2008–09 FA Trophy explained

FA Trophy
Year:2008 - 09
Other Titles:FA Challenge Trophy
Country:
Num Teams:263
Champions:Stevenage Borough
Runner-Up:York City
Matches:262
Prevseason:2007 - 08
Nextseason:2009 - 10

The FA Trophy 2008–09 was the fortieth season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The number of team entries for this season was 263.

Calendar

Round Date Matches width=100 Clubs !New entries this round Prize money
Preliminary round4 October 200851263→212102£1,000
First round qualifying18 October 200872212→14093£2,300
Second round qualifying1 November 200836140→104none£3,000
Third round qualifying22 November 200840104→6444£4,000
First round13 December 20083264→3224£5,000
Second round10 January 20091632→16none£6,000
Third round31 January 2009816→8none£7,000
Fourth round21 February 20094 8→4none£8,000
Semi-finals14 March and 21 March 200924→2none£16,000
Final9 May 200912 → 1noneWinner: £50,000 Loser: £25,000

Preliminary round

· Ties will be played on 4 October 2008.

Ties

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1Trafford8–1Rossendale United121
2Retford United1–2Kidsgrove Athletic173
3Clitheroe4–1Grantham Town195
4Brigg Town4–0Willenhall Town98
5Durham City1–1Curzon Ashton171
6Romulus3–2Loughborough Dynamo77
7Goole1–1Nuneaton Town253
8Spalding United2–1Wakefield70
9Lancaster City1–0Leek Town146
10Rushall Olympic2–1Ossett Albion71
11Garforth Town2–0Belper Town143
12Skelmersdale United2–1Shepshed Dynamo164
13Chorley0–0Warrington Town209
14Woodley Sports0–1Quorn92
15Harrogate Railway Athletic2–1Halifax Town347
16Carlton Town2–1Atherstone Town82
17Sheffield5–3Bamber Bridge242
18Mossley1–5Stocksbridge Park Steels191
19Salford City2–0Gresley Rovers113
20Aveley2–0Ilford84
21Waltham Forest1–4AFC Sudbury65
22Wingate & Finchley2–1Ware60
23Great Wakering Rovers5–3Ashford Town112
24Northwood2–0Whyteleafe101
25Merstham4–1Arlesey Town101
26Metropolitan Police0–0Waltham Abbey81
27Kingstonian2–3Whitstable Town294
28Rothwell Town2–2Tilbury66
29Leatherhead1–2Sittingbourne140
30Leighton Town7–1Chipstead88
31Bury Town2–1Barton Rovers214
32Maldon Town0–1Cheshunt72
33Crowborough Athletic3–0Eastbourne Town142
34Folkestone Invicta1–1Chatham Town208
35Leyton1–4Dulwich Hamlet83
36Potters Bar Town0–2Brentwood Town84
37East Thurrock United2–1Thamesmead Town97
38Concord Rangers4–1Woodford United79
39Walton Casuals4–3Hillingdon Borough85
40Godalming Town1–5Enfield Town169
41Corinthian-Casuals1–3Worthing110
42Soham Town Rangers1–0Redbridge113
43Burgess Hill Town3–1Dunstable Town170
44Bracknell Town2–0Malvern Town68
45Aylesbury United2–0Bridgwater Town186
46Didcot Town1–2Andover182
47Winchester City3–0Taunton Town119
48Fleet Town3–1Beaconsfield SYCOB98
49Cinderford Town2–4Truro City116
50Paulton Rovers1–1Thatcham Town105
51Marlow2–0Cirencester Town117

Replays

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5Curzon Ashton1–2Durham City147
7Nuneaton Town0–1Goole258
13Warrington Town3–0Chorley128
26Waltham Abbey1–2Metropolitan Police88
28Tilbury2–0Rothwell Town57
34Chatham Town2–0Folkestone Invicta154
50Thatcham Town2–0Paulton Rovers110

First round qualifying

Ties will be played on 18 October 2008.

Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round.

Ties

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1Romulus1–1Garforth Town81
2Harrogate Railway Athletic0–1Leigh Genesis129
3Stourbridge6–0Salford City162
4Rushall Olympic0–0Bedworth United90
5Witton Albion0–1Worksop Town219
6Whitby Town3–2Trafford223
7Hednesford Town3–1Quorn338
8Ashton United2–1Lincoln United103
9Matlock Town0–1Warrington Town242
10FC United of Manchester1–0Radcliffe Borough1,227
11Brigg Town1–5Marine131
12Boston United6–0Kidsgrove Athletic797
13Skelmersdale United1–0Sheffield201
14Guiseley0–1Ossett Town272
15Glapwell3–2Leamington203
16Colwyn Bay2–2Chasetown268
17Stocksbridge Park Steels3–1Goole143
18Lancaster City3–3Rugby Town166
19Spalding United0–0North Ferriby United154
20Frickley Athletic0–2Nantwich Town187
21Prescot Cables0–3Cammell Laird249
22Stamford3–0Kendal Town210
23Durham City4–4Halesowen Town202
24Bradford Park Avenue1–2Clitheroe294
25Eastwood Town0–2Ilkeston Town504
26Newcastle Blue Star2–2Sutton Coldfield Town119
27Buxton5–3Carlton Town302
28Concord Rangers3–1Billericay Town291
29Uxbridge2–1Walton & Hersham129
30Walton Casuals0–0Heybridge Swifts83
31Whitstable Town3–4Brackley Town170
32Worthing2–0Merstham318
33Maidstone United1–1AFC Hornchurch384
34Crowborough Athletic0–2Northwood87
35Wingate & Finchley1–1Ashford Town (Middx)80
36Brentwood Town2–3AFC Sudbury223
37Wealdstone1–0Croydon Athletic195
38Bedford Town1–2Corby Town374
39Hemel Hempstead Town6–0AFC Hayes147
40Metropolitan Police0–2Dulwich Hamlet111
41Soham Town Rangers6–0Witham Town127
42Aveley1–2Hitchin Town108
43Tilbury1–1Cray Wanderers67
44Harrow Borough2–1Chatham Town101
45Staines Town0–2Dover Athletic320
46Boreham Wood2–0Burgess Hill Town89
47Tonbridge Angels2–3Ramsgate372
48Dartford2–1Harlow Town851
49Bury Town1–0Leighton Town201
50Enfield Town0–2Great Wakering Rovers208
51Cambridge City1–1Canvey Island312
52Cheshunt1–2East Thurrock United125
53Horsham4–2Sittingbourne199
54Margate0–1Hendon362
55Hastings United3–1Carshalton Athletic320
56Sutton United2–0Tooting & Mitcham United511
57Tiverton Town5–2North Leigh344
58Mangotsfield United0–2Bashley134
59Yate Town1–1Stourport Swifts132
60Andover3–2Gosport Borough115
61Banbury United0–1Burnham217
62Merthyr Tydfil4–1Bishop's Cleeve274
63Bromsgrove Rovers1–4Gloucester City362
64Evesham United4–0Clevedon Town110
65Winchester City0–5Windsor & Eton163
66Bracknell Town2–4Swindon Supermarine102
67Farnborough4–0Marlow348
68Thatcham Town5–4Slough Town177
69Truro City3–3Chesham United511
70Oxford City3–1Aylesbury United299
71AFC Totton3–2Abingdon United111
72Chippenham Town2–1Fleet Town316

Replays

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1Garforth Town3–4Romulus78
4Bedworth United4–1Rushall Olympic79
16Chasetown2–1Colwyn Bay341
18Rugby Town2–0Lancaster City131
19North Ferriby United2–0Spalding United89
23Halesowen Town0–1Durham City311
26Sutton Coldfield Town4–1Newcastle Blue Star55
30Heybridge Swifts3–2Walton Casuals94
33AFC Hornchurch1–2Maidstone United257
35Ashford Town (Middx)2–4Wingate & Finchley52
43Cray Wanderers1–0Tilbury78
51Canvey Island0–0Cambridge City245
Cambridge City won 4–2 on penalties
59Stourport Swifts1–3Yate Town73
69Chesham United2–1Truro City279

Second round qualifying

Ties will be played on 1 November 2007

Ties

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1Worksop Town0–3FC United of Manchester599
2Chasetown1–1North Ferriby United377
3Buxton0–1Skelmersdale United345
4Ossett Town1–0Bedworth United110
5Ashton United0–2Ilkeston Town142
6Clitheroe2–4Boston United359
7Marine1–2Durham City206
8Romulus2–2Warrington Town115
9Stourbridge2–1Evesham United198
10Leigh Genesis1–5Cammell Laird94
11Sutton Coldfield Town2–3Glapwell103
12Rugby Town1–3Nantwich Town238
13Stamford3–4Hednesford Town245
14Stocksbridge Park Steels0–2Whitby Town153
15Swindon Supermarine2–0Maidstone United333
16Great Wakering Rovers1–1AFC Sudbury130
17Soham Town Rangers0–5Farnborough188
18East Thurrock United4–2Gloucester City134
19Boreham Wood1–2Uxbridge77
20Northwood1–4Brackley Town115
21Hendon1–2Sutton United269
22Harrow Borough2–3Hastings United111
23Dover Athletic2–3Cambridge City509
24Heybridge Swifts0–0Chippenham Town169
25Andover3–2Merthyr Tydfil180
26Burnham0–5Windsor & Eton181
27Dulwich Hamlet0–3Bury Town245
28Dartford3–3Oxford City749
29Horsham1–2Cray Wanderers158
30Hitchin Town3–6Ramsgate246
31Corby Town2–3Chesham United279
32Yate Town1–3Bashley148
33Thatcham Town0–4AFC Totton138
34Concord Rangers1–3Hemel Hempstead Town117
35Wealdstone1–2Tiverton Town220
36Wingate & Finchley1–0Worthing100

Replays

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2North Ferriby United1–4Chasetown111
8Warrington Town3–1Romulus88
16AFC Sudbury4–3Great Wakering Rovers201
24Chippenham Town0–1Heybridge Swifts223
28Oxford City2–4Dartford219

Third round qualifying

Ties will be played on 22 November 2007

Teams from Conference North and Conference South entered in this round.

Ties

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1Hinckley United1–2Burscough251
2King's Lynn3–2Stafford Rangers749
3Solihull Moors1–2Durham City196
4Ossett Town3–1Fleetwood Town151
5Whitby Town0–3Stalybridge Celtic176
6Redditch United1–1Cammell Laird200
7Tamworth0–1Workington433
8Warrington Town0–1Nantwich Town232
9FC United of Manchester1–3Boston United936
10Vauxhall Motors0–0Southport278
11Chasetown1–2Ilkeston Town471
12Farsley Celtic2–0Droylsden207
13Gainsborough Trinity0–2AFC Telford United444
14Hyde United1–1Hednesford Town275
15Blyth Spartans3–4Alfreton Town446
16Stourbridge3–2Hucknall Town176
17Gateshead0–2Harrogate Town217
18Glapwell0–1Skelmersdale United169
19Uxbridge2–1Dorchester Town110
20Fisher Athletic1–2Havant & Waterlooville170
21Weston-super-Mare0–2AFC Sudbury218
22Team Bath2–1Windsor & Eton114
23Swindon Supermarine1–0Bromley229
24Braintree Town1–1Farnborough212
25Basingstoke Town1–0Thurrock202
26Cambridge City1–0Hastings United302
27Bath City5–1East Thurrock United359
28Wingate & Finchley1–1Sutton United149
29Maidenhead United2–4Chesham United255
30St Albans City0–0Dartford525
31Hampton & Richmond Borough1–2Bury Town334
32Cray Wanderers0–3Brackley Town112
33Eastleigh0–2Bashley424
34Andover0–3Newport County264
35Worcester City1–3AFC Wimbledon895
36Ramsgate0–2Bognor Regis Town247
37Hayes & Yeading United1–0Chelmsford City347
38Welling United1–1AFC Totton309
39Hemel Hempstead Town5–1Heybridge Swifts168
40Bishop's Stortford0–0Tiverton Town271

Replays

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6Cammell Laird0–2Redditch United132
10Southport2–1Vauxhall Motors224
14Hednesford Town5–0Hyde United263
24Farnborough6–2Braintree Town321
28Sutton United2–2Wingate & Finchley212
Wingate & Finchley won 4–3 on penalties
30Dartford1–1St Albans City542
St Albans City won 4–2 on penalties
38AFC Totton1–2Welling United232
40Tiverton Town1–0Bishop's Stortford290

First round

This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.

Ties will be played on 13 December 2008.

Ties

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1Altrincham1–4Southport609
2Durham City2–0Harrogate Town232
3Northwich Victoria0–2York City393
4Wrexham2–1Mansfield Town1,559
5Hednesford Town3–2Nantwich Town264
6Burton Albion1–1Farsley Celtic923
7Ilkeston Town3–2Ossett Town205
8Barrow2–1Skelmersdale United743
9Alfreton Town0–1Redditch United192
10Kidderminster Harriers3–1Burscough685
11Workington4–3King's Lynn240
12Stourbridge1–6Stalybridge Celtic148
13Boston United1–2AFC Telford United895
14Swindon Supermarine1–0Eastbourne Borough302
15Stevenage Borough4–1St Albans City737
16Cambridge City1–4Kettering Town437
17AFC Sudbury0–2Oxford United434
18Bashley2–2Tiverton Town165
19Welling United2–0Weymouth262
20Histon2–3Cambridge United1,146
21Forest Green Rovers5–1Hemel Hempstead Town509
22Bognor Regis Town0–2Ebbsfleet United299
23Farnborough3–1Wingate & Finchley304
24Uxbridge2–1AFC Wimbledon582
25Hayes & Yeading United2–0Grays Athletic158
26Havant & Waterlooville3–1Bury Town232
27Torquay United2–0Bath City1,176
28Woking1–2Salisbury City506
29Basingstoke Town3–1Brackley Town221
30Newport County1–1Rushden & Diamonds633
31Chesham United2–4Crawley Town399
32Team Bath1–2Lewes206

Replays

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6Farsley Celtic2–2Burton Albion262
Burton Albion won 3–2 on penalties
18Tiverton Town2–1Bashley436
30Rushden & Diamonds1–1Newport County421
Rushden & Diamonds won 5–3 on penalties

Second round

Ties will be played on 10 January 2009.

Ties

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1Lewes3–3Havant & Waterlooville258
2Ilkeston Town3–5Kidderminster Harriers401
3Burton Albion3–0Salisbury City1,472
4Basingstoke Town1–2Wrexham597
5Hednesford Town4–3Welling United346
6Forest Green Rovers5–0Redditch United441
7Tiverton Town1–1Kettering Town604
8Durham City1–1Southport387
9AFC Telford United4–0Hayes & Yeading United986
10Farnborough0–2Stevenage Borough705
11Torquay United1–0Rushden & Diamonds1,728
12Ebbsfleet United2–1Stalybridge Celtic467
13Barrow0–3Workington1,614
14Uxbridge1–6Swindon Supermarine203
15Oxford United1–2York City1,958
16Cambridge United0–5Crawley Town1,233

Replays

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1Havant & Waterlooville4–3Lewes302
7Kettering Town1–1Tiverton Town816
Kettering Town won 4-1 on penalties
8Southport3–1Durham City553

Third round

Ties will be played on 31 January 2009.

Ties

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1Kettering Town0–1AFC Telford United1,692
2Kidderminster Harriers1–1York City1,113
3Workington1–3Wrexham1,029
4Forest Green Rovers1–0Hednesford Town768
5Ebbsfleet United2–0Swindon Supermarine3,750
6Havant & Waterlooville2–0Crawley Town413
7Southport3–0Torquay United980
8Stevenage Borough4–0Burton Albion1,296

Replays

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2York City1–1Kidderminster Harriers683
York City won 13–12 on penalties

Fourth round

Ties will be played on 21 February 2009.

Ties

width=20 Tiewidth=175 Home Teamwidth=20 Scorewidth=175 Away Teamwidth=20 Attendance
1Wrexham0–0Ebbsfleet United3,021
2Stevenage Borough4–0Forest Green Rovers1,349
3AFC Telford United2–2Southport2,059
4York City2–0Havant & Waterlooville1,679

Replays

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1Ebbsfleet United3–1Wrexham992
3Southport0–1AFC Telford United

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

See main article: 2009 FA Trophy Final.

References

General

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