What you need to know includes the FA trophy and the date and FA drawing

What you need to know about the FA 2025/26 Cup and all lottery for the FA Cup and Vas FA are here in football in Berkshire.

The initial round lottery was made at 1 pm on Friday 4 July for the FA Cup, FA Cup, FA Vas and FA Youth Cup and we have dissected everything for the Berkshire team.

When was the FA and FA Cup competition begins in 2025/26?

The FA announced the round date for each competition a week ago, but it’s time for the opening rotation to begin for each:

• FA Cup Extra Introduction: Saturday 2 August 2025
• FA Trophy Preliminary Round – Saturday 24 August 2024
• FA VAS First Round Qualifications: Saturday 23 August 2025
• Preliminary round of the FA Youth Cup: Monday 1 September 2025

Date for all rounds is here: FA Cup | FA Trophy | FA VAS | FA Youth Cup

What about the exception? When will my team start at the FA Cup this season?

For each competition there is an exception and we spend a little time to break it up for each competition. The complete list for Berkshire is here across the trophy, vase and youth trophy. But we have issued the FA Cup below:

• Ascot United (Preliminary round)
• Binfield (Extra preliminary round)
• City of Bracknell (First qualifying round)
• Burnham (Extra preliminary round)
• Eversley & California (Extra preliminary round)
• Holyport (Extra preliminary round)
• Hungerford City (First qualifying round)
• Maidenhead United (Second qualifying round)
• Read (The right first round)
• Read the city (Extra preliminary round)
• Slough Town (Second qualifying round)
• Tadley Calleva (Extra preliminary round)
• City of Thatcham (Extra preliminary round)
• Virginia water (Extra preliminary round)
• Wallingford & Crowmarsh (Extra preliminary round)
• Windsor & Eton (Extra preliminary round)
• Wokingham City (Extra preliminary round)

All lottery will be directly at our Dedicated FA Cup | FA Trophy | FA VAS | The FA Youth Cup page when they were released at 1 pm.