1973–74 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 1973–74 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 200 Morecambe 1 Dartford 1972–73 1974–75 The 1973–74 FA Trophy was the fifth season of the FA Trophy. Preliminary round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Cinderford Town 3-0 Gloucester City 2 Cowes 1-3 Bognor Regis Town 3 Fleetwood 1-3 Netherfield 4 Guildford City 2-1 Andover 5 Hednesford Town 1-0 Brereton Social 6 Retford Town 1-0 Goole Town 7 Soham Town Rangers 1-2 Wisbech Town 8 Weston-Super-Mere 2-1 Glastonbury First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 A P Leamington 1-1 Heanor Town 2 Accrington Stanley 4-2 Netherfield 3 Alfreton Town 6-1 Spalding United 4 Ashton United 1-2 Hyde United 5 Barnstaple Town 1-1 Bridgend Town 6 Barton Town 2-3 Bridlington Trinity 7 Basingstoke Town 1-1 Salisbury 8 Bath City 2-1 Cinderford Town 9 Bethesda Athletic 0-1 Nantlle Vale 10 Blaenau Ffestiniog 2-2 Rhyl 11 Bletchley 3-1 Bury Town 12 Boston 2-1 Louth United 13 Bourne Town 3-1 Holbeach United 14 Brierley Hill Alliance 2-0 Halesowen Town 15 Caernarfon Town 1-4 Pwllheli & District 16 Congleton Town 1-2 Formby 17 Crawley Town 2-1 Bognor Regis Town 18 Darwen 1-1 Rossendale United 19 Droylsden 2-2 Clitheroe 20 Eastwood Hanley 0-2 Leek Town 21 Ellesmere Port Town 0-2 Connah's Quay Nomads 22 Ely City 1-1 Skegness Town 23 Enderby Town 0-1 Darlaston 24 Falmouth Town 2-0 Ton Pentre 25 Ferndale Athletic 0-0 Weston-super-Mare 26 Folkestone 2-0 Ramsgate 27 Frickley Colliery 3-0 Retford Town 28 Frome Town 0-1 Trowbridge Town 29 Glossop 0-1 Woolley Miners Welfare 30 Gornal Athletic 0-1 Dudley Town 31 Gresley Rovers 1-2 Belper Town 32 Hatfield Main 3-1 Boldon Colliery Welfare 33 Hinckley Athletic 0-3 Bedworth United 34 Histon 1-1 Sudbury Town 35 Horden Colliery Welfare W/O Gateshead 36 Horwich R M I 0-2 Skelmersdale United 37 Kimberley Town 1-0 Eastwood Town 38 Long Eaton United 1-0 Desborough Town 39 Lowestoft Town 2-0 Wisbech Town 40 Lye Town 2-1 Hednesford 41 Maidstone United 3-1 Deal Town 42 Metropolitan Police 1-3 Gravesend & Northfleet 43 Nantwich Town 2-1 Winsford United 44 Nelson 1-4 Worksop Town 45 New Mills 1-1 New Brighton 46 Oswestry Town 1-1 Portmadoc 47 Poole Town 2-3 Guildford City 48 Radcliffe Borough 0-0 Runcorn 49 Redditch United 2-1 Atherstone Town 50 Rushden Town 0-0 Sutton Town 51 Sheppey United 2-3 Chatham Town 52 Sittingbourne 1-3 Dunstable 53 St Helens Town 4-3 Leyland Motors 54 St Neots Town 4-3 Potton United 55 Stalybridge Celtic 2-1 Bacup Borough 56 Stamford 5-2 March Town United 57 Stevenage Athletic 2-1 Biggleswade Town 58 Taunton Town 5-0 Chippenham Town 59 Wadebridge Town 5-1 St Blazey 60 Waterlooville 4-1 Fleet Town 61 Wealdstone 4-0 Hatfield Town 62 Welton Rovers 1-1 Bridport 63 Whitstable Town 1-4 Canterbury City 64 Winterton Rangers 3-1 Brigg Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Heanor Town 0-3 A P Leamington 5 Bridgend Town 2-2 Barnstaple Town 7 Salisbury 3-0 Basingstoke Town 10 Rhyl 4-3 Blaenau Ffestiniog 18 Rossendale United 2-0 Darwen 19 Clitheroe 0-4 Droylsden 22 Skegness Town 1-2 Ely City 25 Weston-super-Mare 1-0 Ferndale Athletic 34 Sudbury Town 3-1 Histon 45 New Brighton 2-0 New Mills 46 Portmadoc 4-0 Oswestry Town 48 Runcorn 1-0 Radcliffe Borough 50 Sutton Town 3-0 Rushden Town 62 Bridport 0-2 Welton Rovers 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Barnstaple Town 3-2 Bridgend Town Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 2-1 Rossendale United 2 Barnstaple Town 1-3 Falmouth Town 3 Bath City 1-0 Trowbridge Town 4 Bletchley 0-0 Stevenage Athletic 5 Boston 1-1 Bourne Town 6 Brierley Hill Alliance 2-3 Bedworth United 7 Chatham Town 2-0 Salisbury 8 Darlaston 2-2 A P Leamington 9 Droylsden 4-3 St Helens Town 10 Ely City 3-6 Alfreton Town 11 Folkestone 0-4 Canterbury City 12 Hatfield Main 1-2 Frickley Colliery 13 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-2 Bridlington Trinity 14 Kimberley Town 2-0 Sutton Town 15 Lowestoft Town 2-2 Sudbury Town 16 Lye Town 0-1 Dudley Town 17 Maidstone United 1-0 Crawley Town 18 Nantwich Town 2-1 New Brighton 19 Portmadoc 8-1 Connah's Quay Nomads 20 Pwllheli & District 2-2 Nantlle Vale 21 Redditch United 1-2 Belper Town 22 Rhyl 2-2 Leek Town 23 Runcorn 1-2 Formby 24 Skelmersdale United 0-1 Hyde United 25 St Neots Town 1-1 Gravesend & Northfleet 26 Stamford 3-1 Long Eaton United 27 Taunton Town 4-0 Weston-super-Mare 28 Waterlooville 0-1 Guildford City 29 Wealdstone 3-0 Dunstable 30 Welton Rovers 4-0 Wadebridge Town 31 Winterton Rangers 2-3 Stalybridge Celtic 32 Woolley Miners Welfare 2-3 Worksop Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Stevenage Athletic 1-2 Bletchley 5 Bourne Town 0-0 Boston 8 A P Leamington 0-1 Darlaston 15 Sudbury Town 1-2 Lowestoft Town 20 Nantlle Vale 1-2 Pwllheli & District 22 Leek Town 1-0 Rhyl 25 Gravesend & Northfleet 4-1 St Neots Town 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Boston 4-0 Bourne Town Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 0-1 Pwllheli & District 2 Arnold 1-2 Worksop Town 3 Banbury United 2-1 Dudley Town 4 Bath City 0-2 Falmouth Town 5 Bedworth United 2-2 Stamford 6 Bilston 0-0 Nuneaton Borough 7 Boston United 6-0 Chatham Town 8 Bradford Park Avenue 7-0 Kimberley Town 9 Bridgwater Town 1-2 Taunton Town 10 Bridlington Trinity 3-1 Denaby United 11 Cambridge City 1-1 Margate 12 Darlaston 0-1 Tamworth 13 Gainsborough Trinity 2-2 Frickley Colliery 14 Guildford City 3-1 Gravesend & Northfleet 15 Kettering Town 5-0 Wellingborough Town 16 King's Lynn 1-0 Tonbridge 17 Lancaster City 1-4 Leek Town 18 Lowestoft Town 1-2 Bletchley 19 Maidstone United 1-2 Canterbury City 20 Matlock Town 1-1 Belper Town 21 Merthyr Tydfil 2-0 Corby Town 22 Mexborough Town 4-0 Stockton 23 Minehead 1-0 Bideford 24 Nantwich Town 2-0 Accrington Stanley 25 Northwich Victoria 3-0 Great Harwood 26 Portmadoc 2-3 Mossley 27 Sandbach Ramblers 1-1 Hyde United 28 South Shields W/O Alfreton Town 29 Stalybridge Celtic 1-0 Droylsden 30 Wealdstone 6-1 Boston 31 Welton Rovers 3-0 Dorchester Town 32 Witton Albion 1-1 Formby Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Stamford 0-1 Boston United 6 Nuneaton Borough 2-1 Bilston 11 Margate 2-1 Cambridge City 13 Frickley Colliery 2-3 Gainsborough Trinity 20 Belper Town 2-4 Matlock Town 27 Hyde United 0-1 Sandbach Ramblers 32 Formby 2-2 Witton Albion 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 32 Witton Albion 2-3 Formby 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Scarborough, Stafford Rangers, Barrow, Telford United, Macclesfield Town, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Yeovil Town, Wigan Athletic, Bangor City, Kidderminster Harriers, Bromsgrove Rovers, Burscough, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Grantham, Buxton, Burton Albion, Bedford Town, Dover, Hastings United, Stourbridge, Dartford, South Liverpool, Chorley, Ilkeston Town, Morecambe, Ashford Town (Kent) and Bexley United. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-3 Dartford 2 Bangor City 2-0 Bridlington Trinity 3 Bedford Town 3-2 Chelmsford City 4 Bedworth United 2-3 Stourbridge 5 Bexley United 1-2 Banbury United 6 Bradford Park Avenue 0-1 Buxton 7 Bromsgrove Rovers 3-1 King's Lynn 8 Burscough 2-0 Mossley 9 Canterbury City 1-2 Bletchley 10 Falmouth Town 0-1 Minehead 11 Grantham 4-1 Ilkeston Town 12 Guildford City 2-1 Yeovil Town 13 Hastings United 1-0 Barnet 14 Kettering Town 1-1 Nuneaton Borough 15 Leek Town 0-1 Northwich Victoria 16 Macclesfield Town 2-1 Tamworth 17 Margate 2-0 Dover 18 Merthyr Tydfil 3-3 Welton Rovers 19 Mexborough Town 0-3 Morecambe 20 Pwllheli & District 2-3 Barrow 21 Romford 2-1 Hillingdon Borough 22 Sandbach Ramblers 3-0 Nantwich Town 23 Scarborough 1-0 Gainsborough Trinity 24 South Shields 1-1 Matlock Town 25 Stafford Rangers 5-1 South Liverpool 26 Stalybridge Celtic 3-3 Formby 27 Taunton Town 0-1 Worcester City 28 Telford United 5-1 Chorley 29 Weymouth 2-1 Kidderminster Harriers 30 Wigan Athletic 2-3 Boston United 31 Wimbledon 0-1 Wealdstone 32 Worksop Town 2-1 Burton Albion Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 14 Nuneaton Borough 1-1 Kettering Town 18 Welton Rovers 0-3 Merthyr Tydfil 24 Matlock Town 2-3 South Shields 26 Formby 0-0 Stalybridge Celtic 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 14 Kettering Town 1-0 Nuneaton Borough 26 Stalybridge Celtic 2-0 Formby 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Banbury United 0-0 Guildford City 2 Barrow 0-2 Stafford Rangers 3 Bedford Town 1-0 Stourbridge 4 Boston United 2-1 Telford United 5 Burscough 1-1 South Shields 6 Buxton 3-2 Stalybridge Celtic 7 Dartford 0-0 Minehead 8 Grantham 3-0 Scarborough 9 Kettering Town 2-2 Bromsgrove Rovers 10 Margate 2-2 Weymouth 11 Morecambe 2-1 Bangor City 12 Romford 2-1 Merthyr Tydfil 13 Sandbach Ramblers 2-0 Northwich Victoria 14 Wealdstone 5-2 Hastings United 15 Worcester City 5-1 Bletchley 16 Worksop Town 2-2 Macclesfield Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Guildford City 1-2 Banbury United 5 South Shields 1-0 Burscough 7 Minehead 1-2 Dartford 9 Bromsgrove Rovers 0-3 Kettering Town 10 Weymouth 1-0 Margate 16 Macclesfield Town 4-0 Worksop Town 3rd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Dartford 1-1 Banbury United 2 Grantham 0-0 Bedford Town 3 Macclesfield Town 3-0 Buxton 4 Morecambe 0-0 Kettering Town 5 Romford 1-1 Stafford Rangers 6 Wealdstone 1-1 South Shields 7 Weymouth 3-0 Boston United 8 Worcester City 4-3 Sandbach Ramblers Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Banbury United 2-2 Dartford 2 Bedford Town 4-0 Grantham 4 Kettering Town 1-2 Morecambe 5 Stafford Rangers 2-0 Romford 6 South Shields 2-1 Wealdstone 2nd Replay +TieHome teamScoreAway team1†Banbury United0-1Dartford † The match was played at Bedford Town. 4th round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bedford Town 0-1 Morecambe 2 South Shields 0-0 Worcester City 3 Stafford Rangers 0-0 Macclesfield Town 4 Weymouth 1-2 Dartford Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Worcester City 0-2 South Shields 3 Macclesfield Town 2-0 Stafford Rangers Semi finals First leg Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Macclesfield Town 0-0 Dartford 2 South Shields 0-1 Morecambe Second leg Tie Home team Score Away team Aggregate 1 Dartford 2-1 Macclesfield Town 2-1 2 Morecambe 2-0 South Shields 3-0 Final Home team Score Away team Morecambe 2-1 Dartford References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1973-74 https://web.archive.org/web/20080720070057/http://www.fchd.info/cups/fatrophy1973-74.htm 2008-07-20 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy