1984–85 FA Trophy explained
The 1984–85 FA Trophy was the sixteenth season of the FA Trophy.
Preliminary round
Ties
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| 1 | Banbury United | 2-3 | Cambridge City |
| 2 | Caernarfon Town | 3-1 | Prescot Cables |
| 3 | Chatham Town | 5-1 | Hounslow |
| 4 | Clandown | 2-1 | Maesteg Park |
| 5 | Colwyn Bay | 2-1 | St Helens Town |
| 6 | Congleton Town | 2-1 | Ashton United |
| 7 | Dunstable | 2-3 | Lewes |
| 8 | Glossop | 3-0 | Belper Town |
| 9 | Highgate United | 1-1 | Milton Keynes City |
| 10 | Llanelli | 0-2 | Bideford |
| 11 | Metropolitan Police | 4-2 | Dover Athletic |
| 12 | Netherfield | 1-1 | Bridlington Trinity |
| 13 | Radcliffe Borough | 3-1 | Accrington Stanley |
| 14 | Tonbridge | 2-3 | Hornchurch |
| 15 | Wellingborough Town | 1-3 | Redditch United | |
Replays
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| 9 | Milton Keynes City | 1-2 | Highgate United |
| 12 | Bridlington Trinity | 1-2 | Netherfield | |
First qualifying round
Ties
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| 1 | Addlestone & Weybridge | 2-1 | Crawley Town |
| 2 | Alfreton Town | 2-2 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 3 | Andover | 0-0 | Epsom & Ewell |
| 4 | Aveley | 0-0 | Hertford Town |
| 5 | Barnstaple Town | 1-3 | Minehead |
| 6 | Basingstoke Town | 3-1 | Leatherhead |
| 7 | Bedworth United | 0-1 | Leicester United |
| 8 | Bideford | 3-1 | Bridgend Town |
| 9 | Billingham Synthonia | 0-2 | Penrith |
| 10 | Bognor Regis Town | 5-0 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 11 | Boreham Wood | 3-1 | Maidenhead United |
| 12 | Bromley | 1-0 | Fareham Town |
| 13 | Burscough | 0-1 | Peterlee Newtown |
| 14 | Buxton | 0-0 | Horwich R M I |
| 15 | Caernarfon Town | 2-4 | Bootle |
| 16 | Cambridge City | 2-1 | Oxford City |
| 17 | Canterbury City | 1-0 | Waterlooville |
| 18 | Chatham Town | 0-2 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 19 | Cheltenham Town - Bye (due to Bridgwater Town folding) | | |
| 20 | Colwyn Bay | 0-1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 21 | Consett | 1-0 | Durham City |
| 22 | Curzon Ashton | 2-0 | Glossop |
| 23 | Eastwood Town | 3-3 | Corby Town |
| 24 | Evenwood Town | 1-4 | South Bank |
| 25 | Farnborough Town | 1-1 | Sittingbourne |
| 26 | Ferryhill Athletic | 2-2 | Worksop Town |
| 27 | Folkestone | 6-2 | Thanet United |
| 28 | Forest Green Rovers | 2-2 | Poole Town |
| 29 | Harlow Town | 2-1 | Chesham United |
| 30 | Heanor Town | 0-1 | Shepshed Charterhouse |
| 31 | Hednesford Town | 3-1 | Highgate United |
| 32 | Hillingdon | 2-2 | Tilbury |
| 33 | Hitchin Town | 1-4 | Hampton |
| 34 | Hyde United | 1-0 | Oswestry Town |
| 35 | Ilkeston Town | 2-2 | Dudley Town |
| 36 | King's Lynn | 4-2 | Clapton |
| 37 | Kingstonian | 1-2 | Staines Town |
| 38 | Lancaster City | 1-3 | Goole Town |
| 39 | Leyland Motors | 2-4 | Tow Law Town |
| 40 | Macclesfield Town | 3-0 | Leek Town |
| 41 | Melksham Town | 2-1 | Clandown |
| 42 | Mexborough Town Athletic | 1-4 | Southport |
| 43 | Moor Green | 0-1 | Alvechurch |
| 44 | Netherfield | 0-4 | Gretna |
| 45 | Oldbury United | 3-1 | Arnold |
| 46 | St Albans City | 2-1 | Basildon United |
| 47 | Shepton Mallet Town | 1-3 | Frome Town |
| 48 | Shildon | 3-5 | Morecambe |
| 49 | Spalding United | 1-2 | Billericay Town |
| 50 | Stalybridge Celtic | 3-1 | Formby |
| 51 | Stourbridge | 2-1 | Sutton Town |
| 52 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 1-2 | Redditch United |
| 53 | Tamworth | 1-0 | Lye Town |
| 54 | Taunton Town | 2-0 | R S Southampton |
| 55 | Walthamstow Avenue | 1-2 | Witney Town |
| 56 | Walton & Hersham | 1-5 | Metropolitan Police |
| 57 | Wembley | 0-1 | Hornchurch |
| 58 | Weston super Mare | 1-1 | Salisbury |
| 59 | Whitley Bay | 3-0 | Ashington |
| 60 | Willenhall Town | 1-1 | Congleton Town |
| 61 | Winsford United | 1-2 | Radcliffe Borough |
| 62 | Woking | 1-1 | Lewes |
| 63 | Wokingham Town | 2-0 | Sheppey United |
| 64 | Workington | 3-0 | Crook Town | |
Replays
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| 2 | Gainsborough Trinity | 3-3 | Alfreton Town |
| 3 | Epsom & Ewell | 2-1 | Andover |
| 4 | Hertford Town | 0-2 | Aveley |
| 14 | Horwich R M I | 2-2 | Buxton |
| 23 | Corby Town | 2-0 | Eastwood Town |
| 25 | Sittingbourne | 2-2 | Farnborough Town |
| 26 | Worksop Town | 4-1 | Ferryhill Athletic |
| 28 | Poole Town | 0-4 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 32 | Tilbury | 1-2 | Hillingdon |
| 35 | Dudley Town | 5-1 | Ilkeston Town |
| 58 | Salisbury | 3-0 | Weston super Mare |
| 60 | Congleton Town | 2-1 | Willenhall Town |
| 62 | Lewes | 1-3 | Woking | |
2nd replays
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| 2 | Alfreton Town | 4-0 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 14 | Horwich R M I | 2-4 | Buxton |
| 25 | Farnborough Town | 2-0 | Sittingbourne | |
Second qualifying round
Ties
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| 1 | Alvechurch | 3-2 | Redditch United |
| 2 | Aveley | 1-0 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 3 | Bideford | 1-3 | Cheltenham Town |
| 4 | Bootle | 2-0 | Curzon Ashton |
| 5 | Boreham Wood | 0-2 | Folkestone |
| 6 | Bromley | 1-1 | Farnborough Town |
| 7 | Buxton | 0-0 | Alfreton Town |
| 8 | Cambridge City | 2-5 | Stourbridge |
| 9 | Consett | 2-1 | Tow Law Town |
| 10 | Epsom & Ewell | 1-2 | Woking |
| 11 | Frome Town | 1-0 | Minehead |
| 12 | Gretna | 3-0 | Whitley Bay |
| 13 | Hampton | 2-1 | Hornchurch |
| 14 | Harlow Town | 5-1 | Canterbury City |
| 15 | Hednesford Town | 1-2 | Tamworth |
| 16 | Hillingdon | 1-1 | St Albans City |
| 17 | Hyde United | 1-2 | King's Lynn |
| 18 | Leicester United | 1-2 | Dudley Town |
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 2-1 | Congleton Town |
| 20 | Melksham Town | 0-1 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 21 | Metropolitan Police | 1-3 | Basingstoke Town |
| 22 | Morecambe | 1-0 | Goole Town |
| 23 | Oldbury United | 3-1 | Shepshed Charterhouse |
| 24 | Peterlee Newtown | 0-2 | South Bank |
| 25 | Radcliffe Borough | 0-0 | Workington |
| 26 | Salisbury | 7-0 | Taunton Town |
| 27 | Stafford Rangers | 1-1 | Corby Town |
| 28 | Staines Town | 4-1 | Witney Town |
| 29 | Stalybridge Celtic | 3-1 | Penrith |
| 30 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 2-2 | Billericay Town |
| 31 | Wokingham Town | 5-0 | Addlestone & Weybridge Town |
| 32 | Worksop Town | 6-1 | Southport | |
Replays
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| 6 | Farnborough Town | 0-1 | Bromley |
| 7 | Alfreton Town | 1-3 | Buxton (tie awarded to Alfreton Town) |
| 16 | St Albans City | 1-2 | Hillingdon |
| 25 | Workington | 0-1 | Radcliffe Borough |
| 27 | Corby Town | 0-1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 30 | Billericay Town | 4-1 | Tooting & Mitcham United | |
Third qualifying round
Ties
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| 1 | Alvechuch | 1-2 | Boston United |
| 2 | Aveley | 2-2 | Woking |
| 3 | Barking | 2-1 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 4 | Basingstoke Town | 0-2 | Croydon |
| 5 | Billericay Town | 1-2 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 6 | Bishop Auckland | 3-1 | Mossley |
| 7 | Bromley | 1-1 | Stourbridge |
| 8 | Burton Albion | 3-2 | Alfreton Town |
| 9 | Chelmsford City | 1-5 | Wokingham Town |
| 10 | Dorchester Town | 1-5 | Cheltenham Town |
| 11 | Folkestone | 1-2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 12 | Frome Town | 7-1 | Salisbury |
| 13 | Gloucester City | 2-0 | Yeovil Town |
| 14 | Gretna | 2-0 | Spennymoor United |
| 15 | Harlow Town | 1-0 | Hendon |
| 16 | Hayes | 3-3 | Sutton United |
| 17 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 1-0 | Radcliffe Borough |
| 18 | King's Lynn | 1-0 | Rhyl |
| 19 | Macclesfield Town | 0-2 | Kettering Town |
| 20 | Morecambe | 2-0 | South Bank |
| 21 | Oldbury United | 0-2 | Stafford Rangers |
| 22 | Slough Town | 2-1 | Aylesbury United |
| 23 | South Liverpool | 1-1 | Bootle |
| 24 | Staines Town | 2-1 | Hampton |
| 25 | Stalybridge Celtic | 7-1 | Consett |
| 26 | Tamworth | 1-2 | Grantham |
| 27 | Trowbridge Town | 1-2 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 28 | Welling United | 1-1 | Hillingdon |
| 29 | Weymouth | 6-1 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 30 | Windsor & Eton | 3-0 | Hastings United |
| 31 | Witton Albion | 1-1 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 32 | Worksop Town | 1-2 | Dudley Town | |
Replays
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| 2 | Woking | 2-1 | Aveley |
| 7 | Stourbridge | 2-0 | Bromley |
| 16 | Sutton United | 2-1 | Hayes |
| 23 | Bootle | 0-0 | South Liverpool |
| 28 | Hillingdon | 1-3 | Welling United |
| 31 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 3-2 | Witton Albion | |
2nd replay
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| 23 | Bootle | 0-0 | South Liverpool | |
3rd replay
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| 23 | South Liverpool | 1-2 | Bootle | |
1st round
The teams that given byes to this round are Northwich Victoria, Maidstone United, Nuneaton Borough, Altrincham, Wealdstone, Runcorn, Bath City, Worcester City, Barnet, Kidderminster Harriers, Telford United, Frickley Athletic, Scarborough, Enfield, Gateshead, Dagenham, Dartford, Barrow, Bangor City, Wycombe Wanderers, Blyth Spartans, Leytonstone Ilford, A P Leamington, Chorley, Harrow Borough, Whitby Town, Fisher Athletic, Matlock Town, Marine, Worthing, Dulwich Hamlet and North Shields.
Ties
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| 1 | Barking | 3-4 | Staines Town |
| 2 | Bath City | 0-0 | Bishop's Stortofrd |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 3-2 | North Shields |
| 4 | Bootle | 1-1 | Bangor City |
| 5 | Boston United | 5-4 | Blyth Spartans |
| 6 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 7-1 | Whitby Town |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 2-1 | Kettering Town |
| 8 | Carshalton Athletic | 1-2 | Wokingham Town |
| 9 | Dagenham | 3-3 | Barnet |
| 10 | Dudley Town | 4-0 | A P Leamington |
| 11 | Dulwich Hamlet | 0-0 | Woking |
| 12 | Enfield | 5-1 | Stourbridge |
| 13 | Frickley Athletic | 5-1 | Barrow |
| 14 | Frome Town | 2-0 | Winsdor & Eton |
| 15 | Gateshead | 2-1 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 16 | Gloucester City | 0-2 | Maidstone United |
| 17 | Grantham | 0-0 | Runcorn |
| 18 | Gretna | 3-2 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 19 | Harlow Town | 0-0 | Wealdstone |
| 20 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 0-0 | Matlock Town |
| 21 | King's Lynn | 1-2 | Marine |
| 22 | Leytonstone Ilford | 0-4 | Fisher Athletic |
| 23 | Merthyr Tydfil | 3-3 | Croydon |
| 24 | Morecambe | 0-2 | Altrincham |
| 25 | Northwich Victoria | 0-4 | Telford United |
| 26 | Scarborough | 1-0 | Chorley |
| 27 | Slough Town | 1-1 | Harrow Borough |
| 28 | Stafford Rangers | 2-0 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 29 | Welling United | 2-0 | Sutton United |
| 30 | Weymouth | 2-3 | Cheltenham Town |
| 31 | Worthing | 3-2 | Worcester City |
| 32 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6-1 | Dartford | |
Replays
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| 2 | Bishop's Stortford | 2-2 | Bath City |
| 4 | Bangor City | 2-1 | Bootle |
| 9 | Barnet | 3-2 | Dagenham |
| 11 | Woking | 3-3 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 17 | Runcorn | 3-2 | Grantham |
| 19 | Wealdstone | 5-0 | Harlow Town |
| 20 | Matlock Town | 3-0 | Horden Colliery Welfare |
| 23 | Croydon | 3-5 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 27 | Harrow Borough | 2-0 | Slough Town | |
2nd replays
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| 2 | Bishop's Stortford | 1-2 | Bath City |
| 11 | Woking | 1-2 | Dulwich Hamlet | |
2nd round
Ties
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| 1 | Barnet | 1-0 | Gretna |
| 2 | Bath City | 2-1 | Cheltenham Town |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 4-0 | Dudley Town |
| 4 | Boston United | 4-0 | Frome Town |
| 5 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 0-0 | Matlock Town |
| 6 | Burton Albion | 1-2 | Altrincham |
| 7 | Dulwich Hamlet | 0-1 | Wokingham Town |
| 8 | Frickley Athletic | 4-1 | Gateshead |
| 9 | Harrow Borough | 4-1 | Staines Town |
| 10 | Maidstone United | 0-0 | Worthing |
| 11 | Marine | 0-3 | Enfield |
| 12 | Runcorn | 1-0 | Scarborough |
| 13 | Stafford Rangers | 1-1 | Bangor City |
| 14 | Telford United | 1-2 | Fisher Athletic |
| 15 | Wealdstone | 2-1 | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 16 | Welling United | 0-0 | Merthyr Tydfil | |
Replays
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| 5 | Matlock Town | 2-3 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 10 | Worthing | 0-2 | Maidstone United |
| 13 | Bangor City | 0-2 | Stafford Rangers |
| 16 | Merthyr Tydfil | 0-2 | Welling United | |
3rd round
Ties
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| 1 | Altrincham | 2-1 | Bishop Auckland |
| 2 | Boston United | 1-0 | Wokingham Town |
| 3 | Fisher Athletic | 0-3 | Frickley Athletic |
| 4 | Harrow Borough | 1-6 | Enfield |
| 5 | Maidstone United | 1-1 | Bath City |
| 6 | Runcorn | 0-0 | Barnet |
| 7 | Stafford Rangers | 3-1 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 8 | Wealdstone | 3-1 | Welling United | |
Replays
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| 5 | Bath City | 0-1 | Maidstone United |
| 6 | Barnet | 1-1 | Runcorn | |
2nd replay
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| 6 | Barnet | 0-0 | Runcorn | |
3rd replay
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| 6 | Runcorn | 4-0 | Barnet | |
4th round
Ties
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| 1 | Altrincham | 4-1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 2 | Boston United | 3-0 | Runcorn |
| 3 | Maidstone United | 0-1 | Enfield |
| 4 | Wealdstone | 3-1 | Frickley Athletic | |
Semi finals
First leg
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| 1 | Altrincham | 0-0 | Boston United |
| 2 | Enfield | 0-2 | Wealdstone | |
Second leg
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| 1 | Boston United | 3-2 | Altrincham | 3-2 |
| 2 | Wealdstone | 0-1 | Enfield | 2-1 | |
Final
Tie
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| Wealdstone | 2-1 | Boston United | |
References
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