2007–08 FA Trophy

August 2017 FA Trophy 2007–08 FA Challenge Trophy EnglandWales 258 Ebbsfleet United Torquay United 257 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 FA Trophy was the 38th season of the FA's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. 258 teams were entered for the competition. Calendar Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round Prize money Preliminary round 6 October 2007 46 258 → 212 92 £1,000 First round qualifying 20 October 2007 72 212 → 140 66 £1,500 Second round qualifying 3 November 2007 36 140 → 104 none £2,000 Third round qualifying 24 November 2007 40 104 → 64 44 £3,000First round 15 December 2007 32 64 → 32 24 £4,000 Second round 12 January 2008 16 32 → 16 none £5,000 Third round 2 February 2008 8 16 → 8 none £6,000 Fourth round 23 February 2008 4 8 → 4 none £8,000 Semi-finals 8 March and 15 March 2008 2 4 → 2 none £16,000 Final 10 May 2008 1 2 → 1 none £50,000 Preliminary round · Ties will be played on 6 October 2007. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Garforth Town 2–3 Shepshed Dynamo 2 Clitheroe 2–1 Ossett Albion 3 Quorn 1–1 Bridlington Town 4 Kidsgrove Athletic 0–1 Chasetown 5 Skelmersdale United 1–0 Goole 6 Grantham Town 3–0 Alsager Town 7 Brigg Town 2–2 Gresley Rovers 8 Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 F C United Of Manchester 9 Cammell Laird 0–1 Curzon Ashton 10 Warrington Town 3–2 Rossendale United 11 Woodley Sports 1–1 Newcastle Blue Star 12 Sutton Coldfield Town 1–3 Radcliffe Borough 13 Belper Town 1–1 Willenhall Town 14 Rushall Olympic 2–1 Carlton Town 15 Spalding United 0–4 Romulus 16 Chatham Town 3–1 Kingstonian 17 Walton Casuals 1–3 Barton Rovers 18 Rothwell Town 1–2 Sittingbourne 19 Great Wakering Rovers 2–1 Tilbury 20 Waltham Forest 0–7 Arlesey Town 21 Canvey Island 3–1 Wingate & Finchley 22 Wivenhoe Town 0–2 Corinthian-Casuals 23 Chesham United 2–1 Waltham Abbey 24 Enfield Town 1–2 Aylesbury United 25 Dover Athletic 3–0 Potters Bar Town 26 Chipstead 1–1 Tooting & Mitcham United 27 Ilford 2–2 Aveley 28 Maldon Town 2–2 Croydon Athletic 29 Whitstable Town 0–2 Cray Wanderers 30 Leighton Town 3–1 Molesey 31 Berkhamsted Town 0–3 Walton & Hersham 32 Brentwood Town 1–0 Dulwich Hamlet 33 Worthing 2–1 Whyteleafe 34 Burgess Hill Town 0–2 Ware 35 Bury Town 0–0 Redbridge 36 Slough Town 1–1 Hillingdon Borough 37 Thatcham Town 0–4 Farnborough 38 Bishops Cleeve 0–4 Oxford City 39 Godalming Town 1–2 Taunton Town 40 Gosport Borough 1–0 Paulton Rovers 41 Malvern Town 1–3 Didcot Town 42 Windsor & Eton 2–0 Bridgwater Town 43 Fleet Town 5–0 Newport I O W 44 Andover 4–2 A F C Hayes 45 Cinderford Town 4–0 Stourport Swifts 46 Leamington 2–0 Marlow Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 3 Bridlington Town 3–1 Quorn 7 Gresley Rovers 3–3 Brigg Town(Gresley Rovers won 3–1 on penalties) 8 F C United of Manchester 1–4 Bradford Park Avenue 11 Newcastle Blue Star 1–0 Woodley Sports 13 Willenhall Town 3–2 Belper Town 26 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–2 Chipstead 27 Aveley 0–2 Ilford 28 Croydon Athletic 2–4 Maldon Town 35 Redbridge 0–3 Bury Town 36 Hillingdon Borough 2–1 Slough Town 1st qualifying round Ties will be played on 20 October 2007 Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Prescot Cables 2–3 Frickley Athletic 2 Buxton 2–1 Leek Town 3 Romulus 0–1 Warrington Town 4 Stocksbridge Park Steels 3–1 Skelmersdale United 5 Stamford 2–2 Matlock Town 6 Harrogate Railway Athletic 2–4 Radcliffe Borough 7 Gateshead 2–1 Shepshed Dynamo 8 Mossley 0–1 Rushall Olympic 9 Colwyn Bay 2–1 Newcastle Blue Star 10 Gresley Rovers 0–1 Guiseley 11 Witton Albion 6–1 Ashton United 12 North Ferriby United 1–1 Ilkeston Town 13 Grantham Town 1–3 Kendal Town 14 Clitheroe 0–0 Lancaster City 15 Fleetwood Town 1–0 Worksop Town 16 Chasetown w/o-scr Scarborough 17 Willenhall Town 1–3 Hednesford Town 18 Eastwood Town 0–1 Bamber Bridge 19 Chorley 1–2 Curzon Ashton 20 Bradford Park Avenue 0–2 Sheffield 21 Bridlington Town 0–2 Retford United 22 Wakefield 1–1 Nantwich Town 23 Ossett Town 3–2 Whitby Town 24 Marine 5–0 Lincoln United 25 Billericay Town 2–1 Ilford 26 Tonbridge Angels 3–2 Harrow Borough 27 Brentwood Town 1–1 Harlow Town 28 Ashford Town (Kent) 1–4 Leyton 29 Chatham Town 0–3 Witham Town 30 Aylesbury United 0–0 Margate 31 Walton & Hersham 2–1 Folkestone Invicta 32 Chesham United 2–1 Bedford Town 33 Bury Town 1–1 Maidstone United 34 Metropolitan Police 3–0 Great Wakering Rovers 35 Leighton Town 0–0 Wealdstone 36 Ware 4–1 Ashford Town (Middx) 37 Sittingbourne 0–2 Northwood 38 Cheshunt 1–2 Heybridge Swifts 39 Boreham Wood 1–2 Chelmsford City 40 Chipstead 1–3 Worthing 41 Dunstable Town 1–1 Hemel Hempstead Town 42 Ramsgate 2–3 Horsham 43 East Thurrock United 3–3 Cray Wanderers 44 Horsham Y M C A 1–3 Canvey Island 45 A F C Hornchurch 0–0 Dartford 46 Edgware Town 1–2 Hastings United 47 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Corinthian-Casuals 48 A F C Wimbledon 2–1 Hendon 49 Maldon Town 1–2 Dover Athletic 50 Hitchin Town 3–0 Eastbourne Town 51 A F C Sudbury 0–0 King's Lynn 52 Corby Town 4–1 Barton Rovers 53 Leatherhead 3–0 Arlesey Town 54 Halesowen Town 0–2 Brackley Town 55 Cinderford Town 2–1 Cirencester Town 56 Evesham United 1–0 Bromsgrove Rovers 57 Mangotsfield United 0–0 Fleet Town 58 Chippenham Town 3–0 Merthyr Tydfil 59 Slimbridge scr-w/o Bashley 60 Swindon Supermarine 1–1 Farnborough 61 Tiverton Town 0–1 Burnham 62 Oxford City 0–1 Windsor & Eton 63 Winchester City 2–2 Gosport Borough 64 Stourbridge 1–1 Gloucester City 65 Leamington 2–0 Banbury United 66 Hillingdon Borough 1–1 Bedworth United 67 Yate Town 2–1 Didcot Town 68 Woodford United 2–0 Bracknell Town 69 Rugby Town 1–3 Clevedon Town 70 Team Bath 1–0 Taunton Town 71 Uxbridge 4–1 Andover 72 Staines Town 0–0 Abingdon United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Matlock Town 1–0 Stamford 12 Ilkeston Town 4–1 North Ferriby United 14 Lancaster City 1–2 Clitheroe 22 Nantwich Town 2–3 Wakefield 27 Harlow Town 0–1 Brentwood Town 30 Margate 3–1 Aylesbury United 33 Maidstone United 3–1 Bury Town 35 Wealdstone 2–1 Leighton Town 41 Hemel Hempstead Town 2–1 Dunstable Town 43 Cray Wanderers 2–3 East Thurrock United 45 Dartford 0–3 A F C Hornchurch 51 King's Lynn 2–1 A F C Sudbury 57 Fleet Town 0–2 Mangotsfield United 60 Farnborough 1–0 Swindon Supermarine 63 Gosport Borough 2–1 Winchester City 65 Gloucester City 2–0 Stourbridge 66 Bedworth United 1–2 Hillingdon Borough 72 Abingdon United 5–2 Staines Town 2nd qualifying round · Ties will be played on 3 November 2007. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Stocksbridge Park Steels 2–5 Witton Albion 2 Curzon Ashton 1–3 Ilkeston Town 3 Warrington Town 0–3 Ossett Town 4 Bamber Bridge 1–1 Marine 5 Hednesford Town 1–2 Guiseley 6 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Retford United 7 Frickley Athletic 1–2 Colwyn Bay 8 Chasetown 0–0 Radcliffe Borough 9 Wakefield 0–2 Buxton 10 Matlock Town 1–2 Gateshead 11 Rushall Olympic 1–1 Clitheroe(Clitheroe played ineligible player – awarded to Rushall) 12 Sheffield 3–2 Kendal Town 13 Hitchin Town 2–1 Cinderford Town 14 Chippenham Town 3–2 Heybridge Swifts 15 Leatherhead 1–1 Mangotsfield United 16 A F C Wimbledon 4–0 Chelmsford City 17 Abingdon United 2–2 Maidstone United 18 Woodford United 1–4 Wealdstone 19 Bashley 3–1 Leyton 20 Tonbridge Angels 2–0 East Thurrock United 21 Brentwood Town 0–2 Canvey Island 22 Yate Town 0–3 Carshalton Athletic 23 Farnborough 1–3 Windsor & Eton 24 Burnham 2–1 Ware 25 A F C Hornchurch 2–2 Northwood 26 Gloucester City 3–3 Hillingdon Borough 27 Worthing 0–0 Walton & Hersham 28 Corby Town 2–2 Evesham United 29 Gosport Borough 3–2 Metropolitan Police 30 Witham Town 3–2 Horsham 31 King's Lynn 2–2 Billericay Town 32 Uxbridge 1–0 Hastings United 33 Hemel Hempstead Town 2–1 Clevedon Town 34 Leamington 1–1 Margate 35 Dover Athletic 2–1 Brackley Town 36 Chesham United 3–5 Team Bath Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 4 Marine 2–3 Bamber Bridge 6 Retford United 5–1 Fleetwood Town 8 Radcliffe Borough 2–1 Chasetown 15 Mangotsfield United 1–1 Leatherhead(Leatherhead won 4–1 on penalties) 17 Maidstone United 5–3 Abingdon United 25 Northwood 2–1 A F C Hornchurch 26 Hillingdon Borough 0–1 Gloucester City 27 Walton & Hersham 1–3 Worthing 28 Evesham United 4–2 Corby Town 31 Billericay Town 1–3 King's Lynn 34 Margate 0–1 Leamington 3rd qualifying round The teams from Conference North and Conference South entered in this round. Ties will be played on 24 November 2007. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team 1 Gateshead 2–1 Boston United 2 Solihull Moors 1–4 Cambridge City 3 Retford United 3–1 Radcliffe Borough 4 Guiseley 1–0 Worcester City 5 Evesham United 1–1 Redditch United 6 Rushall Olympic 0–0 Ossett Town 7 Bamber Bridge 2–1 Ilkeston Town 8 Hinckley United 1–3 Alfreton Town 9 Colwyn Bay 1–1 Sheffield 10 Vauxhall 1–0 Hyde United 11 Blyth Spartans 2–2 Gainsborough Trinity 12 Barrow 2–3 Southport 13 Burscough 2–3 Leigh R M I 14 Hucknall Town 1–1 Witton Albion 15 Nuneaton Borough 0–0 Workington 16 Buxton 0–1 A F C Telford United 17 Stalybridge Celtic 0–2 Tamworth 18 Harrogate Town 0–3 Kettering Town 19 Bromley 2–1 Chippenham Town 20 Bishop's Stortford 2–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 21 Hemel Hempstead Town 3–0 Team Bath 22 A F C Wimbledon 2–1 Northwood 23 Maidstone United 0–1 Canvey Island 24 Basingstoke Town 1–4 Lewes 25 Gosport Borough 1–4 Braintree Town 26 Dorchester Town 1–1 Worthing 27 Fisher Athletic London 1–2 Leamington 28 Bognor Regis Town 2–1 Havant & Waterlooville 29 Bashley 4–0 Leatherhead 30 Gloucester City 1–0 Uxbridge 31 Hayes & Yeading United 4–2 Witham Town 32 Carshalton Athletic 1–1 Hitchin Town 33 Eastleigh 4–2 Weston super Mare 34 Windsor & Eton 1–2 Newport County 35 Bath City 2–0 Thurrock 36 Tonbridge Angels 1–0 Burnham 37 Wealdstone 1–0 Welling United 38 King's Lynn 3–1 Eastbourne Borough 39 Maidenhead United 2–0 St Albans City 40 Dover Athletic 1–1 Sutton United Replays Tie Home team Score Away team 5 Redditch United 1–0 Evesham United 6 Ossett Town 3–2 Rushall Olympic 9 Sheffield 2–2 Colwyn Bay(Colwyn Bay won 5–4 on penalties) 11 Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Blyth Spartans(Blyth won 3–1 on penalties) 14 Witton Albion 1–2 Hucknall Town 15 Workington 2–1 Nuneaton Borough 26 Worthing 1–2 Dorchester Town 32 Hitchin Town 1–2 Carshalton Athletic 40 Sutton United 1–0 Dover Athletic First round This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System. Ties will be played on 15 December 2007. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 A.F.C. Telford United 1 – 2 Blyth Spartans 1,120 2 Vauxhall Motors 2 – 1 Northwich Victoria 462 3 Alfreton Town 1 – 0 Southport 187 4 Halifax Town 2 – 1 Leamington 805 5 Stafford Rangers 3 – 1 Ossett Town 521 6 Colwyn Bay 1 – 2 Burton Albion 382 7 Bamber Bridge 2 – 3 Rushden & Diamonds 330 8 Droylsden 2 – 1 Redditch United 239 9 Histon 5 – 2 Retford United 316 10 Gateshead 1 – 1 Farsley Celtic 238 11 Cambridge United 5 – 0 King's Lynn 2,311 12 Hucknall Town 0 – 1 Tamworth 265 13 Leigh RMI 1 – 3 Workington 101 14 Guiseley 1 – 2 Kidderminster Harriers 312 15 Cambridge City 3 – 2 Kettering Town 531 16 Altrincham 1 – 3 York City 752 17 Gloucester City 0 – 2 Braintree Town 269 18 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 – 1 Woking 453 19 Grays Athletic 3 – 0 Lewes 401 20 Maidenhead United 0 – 2 AFC Wimbledon 1,157 21 Dorchester Town 2 – 1 Stevenage Borough 321 22 Bishop's Stortford 8 – 0 Canvey Island 359 23 Torquay United 1 – 0 Bashley 1,277 24 Crawley Town 1 – 0 Bromley 667 25 Newport County 2 – 0 Bath City 592 26 Ebbsfleet United 4 – 1 Carshalton Athletic 492 27 Oxford United 0 – 0 Tonbridge Angels 1,508 28 Wealdstone 0 – 1 Weymouth 343 29 Sutton United 1 – 4 Forest Green Rovers 303 30 Hayes & Yeading United 0 – 5 Aldershot Town 435 31 Exeter City 3 – 0 Salisbury City 2,151 32 Eastleigh 1 – 0 Bognor Regis Town 218 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 10 Farsley Celtic 4 – 1 Gateshead 92 27 Tonbridge Angels 1 – 0 Oxford United 642 Second round The draw was made on 17 December 2007. Ties will be played on 12 January 2008. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Vauxhall Motors 1 – 4 Burton Albion 551 2 Woking 2 – 4 Aldershot Town 2,368 3 Tonbridge Angels 0 – 4 AFC Wimbledon 2,281 4 Droylsden 1 – 0 Cambridge City 377 5 Weymouth 0 – 0 Kidderminster Harriers 831 6 Farsley Celtic 1 – 1 Alfreton Town 370 7 Rushden & Diamonds 3 – 0 Exeter City 1,098 8 Dorchester Town 0 – 2 Ebbsfleet United 418 9 Histon 2 – 0 Cambridge United 1,920 10 Braintree Town 1 – 1 Workington 506 11 Bishop's Stortford 2 – 2 Halifax Town 731 12 Newport County 1 – 2 Torquay United 1,510 13 Stafford Rangers 2 – 1 Forest Green Rovers 627 14 Crawley Town 2 – 1 Eastleigh 808 15 York City 1 – 1 Grays Athletic 1,351 16 Blyth Spartans 0 – 1 Tamworth 574 Replays Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 5 Kidderminster Harriers 2 – 2 Weymouth 994Weymouth won 3–0 on penalties 6 Alfreton Town 0 – 2 Farsley Celtic 268 10 Workington 1 – 2 Braintree Town 421 11 Halifax Town 4 – 1 Bishop's Stortford 728 15 Grays Athletic 1 – 4 York City 528 Third round The draw was made on 14 January 2008. Ties will be played on 2 February 2008. Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Ebbsfleet United 1 – 0 Weymouth 818 2 Burton Albion 1 – 1 Histon 1,769 3 Aldershot Town 3 – 0 Braintree Town 1,772 4 Farsley Celtic 0 – 2 York City 952 5 Stafford Rangers 2 – 2 Tamworth 1,025 6 Crawley Town 8 – 0 Droylsden 937 7 AFC Wimbledon 0 – 2 Torquay United 4,085 8 Halifax Town 0 – 2 Rushden & Diamonds 1,384 Ties Tie Home team Score Away team Attendance 2 Histon 0 – 1 Burton Albion 564 5 Tamworth 2 – 1 Stafford Rangers 571 Fourth round The draw was made on 4 February 2008. Ties will be played on 23 February 2008. 2008-02-23 15:00 Tamworth 1–2 (Report) Aldershot Town Sheridan 82 Winfield 81Hudson 90 The Lamb Ground, Tamworth 1,204 David Richard 2008-02-23 15:00 Rushden & Diamonds 0–1 (Report) York City Parslow 14 Nene Park, Irthlingborough 1,626 N Kinseley (Essex) 2008-02-23 15:00 Torquay United 4–1 (Report) Crawley Town D'Sane 19Mohamed 59Mohamed 66Phillips 66 Cook (pen) 87 Plainmoor, Torquay 2,301 James Linnington (Newport, Isle of Wight) 2008-02-23 15:00 Burton Albion 0–0 (Report) Ebbsfleet United Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent 2,103 Chris Pawson (Sheffield) Replays 2008-02-25 19:45 Ebbsfleet United 1 – 0(a.e.t.) (Report) Burton Albion Long 116 Stonebridge Road, Northfleet 841 James Linnington (Newport, Isle of Wight) Semi-finals The draw was made on 25 February 2008. The two-legged ties will be played on 8 March and 15 March 2008. First legs 7 March 2008 19:45 Torquay United 2–0 (Report) York City Sills 5Phillips 46 Plainmoor, Torquay 2,286 8 March 2008 12:00 Ebbsfleet United 3–1 (Report) Aldershot Town McPhee 6McPhee 37McCarthy 78 Mendes 76 Stonebridge Road, Northfleet 2,483 Second legs 15 March 2008 15:00 Aldershot Town 1–1 (Report) Ebbsfleet United Mendes 61 Bostwick 90 Recreation Ground, Aldershot 4,344 Ebbsfleet United win 4–2 on aggregate 15 March 2008 15:00 York City 1–0 (Report) Torquay United Todd 64 o.g. Bootham Crescent, York 3,625 Torquay United win 2–1 on aggregate Final 2008-05-10 14:30 Ebbsfleet United 1–0 https://archive.today/20080905091921/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/TheFATrophy/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2008/05/TheFATrophyFinal2008.htm (Report) Torquay United McPhee 45 Wembley Stadium, London 40,186 Martin Atkinson The Starting Teams were: Torquay United; 21 Martin Rice, 3 Kevin Nicholson, 4 Steve Woods (c), 6 Chris Todd, 7 Lee Mansell, 8 Tim Sills, (11 Kevin Hill 89mins) 10 Lee Phillips (19 Danny Stevens 46mins) 14 Chris Hargreaves, 20 Roscoe D'Sane (9 Elliot Benyon 66mins) 24 Steve Adams, 26 Chris Zebroski. Subs Not Used 5 Chris Robertson, 16 Matt Hockley. Ebbsfleet United; 1 Lance Cronin, 2 Peter Hawkins, 3 Sacha Opinel, 5 James Smith, 6 Paul McCarthy (c), 8 Stacy Long (4 Gary McDonald 84mins) 12 Chris McPhee, 14 Neil Barrett, 18 Luke Moore, 19 John Akinde, 25 Micheal Bostwick. Substitutes 21 Sam Mott, 10 Chukki Erribenne, 15 Mark Ricketts, 17 George Purcell. References General Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2007–08 Specific Category:FA Trophy seasons FA Trophy