The qualifying campaign for the 1901–02FA Cup, the thirty-first staging of the world's oldest association football competition, consisted of six rounds of matches, which began on 21 September 1901 with the preliminary round. The Cup was eventually won bySheffield United, who beatSouthampton in the final.
Matches were scheduled to be played at the stadium of the team named first on the date specified for each round, which was always a Saturday. If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week. If the replayed match was drawn further replays would be held at neutral venues until a winner was determined.
| Round | Date | Matches | Number of clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary round | 22 September 1900 | 27 | 222→195 |
| First qualifying round | 6 October 1900 | 48 | 195→147 |
| Second qualifying round | 20 October 1900 | 37 | 147→110 |
| Third qualifying round | 3 November 1900 | 38 | 110→72 |
| Fourth qualifying round | 17 November 1900 | 20 | 72→52 |
| Fifth qualifying round | 8 December 1900 | 10 | 52→42 |
| Intermediate round | 5 January 1901 | 10 | 42→32 |
| First round proper | 9 February 1901 | 16 | 32→16 |
| Second round proper | 23 February 1901 | 8 | 16→8 |
| Third round proper | 23 March 1901 | 4 | 8→4 |
| Semi-final | 6 April 1901 | 2 | 4→2 |
| Final | 20 April 1901 | 1 | 2→1 |
| Home team | Score | Away team | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kettering | 2–2 | Northampton Town | 30 November 1901 |
| 1r | Northampton Town | 2–0 | Kettering | 2 December 1901 |
| 2 | Southport Central | 2–2 | Darwen | 30 November 1901 |
| 2r | Darwen | 2–2 | Southport Central | 3 December 1901 |
| 2r2 | Darwen | 1–0 | Southport Central | 9 December 1901 |
| 3 | Burslem Port Vale | 1–2 | Walsall | 7 December 1901 |
| 4 | Luton Town | 2–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 30 November 1901 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 0–1 | Bristol Rovers | 30 November 1901 |
| 6 | Bishop Auckland | 4–2 | Darlington St Augustine's | 30 November 1901 |
| 7 | New Brompton | 1–0 | Grays United | 30 November 1901 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 0–0 | Lincoln City | 30 November 1901 |
| 8r | Lincoln City | 3–1 | Barnsley | 4 December 1901 |
| 9 | Shepherd's Bush | 1–3 | Oxford City | 30 November 1901 |
| 10 | Glossop | 2–0 | Stockport County | 30 November 1901 |