The FA Cup 1946–47 is the 66th season of the world's oldest football knockout competition; The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short.
The large number of clubs entering the tournament from lower down the English football league system meant that the competition started with a number of preliminary and qualifying rounds.
The 25 victorious teams from the fourth round qualifying progressed to the first round proper.
The teams that entered in this round are: Leytonstone, Shrewsbury Town, Chelmsford City, Cheltenham Town, Colchester United, Lancaster City, Walthamstow Avenue, Guildford City, Gillingham, Dulwich Hamlet, Marine, Bath City, Workington, North Shields, South Bank, South Liverpool, Scarborough, Bromley, Wellington Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Witton Albion, Runcorn, Yeovil Town and Gainsborough Trinity See 1946–47 FA Cup for details of the rounds from the first round proper onwards.