| FA Cup Round 3 | Venue |
Gate | Notes |
| D 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 2 | Stoke City | D 1 | Burnden Park | 39,138 | |
| Byrom 3 | Lineups | Ritchie, Haslegrave (p) | | | | |
| D 4 | Bradford City | 4 | 2 |
Alvechurch |
WMR |
Valley Parade | 13,062 | |
| Ham, Baker, Oates, Ingram (p) | Lineups | Lawrence, Horne | | | | |
| D 3 | Cambridge United | 2 | 2 | Oldham Athletic | D 3 | Abbey Stadium | 8,479 | |
| Wood OG, Eades | Lineups | Edwards, Lochhead | | | | |
| D 2 | Nottingham Forest | 4 | 3 | Bristol Rovers | D 3 | City Ground | 23,456 | |
| Martin 2, Chapman, Lyall (p) | Lineups | Prince, Dobson, Rudge | | | | |
| Notes |
| First FA Cup games to have been played on an Sunday. This was due to the 3 day week introduced because of the coal miners strike. |
