1975–76 FA Trophy explained

FA Trophy
Year:1975-76
Other Titles:FA Challenge Trophy
Country: &
Num Teams:273
Winners:Scarborough
Second:Stafford Rangers
Prev Season:1974-75
Next Season:1976-77

The 1975–76 FA Trophy was the seventh season of the FA Trophy. The Final took place on 24 April 1976 with Scarborough beating Stafford Rangers 3-2 after extra time. The referee was Ron Challis of Tonbridge.[1]

Preliminary round

Ties

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1Alfreton Town2-2Darwen
2Alvechurch0-1Paulton Rovers
3Annfield Plain2-2West Auckland Town
4Bacup Borough0-2Consett
5Barking0-0Milton Keynes City
6Barry Town5-1Llanelli
7Basingstoke Town5-5Kingstonian
8Bideford0-2Barnstaple Town
9Biggleswade Town0-10Tilbury
10Blackpool Mechanics4-0Eastwood Hanley
11Bognor Regis Town0-3Horsham
12Boreham Wood0-0Clapton
13Boston1-2A P Leamington
14Bridlington Trinity2-0Accrington Stanley
15Bromley1-2Guildford & Dorking United
16Carshalton Athletic1-1Sittingbourne
17Chippenham Town2-5Darlaston
18Clitheroe0-1Nelson
19Corby Town1-0Long Eaton United
20Corinthian Casuals1-1Crawley Town
21Crook Town1-0Ferryhill Athletic
22Croydon2-0Erith & Belvedere
23Denaby United1-2Ashton United
24Devizes Town1-1Southall & Ealing Borough
25Droylsden0-2Retford Town
26Dudley Town1-1Redditch United
27Eastwood Town3-1Congleton Town
28Ely City2-0Bury Town
29Emley4-2Shildon
30Enderby Town2-0Armitage
31Evenwood Town3-1Billingham Synthonia
32Falmouth Town4-0Glastonbury
33Formby0-1Nantwich Town
34Frickley Colliery2-4Hatfield Main
35Gloucester City1-1Everwarm
36Grays Athletic2-1Ware
37Hampton0-1Frome Town
38Harlow Town0-5Letchworth Town
39Harrow Borough1-3Hayes
40Hertford Town1-0Ruislip Manor
41Histon0-3Lowestoft Town
42Horden Colliery Welfare2-2Thackley
43Horwich R M I2-1Middlewich Athletic
44Hounslow0-0Chesham United
45Hyde United1-1Bethesda Athletic
46Kimberley Town1-0Heanor Town
47Leek Town0-0Prestwich Heys
48Lewes0-0Redhill
49Louth United1-1Sutton Coldfield Town
50Lye Town1-0Weston super Mare
51Maidenhead United0-2Fareham Town
52Mangotsfield United0-1Welton Rovers
53Metropolitan Police1-0Waterlooville
54Moor Green0-1Bedworth United
55New Brighton0-0Stalybridge Celtic
56Oldbury United2-0Brierley Hill Alliance
57Ossett Albion1-2Whitley Bay
58Oswestry Town0-1Caernarfon Town
59Penrith2-0Leeds & Carnegie College
60Radcliffe Borough1-1New Mills
61Ramsgate4-2Medway
62Rhyl2-1Blaenau Ffestiniog
63Sheppey United0-1Folkestone & Shepway
64Skegness Town1-0Arnold
65Spalding United1-2Hednesford
66St Helens Town1-2Kirkby Town
67St Neots Town0-2Great Yarmouth Town
68Staines Town3-0Andover
69Stowmarket Town0-4Harwich & Parkeston
70Taunton Town2-1Dawlish Town
71Tow Law Town3-2Boldon Colliery Welfare
72Trowbridge Town1-0Cinderford Town
73Uxbridge0-0Cheshunt
74Walthamstow Avenue3-2Hornchurch
75Wellingborough Town0-2Irthlingborough Diamonds
76Wembley1-2Stevenage Athletic
77Westland-Yeovil5-2Bridgwater Town
78Willington7-3Rossendale United
79Wisbech Town4-1Gorleston
80Witton Albion2-3Marine
81Wokingham Town0-2Salisbury

Replays

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1Darwen3-3Alfreton Town
3West Auckland Town4-0Annfield Plain
5Milton Keynes City0-3Barking
7Kingstonian1-5Basingstoke Town
12Clapton0-1Boreham Wood
16Sittingbourne1-2Carshalton Athletic
20Crawley Town2-0Corinthian-Casuals
24Southall & Ealing Borough1-0Devizes Town
26Redditch United1-0Dudley United
35Everwarm2-4Gloucester City
42Thackley0-0Horden Colliery Welfare
44Chesham United2-0Hounslow
45Bethesda Athletic0-0Hyde United
47Prestwich Heys0-2Leek Town
48Redhill0-2Lewes
49Sutton Coldfield Town0-1Louth United
55Stalybridge Celtic4-0New Brighton
60New Mills2-2Radcliffe Borough
73Cheshunt3-0Uxbridge

2nd replays

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1Alfreton Town1-0Darwen
42Horden Colliery Welfare1-0Thackley
45Hyde United3-0Bethesda Athletic
60Radcliffe Borough5-2New Mills

First qualifying round

Ties

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1Alfreton Town2-0Belper Town
2Alton Town1-6Basingstoke Town
3Ashby Institute1-2Emley
4Atherstone Town3-1Hednesford
5Aveley0-0Leytonstone
6Barnstaple Town3-1Bath City
7Bishop Auckland4-0South Bank
8Boreham Wood0-0Finchley
9Brereton Social4-0Caernarfon Town
10Bridlington Trinity6-0West Auckland Town
11Canterbury0-1Guildford & Dorking United
12Cheltenham Town3-2Barry Town
13Chesham United0-1Oxford City
14Cheshunt1-2Wealdstone
15Darlaston0-1Lye Town
16Dunstable1-0Hertford Town
17Durham City0-2Willington
18Enderby Town2-1A P Leamington
19Evenwood Town1-1Penrith
20Falmouth Town7-1Trowbridge Town
21Ferndale Athletic2-0Frome Town
22Folkestone & Shepway0-1Maidstone United
23Goole Town1-0Tow Law Town
24Gravesend & Northfleet3-1Horsham
25Great Harwood Town1-0Consett
26Great Yarmouth Town0-0Harwich & Parkeston
27Hatfield Main1-1Blackpool Mechanics
28Hayes3-0Crawley Town
29Hitchin Town1-1St Albans City
30Horden Colliery Welfare0-0Fleetwood
31Ilkeston Town1-1Kimberley Town
32Irthlingborough Diamonds3-1Bilston
33Kirkby Town0-1Marine
34Leek Town2-1Ashton United
35Lewes0-1Ramsgate
36Leyland Motors1-2Eastwood Town
37Louth United2-1Rushden Town
38Lowestoft Town0-2Cambridge City
39Metropolitan Police0-2Carshalton Athletic
40Nantwich Town1-1Horwich R M I
41Nelson5-1Winterton Rangers
42Netherfield5-4Whitby Town
43Oldbury United1-1Bedworth United
44Paulton Rovers0-3Redditch United
45Poole Town0-2Southall & Ealing Borough
46Retford Town3-2Sutton Town
47Rhyl2-0Skelmersdale United
48Salisbury1-1Fareham Town
49Skegness Town1-1Corby Town
50Stalybridge Celtic2-2Hyde United
51Stevenage Athletic1-1Letchworth Town
52Tilbury0-0Barking
53Ton Pentre2-0Gloucester City
54Tonbridge5-1Croydon
55Walthamstow Avenue2-2Grays Athletic
56Walton & Hersham0-5Tooting & Mitcham United
57Warley County Borough0-3Tamworth
58Welton Rovers1-2Dorchester Town
59Westland-Yeovil3-1Taunton Town
60Whitley Bay0-0Crook Town
61Winsford United2-0Pwllheli & District
62Wisbech Town3-0Ely City
63Witney Town0-3Staines Town
64Worksop Town6-1Radcliffe Borough

Replays

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5Leytonstone1-2Aveley
8Finchley2-2Boreham Wood
19Penrith2-0Evenwood Town
26Harwich & Parkeston4-0Great Yarmouth Town
27Blackpool Mechanics0-1Hatfield Town
29St Albans City1-0Hitchin Town
30Fleetwood1-1Horden Colliery Welfare
31Kimberley Town3-2Ilkeston Town
40Horwich R M I0-3Nantwich Town
43Bedworth United0-2Oldbury United
48Fareham Town1-0Salisbury
49Corby Town2-0Skegness Town
50Hyde United2-1Stalybridge Celtic
51Letchworth Town2-0Stevenage Athletic
52Barking3-2Tilbury
55Grays Athletic0-2Walthamstow Avenue
60Crook Town1-0Whitley Bay

2nd replays

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8Boreham Wood0-1Finchley
30Horden Colliery Welfare1-2Fleetwood

Second qualifying round

Ties

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1Alfreton Town0-0Retford Town
2Barking4-2Wisbech Town
3Basingstoke Town2-1Southall & Ealing Borough
4Brereton Social0-0Rhyl
5Bridlington Trinity2-1Netherfield
6Corby Town4-0Louth United
7Crook Town1-1Penrith
8Dorchester Town1-0Westland-Yeovil
9Dunstable3-0Letchworth Town
10Eastwood Town0-1Atherstone Town
11Emley2-1Nelson
12Enderby Town1-0Irthlingborough Diamonds
13Falmouth Town6-2Barnstaple Town
14Ferndale Athletic2-1Ton Pentre
15Finchley2-2Walthamstow Avenue
16Goole Town4-0Great Harwood
17Gravesend & Northfleet1-0Carshalton Athletic
18Guildford & Dorking United0-1Ramsgate
19Harwich & Parkeston3-3Aveley
20Hatfield Main0-1Bishop Auckland
21Hyde United5-2Nantwich Town
22Lye Town2-1Oldbury United
23Maidstone United2-1Tonbridge
24Redditch United5-0Cheltenham Town
25St Albans City1-1Cambridge City
26Staines Town0-0Fareham Town
27Tamworth1-4Leek Town
28Tooting & Mitcham United2-0Hayes
29Wealdstone4-0Oxford City
30Willington3-1Fleetwood
31Winsford United1-1Marine
32Worksop Town3-1Kimberley Town

Replays

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1Retford Town0-2Alfreton Town
4Rhyl2-0Brereton Social
7Penrith0-2Crook Town
15Walthamstow Avenue2-0Finchley
19Aveley1-2Harwich & Parkeston
25Cambridge City1-3St Albans City
26Fareham Town0-2Staines Town
31Marine2-1Winsford United

Third qualifying round

Ties

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1Altrincham2-2Gainsborough Trinity
2Ashington3-2North Shields
3Barking1-1Dagenham
4Barnet2-2Harwich & Parkeston
5Bishop Auckland3-2Emley
6Bishop's Stortford1-1Ilford
7Chelmsford City1-0St Albans City
8Chorley2-2Lancaster City
9Corby Town1-1Nuneaton Borough
10Crook Town2-1Spennymoor United
11Dorchester Town3-4Dulwich Hamlet
12Ferndale Athletic1-3Yeovil Town
13Goole Town3-0Bridlington Trinity
14Gravesend & Northfleet0-0Staines Town
15Hendon6-1Basingstoke Town
16Highgate United1-2Atherstone Town
17Hyde United2-0Marine
18King's Lynn3-0Dunstable
19Lye Town2-2Enderby Town
20Maidstone United0-2Tooting & Mitcham United
21Mexborough Town3-1Leek Town
22Minehead0-0Falmouth Town
23Mossley2-2Runcorn
24Ramsgate1-1Bexley United
25Redditch United1-2Kidderminster Harriers
26Retford Town2-4Worksop Town
27Rhyl1-1Northwich Victoria
28Slough Town1-0Wycombe Wanderers
29Walthamstow Avenue1-1Enfield
30Wealdstone2-2Leatherhead
31Willington3-2Blyth Spartans
32Woking2-4Sutton United

Replays

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1Gainsborough Trinity4-1Altrincham
3Dagenham5-0Barking
4Harwich & Parkeston5-0Barnet
6Ilford1-1Bishop's Stortford
8Lancaster City4-0Chorley
9Nuneaton Borough1-1Corby Town
14Staines Town4-1Gravesend & Northfleet
19Enderby Town2-1Lye Town
22Falmouth Town0-0Minehead
23Runcorn2-1Mossley
24Bexley United3-1Ramsgate
27Northwich Victoria2-1Rhyl
29Enfield4-0Walthamstow Avenue
30Leatherhead1-0Wealdstone

2nd replays

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6Bishop's Stortford3-1Ilford
9Corby Town3-0Nuneaton Borough
22Minehead1-2Falmouth Town

1st round

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

Ties

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1Ashington2-2Goole Town
2Bangor City1-2Telford United
3Bishop's Stortford1-1Enderby Town
4Bromsgrove Rovers2-0Worcester City
5Buxton0-0Atherstone Town
6Chelmsford City0-1Bedford Town
7Corby Town2-0Kidderminster Harriers
8Dartford1-3Dagenham
9Enfield3-0Banbury United
10Falmouth Town2-3Weymouth
11Gainsborough Trinity0-0Boston United
12Gateshead United0-1Bishop Auckland
13Harwich & Parkeston3-0Stourbridge
14Hastings United4-0Bexley United
15Hendon1-0Kettering Town
16Hillingdon Borough4-0Ashford Town (Kent)
17Hyde United3-3South Liverpool
18King's Lynn0-5Burton Albion
19Lancaster City4-0Barrow
20Leatherhed2-2Staines Town
21Macclesfield Town1-3Runcorn
22Margate2-0Dulwich Hamlet
23Merthyr Tydfil1-0Yeovil Town
24Mexborough Town0-0Grantham
25Morecambe5-2Crook Town
26Northwich Victoria0-2Wigan Athletic
27Romford1-1Tooting & Mitcham United
28Scarborough3-2Willington
29Slough Town2-1Dover
30Stafford Rangers4-0Burscough
31Sutton United0-0Wimbledon
32Worksop Town3-5Matlock Town

Replays

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1Goole Town3-1Ashington
3Enderby Town1-1Bishop's Stortford
5Atherstone Town3-0Buxton
8Boston United2-4Gainsborough Trinity
17South Liverpool0-2Hyde United
20Staines Town1-1Leatherhead
24Grantham2-1Mexborough Town
27Tooting & Mitcham United4-1Romford
31Wimbledon3-1Sutton United

2nd replays

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3Bishop's Stortford1-0Enderby Town
20Leatherhead1-0Staines Town

2nd round

Ties

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1Atherstone Town1-1Telford United
2Bedford Town2-0Hastings United
3Bromsgrove Rovers1-0Leatherhead
4Burton Albion0-1Stafford Rangers
5Enfield2-1Bishop's Stortford
6Goole Town1-1Scarborough
7Harwich & Parkeston4-1Weymouth
8Hendon2-2Slough Town
9Hyde United2-2Morecambe
10Lancaster City3-3Corby Town
11Margate1-2Hillingdon Borough
12Matlock Town1-0Bishop Auckland
13Merthyr Tydfil1-3Tooting & Mitcham United
14Runcorn1-1Gainsborough Trinity
15Wigan Athletic1-1Grantham
16Wimbledon0-0Dagenham

Replays

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1Telford United1-2Atherstone Town
6Scarborough3-1Goole Town
8Slough Town0-0Hendon
9Morecambe3-2Hyde United
10Corby Town0-1Lancaster City
14Gainsborough Trinity0-1Runcorn
15Grantham1-2Wigan Athletic
16Dagenham2-0Wimbledon

2nd replays

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8Hendon0-1Slough Town

3rd round

Ties

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1Atherstone Town1-1Bromsgrove Rovers
2Harwich & Parkeston1-2Bedford Town
3Lancaster City0-1Enfield
4Runcorn2-0Slough Town
5Scarborough3-0Dagenham
6Stafford Rangers2-1Matlock Town
7Tooting & Mitcham United2-0Morecambe
8Wigan Athletic1-3Hillingdon Borough

Replay

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1Bromsgrove Rovers1-0Atherstone Town

4th round

Ties

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1Bedford Town1-2Runcorn
2Bromsgrove Rovers0-0Enfield
3Scarborough1-0Tooting & Mitcham United
4Stafford Rangers2-0Hillingdon Borough

Replays

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2Enfield2-1Bromsgrove Rovers

Semi finals

First leg

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1Scarborough1-0Enfield
2Stafford Rangers1-0Runcorn

Second leg

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1Enfield0-0Scarborough0-1
2Runcorn0-0Stafford Rangers0-1

Final

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Scarborough3-2Stafford Rangers

References

General

Specific

Notes and References

  1. FA Trophy Final match programme, 24 April 1976, p9