2008–09 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 2008–09 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 263 Stevenage Borough York City 262 2007–08 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 Clubs New entries this round Prize money Preliminary round 4 October 2008 51 263→212 102 £1,000 First round qualifying 18 October 2008 72 212→140 93 £2,300 Second round qualifying 1 November 2008 36 140→104 none £3,000 Third round qualifying 22 November 2008 40 104→64 44 £4,000 First round 13 December 2008 32 64→32 24 £5,000 Second round 10 January 2009 16 32→16 none £6,000 Third round 31 January 2009 8 16→8 none £7,000 Fourth round 21 February 2009 4 8→4 none £8,000 Semi-finals 14 March and 21 March 2009 2 4→2 none £16,000 Final 9 May 2009 1 2 → 1 none Winner: £50,000 Loser: £25,000 Preliminary round Ties were played on 4 October 2008. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Trafford 8–1 Rossendale United 121 2 Retford United 1–2 Kidsgrove Athletic 173 3 Clitheroe 4–1 Grantham Town 195 4 Brigg Town 4–0 Willenhall Town 98 5 Durham City 1–1 Curzon Ashton 171 6 Romulus 3–2 Loughborough Dynamo 77 7 Goole 1–1 Nuneaton Town 253 8 Spalding United 2–1 Wakefield 70 9 Lancaster City 1–0 Leek Town 146 10 Rushall Olympic 2–1 Ossett Albion 71 11 Garforth Town 2–0 Belper Town 143 12 Skelmersdale United 2–1 Shepshed Dynamo 164 13 Chorley 0–0 Warrington Town 209 14 Woodley Sports 0–1 Quorn 92 15 Harrogate Railway Athletic 2–1 Halifax Town 347 16 Carlton Town 2–1 Atherstone Town 82 17 Sheffield 5–3 Bamber Bridge 242 18 Mossley 1–5 Stocksbridge Park Steels 191 19 Salford City 2–0 Gresley Rovers 113 20 Aveley 2–0 Ilford 84 21 Waltham Forest 1–4 AFC Sudbury 65 22 Wingate & Finchley 2–1 Ware 60 23 Great Wakering Rovers 5–3 Ashford Town 112 24 Northwood 2–0 Whyteleafe 101 25 Merstham 4–1 Arlesey Town 101 26 Metropolitan Police 0–0 Waltham Abbey 81 27 Kingstonian 2–3 Whitstable Town 294 28 Rothwell Town 2–2 Tilbury 66 29 Leatherhead 1–2 Sittingbourne 140 30 Leighton Town 7–1 Chipstead 88 31 Bury Town 2–1 Barton Rovers 214 32 Maldon Town 0–1 Cheshunt 72 33 Crowborough Athletic 3–0 Eastbourne Town 142 34 Folkestone Invicta 1–1 Chatham Town 208 35 Leyton 1–4 Dulwich Hamlet 83 36 Potters Bar Town 0–2 Brentwood Town 84 37 East Thurrock United 2–1 Thamesmead Town 97 38 Concord Rangers 4–1 Woodford United 79 39 Walton Casuals 4–3 Hillingdon Borough 85 40 Godalming Town 1–5 Enfield Town 169 41 Corinthian-Casuals 1–3 Worthing 110 42 Soham Town Rangers 1–0 Redbridge 113 43 Burgess Hill Town 3–1 Dunstable Town 170 44 Bracknell Town 2–0 Malvern Town 68 45 Aylesbury United 2–0 Bridgwater Town 186 46 Didcot Town 1–2 Andover 182 47 Winchester City 3–0 Taunton Town 119 48 Fleet Town 3–1 Beaconsfield SYCOB 98 49 Cinderford Town 2–4 Truro City 116 50 Paulton Rovers 1–1 Thatcham Town 105 51 Marlow 2–0 Cirencester Town 117 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Curzon Ashton 1–2 Durham City 147 7 Nuneaton Town 0–1 Goole 258 13 Warrington Town 3–0 Chorley 128 26 Waltham Abbey 1–2 Metropolitan Police 88 28 Tilbury 2–0 Rothwell Town 57 34 Chatham Town 2–0 Folkestone Invicta 154 50 Thatcham Town 2–0 Paulton Rovers 110 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 Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Romulus 1–1 Garforth Town 81 2 Harrogate Railway Athletic 0–1 Leigh Genesis 129 3 Stourbridge 6–0 Salford City 162 4 Rushall Olympic 0–0 Bedworth United 90 5 Witton Albion 0–1 Worksop Town 219 6 Whitby Town 3–2 Trafford 223 7 Hednesford Town 3–1 Quorn 338 8 Ashton United 2–1 Lincoln United 103 9 Matlock Town 0–1 Warrington Town 242 10 FC United of Manchester 1–0 Radcliffe Borough 1,227 11 Brigg Town 1–5 Marine 131 12 Boston United 6–0 Kidsgrove Athletic 797 13 Skelmersdale United 1–0 Sheffield 201 14 Guiseley 0–1 Ossett Town 272 15 Glapwell 3–2 Leamington 203 16 Colwyn Bay 2–2 Chasetown 268 17 Stocksbridge Park Steels 3–1 Goole 143 18 Lancaster City 3–3 Rugby Town 166 19 Spalding United 0–0 North Ferriby United 154 20 Frickley Athletic 0–2 Nantwich Town 187 21 Prescot Cables 0–3 Cammell Laird 249 22 Stamford 3–0 Kendal Town 210 23 Durham City 4–4 Halesowen Town 202 24 Bradford Park Avenue 1–2 Clitheroe 294 25 Eastwood Town 0–2 Ilkeston Town 504 26 Newcastle Blue Star 2–2 Sutton Coldfield Town 119 27 Buxton 5–3 Carlton Town 302 28 Concord Rangers 3–1 Billericay Town 291 29 Uxbridge 2–1 Walton & Hersham 129 30 Walton Casuals 0–0 Heybridge Swifts 83 31 Whitstable Town 3–4 Brackley Town 170 32 Worthing 2–0 Merstham 318 33 Maidstone United 1–1 AFC Hornchurch 384 34 Crowborough Athletic 0–2 Northwood 87 35 Wingate & Finchley 1–1 Ashford Town (Middx) 80 36 Brentwood Town 2–3 AFC Sudbury 223 37 Wealdstone 1–0 Croydon Athletic 195 38 Bedford Town 1–2 Corby Town 374 39 Hemel Hempstead Town 6–0 AFC Hayes 147 40 Metropolitan Police 0–2 Dulwich Hamlet 111 41 Soham Town Rangers 6–0 Witham Town 127 42 Aveley 1–2 Hitchin Town 108 43 Tilbury 1–1 Cray Wanderers 67 44 Harrow Borough 2–1 Chatham Town 101 45 Staines Town 0–2 Dover Athletic 320 46 Boreham Wood 2–0 Burgess Hill Town 89 47 Tonbridge Angels 2–3 Ramsgate 372 48 Dartford 2–1 Harlow Town 851 49 Bury Town 1–0 Leighton Town 201 50 Enfield Town 0–2 Great Wakering Rovers 208 51 Cambridge City 1–1 Canvey Island 312 52 Cheshunt 1–2 East Thurrock United 125 53 Horsham 4–2 Sittingbourne 199 54 Margate 0–1 Hendon 362 55 Hastings United 3–1 Carshalton Athletic 320 56 Sutton United 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 511 57 Tiverton Town 5–2 North Leigh 344 58 Mangotsfield United 0–2 Bashley 134 59 Yate Town 1–1 Stourport Swifts 132 60 Andover 3–2 Gosport Borough 115 61 Banbury United 0–1 Burnham 217 62 Merthyr Tydfil 4–1 Bishop's Cleeve 274 63 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–4 Gloucester City 362 64 Evesham United 4–0 Clevedon Town 110 65 Winchester City 0–5 Windsor & Eton 163 66 Bracknell Town 2–4 Swindon Supermarine 102 67 Farnborough 4–0 Marlow 348 68 Thatcham Town 5–4 Slough Town 177 69 Truro City 3–3 Chesham United 511 70 Oxford City 3–1 Aylesbury United 299 71 AFC Totton 3–2 Abingdon United 111 72 Chippenham Town 2–1 Fleet Town 316 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Garforth Town 3–4 Romulus 78 4 Bedworth United 4–1 Rushall Olympic 79 16 Chasetown 2–1 Colwyn Bay 341 18 Rugby Town 2–0 Lancaster City 131 19 North Ferriby United 2–0 Spalding United 89 23 Halesowen Town 0–1 Durham City 311 26 Sutton Coldfield Town 4–1 Newcastle Blue Star 55 30 Heybridge Swifts 3–2 Walton Casuals 94 33 AFC Hornchurch 1–2 Maidstone United 257 35 Ashford Town (Middx) 2–4 Wingate & Finchley 52 43 Cray Wanderers 1–0 Tilbury 78 51 Canvey Island 0–0 Cambridge City 245 Cambridge City won 4–2 on penalties 59 Stourport Swifts 1–3 Yate Town 73 69 Chesham United 2–1 Truro City 279 Second round qualifying Ties will be played on 1 November 2007 Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Worksop Town 0–3 FC United of Manchester 599 2 Chasetown 1–1 North Ferriby United 377 3 Buxton 0–1 Skelmersdale United 345 4 Ossett Town 1–0 Bedworth United 110 5 Ashton United 0–2 Ilkeston Town 142 6 Clitheroe 2–4 Boston United 359 7 Marine 1–2 Durham City 206 8 Romulus 2–2 Warrington Town 115 9 Stourbridge 2–1 Evesham United 198 10 Leigh Genesis 1–5 Cammell Laird 94 11 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–3 Glapwell 103 12 Rugby Town 1–3 Nantwich Town 238 13 Stamford 3–4 Hednesford Town 245 14 Stocksbridge Park Steels 0–2 Whitby Town 153 15 Swindon Supermarine 2–0 Maidstone United 333 16 Great Wakering Rovers 1–1 AFC Sudbury 130 17 Soham Town Rangers 0–5 Farnborough 188 18 East Thurrock United 4–2 Gloucester City 134 19 Boreham Wood 1–2 Uxbridge 77 20 Northwood 1–4 Brackley Town 115 21 Hendon 1–2 Sutton United 269 22 Harrow Borough 2–3 Hastings United 111 23 Dover Athletic 2–3 Cambridge City 509 24 Heybridge Swifts 0–0 Chippenham Town 169 25 Andover 3–2 Merthyr Tydfil 180 26 Burnham 0–5 Windsor & Eton 181 27 Dulwich Hamlet 0–3 Bury Town 245 28 Dartford 3–3 Oxford City 749 29 Horsham 1–2 Cray Wanderers 158 30 Hitchin Town 3–6 Ramsgate 246 31 Corby Town 2–3 Chesham United 279 32 Yate Town 1–3 Bashley 148 33 Thatcham Town 0–4 AFC Totton 138 34 Concord Rangers 1–3 Hemel Hempstead Town 117 35 Wealdstone 1–2 Tiverton Town 220 36 Wingate & Finchley 1–0Worthing 100 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 2 North Ferriby United 1–4 Chasetown 111 8 Warrington Town 3–1 Romulus 88 16 AFC Sudbury 4–3 Great Wakering Rovers 201 24 Chippenham Town 0–1 Heybridge Swifts 223 28 Oxford City 2–4 Dartford 219 Third round qualifying Ties will be played on 22 November 2007 Teams from Conference North and Conference South entered in this round. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Hinckley United 1–2 Burscough 251 2 King's Lynn 3–2 Stafford Rangers 749 3 Solihull Moors 1–2 Durham City 196 4 Ossett Town 3–1 Fleetwood Town 151 5 Whitby Town 0–3 Stalybridge Celtic 176 6 Redditch United 1–1 Cammell Laird 200 7 Tamworth 0–1 Workington 433 8 Warrington Town 0–1 Nantwich Town 232 9 FC United of Manchester 1–3 Boston United 936 10 Vauxhall Motors 0–0 Southport 278 11 Chasetown 1–2 Ilkeston Town 471 12 Farsley Celtic 2–0 Droylsden 207 13 Gainsborough Trinity 0–2 AFC Telford United 444 14 Hyde United 1–1 Hednesford Town 275 15 Blyth Spartans 3–4 Alfreton Town 446 16 Stourbridge 3–2 Hucknall Town 176 17 Gateshead 0–2 Harrogate Town 217 18 Glapwell 0–1 Skelmersdale United 169 19 Uxbridge 2–1 Dorchester Town 110 20 Fisher Athletic 1–2 Havant & Waterlooville 170 21 Weston-super-Mare 0–2 AFC Sudbury 218 22 Team Bath 2–1 Windsor & Eton 114 23 Swindon Supermarine 1–0 Bromley 229 24 Braintree Town 1–1 Farnborough 212 25 Basingstoke Town 1–0 Thurrock 202 26 Cambridge City 1–0 Hastings United 302 27 Bath City 5–1 East Thurrock United 359 28 Wingate & Finchley 1–1 Sutton United 149 29 Maidenhead United 2–4 Chesham United 255 30 St Albans City 0–0 Dartford 525 31 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–2 Bury Town 334 32 Cray Wanderers 0–3 Brackley Town 112 33 Eastleigh 0–2 Bashley 424 34 Andover 0–3 Newport County 264 35 Worcester City 1–3 AFC Wimbledon 895 36 Ramsgate 0–2 Bognor Regis Town 247 37 Hayes & Yeading United 1–0 Chelmsford City 347 38 Welling United 1–1 AFC Totton 309 39 Hemel Hempstead Town 5–1 Heybridge Swifts 168 40 Bishop's Stortford 0–0 Tiverton Town 271 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 6 Cammell Laird 0–2 Redditch United 132 10 Southport 2–1 Vauxhall Motors 224 14 Hednesford Town 5–0 Hyde United 263 24 Farnborough 6–2 Braintree Town 321 28 Sutton United 2–2 Wingate & Finchley 212 Wingate & Finchley won 4–3 on penalties 30 Dartford 1–1 St Albans City 542 St Albans City won 4–2 on penalties 38 AFC Totton 1–2 Welling United 232 40 Tiverton Town 1–0 Bishop's Stortford 290 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 Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Altrincham 1–4 Southport 609 2 Durham City 2–0 Harrogate Town 232 3 Northwich Victoria 0–2 York City 393 4 Wrexham 2–1 Mansfield Town 1,559 5 Hednesford Town 3–2 Nantwich Town 264 6 Burton Albion 1–1 Farsley Celtic 923 7 Ilkeston Town 3–2 Ossett Town 205 8 Barrow 2–1 Skelmersdale United 743 9 Alfreton Town 0–1 Redditch United 192 10 Kidderminster Harriers 3–1 Burscough 685 11 Workington 4–3 King's Lynn 240 12 Stourbridge 1–6 Stalybridge Celtic 148 13 Boston United 1–2 AFC Telford United 895 14 Swindon Supermarine 1–0 Eastbourne Borough 302 15 Stevenage Borough 4–1 St Albans City 737 16 Cambridge City 1–4 Kettering Town 437 17 AFC Sudbury 0–2 Oxford United 434 18 Bashley 2–2 Tiverton Town 165 19 Welling United 2–0 Weymouth 262 20 Histon 2–3 Cambridge United 1,146 21 Forest Green Rovers 5–1 Hemel Hempstead Town 509 22 Bognor Regis Town 0–2 Ebbsfleet United 299 23 Farnborough 3–1 Wingate & Finchley 304 24 Uxbridge 2–1 AFC Wimbledon 582 25 Hayes & Yeading United 2–0 Grays Athletic 158 26 Havant & Waterlooville 3–1 Bury Town 232 27 Torquay United 2–0 Bath City 1,176 28 Woking 1–2 Salisbury City 506 29 Basingstoke Town 3–1 Brackley Town 221 30 Newport County 1–1 Rushden & Diamonds 633 31 Chesham United 2–4 Crawley Town 399 32 Team Bath 1–2 Lewes 206 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance6 Farsley Celtic 2–2 Burton Albion 262 Burton Albion won 3–2 on penalties18 Tiverton Town 2–1 Bashley 43630 Rushden & Diamonds 1–1 Newport County 421 Rushden & Diamonds won 5–3 on penalties Second round Ties will be played on 10 January 2009. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Lewes 3–3 Havant & Waterlooville 258 2 Ilkeston Town 3–5 Kidderminster Harriers 401 3 Burton Albion 3–0 Salisbury City 1,472 4 Basingstoke Town 1–2 Wrexham 597 5 Hednesford Town 4–3 Welling United 346 6 Forest Green Rovers 5–0 Redditch United 441 7 Tiverton Town 1–1 Kettering Town 604 8 Durham City 1–1 Southport 387 9 AFC Telford United 4–0 Hayes & Yeading United 986 10 Farnborough 0–2 Stevenage Borough 705 11 Torquay United 1–0 Rushden & Diamonds 1,728 12 Ebbsfleet United 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 467 13 Barrow 0–3 Workington 1,614 14 Uxbridge 1–6 Swindon Supermarine 203 15 Oxford United 1–2 York City 1,958 16 Cambridge United 0–5 Crawley Town 1,233 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Havant & Waterlooville 4–3 Lewes 302 7 Kettering Town 1–1 Tiverton Town 816 Kettering Town won 4-1 on penalties8 Southport 3–1 Durham City 553 Third round Ties will be played on 31 January 2009. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Kettering Town 0–1 AFC Telford United 1,692 2 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 York City 1,113 3 Workington 1–3 Wrexham 1,029 4 Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Hednesford Town 768 5 Ebbsfleet United 2–0 Swindon Supermarine 3,750 6 Havant & Waterlooville 2–0 Crawley Town 413 7 Southport 3–0 Torquay United 980 8 Stevenage Borough 4–0 Burton Albion 1,296 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 2 York City 1–1 Kidderminster Harriers 683 York City won 13–12 on penalties Fourth round Ties will be played on 21 February 2009. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Wrexham 0–0 Ebbsfleet United 3,021 2 Stevenage Borough 4–0 Forest Green Rovers 1,349 3 AFC Telford United 2–2 Southport 2,059 4 York City 2–0 Havant & Waterlooville 1,679 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Ebbsfleet United 3–1 Wrexham 992 3 Southport 0–1 AFC Telford United Semi-finals First leg 14 March 2009 15:00 Stevenage Borough 3 – 2 Ebbsfleet United Morison 7Boylan 32Bridges 81 Barrett 61Long 72 The Lamex Stadium, Stevenage 2,344 14 March 2009 15:00 AFC Telford United 0 – 2 York City Rusk 10Purkiss 68 New Bucks Head, Telford 2,792 Second leg 21 March 2009 15:00 Ebbsfleet United 0 – 1 Stevenage Borough Vincenti 90 Stonebridge Road, Northfleet 3,008 21 March 2009 15:00 York City 2 – 1 AFC Telford United Brodie 17McBreen 62 Brown 86 Bootham Crescent, York 3,512 Final 2009 FA Trophy Final 9 May 2009 14:00 Stevenage Borough 2–0 http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8036407.stm York City Morison 69 Boylan 90 Wembley Stadium, London 27,102 Michael Jones References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2008-09 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy