FA Trophy | |
Year: | 2021–22 |
Other Titles: | Football Association Trophy |
Country: | England Wales |
Dates: | Qualifying rounds: 25 September 2021 – 3 November 2021 Competition Proper: 13 November 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
Num Teams: | Qualifying rounds: 244 Competition Proper: 66 + (78 from Qualifying) Total Teams: 310 |
Defending Champions: | Hornchurch |
Champions: | Bromley (1st title) |
Runner-Up: | Wrexham |
Prevseason: | 2020–21 |
Nextseason: | 2022–23 |
The 2021–22 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) was the 53rd season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System. The competition consisted of three qualifying rounds, and seven proper rounds. Teams from level 8 entered into the first qualifying round and second qualifying round, level 7 into the third qualifying round, level 6 (the National League North and National League South) into round 2, and level 5 (the National League) into round 3.
All matches were in a single-match knockout format, with the winner decided by penalties if the match was drawn after 90 minutes, apart from the Final where the winner was decided by extra-time and penalties if the match was drawn. This was the same format as the 2020–21 season which was a change from previous seasons where replays were used and where the semi-finals were scheduled as two-legged.
The calendar for the 2021-22 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.[1]
Round | Main Date | Number of Fixtures | Clubs Remaining | New Entries This Round | Losing Club | Winning Club | |
25 September 2021 | 19 | 310 → 291 | 38 | £400 | £1,500 | ||
9 October 2021 | 69 | 291 → 222 | 119 | £575 | £2,250 | ||
30 October 2021 | 78 | 222 → 144 | 87 | £625 | £2,450 | ||
13 November 2021 | 39 | 144 → 105 | 0 | £775 | £3,000 | ||
27 November 2021 | 41 | 105 → 64 | 43 | £1,000 | £3,750 | ||
Third round proper | 18 December 2021 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 23 | £1,250 | £4,500 | |
15 January 2022 | 16 | 32 → 16 | 0 | £1,500 | £5,250 | ||
12 February 2022 | 8 | 16 → 8 | 0 | £1,750 | £6,000 | ||
12 March 2022 | 4 | 8 → 4 | 0 | £2,000 | £7,500 | ||
2 April 2022 | 2 | 4 → 2 | 0 | £5,000 | £15,000 | ||
22 May 2022 | 1 | 2 → 1 | 0 | £30,000 | £60,000 |
The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 9 July 2021. The round included 38 teams from tier 8, the lowest tier in the competition.[2]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 25 September 2021 | ||||
1 | Pontefract Collieries (8) | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Yorkshire Amateur (8) | 76 |
2 | Widnes (8) | 2–0 | Brighouse Town (8) | 77 |
3 | City Of Liverpool (8) | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Stockton Town (8) | 222 |
4 | Dunston UTS (8) | 3–2 | Worksop Town (8) | 313 |
5 | Sporting Khalsa (8) | 6–5 | Dereham Town (8) | 127 |
6 | Stamford (8) | 0–1 | Daventry Town (8) | 274 |
7 | Bedford Town (8) | 1–0 | St Neots Town (8) | 324 |
8 | Kempston Rovers (8) | 2–2 (3–4 p) | Newcastle Town (8) | 73 |
9 | Hastings United (8) | 3–0 | AFC Dunstable (8) | 823 |
10 | Welwyn Garden City (8) | 3–3 (4–1 p) | Hythe Town (8) | 111 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
11 | Ramsgate (8) | 5–0 | Sutton Common Rovers (8) | 444 |
13 | Stowmarket Town (8) | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Great Wakering Rovers (8) | 224 |
14 | Corinthian (8) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Grays Athletic (8) | 111 |
15 | Canvey Island (8) | 4–1 | Coggeshall Town (8) | 262 |
16 | Ashford United (8) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Chalfont St Peter (8) | 240 |
17 | Chichester City (8) | 4–0 | Whitstable Town (8) | 193 |
18 | Wantage Town (8) | 1–2 | Willand Rovers (8) | 104 |
19 | Thame United (8) | 3–2 | Winchester City (8) | 66 |
Sunday 26 September 2021 | ||||
12 | Hashtag United (8) | 1–4 | Chipstead (8) | 219 |
The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 9 July 2021, and saw 119 clubs from tier 8 joining the 19 winners from the first qualifying round.[3]
The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 11 October 2021, and saw 87 clubs from tier 7 joining the 69 winners from the second qualifying round.[5]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
42 | East Thurrock United (7) | 0–6 | Kingstonian (7) | 146 |
43 | Hastings United (8) | 1–3 | Felixstowe & Walton United (8) | 710 |
44 | Enfield Town (7) | 2–1 | Metropolitan Police (7) | 303 |
45 | Witham Town (8) | 1–3 | Hanwell Town (8) | 97 |
46 | Farnborough (7) | 4–1 | Bowers & Pitsea (7) | 320 |
47 | Horsham (7) | 2–3 | Carshalton Athletic (7) | 455 |
48 | Chipstead (8) | 2–1 | Whitehawk (8) | 76 |
49 | Corinthian Casuals (7) | 0–1 | Cheshunt (7) | 191 |
50 | Merstham (7) | 1–3 | Welwyn Garden City (8) | 137 |
51 | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 2–2 (1–4 p) | Hayes & Yeading United (7) | 297 |
52 | Marlow (8) | 4–3 | Westfield (8) | 206 |
53 | Potters Bar Town (7) | 2–0 | Haringey Borough (7) | 181 |
54 | Chertsey Town (8) | 0–2 | Worthing (7) | 454 |
55 | South Park (8) | 0–1 | Harrow Borough (7) | 83 |
56 | Folkestone Invicta (7) | 2–1 | Hendon (7) | 618 |
57 | Walton Casuals (7) | 2–1 | Great Wakering Rovers (8) | 132 |
58 | Wingate & Finchley (7) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Hornchurch (7) | 152 |
60 | Bedfont Sports (8) | 2–1 | Harlow Town (8) | 89 |
61 | Brentwood Town (8) | 3–0 | AFC Sudbury (8) | 165 |
62 | Northwood (8) | 2–2 (5–6 p) | Berkhamsted (8) | 119 |
63 | Bognor Regis Town (7) | 5–0 | Waltham Abbey (8) | 412 |
64 | Chesham United (7) | 1–1 (1–2 p) | Bracknell Town (8) | 247 |
65 | Uxbridge (8) | 2–1 | Basildon United (8) | 97 |
66 | Canvey Island (8) | 3–0 | Burgess Hill Town (8) | 352 |
67 | Weston-super-Mare (7) | 3–2 | Taunton Town (7) | 480 |
68 | Thame United (8) | 2–4 | Wimborne Town (7) | 106 |
69 | AFC Totton (8) | 2–0 | Dorchester Town (7) | 379 |
70 | Paulton Rovers (8) | 1–5 | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 150 |
71 | Gosport Borough (7) | 1–2 | Salisbury (7) | 427 |
73 | Yate Town (7) | 0–2 | Willand Rovers (8) | 240 |
75 | Frome Town (8) | 3–2 | Poole Town (7) | 463 |
76 | Plymouth Parkway (8) | 1–0 | Merthyr Town (7) | 203 |
77 | Cinderford Town (8) | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Thatcham Town (8) | 104 |
78 | Hartley Wintney (7) | 2–1 | Melksham Town (8) | 236 |
Sunday 31 October 2021 | ||||
41 | Cray Wanderers (7) | 4–1 | Kings Langley (7) | 185 |
Tuesday 2 November 2021 | ||||
59 | Staines Town (8) | 1–0 | Brightlingsea Regent (7) | 61 |
72 | Truro City (7) | 1–0 | Cirencester Town (8) | 102 |
Wednesday 3 November 2021 | ||||
74 | Tiverton Town (7) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Swindon Supermarine (7) | 179 |
The draw for the first round proper was made on 1 November 2021, and featured the 78 winners from the third qualifying round with no additional teams.[6]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
Saturday 13 November 2021 | |||||
1 | Radcliffe (7) | 2–0 | Nuneaton Borough (7) | 505 | |
2 | Marske United (8) | 3–2 | F.C. United of Manchester (7) | 1,006 | |
3 | Rushall Olympic (7) | 0–4 | Matlock Town (7) | 348 | |
4 | Ashton United (7) | 5–1 | Sutton Coldfield Town (8) | 252 | |
5 | Nantwich Town (7) | 2–1 | Grantham Town (7) | 397 | |
6 | Warrington Town (7) | 2–0 | Chasetown (8) | 603 | |
7 | Colne (8) | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Tamworth (7) | 294 | |
8 | Bromsgrove Sporting (7) | 0–0 (3–4 p) | Morpeth Town (7) | 605 | |
9 | Whitby Town (7) | 5–0 | Mossley (8) | 569 | |
10 | Marine (8) | 2–2 (5–4 p) | Dunston UTS (8) | 1,202 | |
11 | Carlton Town (8) | 1–2 | Stourbridge (7) | 271 | |
12 | Bootle (8) | 3–3 (3–5 p) | Stalybridge Celtic (7) | 383 | |
13 | Gainsborough Trinity (7) | 1–2 | Lancaster City (7) | 319 | |
14 | Liversedge (8) | 3–2 | Basford United (7) | 808 | |
15 | Walton Casuals (7) | 2–6 | Uxbridge (8) | 312 | |
16 | Canvey Island (8) | 6–0 | Yaxley (8) | 452 | |
17 | Brentwood Town (8) | 4–1 | Staines Town (8) | 420 | |
18 | Needham Market (7) | 3–2 | Margate (7) | 176 | |
19 | Hayes & Yeading United (7) | 0–3 | Worthing (7) | 296 | |
20 | Bishop's Stortford (7) | 2–1 | Chipstead (8) | 334 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
21 | Royston Town (7) | 1–1 (3–4 p) | Kingstonian (7) | 406 | |
22 | Welwyn Garden City (8) | 2–1 | Carshalton Athletic (7) | 181 | |
23 | Cheshunt (7) | 1–0 | Berkhamsted (8) | 183 | |
24 | Bedford Town (8) | 0–1 | Potters Bar Town (7) | 453 | |
25 | Leiston (7) | 3–0 | Harrow Borough (7) | 184 | |
26 | Biggleswade Town (7) | 1–2 | Enfield Town (7) | 397 | |
27 | Felixstowe & Walton United (8) | 2–1 | Peterborough Sports (7) | 441 | |
28 | Hanwell Town (8) | 1–0 | Wingate & Finchley (7) | 248 | |
29 | Cray Wanderers (7) | 2–1 | Bedfont Sports (8) | 163 | |
30 | Folkestone Invicta (7) | 2–1 | Faversham Town (8) | 708 | |
31 | Farnborough (7) | 1–0 | Banbury United (7) | 402 | |
32 | Marlow (8) | 2–2 (5–6 p) | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 229 | |
33 | Weston-super-Mare (7) | 1–2 | Wimborne Town (7) | 477 | |
34 | Hartley Wintney (7) | 3–0 | Willand Rovers (8) | 240 | |
35 | Binfield (8) | 3–0 | Cinderford Town (8) | 251 | |
36 | Bracknell Town (8) | 1–3 | Tiverton Town (7) | 193 | |
37 | AFC Totton (8) | 2–2 (4–2 p) | Frome Town (8) | 329 | |
39 | Plymouth Parkway (8) | 4–0 | Salisbury (7) | 398 | |
Sunday 14 November 2021 | |||||
38 | Truro City (7) | 1–1 (4–2 p) | Bognor Regis Town (7) | 206 |
The draw for the second round took place on 15 November 2021, featuring the 39 winners from the previous round as well as the 43 teams entering from the sixth tier.[7]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 27 November 2021 | ||||
2 | York City (6) | 1–0 | Blyth Spartans (6) | 1,184 |
6 | Warrington Town (7) | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Morpeth Town (7) | 491 |
7 | Curzon Ashton (6) | 2–1 | Chester (6) | 326 |
10 | Radcliffe (7) | 5–1 | Tamworth (7) | 384 |
12 | AFC Fylde (6) | 1–0 | Gateshead (6) | 466 |
14 | Gloucester City (6) | 3–0 | Kettering Town (6) | 271 |
15 | Needham Market (7) | 3–1 | Welwyn Garden City (8) | 202 |
16 | Hereford (6) | 1–1 (3–5 p) | Kidderminster Harriers (6) | 1,615 |
17 | Bishop's Stortford (7) | 5–1 | Leiston (7) | 328 |
18 | Leamington (6) | 0–3 | Alfreton Town (6) | 242 |
19 | Braintree Town (6) | 3–1 | Potters Bar Town (7) | 136 |
20 | Chelmsford City (6) | 1–2 | Cheshunt (7) | 550 |
21 | Oxford City (6) | 1–4 | St Albans City (6) | 530 |
22 | Felixstowe & Walton United (8) | 0–4 | AFC Telford United (6) | 612 |
23 | Brackley Town (6) | 1–2 | Boston United (6) | 341 |
24 | Hemel Hempstead Town (6) | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Stourbridge (7) | 674 |
25 | Hungerford Town (6) | 3–2 | Welling United (6) | 210 |
26 | Cray Wanderers (7) | 2–2 (5–3 p) | Ebbsfleet United (6) | 366 |
27 | Hanwell Town (8) | 0–2 | Enfield Town (7) | 336 |
28 | Slough Town (6) | 1–0 | Havant & Waterlooville (6) | 373 |
29 | Binfield (8) | 2–3 | Truro City (7) | 151 |
30 | Bath City (6) | 0–0 (3–5 p) | Dartford (6) | 736 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
31 | Concord Rangers (6) | 0–5 | AFC Totton (8) | 173 | |
33 | Plymouth Parkway (8) | 1–0 | Hampton & Richmond Borough (6) | 254 | |
34 | Canvey Island (8) | 0–1 | Tonbridge Angels (6) | 363 | |
35 | Eastbourne Borough (6) | 2–1 | Tiverton Town (7) | 298 | |
36 | Brentwood Town (8) | 1–2 | Dulwich Hamlet (6) | 550 | |
37 | Chippenham Town (6) | 0–1 | Uxbridge (8) | 193 | |
38 | Maidstone United (6) | 1–1 (6–5 p) | Billericay Town (6) | 813 | |
39 | Wimborne Town (7) | 1–2 | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 226 | |
40 | Worthing (7) | 0–2 | Dorking Wanderers (6) | 783 | |
41 | Hartley Wintney (7) | 0–2 | Folkestone Invicta (7) | 207 | |
Sunday 28 November 2021 | |||||
32 | Kingstonian (7) | 4–1 | Farnborough (7) | 329 | |
Tuesday 30 November 2021 | |||||
3 | Farsley Celtic (6) | 1–0 | Stalybridge Celtic (7) | 123 | |
4 | Liversedge (8) | 1–3 | Lancaster City (7) | 382 | |
8 | Southport (6) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Darlington (6) | 429 | |
9 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 0–0 (3–1 p) | Chorley (6) | 387 | |
11 | Matlock Town (7) | 3–2 | Marske United (8) | 391 | |
13 | Whitby Town (7) | 0–1 | Nantwich Town (7) | 256 | |
Wednesday 1 December 2021 | |||||
1 | Bradford (Park Avenue) (6) | 3–3 (3–0 p) | Marine (8) | 237 | |
5 | Ashton United (7) | 1–2 | Guiseley (6) | 168 |
The draw for the third round took place on 29 November 2021, with the winners of the 41 second round proper matches being joined by the 23 National League clubs.[8]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 18 December 2021 | ||||
1 | Boston United (6) | 4–1 | Kidderminster Harriers (6) | 975 |
2 | Matlock Town (7) | 0–1 | York City (6) | 828 |
3 | Stockport County (5) | 4–0 | Grimsby Town (5) | 2,735 |
4 | Stourbridge (7) | 3–2 | Telford United (6) | 795 |
5 | Morpeth Town (7) | 3–3 (5–3 p) | Lancaster City (7) | 457 |
6 | Chesterfield (5) | W/O | Guiseley (6) | NA |
Guiseley awarded a walkover due to a number of Chesterfield players testing positive for COVID-19, forcing them to forfeit.[9] | ||||
7 | King's Lynn Town (5) | 2–1 | Nantwich Town (7) | 643 |
8 | Notts County (5) | 2–1 | Altrincham (5) | 1,248 |
9 | Farsley Celtic (6) | 0–3 | Southport (6) | 269 |
10 | Wrexham (5) | 5–0 | Gloucester City (6) | 1,823 |
12 | AFC Fylde (6) | 0–1 | Solihull Moors (5) | 1,143 |
13 | Curzon Ashton (6) | 1–3 | Alfreton Town (6) | 113 |
14 | Radcliffe (7) | 0–1 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 691 |
15 | Eastleigh (5) | 5–0 | Enfield Town (7) | 877 |
16 | Cheshunt (7) | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Bishop's Stortford (7) | 387 |
17 | Aldershot Town (5) | 2–1 | Kingstonian (7) | 1,048 |
18 | Cray Wanderers (7) | 1–3 | Dartford (6) | 473 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
19 | Southend United (5) | 2–1 | Dorking Wanderers (6) | 1,728 |
20 | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 2–1 | AFC Totton (8) | 300 |
21 | St Albans City (6) | 0–0 (6–5 p) | Braintree Town (6) | 702 |
22 | Dover Athletic (5) | 0–1 | Bromley (5) | 457 |
23 | Yeovil Town (5) | 3–1 | Woking (5) | 1,493 |
25 | Slough Town (6) | 3–1 | Eastbourne Borough (6) | 400 |
26 | Barnet (5) | 2–3 | Boreham Wood (5) | 823 |
27 | Tonbridge Angels (6) | 2–1 | Torquay United (5) | 719 |
28 | Hungerford Town (6) | 0–1 | Weymouth (5) | 501 |
29 | Needham Market (7) | 2–1 | Wealdstone (5) | 432 |
30 | Folkestone Invicta (7) | 2–0 | Uxbridge (8) | 573 |
31 | Plymouth Parkway (8) | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Dulwich Hamlet (6) | 394 |
32 | Maidenhead United (5) | W/O | Maidstone United (6) | NA |
Maidstone United awarded a walkover due to a number of Maidenhead United players testing positive for COVID-19, forcing them to forfeit.[10] | ||||
Sunday 19 December 2021 | ||||
24 | Truro City (7) | 1–1 (2–4 p) | Dagenham & Redbridge (5) | 204 |
Tuesday 21 December 2021 | ||||
11 | Bradford (Park Avenue) (6) | 3–3 (3–5 p) | FC Halifax Town (5) | 866 |
The draw for the fourth round took place on 20 December 2021 and was made up of the 32 winners from the previous round. Plymouth Parkway and Larkhall Athletic of the eighth tier were the lowest-ranked teams remaining.[11]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
Saturday 15 January 2022 | |||||
1 | Alfreton Town (6) | 1–1 (2–3 p) | FC Halifax Town (5) | 488 | |
2 | Dagenham & Redbridge (5) | 2–0 | Southend United (5) | 2,585 | |
3 | Wrexham (5) | 5–1 | Folkestone Invicta (7) | 0 | |
4 | St Albans City (6) | 0–3 | Cheshunt (7) | 947 | |
5 | York City (6) | 1–0 | Slough Town (6) | 2,261 | |
7 | Tonbridge Angels (6) | 1–1 (4–3 p) | King's Lynn Town (5) | 835 | |
8 | Southport (6) | 0–3 | Solihull Moors (5) | 941 | |
9 | Notts County (5) | 2–1 | Eastleigh (5) | 2,609 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
10 | Dartford (6) | 1–0 | Weymouth (5) | 725 | |
11 | Aldershot Town (5) | 0–2 | Bromley (5) | 1,194 | |
12 | Boreham Wood (5) | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Maidstone United (6) | 602 | |
13 | Morpeth Town (7) | 4–3 | Boston United (6) | 922 | |
14 | Yeovil Town (5) | 1–1 (7–8 p) | Needham Market (7) | 1,649 | |
15 | Stockport County (5) | 3–0 | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 3,517 | |
16 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 3–1 | Plymouth Parkway (8) | 670 | |
Tuesday 18 January 2022 | |||||
6 | Stourbridge (7) | 0–0 (2–0 p) | Guiseley (6) | 376 | |
Match played at Bromsgrove Sporting. |
The draw for the fifth round took place on 17 January 2022 and was made up of the 16 winners from the previous round. Cheshunt, Morpeth Town, Needham Market and Stourbridge of the seventh tier were the lowest-ranked teams remaining.[12]
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
Saturday 12 February 2022 | |||||
1 | York City (6) | 3–2 | Morpeth Town (7) | 2,725 | |
2 | Tonbridge Angels (6) | 1–1 (2–3 p) | Bromley (5) | 2,061 | |
3 | Needham Market (7) | 1–0 | Dartford (6) | 1,011 | |
4 | Stourbridge (7) | 0–1 | Solihull Moors (5) | 1,762 | |
5 | Dagenham & Redbridge (5) | 2–0 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 1,350 | |
6 | FC Halifax Town (5) | 1–2 | Notts County (5) | 1,406 | |
7 | Wrexham (5) | 3–0 | Boreham Wood (5) | 3,444 | |
8 | Stockport County (5) | 1–0 | Cheshunt (7) | 3,340 |
The draw for the quarter-finals took place on 14 February 2022 and was made up of the 8 winners from the previous round. Needham Market of the seventh tier were the lowest-ranked team remaining.
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | ||
Friday 11 March 2022 | |||||
3 | Notts County (5) | 1–2 | Wrexham (5) | 3,170 | |
Saturday 12 March 2022 | |||||
1 | Bromley (5) | 3–1 | Solihull Moors (5) | 1,965 | |
2 | Needham Market (7) | 0–3 | Stockport County (5) | 1,526 | |
4 | Dagenham & Redbridge (5) | 1–1 (6–7 p) | York City (6) | 2,417 |
The draw for the semi-finals took place on 14 March 2022 and featured the four winners from the previous round. York City of the sixth tier were the lowest-ranked team remaining.
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