The 25/26 FA Vase Fourth Round: Draw, dates and all you need to know

The draw for the 2025/26 FA Vase Fourth Round Proper is due on Monday after the weekend Third Round fixtures are complete.

Four Berkshire sides remain including one of the lowest ranked teams left, Berks County. The Swords have already emulated their 2021/22 run that saw them reach the Third Round at the first attempt.

Burnham, Reading City and Windsor & Eton join Ben Hall and Dan Money’s men in the Third Round, all hoping for a run deep into the competition and maybe, just maybe a day out at Wembley Stadium.

Note: This article will be updates as Third Round results come in.

Results for the 25/26 FA Vase Third Round Proper for Berkshire sides

• Burnham 1-2 Punjab United
• Haywards Heath Town 1-1 Berks County (Haywards Heath Town win 4-3 on penalties)
• Reading City 3-1 Snodland Town
• Tunbridge Wells P-P Windsor & Eton

Round up: And then there were two: Reading City and Windsor & Eton ‘in the hat’ for FA Vase Fourth Round draw

Fourth Round draw: Reading City at home in FA Vase Fourth Round while Windsor & Eton could host Fisher

Who’s in the FA Vase Fourth Round Proper draw?

The FA Vase Fourth Round has no new sides entering. The Second Round draw was the last time new sides entered. As it stands, Reading City and Windsor & Eton are all ‘in the hat’ for the FA Vase Fourth Round draw.

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When is the FA Vase Fourth Round draw?

The FA has confirmed the FA Vase Fourth Round Proper draw will be released at 1pm on Monday 8th December.

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When will Fourth Round Proper matches be played, and what is the prize money on offer?

FA Vase Fourth Round Proper matches are due to take place the weekend of Saturday 17th January 2025. Full details of round dates are here.

The prize money on offer for winners in the FA Vase Fourth Round matches is £1,875 with the losing side receiving £600.

The full 25/26 FA Vase Fourth Round draw

Round (the round the club entered this years competition), but three matches on and every game has been at the Rivermoor. The FA Vase Fourth Round draw matches them up with Essex-based Lymore Gardens of the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League First Division South, you guessed it, at home.

Windsor & Eton still have to play their Third Round tie at Tunbridge Wells after the match on Saturday was postponed due to the weather, but should they prevail, the Royalists will host Fisher FC of the Southern Counties East Football League Premier Division at Stag Meadow.

The full 2025/26 FA Vase Fourth Round draw

1 Droylsden v Sherwood Colliery
2 South Liverpool v Winsford United or Prestwich Heys
3 Chadderton v North Shields
4 West Didsbury & Chorlton v Nelson
5 Coventry United v GNG Oadby Town
6 Bilston Town v Gresley Rovers
7 Heather St Johns v Gornal Athletic or Grantham Town
8 Windsor & Eton v Fisher
9 Reading City v Lymore Gardens
10 Benfleet v Punjab United
11 Cockfosters v Crawley Down Gatwick
12 Great Yarmouth Town v Haywards Heath Town
13 Harpenden Town v Whitstable Town
14 Hallen or Hamworthy Recreation v Hythe & Dibden
15 Buckland Athletic or Barnstaple Town v AFC Stoneham
16 Bovey Tracey or Downton v Slimbridge or Amesbury Town