The 2017–18 FA Trophy is the 49th season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System.
Calendar The calendar for the 2017–18 FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.
Round Main Date Number of Fixtures Clubs New Entries This Round Prize Money Preliminary round 7 October 2017 64 276 → 212 128 £3,000 First round qualifying 28 October 2017 72 212 → 140 80 £3,250 Second round qualifying 11 November 2017 36 140 → 104 none £4,000 Third round qualifying 25 November 2017 40 104 → 64 44 £5,000 First round proper 16 December 2017 32 64 → 32 24 £6,000 Second round proper 13 January 2018 16 32 → 16 none £7,000 Third round proper 3 February 2018 8 16 → 8 none £8,000 Fourth round proper 24 February 2018 4 8 → 4 none £10,000 Semi-finals 17 and 24 March 2018 2 4 → 2 none £20,000 Final 20 May 2018 1 2 → 1 none Runners-up £30,000 Winners £60,000
Preliminary round
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 7 October 2017 1 Ossett Albion (8) 1–1 Droylsden (8) 139 2 Ramsbottom United (8) 3–0 Colwyn Bay (8) 282 3 Bamber Bridge (8) 4–2 Brighouse Town (8) 304 4 Cleethorpes Town (8) 2–1 Hyde United (8) 297 5 Mossley (8) 3–1 Skelmersdale United (8) 138 6 Kendal Town (8) 2–1 Radcliffe Borough (8) 111 7 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 1–4 Atherton Collieries (8) 158 8 Scarborough Athletic (8) 2–5 South Shields (8) 1,338 9 Tadcaster Albion (8) 0–2 Glossop North End (8) 227 10 Ossett Town (8) 3–0 Goole (8) 154 11 Prescot Cables (8) 3–1 Trafford (8) 373 12 Clitheroe (8) 3–0 Colne (8) 398 13 Sheffield (8) 0–3 Frickley Athletic (8) 402 15 Newcastle Town (8) 3–0 Soham Town Rangers (8) 108 16 Chasetown (8) 2–0 Market Drayton Town (8) 289 17 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 1–3 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 430 18 Basford United (8) 3–0 Peterborough Sports (8) 139 19 Stamford (8) 3–0 Loughborough Dynamo (8) 205 20 Belper Town (8) 1–2 Alvechurch (8) 205 21 Gresley (8) 0–1 Bedworth United (8) 230 22 Leek Town (8) 4–1 Lincoln United (8) 269 24 Greenwich Borough (8) 0–1 Hanwell Town (8) 80 25 Heybridge Swifts (8) 2–0 Carshalton Athletic (8) 181 26 Hertford Town (8) W.O. Guernsey (8) - Walkover for Hertford Town as Guernsey withdrew from the tournament. 27 Kempston Rovers (8) 0–1 Hythe Town (8) 132 28 Potters Bar Town (8) 4–0 Tilbury (8) 89 29 Ashford United (8) 0–3 Sittingbourne (8) 325 30 Egham Town (8) 7–1 Shoreham (8) 68 31 Northwood (8) 2–5 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 97 32 AFC Sudbury (8) 2–2 Aylesbury United (8) 279 33 Waltham Abbey (8) 2–1 Faversham Town (8) 75 35 VCD Athletic (8) 0–1 Bedford Town (8) 65 36 Haringey Borough (8) 3–0 Whyteleafe (8) 175 37 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 2–2 Dereham Town (8) 173 38 Cray Wanderers (8) 8–0 Horsham (8) 124 39 Chipstead (8) 1–1 Barking (8) 69 40 East Grinstead Town (8) 2–4 Lewes (8) 203 41 Corinthian-Casuals (8) 2–0 AFC Dunstable (8) 153 42 Cheshunt (8) 3–0 Herne Bay (8) 144
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 43 Ramsgate (8) 3–5 Bury Town (8) 209 44 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 3–1 Barton Rovers (8) 116 45 Brentwood Town (8) 3–3 South Park (8) 113 46 Walton Casuals (8) 3–0 Canvey Island (8) 196 47 Phoenix Sports (8) 0–3 Chalfont St Peter (8) 93 48 Ashford Town (8) 4–1 Uxbridge (8) 111 49 Grays Athletic (8) 4–3 Norwich United (8) 201 50 Aylesbury (8) 4–3 Molesey (8) 77 51 Marlow (8) 0–0 Aveley (8) 101 52 Taunton Town (8) 1–1 AFC Totton (8) 335 53 Mangotsfield United (8) 0–1 Thame United (8) 110 54 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 0–1 Larkhall Athletic (8) 43 55 Shortwood United (8) 1–0 Didcot Town (8) 71 56 Fleet Town (8) 1–1 Yate Town (8) 89 58 North Leigh (8) 1–3 Wimborne Town (8) 85 59 Moneyfields (8) 4–2 Bideford (8) 185 60 Swindon Supermarine (8) 1–0 Barnstaple Town (8) 117 61 Salisbury (8) 2–3 Paulton Rovers (8) 541 62 Slimbridge (8) 0–1 Hartley Wintney (8) 106 63 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 4–1 Cinderford Town (8) 160 64 Kidlington (8) 3–1 Winchester City (8) 78 Sunday 8 October 2017 14 Romulus (8) 0–2 Corby Town (8) 139 23 Thamesmead Town (8) 1–1 AFC Hornchurch (8) 116 34 Romford (8) 0–1 Hastings United (8) 130 57 Evesham United (8) 2–3 Cirencester Town (8) 236 Replays Monday 9 October 2017 51R Aveley (8) 5–3 Marlow (8) 115 Tuesday 10 October 2017 1R Droylsden (8) Ossett Albion (8) 120 23R AFC Hornchurch (8) 1–2 Thamesmead Town (8) 126 37R Dereham Town (8) 1–4 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 180 39R Barking (8) 2–1 Chipstead (8) 67 45R South Park (8) 2–7 Brentwood Town (8) 140 52R AFC Totton (8) 1–2 Taunton Town (8) 228 56R Yate Town (8) 2–1 Fleet Town (8) 112 Wednesday 11 October 2017 32R Aylesbury United (8) 1–2 AFC Sudbury (8) 100
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) Friday 27 October 2017 59 Kingstonian (7) 3–3 Thurrock (7) 225 Saturday 28 October 2017 1 Ashton United (7) 4–1 Frickley Athletic (8) 121 2 Glossop North End (8) 3–2 Matlock Town (7) 310 3 Mossley (8) 0–1 Lancaster City (7) 174 4 Ossett Town (8) 1–3 Droylsden (8) 139 5 Altrincham (7) 3–0 Clitheroe (8) 517 6 Farsley Celtic (7) 1–1 South Shields (8) 382 7 Buxton (7) 1–2 Cleethorpes Town (8) 261 8 Warrington Town (7) 2–1 Bamber Bridge (8) 239 9 Shaw Lane (7) 2–2 Ramsbottom United (8) 183 10 Whitby Town (7) 1–3 Marine (7) 279 11 Prescot Cables (8) 0–0 Stalybridge Celtic (7) 285 12 Kendal Town (8) 2–4 Atherton Collieries (8) 166 13 Workington (7) 4–0 Witton Albion (7) 401 14 Grantham Town (7) 1–0 Halesowen Town (7) 226 15 Rushall Olympic (7) 2–0 Nantwich Town (7) 136 16 Hednesford Town (7) 1–0 Mickleover Sports (7) 308 17 Newcastle Town (8) 2–2 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 137 18 Stratford Town (7) 2–1 Bedworth United (8) 178 19 Chasetown (8) 2–1 Spalding United (8) 144 20 Stafford Rangers (7) 6–0 St Ives Town (7) 495 21 Barwell (7) 1–0 Carlton Town (8) 138 22 Stamford (8) 3–0 Sutton Coldfield Town (7) 229 23 St Neots Town (7) 3–2 Corby Town (8) 275 24 Redditch United (7) 0–1 Coalville Town (7) 208 25 Cambridge City (8) 0–2 Alvechurch (8) 171 26 Leek Town (8) 3–2 Kettering Town (7) 390 27 Stourbridge (7) 1–0 Basford United (8) 404 28 Hitchin Town (7) 5–0 Cheshunt (8) 265 29 Dorking Wanderers (7) 5–0 Ware (8) 175 30 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 3–0 Walton Casuals (8) 105 31 Billericay Town (7) 3–1 Tooting & Mitcham United (7) 864 32 Leatherhead (7) 1–0 Hythe Town (8) 201 33 Sittingbourne (8) 1–1 Merstham (7) 165 34 Bishop's Stortford (7) 4–0 Hanwell Town (8) 205 35 Needham Market (7) 3–1 Arlesey Town (8) 173 36 King's Lynn Town (7) 0–1 Mildenhall Town (8) 534 37 Hendon (7) 3–1 Kings Langley (7) 171 38 Aylesbury (8) 0–0 Harlow Town (7) 91 39 Barking (8) 0–2 Beaconsfield Town (8) 71 40 Brentwood Town (8) 0–0 Bedford Town (8) 156 41 Tonbridge Angels (7) 3–3 Heybridge Swifts (8) 405 42 Bury Town (8) 1–1 Chalfont St Peter (8) 273 43 Hastings United (8) 3–4 Ashford Town (8) 299 44 Metropolitan Police (7) 3–0 AFC Sudbury (8) 90 45 Dunstable Town (7) 1–4 Lewes (8) 102 46 Corinthian-Casuals (8) 3–1 Hertford Town (8) 150 47 Cray Wanderers (8) 2–2 Grays Athletic (8) 133
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 48 Worthing (7) 3–0 Lowestoft Town (7) 512 49 Staines Town (7) 0–3 Margate (7) 247 50 Waltham Abbey (8) 0–3 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 203 52 Royston Town (7) 2–0 Enfield Town (7) 303 53 Potters Bar Town (8) 3–0 Witham Town (8) 83 54 Harrow Borough (7) 1–1 Haringey Borough (8) 103 55 Leiston (7) 1–1 Folkestone Invicta (7) 191 56 Burgess Hill Town (7) 2–0 Aveley (8) 197 57 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 1–1 Egham Town (8) 102 58 Biggleswade Town (7) 0–5 Wingate & Finchley (7) 144 60 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 0–3 Chesham United (7) 182 61 Taunton Town (8) 2–1 Merthyr Town (7) 456 62 Dorchester Town (7) 2–1 Basingstoke Town (7) 290 63 Paulton Rovers (8) 2–2 Cirencester Town (8) 119 64 Gosport Borough (7) 1–0 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 160 65 Yate Town (8) 0–1 Moneyfields (8) 118 66 Thame United (8) 5–0 Wimborne Town (8) 99 67 Larkhall Athletic (8) 1–3 Farnborough (7) 130 68 Swindon Supermarine (8) 0–3 Hartley Wintney (8) 157 69 Hereford (7) 4–1 Weymouth (7) 1,552 70 Tiverton Town (7) 2–2 Banbury United (7) 248 71 Kidlington (8) 1–4 Slough Town (7) 201 72 Shortwood United (8) 2–0 Frome Town (7) 96 Sunday 29 October 2017 51 Thamesmead Town (8) 3–1 Brightlingsea Regent (7) 156 Replays Monday 30 October 2017 54R Haringey Borough (8) 1–0 Harrow Borough (7) 170 Tuesday 31 October 2017 6R South Shields (8) 4–3 Farsley Celtic (7) 1,012 9R Ramsbottom United (8) 4–1 Shaw Lane (7) 174 11R Stalybridge Celtic (7) 5–1 Prescot Cables (8) 171 33R Merstham (7) 0–2 Sittingbourne (8) 126 38R Harlow Town (7) 4–2 Aylesbury (8) 121 40R Bedford Town (8) 2–4 Brentwood Town (8) 145 41R Heybridge Swifts (8) 2–1 Tonbridge Angels (7) 224 42R Chalfont St Peter (8) 0–3 Bury Town (8) 81 55R Folkestone Invicta (7) Leiston (7) 301 57R Egham Town (8) P–P Bowers & Pitsea (8) - 59R Thurrock (7) 1–4 Kingstonian (7) 84 63R Cirencester Town (8) 0–4 Paulton Rovers (8) 109 70R Banbury United (7) 3–2 Tiverton Town (7) 230 Wednesday 1 November 2017 17R Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 2–1 Newcastle Town (8) 189 47R Grays Athletic (8) 0–2 Cray Wanderers (8) 152 Tuesday 7 November 2017 57R Egham Town (8) Bowers & Pitsea (8) 77 Bowers & Pitsea removed from the competition after being determined to have played a suspended player in the initial match.
Second round qualifying
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 11 November 2017 1 Lancaster City (7) 3–0 Stratford Town (7) 252 2 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 0–2 Grantham Town (7) 242 3 Alvechurch (8) 1–5 Coalville Town (7) 213 4 Warrington Town (7) 1–1 Ashton United (7) 313 5 Altrincham (7) 4–1 Ramsbottom United (8) 781 6 Stalybridge Celtic (7) 3–2 Rushall Olympic (7) 240 7 Glossop North End (8) 4–3 Leek Town (8) 469 8 Stamford (8) 1–2 Droylsden (8) 297 9 Chasetown (8) 1–3 Workington (7) 257 10 Hednesford Town (7) 1–1 Cleethorpes Town (8) 369 11 Atherton Collieries (8) 1–5 Marine (7) 462 12 St Neots Town (7) 2–3 Stourbridge (7) 323 13 Barwell (7) 0–1 Mildenhall Town (8) 176 14 Stafford Rangers (7) 3–1 South Shields (8) 955 15 Chesham United (7) 3–1 Hitchin Town (7) 297 16 Taunton Town (8) 1–1 Beaconsfield Town (8) 476 17 Brentwood Town (8) 3–1 Needham Market (7) 166 18 Hereford (7) 0–0 Potters Bar Town (8) 1,368 19 Corinthian-Casuals (8) 1–3 Wingate & Finchley (7) 180 20 Lewes (8) 2–0 Bishop's Stortford (7) 568 21 Dorchester Town (7) 1–2 Heybridge Swifts (8) 319 22 Harlow Town (7) 2–1 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 363 23 Hendon (7) 3–0 Burgess Hill Town (7) 165 24 Ashford Town (8) 2–2 Kingstonian (7) 163 25 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 1–4 Slough Town (7) 179 26 Sittingbourne (8) 1–1 Haringey Borough (8) 134 27 Thamesmead Town (8) 0–1 Metropolitan Police (7) 82 28 Royston Town (7) 3–2 Leatherhead (7) 219 29 Hartley Wintney (8) 3–0 Gosport Borough (7) 216