The 2021–22 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) was the 53rd season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System. The competition consisted of three qualifying rounds, and seven proper rounds. Teams from level 8 entered into the first qualifying round and second qualifying round, level 7 into the third qualifying round, level 6 (the National League North and National League South) into round 2, and level 5 (the National League) into round 3.
All matches were in a single-match knockout format, with the winner decided by penalties if the match was drawn after 90 minutes, apart from the Final where the winner was decided by extra-time and penalties if the match was drawn. This was the same format as the 2020–21 season which was a change from previous seasons where replays were used and where the semi-finals were scheduled as two-legged.
Calendar The calendar for the 2021-22 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.
Round Main Date Number of Fixtures Clubs Remaining New Entries This Round Losing Club Winning Club First round qualifying 25 September 2021 19 310 → 291 38 £400 £1,500 Second round qualifying 9 October 2021 69 291 → 222 119 £575 £2,250 Third round qualifying 30 October 2021 78 222 → 144 87 £625 £2,450 First round proper 13 November 2021 39 144 → 105 0 £775 £3,000 Second round proper 27 November 2021 41 105 → 64 43 £1,000 £3,750 Third round proper 18 December 2021 32 64 → 32 23 £1,250 £4,500 Fourth round proper 15 January 2022 16 32 → 16 0 £1,500 £5,250 Fifth round proper 12 February 2022 8 16 → 8 0 £1,750 £6,000 Quarter-finals 12 March 2022 4 8 → 4 0 £2,000 £7,500 Semi-finals 2 April 2022 2 4 → 2 0 £5,000 £15,000 Final 22 May 2022 1 2 → 1 0 £30,000 £60,000
First round qualifying The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 9 July 2021. The round included 38 teams from tier 8, the lowest tier in the competition.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)Saturday 25 September 20211Pontefract Collieries (8)1–1 (2–4 p)Yorkshire Amateur (8)762Widnes (8)2–0Brighouse Town (8)773City Of Liverpool (8)0–0 (4–3 p)Stockton Town (8)2224Dunston (8)3–2Worksop Town (8)3135Sporting Khalsa (8)6–5Dereham Town (8)1276Stamford (8)0–1Daventry Town (8)2747Bedford Town (8)1–0St Neots Town (8) 3248Kempston Rovers (8)2–2 (3–4 p)Newcastle Town (8)739Hastings United (8)3–0AFC Dunstable (8)82310Welwyn Garden City (8)3–3 (4–1 p)Hythe Town (8)111
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)11Ramsgate (8)5–0Sutton Common Rovers (8)44413Stowmarket Town (8)1–1 (3–4 p)Great Wakering Rovers (8)22414Corinthian (8)1–1 (5–4 p)Grays Athletic (8)11115Canvey Island (8)4–1Coggeshall Town (8)26216Ashford United (8)1–1 (5–4 p)Chalfont St Peter (8)24017Chichester City (8)4–0Whitstable Town (8)19318Wantage Town (8)1–2Willand Rovers (8)10419Thame United (8)3–2Winchester City (8)66 Sunday 26 September 202112Hashtag United (8)1–4Chipstead (8)219
Second round qualifying The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 9 July 2021, and saw 119 clubs from tier 8 joining the 19 winners from the first qualifying round.
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)Saturday 9 October 20211Mossley (8)3–1Ossett United (8)5792Bridlington Town (8)3–3 (5–4 p)Sheffield (8) 2813Clitheroe (8)1–1 (9–10 p)Liversedge (8)5834Trafford (8)1–1 (1–3 p)Bootle (8)5255Prescot Cables (8)0–2Frickley Athletic (8)4796Pickering Town (8)2–1 Ramsbottom United (8)1427Tadcaster Albion (8)1–5Runcorn Linnets (8)22481874 Northwich (8)1–1 (1–4 p)Marine (8) 3019Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)0–2Widnes (8)12210Kendal Town (8)0–3Yorkshire Amateur (8)9311Marske United (8)3–0Glossop North End (8)45912City of Liverpool (8)0–1Colne (8)19213Cleethorpes Town (8)0–2Shildon (8)25814Warrington Rylands (8)0–0 (2–3 p)Hebburn Town (8)17815Workington (8)0–1Dunston (8)51516Market Drayton Town (8)0–7Leek Town (8)19817Soham Town Rangers (8)1–0Shepshed Dynamo (8)12418Coleshill Town (8)2–3Newcastle Town (8)7419Chasetown (8)0–0 (4–2 p)Halesowen Town (8)87920Bury Town (8)0–2Wisbech Town (8)42121Kidsgrove Athletic (8)4–1Evesham United (8)25822Spalding United (8)3–2Belper Town (8)37923Carlton Town (8) 1–1 (5–4 p)Bedworth United (8)14424Bedford Town (8)5–0Cambridge City (8) 36025Loughborough Dynamo (8)3–6Sporting Khalsa (8)13626Corby Town (8)5–3Histon (8)52427Lincoln United (8)0–3Sutton Coldfield Town (8)24828Yaxley (8)2–0Biggleswade (8)13229Daventry Town (8)0–0 (1–4 p)Ilkeston Town (8)16030Chichester City (8)1–2Great Wakering Rovers (8)24231Westfield (8)3–2Ramsgate (8)8732Heybridge Swifts (8) 2–0Barking (8)18333Faversham Town (8)3–2Tilbury (8)19034AFC Sudbury (8)0–0 (3–2 p)Cray Valley Paper Mills (8)21035Maldon & Tiptree (8)1–1 (6–7 p)Felixstowe & Walton United (8)272
TieHome team (tier)ScoreAway team (tier)36Sittingbourne (8) 1–3Herne Bay (8)24737Staines Town (8)3–1Three Bridges (8)12338South Park (8)W/OWhyteleafe (8)NA South Park awarded a walkover due to Whyteleafe withdrawing from the Isthmian League and other Football Association competitions.39Colney Heath (8)2–5Basildon United (8)9640VCD Athletic (8)1–2Chertsey Town (8)9041Northwood (8)0–0 (4–3 p)Haywards Heath Town (8)12442Marlow (8)1–0FC Romania (8)23443Welwyn Garden City (8)3–0Ashford Town (8)14244East Grinstead Town (8)2–2 (2–4 p)Waltham Abbey (8)16945Barton Rovers (8)0–2Berkhamsted (8)11446Hullbridge Sports (8)1–4Hanwell Town (8)12547Bedfont Sports (8)3–1Romford (8)12748Tooting & Mitcham United (8)1–4Whitehawk (8)28849Witham Town (8)1–0Lancing (8)8750Burgess Hill Town (8)1–1 (3–1 p)Sevenoaks Town (8)33851Bracknell Town (8)3–2Hertford Town (8)11852Ware (8)2–2 (6–7 p)Canvey Island (8)25253Corinthian (8)1–2Brentwood Town (8)10354Aveley (8)1–2Uxbridge (8)24255Hastings United (8)2–0Ashford United (8)1,01456Aylesbury United (8)1–1 (2–4 p)Chipstead (8)12757Harlow Town (8)3–1Phoenix Sports (8)20258Bristol Manor Farm (8) 1–2Paulton Rovers (8)21059Melksham Town (8)3–2Basingstoke Town (8)22160Didcot Town (8)1–5Frome Town (8)26361North Leigh (8)2–2 (1–4 p)Binfield (8)11162Willand Rovers (8)2–1Mangotsfield United (8)13863Cinderford Town (8)0–0 (4–2 p)Bideford (8)9164Cirencester Town (8)5–1Kidlington (8)17765Thame United (8)3–0Lymington Town (8)11166Larkhall Athletic (8)3–1Slimbridge (8)14067Thatcham Town (8) 1–1 (3–2 p)Sholing (8)14368AFC Totton (8)6–0Barnstaple Town (8)28569Highworth Town (8)3–5Plymouth Parkway (8)135
Third round qualifying The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 11 October 2021, and saw 87 clubs from tier 7 joining the 69 winners from the second qualifying round.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 30 October 2021 1 Bridlington Town (8) 0–7 Marske United (8) 252 2 Marine (8) 0–0 (5–3 p) South Shields (7) 750 3 Hebburn Town (8) 0–2 Warrington Town (7) 267 4 Morpeth Town (7) 4–2 Pickering Town (8) 262 5 Bootle (8) 1–1 (4–3 p) Widnes (8) 221 6 Stalybridge Celtic (7) 4–1 Yorkshire Amateur (8) 269 7 Shildon (8) 0–1 Whitby Town (7) 342 8 Dunston (8) 2–2 (3–2 p) Bamber Bridge (7) 227 9 Runcorn Linnets (8) 0–2 F.C. United of Manchester (7) 1,078 10 Buxton (7) 1–2 Colne (8) 324 11 Ashton United (7) 1–0 Atherton Collieries (7) 251 12 Witton Albion (7) 1–2 Lancaster City (7) 251 13 Hyde United (7) 1–2 Mossley (8) 609 14 Radcliffe (7) 3–1 Frickley Athletic (8) 306 15 Liversedge (8) 4–0 Scarborough Athletic (7) 571 16 Spalding United (8) 1–1 (2–4 p) Tamworth (7) 320 17 Wisbech Town (8) 0–2 Biggleswade Town (7) 189 18 Lowestoft Town (7) 2–3 Yaxley (8) 297 19 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 0–0 (5–4 p) Newcastle Town (8) 148 20 Hitchin Town (7) 1–3 Leiston (7) 278 21 Redditch United (7) 0–1 Stourbridge (7) 356 22 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 3–0 Coalville Town (7) 422 23 Mickleover (7) 0–1 Grantham Town (7) 243 24 Chasetown (8) 2–1 Alvechurch (7) 530 25 Hednesford Town (7) 2–3 Peterborough Sports (7) 527 26 Royston Town (7) 2–1 Stratford Town (7) 280 27 Carlton Town (8) 2–2 (4–3 p) Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 160 28 Sporting Khalsa (8) 1–4 Rushall Olympic (7) 259 29 Corby Town (8) 0–1 Banbury United (7) 427 30 Nantwich Town (7) 2–1 Barwell (7) 334 31 Soham Town Rangers (8) 0–3 Nuneaton Borough (7) 176 32 Matlock Town (7) 2–1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (7) 533 33 St. Ives Town (7) 0–2 Needham Market (7) 119 34 Bedford Town (8) 3–1 Stafford Rangers (7) 454 35 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 2–0 Ilkeston Town (8) 571 36 Basford United (7) 2–1 Leek Town (8) 208 37 Bishop's Stortford (7) 2–0 Lewes (7) 283 38 Faversham Town (8) 2–1 Leatherhead (7) 203 39 Margate (7) 2–0 Beaconsfield Town (7) 289 40 Herne Bay (8) 0–2 Binfield (8) 263
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) 42 East Thurrock United (7) 0–6 Kingstonian (7) 146 43 Hastings United (8) 1–3 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 710 44 Enfield Town (7) 2–1 Metropolitan Police (7) 303 45 Witham Town (8) 1–3 Hanwell Town (8) 97 46 Farnborough (7) 4–1 Bowers & Pitsea (7) 320 47 Horsham (7) 2–3 Carshalton Athletic (7) 455 48 Chipstead (8) 2–1 Whitehawk (8) 76 49 Corinthian Casuals (7) 0–1 Cheshunt (7) 191 50 Merstham (7) 1–3 Welwyn Garden City (8) 137 51 Heybridge Swifts (8) 2–2 (1–4 p) Hayes & Yeading United (7) 297 52 Marlow (8) 4–3 Westfield (8) 206 53 Potters Bar Town (7) 2–0 Haringey Borough (7) 181 54 Chertsey Town (8) 0–2 Worthing (7) 454 55 South Park (8) 0–1 Harrow Borough (7) 83 56 Folkestone Invicta (7) 2–1 Hendon (7) 618 57 Walton Casuals (7) 2–1 Great Wakering Rovers (8) 132 58 Wingate & Finchley (7) 1–1 (5–4 p) Hornchurch (7) 152 60 Bedfont Sports (8) 2–1 Harlow Town (8) 89 61 Brentwood Town (8) 3–0 AFC Sudbury (8) 165 62 Northwood (8) 2–2 (5–6 p) Berkhamsted (8) 119 63 Bognor Regis Town (7) 5–0 Waltham Abbey (8) 412 64 Chesham United (7) 1–1 (1–2 p) Bracknell Town (8) 247 65 Uxbridge (8) 2–1 Basildon United (8) 97 66 Canvey Island (8) 3–0 Burgess Hill Town (8) 352 67 Weston-super-Mare (7) 3–2 Taunton Town (7) 480 68 Thame United (8) 2–4 Wimborne Town (7) 106 69 AFC Totton (8) 2–0 Dorchester Town (7) 379 70 Paulton Rovers (8) 1–5 Larkhall Athletic (8) 150 71 Gosport Borough (7) 1–2 Salisbury (7) 427 73 Yate Town (7) 0–2 Willand Rovers (8) 240 75 Frome Town (8) 3–2 Poole Town (7) 463 76 Plymouth Parkway (8) 1–0 Merthyr Town (7) 203 77 Cinderford Town (8) 2–2 (5–4 p) Thatcham Town (8) 104 78 Hartley Wintney (7) 2–1 Melksham Town (8) 236 Sunday 31 October 2021 41 Cray Wanderers (7) 4–1 Kings Langley (7) 185 Tuesday 2 November 2021 59 Staines Town (8) 1–0 Brightlingsea Regent (7) 61 72 Truro City (7) 1–0 Cirencester Town (8) 102 Wednesday 3 November 2021 74 Tiverton Town (7) 1–1 (5–4 p) Swindon Supermarine (7) 179
First round proper The draw for the first round proper was made on 1 November 2021, and featured the 78 winners from the third qualifying round with no additional teams.
Tie Home team (tier) Score Away team (tier) Saturday 13 November 2021 1 Radcliffe (7) 2–0 Nuneaton Borough (7) 505 2 Marske United (8) 3–2 F.C. United of Manchester (7) 1,006 3 Rushall Olympic (7) 0–4 Matlock Town (7) 348 4 Ashton United (7) 5–1 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 252 5 Nantwich Town (7) 2–1 Grantham Town (7) 397 6 Warrington Town (7) 2–0 Chasetown (8) 603 7 Colne (8) 1–1 (3–4 p) Tamworth (7) 294 8 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 0–0 (3–4 p) Morpeth Town (7) 605 9 Whitby Town (7) 5–0 Mossley (8) 569 10 Marine (8) 2–2 (5–4 p) Dunston (8) 1,202 11 Carlton Town (8) 1–2 Stourbridge (7) 271 12 Bootle (8) 3–3 (3–5 p) Stalybridge Celtic (7) 383 13 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 1–2 Lancaster City (7) 319 14 Liversedge (8) 3–2 Basford United (7) 808 15 Walton Casuals (7) 2–6 Uxbridge (8) 312 16 Canvey Island (8) 6–0 Yaxley (8) 452 17 Brentwood Town (8) 4–1 Staines Town (8) 420 18 Needham Market (7) 3–2 Margate (7) 176 19 Hayes & Yeading United (7) 0–3 Worthing (7) 296 20 Bishop's Stortford (7) 2–1 Chipstead (8) 334