2015–16 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds

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2015–16 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds
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The 2015–16 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds open the 135th 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 736 clubs were accepted for the competition, the same as the previous season.[1]

The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 to 10) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition starts with six rounds of preliminary (2) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 32 winning teams from Fourth Round Qualifying progress to the First Round Proper, when League teams tiered at Levels 3 and 4 enter the competition.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.[2]

Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round 15 August 2015 184 736 → 552 368: 369th–736th £1,500
Preliminary Round 29 August 2015 160 552 → 392 136: 233rd–368th £1,925
First Round Qualifying 12 September 2015 116 392 → 276 72: 161st–232nd £3,000
Second Round Qualifying 26 September 2015 80 276 → 196 44: 117th–160th £4,500
Third Round Qualifying 10 October 2015 40 196 → 156 none £7,500
Fourth Round Qualifying 24 October 2015 32 156 → 124 24: 93rd–116th £12,500

Extra Preliminary Round

Extra Preliminary Round fixtures were due to be played on 15 August 2015, with replays taking place no later than 20 August 2015. A total of 368 teams, from Level 9 and Level 10 of English football, enter at this stage of the competition. The round includes 92 teams from Level 10 of English football, being the lowest ranked clubs to compete in the tournament. The results were as follows:[3]

Notes
  1. ↑ Walkover for Tunbridge Wells as Glebe was not accepted into the competition.[4]

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round fixtures were due to be played on 29 August 2015, with replays no later than 4 September. A total of 320 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 184 winners from the Extra Preliminary Round and 136 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football. The round included 30 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round. The draw was as follows:

Notes
  1. ↑ Match replayed after the Football Association voided Hamworthy United's victory in their first meeting.[5]

First Round Qualifying

First Round Qualifying fixtures were played on 12 September 2015, with replays no later than 18 September. A total of 232 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 160 winners from the Preliminary Round and 72 entering at this stage from the three leagues at Level 7 of English football. The round included 11 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round. The draw was as follows:

Notes
  1. ↑ Match abandoned after a serious injury to an East Thurrock United player at 0–0 towards the end of the match.[6]
  2. ↑ Match replayed at Tilbury F.C. after an FA Investigation due to St Neots Town fielding an ineligible player.[7]

Second Round Qualifying

Second Round Qualifying fixtures were due to be played on 26 September 2015, with replays no later than 2 October. A total of 160 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 116 winners from the First Round Qualifying and 44 entering at this stage from the two leagues at Level 6 of English football. The round included 3 teams from Level 10 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round. The draw was as follows:

Notes
  1. ↑ Match replayed at Hyde United F.C. after an FA Investigation due to Northwich Victoria fielding an ineligible player.[8]

Third Round Qualifying

Third Round Qualifying fixtures were due to be played on 10 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 16 October. A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second Round Qualifying. The round included eight teams from Level 9 still in the competition, being the lowest ranked teams in this round. The draw is as follows:

Fourth Round Qualifying

Fourth Round Qualifying fixtures were due to be played on 24 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 30 October. A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, including the 40 winners from the Third Round Qualifying and 24 entering at this stage from the Conference Premier at Level 5 of English football. The round included one team from Level 9 (Sporting Khalsa) still in the competition, being the lowest ranked team in this round. The draw is as follows:

Competition proper

Winners from Fourth Round Qualifying advance to the First Round Proper, where teams from League One (Level 3) and League Two (Level 4) of English football, operating in The Football League, first enter the competition. See 2015–16 FA Cup for a report of First Round Proper onwards.

Broadcasting rights

The domestic broadcasting rights for the competition are held by the BBC and subscription channel BT Sport. The BBC has held the rights since 2014–15, while BT Sport bought ESPN's remaining FA Cup rights in February 2013.[9] The FA Cup Final must be broadcast live on UK terrestrial television under the Ofcom code of protected sporting events.[10]

These matches will be broadcast live on UK television:

Round BT Sport
Fourth Round Qualifying[11] Margate v Forest Green Rovers

References

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