2011–12 FA Cup qualifying rounds

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2011–12 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds
Country  England
 Wales

The 2011–12 FA Cup Qualifying Rounds opened the 131st season of competition in England for 'The Football Association Challenge Cup' (FA Cup), the world's oldest association football single knockout competition. A new record 763 clubs were accepted for the competition, up four from the previous season's 759.

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 2011–12 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by the FA.[1]

Round Start date Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Prize money
Extra Preliminary Round 20 August 2011 204 763 → 559 408: 356th–763rd £750
Preliminary Round 3 September 2011 167 559 → 392 130: 226th–355th £1,500
First Round Qualifying 17 September 2011 116 392 → 276 65: 161st–225th £3,000
Second Round Qualifying 1 October 2011 80 276 → 196 44: 117th–160th £4,500
Third Round Qualifying 15 October 2011 40 196 → 156 none £7,500
Fourth Round Qualifying 29 October 2011 32 156 → 124 24: 93rd–116th £12,500

Extra Preliminary Round

[2]

† – After extra time

Preliminary Round

[3]

† – After extra time

First Round Qualifying

[4]

† – After extra time

Second Round Qualifying

The draw for the Second Round Qualifying took place on 19 September 2011.[5] Teams from the Conference North and Conference South join the competition at this stage.

Third Round Qualifying

The draw for the Third Round Qualifying took place on 3 October 2011. No new teams entered the competition at this stage.

Fourth Round Qualifying

The fourth round qualifying was scheduled for the weekend of October 29. Teams from the Conference National join at this stage.

† – After extra time

2011-12 FA Cup

See 2011-12 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the First Round Proper onwards.

References

The FA Cup Archive