| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | England Wales |
The1945–46 FA Cup was the 65th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; the Football Association Challenge Cup, orFA 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 25 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aylesbury United | 5–0 | Chesham United |
| 2 | Banbury Spencer | 8–1 | Headington United |
| 3 | Pressed Steel | 1–0 | Morris Motors |
| 4 | Uxbridge | 11–1 | Lyons Club |
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Horsham | 1–0 | East Grinstead |
| 11 | Bishop's Stortford | 4–1 | Hoddesdon Town |
| 12 | Slough United | 3–1 | Hounslow Town |
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Bedford Town | 0–4 | Bedford Avenue |
| 9 | Firbeck Main Colliery | 3–4 | Brodsworth Main Colliery |
| 13 | Thorne Colliery | 1–6 | East Bierley |
| 17 | Gravesend United | 2–1 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 18 | Romford | 4–3 | Eton Manor |
| 24 | Frickley Colliery | 7–0 | Guiseley |
| 27 | Southall | 2–1 | Hayes |
| 28 | Nuneaton Borough | 5–2 | Hednesford Town |
| 35 | Grays Athletic | 0–3 | Leyton |
| 40 | Haywards Heath | 5–0 | Newhaven |
| 51 | Wealdstone | 3–0 | St Albans City |
| 56 | Barnet | 3–1 | Tufnell Park |
| 61 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) | 4–0 | Woolwich Polytechnic |
| 63 | Slough United | 2–2 | Yiewsley |
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | Slough United | 2–0 | Yiewsley |
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Consett | 3–0 | Ashington |
| 11 | Skelmersdale United | 2–3 | Darwen |
| 13 | Wealdstone | 6–1 | Harrow Town |
| 26 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) | 3–1 | Ramsgate Athletic |
| 36 | Newburn | 1–2 | Throckley |
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Barnet | 3–0 | Wealdstone |
| 2 | Bedford Avenue | 1–0 | Letchworth Town |
| 3 | Chorley | 1–0 | Darwen |
| 4 | Frickley Colliery | 0–4 | Yorkshire Amateur |
| 5 | Grantham | 2–1 | Ollerton Colliery |
| 6 | Gresley Rovers | 0–7 | Coalville Town |
| 7 | Haywards Heath | 1–0 | Hastings & St Leonards |
| 8 | Kells Welfare Centre | 1–2 | Netherfield |
| 9 | Kettering Town | 2–1 | Peterborough United |
| 10 | Leiston | 2–2 | Lowestoft Town (Lowestoft Town disqualified) |
| 11 | Llanelli | 1–7 | Barry Town |
| 12 | Lloyds (Sittingbourne) | 3–4 | Bromley |
| 13 | Newport I O W | 0–1 | Cowes (Cowes disqualified) |
| 14 | Nuneaton Borough | 8–1 | Bournville Athletic (Nuneaton Borough disqualified) |
| 15 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 7–0 | Radstock Town |
| 16 | Rawmarsh Welfare | 5–1 | Denaby United |
| 17 | Rhyl | 2–2 | Witton Albion |
| 18 | Romford | 4–1 | Leyton |
| 19 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | 4–1 | Lysaghts Sports |
| 20 | Shildon | 3–2 | Spennymoor United |
| 21 | Slough United | 3–1 | Oxford City |
| 22 | Stockton | 4–1 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 23 | Throckley | 2–4 | Consett |
| 24 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 3–3 | Sutton United |
| 25 | Trowbridge Town | 7–0 | Paulton Rovers |
| 26 | Wisbech Town | 3–1 | Cambridge Town |
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Witton Albion | 3–1 | Rhyl |
| 24 | Sutton United | 5–1 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
The teams entering the competition in this round are: Ilford, Lovells Athletic, Shorts Sports, Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Dulwich Hamlet, Gillingham, Guildford City, Leytonstone, Lancaster City, Gainsborough Trinity, Scarborough, North Shields, Shrewsbury Town, Stalybridge Celtic, Runcorn, Walthamstow Avenue, Clapton, Wellington Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Willington, Colchester United, Marine and Workington.
| Tie | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 0–1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 12 | Slough United | 3–1 | Leytonstone |
See1945–46 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.