rushden and Diamonds – 14th campaign
Salisbury FC – 11th campaign
Debut Clubs Still in FA Cup
n/a
Clubs that Started in Extra Preliminary Round and Through to 1st Round
AFC Rushden and Diamonds, Stafford Rangers
Equalling best run to 1st Round
Wimborne Town – 2nd time in 46 campaigns
Hornchurch FC – 2nd time in 22 campaigns
First time in 1st Round in a while
44 years – Wimborne Town
20 years – Stafford Rangers
18 years – Hornchurch FC
11 years – Worcester City
7 years – Dover Athletic
4 years – Alvechurch FC, Oxford City
Into 1st Round and long time since last KO before it
101 years – Carlisle United (96 campaigns)
10 years – Forest Green Rovers
8 years – Harrogate Town
7 years – Barrow FC, Boreham Wood
6 years – Sutton United
4 years – Aldershot Town
Knocked Out in 4th Qualifying Round and a While Since Going Further
62 years – Spalding United
25 years – Bedford Town
18 years – Leiston FC
13 years – Gloucester City
9 years – Leatherhead FC, Truro City
6 years – Chorley FC, Eastbourne Borough, FC United of Manchester
4 years – Torquay United
Consecutive 4th Qualifying Round KOs
4 – Boston United, Hartlepool United
Avenged Previous FA Cup Defeat
Hartlepool United 0-2 Marine FC (After 2 previous defeats)
Boreham Wood 3-2 Woking FC
FC Halifax Town 3-2 South Shields
Biggest Wins of the 4th Qualifying Round
Five Goals
AFC Fylde 5-0 Atherton Collieries (Joint BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT)
Replays
Forest Green Rovers 5-0 Chesham United
Stafford Rangers 5-0 Gateshead FC
Four Goals
Uxbridge FC 0-4 Hornchurch FC
Replays
Altrincham FC 6-2 FC United of Manchester (Joint BIGGEST margin of DEFEAT)
Alvechurch FC 4-0 Spalding United
Cupsets
Away
Two-Step
Southend United (1) 1-2 Berkhamsted FC (3)
One-Step
Hartlepool United (1) 0-2 Marine FC (2)
Home
Three-Step
Replays
Stafford Rangers (4) 5-0 Gateshead FC (1)
Two-Step
AFC Rushden and Diamonds (4) 2-1 Morecambe FC (2)
One-Step
Wimborne Town (3) 1-0 Chelmsford City (2)
Replays
Alvechurch FC (3) 4-0 Spalding United (2)
Worcester City (3) 1-0 Chorley FC (2)
Cray Wanderers (3) 2-2 Bedford Town (2) (4-3 pens)
Hat-tricks and more
3 – Cedric Main (AFC Fylde)
Miscellaneous
Scunthorpe United has knocked-out Boston United all four times they’ve met in FA Cup!
Who behind them?
That is now five 4th Qualifying Round exits in six seasons for Dorking Wanderers who are yet to go further in the FA Cup!