The 1995–96 FA Cup qualifying rounds opened the 115th 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 575 clubs were accepted for the competition, up 18 from the previous season’s 557.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down (Levels 5 through 8) in the English football pyramid meant that the competition started with five rounds of preliminary (1) and qualifying (4) knockouts for these non-League teams. The 28 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
Preliminary round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
3rd replay
1st qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
3rd replays
2nd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replay
3rd qualifying round
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
4th qualifying round
The teams that given byes to this round are Macclesfield Town, Southport, Kettering Town, Halifax Town, Runcorn, Bath City, Bromsgrove Rovers, Stalybridge Celtic, Slough Town, Yeovil Town, Witton Albion, Sutton United, Crawley Town, Marlow, Nuneaton Borough, Aylesbury United, Hitchin Town, Yeading, Kingstonian and Bashley.
Ties
Replays
2nd replays
1995-96 FA Cup
See 1995-96 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.