1980–81 FA Trophy

FA Trophy 1980–81 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 230 Bishop's Stortford Sutton United 1979–80 1981–82 The 1980–81 FA Trophy was the twelfth season of the FA Trophy. Preliminary round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alfreton Town 2–0 Sutton Town 2 Aveley 5–1 Clacton Town 3 Basingstoke Town 2–1 Maidenhead United 4 Belper Town 3–2 Curzon Ashton 5 Bideford 0–1 Saltash United 6 Billericay Town 0–0 Lowestoft Town 7 Bishop's Stortford 3–1 Spalding United 8 Brereton Social 6–3 New Brighton 9 Bridport 2–1 Mangotsfield United 10 Caernarfon Town 1–4 Colwyn Bay 11 Cambridge City 2–3 Sudbury Town 12 Canterbury City 1–0 Sheppey United 13 Chatham Town 1–2 Tonbridge 14 Chesham United 2–1 St Albans City 15 Cinderford Town 0–0 Llanelli 16 Clandown 2–2 Moor Green 17 Clapton 1–0 Wembley 18 Clevedon Town 1–1 Knighton Town 19 Darlaston 0–2 Bilston 20 Dawlish Town 6–3 Paulton Rovers 21 Eastwood Town 1–2 Bridlington Trinity 22 Epsom & Ewell 2–5 Tilbury 23 Farnborough Town 3–0 Camberley Town 24 Finchley 1–1 Corby Town 25 Glastonbury 4–1 Ilminster Town 26 Hampton 2–2 Salisbury 27 Horsham 2–0 Lewes 28 Keynsham Town 2–4 Dudley Town 29 Kirkby Town 0–1 Workington 30 Pwllheli & District 0–0 Rhyl 31 Ramsgate 0–3 Walton & Hersham 32 Rossendale United 1–1 Accrington Stanley 33 Shepton Mallet Town 0–1 Maesteg Park 34 Sittingbourne 1–3 Kingstonian 35 Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 Ilkeston Town 36 Tamworth 1–2 Arnold 37 Wellingborough Town 4–1 Wisbech Town 38 Welton Rovers 0–2 Pontllanfraith Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 6 Lowestoft Town 1–7 Billericay Town 15 Llanelli 1–0 Cinderford Town 16 Moor Green 5–3 Clandown 18 Knighton Town 0–1 Clevedon Town 24 Corby Town 4–0 Finchley 26 Salisbury 2–1 Hampton 30 Rhyl 3–0 Pwllheli & District 32 Accrington Stanley 1–0 Rossendale United First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 4–1 St Helens Town 2 Alfreton Town 1–1 Dudley Town 3 Alvechurch 2–2 Bromsgrove Rovers 4 Ashford Town (Kent) 0–3 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 5 Banbury United 2–0 Hertford Town 6 Basingstoke Town 2–2 Hounslow 7 Belper Town 0–2 Bedworth United 8 Billericay Town 6–0 Milton Keynes City 9 Bilston 1–2 South Liverpool 10 Bootle 2–1 Colwyn Bay 11 Boreham Wood 0–0 Corby Town 12 Bridgwater Town 2–2 Maesteg Park 13 Bridlington Trinity 4–0 Darwen 14 Bromley 1–2 Carshalton Athletic 15 Canterbury City 3–1 Andover 16 Chelmsford City 1–2 Bishop's Stortford 17 Chesham United 0–1 Witney Town 18 Clapton 2–1 Farnborough Town 19 Consett 1–1 Fleetwood Town 20 Crawley Town 3–2 Fareham Town 21 Croydon 2–0 Aveley 22 Droylsden 1–3 Goole Town 23 Dunstable 2–2 Wellingborough Town 24 Enderby Town 2–0 Long Eaton United 25 Evenwood Town 1–3 Willington 26 Falmouth Town 2–1 Pontllanfraith 27 Ferryhill Athletic 3–2 Emley 28 Folkestone 2–1 Tilbury 29 Formby 0–3 Oswestry Town 30 Gateshead 1–0 Durham City 31 Gloucester City 3–1 Glastonbury 32 Harwich & Parkeston 1–2 Harlow Town 33 Hednesford Town 2–0 Arnold 34 Hitchin Town 3–1 Ware 35 Horsham 0–0 Bognor Regis Town 36 Horwich R M I 0–3 Penrith 37 Leytonstone Ilford 1–1 Hillingdon Borough 38 Llanelli 1–2 Salisbury 39 Lye Town 1–1 Leek Town 40 Macclesfield Town 3–4 Sutton Coldfield Town 41 Margate 4–1 Metropolitan Police 42 Moor Green 4–3 A P Leamington 43 Nantwich Town 3–4 Brereton Social 44 Netherfield 2–0 Mexborough Town Athletic 45 New Mills 0–2 Buxton 46 North Shields 2–5 Workington 47 Poole Town 0–1 Dawlish Town 48 Redditch United 1–0 Highgate United 49 Rhyl 2–0 Hyde United 50 Saltash United 3–2 Trowbridge Town 51 Southport 1–0 Burscough 52 Staines Town 2–2 Gosport Borough 53 Sudbury Town 2–3 King's Lynn 54 Taunton Town 3–0 Clevedon Town 55 Tonbridge 1–1 Kingstonian 56 Tow Law Town 0–2 South Bank 57 Walton & Hersham 1–1 Wokingham Town 58 Waterlooville 2–1 Hayes 59 Wealdstone 2–4 Oxford City 60 West Auckland Town 1–2 Shildon 61 Weston super Mare 3–0 Bridport 62 Whitby Town 2–2 Ashton United 63 Whitley Bay 2–2 Billingham Synthonia 64 Worksop Town 1–2 Stourbridge Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Dudley Town 1–0 Alfreton Town 3 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–2 Alvechurch 6 Hounslow 0–1 Basingstoke Town 11 Corby Town 4–1 Boreham Wood 12 Maesteg Park 0–1 Bridgwater Town 19 Fleetwood Town 2–3 Consett 23 Wellingborough Town 2–4 Dunstable 35 Bognor Regis Town 4–2 Horsham 37 Hillingdon Borough 1–3 Leytonstone Ilford 39 Leek Town 2–1 Lye Town 52 Gosport Borough 1–0 Staines Town 55 Kingstonian 4–0 Tonbridge 57 Wokingham Town 3–0 Walton & Hersham 62 Ashton United 1–2 Whitby Town 63 Billingham Synthonia 8–2 Whitley Bay Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 2–1 Dunstable 2 Banbury United 1–2 Harlow Town 3 Basingstoke Town 1–0 Corby Town 4 Bedworth United 3–0 Moor Green 5 Billingham Synthonia 0–0 Goole Town 6 Bishop's Stortford 2–0 Kingstonian 7 Brereton Social 1–0 Enderby Town 8 Clapton 2–2 Wokingham Town 9 Consett 0–1 Accrington Stanley 10 Crawley Town 0–4 Bognor Regis Town 11 Croydon 1–0 Oxford City 12 Dudley Town 0–0 Stourbridge 13 Falmouth Town 1–3 Saltash United 14 Folkestone 2–4 Leytonstone Ilford 15 Gateshead 5–0 Ferryhill Athletic 16 Gloucester City 1–0 Bridgwater Town 17 Gosport Borough 4–1 Canterbury City 18 Hednesford Town 3–2 Buxton 19 Hitchin Town 3–0 Billericay Town 20 Netherfield 0–0 Bridlington Trinity 21 Oswestry Town 2–1 Leek Town 22 Redditch United 3–0 King's Lynn 23 Salisbury 2–1 Dawlish Town 24 Shildon 0–1 Southport 25 South Bank 2–2 Penrith 26 South Liverpool 5–1 Rhyl 27 Sutton Coldfield Town 1–1 Alvechurch 28 Waterlooville 1–1 Margate 29 Weston super Mare 3–2 Taunton Town 30 Willington 0–4 Bootle 31 Witney Town 1–2 Carshalton Athletic 32 Workington 1–2 Whitby Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Goole Town 1–2 Billingham Synthonia (Billingham Synthonia disqualified) 8 Wokingham Town 1–0 Clapton 12 Stourbridge 3–2 Dudley Town 20 Bridlington Trinity 1–1 Netherfield 25 Penrith 2–1 South Bank 27 Alvechurch 3–1 Sutton Coldfield Town 28 Margate 3–1 Waterlooville 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 20 Netherfield 2–2 Bridlington Trinity 3rd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 20 Netherfield 1–1 Bridlington Trinity 4th replay Tie Home team Score Away team 20 Netherfield 1–1 Bridlington Trinity 5th Replay Tie Home team Score Away team 20 Netherfield 2–2 Bridlington Trinity 6th Replay Tie Home team Score Away team 20 Netherfield 2–0 Bridlington Trinity Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Addlestone & Weybridge Town 2–5 Carshalton Athletic 2 Aylesbury United 1–0 Gosport Borough 3 Barnet 0–1 Harlow Town 4 Barnstaple Town 0–0 Dorchester Town 5 Bath City 1–1 Merthyr Tydfil 6 Bedworth United 1–0 Telford United 7 Bishop Auckland 1–1 Scarborough 8 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Hendon 9 Bognor Regis Town 2–1 Harrow Borough 10 Bootle 3–1 Oswestry Town 11 Bridgend Town 2–0 Salisbury 12 Burton Albion 3–1 Stourbridge 13 Crook Town 1–3 Gateshead 14 Dartford 3–1 Margate 15 Dover 2–5 Hitchin Town 16 Frome Town 0–0 Saltash United 17 Goole Town 3–1 Whitby Town 18 Grantham 1–3 Gloucester City 19 Hastings United 2–1 Basingstoke Town 20 Hednesford Town 0–1 Winsford United 21 Horden Colliery Welfare 0–1 Penrith 22 Leytonstone Ilford 2–0 Croydon 23 Morecambe 0–0 Frickley Athletic 24 Netherfield 2–1 Accrington Stanley 25 Northwich Victoria 2–1 Boston 26 Redditch United 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers 27 Slough Town 6–0 Wokingham Town 28 South Liverpool 0–3 Alvechurch 29 Southport 1–2 Lancaster City 30 Stalybridge Celtic 3–0 Gainsborough Trinity 31 Weston super Mare 1–1 Minehead 32 Witton Albion 3–0 Brereton Social Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Dorchester Town 2–1 Barnstaple Town 5 Merthyr Tydfil 1–3 Bath City 7 Scarborough 4–2 Bishop Auckland 16 Saltash United 2–4 Frome Town 23 Frickley Athletic 0–2 Morecambe 31 Minehead 5–2 Weston super Mare 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Dagenham, Altrincham, Weymouth, Worcester City, Boston United, Gravesend & Northfleet, Maidstone United, Kettering Town, Bangor City, Nuneaton Borough, Yeovil Town, Barrow, Stafford Rangers, Matlock Town, Bedford Town, Runcorn, Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers, Leatherhead, Tooting & Mitcham United, Spennymoor United, Marine, Blyth Spartans, Cheltenham Town, Mossley, Barking, Chorley, Walthamstow Avenue, Dulwich Hamlet, Sutton United, Woking and Ashington. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 3–2 Spennymoor United 2 Alvechurch 4–2 Penrith 3 Aylesbury United 2–2 Enfield 4 Bedford Town 3–1 Dulwich Hamlet 5 Bishop's Stortford 1–1 Bridgend Town 6 Boston United 4–0 Gateshead 7 Burton Albion 0–2 Blyth Spartans 8 Carshalton Athletic 3–0 Barking 9 Cheltenham Town 0–1 Wycombe Wanderers 10 Chorley 1–2 Netherfield 11 Dagenham 4–0 Bath City 12 Dartford 4–1 Slough Town 13 Dorchester Town 0–1 Walthamstow Avenue 14 Frome Town 1–1 Yeovil Town 15 Goole Town 2–0 Morecambe 16 Gravesend & Northfleet 2–3 Kettering Town 17 Harlow Town 2–0 Bognor Regis Town 18 Hastings United 1–1 Maidstone United 19 Hitchin Town 2–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 20 Kidderminster Harriers 2–2 Bedworth United 21 Lancaster City 2–2 Winsford United 22 Leatherhead 1–3 Weymouth 23 Leytonstone Ilford 7–0 Gloucester City 24 Marine 2–0 Matlock Town 25 Minehead 1–3 Worcester City 26 Mossley 2–2 Scarborough 27 Northwich Victoria 3–0 Barrow 28 Nuneaton Borough 1–2 Ashington 29 Runcorn 0–1 Stafford Rangers 30 Stalybridge Celtic 2–3 Bootle 31 Witton Albion 0–3 Bangor City 32 Woking 0–1 Sutton United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Enfield 0–0 Aylesbury United 5 Bridgend Town 1–2 Bishop's Stortford 14 Yeovil Town 2–1 Frome Town 18 Maidstone United 1–2 Hastings United 20 Bedworth United 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers 21 Winsford United 5–2 Lancaster City 26 Scarborough 0–1 Mossley 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Aylesbury United 1–0 Enfield 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Alvechurch 4–1 Bedworth United 2 Aylesbury United 2–0 Netherfield 3 Blyth Spartans 1–0 Stafford Rangers 4 Bootle 0–0 Carshalton Athletic 5 Boston United 0–1 Hitchin Town 6 Dagenham 1–1 Bishop's Stortford 7 Dartford 1–0 Ashington 8 Goole Town 1–4 Worcester City 9 Harlow Town 0–1 Northwich Victoria 10 Kettering Town 0–1 Mossley 11 Leytonstone Ilford 1–1 Weymouth 12 Marine 0–1 Bangor City 13 Sutton United 5–1 Wycombe Wanderers 14 Walthstow Avenue 0–0 Bedford Town 15 Winsford United 0–2 Altrincham 16 Yeovil Town 1–1 Hastings United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Bootle 6 Bishop's Stortford 3–1 Dagenham 11 Weymouth 3–4 Leytonstone Ilford 14 Bedford Town 1–0 Walthamstow Avenue 16 Hastings United 2–1 Yeovil Town 3rd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aylesbury United 0–0 Northwich Victoria 2 Bangor City 1–0 Hitchin Town 3 Bishop's Stortford 3–2 Alvechurch 4 Carshalton Athletic 0–3 Mossley 5 Dartford 1–0 Blyth Spartans 6 Hastings United 0–0 Worcester City 7 Leytonstone Ilford 0–1 Altrincham 8 Sutton United 3–0 Bedford Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Northwich Victoria 1–1 Aylesbury United 6 Worcester City 2–1 Hastings United 2nd replay Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aylesbury United 1–0 Northwich Victoria 4th round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bangor City 5–3 Mossley 2 Bishop's Stortford 4–0 Worcester City 3 Dartford 3–1 Altrincham 4 Sutton United 0–0 Aylesbury United Replay Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Aylesbury United 0–1 Sutton United Semi finals First leg Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Bangor City 2–2 Sutton United 2 Dartford 1–1 Bishop's Stortford Second leg Tie Home team Score Away team Aggregate 1 Sutton United 4–1 Bangor City 6–3 2 Bishop's Stortford 2–1 Dartford 3–2 Final 1981 FA Trophy final 16 May 1981 15:00 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Sutton United Sullivan 90 Wembley Stadium, London 22,578 References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1980–81 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy