1995–96 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 1995–96 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 176 Macclesfield Town Northwich Victoria 1994-95 1996-97 The 1995–96 FA Trophy was the twenty-seventh season of the FA Trophy. Calendar Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round Prize money First Round Qualifying 14 October 1995 48 176 → 128 96 £1,500 Second Round Qualifying 4 November 1995 32 128 → 96 16 £2,000 Third Round Qualifying 25 November 1995 32 96 → 64 32 £3,000First Round 20 January 1996 32 64 → 32 32 £4,000 Second Round 10 February 1996 16 32 → 16 none £5,000 Third Round 2 March 1996 8 16 → 8 none £6,000 Fourth Round 23 March 1996 4 8 → 4 none £8,000 Semi-finals 13 April and 20 April 1996 2 4 → 2 none £16,000 Final 19 May 1996 1 2 → 1 none £50,000 First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abingdon Town 1-1 Bishop's Stortford 2 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Bradford Park Avenue 3 Alfreton Town 5–0 Congleton Town 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–2 Sudbury Town 5 Atherstone United 2–1 Lincoln United 6 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 1–2 Chorley 7 Barking 0-0 Baldock Town 8 Barrow 3–0 Hinckley Town 9 Barton Rovers 1–3 Crawley Town 10 Bashley 1-1 Margate 11 Berkhamsted Town 1–2 Purfleet 12 Billericay Town 0–4 Wembley 13 Bridgnorth Town 1-1 Leigh R M I 14 Buckingham Town 1-1 Braintree Town 15 Bury Town 1–2 Trowbridge Town 16 Carshalton Athletic 1-1 Dulwich Hamlet 17 Chertsey Town 9–0 Poole Town 18 Curzon Ashton 4–3 Worksop Town 19 Droylsden 0–3 Matlock Town 20 Erith & Belvedere 0–6 Basingstoke Town 21 Fareham Town 2–4 Maidenhead United 22 Farsley Celtic 3–1 Bedworth United 23 Fleetwood 2–1 Whitley Bay 24 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Sittingbourne 25 Harrogate Town 1–4 Grantham Town 26 Harrow Borough 1-1 Marlow 27 Hastings Town 2-2 Havant Town 28 Hendon 2-2 Waterlooville 29 King's Lynn 1–2 Uxbridge 30 Knowsley United 3–2 Moor Green 31 Lancaster City 3–0 Solihull Borough 32 Leyton Pennant 0–1 Fleet Town 33 Newport I O W 1–3 Chesham United 34 Racing Club Warwick 1–0 Warrington Town 35 Radcliffe Borough 3–1 Redditch United 36 Ruislip Manor 3–1 Cinderford Town 37 Salisbury City 2–0 Fisher 38 Staines Town 2–1 Wokingham Town 39 Stourbridge 1–2 Frickley Athletic 40 Sutton Coldfield Town 1-1 Bilston Town 41 Tamworth w/o Caernarfon Town 42 Weston Super Mare 2–6 Bognor Regis Town 43 Weymouth 4–0 Tonbridge Angels 44 Whyteleafe 1–2 Tooting & Mitcham United 45 Winsford United 1-1 Paget Rangers 46 Workington 1-1 Leicester United 47 Worthing 1-1 Thame United 48 Yate Town 3–2 Witney Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bishop's Stortford 5–1 Abingdon Town 2 Bradford Park Avenue 2–3 Accrington Stanley 7 Baldock Town 3–2 Barking 10 Margate 1–2 Bashley 13 Leigh R M I 7–0 Bridgnorth Town 14 Braintree Town 1–0 Buckingham Town 16 Dulwich Hamlet 1-1 Carshalton Athletic 26 Marlow 1–4 Harrow Borough 27 Havant Town 1–0 Hastings Town 28 Waterlooville 0–1 Hendon 40 Bilston Town 4-4 Sutton Coldfield Town 45 Paget Rangers 0–2 Winsford United 46 Leicester United 5–0 Workington 47 Thame United 2–0 Worthing 2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 16 Dulwich Hamlet 1–2 Carshalton Athletic 40 Bilston Town 2–1 Sutton Coldfield Town Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 2-2 Dudley Town 2 Atherstone United 1–3 Accrington Stanley 3 Barrow 0–1 Winsford United 4 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Uxbridge 5 Bilston Town 5–2 Leicester United 6 Bognor Regis Town 2-2 Sittingbourne 7 Braintree Town 4–0 Harrow Borough 8 Carshalton Athletic 5–1 Weymouth 9 Chertsey Town 2-2 Chesham United 10 Clevedon Town 0–4 Worcester City 11 Crawley Town 0–1 Bashley 12 Curzon Ashton 1-1 Lancaster City 13 Eastwood Town 0–1 Chorley 14 Emley 2–1 Racing Club Warwick 15 Evesham United 0–2 Aldershot Town 16 Grantham Town 1–3 Farsley Celtic 17 Great Harwood Town 3–2 Frickley Athletic 18 Hendon 3–0 Gravesend & Northfleet 19 Leigh R M I 0–2 Matlock Town 20 Maidenhead United 0–5 Thame United 21 Newport A F C 2–1 Fleet Town 22 Nuneaton Borough 3–2 Knowsley United 23 Purfleet 6–1 Corby Town 24 Radcliffe Borough 2–0 Fleetwood 25 Salisbury City 2-2 Sudbury Town 26 Staines Town 3–1 Havant Town 27 Tamworth 3–1 Netherfield 28 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–1 Baldock Town 29 Trowbridge Town 1–0 Bishop's Stortford 30 Walton & Hersham 0-0 Oxford City 31 Wembley 1-1 Ruislip Manor 32 Yate Town 1–2 Heybridge Swifts Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Dudley Town 2–0 Alfreton Town 6 Sittingbourne 1–2 Bognor Regis Town 9 Chesham United 2–3 Chertsey Town 12 Lancaster City 3–0 Curzon Ashton 25 Sudbury Town 2-2 Salisbury City 30 Oxford City 5–2 Walton & Hersham 31 Ruislip Manor 1–2 Wembley 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 25 Sudbury Town 3–2 Salisbury City Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 2–3 Gresley Rovers 2 Ashton United 1-1 Lancaster City 3 Bishop Auckland 0-0 Witton Albion 4 Blyth Spartans 3–2 Gretna 5 Boreham Wood 3–0 Heybridge Swifts 6 Bromley 1-1 Oxford City 7 Burton Albion 3-3 Bamber Bridge 8 Cambridge City 2–0 Hendon 9 Carshalton Athletic 1-1 Braintree Town 10 Chelmsford City 2–1 Yeading 11 Chertsey Town 0–1 Purfleet 12 Chorley 3–1 Winsford United 13 Dorchester Town 2–3 Hayes 14 Dudley Town 4–3 V S Rugby 15 Emley 3–1 Great Harwood Town 16 Gloucester City 5–1 Aldershot Town 17 Halesowen Town 0-0 Bilston Town 18 Hitchin Town 1–2 Bognor Regis Town 19 Ilkeston Town 0–5 Gainsborough Trinity 20 Leek Town 0-0 Boston United 21 Matlock Town 1–0 Buxton 22 Molesey 2-2 Staines Town 23 Newport A F C 1–0 Grays Athletic 24 Radcliffe Borough 3–1 Farsley Celtic 25 Rothwell Town 3–2 Uxbridge 26 Spennymoor United 0–2 Nuneaton Borough 27 St Albans City 4–2 Thame United 28 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Tamworth 29 Sudbury Town 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 30 Sutton United 0–1 Trowbridge Town 31 Wembley 2–0 Bashley 32 Worcester City 3–0 Aylesbury United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Lancaster City 0–2 Ashton United 3 Witton Albion 0-0 Bishop Auckland 6 Oxford City 3–2 Bromley 7 Bamber Bridge 2–3 Burton Albion 9 Braintree Town 0–5 Carshalton Athletic 17 Bilston Town 1–4 Halesowen Town 20 Boston United 2–0 Leek Town 22 Staines Town 5–0 Molesey 28 Tamworth 0–3 Stafford Rangers 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Bishop Auckland 3–1 Witton Albion 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Woking, Macclesfield Town, Southport, Altrincham, Stevenage Borough, Kettering Town, Gateshead, Halifax Town, Runcorn, Northwich Victoria, Kidderminster Harriers, Bath City, Bromsgrove Rovers, Farnborough Town, Dagenham & Redbridge, Dover Athletic, Welling United, Stalybridge Celtic, Telford United, Hednesford Town, Morecambe, Slough Town, Merthyr Tydfil, Yeovil Town, Marine, Guiseley, Enfield, Cheltenham Town, Rushden & Diamonds, Hyde United, Colwyn Bay and Kingstonian. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashton United 1–3 Blyth Spartans 2 Bath City 1-1 Yeovil Town 3 Bognor Regis Town 1–0 Worcester City 4 Boston United 1-1 Chorley 5 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–0 Bishop Auckland 6 Burton Albion 3–1 Telford United 7 Cambridge City 1–2 Boreham Wood 8 Carshalton Athletic 3–1 Woking 9 Chelmsford City 0–1 Newport A F C 10 Colwyn Bay 3-3 Altrincham 11 Dover Athletic 2-2 Cheltenham Town 12 Dudley Town 4–2 Halesowen Town 13 Farnborough Town 1-1 Slough Town 14 Gainsborough Trinity 4–1 Nuneaton Borough 15 Gloucester City 5–0 Staines Town 16 Halifax Town 2–1 Southport 17 Hayes 0-0 Enfield 18 Hednesford Town 1-1 Northwich Victoria 19 Kettering Town 1-1 St Albans City 20 Kidderminster Harriers 0-0 Gateshead 21 Macclesfield Town 1–0 Runcorn 22 Marine 0-0 Hyde United 23 Morecambe 2-2 Emley 24 Oxford City 1–2 Merthyr Tydfil 25 Radcliffe Borough 3–2 Matlock Town 26 Rothwell Town 2-2 Welling United 27 Rushden & Diamonds 0–1 Purfleet 28 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Guiseley 29 Stalybridge Celtic 1-1 Gresley Rovers 30 Stevenage Borough 3–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 31 Trowbridge Town 2-2 Sudbury Town 32 Wembley 2–1 Kingstonian Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Yeovil Town 2–3 Bath City 4 Chorley 2–1 Boston United 10 Altrincham 2–0 Colwyn Bay 11 Cheltenham Town 1-1 Dover Athletic 13 Slough Town 4–3 Farnborough Town 17 Enfield 2-2 Hayes 18 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Hednesford Town 19 St Albans City 2–3 Kettering Town 20 Gateshead 2–0 Kidderminster Harriers 22 Hyde United 0-0 Marine 23 Emley 3–1 Morecambe 26 Welling United 3–0 Rothwell Town 28 Guiseley 2–1 Stafford Rangers 29 Gresley Rovers 1–0 Stalybridge Celtic 31 Sudbury Town 1-1 Trowbridge Town 2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 11 Dover Athletic 1–0 Cheltenham Town 17 Enfield 2-2 Hayes 22 Hyde United 3–0 Marine 31 Trowbridge Town 1-1 Sudbury Town 3rd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 17 Hayes 2–0 Enfield 31 Sudbury Town 4–3 Trowbridge Town 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bath City 2–0 Hayes 2 Blyth Spartans 1–2 Gresley Rovers 3 Bognor Regis Town 1–3 Radcliffe Borough 4 Boreham Wood 2–1 Dover Athletic 5 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Newport A F C 6 Chorley 2–0 Gainsborough Trinity 7 Dudley Town 1–2 Merthyr Tydfil 8 Emley 1–2 Gateshead 9 Guiseley 4–0 Altrincham 10 Halifax Town 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers 11 Hyde United 4–1 Welling United 12 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Purfleet 13 Slough Town 1–2 Kettering Town 14 Stevenage Borough 2–1 Burton Albion 15 Sudbury Town 3–1 Gloucester City 16 Wembley 0–2 Northwich Victoria 3rd round Ties + 2 March 1996 Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bath City (5) 1-1 Bromsgrove Rovers (5) 2 Boreham Wood (6) 1-1 Chorley (6) 3 Guiseley (6) 1–2 Gresley Rovers (6) 4 Hyde United (6) 3–2 Carshalton Athletic (6) 5 Macclesfield Town (5) 1–0 Sudbury Town (6) 6 Merthyr Tydfil (6) 1-1 Northwich Victoria (5) 7 Radcliffe Borough (7) 1–2 Gateshead (5) 8 Stevenage Borough (5) 3–0 Kettering Town (5) Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 Bath City 2 Chorley 4–3 Boreham Wood 6 Northwich Victoria 2-2 Merthyr Tydfil 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Northwich Victoria 3–0 Merthyr Tydfil 4th round Ties + 23 March 1996 Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bromsgrove Rovers (5) 0–1 Northwich Victoria (5) 2 Chorley (6) 3–1 Gateshead (5) 3 Gresley Rovers (6) 0–2 Macclesfield Town (5) 4 Hyde United (6) 3–2 Stevenage Borough (5) Semi finals First leg + 13 April 1996 Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hyde United (6) 1–2 Northwich Victoria (5) 2 Macclesfield Town (5) 3–1 Chorley (6) Second leg + 20 April 1996 Tie Home team Score Away team Aggregate 1 Northwich Victoria (5) 1–0 Hyde United (6) 3–1 2 Chorley (6) 1-1 Macclesfield Town (5) 2–4 Final Tie + 19 May 1996 Home team Score Away team Northwich Victoria (5) (Williams) 1–3 Macclesfield Town (5) (Payne, Burgess OG, Hemmings) References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1995-96 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy