1970–71 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 1970–71 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 185 Telford United Hillingdon Borough 1969–70 1971–72 The 1970–71 FA Trophy was the second season of the FA Trophy. The competition was set up for non-league clubs which paid their players and were therefore not eligible to enter the FA Amateur Cup. First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Ashby Institute 2–1 Barton Town 2 Ashford Town (Kent) 2–1 Folkestone 3 Ashton United 2–2 Clitheroe 4 Atherstone Town 2–4 Bedworth United 5 Barnstaple Town 2–1 Dorchester Town 6 Barry Town 3–3 Bilston 7 Belper Town 0–1 Frickley Colliery 8 Biggleswade Town 3–4 Bletchley 9 Blaenau Ffestiniog 1–2 Connah's Quay Nomads 10 Bodmin Town 3–0 Chippenham Town 11 Boston 1–0 Holbeach United 12 Boston United 3–0 Selby Town 13 Bury Town 3–1 Ely City 14 Cambridge City 1–1 Soham Town Rangers 15 Canterbury City 2–0 Crawley Town 16 Droylsden 2–2 Stockton 17 Ellesmere Port Town 2–2 Nantwich Town 18 Gateshead 3–0 Bacup Borough 19 Gloucester City 3–1 Abergavenny Thursdays 20 Gresley Rovers 0–5 Alfreton Town 21 Great Yarmouth Town 1–3 Banbury United 22 Halesowen Town 1–3 Cinderford Town 23 Heanor Town 2–1 Dinnington Athletic 24 Horwich R M I 1–1 Fleetwood 25 Leyland Motors 0–1 Chorley 26 Lincoln United 0–3 Arnold 27 Lockheed Leamington 5–1 Lower Gornal Athletic 28 Loughborough United 0–1 Desborough Town 29 Louth United 2–2 Rugby Town 30 Lowestoft Town 2–3 Dunstable 31 March Town United 3–2 Potton United 32 Merthyr Tydfil 4–1 Brierley Hill Alliance 33 Mexborough Town 3–1 Newhall United 34 Netherfield 3–1 Boldon Colliery Welfare 35 Oswestry Town 1–1 Redditch United 36 Portmadoc 3–1 Holyhead Town 37 Prescot Town 1–1 Prestatyn 38 Ramsgate Athletic 4–1 Guildford City 39 Rossendale United 1–2 Horden Colliery Welfare 40 Runcorn 2–3 Rhyl 41 St Helens Town 2–3 Formby 42 Salisbury 3–1 Frome Town 43 Sandbach Ramblers 2–3 Witton Albion 44 Sheppey United 1–1 Bexley United 45 Skegness Town 1–2 Bourne Town 46 Spalding United 3–0 Stamford 47 Stevenage Athletic 2–1 Thetford Town 48 Sutton Town 2–4 Winterton Rangers 49 Ton Pentre 1–1 Lye Town 50 Tonbridge 3–1 Chatham Town 51 Trowbridge Town 3–1 Basingstoke Town 52 Wellingborough Town 1–1 Rushden Town 53 Welton Rovers 2–2 Bridport 54 Weston super Mare 1–1 St Blazey 55 Whitstable Town 2–1 Hatfield Town 56 Wisbech Town 2–2 St Neots Town 57 Worksop Town 1–1 Retford Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Clitheroe 1–4 Ashton United 6 Bilston 2–1 Barry Town 14 Cambridge City 4–0 Soham Town Rangers 16 Stockton 2–0 Droylsden 17 Nantwich Town 1–0 Ellesmere Port Town 24 Fleetwood 3–1 Horwich R M I 29 Rugby Town 4–1 Louth United 35 Redditch United 2–5 Oswestry Town 37 Prestatyn 1–1 Prescot Town 44 Bexley United 1–2 Sheppey United 49 Lye Town 1–3 Ton Pentre 52 Rushden Town 1–2 Wellingborough Town 53 Bridport 1–2 Welton Rovers 54 St Blazey 3–1 Weston–super–Mare 56 St Neots Town 0–1 Wisbech Town 57 Retford Town 5–1 Worksop Town 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 37 Prescot Town 1–3 Prestatyn Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 4–1 Mexborough Town 2 Arnold 4–2 Rugby Town 3 Banbury United 2–0 March Town United 4 Chorley 3–1 Gateshead 5 Cinderford Town 0–5 Bilston 6 Cowes 1–1 Wadebridge Town 7 Deal Town 2–0 Sittingbourne 8 Desborough Town 1–5 Bedworth United 9 Dunstable 0–2 Bletchley 10 Fleetwood 1–1 Netherfield 11 Gloucester City 0–0 Lockheed Leamington 12 Heanor Town 2–2 Ashby Institute 13 Horden Colliery Welfare 3–1 Darwen 14 Oswestry Town 3–1 Merthyr Tydfil 15 Portmadoc 3–1 Connah's Quay Nomads 16 Prestatyn 2–2 Bethesda Athletic 17 Ramsgate Athletic 5–1 Canterbury City 18 Retford Town 2–3 Frickley Colliery 19 Rhyl 1–0 Nantwich Town 20 Salisbury 5–1 Bodmin Town 21 Sheppey United 0–4 Ashford Town (Kent) 22 Spalding United 1–2 Bourne Town 23 Stevenage Athletic 0–3 Cambridge City 24 Stockton 3–0 Ashton United 25 Ton Pentre 0–0 Dudley Town 26 Tonbridge 7–2 Whitstable Town 27 Trowbridge Town 3–0 Barnstaple Town 28 Wellingborough Town 3–0 Boston 29 Welton Rovers 3–4 St Blazey 30 Winterton Rangers 0–1 Boston United 31 Wisbech Town 1–2 Bury Town 32 Witton Albion 5–0 Formby Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Wadebridge Town 4–2 Cowes 10 Netherfield 1–0 Fleetwood 11 Lockheed Leamington 1–2 Gloucester City 12 Ashby Institute 2–0 Heanor Town 16 Bethesda Athletic 7–3 Prestatyn 25 Dudley Town 0–3 Ton Pentre Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Andover 1–3 Margate 2 Ashby Institute 1–2 Ilkeston Town 3 Banbury United 2–1 Gravesend & Northfleet 4 Bath City 0–2 Trowbridge Town 5 Bedworth United 4–0 Deal Town 6 Boston United 2–0 Alfreton Town 7 Bury Town 3–2 Ashford Town (Kent) 8 Corby Town 1–0 Cambridge City 9 Denaby United 1–1 Horden Colliery Welfare 10 Dover 2–1 Bletchley 11 Glastonbury 1–4 Poole Town 12 Gloucester City 1–0 Ton Pentre 13 Goole Town 3–0 Bridlington Town 14 Hednesford 3–2 New Brighton 15 Minehead 2–1 Cheltenham Town 16 Morecambe 1–2 Chorley 17 Northwich Victoria 4–1 Hyde United 18 Oswestry Town 3–4 Lancaster City 19 Portmadoc 0–1 Witton Albion 20 Ramsgate Athletic 1–2 Hastings United 21 Rhyl 0–0 South Liverpool 22 St Blazey 4–2 Wadebridge Town 23 Salisbury 0–1 Bilston 24 Scarborough 3–0 Frickley Colliery 25 Stalybridge Celtic 0–2 Altrincham 26 Stockton 3–2 Arnold 27 Tamworth 1–1 Bethesda Athletic 28 Taunton Town 0–1 Stourbridge 29 Thornycroft Athletic 1–1 Bedford Town 30 Tonbridge 3–0 Bourne Town 31 Wellingborough Town 3–3 King's Lynn 32 Winsford United 2–0 Netherfield Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Horden Colliery Welfare 4–3 Denaby United 21 South Liverpool 2–0 Rhyl 27 Bethesda Athletic 1–1 Tamworth 29 Bedford Town 1–0 Thornycroft Athletic 31 King's Lynn 2–1 Wellingborough Town 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 27 Tamworth 3–1 Bethesda Athletic 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Macclesfield Town, Bradford Park Avenue, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Yeovil Town, Wigan Athletic, Gainsborough Trinity, South Shields, Bangor City, Stafford Rangers, Great Harwood, Mossley, Kidderminster Harriers, Bromsgrove Rovers, Bridgwater Town, Kirkby Town, Burscough, Telford United, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Hereford United, Kettering Town, Nuneaton Borough, Dartford, Grantham, Mossley, Buxton, Bideford and Burton Albion. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 2–2 Chorley 2 Banbury United 4–1 Minehead 3 Bangor City 4–0 Horden Colliery Welfare 4 Bedworth United 1–2 Bilston 5 Boston United 2–2 Stockton 6 Bury Town 2–0 Nuneaton Borough 7 Buxton 3–0 Goole Town 8 Dover 2–0 Kettering Town 9 Great Harwood 2–3 Burscough 10 Hednesford 0–2 Mossley 11 Hereford United 3–1 Gloucester City 12 Hillingdon Borough 3–1 Corby Town 13 Ilkeston Town 1–3 South Shields 14 Kidderminster Harriers 3–0 Barnet 15 King's Lynn 1–2 Bedford Town 16 Lancaster City 1–1 Tamworth 17 Macclesfield Town 2–1 South Liverpool 18 Margate 0–0 Hastings United 19 Matlock Town 5–4 Gainsborough Trinity 20 Northwich Victoria 5–1 Kirkby Town 21 Romford 1–0 Poole Town 22 St Blazey 2–2 Bromsgrove Rovers 23 Stourbridge 4–3 Bridgwater Town 24 Telford United 6–1 Bradford Park Avenue 25 Trowbridge Town 1–6 Chelmsford City 26 Weymouth 1–1 Bideford 27 Wigan Athletic 2–0 Stafford Rangers 28 Wimbledon 1–1 Dartford 29 Winsford United 1–2 Burton Albion 30 Witton Albion 0–0 Scarborough 31 Worcester City 0–0 Tonbridge 32 Yeovil Town 3–1 Grantham Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Chorley 2–0 Altrincham 5 Stockton 0–2 Boston United 16 Tamworth 6–1 Lancaster City 18 Hastings United 7–2 Margate 22 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–2 St Blazey 26 Bideford 1–2 Weymouth 28 Dartford 2–3 Wimbledon 30 Scarborough 3–0 Witton Albion 31 Tonbridge 0–0 Worcester City 2nd replays Tie Home team Score Away team 31 Worcester City 3–2 Tonbridge 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Banbury United 0-0 Hastings Town 2 Bangor City 3-1 Northwich Victoria 3 Bilston 0-1 Tamworth 4 Boston United 0-1 Wigan Athletic 5 Burton Albion 2-1 Matlock Town 6 Buxton 2-0 Mossley 7 Chorley 1-0 Burscough 8 Dover 3-0 Bedford Town 9 Hereford United 2-0 Bury Town 10 Hillingdon Borough 2-1 Chelmsford City 11 Kidderminster Harriers 3-0 Worcester City 12 Macclesfield Town 0-0 Scarborough 13 Romford 1-1 Stourbridge 14 Telford United 7-1 South Shields 15 Wimbledon 4-0 Bromsgrove Rovers 16 Yeovil Town 0-0 Weymouth Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hastings United 0-3 Banbury United 12 Scarborough 2-3 Macclesfield Town 13 Stourbridge 2-1 Romford 15 Weymouth 0-1 Yeovil Town 3rd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Banbury United 2-2 Hereford United 2 Bangor City 3-4 Tamworth 3 Burton Albion 0-2 Telford United 4 Buxton 1-0 Kidderminster Harriers 5 Chorley 0-0 Stourbridge 6 Macclesfield Town 1-0 Dover 7 Wigan Athletic 0-1 Hillingdon Borough 8 Wimbledon 1-1 Yeovil Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hereford United 1-0 Banbury United 5 Stourbridge 2-0 Chorley 8 Yeovil Town 4-0 Wimbledon 4th round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Buxton 1-1 Hillingdon Borough 2 Hereford United 2-0 Macclesfield Town 3 Tamworth 1-1 Telford United 4 Yeovil Town 2-0 Stourbridge Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hillingdon Borough 2-0 Buxton 3 Telford United 6-1 Tamworth Semi finals Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Hillingdon Borough 2-0 Hereford United 2 Telford United 3-1 Yeovil Town Final 1 May 1971Neal Toby 1 May 2021 Greatest day remembered: Down Wembley Way for Telford United's epic comeback https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/greatest-day-remembered-down-wembley-way-for-telford-uniteds-epic-comeback-5977678 19 May 2026 Shropshire Star Telford United 3-2 Hillingdon Borough Joey Owen 53Jack Bentley 81Mickey Fudge 86 Johnny Bishop Wembley Stadium London 29,500FA Trophy Finals and previous winners, from 1970 to the present day https://www.thefa.com/competitions/fa-trophy/winners 19 May 2026 The Football Association References General : Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1970-71 Specific References Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy |}