The 2025–26 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2025–26 Isuzu FA Trophy) is the 57th edition of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system.
Aldershot Town were the defending champions, having won the 2024–25 edition.
Format and eligibility The calendar and entries were announced by The Football Association on 26 June 2025.
Aldershot Town are the reigning champions for the 2024–25 season, having defeated Spennymoor Town 3–0 in the 2025 FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium.
RoundMain DateNumber of FixturesClubs RemainingNew Entries This RoundLosing ClubWinning ClubPreliminary round23 August 202516336 → 32032£400£1,500First round qualifying6 September 202580320 → 240144£400£1,500Second round qualifying20 September 202540240 → 200none£575£2,250Third round qualifying4 October 202564200 → 13688£625£2,450First round proper25 October 202532136 → 104none£775£3,000Second round proper15 November 202540104 → 6448£1,000£3,750Third round proper13 December 20253264 → 3224£1,250£4,500Fourth round proper10 January 20261632 → 16none£1,500£5,250Fifth round proper31 January 2026816 → 8none£1,750£6,000Quarter-finals28 February 202648 → 4none£2,000£7,500Semi-finals28 March 202624 → 2none£5,000£15,000Final17 May 202612 → 1none£30,000£60,000
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round was made on 4 July 2025.
Tie Home team Score Away team Friday 22 August 2025 14 Egham Town (8) 0–2 Margate (8) 186 Saturday 23 August 2025 1 Garforth Town (8) 3–0 Ashington (8) 236 2 Consett (8) 1–1 Bishop Auckland (8) 278 3 Sporting Khalsa (8) 1–1 Wellingborough Town (8) 145 4 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 3–2 Rugby Borough (8) 118 5 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 3–1 Barton Rovers (8) 125 6 Heybridge Swifts (8) 1–1 Wroxham (8) 182
Tie Home team Score Away team 7 Brantham Athletic (8) 0–4 Grays Athletic (8) 99 8 Leighton Town (8) 2–0 Gorleston (8) 318 9 Northwood (8) 3–1 Hanworth Villa (8) 110 10 AFC Croydon Athletic (8) 1–3 AFC Whyteleafe (8) 167 11 Sheppey United (8) 1–1 Hassocks (8) 228 12 Metropolitan Police (8) 1–1 Hartley Wintney (8) 87 13 Marlow (8) 0–3 Three Bridges (8) 142 15 Bashley (8) 0–3 Frome Town (8) 152 16 Westbury United (8) 1–1 Falmouth Town (8) 278
First qualifying round The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 4 July 2025.
Tie Home team Score Away team Friday 5 September 2025 7 Heaton Stannington (8) 2–0 Emley (8) 372 5 Bootle (8) 2–3 Witton Albion (8) 325 38 Enfield (8) 1–0 Wroxham (8) 111 53 Ascot United (8) 2–0 Three Bridges (8) 155 Saturday 6 September 2025 1 Newton Aycliffe (8) 3–0 Blyth Town (8) 220 2 Dunston (8) 4–1 Brighouse Town (8) 376 3 Stalybridge Celtic (8) 2–0 Trafford (8) 553 4 Ossett United (8) 1–3 Nantwich Town (8) 348 6 Consett (8) 4–0 Hallam (8) 186 8 North Ferriby (8) 1–0 Blyth Spartans (8) 446 9 Silsden (8) 1–0 Atherton Collieries (8) 161 10 Congleton Town (8) 3–1 Vauxhall Motors (8) 529 11 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 1–1 Redcar Athletic (8) 354 12 Bury (8) 3–1 Wythenshawe Town (8) 1,751 13 Runcorn Linnets (8) 1–1 Garforth Town (8) 385 15 Avro (8) 1–3 Clitheroe (8) 183 16 Bridlington Town (8) 1–0 Mossley (8) 455 17 Long Eaton United (8) 2–2 Carlton Town (8) 205 18 Belper Town (8) 2–1 Newcastle Town (8) 460 19 Coventry Sphinx (8) 0–2 Lincoln United (8) 135 20 Stafford Rangers (8) 1–0 Boldmere St. Michaels (8) 503 21 Rugby Town (8) 4–1 Racing Club Warwick (8) 328 22 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 3–2 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 205 23 Shifnal Town (8) 1–0 Chasetown (8) 288 24 Mickleover (8) 2–3 Basford United (8) 306 25 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 0–0 St Neots Town (8) 146 26 Bedworth United (8) 0–0 Darlaston Town 1874 (8) 188 27 Lichfield City (8) 1–2 Corby Town (8) 315 28 Bourne Town (8) 0–2 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 502 29 Coleshill Town (8) 1–0 Sporting Khalsa (8) 115 30 Malvern Town (8) 5–1 Loughborough Students (8) 284 31 Shepshed Dynamo (8) 0–4 Anstey Nomads (8) 364 32 Matlock Town (8) 3–0 Grimsby Borough (8) 492 33 Ware (8) 1–5 Hadley (8) 170 34 Hertford Town (8) 1–3 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 377 35 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 0–1 AFC Dunstable (8) 553 36 Takeley (8) 0–2 Welwyn Garden City (8) 176 37 Stotfold (8) 0–2 Mildenhall Town (8) 164 39 Biggleswade Town (8) 1–3 Hitchin Town (8) 303 40 Grays Athletic (8) 2–1 Milton Keynes Irish (8) 182
Tie Home team Score Away team 41 Witham Town (8) 2–2 Newmarket Town (8) 103 42 Stanway Rovers (8) 4–0 Aylesbury United (8) 149 43 Walthamstow (8) 3–2 Downham Town (8) 328 44 Concord Rangers (8) 2–2 Biggleswade (8) 133 45 Lowestoft Town (8) 2–0 Leverstock Green (8) 336 46 Redbridge (8) 1–4 Waltham Abbey (8) 86 47 London Lions (8) 0–3 Tilbury (8) 82 48 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 0–3 Leighton Town (8) 161 49 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 0–3 Cambridge City (8) 173 50 Kingstonian (8) 1–0 Merstham (8) 247 51 Jersey Bulls (8) 3–1 Hastings United (8) 687 52 Leatherhead (8) 4–0 Raynes Park Vale (8) 435 54 Harrow Borough (8) 1–0 Eastbourne Town (8) 160 55 Hassocks (8) 1–3 Crowborough Athletic (8) 318 56 VCD Athletic (8) 0–0 Rayners Lane (8) 58 57 Moneyfields (8) 4–5 Thame United (8) 123 59 Herne Bay (8) 0–3 Ashford United (8) 382 61 Erith Town (8) 1–1 Deal Town (8) 97 62 Bedfont Sports (8) 0–0 Horndean (8) 137 64 Fareham Town (8) 4–1 Beaconsfield Town (8) 304 65 East Grinstead Town (8) 3–3 Binfield (8) 149 66 South Park (Reigate) (8) 1–2 Broadbridge Heath (8) 169 67 Sittingbourne (8) 2–1 Faversham Town (8) 354 68 Westfield (8) 4–2 Margate (8) 134 69 Northwood (8) 0–1 Beckenham Town (8) 138 70 AFC Portchester (8) 1–0 Flackwell Heath (8) 309 71 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 1–0 Metropolitan Police (8) 171 72 Brixham (8) 0–4 Falmouth Town (8) 173 73 Tavistock (8) 1–1 Larkhall Athletic (8) 75 74 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 0–2 Shaftesbury (8) 232 75 Hartpury (8) 2–1 Didcot Town (8) 175 Match played at Didcot Town. 76 Willand Rovers (8) 1–1 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 150 77 Bideford (8) 3–1 Mousehole (8) 261 78 Exmouth Town (8) 1–1 Swindon Supermarine (8) 203 79 Winchester City (8) 2–0 Frome Town (8) 333 80 Portishead Town (8) 4–0 Melksham Town (8) 234 Sunday 7 September 2025 14 Pontefract Collieries (8) 0–2 Lower Breck (8) 131 58 Littlehampton Town (8) 1–2 Hendon (8) 301 60 Southall (8) 0–0 AFC Whyteleafe (8) 142 63 Bognor Regis Town (8) 2–2 Sevenoaks Town (8) 232 Tuesday 16 September 2025 12 Wythenshawe Town (8) 1–2 Bury (8) 347
Second qualifying round The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 8 September 2025.
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Friday 19 September 2025 3 Stalybridge Celtic (8) 0–3 Lower Breck (8) 517 7 Bridlington Town (8) 2–0 North Ferriby (8) 645 18 Biggleswade (8) 3–1 Hitchin Town (8) 316 20 Enfield (8) 1–3 AFC Dunstable (8) 98 Saturday 20 September 2025 34 Harrow Borough (8) 4–0 Jersey Bulls (8) 166 1 Heaton Stannington (8) 4–0 Newton Aycliffe (8) 287 2 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 2–0 Consett (8) 196 4 Witton Albion (8) 0–1 Dunston (8) 308 5 Runcon Linnets (8) A–A Bury (8) 1,005 6 Congleton Town (8) 1–3 Clitheroe (8) 374 8 Silsden (8) 3–0 Nantwich Town (8) 144 9 Shifnal Town (8) 2–1 Carlton Town (8) 106 10 Corby Town (8) 3–0 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 424 11 Lincoln United (8) 0–2 Malvern Town (8) 131 12 Rugby Town (8) 3–2 Belper Town (8) 242 13 Coleshill Town (8) 3–4 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 111 14 Bedworth United (8) 0–3 Anstey Nomads (8) 152 15 Matlock Town (8) 1–3 Basford United (8) 459 16 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 4–3 Stafford Rangers (8) 171 17 Grays Athletic (8) 2–0 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 194 19 Welwyn Garden City (8) 2–2 Tilbury (8) 118
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) 21 Waltham Abbey (8) 4–1 Lowestoft Town (8) 140 22 Walthamstow (8) 5–3 Leighton Town (8) 252 23 Cambridge City (8) 3–3 Witham Town (8) 381 24 Stanway Rovers (8) 3–0 Mildenhall Town (8) 94 25 Hadley (8) 2–2 Ascot United (8) 122 26 Leatherhead (8) 2–0 Kingstonian (8) 450 27 East Grinstead Town (8) 1–2 VCD Athletic (8) 133 28 Deal Town (8) 2–3 Ashford United (8) 454 29 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 5–1 Southall (8) 205 30 Broadbridge Heath (8) 2–1 Bedfont Sports (8) 75 31 Crowborough Athletic (8) 1–6 Sittingbourne (8) 242 32 Beckenham Town (8) 2–5 Hendon (8) 271 33 Westfield (8) 1–1 Bognor Regis Town (8) 152 35 Swindon Supermarine (8) 1–1 Bideford (8) 225 36 Hartpury (8) 4–2 Portishead Town (8) 113 37 Thame United (8) 3–1 Winchester City (8) 102 38 Fareham Town (8) 2–5 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 189 39 Shaftesbury (8) 2–2 Falmouth Town (8) 125 40 AFC Portchester (8) 3–0 Tavistock (8) 225 Saturday 4 October 2025 5 Runcorn Linnets (8) 7–0 Bury (8) 825
Third qualifying round The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 22 September 2025.
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Friday 3 October 2025 10 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 2–1 Heaton Stannington (8) 163 24 Worcester City (7) 2–2 (3–0 p) Rugby Town (8) 561 Saturday 4 October 2025 1 Hyde United (7) 1–0 Warrington Town (7) 396 2 Ashton United (7) 1–2 Clitheroe (8) 226 3 Dunston (8) 2–1 Warrington Rylands (7) 241 5 Stockton Town (7) 2–0 Lower Breck (8) 409 8 Widnes (7) W/O Bamber Bridge (7) NA 9 Bridlington Town (8) 2–4 Guiseley (7) 417 11 Whitby Town (7) 1–2 Hebburn Town (7) 281 13 Evesham United (7) 0–2 Ilkeston Town (7) 295 14 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 3–2 Shifnal Town (8) 417 15 Barwell (7) 0–3 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 150 16 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 1–2 Stratford Town (7) 250 17 Rushall Olympic (7) 0–2 Spalding United (7) 202 18 Anstey Nomads (8) 3–2 Stourbridge (7) 215 19 Quorn (7) 2–2 Corby Town (8) 264 20 Real Bedford (7) 3–1 Stamford (7) 278 21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 3–1 Malvern Town (8) 372 22 Halesowen Town (7) 1–2 Leek Town (7) 699 23 St Ives Town (7) 1–0 Kettering Town (7) 332 25 Basford United (8) 0–0 Alvechurch (7) 171 26 Harborough Town (7) 2–0 Hednesford Town (7) 501 27 Cleethorpes Town (7) 0–0 Redditch United (7) 133 28 Stanway Rovers (8) 0–0 Uxbridge (7) 88 29 Royston Town (7) 0–3 Welling United (7) 288 30 Hanwell Town (7) 2–1 Grays Athletic (8) 212 31 Westfield (8) 1–2 Brentwood Town (7) 165 32 Leatherhead (8) 4–1 Ramsgate (7) 489 33 Aveley (7) 0–2 St Albans City (7) 250 34 Carshalton Athletic (7) 1–2 Cheshunt (7) 312 35 Broadbridge Heath (7) 1–3 Billericay Town (7) 176 36 Hadley (8) 2–1 Dartford (7) 238
Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) 37 Harrow Borough (8) 3–1 Witham Town (8) 122 38 Lewes (7) 1–2 Leiston (7) 479 39 Cray Valley Paper Mills (7) 1–0 Berkhamsted (7) 113 40 AFC Sudbury (7) 4–0 Bury Town (7) 461 41 Chertsey Town (7) 1–2 Tilbury (8) 410 42 Burgess Hill Town (7) 1–1 Potters Bar Town (7) 402 43 Bishop's Stortford (7) 4–0 Cray Wanderers (7) 266 44 Wingate & Finchley (7) 4–1 VCD Athletic (8) 67 45 Chatham Town (7) 0–0 Needham Market (7) 402 46 Ashford United (8) 3–3 Biggleswade (8) 262 47 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 0–0 Walton & Hersham (7) 220 48 Sittingbourne (8) 1–0 Hashtag United (7) 299 49 Waltham Abbey (8) 6–0 Walthamstow (8) 198 50 Whitehawk (7) 0–2 Canvey Island (7) 234 51 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 0–1 Hendon (8) 1,185 52 AFC Dunstable (8) 1–3 Folkestone Invicta (7) 118 53 Bracknell Town (7) 6–3 Hungerford Town (7) 349 54 Basingstoke Town (7) 2–1 Shaftesbury (8) 338 55 Hartpury (8) 0–0 Gloucester City (7) 550 56 Plymouth Parkway (7) 3–2 Gosport Borough (7) 217 57 Dorchester Town (7) 4–0 Bideford (8) 364 58 Thame United (8) 0–2 Banbury United (7) 190 59 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 2–1 Sholing (7) 182 60 Yate Town (7) 1–2 Poole Town (7) 259 61 AFC Portchester (8) 2–1 Taunton Town (7) 230 62 Chichester City (7) 2–4 Farnham Town (7) 602 63 Havant & Waterlooville (7) 4–2 Tiverton Town (7) 286 64 Wimborne Town (7) 2–0 Weymouth (7) 722 Tuesday 7 October 2025 4 Workington (7) 0–2 FC United of Manchester (7) 588 7 Runcorn Linnets (8) 1–1 Morpeth Town (7) 458 6 Silsden (8) 1–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 114 12 Prescot Cables (7) 2–0 Lancaster City (7) 416
Notes
First round proper The draw for the first round proper was made on 6 October 2025.
+ Number of teams per tier still in competition Tier 5 Tier 6 Tier 7 Tier 8 Total