Tottenham Hotspur won the competition, beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 in the final at Stamford Bridge, London.

If scores were level after 90 minutes had been played, a replay would take place at the stadium of the second-named team later the same week.

These arrangements meant that 14 Football League clubs would be required to enter the FA Cup in the qualifying rounds.

Bath City and Eccles United were making their initial appearances in the first round proper, while the other three non-league sides joined the new Third Division North at the start of the following season.

This season's extra preliminary round contained 136 teams but none were able to emulate the heroics of Thornycrofts (Woolston) and Hednesford Town from the previous tournament.

The best performed team from the extra preliminary stage this time was Worksop Town, who progressed to the sixth qualifying round before losing to Bristol Rovers.

However, after easy victories against local amateur outfits in their first two matches, the club had to forfeit their first qualifying round tie against Harrogate as it clashed with a League fixture against The Wednesday at Hillsborough.