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1954–55 FA Cup qualifying rounds

The FA Cup 1954–55 is the 74th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds. The 30 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.

1954–55 FA Cup qualifying rounds
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Arundel 4–0 Wigmore Athletic
2 Ashington 6–1 Newburn
3 Aveley 0–0 Ilford
4 Aylesbury United 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers
5 Bacup Borough 1–0 Rossendale United
6 Barking 3–2 Woodford Town
7 Barnet 11–0 Royston Town
8 Bedworth Town 2–3 Rugby Town
9 Berkhamsted Town 0–3 Hendon
10 Bexhill Town 2–5 Haywards Heath
11 Bexleyheath & Welling 3–3 Tooting & Mitcham United
12 Bicester Town 5–2 Abingdon Town
13 Bodmin Town 2–0 Wadebridge Town
14 Bognor Regis Town 3–2 Redhill
15 Brentwood & Warley 0–1 Rainham Town
16 Brierley Hill Alliance 0–3 Stourbridge
17 Briggs Sports 1–4 Leytonstone
18 Bromsgrove Rovers 4–3 Darlaston
19 Burton Albion 1–0 Tamworth
20 Calne & Harris United 1–1 Bulford United
21 Cambridge City 2–1 Exning United
22 Canterbury City 3–0 Sutton United
23 Chatteris Town 1–3 March Town United
24 Chelmsford City 2–0 Clacton Town
25 Chorley 2–1 Ashton United
26 Clevedon 0–4 Bridgwater Town
27 Congleton Town 2–5 Northwich Victoria
28 Dagenham 3–1 Tilbury
29 Deal Town 0–2 Ashford Town (Kent)
30 Dorking 1–3 Epsom
31 Dover 2–1 Woking
32 Edgware Town 0–2 Hayes
33 Enfield 3–1 Bishop's Stortford
34 Erith & Belvedere 0–4 Margate
35 Eton Manor 0–1 St Albans City
36 Finchley 3–3 Kingstonian
37 Frome Town 4–2 Chippenham Town
38 Gravesend & Northfleet 5–1 Folkestone
39 Halesowen Town 1–4 Kidderminster Harriers
40 Heanor Town 2–5 Whitwick Colliery
41 Heaton Stannington 3–3 Lynemouth Welfare
42 Hemel Hempstead 2–2 Wingate
43 Histon 4–2 Warboys Town
44 Holbeach United 4–1 St Neots & District
45 Horwich R M I 1–0 Skelmersdale United
46 Hounslow Town 2–2 Uxbridge
47 Huntley & Palmers 0–3 Banbury Spencer
48 Hyde United 3–1 Winsford United
49 Leyton 2–0 Grays Athletic
50 Littlehampton Town 3–1 Southwick
51 Llandudno 6–2 New Brighton
52 Lockheed Leamington 7–1 Bourneville Athletic
53 Lostock Gralam 5–0 Linotype & Machinery
54 Lovells Athletic 3–2 Ebbw Vale
55 Lye Town 3–2 Cradley Heath
56 Maidenhead United 2–2 Marlow
57 Maidstone United 1–3 Bromley
58 Marine 4–0 Earlestown
59 Metropolitan Police 1–1 Harrow Town
60 Minehead 3–3 Dartmouth United
61 Nelson 3–0 Lytham
62 Newhaven 2–2 Eastbourne
63 Newquay 5–1 Bideford
64 Oxford City 4–3 Witney Town
65 Pwllheli & District 7–0 Prescot Cables
66 Ramsgate Athletic 1–1 Sittingbourne
67 Redditch 0–1 Oswestry Town
68 Romford 3–1 Harwich & Parkeston
69 Shankhouse 5–1 Alnwick Town
70 Shefford Town 1–0 Letchworth Town
71 Shoreham 1–6 Horsham
72 Slough Town 6–2 Windsor & Eton
73 Somersham Town 3–0 Newmarket Town
74 South Liverpool 1–3 Bangor City
75 South Shields 1–4 North Shields
76 St Austell 3–1 Penzance
77 St Blazey 1–1 Ilfracombe Town
78 Stafford Rangers 3–1 Dudley Town
79 Stevenage Town 5–2 Welwyn Garden City
80 Street 3–2 Weston Super Mare
81 Sutton Town (Birmingham) 0–3 Bloxwich Strollers
82 Taunton 3–3 Barnstaple Town
83 Tavistock 5–2 Tiverton Town
84 Thetford Town 2–0 Ely City
85 Tonbridge 6–0 Sheppey United
86 Tufnell Park Edmonton 0–4 Clapton
87 Tunbridge Wells United 5–0 East Grinstead
88 Vickers Weybridge 0–6 Dartford
89 Walton & Hersham 1–1 Chatham Town
90 Ware 2–3 Hitchin Town
91 Wealdstone 2–4 Wimbledon
92 Welton Rovers 3–7 Swindon Victoria
93 Westbury United 2–0 Warminster Town
94 Wisbech Town 1–1 King's Lynn
95 Worcester City 2–3 Hednesford Town
96 Yiewsley 1–0 Southall

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Ilford 3–0 Aveley
11 Tooting & Mitcham United 4–1 Bexleyheath & Welling
20 Bulford United 6–3 Calne & Harris United
36 Kingstonian 3–1 Finchley
41 Lynemouth Welfare 2–3 Heaton Stannington
42 Wingate 1–3 Hemel Hempstead
46 Uxbridge 1–7 Hounslow Town
56 Marlow 0–2 Maidenhead United
59 Harrow Town 1–5 Metropolitan Police
60 Dartmouth United 3–5 Minehead
62 Eastbourne 3–0 Newhaven
66 Sittingbourne 2–1 Ramsgate Athletic
77 Ilfracombe Town 5–2 St Blazey
82 Barnstaple Town 6–0 Taunton
89 Chatham Town 0–4 Walton & Hersham
94 King's Lynn 8–1 Wisbech Town

1st qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alford United 4–2 Ashby Institute
2 Altrincham 3–2 Northwich Victoria
3 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
4 Ashington 6–1 Heaton Stannington
5 Bacup Borough 1–2 Chorley
6 Barking 1–1 Rainham Town
7 Barnet 2–0 Hitchin Town
8 Barry Town 1–1 Cheltenham Town
9 Basford United 1–7 Gresley Rovers
10 Basingstoke Town 3–1 Andover
11 Beccles 2–0 Wymondham Town
12 Beighton Miners Welfare 6–0 Brunswick Institute
13 Billingham Synthonia 2–2 Bridlington Central United
14 Bilston 4–2 Lye Town
15 Birch Coppice Colliery 0–3 Atherstone Town
16 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 2–0 Murton Colliery Welfare
17 Bodmin Town 3–3 Minehead
18 Boldon Colliery Welfare 2–0 Silksworth Colliery Welfare
19 Boots Athletic 1–6 Ilkeston Town
20 Bourne Town 3–2 Symingtons Recreation
21 Brigg Town 0–2 Boston United
22 Brodsworth Main Colliery 0–4 Norton Woodseats
23 Brush Sports 2–0 Players Athletic
24 Burscough 4–0 Penrith
25 Burton Albion 6–1 Bloxwich Strollers
26 Canterbury City 2–2 Dulwich Hamlet
27 Chesham United 1–0 Banbury Spencer
28 Cinderford Town 0–3 Gloucester City
29 Clandown 2–0 Street
30 Clapton 1–1 St Albans City
31 Cockfield 1–1 Ferryhill Athletic
32 Cowes 6–0 Chichester City
33 Dartford 1–2 Dover
34 Darwen 1–0 Horwich R M I
35 Dawdon Colliery Welfare 2–1 Consett
36 Devizes Town 2–5 Trowbridge Town
37 Diss Town 1–3 Stowmarket
38 Dorchester Town 2–1 Poole Town
39 Droylsden 1–2 Mossley
40 Dunstable Town 2–3 Biggleswade & District
41 Durham City 4–3 Ushaw Moor
42 Easington Colliery Welfare 7–2 Birtley
43 Eastbourne 5–3 Littlehampton Town
44 Evenwood Town 4–0 Stockton
45 Flint Town United 5–2 St Helens Town
46 Gorleston 4–0 Sheringham
47 Gosforth & Coxlodge 1–5 Cramlington Welfare
48 Gothic 7–2 Cromer
49 Grantham 5–2 Barton Town
50 Gravesend & Northfleet 1–2 Tonbridge
51 Great Harwood 2–3 Netherfield
52 Hallam 1–3 Sheffield
Haverhill Rovers 4–6 Bury Town
54 Hayes 1–1 Wimbledon
55 Hemel Hempstead 0–0 Metropolitan Police
56 Hendon 2–1 Yiewsley
57 Hinckley Athletic 7–1 Long Eaton Town
58 Histon 1–2 Thetford Town
59 Horsham 2–0 Arundel
60 Hyde United 3–0 Buxton
61 Ilford 3–3 Dagenham
62 Ilfracombe Town 2–0 Newquay
63 Kidderminster Harriers 2–3 Hednesford Town
64 King's Lynn 9–0 Huntingdon United
65 Kingstonian 3–4 Hounslow Town
66 Lancaster City 8–1 Milnthorpe Corinthians
67 Leiston 2–3 Sudbury Town
68 Leyton 4–2 Romford
69 Leytonstone 0–0 Chelmsford City
70 Linby Colliery 5–0 Bestwood Colliery
71 Llanelli 1–2 Merthyr Tydfil
72 Lockheed Leamington 4–5 Moor Green
73 Lostock Gralam 2–5 Macclesfield
74 Lovells Athletic 7–1 Stonehouse
75 Lowestoft Town 3–0 Whitton United
76 Maidenhead United 3–2 Bicester Town
77 March Town United 1–0 Cambridge City
78 Margate 4–2 Bromley
79 Marine 1–0 Ellesmere Port Town
80 Matlock Town 1–1 Gedling Colliery
81 Morecambe 2–2 Fleetwood
82 Nantwich 1–2 Stalybridge Celtic
83 Nelson 8–2 Leyland Motors
84 North Shields 5–1 Shankhouse
85 North Skelton Athletic 9–1 Bridlington Trinity
86 North Walsham Athletic 3–2 Bungay Town
87 Oswestry Town 1–2 Bromsgrove Rovers
88 Parliament Street Methodists 2–5 Creswell Colliery
89 Peasedown Miners Welfare 3–1 Chippenham United
90 Potton United 1–0 Vauxhall Motors
91 Pwllheli & District 2–1 Bangor City
92 Radstock Town 4–1 Hanham Athletic
93 Raleigh Athletic 3–2 Moira United
94 Ransome & Marles 0–3 Sutton Town
95 Rawmarsh Welfare 2–1 Bentley Colliery
96 Retford Town 1–4 Denaby United
97 Rugby Town 5–1 Boldmere St Michaels
98 Runcorn 6–0 Llandudno
99 Rushden Town 3–1 Desborough Town
100 Salisbury 2–3 Frome Town
101 Scarborough 3–0 Head Wrightsons
102 Seaham Colliery Welfare 1–2 Annfield Plain
103 Shefford Town 2–5 Hoddesdon Town
104 Shildon 1–2 Willington
105 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 4–0 Cinderhill Colliery
106 Shotton Colliery Welfare 5–1 Trimdon Grange Colliery
107 Sittingbourne 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United
108 Skegness Town 4–0 Lysaghts Sports
109 Slough Centre 1–3 Wycombe Wanderers
110 Slough Town 2–3 Oxford City
111 Somersham Town 1–7 Holbeach United
112 South Bank 2–0 Whitby Town
113 South Kirkby Colliery 3–6 Langwith Miners Welfare
114 South Normanton Miners Welfare 2–1 Newhall United
115 Spalding United 2–3 Corby Town
116 St Austell 3–4 Tavistock
117 Stafford Rangers 0–1 Stourbridge
118 Stamford 2–2 Wellingborough Town
119 Stevenage Town 1–2 Enfield
120 Swindon Victoria 2–2 Bulford United
121 Tow Law Town 0–1 Stanley United
122 Truro City 1–3 Barnstaple Town
123 Tunbridge Wells United 4–0 Haywards Heath
124 Upton Colliery 4–3 Frickley Colliery
125 Walton & Hersham 0–0 Carshalton Athletic
126 Wells City 2–1 Bridgwater Town
127 West Sleekburn Welfare 3–2 Hexham Hearts
128 Westbury United 1–2 Melksham Town
129 Whitstable 0–0 Epsom
130 Whitwick Colliery 14–0 Coalville Town
131 Wolsingham Welfare 7–3 Chilton Athletic
132 Wolverton Town & B R 1–0 Bletchley & Wipac Sports
133 Worksop Town 4–0 Langold W M C
134 Worthing 3–3 Bognor Regis Town

Replays

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Tie Home team Score Away team
3 Snowdown Colliery Welfare 5–0 Ashford Town (Kent)
6 Rainham Town 1–2 Barking
8 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Barry Town
13 Bridlington Central United 3–2 Billingham Synthonia
17 Minehead 2–2 Bodmin Town
26 Dulwich Hamlet 0–2 Canterbury City
30 St Albans City 0–1 Clapton
31 Ferryhill Athletic 2–1 Cockfield
54 Wimbledon 0–2 Hayes
55 Metropolitan Police 3–2 Hemel Hempstead
61 Dagenham 3–4 Ilford
69 Chelmsford City 2–1 Leytonstone
80 Gedling Colliery 6–1 Matlock Town
81 Fleetwood 3–1 Morecambe
118 Wellingborough Town 2–0 Stamford
120 Bulford United 1–3 Swindon Victoria
125 Carshalton Athletic 2–0 Walton & Hersham
129 Epsom 1–4 Whitstable
134 Bognor Regis Town 4–1 Worthing

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
17 Bodmin Town 2–3 Minehead

2nd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Alford United 2–2 Skegness Town
2 Annfield Plain 3–1 Boldon Colliery Welfare
3 Ashington 2–0 North Shields
4 Atherstone Town 2–1 Rugby Town
5 Barnet 3–0 Hoddesdon Town
6 Barnstaple Town 2–0 Ilfracombe Town
7 Barry Town 1–4 Gloucester City
8 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Winchester City
9 Beccles 3–1 Gothic
10 Bilston 1–4 Hednesford Town
11 Blackhall Colliery Welfare 2–2 Durham City
12 Bognor Regis Town 4–2 Eastbourne
13 Bourne Town 1–4 Corby Town
14 Bridlington Central United 1–6 North Skelton Athletic
15 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–1 Stourbridge
16 Brush Sports 3–4 Hinckley Athletic
17 Burton Albion 3–2 Moor Green
18 Canterbury City 2–1 Carshalton Athletic
19 Chelmsford City 2–2 Barking
20 Chesham United 5–5 Maidenhead United
21 Chorley 4–2 Nelson
22 Clandown 0–2 Wells City
23 Clapton 1–0 Enfield
24 Cramlington Welfare 1–7 West Sleekburn Welfare
25 Creswell Colliery 6–0 Sutton Town
26 Darwen 3–1 Mossley
27 Denaby United 6–0 Langwith Miners Welfare
28 Dorchester Town 4–0 Bournemouth Gasworks Athletic
29 Dover 2–1 Whitstable
30 Easington Colliery Welfare 3–2 Dawdon Colliery Welfare
31 Eynesbury Rovers 3–2 Wolverton Town & B R
32 Farsley Celtic 2–1 Ossett Town
33 Ferryhill Athletic 3–0 Evenwood Town
34 Flint Town United 5–1 Marine
35 Goole Town 4–2 Harrogate Railway Athletic
36 Gosport Borough Athletic 2–1 Cowes
37 Grantham 2–2 Boston United
38 Gresley Rovers 3–2 Gedling Colliery
39 Hayes 3–3 Hendon
40 Holbeach United 2–2 King's Lynn
41 Horsham 2–3 Tunbridge Wells United
42 Hyde United 3–1 Macclesfield
43 Lancaster City 2–3 Burscough
44 Leyton 2–1 Ilford
45 Melksham Town 4–2 Swindon Victoria
46 Merthyr Tydfil 3–1 Lovells Athletic
47 Metropolitan Police 2–4 Hounslow Town
48 Netherfield 7–0 Fleetwood
49 North Walsham Athletic 1–4 Gorleston
50 Oxford City 4–1 Wycombe Wanderers
51 Portland United 4–2 Bridport
52 Potton United 2–5 Biggleswade & District
53 Radstock Town 4–3 Peasedown Miners Welfare
54 Raleigh Athletic 0–1 Whitwick Colliery
55 Rawmarsh Welfare 1–0 Beighton Miners Welfare
56 Runcorn 0–1 Pwllheli & District
57 Scarborough 4–1 South Bank
58 Shirebrook Miners Welfare 0–4 Linby Colliery
59 Sittingbourne 2–1 Snowdown Colliery Welfare
60 South Normanton Miners Welfare 1–5 Ilkeston Town
61 Stalybridge Celtic 2–1 Altrincham
62 Stowmarket 2–3 Bury Town
63 Sudbury Town 3–1 Lowestoft Town
64 Tavistock 4–2 Minehead
65 Thetford Town 0–3 March Town United
66 Tonbridge 2–2 Margate
67 Trowbridge Town 1–1 Frome Town
68 Upton Colliery 3–2 Sheffield
69 Wellingborough Town 2–1 Rushden Town
70 Willington 0–1 Stanley United
71 Wolsingham Welfare 2–2 Shotton Colliery Welfare
72 Worksop Town 3–3 Norton Woodseats

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Tie Home team Score Away team
2 Skegness Town 5–1 Alford United
11 Durham City 4–1 Blackhall Colliery Welfare
19 Barking 1–1 Chelmsford City
20 Maidenhead United 5–3 Chesham United
37 Boston United 1–0 Grantham
39 Hendon 2–3 Hayes
40 King's Lynn 3–1 Holbeach United
66 Margate 0–1 Tonbridge
67 Frome Town 4–0 Trowbridge Town
71 Shotton Colliery Welfare 2–3 Wolsingham Welfare
72 Norton Woodseats 1–2 Worksop Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
19 Chelmsford City 3–2 Barking

3rd qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Annfield Plain 5–1 Easington Colliery Welfare
2 Ashington 2–1 West Sleekburn Welfare
3 Atherstone Town 1–2 Burton Albion
4 Barnstaple Town 12–1 Tavistock
5 Burscough 0–1 Netherfield
6 Canterbury City 2–1 Sittingbourne
7 Clapton 0–1 Barnet
8 Corby Town 8–0 Wellingborough Town
9 Creswell Colliery 3–1 Linby Colliery
10 Darwen 1–1 Chorley
11 Denaby United 2–0 Upton Colliery
12 Durham City 1–3 Wolsingham Welfare
13 Eynesbury Rovers 3–2 Biggleswade & District
14 Farsley Celtic 2–0 Goole Town
15 Flint Town United 2–3 Pwllheli & District
16 Gloucester City 0–1 Merthyr Tydfil
17 Gorleston 4–0 Beccles
18 Gresley Rovers 2–2 Ilkeston Town
19 Hednesford Town 1–2 Bromsgrove Rovers
20 Hounslow Town 2–1 Hayes
21 Hyde United 8–1 Stalybridge Celtic
22 King's Lynn 1–3 March Town United
23 Leyton 0–1 Chelmsford City
24 Melksham Town 0–2 Frome Town
25 North Skelton Athletic 0–4 Scarborough
26 Oxford City 4–1 Maidenhead United
27 Portland United 1–5 Dorchester Town
28 Rawmarsh Welfare 0–3 Worksop Town
29 Skegness Town 2–6 Boston United
30 Stanley United 3–1 Ferryhill Athletic
31 Sudbury Town 3–1 Bury Town
32 Tonbridge 3–2 Dover
33 Tunbridge Wells United 4–0 Bognor Regis Town
34 Wells City 4–0 Radstock Town
35 Whitwick Colliery 2–2 Hinckley Athletic
36 Winchester City 3–0 Gosport Borough Athletic

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Tie Home team Score Away team
10 Chorley 5–4 Darwen
18 Ilkeston Town 5–4 Gresley Rovers
35 Hinckley Athletic 4–1 Whitwick Colliery

4th qualifying round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Walthamstow Avenue, Yeovil Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Witton Albion, Weymouth, Rhyl, Hereford United, Wigan Athletic, Blyth Spartans, Wellington Town, Bath City, Peterborough United, Great Yarmouth Town, Headington United, Bedford Town, Hastings United, Kettering Town, Guildford City, Spennymoor United, Horden Colliery Welfare, Nuneaton Borough, Cambridge United, Selby Town and Newport I O W.

Ties

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Tie Home team Score Away team
1 Annfield Plain 1–2 Blyth Spartans
2 Ashington 2–3 Scarborough
3 Barnet 2–0 Great Yarmouth Town
4 Barnstaple Town 3–1 Yeovil Town
5 Bedford Town 5–2 March Town United
6 Burton Albion 0–1 Wellington Town
7 Cambridge United 3–1 Eynesbury Rovers
8 Chorley 1–4 Netherfield
9 Corby Town 3–1 Worksop Town
10 Denaby United 2–5 Creswell Colliery
11 Frome Town 3–1 Weymouth
12 Gorleston 1–2 Chelmsford City
13 Hastings United 1–0 Guildford City
14 Headington United 1–0 Tonbridge
15 Hinckley Athletic 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
16 Horden Colliery Welfare 1–0 Spennymoor United
17 Hounslow Town 3–0 Canterbury City
18 Hyde United 6–3 Witton Albion
19 Ilkeston Town 1–1 Kettering Town
20 Merthyr Tydfil 3–1 Bath City
21 Nuneaton Borough 3–2 Hereford United
22 Peterborough United 1–2 Boston United
23 Pwllheli & District 0–3 Rhyl
24 Selby Town 4–2 Gainsborough Trinity
25 Stanley United 5–1 Wolsingham Welfare
26 Sudbury Town 0–2 Walthamstow Avenue
27 Tunbridge Wells United 3–1 Oxford City
28 Wells City 1–4 Newport I O W
29 Wigan Athletic 3–1 Farsley Celtic
30 Winchester City 0–1 Dorchester Town

Replay

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Tie Home team Score Away team
19 Kettering Town 4–2 Ilkeston Town

1954–55 FA Cup

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See 1954–55 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.

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