Rushden Town’s record in the premier cup competition the English Football Association Cup is not very distinguished as can be seen from the results below. The club never reached the first round proper when the clubs from the lower leagues of the Football league join the competition. The club first entered the competition in 1897 and were drawn away to play at Hucknall St Johns which is situated on the outskirts of the city of Nottingham, where they were beaten 2-1. This was Hucknall's only season in the F.A. Cup and they lost 2-0 to Liverpool in the next round

The best season the competition was in 1959-60 when they reached the fourth qualifying round beating Stamford, local rivals Wellingborough Town 2-0 at the Dog and Duck, Corby Town after a replay and finally being defeated in North London at Amateur team Enfield in the fourth qualifying round at their old ground on the A10 at Southbury Road.

Enfield went on to beat Headington United (now Oxford United) before losing 5-1 at Bournemouth (then Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic) in round 2.

Enfield went on to win the F.A. Amateur Cup in 1967 beating Cooke Town 2-1 at Wembley Stadium.

The clubs biggest victory was 8-0 against Histon Town in 1967, and their biggest defeat at home to Peterborough United by 9 goals to 1 in 1945.

F.A. CUP
1897-98	5Q	HUCKNALL ST JOHN'S	A	1-2
1925-26	3Q	Result not known
	4Q	Result not known
1945-46	2Q	PETERBOROUGH UNITED	H	1-9
1946-47	1Q	KETTERING TOWN	A	0-2
1947-48	1Q	WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN	A	3-0
	2Q	KETTERING TOWN	H	1-2
1948-49	1Q	KETTERING TOWN	A	2-2
	1Qr	KETTERING TOWN	H	0-1
1949-50	1Q	SYMINGTONS RECREATION	H	0-3
1950-51	1Q	KETTERING TOWN	H	2-2
	1Qr	KETTERING TOWN	A	0-4
1951-52	1Q	CORBY TOWN	H	0-6
1952-53	PRE	WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN	H	3-1
	1Q	KETTERING TOWN	A	0-1
1953-54	1Q	KETTERING TOWN	H	1-1
	1Qr	KETTERING TOWN	A	1-3
1954-55	1Q	DESBOROUGH TOWN	H	3-1
	2Q	WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN	A	1-2
1955-56	1Q	STAMFORD	A	5-1
	2Q	ROTHWELL TOWN	H	3-3
	2Qr	ROTHWELL TOWN	A	2-3
1956-57	1Q	STAMFORD	H	3-1
	2Q	SPALDING UNITED	H	0-3
1957-58	1Q	SPALDING UNITED	H	2-2
	1Qr	SPALDING UNITED	A	0-8
1958-59	1Q	ROTHWELL TOWN	H	5-2
	2Q	WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN	H	1-0
	3Q	KETTERING TOWN	H	0-1
1959-60	1Q	STAMFORD	H	3-2
	2Q	WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN	A	2-0
	3Q	CORBY TOWN	A	2-2
	3Qr	CORBY TOWN	H	2-1
	4Q	ENFIELD	A	0-3
1960-61	1Q	ROTHWELL TOWN	H	1-0
	2Q	ST NEOTS TOWN	H	0-5
1961-62	1Q	BOURNE TOWN	A	1-2
1962-63	1Q	BOURNE TOWN	A	1-4
1963-64	1Q	ROTHWELL TOWN	A	3-0
	2Q	WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN	H	0-2
1964-65	1Q	ROTHWELL TOWN	H	2-3
1965-66	1Q	BOURNE TOWN	H	4-4
	1Qr	BOURNE TOWN	A	1-4
1966-67	1Q	EYNESBURY ROVERS	A	0-0
	1Qr	EYNESBURY ROVERS	H	6-3
	2Q	MARCH TOWN UNITED	H	4-0
	3Q	ST NEOTS TOWN	H	0-3
1967-68	1Q	HISTON	H	8-0
	2Q	ST NEOTS TOWN	H	4-0
	3Q	CAMBRIDGE CITY	A	0-1
1968-69	PRE	ST NEOTS TOWN	H	0-1
1969-70	PRE	ROTHWELL TOWN	A	2-0
	1Q	DESBOROUGH TOWN	A	2-1
	2Q	CORBY TOWN	H	2-1
	3Q	CAMBRIDGE CITY	A	1-4
1970-71	1Q	SOHAM TOWN RANGERS	A	0-1
1971-72	1Q	BIGGLESWADE & DISTRICT	A	1-2
1972-73	PRE	LONG EATON UNITED	H	0-1
1973-74	PRE	STEVENAGE ATHLETIC	A	1-6
1974-75	1Q	DESBOROUGH TOWN	H	2-1
	2Q	BEDFORD TOWN	A	0-2
1975-76	1Q	WITNEY TOWN	H	0-3
1976-77	PRE	WOLVERTON TOWN & B R	H	1-0
	1Q	VAUXHALL MOTORS (LUTON)	A	0-0
	1Qr	VAUXHALL MOTORS (LUTON)	H	1-2
1977-78	PRE	MILTON KEYNES CITY	A	2-0
	1Q	LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY	A	0-3
1978-79	1Q	POTTON UNITED	A	1-0
	2Q	BARTON ROVERS	H	1-1
	2Qr	BARTON ROVERS	A	1-3
1979-80	1Q	HINCKLEY ATHLETIC	H	2-3
1980-81	1Q	HITCHIN TOWN	A	0-3
1981-82	1Q	NUNEATON BOROUGH	A	0-6
1982-83	1Q	BRIDGNORTH TOWN	H	0-2
1983-84	PRE	AMPTHILL TOWN	A	1-2
1984-85	1Q	STAFFORD RANGERS	H	3-3
	1Qr	STAFFORD RANGERS	A	3-1
	2Q	BRIDGNORTH TOWN	H	0-1
1985-86	PRE	HOLBEACH UNITED	A	1-1
	PREr	HOLBEACH UNITED	H	3-3
	PREr2	HOLBEACH UNITED	H	1-0
	1Q	MARCH TOWN UNITED	H	2-3
1986-87	PRE	SPALDING UNITED	A	0-0
	PREr	SPALDING UNITED	H	2-4
1987-88	1Q	ROTHWELL TOWN	H	1-4
1988-89	PRE	HIGHGATE UNITED	A	4-0
	1Q	LEICESTER UNITED	A	1-4
1989-90	PRE	HALESOWEN HARRIERS	A	5-2
	1Q	HOLBEACH UNITED	H	4-5
1990-91	1Q	SPALDING UNITED	A	3-0
	2Q	BOREHAM WOOD	A	0-1
1991-92	PRE	FRIAR LANE OLD BOYS	H	3-2
	1Q	DESBOROUGH TOWN	A	4-2
	2Q	BROMSGROVE ROVERS	A	0-1

Rushden Town amalgamated with Irthlingborough Diamonds to form Rushden & Diamonds.