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FA Cup dates 2024/25: When each round will be played and when each league enters
By Steven Chicken,
10 hours ago
The FA Cup dates 2024/25 have been pencilled in. Get that tin foil cup ready.
You may not realise it, but the Cup is already well underway with plenty more games still to come before we reach the final next May. By the end of it all, some 745 sides will have entered the competition, all coming down to one side who will be crowned the 2024/25 FA Cup winners.
With plenty of potential for shocks and thrills along the way, here's the key dates for your diary and when each tier enters the competition.
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FA Cup dates 2024/25: Every round of the competition and when it's played
The FA Cup Third Round kicks off in January (Image credit: Clive Mason/Getty Images)
All rounds of the FA Cup are scheduled for weekends this season, with the abolition of replays from the first round proper helping to eliminate the need for any midweek fixtures.
The extra preliminary round and preliminary rounds, featuring teams from steps 8 and 9, have already been played, and there will be four more qualifying rounds featuring non-league teams before the first round proper gets under way in the first weekend of November.
League One and League Two clubs enter at that phase, with no new entrants coming in at the second round. All 44 Premier League and Championship clubs then join the party in the third round in the second weekend of January.
FA Cup dates 2024/25 (weekends of)
Saturday August 31 2024: First Round Qualifying - Northern Premier League Premier, Southern League Premier Central and South, and Isthmian League Premier clubs enter
Saturday September 14 2024: Second Round Qualifying - National League North and South clubs enter
Saturday September 28 2024: Third Round Qualifying - no new entrants
Saturday October 12 2024: Fourth Round Qualifying - National League clubs enter
Saturday November 2 2024: First Round Proper - League One and League Two clubs enter
Saturday November 30 2024: Second Round Proper - no new entrants
Saturday January 11 2025: Third Round Proper - Premier League and Championship clubs enter
Saturday February 8 2025: Fourth Round Proper
Saturday March 1 2025: Fifth Round Proper
Saturday March 29 2025: Quarter-finals
Saturday April 26 2025: Semi-finals
Saturday May 17 2025: Final
The whole thing will culminate in a traditional Wembley final on Saturday 17 May 2025, with the two semi-finals also held at Wembley three weeks prior.
Manchester United lifted last year's trophy, overcoming Wigan Athletic, Newport County, Nottingham Forest, Liverpool and Coventry City on their way to the final.
Manchester City were on the losing side in a 2-1 defeat, with Jeremy Doku's late strike coming too late to overturn first-half goals from Alejandro Garnacho and Kobbie Mainoo.
FA Cup first qualifying round draw
Garforth Town or Heaton Stannington v Bury
Crook Town v Ashington or Bishop Auckland
Guiseley v Ashton United
Morpeth Town v Emley
West Didsbury & Chorlton v Silsden
Warrington Rylands v Thackley
Campion v Blyth Spartans
Bamber Bridge v Newton Aycliffe
Lancaster City v Barnoldswick Town or Northwich Victoria
Tadcaster Albion v Macclesfield
1874 Northwich v Stocksbridge Park Steels
Workington v Hebburn Town
FC United of Manchester v Hyde United
Mossley or Eccleshill United v Whitby Town
South Liverpool or Witton Albion v City of Liverpool
Newcastle Benfield v Prescot Cables
Newcastle Blue Star or North Ferriby v Hallam
Whitchurch Alport v Runcorn Linnets or Wythenshawe Town
Birtley Town v Whickham or Dunston
Stockton Town v Widnes
Clitheroe or Sheffield v Pontefract Collieries
Westfields or Newcastle Town v Long Eaton United
Belper Town v Bromsgrove Sporting
Spalding United v Matlock Town
Gainsborough Trinity v AFC Telford United
Basford United v Gresley Rovers or Sporting Khalsa
Barton Town v Rugby Town
Anstey Nomads v Alvechurch
Melton Town v Hednesford Town
Heanor Town v Ilkeston Town
Barwell v Kidsgrove Athletic
Dudley Town v Stourbridge
Bottesford Town v Deeping Rangers or Loughborough Students
Harborough Town v Darlaston Town
Carlton Town v Stamford
Mickleover v Coleshill Town
Stratford Town v Worksop Town
Leek Town v Ashby Ivanhoe
Malvern Town v Cleethorpes Town
Wellingborough Town v Shifnal Town
Grantham Town v Newark & Sherwood United
Kettering Town v Stafford Rangers
Redditch United v Halesowen Town
Gorleston v Walthamstow
Tilbury v Brantham Athletic
Lowestoft Town v Potters Bar Town
Leiston v Waltham Abbey
Basildon United v Biggleswade
Hitchin Town v Berkhamsted
AFC Dunstable v AFC Sudbury
Bishop's Stortford v Cornard United
Hashtag United v Stotfold
Soham Town Rangers or Harleston Town v Biggleswade Town
St Neots Town v Barking
Billericay Town v Bowers & Pitsea
Royston Town v Bedford Town
Harpenden Town v St Ives Town
Enfield v Brentwood Town
Great Yarmouth Town v Cheshunt
Bury Town or Felixstowe & Walton United v Leverstock Green or Heybridge Swifts
Brightlingsea Regent v Haringey Borough
Newmarket Town v Ipswich Wanderers
Canvey Island v Milton Keynes Irish
Witham Town v Sheringham
Burgess Hill Town v AFC Croydon Athletic
Harefield United v Lewes
Kingstonian v Chichester City
Dulwich Hamlet v Leatherhead
Thame United v Wingate & Finchley
Harrow Borough or Ashford United v Saltdean United or Three Bridges
Ashford Town (Middx) or Uxbridge v Herne Bay or Rayners Lane
Horsham v Virginia Water
Bracknell Town v South Park (Reigate)
Athletic Newham v Amersham Town
Aylesbury Vale Dynamos v Bognor Regis Town
Hanworth Villa v Walton & Hersham
Sheppey United v Hanwell Town
Hendon v Whitehawk
Dartford v Marlow
Larkfield & New Hythe v Cray Wanderers
Steyning Town Community v Merstham
Margate v Hayes & Yeading United
Lordswood v Binfield
Badshot Lea v Cray Valley (PM)
Hastings United v Redhill
Sittingbourne v Dover Athletic
Ramsgate v Folkestone Invicta
Carshalton Athletic v Haywards Heath Town
Punjab United v Corinthian
Broadbridge Heath v Faversham Town
Westfield v Chatham Town
Chertsey Town v Raynes Park vale
Mousehole or Willand Rovers v Exmouth Town or Brixham
Hartpury University v Reading City or Nailsea & Tickenham
Havant & Waterlooville v Wallingford & Crowmarsh
Easington Sports v Frome Town
Plymouth Parkway v Baffins Milton Rovers
Gloucester City v Paulton Rovers
Tiverton Town v Wimborne Town
Basingstoke Town v Sholing
Wincanton Town or Fleet Town v AFC Stoneham or Millbrook (Hampshire)
Gosport Borough v Andover New Street
Barnstaple Town v Larkhall Athletic
Hungerford Town v Yate Town
Bideford or Wellington AFC v Shaftesbury or Melksham Town
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