| Saturday 31st August 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup Preliminary Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Rovers | 1-2 | Hucknall Town | |
| Blakenall | 3-0 | Glossop North End | |
| Bootle | 2-0 | Seaham Red Star | |
| Cheadle Town | 0-0 | Burscough | |
| Eastwood Hanley | 0-1 | Crook Town | |
| Esh Winning | 1-3 | Oldham Town | |
| Evenwood Town | 3-1 | Darwen | |
| Horden Colliery Welfare | 0-4 | Atherton Collieries | |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 0-3 | Chester-le-Street Town | |
| Nantwich Town | 5-0 | South Shields | |
| Newcastle Town | 1-0 | Denaby United | |
| Prudhoe Town | 1-1 | Maine Road | |
| Rossendale United | 1-1 | Castleton Gabriels | |
| Shifnal Town | 1-2 | Chadderton | |
| St Helens Town | 2-2 | Peterlee Newtown | |
| Stapenhill | 3-0 | Salford City | |
| Trafford xx | 2-0 | Clitheroe | |
| Tuesday 3rd September 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup Preliminary Round Replay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Burscough | 2-0 | Cheadle Town | |
| Castleton Gabriels | 2-4 | Rossendale United | |
| Maine Road | 1-2 | Prudhoe Town | |
| Peterlee Newtown | 1-2 | St Helens Town | |
| Saturday 7th September 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 1st Qualifying Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Billingham Town | 1-2 | Blackpool Rovers | |
| Burscough | 3-2 | Heswall | |
| Cheadle Town | 1-2 | Merseyside Police | |
| Denaby United | 2-0 | Atherton Collieries | |
| Liversedge | 1-4 | Formby | |
| Long Eaton United | 0-4 | Skelmersdale United | |
| Penrith | 2-0 | Darwen | |
| Penrith | 2-0 | Darwen | |
| Ramsbottom United | 0-1 | Tetley Walker | |
| Rossendale United | 0-2 | Nelson | |
| Salford City | 0-2 | Bacup Borough | |
| St Helens Town | 3-4 | Haslingden | |
| (After Extra Time, 3-3 after 90 mins) | |||
| Vauxhall GM | 3-0 | Castleton Gabriels | |
| West Allotment Celtic | 0-2 | Holker Old Boys | |
| Saturday 14th September 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 1st Qualifying Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Billingham Synthonia | 1-0 | Atherton Collieries | |
| Bridgnorth Town | 4-1 | Trafford xx | |
| Flixton | 2-0 | Bootle | |
| Mossley | 3-1 | Burscough | |
| Netherfield | 3-1 | Nantwich Town | |
| Oldham Town | 2-3 | Halifax Town | |
| Rossendale United | 0-5 | Southport | |
| Sheffield | 2-1 | Chadderton | |
| St Helens Town | 0-0 | Gateshead | |
| Willington | 1-3 | Newcastle Town | |
| Tuesday 17th September 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 1st Qualifying Round Replay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gateshead | 5-1 | St Helens Town | |
| Saturday 28th September 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 2nd Qualifying Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Farsley Celtic | 3-1 | Mossley | |
| Winsford United | 0-1 | Newcastle Town | |
| Saturday 5th October 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 2nd Qualifying Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacup Borough | 1-5 | Vauxhall GM | |
| Blackpool Rovers | 4-2 | Ryhope Community Association | |
| Burscough | 0-0 | Glossop North End | |
| (After Extra Time, 0-0 after 90 mins) | |||
| Chadderton | 0-1 | Poulton Victoria | |
| Douglas High School Old Boys | 0-3 | Nantwich Town | |
| Eccleshill United | 1-1 | Bootle | |
| (After Extra Time, 1-1 after 90 mins) | |||
| Formby | 8-1 | Shirebrook Town | |
| Glapwell | 3-2 | Maghull | |
| Haslingden | 4-0 | Daisy Hill | |
| Holker Old Boys | 2-1 | Yorkshire Amateur | |
| Kidsgrove Athletic | 0-1 | Grove United | |
| Maine Road | 0-1 | Tetley Walker | |
| Merseyside Police | 1-4 | Newcastle Town | |
| Nelson | 2-4 | Easington Colliery | |
| Nuthall | 4-5 | Skelmersdale United | |
| Oldham Town | 7-0 | Kimberley Town | |
| Penrith | 2-2 | South Shields | |
| (After Extra Time, 2-2 after 90 mins) | |||
| Tuesday 8th October 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 2nd Qualifying Round Replay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bootle | 0-2 | Eccleshill United | |
| Glossop North End | 0-3 | Burscough | |
| South Shields | 4-3 | Penrith | |
| Saturday 12th October 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 3rd Qualifying Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Frickley Athletic | 1-1 | Newcastle Town | |
| Tuesday 15th October 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 3rd Qualifying Round Replay | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Town | 2-1 | Frickley Athletic | |
| Saturday 26th October 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 4th Qualifying Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Town | 4-0 | Bamber Bridge | |
| Saturday 2nd November 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 1st Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Annfield Plain | 0-2 | Vauxhall GM | |
| Blackpool Rovers | 1-0 | Consett | |
| Brandon United | 5-1 | Oldham Town | |
| Burscough | 1-2 | Trafford xx | |
| Haslingden | 7-0 | Alnwick Town | |
| Nantwich Town | 3-0 | Willenhall Town | |
| Newcastle Town | 4-0 | Lye Town | |
| Ossett Town | 1-3 | Holker Old Boys | |
| Peterlee Newtown | 0-2 | Tetley Walker | |
| Skelmersdale United | 0-2 | Formby | |
| (After Extra Time, 0-0 after 90 mins) | |||
| Sunday 17th November 1996 | F.A. Challenge Cup 1st Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle Town | 0-2 | Notts County | |
| Saturday 23rd November 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 2nd Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackpool Rovers | 1-1 | South Shields | |
| (After Extra Time, 1-1 after 90 mins) | |||
| Denaby United | 2-4 | Newcastle Town | |
| Formby | 0-5 | Tetley Walker | |
| Haslingden | 1-2 | Trafford xx | |
| Hinckley Athletic | 2-0 | Eastwood Hanley | |
| Nantwich Town | 2-1 | Leicester St Andrews | |
| Vauxhall GM | 3-1 | Clitheroe | |
| West Auckland Town | 2-3 | Holker Old Boys | |
| Saturday 30th November 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 2nd Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossley | 2-0 | Morpeth Town | |
| F.A. Carlsberg Vase 2nd Round Replay | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shields | 3-1 | Blackpool Rovers |
| Saturday 14th December 1996 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 3rd Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunston Federation Brewery | 5-0 | Holker Old Boys | |
| Hucknall Town | 2-1 | Newcastle Town | |
| Ossett Albion | 0-1 | Nantwich Town | |
| Tetley Walker | 1-0 | Trafford xx | |
| (After Extra Time, 0-0 after 90 mins) | |||
| Vauxhall GM | 1-3 | Mossley | |
| Saturday 11th January 1997 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 4th Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossley | 3-2 | Cogenhoe United | |
| Tetley Walker | 0-1 | Durham City | |
| Whitby Town | 3-1 | Nantwich Town | |
| Saturday 1st February 1997 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase 5th Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mossley | 1-0 | Barking | |
| Saturday 22nd February 1997 | F.A. Carlsberg Vase Quarter Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitby Town | 5-1 | Mossley | |
