FA Cup 2021/22 – Q4 Rd tie-by-tie preview

The 150th anniversary of the FA Cup continues on Saturday 16th October with the 4th Qualifying Rd, and over that weekend 64 clubs, from Step 1 to Step 4, will battle it out in the hope of getting the chance to be paired with an EFL side in the 1st Round.

To commemorate this anniversary my ‘FA Cup 150’ book provides facts and stats and Top 150 lists for the first 150 years of the FA Cup and can be ordered from this link: https://facupfactfile.co.uk/shop or from Amazon.

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The Thirty-two FA Cup 4th Qualifying Round Ties

Tie No. 1	Marine	Wrexham
League Status	Northern Premier League 1 West	National League
Step	4	1
Best Cup Run	Round 3	QUARTER FINALS
FA Cup Form	Equalled best FA Cup run just last season and have won 11 of last 12 FA Cup games	Twice went beyond Q4 Rd in last 3 years
Notes		Won 5-0 in 1946/17

Tie No. 2	Marske United	Gateshead
League Status	Northern Premier League 1 East	National League North
Step	4	2
Best Cup Run	4th qualifying round	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Third time in Q4 Rd in 24th campaign and yet to concede in 5 games this season	Three times went beyond Q4 Rd in last 4 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 3	Curzon Ashton	Chesterfield
League Status	National League North	National League
Step	2	1
Best Cup Run	Round 2	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 5 years ago	Looking to avoid three successive Q4 Rd exits
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 4	Brackley Town	Guiseley
League Status	National League North	National League North
Step	2	2
Best Cup Run	Round 2	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Equalled best FA Cup run just last season	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 3 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 5	Hereford	Solihull Moors
League Status	National League North	National League
Step	2	1
Best Cup Run	Round 2	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 4 years ago	Went beyond Q4 Rd in all last 5 seasons, equalling best run in all last three
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	Moor Green inflicted heaviest FA Cup defeat on Hereford United: 8-0 in 1945/46

Tie No. 6	Pontefract Collieries	FC Halifax Town
League Status	Northern Premier League 1 East	National League
Step	4	1
Best Cup Run	4th qualifying round	Round 2
FA Cup Form	First time appearing in Q4 Rd in 26th campaign	Looking to avoid three successive Q4 Rd exits
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 7	York City	Morpeth Town
League Status	National League North	Northern Premier League Premier
Step	2	3
Best Cup Run	SEMI-FINALS	4th qualifying round
FA Cup Form	Twice went beyond Q4 Rd in last 3 years	Second time appearing in Q4 Rd in 32nd campaign, 23 years after last time
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 8	Kettering Town	Buxton
League Status	National League North	Northern Premier League Premier
Step	2	3
Best Cup Run	Round 4	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 10 years ago. Now top scoring club in FA Cup with 901 goals	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 59 years ago
Notes	Won 3-0 in 1953/54

Tie No. 9	Boston United	Stratford Town
League Status	National League North	Southern League Premier Central
Step	2	3
Best Cup Run	Round 3	4th qualifying round
FA Cup Form	Just once went beyond Q4 Rd in last 14 seasons	First time appearing in Q4 Rd in 41st campaign
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 10	King’s Lynn Town	Peterborough Sports
League Status	National League	Southern League Premier Central
Step	1	3
Best Cup Run	Round 2	4th qualifying round
FA Cup Form	Set best FA Cup run just last season	Second time appearing in Q4 Rd in 11th campaign
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 11	Bromsgrove Sporting	Grimsby Town
League Status	Southern League Premier Central	National League
Step	3	1
Best Cup Run	4th qualifying round	SEMI-FINALS
FA Cup Form	First time appearing in Q4 Rd in 8th campaign	Last exited FA Cup before 1st Rd nine years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	Live on BBC iPlayer 12.30pm Saturday

Tie No. 12	Stockport County	Stamford
League Status	National League	Northern Premier League 1 Midland
Step	1	4
Best Cup Run	Round 5	Round 1
FA Cup Form	Three times went beyond Q4 Rd in last 5 seasons	Just once gone beyond Q4 Rd in 97 campaigns, 5 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	Last club still standing that started in Extra Preliminary Round

Tie No. 13	Southport	Altrincham
League Status	National League North	National League
Step	2	1
Best Cup Run	QUARTER FINALS	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 3 years ago	Once gone beyond Q4c Rd in last 4 years
Notes	Won 3-0 in 1921-22. Competing in FA Cup for 125th time.	Won 4-3 in 1978/79, Won 3-2 in 1994/95 & Won 3-1 in 2019/20. Competing in FA Cup for 100th time.

Tie No. 14	Tamworth	Notts County
League Status	Southern League Premier Central	National League
Step	3	1
Best Cup Run	Round 3	WINNERS
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 8 years ago	Last year, due to Covid, failed to appear in 1st Rd for first time ever in 134 campaigns
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 15	Ebbsfleet United	Hampton and Richmond Borough
League Status	National League South	National League South
Step	2	2
Best Cup Run	Round 4	Round 1
FA Cup Form	Went beyond Q4 Rd three times in last 4 years	Equalled best Cup run just last season
Notes	Gravesend and Northfleet beat Hampton 1-0 in 1994/95

Tie No. 16	Horsham	Woking
League Status	Isthmian League Premier	National League
Step	3	1
Best Cup Run	Round 2	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 14 years ago	Went beyond Q4 Rd four times in last 5 years
Notes	Won 2-1 in 1966/67	Won 5-2 in 1978/79

Tie No. 17	Dorking Wanderers	Hayes and Yeading United
League Status	National League South	Southern League Premier South
Step	2	3
Best Cup Run	4th qualifying round	Round 1
FA Cup Form	First time appearing in Q4 Rd in 9th campaign	Equalled best FA Cup run in both last two seasons
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 18	Corinthian-Casuals	St Albans City
League Status	Isthmian League Premier	National League South
Step	3	2
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 38 years ago	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 5 years ago
Notes		Won 3-0 in 2018/19 Replay

Tie No. 19	Maidenhead United	Hastings United
League Status	National League	Isthmian League 1 South East
Step	1	4
Best Cup Run	QUARTER FINALS	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Went beyond Q4 Rd three times in last 4 years	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 9 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings	5th consecutive tie drawn away from home

Tie No. 20	Bedfont Sports	Kidderminster Harriers
League Status	Isthmian League 1 South Central	National League North
Step	4	2
Best Cup Run	4th qualifying round	Round 5
FA Cup Form	First time ever in Q4 Rd in 11th campaign	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 4 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 21	Hungerford Town	Bromley
League Status	National League South	National League
Step	2	1
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 2
FA Cup Form	Just once gone beyond Q4 Rd in 48 campaigns, 42 years ago	Went beyond Q4 Rd in all last 4 seasons
Notes		Won 2-0 in 2000/01

Tie No. 22	Harrow Borough	Chelmsford City
League Status	Southern League Premier South	National League South
Step	3	2
Best Cup Run	Round 2	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 5 years ago	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 4 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 23	Wealdstone	Dagenham and Redbridge
League Status	National League	National League
Step	1	1
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 6 years ago	Just once went beyond Q4 Rd in last 4 seasons
Notes	Twice beat Dagenham FC in FA Cup	Won 6-1 in 1992/93 & Won 3-1 in 2016/17

Tie No. 24	AFC Sudbury	Dartford
League Status	Isthmian League 1 North	National League South
Step	4	2
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Just once gone beyond Q4 Rd in 22 campaigns, 21 years ago	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 4 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 25	Banbury United	Bath City
League Status	Southern League Premier Central	National League South
Step	3	2
Best Cup Run	Round 1	Round 3
FA Cup Form	Equalled best FA Cup run just last season	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 9 years ago
Notes		Won 2-0 in 2018/19

Tie No. 26	Barnet	Boreham Wood
League Status	National League	National League
Step	1	1
Best Cup Run	Round 4	Round 3
FA Cup Form	It’s 19 years since last exited FA Cup before 1st Round	Set best FA Cup run just last season
Notes	Competing in FA Cup for 100th time	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 27	Yeovil Town	Weymouth
League Status	National League	National League
Step	1	1
Best Cup Run	Round 5	Round 4
FA Cup Form	It’s 20 years since last exited FA Cup before 1st Round	Last went beyond Q4 Rd 14 years ago
Notes	Won 6-2 in 1934/35, Won 4-0 in 1948/49, Won 2-1 in 1979/80 & Won 3-1 in 1987/88	Won 4-1 in 1926/27, Won 2-1 in 1951/52 Rep., Won 2-1 in 1968/69 & Won 1-0 in 1973/74 2nd Rep.

Tie No. 28	Eastleigh	Folkestone Invicta
League Status	National League	Isthmian League Premier
Step	1	3
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 1
FA Cup Form	Went beyond Q4 Rd in both last 2 seasons	Just once gone beyond Q4 Rd in 27 campaigns, 16 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 29	Bowers and Pitsea	Aldershot Town
League Status	Isthmian League Premier	National League
Step	3	1
Best Cup Run	4th qualifying round	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Second time appearing in Q4 Rd in 18th campaign	Looking to avoid third successive Q4 Rd exit
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 30	Dover Athletic	Yate Town
League Status	National League	Southern League Premier South
Step	1	3
Best Cup Run	Round 3	Round 1
FA Cup Form	Twice went beyond Q4 Rd in last 3 seasons	Just once gone beyond Q4 Rd in 35 campaigns, 9 years ago
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 31	Torquay United	Havant and Waterlooville
League Status	National League	National League South
Step	1	2
Best Cup Run	Round 4	Round 4
FA Cup Form	Went beyond Q4 Rd in all last 3 seasons	Last year went beyond Q4 Rd for first time in 6 years
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings

Tie No. 32	Southend United	Chertsey Town
League Status	National League	Isthmian League 1 South Central
Step	1	4
Best Cup Run	Round 5	4th qualifying round
FA Cup Form	First time starting as early as Q4 Rd for 97 years	First time appearing in Q4 Rd in 54th campaign
Notes	No previous FA Cup meetings