Wolverhampton Wanderers won the competition for the third time, beating Leicester City 3–1 in the final at Wembley.
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.
Weymouth was the most successful club from this season's extra preliminary round, progressing to the second round proper after defeating Bournemouth, Andover, Newport (IOW), Longfleet St Mary's, Poole Town, Trowbridge Town and Chelmsford City.
To make the number of matches up, non-league sides Leytonstone and Colchester United were given byes to this round, with Leytonstone being the champions from the previous season's FA Amateur Cup and Colchester being the best-performed non-league club from the previous season's FA Cup.
The 44 First and Second Division clubs entered the competition at this stage along with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Rotherham United and Swindon Town.
Yeovil Town was the last non-league club left in the competition, emulating the achievement of Colchester United from the previous season in reaching this stage.