1997–98 FA Trophy

October 2025 October 2025 FA Trophy 1997-98 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 177 Cheltenham Town Southport 1996-97 1998-99 The 1997–98 FA Trophy was the twenty-ninth season of the FA Trophy. This was the first year that penalty kicks were used to settle drawn replays, prior to this multiple replays were possible. First qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Aldershot Town 5-1 Croydon 2 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-1 V S Rugby 3 Basingstoke Town 2-0 Leatherhead 4 Bedworth United 3-1 Stocksbridge Park Steels 5 Belper Town 2-2 Droylsden 6 Billericay Town 4-0 Grays Athletic 7 Blakenall 2-3 Spennymoor United 8 Bognor Regis Town 4-0 Thame United 9 Brackley Town 2-2 Worcester City 10 Buxton 0-1 Alfreton Town 11 Cambridge City 2-1 Maidenhead United 12 Carshalton Athletic 2-0 Racing Club Warwick 13 Corby Town 4-3 Newport A F C 14 Crawley Town 2-1 Kingstonian 15 Eastwood Town 1-1 Redditch United 16 Evesham United 1-2 Rothwell Town 17 Fareham Town 0-3 Witney Town 18 Fleet Town 2-2 Abingdon Town 19 Flixton 0-3 Matlock Town 20 Frickley Athletic 1-1 Leigh R M I 21 Hampton 0-1 Wokingham Town 22 Harrow Borough 1-1 Weston Super Mare 23 Havant Town 2-2 Hendon 24 Hitchin Town 7-1 Erith & Belvedere 25 Knowsley United scr-w/o Great Harwood Town 26 Leyton Pennant 0-1 Baldock Town 27 Lincoln United 5-2 Trafford 28 Moor Green 1-0 Atherstone United 29 Netherfield 1-1 Whitby Town 30 Oxford City 6-0 Cinderford Town 31 Paget Rangers 0-0 Bilston Town 32 Radcliffe Borough w/o-scr Dudley Town 33 Romford 2-0 Chertsey Town 34 Solihull Borough 3-0 Shepshed Dynamo 35 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Hinckley United 36 Sutton Coldfield Town 2-1 Gretna 37 Tamworth 5-1 Congleton Town 38 Tonbridge Angels 1-0 Newport I O W 39 Trowbridge Town 1-2 Raunds Town 40 Uxbridge 2-2 Weymouth 41 Walton & Hersham 3-0 Staines Town 42 Waterlooville 2-1 Fisher Athletic London 43 Wembley 2-6 Gravesend & Northfleet 44 Whitley Bay 0-1 Worksop Town 45 Whyteleafe 1-5 Margate 46 Winsford United 2-0 Ilkeston Town 47 Wisbech Town 4-3 Clevedon Town 48 Witton Albion 3-0 Farsley Celtic 49 Yate Town 1-3 Molesey Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Droylsden 2-3 Belper Town 9 Worcester City 5-0 Brackley Town 15 Redditch United 3-0 Eastwood Town 18 Abingdon Town 2-0 Fleet Town 20 Leigh R M I 2-1 Frickley Athletic 22 Weston Super Mare 1-2 Harrow Borough 23 Hendon 2-1 Havant Town 29 Whitby Town 3-3 Netherfield (Whitby Town won 4-3 on penalties) 31 Bilston Town 2-2 Paget Rangers (Bilston Town won 4-3 on penalties) 35 Hinckley United 1-0 Stafford Rangers 40 Weymouth 1-2 Uxbridge Second qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Abingdon Town 2-0 Wokingham Town 2 Ashford Town (Kent) 1-2 Raunds Town 3 Baldock Town 1-2 Corby Town 4 Basingstoke Town 2-0 Witney Town 5 Berkhamsted Town 4-0 Worcester City 6 Billericay Town 4-0 Forest Green Rovers 7 Bognor Regis Town 2-3 Chesham United 8 Bromley 2-1 Hendon 9 Cambridge City 1-1 Dartford 10 Carshalton Athletic 0-0 Aldershot Town 11 Cirencester Town 1-0 Gravesend & Northfleet 12 Crawley Town 1-2 Bishop's Stortford 13 Gainsborough Trinity 3-0 Bedworth United 14 Harrow Borough 5-0 Molesey 15 Hinckley United 3-1 Whitby Town 16 Hitchin Town 3-0 Barton Rovers 17 Lincoln United 1-2 Belper Town 18 Margate 4-0 Waterlooville 19 Matlock Town 4-1 Sutton Coldfield Town 20 Oxford City 0-2 Wisbech Town 21 Radcliffe Borough 1-1 Leigh R M I 22 Redditch United 1-3 Worksop Town 23 Romford 5-1 Rothwell Town 24 Solihull Borough 9-1 Alfreton Town 25 Stourbridge 1-1 Great Harwood Town 26 Tamworth 4-3 Moor Green 27 Tonbridge Angels 0-3 Hastings Town 28 Uxbridge 0-1 Worthing 29 Walton & Hersham 0-0 Bashley 30 Winsford United 1-0 Spennymoor United 31 Witton Albion 0-0 Bilston Town 32 Workington 1-1 Harrogate Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Dartford 0-1 Cambridge City 10 Aldershot Town 3-0 Carshalton Athletic 21 Leigh R M I 1-0 Radcliffe Borough 25 Great Harwood Town 3-1 Stourbridge 29 Bashley 2-0 Walton & Hersham 31 Bilston Town 2-2 Witton Albion (Witton Albion won 6-5 on penalties) 32 Harrogate Town 0-0 Workington (Harrogate Town won 5-4 on penalties) Third qualifying round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Accrington Stanley 0-5 Runcorn 2 Aylesbury United 0-3 Dulwich Hamlet 3 Barrow 4-1 Hinckley United 4 Bashley 4-1 Cirencester Town 5 Basingstoke Town 4-0 Romford 6 Belper Town 1-5 Boston United 7 Berkhamsted Town 2-1 Salisbury City 8 Billericay Town 2-1 Aldershot Town 9 Bradford Park Avenue 1-1 Leigh R M I 10 Bromley 1-4 Purfleet 11 Bromsgrove Rovers 1-2 Worksop Town 12 Chesham United 2-1 Sutton United 13 Corby Town 2-2 Margate 14 Dorchester Town 3-0 Worthing 15 Gainsborough Trinity 1-0 Bamber Bridge 16 Great Harwood Town 0-1 Witton Albion 17 Halesowen Town 1-2 Burton Albion 18 Harrogate Town 0-3 Blyth Spartans 19 Harrow Borough 1-3 Bath City 20 Hastings Town 4-0 Heybridge Swifts 21 Hitchin Town 0-2 Boreham Wood 22 King's Lynn 1-4 Chelmsford City 23 Marine 1-1 Grantham Town 24 Matlock Town 1-1 Winsford United 25 Merthyr Tydfil 2-2 Cambridge City 26 Nuneaton Borough 0-2 Altrincham 27 Sittingbourne 1-1 Abingdon Town 28 Solihull Borough 2-1 Emley 29 St Albans City 5-2 Bishop's Stortford 30 Tamworth 0-1 Lancaster City 31 Wisbech Town 2-2 Raunds Town 32 Yeading 2-0 St Leonards Stamcroft Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 9 Leigh R M I 1-0 Bradford Park Avenue 13 Margate 5-1 Corby Town 23 Grantham Town 1-0 Marine 24 Winsford United 0-0 Matlock Town (Winsford United won 5-3 on penalties) 25 Cambridge City 6-3 Merthyr Tydfil 27 Abingdon Town 1-2 Sittingbourne 31 Raunds Town 4-0 Wisbech Town 1st round The teams that given byes to this round are Woking, Hereford United, Kidderminster Harriers, Stevenage Borough, Morecambe, Northwich Victoria, Farnborough Town, Hednesford Town, Telford United, Gateshead, Southport, Rushden & Diamonds, Stalybridge Celtic, Kettering Town, Hayes, Slough Town, Dover Athletic, Welling United, Halifax Town, Leek Town, Yeovil Town, Cheltenham Town, Guiseley, Enfield, Hyde United, Gresley Rovers, Chorley, Gloucester City, Bishop Auckland, Colwyn Bay, Dagenham & Redbridge and Ashton United. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 2-0 Runcorn 2 Ashton United 0-0 Chorley 3 Barrow 1-1 Worksop Town 4 Bashley 3-0 Raunds Town 5 Basingstoke Town 0-1 Gloucester City 6 Bath City 0-0 Hastings Town 7 Bishop Auckland 3-1 Colwyn Bay 8 Boreham Wood 2-1 Chelmsford City 9 Burton Albion 2-1 Witton Albion 10 Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Billericay Town 11 Enfield 1-1 Cheltenham Town 12 Grantham Town 1-1 Leigh R M I 13 Gresley Rovers 4-4 Leek Town 14 Guiseley 0-0 Telford United 15 Halifax Town 2-1 Blyth Spartans 16 Hayes 4-0 Cambridge City 17 Hednesford Town 2-1 Gainsborough Trinity 18 Hereford United 3-0 Dulwich Hamlet 19 Hyde United 2-1 Boston United 20 Kettering Town 1-0 Dorchester Town 21 Kidderminster Harriers 4-1 Berkhamsted Town 22 Lancaster City 0-3 Northwich Victoria 23 Morecambe 4-0 Solihull Borough 24 Purfleet 0-1 Dover Athletic 25 Rushden & Diamonds 4-0 Farnborough Town 26 Southport 3-0 Winsford United 27 St Albans City 0-0 Sittingbourne 28 Stalybridge Celtic 2-4 Gateshead 29 Stevenage Borough 2-2 Chesham United 30 Welling United 1-1 Slough Town 31 Woking 0-1 Margate 32 Yeovil Town 0-0 Yeading Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Chorley 0-2 Ashton United 3 Worksop Town 2-4 Barrow 6 Hastings Town 0-1 Bath City 11 Cheltenham Town 5-1 Enfield 12 Leigh R M I 0-0 Grantham Town (Grantham Town won 4-3 on penalties) 13 Leek Town 3-1 Gresley Rovers 14 Telford United 4-0 Guiseley 27 Sittingbourne 0-1 St Albans City 29 Chesham United 0-3 Stevenage Borough 30 Slough Town 2-1 Welling United 32 Yeading 1-0 Yeovil Town 2nd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 2-0 Morecambe 2 Barrow 2-1 St Albans City 3 Bath City 2-3 Grantham Town 4 Bishop Auckland 1-4 Boreham Wood 5 Cheltenham Town 3-1 Rushden & Diamonds 6 Dagenham & Redbridge 0-5 Hyde United 7 Gateshead 1-2 Stevenage Borough 8 Gloucester City 1-1 Burton Albion 9 Halifax Town 1-1 Slough Town 10 Hayes 5-0 Kidderminster Harriers 11 Hednesford Town 5-0 Leek Town 12 Hereford United 0-2 Dover Athletic 13 Margate 1-2 Bashley 14 Northwich Victoria 4-0 Kettering Town 15 Telford United 0-1 Ashton United 16 Yeading 0-6 Southport Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 8 Burton Albion 2-2 Gloucester City (Gloucester City won 6-5 on penalties) 9 Slough Town 2-0 Halifax Town 3rd round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Altrincham 0-2 Southport 2 Ashton United 0-1 Cheltenham Town 3 Barrow 1-0 Northwich Victoria 4 Grantham Town 2-1 Hednesford Town 5 Hayes 2-0 Bashley 6 Hyde United 0-2 Dover Athletic 7 Slough Town 1-1 Boreham Wood 8 Stevenage Borough 1-1 Gloucester City Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Boreham Wood 1-2 Slough Town 8 Gloucester City 1-2 Stevenage Borough 4th round Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Hayes 2 Dover Athletic 1-1 Barrow 3 Grantham Town 1-1 Southport 4 Stevenage Borough 0-1 Slough Town Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 2 Barrow 0-0 Dover Athletic (Dover Athletic won 5-4 on penalties) 3 Southport 3-1 Grantham Town Semi finals First leg Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Cheltenham Town 2-1 Dover Athletic 2 Slough Town 0-1 Southport Second leg Tie Home team Score Away team Aggregate 1 Dover Athletic 2-2 Cheltenham Town 3-4 2 Southport 1-1 Slough Town 2-1 Final Home team Score Away team Cheltenham TownAssociation The Football The FA Trophy Finals list http://www.thefa.com/competitions/fa-trophy/winners 2025-10-16 www.thefa.com en 1-0 Southport References External links Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1997-98 Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy