1972–73 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 1972–73 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 200 Scarborough 1 Wigan Athletic 1971–72 1973–74 The 1972–73 FA Trophy was the fourth season of the FA Trophy. Preliminary round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bedworth United 4-0 Warley 2 Bury Town 4-2 Ely City 3 Deal Town 0-3 Sittingbourne 4 Heanor Town 3-3 Worksop Town 5 Lye Town 3-3 Hinckley Athletic 6 Portmadoc 0-4 New Brighton 7 Stamford 0-1 Wisbech Town 8 Wealdstone 1-0 Waterlooville Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Worksop Town 4-0 Heanor Town 5 Hinckley Athletic 2-2 Lye Town 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Lye Town 2-4 Hinckley Athletic First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Boldon Colliery Welfare 2 Alfreton Town 5-1 Clifton All Whites 3 Andover 2-4 Wealdstone 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-1 Folkestone 5 Bacup Borough 2-0 Leyland Motors 6 Barton Town 5-1 Woolley Miners Welfare 7 Basingstoke Town 2-3 Winchester City 8 Bedworth United 3-1 Halesowen Town 9 Belper Town 0-0 Eastwood Town 10 Bethesda Athletic 5-5 Holyhead Town 11 Bletchley 4-0 Dunstable 12 Bodmin Town 1-4 Falmouth Town 13 Bridgend Town 1-2 Taunton Town 14 Bridport 1-0 Glastonbury 15 Brierley Hill Alliance 1-0 Lower Gornal Alliance 16 Bury Town 2-1 Holbeach United 17 Canterbury City 1-0 Ramsgate Athletic 18 Cheltenham Town 2-1 Cowes 19 Cinderford Town 0-1 Bath City 20 Clitheroe 2-2 Horden Colliery Welfare 21 Congleton Town 1-0 Glossop 22 Crawley Town 3-2 Metropolitan Police 23 Darlaston 3-1 Hinckley Athletic 24 Desborough Town 2-3 Bourne Town 25 Droylsden 1-2 Ashton United 26 Ellesmere Port Town 1-1 Runcorn 27 Frickley Colliery 0-3 Worksop Town 28 Frome Town 0-1 Llanelli 29 Gateshead{1} 1-2 Darwen 30 Gravesend & Northfleet 4-1 Sittingbourne 31 Gresley Rovers 0-0 Atherstone Town 32 Hatfield Town 3-1 Whitstable Town 33 Hednesford 0-3 Dudley Town 34 Horwich R M I 2-1 Formby 35 Hyde United 4-3 New Mills{1} 36 Leek Town 4-1 Oswestry Town 37 Long Eaton United 1-2 Enderby Town 38 Louth United 1-2 Bridlington Trinity 39 March Town United 4-1 Lowestoft Town 40 Mexborough Town 3-1 Sutton Town 41 Nantwich Town 0-1 Sandbach Ramblers 42 Nelson 0-6 Rossendale United 43 Netherfield 4-0 Fleetwood 44 Potton United 3-0 Biggleswade Town 45 Radcliffe Borough 5-1 Stalybridge Celtic 46 Redditch United 3-0 Lockheed Leamington 47 Retford Town 4-3 Hatfield Main 48 Rhyl 0-0 Blaenau Ffestiniog 49 Rugby Town 6-1 Loughborough United 50 Rushden Town 0-1 Maidstone United 51 Salisbury 1-0 Guildford City 52 Sheppey United 1-2 Chatham Town 53 Skegness Town 2-2 Wisbech Town 54 Skelmersdale United 4-0 Connah's Quay Nomads 55 Soham Town Rangers 2-3 Histon 56 Spalding United 0-2 Boston 57 St Helens Town 0-0 New Brighton 58 Stevenage Athletic 2-0 St Neots Town 59 Ton Pentre 2-3 Barry Town 60 Trowbridge Town 2-0 Gloucester City 61 Wadebridge Town 4-2 St Blazey 62 Welton Rovers 4-2 Barnstaple Town 63 Weston-super-Mare 2-2 Ferndale Athletic 64 Winterton Rangers 1-1 Brigg Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Boldon Colliery Welfare 1-4 Accrington Stanley 9 Eastwood Town 3-0 Belper Town 10 Holyhead Hotspur 2-1 Bethesda Athletic 20 Horden Colliery Welfare 5-1 Clitheroe 26 Runcorn 4-0 Ellesmere Port Town 31 Atherstone Town 1-2 Gresley Rovers 48 Blaenau Ffestiniog 3-1 Rhyl 53 Wisbech Town 2-1 Skegness Town 57 New Brighton 1-1 St Helens Town 63 Ferndale Athletic 4-2 Weston-super-Mare 64 Brigg Town 2-0 Winterton Rangers 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 57 St Helens Town 1-2 New Brighton Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-0 Hatfield Town 2 Ashton United 3-2 Rossendale United 3 Bacup Borough 2-4 Accrington Stanley 4 Barry Town 1-0 Falmouth Town 5 Barton Town 2-0 Bridlington Trinity 6 Bath City 3-2 Crawley Town 7 Bedworth United 1-1 Leek Town 8 Bletchley 1-1 Salisbury 9 Boston 2-0 Wisbech Town 10 Bridport 0-2 Llanelli 11 Brigg Town 0-1 Alfreton Town 12 Bury Town 1-2 Enderby Town 13 Chatham Town 0-2 Gravesend & Northfleet 14 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Trowbridge Town 15 Darwen 1-1 Horden Colliery Welfare 16 Dudley Town 1-2 Darlaston 17 Eastwood Town 1-3 Mexborough Town 18 Gresley Rovers 1-3 Brierley Hill Alliance 19 Histon 2-3 Bourne Town 20 Holyhead Town 0-1 Skelmersdale Town 21 Horwich R M I 1-0 Congleton Town 22 Hyde United 1-2 Blaenau Ffestiniog 23 Maidstone United 2-0 Stevenage Athletic 24 Netherfield 0-1 Radcliffe Borough 25 Potton United 1-0 Canterbury City 26 Retford Town 1-3 Worksop Town 27 Rugby Town 6-0 March Town United 28 Runcorn 0-3 New Brighton 29 Sandbach Ramblers 0-0 Redditch United 30 Taunton Town 3-1 Ferndale Athletic 31 Wadebridge Town 2-3 Welton Rovers 32 Winchester City 0-2 Wealdstone Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Leek Town 1-0 Bedworth United 8 Salisbury 0-2 Bletchley 15 Horden Colliery Welfare 4-1 Darwen 29 Redditch United 0-1 Sandbach Ramblers Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 1-0 Blaenau Ffestiniog 2 Altrincham 4-3 Leek Town 3 Arnold 2-4 Mexborough Town 4 Ashton United 1-1 Radcliffe Borough 5 Banbury United 3-1 Wealdstone 6 Barton Town 2-2 Horden Colliery Welfare 7 Boston 1-3 Rugby Town 8 Boston United 1-0 Cambridge City 9 Bourne Town 2-1 Wellingborough Town 10 Bradford Park Avenue 7-0 Alfreton Town 11 Bridgwater Town 2-1 Minehead 12 Brierley Hill Alliance 1-4 Bath City 13 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Bletchley 14 Corby Town 0-1 Ashford Town (Kent) 15 Denaby United 2-1 Goole Town 16 Gainsborough Trinity 4-1 Stockton 17 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-1 Enderby Town 18 Horwich R M I 1-1 Sandbach Ramblers 19 King's Lynn 2-1 Tonbridge 20 Lancaster City 4-0 Darlaston 21 Llanelli 1-0 Dorchester Town 22 Maidstone United 2-1 Kettering Town 23 Margate 2-3 Nuneaton Borough 24 Merthyr Tydfil 3-0 Welton Rovers 25 New Brighton 0-2 Morecambe 26 Northwich Victoria 1-4 Great Harwood 27 Poole Town 1-4 Bideford 28 Potton United 0-2 Bexley United 29 Skelmersdale United 2-1 Winsford United 30 Taunton Town 2-1 Barry Town 31 Witton Albion 1-0 Bilston 32 Worksop Town 2-0 South Shields Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Radcliffe Borough 3-1 Ashton United 6 Horden Colliery Welfare 3-2 Barton Town 18 Sandbach Ramblers 4-0 Horwich R M I 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Stafford Rangers, Barrow, Telford United, Macclesfield Town, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Yeovil Town, Wigan Athletic, Bangor City, Mossley, Kidderminster Harriers, Bromsgrove Rovers, Burscough, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Grantham, Buxton, Burton Albion, Bedford Town, Dover, Scarborough, Matlock Town, Tamworth, Hastings United, Stourbridge, Dartford, South Liverpool, Chorley and Ilkeston Town. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 0-2 Grantham 2 Bangor City 5-1 Great Harwood 3 Barrow 2-1 Radcliffe Borough 4 Bedford Town 2-0 Bath City 5 Bexley United 2-0 Boston United 6 Bideford 0-1 Romford 7 Bourne Town 2-5 Bridgwater Town 8 Bradford Park Avenue 2-0 Ilkeston Town 9 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-2 Ashford Town (Kent) 10 Cheltenham Town 1-2 Dover 11 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-4 Hillingdon Borough 12 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-2 Buxton 13 Lancaster City 3-1 Chorley 14 Maidstone United 1-0 Dartford 15 Merthyr Tydfil 1-0 Hastings United 16 Mexborough Town 2-1 Worksop Town 17 Mossley 0-1 Morecambe 18 Nuneaton Borough 0-0 Barnet 19 Sandbach Ramblers 3-1 Burscough 20 Scarborough 3-1 Macclesfield Town 21 Skelmersdale United 3-1 Matlock Town 22 South Liverpool 3-2 Gainsborough Trinity 23 Stafford Rangers 1-0 Denaby United 24 Stourbridge 2-1 Llanelli 25 Tamworth 2-3 Witton Albion 26 Taunton Town 1-1 Chelmsford City 27 Telford United 2-2 Altrincham 28 Weymouth 3-0 Kidderminster Harriers 29 Wigan Athletic 5-0 Burton Albion 30 Wimbledon 1-1 Banbury United 31 Worcester City 1-0 King's Lynn 32 Yeovil Town 2-3 Rugby Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-1 Bromsgrove Rovers 18 Barnet 2-2 Nuneaton Borough 26 Chelmsford City 4-0 Taunton Town 27 Altrincham 2-0 Telford United 30 Banbury United 0-1 Wimbledon 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 18 Nuneaton Borough 5-0 Barnet 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 1-0 Worcester City 2 Bangor City 2-1 Lancaster City 3 Barrow 0-0 Stafford Rangers 4 Bedford Town 2-1 Dover 5 Bexley United 1-0 Merthyr Tydfil 6 Buxton 2-0 Altrincham 7 Chelmsford City 3-0 Weymouth 8 Maidstone United 1-1 Bridgwater Town 9 Mexborough Town 3-0 Grantham 10 Morecambe 3-1 Bradford Park Avenue 11 Nuneaton Borough 2-3 Wimbledon 12 Rugby Town 1-1 Romford{2} 13 Sandbach Ramblers 0-3 Scarborough 14 Stourbridge 3-0 Hillingdon Borough 15 Wigan Athletic 2-0 South Liverpool 16 Witton Albion 1-1 Skelmersdale United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Stafford Rangers 4-1 Barrow 8 Bridgwater Town 2-0 Maidstone United 12 Romford{2} 1-0 Rugby Town 16 Skelmersdale United 0-1 Witton Albion 3rd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 0-0 Bexley United 2 Bangor City 1-0 Buxton 3 Bedford Town 3-1 Wimbledon 4 Mexborough Town 1-3 Scarborough 5 Stafford Rangers 2-0 Bridgwater Town 6 Stourbridge 1-1 Morecambe 7 Wigan Athletic 2-0 Romford{2} 8 Witton Albion 2-4 Chelmsford City Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bexley United 1-2 Ashford Town (Kent) 6 Morecambe 3-1 Stourbridge 4th round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bangor City 2-3 Ashford Town (Kent) 2 Morecambe 1-1 Wigan Athletic 3 Scarborough 2-0 Chelmsford City 4 Stafford Rangers 4-1 Bedford Town Replay Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Wigan Athletic 0-0 Morecambe 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Wigan Athletic 1-0 Morecambe Semi finals Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashford Town (Kent) 0-1 Scarborough 2 Wigan Athletic 0-0 Stafford Rangers Replay Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stafford Rangers Final Home team Score Away team Scarborough 2-1 Wigan Athletic References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1972-73 https://web.archive.org/web/20160817183121/http://www.fchd.info/cups/fatrophy1972-73.htm 2016-08-17 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy