The 2018–19 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) is the 50th 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 2018–19 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.
Round Main Date Number of Fixtures Clubs Remaining New Entries This Round Prize Money Extra preliminary round 29 September 2018 27 295 → 268 54 £ 2,000 Preliminary round 13 October 2018 56 268 → 212 85 £ 3,000 First round qualifying 27 October 2018 72 212 → 140 88 £ 3,250 Second round qualifying 10 November 2018 36 140 → 104 0 £ 4,000 Third round qualifying 24 November 2018 40 104 → 64 44 £ 5,000 First round proper 15 December 2018 32 64 → 32 24 £ 6,000 Second round proper 12 January 2019 16 32 → 16 0 £ 7,000 Third round proper 2 February 2019 8 16 → 8 0 £ 8,000 Fourth round proper 23 February 2019 4 8 → 4 0 £ 10,000 Semi-finals 16 and 23 March 2019 2 4 → 2 0 £ 20,000 Final 19 May 2019 1 2 → 1 0 Runners-up £ 30,000 Winners £ 60,000
One team at Level 8 did not enter (Guernsey). This was the first year to have an extra preliminary round, due to the increase from 72 to 88 teams in the Level 7 leagues.
Extra preliminary round
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Friday 28 September 2018 11 Witham Town (8) 1–0 Coggeshall Town (8) 188 Saturday 29 September 2018 1 Atherton Collieries (8) 4–2 Runcorn Linnets (8) 226 2 Cleethorpes Town (8) 3–1 Mossley (8) 179 3 Sheffield (8) 2–2 Prescot Cables (8) 270 4 Trafford (8) 2–1 Colne (8) 317 5 Glossop North End (8) 0–2 Brighouse Town (8) 201 6 Droylsden (8) 2–1 Widnes (8) 114 7 Bromsgrove Sporting (8) 1–3 Corby Town (8) 954 8 Loughborough Dynamo (8) 5–2 Market Drayton Town (8) 91 9 Peterborough Sports (8) 2–1 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 133 10 Coleshill Town (8) 1–2 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 120 12 Uxbridge (8) 1–1 Chalfont St. Peter (8) 84 13 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 1–3 Grays Athletic (8) 250 15 Bedford Town (8) 1–1 Cheshunt (8) 222 16 Bury Town (8) 1–2 Horsham (8) 270 17 Aveley (8) 3–1 Tooting & Mitcham United (8) 106 18 Didcot Town (8) 3–1 Thamesmead Town (8) 136
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 19 Ashford Town (8) 4–2 Heybridge Swifts (8) 105 20 Barton Rovers (8) 1–3 Kempston Rovers (8) 102 21 Whyteleafe (8) 4–1 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 86 22 Waltham Abbey (8) 1–3 Hastings United (8) 191 23 AFC Sudbury (8) 0–1 Egham Town (8) 226 24 Ashford United (8) 4–4 Haywards Heath Town (8) 175 25 Blackfield & Langley (8) 3–0 Highworth Town (8) 63 27 Slimbridge (8) 2–2 Winchester City (8) 85 Sunday 30 September 2018 14 Romford (8) 2–3 Great Wakering Rovers (8) 115 26 Evesham United (8) 1–5 Moneyfields (8) 149 Replays Tuesday 2 October 2018 3R Prescot Cables (8) 6–2 Sheffield (8) 221 12R Chalfont St. Peter (8) Uxbridge (8) 71 15R Cheshunt (8) 1–2 Bedford Town (8) 102 24R Haywards Heath Town (8) 3–0 Ashford United (8) 78 27R Winchester City (8) Slimbridge (8) 93
Preliminary round
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Friday 12 October 2018 23 AFC Dunstable (8) 0–1 Witham Town (8) 156 46 Aveley (8) 2–1 Basildon United (8) 188 Saturday 13 October 2018 1 Prescot Cables (8) 5–1 Kendal Town (8) 408 3 Marske United (8) 3–3 Atherton Collieries (8) 292 4 Radcliffe (8) 2–3 Cleethorpes Town (8) 248 5 Droylsden (8) 1–1 Tadcaster Albion (8) 167 6 Trafford (8) 1–2 Ramsbottom United (8) 272 7 Skelmersdale United (8) 1–3 Frickley Athletic (8) 139 Match played at Frickley Athletic. 8 Ossett United (8) 6–0 Colwyn Bay (8) 630 9 Morpeth Town (8) 3–4 Brighouse Town (8) 198 10 Clitheroe (8) 3–2 Pontefract Collieries (8) 230 11 Spalding United (8) 1–4 Carlton Town (8) 128 12 Wisbech Town (8) 1–2 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 187 Match awarded to Wisbech Town as Kidsgrove Athletic fielded an ineligible player. 13 Peterborough Sports (8) 2–4 Cambridge City (8) 211 14 Gresley (8) 1–2 Newcastle Town (8) 282 15 Belper Town (8) 0–0 Stamford (8) 278 16 Chasetown (8) 2–1 Lincoln United (8) 223 17 Soham Town Rangers (8) 0–0 AFC Mansfield (8) 150 18 Leek Town (8) 0–0 Loughborough Dynamo (8) 341 19 Corby Town (8) 2–3 Yaxley (8) 445 20 Chipstead (8) 2–1 Welwyn Garden City (8) 125 21 Berkhamsted (8) 5–1 South Park (8) 149 22 Barking (8) 0–1 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 103 24 Hythe Town (8) 2–0 FC Romania (8) 175 25 Grays Athletic (8) 2–4 Sevenoaks Town (8) 206 27 Didcot Town (8) 2–1 Hertford Town (8) 151 28 Greenwich Borough (8) 4–1 Egham Town (8) 72 29 Dunstable Town (8) 2–0 Northwood (8) 152 30 Haywards Heath Town (8) 2–3 Bracknell Town (8) 121 31 Faversham Town (8) 0–2 Sittingbourne (8) 310 32 Phoenix Sports (8) 1–1 Ramsgate (8) 108 33 Bedfont Sports (8) 1–4 Whitstable Town (8) 61 34 Canvey Island (8) 2–0 Cray Wanderers (8) 207
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 35 Tilbury (8) 1–4 Bedford Town (8) 120 36 Horsham (8) 3–1 Ware (8) 103 37 Great Wakering Rovers (8) 0–1 East Grinstead Town (8) 96 38 Dereham Town (8) 1–3 Kempston Rovers (8) 203 39 VCD Athletic (8) 3–1 Hanwell Town (8) 76 40 Aylesbury (8) 1–2 Herne Bay (8) 158 41 Three Bridges (8) 0–1 Molesey (8) 79 42 Hastings United (8) 2–4 Whyteleafe (8) 460 43 Ashford Town (8) 0–0 Westfield (8) 102 44 Chalfont St. Peter (8) 0–2 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 98 45 Brentwood Town (8) 4–1 Marlow (8) 161 47 Slimbridge (8) 2–3 Melksham Town (8) 81 48 AFC Totton (8) 1–1 North Leigh (8) 254 49 Yate Town (8) 1–0 Blackfield & Langley (8) 174 50 Cinderford Town (8) 5–0 Moneyfields (8) 104 51 Bideford (8) 2–3 Street (8) 188 52 Thatcham Town (8) 2–0 Cirencester Town (8) 232 53 Mangotsfield United (8) 3–0 Kidlington (8) 114 54 Larkhall Athletic (8) 0–0 Thame United (8) 85 55 Fleet Town (8) 2–1 Barnstaple Town (8) 104 56 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 1–0 Paulton Rovers (8) 188 Sunday 14 October 2018 2 Pickering Town (8) 3–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 138 26 Aylesbury United (8) 2–3 Mildenhall Town (8) 142 Replays Monday 15 October 2018 3R Atherton Collieries (8) 0–1 Marske United (8) 215 Tuesday 16 October 2018 5R Tadcaster Albion (8) 0–2 Droylsden (8) 220 15R Stamford (8) 1–0 Belper Town (8) 187 17R AFC Mansfield (8) 2–1 Soham Town Rangers (8) 103 18R Loughborough Dynamo (8) 2–5 Leek Town (8) 100 32R Ramsgate (8) 1–0 Phoenix Sports (8) 180 43R Westfield (8) 2–3 Ashford Town (8) 93 48R North Leigh (8) 1–5 AFC Totton (8) 156 54R Thame United (8) 1–0 Larkhall Athletic (8) 59
First round qualifying
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 27 October 2018 1 Workington (7) 1–0 Scarborough Athletic (7) 363 2 Marine (7) 0–2 Lancaster City (7) 286 3 Warrington Town (7) 0–1 Prescot Cables (8) 316 4 Pickering Town (8) 2–2 Droylsden (8) 162 5 Frickley Athletic (8) 0–3 Ramsbottom United (8) 127 6 Whitby Town (7) 0–1 Witton Albion (7) 181 7 Farsley Celtic (7) 4–1 Brighouse Town (8) 173 8 Ossett United (8) 2–1 Clitheroe (8) 320 9 South Shields (7) 4–0 North Ferriby United (7) 714 10 Hyde United (7) 3–0 Bamber Bridge (7) 315 11 Cleethorpes Town (8) 0–2 Marske United (8) 142 12 Stalybridge Celtic (7) 1–0 Nantwich Town (7) 247 13 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 0–0 Tamworth (7) 313 14 Buxton (7) 3–3 King’s Lynn Town (7) 285 15 Kettering Town (7) 2–0 Stourbridge (7) 409 16 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (7) 2–1 St. Ives Town (7) 386 17 Stamford (8) 0–0 Leek Town (8) 176 18 Cambridge City (8) 1–2 Basford United (7) 164 19 Carlton Town (8) 1–0 Bedworth United (7) 73 20 Newcastle Town (8) 5–2 Chasetown (8) 172 21 Mickleover Sports (7) 1–0 Redditch United (7) 157 22 St. Neots Town (7) 1–0 Matlock Town (7) 249 24 Stafford Rangers (7) 2–1 Rushall Olympic (7) 371 25 AFC Mansfield (8) 1–1 Hednesford Town (7) 106 26 Grantham Town (7) 0–4 Halesowen Town (7) 159 27 Alvechurch (7) 1–1 Stratford Town (7) 199 28 Barwell (7) 1–1 Coalville Town (7) 172 29 Chipstead (8) 2–1 Berkhamsted (8) 64 30 Sittingbourne (8) 1–2 Wingate & Finchley (7) 155 31 Brentwood Town (8) 3–1 Whitstable Town (8) 147 32 Hythe Town (8) 1–2 Bishop’s Stortford (7) 242 33 Molesey (8) 0–1 Walton Casuals (7) 154 34 Kingstonian (7) 1–1 Bedford Town (8) 257 35 Margate (7) 1–2 Potters Bar Town (7) 154 36 Horsham (8) 3–0 Corinthian-Casuals (7) 137 37 Burgess Hill Town (7) 1–1 Worthing (7) 459 38 Dorking Wanderers (7) 2–1 Sevenoaks Town (8) 259 39 Biggleswade Town (7) 2–1 Harrow Borough (7) 152 40 Hitchin Town (7) 0–1 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 317 41 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 0–3 Royston Town (7) 88 42 Haringey Borough (7) 1–1 Chesham United (7) 203 43 Ashford Town (8) 1–2 Lewes (7) 101 44 Lowestoft Town (7) 0–1 Enfield Town (7) 289 45 AFC Hornchurch (7) 6–0 Ramsgate (8) 162 46 Kempston Rovers (8) 1–1 Beaconsfield Town (7) 102 47 Folkestone Invicta (7) 5–1 Leatherhead (7) 281 48 Merstham (7) 2–0 East Grinstead Town (8) 121 49 Tonbridge Angels (7) 2–1 Whyteleafe (8) 380 50 Hendon (7) 2–1 Staines Town (7) 169
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 51 VCD Athletic (8) 1–3 Leiston (7) 98 52 Mildenhall Town (8) 2–4 Greenwich Borough (8) 147 53 Metropolitan Police (7) 2–2 Carshalton Athletic (7) 129 54 Canvey Island (8) 0–1 Brightlingsea Regent (7) 183 55 Bracknell Town (8) 2–2 Bognor Regis Town (7) 339 56 Whitehawk (7) 2–3 Harlow Town (7) 161 57 Aveley (8) 1–0 Dunstable Town (8) 121 58 Kings Langley (7) 0–2 Needham Market (7) 122 59 Herne Bay (8) 2–1 Witham Town (8) 210 60 Yate Town (8) 1–1 Dorchester Town (7) 175 61 Gosport Borough (7) 1–2 AFC Totton (8) 191 62 Cinderford Town (8) 2–2 Street (8) 104 63 Thame United (8) 4–2 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 83 64 Farnborough (7) 2–3 Merthyr Town (7) 203 65 Fleet Town (8) 0–3 Salisbury (7) 267 66 Taunton Town (7) 1–3 Weymouth (7) 513 67 Thatcham Town (8) 1–2 Melksham Town (8) 286 68 Poole Town (7) 2–1 Frome Town (7) 271 69 Hartley Wintney (7) 1–1 Tiverton Town (7) 162 70 Didcot Town (8) 1–1 Mangotsfield United (8) 121 71 Basingstoke Town (7) 4–2 Wimborne Town (7) 272 72 Swindon Supermarine (7) 1–1 Banbury United (7) 215 Tuesday 6 November 2018 23 Wisbech Town (8) 1–1 Yaxley (8) 198 Replays Monday 29 October 2018 53R Carshalton Athletic (7) 2–1 Metropolitan Police (7) 128 Tuesday 30 October 2018 4R Droylsden (8) 2–3 Pickering Town (8) 109 13R Tamworth (7) 3–0 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 276 17R Leek Town (8) 0–1 Stamford (8) 215 25R Hednesford Town (7) 0–1 AFC Mansfield (8) 174 27R Stratford Town (7) 3–0 Alvechurch (7) 172 28R Coalville Town (7) 2–3 Barwell (7) 172 34R Bedford Town (8) 3–2 Kingstonian (7) 218 37R Worthing (7) 2–1 Burgess Hill Town (7) 408 42R Chesham United (7) Haringey Borough (7) 163 46R Beaconsfield Town (7) 3–1 Kempston Rovers (8) 59 55R Bognor Regis Town (7) Bracknell Town (8) 306 60R Dorchester Town (7) 2–0 Yate Town (8) 207 62R Street (8) 4–1 Cinderford Town (8) 101 69R Tiverton Town (7) 5–1 Hartley Wintney (7) 148 70R Mangotsfield United (8) 2–4 Didcot Town (8) 86 72R Banbury United (7) 3–0 Swindon Supermarine (7) 218 Wednesday 31 October 2018 14R King’s Lynn Town (7) 1–2 Buxton (7) 277 Saturday 10 November 2018 23R Yaxley (8) 2–0 Wisbech Town (8) 186
Second round qualifying