FA Trophy | |
Year: | 2017–18 |
Other Titles: | Football Association Trophy |
Country: | England Guernsey Wales |
Champions: | Brackley Town |
Runner-Up: | Bromley |
Top Goal Scorer: | Louis Dennis (7 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
The 2017–18 FA Trophy is the 49th season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System.
The calendar for the 2017–18 FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.[1]
Round | Main Date | Number of Fixtures | Clubs | New Entries This Round | Prize Money | |
7 October 2017 | 64 | 276 → 212 | 128 | £3,000 | ||
28 October 2017 | 72 | 212 → 140 | 80 | £3,250 | ||
11 November 2017 | 36 | 140 → 104 | none | £4,000 | ||
25 November 2017 | 40 | 104 → 64 | 44 | £5,000 | ||
16 December 2017 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 24 | £6,000 | ||
13 January 2018 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £7,000 | ||
3 February 2018 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | £8,000 | ||
24 February 2018 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | £10,000 | ||
17 and 24 March 2018 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none | £20,000 | ||
20 May 2018 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | Runners-up £30,000 Winners £60,000 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
43 | Ramsgate (8) | 3–5 | Bury Town (8) | 209 |
44 | Hayes & Yeading United (8) | 3–1 | Barton Rovers (8) | 116 |
45 | Brentwood Town (8) | 3–3 | South Park (8) | 113 |
46 | Walton Casuals (8) | 3–0 | Canvey Island (8) | 196 |
47 | Phoenix Sports (8) | 0–3 | Chalfont St Peter (8) | 93 |
48 | Ashford Town (8) | 4–1 | Uxbridge (8) | 111 |
49 | Grays Athletic (8) | 4–3 | Norwich United (8) | 201 |
50 | Aylesbury (8) | 4–3 | Molesey (8) | 77 |
51 | Marlow (8) | 0–0 | Aveley (8) | 101 |
52 | Taunton Town (8) | 1–1 | AFC Totton (8) | 335 |
53 | Mangotsfield United (8) | 0–1 | Thame United (8) | 110 |
54 | Bishop's Cleeve (8) | 0–1 | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 43 |
55 | Shortwood United (8) | 1–0 | Didcot Town (8) | 71 |
56 | Fleet Town (8) | 1–1 | Yate Town (8) | 89 |
58 | North Leigh (8) | 1–3 | Wimborne Town (8) | 85 |
59 | Moneyfields (8) | 4–2 | Bideford (8) | 185 |
60 | Swindon Supermarine (8) | 1–0 | Barnstaple Town (8) | 117 |
61 | Salisbury (8) | 2–3 | Paulton Rovers (8) | 541 |
62 | Slimbridge (8) | 0–1 | Hartley Wintney (8) | 106 |
63 | Bristol Manor Farm (8) | 4–1 | Cinderford Town (8) | 160 |
64 | Kidlington (8) | 3–1 | Winchester City (8) | 78 |
Sunday 8 October 2017 | ||||
14 | Romulus (8) | 0–2 | Corby Town (8) | 139 |
23 | Thamesmead Town (8) | 1–1 | AFC Hornchurch (8) | 116 |
34 | Romford (8) | 0–1 | Hastings United (8) | 130 |
57 | Evesham United (8) | 2–3 | Cirencester Town (8) | 236 |
Replays | ||||
Monday 9 October 2017 | ||||
51R | Aveley (8) | 5–3 | Marlow (8) | 115 |
Tuesday 10 October 2017 | ||||
1R | Droylsden (8) | Ossett Albion (8) | 120 | |
23R | AFC Hornchurch (8) | 1–2 | Thamesmead Town (8) | 126 |
37R | Dereham Town (8) | 1–4 | Bowers & Pitsea (8) | 180 |
39R | Barking (8) | 2–1 | Chipstead (8) | 67 |
45R | South Park (8) | 2–7 | Brentwood Town (8) | 140 |
52R | AFC Totton (8) | 1–2 | Taunton Town (8) | 228 |
56R | Yate Town (8) | 2–1 | Fleet Town (8) | 112 |
Wednesday 11 October 2017 | ||||
32R | Aylesbury United (8) | 1–2 | AFC Sudbury (8) | 100 |
A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the preliminary round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and eight teams from level 8, who get a bye in the previous round.
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
48 | Worthing (7) | 3–0 | Lowestoft Town (7) | 512 |
49 | Staines Town (7) | 0–3 | Margate (7) | 247 |
50 | Waltham Abbey (8) | 0–3 | Dulwich Hamlet (7) | 203 |
52 | Royston Town (7) | 2–0 | Enfield Town (7) | 303 |
53 | Potters Bar Town (8) | 3–0 | Witham Town (8) | 83 |
54 | Harrow Borough (7) | 1–1 | Haringey Borough (8) | 103 |
55 | Leiston (7) | 1–1 | Folkestone Invicta (7) | 191 |
56 | Burgess Hill Town (7) | 2–0 | Aveley (8) | 197 |
57 | Bowers & Pitsea (8) | 1–1 | Egham Town (8) | 102 |
58 | Biggleswade Town (7) | 0–5 | Wingate & Finchley (7) | 144 |
60 | Hayes & Yeading United (8) | 0–3 | Chesham United (7) | 182 |
61 | Taunton Town (8) | 2–1 | Merthyr Town (7) | 456 |
62 | Dorchester Town (7) | 2–1 | Basingstoke Town (7) | 290 |
63 | Paulton Rovers (8) | 2–2 | Cirencester Town (8) | 119 |
64 | Gosport Borough (7) | 1–0 | Bristol Manor Farm (8) | 160 |
65 | Yate Town (8) | 0–1 | Moneyfields (8) | 118 |
66 | Thame United (8) | 5–0 | Wimborne Town (8) | 99 |
67 | Larkhall Athletic (8) | 1–3 | Farnborough (7) | 130 |
68 | Swindon Supermarine (8) | 0–3 | Hartley Wintney (8) | 157 |
69 | Hereford (7) | 4–1 | Weymouth (7) | 1,552 |
70 | Tiverton Town (7) | 2–2 | Banbury United (7) | 248 |
71 | Kidlington (8) | 1–4 | Slough Town (7) | 201 |
72 | Shortwood United (8) | 2–0 | Frome Town (7) | 96 |
Sunday 29 October 2017 | ||||
51 | Thamesmead Town (8) | 3–1 | Brightlingsea Regent (7) | 156 |
Replays | ||||
Monday 30 October 2017 | ||||
54R | Haringey Borough (8) | 1–0 | Harrow Borough (7) | 170 |
Tuesday 31 October 2017 | ||||
6R | South Shields (8) | 4–3 | Farsley Celtic (7) | 1,012 |
9R | Ramsbottom United (8) | 4–1 | Shaw Lane (7) | 174 |
11R | Stalybridge Celtic (7) | 5–1 | Prescot Cables (8) | 171 |
33R | Merstham (7) | 0–2 | Sittingbourne (8) | 126 |
38R | Harlow Town (7) | 4–2 | Aylesbury (8) | 121 |
40R | Bedford Town (8) | 2–4 | Brentwood Town (8) | 145 |
41R | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 2–1 | Tonbridge Angels (7) | 224 |
42R | Chalfont St Peter (8) | 0–3 | Bury Town (8) | 81 |
55R | Folkestone Invicta (7) | Leiston (7) | 301 | |
57R | Egham Town (8) | P–P | Bowers & Pitsea (8) | - |
59R | Thurrock (7) | 1–4 | Kingstonian (7) | 84 |
63R | Cirencester Town (8) | 0–4 | Paulton Rovers (8) | 109 |
70R | Banbury United (7) | 3–2 | Tiverton Town (7) | 230 |
Wednesday 1 November 2017 | ||||
17R | Kidsgrove Athletic (8) | 2–1 | Newcastle Town (8) | 189 |
47R | Grays Athletic (8) | 0–2 | Cray Wanderers (8) | 152 |
Tuesday 7 November 2017 | ||||
57R | Egham Town (8) | Bowers & Pitsea (8) | 77 | |
Bowers & Pitsea removed from the competition after being determined to have played a suspended player in the initial match. | ||||
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
30 | Farnborough (7) | 3–3 | Banbury United (7) | 269 |
31 | Thame United (8) | 1–0 | Worthing (7) | 136 |
32 | Paulton Rovers (8) | 1–2 | Shortwood United (8) | 163 |
33 | Margate (7) | P–P | Bowers & Pitsea (8) | - |
Match postponed pending F.A. hearing on Wednesday 15 November regarding Bowers & Pitsea fielding an ineligible player in the previous round. Bowers & Pitsea's appeal was denied and Egham Town advanced to play Margate. | ||||
34 | Billericay Town (7) | 6–2 | Bury Town (8) | 1,376 |
35 | Dorking Wanderers (7) | 4–1 | Leiston (7) | 188 |
36 | Moneyfields (8) | P–P | Cray Wanderers (8) | - |
Tuesday 14 November 2017 | ||||
36 | Moneyfields (8) | 1–1 | Cray Wanderers (8) | 148 |
Saturday 25 November 2017 | ||||
33 | Margate (7) | 2–0 | Egham Town (8) | 370 |
Replays | ||||
Monday 13 November 2017 | ||||
16R | Beaconsfield Town (8) | Taunton Town (8) | 86 | |
24R | Kingstonian (7) | 2–0 | Ashford Town (8) | 175 |
26R | Haringey Borough (8) | 1–0 | Sittingbourne (8) | 177 |
Tuesday 14 November 2017 | ||||
4R | Ashton United (7) | Warrington Town (7) | 163 | |
18R | Potters Bar Town (8) | 1–2 | Hereford (7) | 230 |
30R | Banbury United (7) | P–P | Farnborough (7) | - |
Wednesday 15 November 2017 | ||||
10R | Cleethorpes Town (8) | 2–1 | Hednesford Town (7) | 225 |
Wednesday 22 November 2017 | ||||
36R | Cray Wanderers (8) | 4–1 | Moneyfields (8) | 139 |
Saturday 25 November 2017 | ||||
30R | Banbury United (7) | 2–3 | Farnborough (7) | 380 |
A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round qualifying and 44 clubs from Level 6 of English football.
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
31 | Whitehawk (6) | 2–1 | Chippenham Town (6) | 138 |
32 | Haringey Borough (8) | 3–1 | Thame United (8) | 121 |
33 | Brentwood Town (7) | 1–2 | Dartford (6) | 297 |
34 | Chesham United (7) | 2–1 | Gloucester City (6) | 246 |
35 | Hungerford Town (6) | 0–2 | Billericay Town (7) | 261 |
36 | Hampton & Richmond (6) | 5–1 | Harlow Town (7) | 289 |
38 | Wealdstone (6) | 1–1 | Chelmsford City (6) | 520 |
39 | Eastbourne Borough (6) | 1–1 | Royston Town (7) | 277 |
Sunday 26 November 2017 | ||||
40 | Kingstonian (7) | 2–2 | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 251 |
Tuesday 28 November 2017 | ||||
37 | Bath City (6) | 0–0 | Margate (7) | 341 |
Wednesday 29 November 2017 | ||||
24 | Farnborough (7) | 1–2 | Hartley Wintney (8) | 255 |
Replays | ||||
Monday 27 November 2017 | ||||
9R | Stourbridge (7) | 2–1 | Bradford Park Avenue (6) | 385 |
Tuesday 28 November 2017 | ||||
5R | Warrington Town (7) | 3–0 | Tamworth (6) | 223 |
10R | Kidderminster Harriers (6) | 2–0 | Boston United (6) | 604 |
14R | Workington (7) | 5–1 | Glossop North End (8) | 351 |
23R | Bognor Regis Town (6) | 1–0 | Hemel Hempstead Town (6) | 306 |
26R | Slough Town (7) | Hendon (7) | 626 | |
39R | Royston Town (7) | Eastbourne Borough (6) | 189 | |
Wednesday 29 November 2017 | ||||
12R | Southport (6) | 0–3 | Stockport County (6) | 424 |
38R | Chelmsford City (6) | 1–2 | Wealdstone (6) | 367 |
40R | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 5–1 | Kingstonian (7) | 187 |
Tuesday 5 December 2017 | ||||
37R | Margate (7) | Bath City (6) | 275 | |
A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the third round qualifying and the clubs from Level 5 of English football.
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 16 December 2017 | ||||
1 | Solihull Moors (5) | A–A | Tranmere Rovers (5) | 363 |
Match abandoned in the 43rd minute due to floodlight failure when the score was 0-1. | ||||
2 | Blyth Spartans (6) | P–P | AFC Telford United (6) | - |
3 | Kidderminster Harriers (6) | 2–1 | York City (6) | 1,138 |
4 | Chorley (6) | 1–3 | Marine (7) | 708 |
5 | FC Halifax Town (5) | P–P | Macclesfield Town (5) | - |
6 | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Gainsborough Trinity (6) | - |
7 | Chester (5) | A.F.C. Fylde (5) | 886 | |
8 | Wrexham (5) | 0–2 | Harrogate Town (6) | 1,370 |
9 | Leamington (6) | 0–1 | Stourbridge (7) | 404 |
10 | Lancaster City (7) | 1–3 | Stockport County (6) | 578 |
11 | Warrington Town (7) | 0–0 | Altrincham (7) | 545 |
12 | Gateshead (5) | P–P | Guiseley (5) | - |
13 | Nuneaton Town (6) | 0–1 | Barrow (5) | 415 |
14 | Workington (7) | 1–0 | Hartlepool United (5) | 771 |
15 | Haringey Borough (8) | 1–2 | Leyton Orient (5) | 1,133 |
16 | Dover Athletic (5) | 3–0 | Eastbourne Borough (6) | 424 |
17 | Wealdstone (6) | 1–0 | Wingate & Finchley (7) | 371 |
18 | Billericay Town (7) | 3–1 | Havant & Waterlooville (6) | 705 |
19 | Chesham United (7) | P–P | Weston-super-Mare (6) | - |
20 | Sutton United (5) | 1–0 | Truro City (6) | 576 |
21 | Woking (5) | 0–2 | Maidenhead United (5) | 648 |
22 | Whitehawk (6) | 1–2 | St Albans City (6) | 143 |
23 | East Thurrock United (6) | 4–0 | Aldershot Town (5) | 252 |
24 | Hendon (7) | 2–1 | Bath City (6) | 256 |
25 | Ebbsfleet United (5) | 2–1 | Eastleigh (5) | 733 |
27 | Torquay United (5) | 0–4 | Maidstone United (5) | 804 |
28 | Hartley Wintney (8) | 0–2 | Bromley (5) | 482 |
29 | Braintree Town (6) | 0–0 | Brackley Town (6) | 249 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
30 | Taunton Town (8) | 1–4 | Bognor Regis Town (6) | 508 |
31 | Hampton & Richmond (6) | 1–1 | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 294 |
32 | Dartford (6) | 1–1 | Boreham Wood (5) | 607 |
Sunday 17 December 2017 | ||||
26 | Hereford (7) | 3–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge (5) | 1,518 |
Monday 18 December 2017 | ||||
1 | Solihull Moors (5) | 2–0 | Tranmere Rovers (5) | 215 |
Tuesday 19 December 2017 | ||||
2 | Blyth Spartans (6) | 1–0 | AFC Telford United (6) | 476 |
5 | FC Halifax Town (5) | P–P | Macclesfield Town (5) | - |
6 | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Gainsborough Trinity (6) | - |
12 | Gateshead (5) | P–P | Guiseley (5) | - |
19 | Chesham United (7) | 0–2 | Weston-super-Mare (6) | 193 |
Wednesday 20 December 2017 | ||||
12 | Gateshead (5) | Guiseley (5) | 290 | |
Saturday 30 December 2017 | ||||
6 | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Gainsborough Trinity (6) | - |
Thursday 4 January 2018 | ||||
6 | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Gainsborough Trinity (6) | - |
Tuesday 9 January 2018 | ||||
5 | FC Halifax Town (5) | 1–0 | Macclesfield Town (5) | 503 |
6 | Spennymoor Town (6) | Gainsborough Trinity (6) | 239 | |
Replays | ||||
Tuesday 19 December 2017 | ||||
11R | Altrincham (7) | 1–2 | Warrington Town (7) | 453 |
29R | Brackley Town (6) | 2–0 | Braintree Town (6) | 238 |
31R | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 3–2 | Hampton & Richmond (6) | 206 |
32R | Boreham Wood (5) | Dartford (6) | 173 | |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 13 January 2018 | ||||
1 | Ebbsfleet United (5) | 1–1 | Warrington Town (7) | 911 |
2 | Kidderminster Harriers (6) | 2–2 | Stockport County (6) | 1,348 |
3 | East Thurrock United (6) | 1–0 | Chester (5) | 347 |
4 | Bognor Regis Town (6) | 1–2 | Leyton Orient (5) | 1,371 |
5 | Brackley Town (6) | 0–0 | Barrow (5) | 512 |
6 | Weston-super-Mare (6) | 1–1 | Workington (7) | 361 |
7 | Billericay Town (7) | 3–2 | Stourbridge (7) | 1,081 |
8 | FC Halifax Town (5) | 1–4 | Maidenhead United (5) | 802 |
9 | Maidstone United (5) | 2–1 | Heybridge Swifts (8) | 1,276 |
10 | Dover Athletic (5) | 4–3 | Marine (7) | 565 |
11 | Gateshead (5) | 3–3 | Boreham Wood (5) | 284 |
12 | Wealdstone (6) | 1–0 | Hereford (7) | 909 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
13 | Sutton United (5) | 3–0 | Hendon (7) | 785 |
14 | Blyth Spartans (6) | 1–4 | Bromley (5) | 647 |
15 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 2–0 | Solihull Moors (5) | 570 |
16 | St Albans City (6) | 1–1 | Harrogate Town (6) | 634 |
Replays | ||||
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | ||||
1R | Warrington Town (7) | 2–0 | Ebbsfleet United (5) | 334 |
2R | Stockport County (6) | 3–0 | Kidderminster Harriers (6) | 883 |
5R | Barrow (5) | 0–2 | Brackley Town (6) | 430 |
6R | Workington (7) | 2–1 | Weston-super-Mare (6) | 576 |
11R | Boreham Wood (5) | 1–2 | Gateshead (5) | 183 |
16R | Harrogate Town (6) | 5–0 | St Albans City (6) | 362 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 3 February 2018 | ||||
1 | Harrogate Town (6) | 2–2 | Billericay Town (7) | 846 |
2 | Maidstone United (5) | 2–2 | Gateshead (5) | 1,186 |
3 | Maidenhead United (5) | 1–1 | Stockport County (6) | 855 |
4 | Wealdstone (6) | 2–1 | Warrington Town (7) | 601 |
5 | Brackley Town (6) | 3–1 | Sutton United (5) | 767 |
6 | Dover Athletic (5) | 3–4 | Leyton Orient (5) | 1,016 |
7 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 1–1 | East Thurrock United (6) | 743 |
8 | Workington (7) | 1–1 | Bromley (5) | 890 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Replays | ||||
Tuesday 6 February 2018 | ||||
1R | Billericay Town (7) | 3–2 | Harrogate Town (6) | 820 |
2R | Gateshead (5) | 3–0 | Maidstone United (5) | 338 |
3R | Stockport County (6) | 3–2 | Maidenhead United (5) | 1,131 |
7R | East Thurrock United (6) | 2–5 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 236 |
8R | Bromley (5) | 7–1 | Workington (7) | 604 |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Saturday 24 February 2018 | ||||
1 | Stockport County (6) | 1–1 | Brackley Town (6) | 2,213 |
2 | Billericay Town (7) | 2–5 | Wealdstone (6) | 1,823 |
3 | Leyton Orient (5) | 3–3 | Gateshead (5) | 3,771 |
4 | Bromley (5) | 0–0 | Spennymoor Town (6) | 1,504 |
Replays | ||||
Tuesday 27 February 2018 | ||||
1R | Brackley Town (6) | P–P | Stockport County (6) | - |
4R | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Bromley (5) | - |
Tie | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | |
Tuesday 6 March 2018 | ||||
1R | Brackley Town (6) | 2–1 | Stockport County (6) | 560 |
3R | Gateshead (5) | 3–2 | Leyton Orient (5) | 684 |
4R | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Bromley (5) | - |
Tuesday 13 March 2018 | ||||
4R | Spennymoor Town (6) | P–P | Bromley (5) | - |
Wednesday 14 March 2018 | ||||
4R | Spennymoor Town (6) | 1–2 | Bromley (5) | 802 |
Match played at Blackwell Meadows, Darlington. | ||||
Semi final fixtures are due to be played on 17 March and 24 March 2018, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required.
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Brackley Town won 3–0 on aggregate----Bromley won 4-3 on aggregate
See main article: article and 2018 FA Trophy Final.