Five clubs have played in every round of the 26/27 FA Cup, including Tadley Calleva of the Combined Counties League Premier Division South.
The Romans face a challenging Saturday afternoon to make the First Round Proper when they visit neighbours Aldershot Town, but they are not the only side bidding to continue an impressive run of FA Cup wins this season.
All five teams have played five matches in this seasons competition from the FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round onward with each side having banked a minimum £13,819 in FA Cup prize money, with an additional £9,375 on offer to the winners of the Fourth Qualifying Round and £3,125 for the defeated side.
Two sides from the Northern Premier League Division One West, one from the Northern Premier League Division One Midlands and one from the Southern Counties East Premier Division make up the rest of the remaining sides who began their campaigns in the Extra Preliminary Round.
FA Cup history
The side with the biggest FA Cup history is Stafford Rangers (NPL D1W) who – having dabbled in top-tier National League football in the 1990s and mid 2000s – have been regulars in the later qualifying rounds in recent seasons and reached the Second Round twice, losing to Marine and Brighton & Hove Albion 92/93 and 06/07.
However, in 74/75 the side went from the First Qualifying Round to the Fourth Round Proper, beating Rotherham United, Halifax Town and Stockport County before their run was ended by a 2-1 defeat to Peterborough United in a game played at Stoke City.
Related: Everything you need to know about the FA Cup Fourth Qualifying Round
Stafford’s face a trip to ‘troubled’ National League Gateshead on Saturday while league rivals Atherton Collieries make the trip to AFC Fylde – there previous best in the competition was a 21/22 replay defeat to Marine.
NPL Midlands side AFC Rushden & Diamonds have equalled their previous best run in the competition, which saw a replay defeat to Barwell in 2015/16. On Saturday they host Morecambe.
Meanwhile, the side with the newest record in the FA Cup, SE Dons, will travel to Sholing in their debut season hoping to keep a historic 100% FA Cup record alive having already seen off Lancing, Punjab United, Erith Town, Chichester City and Weymouth.
Tadley, of course, we’ve followed during this seasons FA Cup run. The Romans are a becoming something of a cup-specialist side having broken club records last season by reaching the Second Qualifying Round, beating Weymouth on the way.
This season, Joe Lawler’s side have gone two better, winning on the road at Bishops Cleeve and last time out defeating Step 3 high-flyers Dartford at Barlows Park.
2026/27 FA Cup First Round Proper: Draw date and times – everything you need to know
FA Cup statistics courtesy of FCHD.info
