1974–75 FA Trophy explained

FA Trophy
Year:1974–75
Other Titles:FA Challenge Trophy
Country:England
Wales
Num Teams:294
Winners:Matlock Town
Count:1
Second:Scarborough
Prev Season:1973–74
Next Season:1975–76

The 1974–75 FA Trophy was the sixth season of the FA Trophy.

Preliminary round

Ties

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1Atherstone Town3-0Enderby Town
2Basingstoke Town4-0Waterlooville
3Bilston3-0Warley County Borough
4Blackpool Mechanics2-1Leyland Motors
5Bridport1-5Taunton Town
6Caernarfon Town0-1Rhyl
7Cambridge City1-1Letchworth Town
8Crook Town0-1Willington
9Croydon0-0Redhill
10Darlaston1-2Halesowen Town
11Darwen2-1Skelmersdale United
12Dawlish Town2-1Wadebridge Town
13Deal Town0-2Ramsgate
14Dorchester Town0-0Devizes Town
15Durham City5-0Whitley Bay
16Eastwood Town0-1Brereton Social
17Edgware2-2Ware
18Emley2-0Thackley
19Erith & Belvedere2-3Tonbridge
20Falmouth Town5-0Exmouth Town
21Ferndale Athletic2-1Weston-super-Mare
22Finchley1-0Wealdstone
23Folkestone & Shepway4-1Faversham Town
24Formby2-2St Helens Town
25Frome Town1-2Witney Town
26Glastonbury1-3Bridgwater Town
27Goole Town4-0Yorkshire Amateur
28Gornal Athletic0-1Dudley Town
29Grays Athletic0-1Walthamstow Avenue
30Great Harwood w/o-scr Ormskirk
31Great Yarmouth Town0-1Stowmarket Town
32Hallam1-2Worksop Town
33Harlow Town0-1Enfield
34Harrogate Town1-0Guiseley
35Hayes1-0Wembley
36Hertford Town3-1Clapton
37Histon3-1Ely City
38Hitchin Town4-1Rothwell Town
39Horden Colliery Welfare4-2Ferndale Athletic
40Horsham1-2Guildford & Dorking United
41Hounslow1-2Wokingham Town
42Hyde United1-0Horwich R M I
43Kimberley Town2-3Arnold
44Lancaster City4-1Fleetwood
45Leek Town0-7Winsford United
46Lewes2-0Crawley Town
47Leytonstone1-1Leyton
48Long Eaton United1-1Hednesford
49Louth United2-0Wisbech Town
50Lowestoft Town0-2Harwich & Parkeston
51Maidenhead United3-3Kingstonian
52Maidstone United0-2Gravesend & Northfleet
53Mangotsfield United3-6Llanelli
54Marine4-2Witton Albion
55Metropolitan Police2-1Corinthian-Casuals
56Moor Green2-1Brierley Hill Alliance
57Netherfield1-0Accrington Stanley
58New Mills4-7Nantwich Town
59Oldbury United1-3Lye Town
60Ossett Albion1-1Denaby United
61Oswestry Town1-0Eastwood Hanley
62Oxford City4-0Milton Keynes City
63Penrith2-1Evenwood Town
64Poole Town2-1Fareham Town
65Portmadoc w/o-scr Connah's Quay Nomads
66Prestwich Heys w/o-scr Ellemsere Port Town
67Pwllhelli & District0-2Blaenau Ffestiniog
68Radcliffe Borough2-0Clitheroe
69Redditch United2-1Bedworth United
70Retford Town0-2Heanor Town
71Rossendale United2-0Nelson
72Runcorn1-0New Brighton
73Salisbury0-0Andover
74Shildon3-2Whitby Town
75Sittingbourne1-1Canterbury City
76Skegness Town2-0March Town United
77Soham Town Rangers2-0Gorleston
78Southall1-0Ruislip Manor
79Spalding United2-1Corby Town
80St Albans City1-1Harrow Borough
81St Blazey2-3Bideford
82St Neots Town0-1Biggleswade Town
83Staines Town2-1Hampton
84Stalybridge Celtic0-2Droylsden
85Stanley United scr-w/o Bishop Auckland
86Stevenage Athletic1-2Dunstable
87Stockton1-4South Bank
88Sudbury Town3-0Potton United
89Sutton Coldfield Town2-3A P Leamington
90Sutton Town0-1Belper Town
91Tilbury1-1Dagenham
92Ton Pentre0-3Everwarm
93Tooting & Mitcham United5-1Medway
94Tow Law Town5-2Consett
95Trowbridge Town4-1Gloucester City
96Uxbridge3-2Chesham United
97Wellingborough Town0-1Rushden Town
98Welton Rovers3-5Cinderford Town
99West Auckland Town3-0Bridlington Trinity
100Whitstable Town1-3Sheppey United
101Winterton Rangers2-3Hatfield Main
102Woolley Miners Welfare1-1Frickley Colliery

Replays

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7Letchworth Town0-2Cambridge City
9Redhill0-2Croydon
14Devizes Town1-0Dorchester Town
17Ware2-3Edgware
24St Helens Town2-3Formby
47Leyton0-3Leytonstone
48Hednesford0-2Long Eaton United
51Kingstonian1-0Maidenhead United
60Denaby United0-5Ossett Albion
73Andover2-2Salisbury
75Canterbury City3-0Sittingbourne
80Harrow Borough1-0St Albans City
91Dagenham2-2Tilbury
102Frickley Colliery1-2Woolley Miners Welfare

2nd replays

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73Salisbury2-0Andover
91Tilbury2-4Dagenham

First qualifying round

Ties

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1Alton Town1-3Staines Town
2Arnold1-2Spalding United
3Ashton United1-5Leeds & Carnegie College
4Atherstone Town3-1Lye Town
5Barking0-1Leytonstone
6Barnstaple Town3-5Taunton Town
7Basingstoke Town0-2Devizes Town
8Bethesda Athletic2-2Porthmadoc
9Bideford1-5Falmouth Town
10Biggleswade Town1-0Soham Town Rangers
11Billingham Synthonia1-2Shildon
12Bishop Auckland3-1Willington
13Boldon Colliery Welfare4-3Annfield Plain
14Boreham Wood0-0Harrow Borough
15Boston0-1Heanor Town
16Brereton Social2-0Belper Town
17Cambridge City4-0Bury Town
18Canterbury City1-0Bromley
19Chippenham Town2-1Salisbury
20Cinderford Town0-1Everwarm
21Croydon1-1Metropolitan Police
22Dagenham3-0Hayes
23Darwen1-1Rossendale United
24Dawlish Town1-2Bridgwater Town
25Dudley Town4-0Halesowen Town
26Durham City2-2Tow Law Town
27Emley2-3Prestwich Heys
28Feltham0-6Enfield
29Ferndale Athletic1-1Cheltenham Town
30Folkestone & Shepway1-2Tooting & Mitcham United
31Formby2-0Netherfield
32Great Harwood4-3Blackpool Mechanics
33Guildford & Dorking United0-0Carshalton Athletic
34Harrogate Town1-1Hyde United
35Harwich & Parkeston3-1Histon
36Hatfield Main1-2Goole Town
37Hertford Town1-2Cheshunt
38Kingstonian0-1Wokingham Town
39Lancaster City2-0Bacup Borough
40Lewes0-2Bognor Regis Town
41Llanelli0-0Bath City
42Long Eaton United0-3Alvechurch
43Louth United2-0Woolley Miners Welfare
44Moor Green0-2Bilston
45Nantwich Town0-5Altrincham
46Ossett Albion1-2Droylsdne
47Oswestry Town1-0Marine
48Oxford City1-0Uxbridge
49Penrith2-4Horden Colliery Welfare
50Redditch United0-0A P Leamington
51Rhyl4-3Blaenau Ffestiniog
52Runcorn4-0Congleton Town
53Rushden Town1-3Sudbury Town
54Sheppey United2-2Gravesend & Northfleet
55Skegness Town2-0Alfreton Town
56South Bank3-0West Auckland Town
57Southall0-1Edgware
58Stowmarket Town0-0Hitchin Town
59Tonbridge1-1Ramsgate
60Trowbridge Town1-2Poole Town
61Walthamstow Avenue2-0Finchley
62Winsford United2-1Radcliffe Borough
63Witney Town2-1Dunstable
64Worksop Town8-0Barton Town

Replays

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8Portmadoc0-2Bethesda Athletic
14Harrow Borough1-1Boreham Wood
21Metropolitan Police2-0Croydon
23Rossendale United2-3Darwen
26Tow Law Town2-1Durham City
29Cheltenham Town4-0Ferndale Athletic
33Carshalton Athletic2-1Guildford & Dorking United
34Hyde United2-1Harrogate Town
41Bath City3-0Llanelli
50A P Leamington4-0Redditch United
54Gravesend & Northfleet4-0Sheppey United
58Hitchin Town5-0Stowmarket Town
59Ramsgate3-4Tonbridge

2nd replay

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14Boreham Wood0-2Harrow Borough

Second qualifying round

Ties

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1A P Leamington1-2Brereton Social
2Altrincham0-0Runcorn
3Atherstone Town6-0Alvechurch
4Bath City2-1Everwarm
5Bilston3-0Dudley Town
6Bishop Auckland3-1Tow Law Town
7Bognor Regis Town0-3Dagenham
8Bridgwater Town0-1Falmouth Town
9Cambridge City3-1Edgware
10Carshalton Athletic0-0Gravesend & Northfleet
11Cheltenham Town3-1Chippenham Town
12Cheshunt1-1Enfield
13Darwen1-4Lancaster City
14Droylsden0-3Hyde United
15Goole Town4-1Skegness Town
16Great Harwood2-0Formby
17Harwich & Parkeston0-1Hitchin Town
18Leeds & Carnegie College2-1Prestwich Heys
19Louth United2-2Heanor Town
20Metropolitan Police1-0Leytonstone
21Oxford City0-1Devizes Town
22Rhyl1-1Bethesda Athletic
23Shildon3-2Boldon Colliery Welfare
24South Bank3-0Horden Colliery Welfare
25Staines Town2-2Harrow Borough
26Sudbury Town0-0Biggleswade Town
27Taunton Town1-2Poole Town
28Tonbridge0-1Canterbury City
29Walthamstow Avenue1-2Tooting & Mitcham United
30Winsford United2-1Oswestry Town
31Witney Town2-1Wokingham Town
32Worksop Town3-2Spalding United

Replays

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2Runcorn0-0Altrincham
10Gravesend & Northfleet2-0Carshalton Athletic
12Enfield2-1Cheshunt
19Heanor Town2-3Louth United
22Bethesda Athletic3-0Rhyl
25Harrow Borough0-3Staines Town
26Biggleswade Town1-2Sudbury Town

2nd replay

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2Altrincham1-1Runcorn

3rd replay

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2Altrincham2-0Runcorn

Third qualifying round

Ties

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1Ashington0-1Blyth Spartans
2Aveley1-1Bishop's Stortford
3Bath City3-4Cheltenham Town
4Bethesda Athletic1-3Northwich Victoria
5Bilston1-0Devizes Town
6Brereton Social2-0Louth United
7Cambridge City1-2Hendon
8Canterbury City2-1Metropolitan Police
9Chorley1-1Altrincham
10Dagenham3-0Slough Town
11Gainsborough Trinity1-1Atherstone Town
12Goole Town5-0Spennymoor United
13Hitchin Town1-0Barnet
14Hyde United1-4Mossley
15Ilford3-0Wycombe Wanderers
16Kidderminster Harriers3-4Highgate United
17King's Lynn2-1Nuneaton Borough
18Lancaster City1-0Shildon
19Leatherhead4-1Gravesend & Northfleet
20Margate4-1Dulwich Hamlet
21Mexborough Town3-3Burton Albion
22Minehead1-2Yeovil Town
23North Shields0-1Bishop Auckland
24Poole Town3-2Falmouth Town
25South Bank2-0Leeds & Carnegie College
26Sudbury Town2-2Enfield
27Sutton Town3-0Woking
28Tamworth0-1Matlock Town
29Tooting & Mitcham United3-0Walton & Hersham
30Winsford United5-2Great Harwood
31Witney Town4-1Staines Town
32Worksop Town4-1Ilkeston Town

Replays

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2Bishop's Stortford0-0Aveley
9Altrincham5-1Chorley
11Atherstone Town1-1Gainsborough Trinity
21Burton Albion3-0Mexborough Town
26Enfield5-0Sudbury Town

2nd replay

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2Aveley1-4Bishop's Stortford
11Gainsborough Trinity1-4Atherstone Town

1st round

The teams that given byes to this round are Morecambe, Scarborough, Stafford Rangers, Barrow, Telford United, Macclesfield Town, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Wigan Athletic, Bangor City, Bromsgrove Rovers, Burscough, Chelmsford City, Grantham, Buxton, Bedford Town, Dover, Hastings United, Stourbridge, Dartford, South Liverpool, Ashford Town, Bexley United, Kettering Town, Boston United, Gateshead United, Sandbach Ramblers, Banbury United and Merthyr Tydfil.

Ties

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1Atherstone Town1-1Burton Albion
2Banbury United1-1Enfield
3Barrow0-2Lancaster City
4Bexley United2-2Ashford Town
5Bishop Auckland0-1Morecambe
6Burscough1-1Bangor City
7Buxton0-0Boston United
8Canterbury Town3-0Yeovil Town
9Chelmsford City2-3Ilford
10Cheltenham Town7-1Bromsgrove Rovers
11Dover2-1Dartford
12Goole Town3-0Brereton Social
13Grantham1-1Worksop Town
14Hendon2-2Hillingdon Borough
15Highgate United2-0Worcester City
16Hitchin Town1-1Bedford Town
17Leatherhead5-1Hastings United
18Macclesfield Town1-3Mossley
19Matlock Town3-0King's Lynn
20Merthyr Tydfil0-3Kettering Town
21Northwich Victoria3-0Winsford United
22Poole Town1-5Margate
23Romford1-0Bishop's Stortford
24Sandbach Ramblers1-2South Liverpool
25Scarborough4-0Gateshead United
26South Bank2-1Blyth Spartans
27Stafford Rangers0-1Bilston
28Stourbridge2-2Telford United
29Weymouth2-1Tooting & Mitcham United
30Wigan Athletic3-1Altrincham
31Wimbledon3-1Sutton United
32Witney Town2-2Dagenham

Replays

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1Burton Albion4-2Atherstone Town
2Enfield1-1Banbury United
4Ashford Town2-1Bexley United
6Bangor City1-2Burscough
7Boston United4-1Buxton
13Worksop Town2-3Grantham
14Hillingdon Borough3-1Hendon
16Bedford Town3-1Hitchin Town
28Telford United4-0Stourbridge
32Dagenham3-0Witney Town

2nd replay

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2Banbury United0-4Enfield
at Chesham United FC

2nd round

Ties

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1Ashford Town1-1Bedford Town
2Bilston1-3Mossley
3Boston United1-1Scarborough
4Burscough1-1Matlock Town
5Burton Albion1-0South Bank
6Dagenham1-1Canterbury City
7Enfield2-1Dover
8Goole Town1-1South Liverpool
9Grantham0-0Lancaster City
10Hillingdon Borough0-1Highgate United
11Ilford1-0Margate
12Morecambe2-3Telford United
13Northwich Victoria2-4Wigan Athletic
14Romford4-1Cheltenham Town
15Weymouth2-0Leatherhead
16Wimbledon1-0Kettering Town

Replays

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1Bedford Town4-3Ashford Town
3Scarborough1-0Boston United
4Matlock Town3-1Burscough
6Canterbury City0-2Dagenham
8South Liverpool0-4Goole Town
9Lancaster City1-0Grantham

3rd round

Ties

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1Burton Albion2-1Mossley
2Dagenham1-0Weymouth
3Goole Town2-1Romford
4Highgate United1-2Bedford Town
5Lancaster City0-2Wigan Athletic
6Matlock Town1-1Ilford
7Scarborough2-1Enfield
8Wimbledon4-1Telford United

Replay

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6Ilford0-1Matlock Town

4th round

Ties

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1Dagenham1-3Burton Albion
2Goole Town0-1Matlock Town
3Scarborough1-0Wimbledon
4Wigan Athletic0-1Bedford Town

Semi finals

First leg

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1Matlock Town0-1Burton Albion
2Scarborough3-1Bedford Town

Second leg

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1Burton Albion0-2Matlock Town1-2
2Bedford Town1-3Scarborough2-6

Final

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Matlock Town4-0Scarborough

References

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