The Football Association has release the early round fixtures for the 2026/27 FA Vase First and Second Qualifying Rounds.
These draws were release in full at midday on Friday 3rd July 2026.
The FA Vase First Qualifying and Second Qualifying Rounds take in clubs from Step 5 and Step 6 of the English Football Pyramid. For Berkshire football fans that both levels of the Combined Counties League and Wessex League.
Berks County and Burnham are exempt to the FA Vase First Round Proper, Reading City are exempt to the FA Vase Second Round Proper.
FA Vase First Qualifying Round draw
Matches to be played on the weekend of Saturday 15 August 2026. Prize money: Winners – £550 Losing club – £160.
- Abingdon United vs Rushden & Higham United
- Bristol Telephones vs AFC Aldermaston
- Eversley & California vs AEK Boco
- Holyport vs Amersham Town
- Kintbury Rangers vs Mangotsfield United
- Wellingborough Whitworth vs Langley
- Tadley Calleva vs Roman Glass St George
- Sport London e Benfica vs Virginia Water
- Wallingford & Crowmarsh vs North Greenford United
- Sandhurst Town vs Wokingham Town
- Woodley United vs Cirencester Town
FA Vase Second Qualifying Round draw
Matches to be played on the weekend of Saturday 12 September 2026. Prize money: Winners – £725 Losing club – £225.
- Spartans Youth or Kempston Rovers vs Abingdon United OR Rushden & Higham United
- Bristol Telephones OR AFC Aldermaston vs Newent Town or Almondsbury
- Eversley & California OR AEK Boco vs Kintbury Rangers OR Mangotsfield United
- Buckingham or Bedfont vs Holyport OR Amersham Town
- Wellingborough Whitworth OR Langley vs Tring Athletic or Aylesbury Vale Dynamos
- Rothwell Corinthians or Northwood vs Maidenhead Town
- Avonmouth or Fairford Town vs Tadley Calleva OR Roman Glass St George
- Longwell Green Sports vs Thatcham Town
- Newport Pagnell Town OR Spelthorne Sports vs Sport London e Benfica OR Virginia Water
- Ardley United vs Wallingford & Crowmarsh OR North Greenford United
- Wantage Town vs Shortwood United
- Sandhurst Town OR Wokingham Town vs Carterton or Wells City
- Woodley United OR Cirencester Town vs Corsham Town
- Brimscombe & Thrupp vs Yateley United
Full details of FA Vase round dates and prize funds round by round is here.
26/27 FA Competition early round fixture releases
Looking for your teams early cup draws? Check the FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase here.
PakarPBN
A Private Blog Network (PBN) is a collection of websites that are controlled by a single individual or organization and used primarily to build backlinks to a “money site” in order to influence its ranking in search engines such as Google. The core idea behind a PBN is based on the importance of backlinks in Google’s ranking algorithm. Since Google views backlinks as signals of authority and trust, some website owners attempt to artificially create these signals through a controlled network of sites.
In a typical PBN setup, the owner acquires expired or aged domains that already have existing authority, backlinks, and history. These domains are rebuilt with new content and hosted separately, often using different IP addresses, hosting providers, themes, and ownership details to make them appear unrelated. Within the content published on these sites, links are strategically placed that point to the main website the owner wants to rank higher. By doing this, the owner attempts to pass link equity (also known as “link juice”) from the PBN sites to the target website.
The purpose of a PBN is to give the impression that the target website is naturally earning links from multiple independent sources. If done effectively, this can temporarily improve keyword rankings, increase organic visibility, and drive more traffic from search results.
