1996–97 FA Trophy

December 2012 FA Trophy 1996–97 FA Challenge Trophy Inside the "Old" Wembley Stadium. - geograph.org.uk - 112434.jpg 200 Woking supporters watching their team win at Wembley in the Final. EnglandWales 177 Woking Dagenham & Redbridge 1995–96 1997–98 The 1996–97 FA Trophy was the twenty-eighth season of the FA Trophy. First qualifying round The matches (not including replays) were played on October 19, 1996. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abingdon Town 0–2 Evesham United 2 Alfreton Town 4–4 Bilston Town 3 Ashford Town (Kent) 4–1 Hitchin Town 4 Atherstone United 0–2 Whitley Bay 5 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 1–1 Moor Green 6 Baldock Town 3–2 Stourbridge 7 Bedworth United 0–0 Gretna 8 Billericay Town 3–0 Berkhamsted Town 9 Bishop's Stortford 3–0 Croydon 10 Bromley 1–0 Uxbridge 11 Buckingham Town 0–1 Forest Green Rovers 12 Buxton 2–1 VS Rugby 13 Canvey Island 0–1 Heybridge Swifts 14 Chesham United 1–1 Walton & Hersham 15 Cinderford Town 2–3 Havant Town 16 Cirencester Town 2–2 Cambridge City 17 Dorchester Town 1–0 Waterlooville 18 Droylsden 1–1 Leigh RMI 19 Fareham Town 2–2 Weymouth 20 Fisher Athletic 2–2 Molesey 21 Grantham Town 1–0 Leek Town 22 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–2 St. Leonards Stamcroft 23 Grays Athletic 2–1 Bashley 24 Hampton 4–1 Trowbridge Town 25 Harrogate Town 2–3 Knowsley United 26 Hendon 1–1 Thame United 27 Hinckley Town 0–2 Worksop Town 28 Maidenhead United 4–2 Corby Town 29 Margate 1–2 Aldershot Town 30 Marlow 1–1 Witney Town 31 Matlock Town 1–4 Winsford United 32 Netherfield 2–3 Farsley Celtic 33 Newport (IOW) 3–3 Leyton Pennant 34 Nuneaton Borough 0–3 Congleton Town 35 Paget Rangers 0–1 Eastwood Town 36 Racing Club Warwick 1–2 Frickley Athletic 37 Raunds Town 4–1 Barton Rovers 38 Sittingbourne 3–2 Fleet Town 39 Solihull Borough w/o–scr Leicester United 40 Stafford Rangers 1–2 Curzon Ashton 41 Stocksbridge Park Steels 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town 42 Tamworth 2–2 Great Harwood Town 43 Tonbridge Angels 0–2 Aylesbury United 44 Warrington Town 0–2 Lancaster City 45 Weston-super-Mare 2–0 Worthing 46 Whyteleafe 0–1 Yeading 47 Witton Albion 3–3 Workington 48 Wokingham Town 1–0 Erith & Belvedere 49 Yate Town 1–3 King's Lynn Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Bilston Town 4–1 Alfreton Town 5 Moor Green 6–1 Atherton Laburnum Rovers 7 Gretna 1–4 Bedworth United 14 Walton & Hersham 1–3 Chesham United 16 Cambridge City 6–5 Cirencester Town 18 Leigh RMI 1–3 Droylsden 19 Weymouth 7–0 Fareham Town 20 Molesey 1–2 Fisher Athletic 22 St. Leonards Stamcroft 4–3 Gravesend & Northfleet 26 Thame United 1–1 Hendon 30 Witney Town 2–1 Marlow 33 Leyton Pennant 2–1 Newport (IOW) 42 Great Harwood Town 1–0 Tamworth 47 Workington 1–0 Witton Albion 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 26 Thame United 0–3 Hendon Second qualifying round The matches (no including replays) were played on November 9, 1996. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aldershot Town 3–0 Chesham United 2 Ashford Town (Kent) 6–1 Bishop's Stortford 3 Aylesbury United 1–1 Sittingbourne 4 Baldock Town 0–1 Evesham United 5 Billericay Town 0–4 Dorchester Town 6 Bilston Town 4–0 Great Harwood Town 7 Buxton 1–0 Eastwood Town 8 Chertsey Town 1–1 Yeading 9 Congleton Town 1–3 Solihull Borough 10 Curzon Ashton 0–2 Bedworth United 11 Dartford 1–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 12 Farsley Celtic 1–1 Worksop Town 13 Fisher Athletic 3–2 Havant Town 14 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Cambridge City 15 Grantham Town 2–1 Winsford United 16 Hampton 0–1 St. Leonards Stamcroft 17 Hendon 1–3 Sutton United 18 Heybridge Swifts 2–1 Grays Athletic 19 Knowsley United 3–2 Flixton 20 Lancaster City 2–0 Droylsden 21 Lincoln United 3–4 Frickley Athletic 22 Maidenhead United 1–3 Bromley 23 Moor Green 2–1 Ilkeston Town 24 Oxford City 1–6 Basingstoke Town 25 Salisbury City 1–0 Witney Town 26 Staines Town 0–1 King's Lynn 27 Stocksbridge Park Steels 2–2 Shepshed Dynamo 28 Weston-super-Mare 1–3 Raunds Town 29 Weymouth 4–1 Cleveden Town 30 Whitley Bay 0–1 Bradford Park Avenue 31 Wokingham Town 2–0 Leyton Pennant 32 Workington 1–0 Redditch United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Sittingbourne 2–1 Aylesbury United 8 Yeading 3–1 Chertsey Town 11 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–3 Dartford 12 Worksop Town 2–1 Farsley Celtic 27 Shepshed Dynamo 0–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels Third qualifying round The matches (not including replays) were played on November 30, 1996. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aldershot Town 1–3 Dagenham & Redbridge 2 Ashton United 1–0 Burton Albion 3 Basingstoke Town 0–1 Hastings Town 4 Bedworth United 2–0 Accrington Stanley 5 Bishop Auckland 2–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels 6 Blyth Spartans 7–3 Bilston Town 7 Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 Barrow 8 Bromley 1–1 Worcester City 9 Buxton 1–1 Grantham Town 10 Cambridge City 1–1 Newport 11 Carshalton Athletic 0–3 Heybridge Swifts 12 Colwyn Bay 1–0 Frickley Athletic 13 Crawley Town 0–2 Chelmsford City 14 Dartford 0–0 Dulwich Hamlet 15 Fisher Athletic 1–2 Wokingham Town 16 Gloucester City 3–1 Kingstonian 17 Harrow Borough 2–2 Salisbury City 18 Knowsley United 2–2 Emley 19 Marine 0–1 Gainsborough Trinity 20 Moor Green 6–1 Dudley Town 21 Raunds Town 4–2 Bognor Regis Town 22 Rothwell Town 1–7 Workington 23 Runcorn 2–1 Solihull Borough 24 Sittingbourne 0–0 Yeading 25 Spennymoor United 1–0 Radcliffe Borough 26 St Albans City 3–1 King's Lynn 27 St. Leonards Stamcroft 6–0 Purfleet 28 Sudbury Town 2–3 Cheltenham Town 29 Sutton United 0–2 Dorchester Town 30 Weymouth 2–0 Ashford Town (Kent) 31 Worksop Town 0–0 Lancaster City 32 Yeovil Town 2–0 Evesham United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Barrow 0–1 Bradford Park Avenue 8 Worcester City 3–0 Bromley 9 Grantham Town 2–1 Buxton 10 Newport 4–1 Cambridge City 14 Dulwich Hamlet 3–1 Dartford 17 Salisbury City 2–1 Harrow Borough 18 Emley 5–2 Knowsley United 24 Yeading 3–1 Sittingbourne 31 Lancaster City 4–2 Worksop Town 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Macclesfield Town, Stevenage Borough, Woking, Hednesford Town, Gateshead, Southport, Kidderminster Harriers, Northwich Victoria, Morecambe, Farnborough Town, Bromsgrove Rovers, Altrincham, Telford United, Stalybridge Celtic, Halifax Town, Kettering Town, Slough Town, Bath City, Welling United, Dover Athletic, Rushden & Diamonds, Hayes, Methyr Tydfil, Guiseley, Enfield, Hyde United, Halesowen Town, Gresley Rovers, Bamber Bridge, Boston United, Chorley and Boreham Wood. The matches (not including replays) were played on January 18, 1997. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashton United 5–3 Moor Green 2 Bath City 1–1 Stevenage Borough 3 Blyth Spartans 1–1 Grantham Town 4 Bromsgrove Rovers 2–1 Merthyr Tydfil 5 Cheltenham Town 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet 6 Colwyn Bay 6–0 Lancaster City 7 Dover Athletic 0–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 8 Emley 2–1 Boston United 9 Enfield 1–3 Boreham Wood 10 Gainsborough Trinity 1–3 Bradford Park Avenue 11 Gateshead 1–2 Runcorn 12 Gresley Rovers 3–3 Altrincham 13 Guiseley 2–1 Telford United 14 Hastings Town 1–3 Salisbury City 15 Hyde United 4–2 Bedworth United 16 Kettering Town 0–1 Chelmsford City 17 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Macclesfield Town 18 Morecambe 3–1 Chorley 19 Northwich Victoria 3–1 Hednesford Town 20 Raunds Town 0–1 Welling United 21 Rushden & Diamonds 1–2 Farnborough Town 22 Slough Town 2–2 Dorchester Town 23 Southport 0–0 Halesowen Town 24 Spennymoor United 0–2 Bishop Auckland 25 St Albans City 2–0 Weymouth 26 St. Leonards Stamcroft 1–0 Newport 27 Stalybridge Celtic 0–1 Halifax Town 28 Wokingham Town 0–1 Woking 29 Worcester City 1–2 Heybridge Swifts 30 Workington 2–5 Bamber Bridge 31 Yeading 0–3 Gloucester City 32 Yeovil Town 2–2 Hayes Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Stevenage Borough 6–1 Bath City 3 Grantham Town 1–1 Blyth Spartans 12 Altrincham 1–0 Gresley Rovers 22 Dorchester Town 1–1 Slough Town 23 Halesowen Town 0–2 Southport 32 Hayes 2–2 Yeovil Town 2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Grantham Town 3–1 Blyth Spartans 22 Slough Town 1–2 Dorchester Town 32 Yeovil Town 1–2 Hayes 2nd round The matches (not including replays) were played on February 8, 1997. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashton United 3–1 Bamber Bridge 2 Bishop Auckland 3–2 Northwich Victoria 3 Boreham Wood 0–1 Stevenage Borough 4 Bradford Park Avenue 0–1 Morecambe 5 Bromsgrove Rovers 1–1 Hyde United 6 Colwyn Bay 2–0 Southport 7 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 Chelmsford City 8 Farnborough Town 0–2 Altrincham 9 Gloucester City 3–0 Halifax Town 10 Grantham Town 0–1 Heybridge Swifts 11 Hayes 1–2 Runcorn 12 Kidderminster Harriers 0–0 Emley 13 Salisbury City 1–1 Dorchester Town 14 St Albans City 1–1 Woking 15 St. Leonards Stamcroft 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet 16 Welling United 1–1 Guiseley Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Hyde United 2–2 Bromsgrove Rovers 12 Emley 1–5 Kidderminster Harriers 13 Dorchester Town 3–2 Salisbury City 14 Woking 3–1 St Albans City 16 Guiseley 1–0 Welling United 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–2 Hyde United 3rd round The matches (not including replays) were played on March 1, 1997. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 0–1 Bishop Auckland 2 Ashton United 2–0 Hyde United 3 Colwyn Bay 2–2 St. Leonards Stamcroft 4 Dorchester Town 2–3 Woking 5 Gloucester City 3–1 Runcorn 6 Heybridge Swifts 3–0 Kidderminster Harriers 7 Morecambe 0–0 Dagenham & Redbridge 8 Stevenage Borough 1–0 Guiseley Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 St. Leonards Stamcroft 0–0 Colwyn Bay 7 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 Morecambe 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 3 St. Leonards Stamcroft 1–2 Colwyn Bay 4th round The matches (not including replays) were played on March 22, 1997. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bishop Auckland 0–0 Gloucester City 2 Dagenham & Redbridge 1–0 Ashton United 3 Heybridge Swifts 0–1 Woking 4 Stevenage Borough 2–0 Colwyn Bay Replay Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Gloucester City 4–3 Bishop Auckland Semi-finals The first legs were played on April 5, 1997, and the second legs were played on April 12, 1997. First leg Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–0 Gloucester City 2 Woking 1–0 Stevenage Borough Second leg Tie Home team Score Away team Aggregate 1 Gloucester City 2–2 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–2 2 Stevenage Borough 2–1 Woking 2–2 Replays Both replays were held on neutral grounds: the replay between Dagenham & Redbridge and Gloucester City was held at Slough Town, while the one between Stevenage Borough and Woking was at Vicarage Road, home to Watford. Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Dagenham & Redbridge 2–1 Gloucester City 2 Stevenage Borough 1–2 Woking Final The match was played on May 18, 1997, at Wembley Stadium. Tie Home team Score Away team Dagenham & Redbridge 0–1 Woking References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1996-97 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy