Manchester United won the competition for only 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.
Of the others, North Shields and Wimbledon had last featured at this stage in 1952–53, Gravesend & Northfleet in 1949-50, Poole Town in 1946-47 and Sittingbourne in 1930-31.
Falmouth Town was notably the first club from Cornwall ever to qualify for the first round of the FA Cup, while Gravesend & Northfleet was embarking on an unexpected eight-round run through the tournament.
On 28 January, the FA announced that the draw for the fifth round would be put back a week, and that the league season would be extended until 19 May.
[3] Faced with the problem of wishing all the ties to take place on the same date, the FA decided on 4 February 1963 that the fifth and sixth rounds would each be postponed by a week to 23 February and 16 March respectively[4] The following week, on 12 February, the FA again decided, due to the lack of completion of many games, that the fifth and sixth rounds should be postponed[5] The agreed dates, Saturday 16 March and Saturday 30 March respectively, were the final postponements of these two rounds.
There were no replays, but the Nottingham Forest and Leeds United match did not take place until the following Tuesday, while the Coventry City – Sunderland game was played on the 25th.