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FA Cup Factfile: Whitstable Town are out to make history

As the National League clubs enter this season’s FA Cup for the first time, there are three other clubs involved in this fourth qualifying round who have already won through five rounds.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 October 2025

Your complete guide to this week’s extra preliminary FA Cup fixtures PICTURE: Alamy

By Phil Annets @FACUP FACTFILE

As the National League clubs enter this season’s FA Cup for the first time, there are three other clubs involved in this fourth qualifying round who have already won through five rounds.
Whitstable Town are the last Step 5 club standing and have already won through as many rounds as the eventual cup finalists will win, scoring 23 goals in the process.
The Oystermen have reached the fourth qualifying round for the first time ever in what is the club’s 99th FA Cup campaign and the reward for their efforts is an away trip to Sam Cox’s top-flight Wealdstone.
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