The 2016–17 FA Trophy was the 47th season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 276 clubs entered the competition, which was won by York City after beating Macclesfield Town 3–2 in front of 38,224 spectators at Wembley in the final on 21 May 2017.
Calendar Round Main date Number of fixtures Clubs New entries this round Prize money Preliminary round 8 October 2016 64 276 → 212 128 £2,500 First round qualifying 29 October 2016 72 212 → 140 80 £2,700 Second round qualifying 12 November 2016 36 140 → 104 none £3,250 Third round qualifying 26 November 2016 40 104 → 64 44 £4,000 First round proper 10 December 2016 32 64 → 32 24 £5,000 Second round proper 14 January 2017 16 32 → 16 none £6,000 Third round proper 4 February 2017 8 16 → 8 none £7,000 Fourth round proper 25 February 2017 4 8 → 4 none £8,000 Semi-finals 11 March and 18 March 2017 2 4 → 2 none £16,000 Final 21 May 2017 1 2 → 1 none Runner-up £25,000Winner £50,000
Preliminary round A total of 128 clubs, from Level 8 of English football, entered preliminary round of the competition. Eight clubs from level 8 get a bye to the first round qualifying - Beaconsfield SYCOB, Heybridge Swifts, Kidsgrove Athletic, Market Drayton Town, Phoenix Sports, Waltham Abbey, Walton Casuals and Ware.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Witton Albion (8) 5–2 Brighouse Town (8) 235 2 Glossop North End (8) 2–0 Tadcaster Albion (8) 369 3 Prescot Cables (8) 1–1 Ossett Albion (8) 290 Ossett Albion (8) 0–1 Prescot Cables (8) 87 4 Colne (8) 1–2 Trafford (8) 181 5 Burscough (8) 1–2 Kendal Town (8) 110 6 Clitheroe (8) 0–5 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 270 7 Colwyn Bay (8) 1–0 Hyde United (8) 268 8 Northwich Victoria (8) 1–1 Mossley (8) 132 Mossley (8) 3–2 Northwich Victoria (8) 65 9 Shaw Lane (8) 2–0 Scarborough Athletic (8) 304 10 Belper Town (8) 1–2 Goole (8) 248 11 Radcliffe Borough (8) 1–3 Farsley Celtic (8) 119 12 Lancaster City (8) 1–1 Droylsden (8) 233 Droylsden (8) 1–3 Lancaster City (8) 102 13 Ramsbottom United (8) 3–1 Sheffield (8) 253 14 Ossett Town (8) 0–1 Bamber Bridge (8) 141 15 Bedworth United (8) 3–3 Rugby Town (8) 223 Rugby Town (8) 0–2 Bedworth United (8) 132 16 Stamford (8) 1–0 Basford United (8) 257 17 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 1–1 Histon (8) 333 Histon (8) 1–6 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 151 18 Gresley (8) 4–1 Spalding United (8) 243 19 Carlton Town (8) 3–1 Chasetown (8) 108 20 Newcastle Town (8) 1–3 Soham Town Rangers (8) 127 21 Loughborough Dynamo (8) 1–2 Leek Town (8) 139 22 Lincoln United (8) 2–2 Romulus (8) 171 Romulus (8) 1–3 Lincoln United (8) 80 23 Aylesbury (8) 1–3 Ware (8) 56 24 Sittingbourne (8) 0–2 Bury Town (8) 150 25 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 3–1 Great Wakering Rovers (8) 115 26 East Grinstead Town (8) 4–0 Three Bridges (8) 141 27 Witham Town (8) 2–1 Aveley (8) 102 28 Cray Wanderers (8) 3–3 Carshalton Athletic (8) 187 Match replayed at Cray Wanderers after an FA Investigation found that Carshalton Athletic fielded an ineligible player in the original tie. Cray Wanderers (8) 3–0 Carshalton Athletic (8) 91 29 Potters Bar Town (8) 0–2 Horsham (8) 131 30 Thurrock (8) 1–2 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 83 31 Chipstead (8) 3–3 Kempston Rovers (8) 65 Kempston Rovers (8) 2–0 Chipstead (8) 88
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 32 Aylesbury United (8) 4–1 Chatham Town (8) 99 33 Uxbridge (8) 4–0 AFC Dunstable (8) 64 34 Lewes (8) 1–1 Tilbury (8) 422 Tilbury (8) 0–3 Lewes (8) 80 35 South Park (8) 2–0 Guernsey (8) 112 36 Whyteleafe (8) 1–3 Cheshunt (8) 141 37 Haringey Borough (8) 1–2 Hythe Town (8) 86 38 Dorking Wanderers (8) 3–6 Northwood (8) 130 39 Wroxham (8) 3–0 Godalming Town (8) 71 40 Norwich United (8) 0–2 Tooting & Mitcham United (8) 156 41 Ramsgate (8) 0–3 Hastings United (8) 192 42 AFC Hornchurch (8) 2–3 Ashford Town (Mx) (8) 162 43 Molesey (8) 1–3 Romford (8) 63 44 Brentwood Town (8) 1–2 Marlow (8) 92 45 Arlesey Town (8) 2–2 Chalfont St Peter (8) 72 Chalfont St Peter (8) 6–0 Arlesey Town (8) 40 46 Corinthian Casuals (8) 2–1 Thamesmead Town (8) 121 47 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 2–1 Dereham Town (8) 102 48 VCD Athletic (8) 1–1 Greenwich Borough (8) 97 Greenwich Borough (8) 1–2 VCD Athletic (8) 115 49 Royston Town (8) 3–0 Egham Town (8) 144 50 Hanwell Town (8) 4–0 Bedford Town (8) 123 51 Barton Rovers (8) 0–1 Herne Bay (8) 101 52 Slimbridge (8) 1–3 Swindon Supermarine (8) 60 53 Bridgwater Town (8) 2–2 North Leigh (8) 109 North Leigh (8) 4–1 Bridgwater Town (8) 37 54 Winchester City (8) 1–1 Petersfield Town (8) 140 Petersfield Town (8) 1–3 Winchester City (8) 115 55 Wimborne Town (8) 2–2 AFC Totton (8) 264 AFC Totton (8) 1–2 Wimborne Town (8) 184 56 Salisbury (8) 4–3 Hereford (8) 1,225 57 Paulton Rovers (8) 1–6 Tiverton Town (8) 112 58 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 1–0 Didcot Town (8) 80 59 Mangotsfield United (8) 0–2 Yate Town (8) 310 60 Farnborough (8) 1–5 Barnstaple Town (8) 172 61 Fleet Town (8) 2–1 Bideford (8) 83 62 Kidlington (8) 2–3 Wantage Town (8) 79 63 Taunton Town (8) 6–2 Larkhall Athletic (8) 362 64 Shortwood United (8) 0–1 Evesham United (8) 134
First round qualifying A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the preliminary round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and eight teams from level 8, who get a bye in the previous round.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Goole (8) 1–1 Blyth Spartans (7) 252 Blyth Spartans (7) 7–1 Goole (8) 4402 Spennymoor Town (7) 1–2 Matlock Town (7) 3933 Warrington Town (7) 0–2 Nantwich Town (7) 2744 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 2–1 Lancaster City (8) 1285 Whitby Town (7) 4–3 Workington (7) 3216 Skelmersdale United (7) 1–3 Kendal Town (8) 1757 Colwyn Bay (8) 1–1 Witton Albion (8) 298 Witton Albion (8) 3–1 Colwyn Bay (8) 2578 Mossley (8) 1–3 Farsley Celtic (8) 1249 Ramsbottom United (8) 2–1 Prescot Cables (8) 21610 Bamber Bridge (8) 0–2 Trafford (8) 16911 Buxton (7) 2–0 Glossop North End (8) 51812 Ashton United (7) 0–4 Marine (7) 12413 Shaw Lane (8) 6–2 Frickley Athletic (7) 25614 Stratford Town (7) 2–2 Grantham Town (7) 204 Grantham Town (7) 4–0 Stratford Town (7) 14215 Leamington (7) 0–1 Mickleover Sports (7) 35216 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 5–3 Soham Town Rangers (8) 15117 Rushall Olympic (7) 1–2 Halesowen Town (7) 18918 Ilkeston (7) 0–2 Barwell (7) 26219 Carlton Town (8) 1–4 St Ives Town (7) 9320 Stourbridge (7) 1–2 King's Lynn Town (7) 46521 Corby Town (7) 0–2 Stafford Rangers (7) 43522 Kettering Town (7) 5–1 Market Drayton Town (8) 35723 Redditch United (7) 3–1 Cambridge City (7) 24224 Stamford (8) 1–4 Hednesford Town (7) 34525 Leek Town (8) 2–1 Sutton Coldfield Town (7) 31526 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 1–0 Coalville Town (7) 44827 Bedworth United (8) 2–3 St Neots Town (7) 12228 Lincoln United (8) 4–2 Gresley (8) 20229 Horsham (8) 1–3 Romford (8) 29130 East Grinstead Town (8) 2–3 Phoenix Sports (8) 9531 Kingstonian (7) 2–1 Lewes (8) 24532 Hastings United (8) 4–0 Aylesbury United (8) 32233 Hythe Town (8) 3–2 Walton Casuals (8) 17934 Burgess Hill Town (7) 5–1 Beaconsfield SYCOB (8) 22635 Leatherhead (7) 2–3 Chesham United (7) 25536 Waltham Abbey (8) 0–5 Merstham (7) 7237 Hanwell Town (8) 2–1 Bury Town (8) 116
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 38 Metropolitan Police (7) 2–6 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 12439 Needham Market (7) 2–0 Wroxham (8) 20540 Slough Town (7) 4–1 Bognor Regis Town (7) 54341 Grays Athletic (7) 1–1 Wingate & Finchley (7) 146 Wingate & Finchley (7) 2–0 Grays Athletic (7) 9642 Worthing (7) 3–1 Kempston Rovers (8) 41843 AFC Sudbury (7) 4–0 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 19644 Tonbridge Angels (7) 3–3 Ashford Town (Mx) (8) 381 Ashford Town (Mx) (8) 1–4 Tonbridge Angels (7) 22745 Kings Langley (7) 1–0 Heybridge Swifts (8) 6146 Leiston (7) 5–0 Hendon (7) 17347 VCD Athletic (8) 1–3 Ware (8) 6848 Enfield Town (7) 3–2 Canvey Island (7) 27349 Tooting & Mitcham United (8) 2–4 Dunstable Town (7) 18550 Billericay Town (7) 2–0 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 33751 Chalfont St Peter (8) 3–2 Corinthian Casuals (8) 6952 Cray Wanderers (8) 4–0 Marlow (8) 7553 Cheshunt (8) 1–3 Folkestone Invicta (7) 14454 Royston Town (8) 2–2 Northwood (8) 155 Northwood (8) 1–4 Royston Town (8) 9555 Lowestoft Town (7) 1–2 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 42856 Biggleswade Town (7) 1–0 Witham Town (8) 11157 Faversham Town (8) 3–4 South Park (8) 17558 Uxbridge (8) 0–1 Harlow Town (7) 11559 Herne Bay (8) 2–2 Harrow Borough (7) 195 Harrow Borough (7) 3–0 Herne Bay (8) 9660 Hayes & Yeading United (7) 0–1 Hitchin Town (7) 12761 Evesham United (8) 1–1 Frome Town (7) 235 Frome Town (7) 1–0 Evesham United (8) 15262 Yate Town (8) 1–6 North Leigh (8) 11863 Salisbury (8) 2–3 Chippenham Town (7) 90464 Taunton Town (8) 5–0 Swindon Supermarine (8) 49365 Tiverton Town (8) 0–1 Wimborne Town (8) 19166 Cirencester Town (7) 1–2 Havant & Waterlooville (7) 14167 Merthyr Town (7) 6–1 Cinderford Town (7) 28368 Banbury United (7) 0–1 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 22069 Fleet Town (8) 1–2 Winchester City (8) 9370 Weymouth (7) 4–0 Wantage Town (8) 40271 Dorchester Town (7) 3–1 Barnstaple Town (8) 34472 Staines Town (7) 1–4 Basingstoke Town (7) 291
Second round qualifying A total of 72 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the first qualifying round.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 1 Nantwich Town (7) 2–0 Kendal Town (8) 2512 Blyth Spartans (7) 4–3 Halesowen Town (7) 5653 Buxton (7) 1–3 King's Lynn Town (7) 3024 Marine (7) 1–1 St Neots Town (7) 288 St Neots Town (7) 2–4 Marine (7) 1785 Hednesford Town (7) 1–1 Stafford Rangers (7) 910 Stafford Rangers (7) 2–1 Hednesford Town (7) 1,0056 St Ives Town (7) 2–1 Leek Town (8) 1607 Shaw Lane (8) 3–0 Whitby Town (7) 3208 Ramsbottom United (8) 4–1 Redditch United (7) 1399 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 3–5 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 16510 Barwell (7) 2–3 Farsley Celtic (8) 15911 Grantham Town (7) 0–2 Matlock Town (7) 25912 Trafford (8) 0–1 Mickleover Sports (7) 20613 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 3–3 Lincoln United (8) 485 Lincoln United (8) 2–0 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 22914 Witton Albion (8) 2–1 Kettering Town (7) 33915 Kings Langley (7) 1–0 Enfield Town (7) 22216 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 0–1 Taunton Town (8) 7217 Dunstable Town (7) 1–4 Weymouth (7) 10618 Dorchester Town (7) 0–3 Basingstoke Town (7) 30619 Merthyr Town (7) 2–2 Slough Town (7) 370 Slough Town (7) 2–0 Merthyr Town (7) 42920 Havant & Waterlooville (7) 5–0 Billericay Town (7) 256
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 21 Brightlingsea Regent (8) A–A* Harlow Town (7) 177 Match abandoned at half due to floodlight failure when the score was 0-0.21 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 1–1 Harlow Town (7) 234 Harlow Town (7) 2–1 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 22822 Hanwell Town (8) 0–1 Frome Town (7) 10423 Chippenham Town (7) 0–1 Leiston (7) 30624 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 4–0 Chesham United (7) 71625 Merstham (7) 0–3 Hythe Town (8) 10526 Burgess Hill Town (7) 2–2 Chalfont St Peter (8) 185 Chalfont St Peter (8) Burgess Hill Town (7) 5427 Biggleswade Town (7) 1–1 Hitchin Town (7) 325 Hitchin Town (7) 3–2 Biggleswade Town (7) 20128 Folkestone Invicta (7) 2–3 North Leigh (8) 29129 Royston Town (8) 4–0 Wimborne Town (8) 18030 Needham Market (7) 1–2 Harrow Borough (7) 20331 Cray Wanderers (8) 1–2 Worthing (7) 16432 Phoenix Sports (8) 1–3 Winchester City (8) 6733 Hastings United (8) 1–1 South Park (8) 280 South Park (8) 3–2 Hastings United (8) 8434 AFC Sudbury (7) 4–0 Romford (8) 21935 Kingstonian (7) 1–1 Tonbridge Angels (7) 318 Tonbridge Angels (7) 1–2 Kingstonian (7) 28636 Ware (8) 0–2 Wingate & Finchley (7) 93
Third round qualifying A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round qualifying and 44 clubs from Level 6 of English football.