2008–09 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | England Wales |
Teams | 263 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Stevenage Borough |
Runner-up | York City |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 262 |
The FA Trophy 2008–09 was the fortieth season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The number of team entries for this season was 263.
Calendar
[edit]Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money |
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Preliminary round | 4 October 2008 | 51 | 263→212 | 102 | £1,000 |
First round qualifying | 18 October 2008 | 72 | 212→140 | 93 | £2,300 |
Second round qualifying | 1 November 2008 | 36 | 140→104 | none | £3,000 |
Third round qualifying | 22 November 2008 | 40 | 104→64 | 44 | £4,000 |
First round | 13 December 2008 | 32 | 64→32 | 24 | £5,000 |
Second round | 10 January 2009 | 16 | 32→16 | none | £6,000 |
Third round | 31 January 2009 | 8 | 16→8 | none | £7,000 |
Fourth round | 21 February 2009 | 4 | 8→4 | none | £8,000 |
Semi-finals | 14 March and 21 March 2009 | 2 | 4→2 | none | £16,000 |
Final | 9 May 2009 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | Winner: £50,000 Loser: £25,000 |
Preliminary round
[edit]Ties were played on 4 October 2008.
Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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5 | Curzon Ashton | 1–2 | Durham City | 147 |
7 | Nuneaton Town | 0–1 | Goole | 258 |
13 | Warrington Town | 3–0 | Chorley | 128 |
26 | Waltham Abbey | 1–2 | Metropolitan Police | 88 |
28 | Tilbury | 2–0 | Rothwell Town | 57 |
34 | Chatham Town | 2–0 | Folkestone Invicta | 154 |
50 | Thatcham Town | 2–0 | Paulton Rovers | 110 |
First round qualifying
[edit]Ties will be played on 18 October 2008.
Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round.
Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance | |
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1 | Garforth Town | 3–4 | Romulus | 78 | |
4 | Bedworth United | 4–1 | Rushall Olympic | 79 | |
16 | Chasetown | 2–1 | Colwyn Bay | 341 | |
18 | Rugby Town | 2–0 | Lancaster City | 131 | |
19 | North Ferriby United | 2–0 | Spalding United | 89 | |
23 | Halesowen Town | 0–1 | Durham City | 311 | |
26 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 4–1 | Newcastle Blue Star | 55 | |
30 | Heybridge Swifts | 3–2 | Walton Casuals | 94 | |
33 | AFC Hornchurch | 1–2 | Maidstone United | 257 | |
35 | Ashford Town (Middx) | 2–4 | Wingate & Finchley | 52 | |
43 | Cray Wanderers | 1–0 | Tilbury | 78 | |
51 | Canvey Island | 0–0 | Cambridge City | 245 | |
Cambridge City won 4–2 on penalties | |||||
59 | Stourport Swifts | 1–3 | Yate Town | 73 | |
69 | Chesham United | 2–1 | Truro City | 279 |
Second round qualifying
[edit]Ties will be played on 1 November 2007
Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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2 | North Ferriby United | 1–4 | Chasetown | 111 |
8 | Warrington Town | 3–1 | Romulus | 88 |
16 | AFC Sudbury | 4–3 | Great Wakering Rovers | 201 |
24 | Chippenham Town | 0–1 | Heybridge Swifts | 223 |
28 | Oxford City | 2–4 | Dartford | 219 |
Third round qualifying
[edit]Ties will be played on 22 November 2007
Teams from Conference North and Conference South entered in this round.
Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance | |
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6 | Cammell Laird | 0–2 | Redditch United | 132 | |
10 | Southport | 2–1 | Vauxhall Motors | 224 | |
14 | Hednesford Town | 5–0 | Hyde United | 263 | |
24 | Farnborough | 6–2 | Braintree Town | 321 | |
28 | Sutton United | 2–2 | Wingate & Finchley | 212 | |
Wingate & Finchley won 4–3 on penalties | |||||
30 | Dartford | 1–1 | St Albans City | 542 | |
St Albans City won 4–2 on penalties | |||||
38 | AFC Totton | 1–2 | Welling United | 232 | |
40 | Tiverton Town | 1–0 | Bishop's Stortford | 290 |
First round
[edit]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 13 December 2008.
Ties
[edit]Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance | |
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6 | Farsley Celtic | 2–2 | Burton Albion | 262 | |
Burton Albion won 3–2 on penalties | |||||
18 | Tiverton Town | 2–1 | Bashley | 436 | |
30 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1–1 | Newport County | 421 | |
Rushden & Diamonds won 5–3 on penalties |
Second round
[edit]Ties will be played on 10 January 2009.
Ties
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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1 | Lewes | 3–3 | Havant & Waterlooville | 258 |
2 | Ilkeston Town | 3–5 | Kidderminster Harriers | 401 |
3 | Burton Albion | 3–0 | Salisbury City | 1,472 |
4 | Basingstoke Town | 1–2 | Wrexham | 597 |
5 | Hednesford Town | 4–3 | Welling United | 346 |
6 | Forest Green Rovers | 5–0 | Redditch United | 441 |
7 | Tiverton Town | 1–1 | Kettering Town | 604 |
8 | Durham City | 1–1 | Southport | 387 |
9 | AFC Telford United | 4–0 | Hayes & Yeading United | 986 |
10 | Farnborough | 0–2 | Stevenage Borough | 705 |
11 | Torquay United | 1–0 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1,728 |
12 | Ebbsfleet United | 2–1 | Stalybridge Celtic | 467 |
13 | Barrow | 0–3 | Workington | 1,614 |
14 | Uxbridge | 1–6 | Swindon Supermarine | 203 |
15 | Oxford United | 1–2 | York City | 1,958 |
16 | Cambridge United | 0–5 | Crawley Town | 1,233 |
Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance | |
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1 | Havant & Waterlooville | 4–3 | Lewes | 302 | |
7 | Kettering Town | 1–1 | Tiverton Town | 816 | |
Kettering Town won 4-1 on penalties | |||||
8 | Southport | 3–1 | Durham City | 553 |
Third round
[edit]Ties will be played on 31 January 2009.
Ties
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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1 | Kettering Town | 0–1 | AFC Telford United | 1,692 |
2 | Kidderminster Harriers | 1–1 | York City | 1,113 |
3 | Workington | 1–3 | Wrexham | 1,029 |
4 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–0 | Hednesford Town | 768 |
5 | Ebbsfleet United | 2–0 | Swindon Supermarine | 3,750 |
6 | Havant & Waterlooville | 2–0 | Crawley Town | 413 |
7 | Southport | 3–0 | Torquay United | 980 |
8 | Stevenage Borough | 4–0 | Burton Albion | 1,296 |
Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance | |
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2 | York City | 1–1 | Kidderminster Harriers | 683 | |
York City won 13–12 on penalties |
Fourth round
[edit]Ties will be played on 21 February 2009.
Ties
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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1 | Wrexham | 0–0 | Ebbsfleet United | 3,021 |
2 | Stevenage Borough | 4–0 | Forest Green Rovers | 1,349 |
3 | AFC Telford United | 2–2 | Southport | 2,059 |
4 | York City | 2–0 | Havant & Waterlooville | 1,679 |
Replays
[edit]Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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1 | Ebbsfleet United | 3–1 | Wrexham | 992 |
3 | Southport | 0–1 | AFC Telford United |
Semi-finals
[edit]First leg
[edit]Stevenage Borough | 3 – 2 | Ebbsfleet United |
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Morison 7' Boylan 32' Bridges 81' |
Barrett 61' Long 72' |
AFC Telford United | 0 – 2 | York City |
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Rusk 10' Purkiss 68' |
Second leg
[edit]Ebbsfleet United | 0 – 1 | Stevenage Borough |
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Vincenti 90' |
York City | 2 – 1 | AFC Telford United |
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Brodie 17' McBreen 62' |
Brown 86' |