2014–15 FA Trophy


The 2014–15 FA Trophy was the 45th 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 275 clubs entered the competition, which was won by Conference North club North Ferriby United after beating Conference team Wrexham in the final on 29 March 2015. Competition ran one club shorter than usual after Conference South club Salisbury City was disbanded before the season started, thus one club were to get a bye in the third round qualifying.

Calendar

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 - Barkingside, Bishop's Cleeve, Carlton Town, Evesham United, Farsley, Merstham, Scarborough Athletic and Worthing.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Salford City 1–2Prescot Cables 252
2Brigg Town 0–0Padiham
replayPadiham 4–2Brigg Town 116
3Lancaster City 1–1Bamber Bridge 203
replayBamber Bridge 5–1Lancaster City 207
4Harrogate Railway Athletic 2–3Spennymoor Town 241
5Clitheroe 3–2Droylsden 220
6Brighouse Town 0–1Ossett Town
7Radcliffe Borough 0–2Darlington 1883 185
8New Mills 2–1Ossett Albion
9Stocksbridge Park Steels 3–4Sheffield 158
10Warrington Town 1–2Mossley 131
11Kendal Town 1–2Northwich Victoria 152
12Burscough 0–1Goole 139
13Kettering Town 2–1Lincoln United
14Coalville Town 1–4Mickleover Sports 119
15Gresley 2–0Tividale 262
16Newcastle Town 2–0Sutton Coldfield Town 102
17Soham Town Rangers 1–6Spalding United 117
18Chasetown 5–0Norton United 142
19St Ives Town 0–1Stratford Town
20Rugby Town 0–1Stafford Rangers 263
21Market Drayton Town 2–2Rainworth Miners Welfare
replayRainworth Miners Welfare 0–3Market Drayton Town
22Romulus 2–0Daventry Town 52
23Leek Town 5–2Bedworth United
24Loughborough Dynamo 6–3Kidsgrove Athletic 93
25Cray Wanderers 2–0Hastings United
26Heybridge Swifts 6–3Herne Bay
27Burgess Hill Town 1–0Aveley 247
28Whitstable Town 1–3AFC Sudbury
29Horsham 6–2Sittingbourne
30Three Bridges 4–1Carshalton Athletic 123
31North Greenford United 0–1Chatham Town 63
32Tooting & Mitcham United 1–2Aylesbury 174
33Cheshunt 1–5South Park 85
34Guernsey 4–0Barton Rovers 608
35Chalfont St Peter 1–1A.F.C. Hayes 69
replayA.F.C. Hayes 0–1Chalfont St Peter 49

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
36Ware 4–0Great Wakering Rovers 74
37Thurrock 4–3Tilbury
38Harlow Town 5–2Wroxham 208
39Walton Casuals 0–0East Grinstead Town 70
replayEast Grinstead Town 1–6Walton Casuals 52
40Bedford Town 4–3Chipstead 192
41Northwood 3–1Waltham Abbey 64
42Romford 1–1Uxbridge 88
replayUxbridge Romford 75
43Potters Bar Town 2–2Royston Town 97
replayRoyston Town 4–1Potters Bar Town 101
44Leighton Town 3–3Corinthian-Casuals 78
replayCorinthian-Casuals 1–3Leighton Town 70
45Aylesbury United 2–3Thamesmead Town
46Redbridge 1–2Whyteleafe
47Ramsgate 1–4Folkestone Invicta 257
48Dereham Town 2–1Hanwell Town
49Brentwood Town 1–1Redhill 82
replayRedhill 1–2Brentwood Town 66
50Beaconsfield Town 0–4Faversham Town 70
51Burnham Ramblers 1–5Brightlingsea Regent 87
52Hythe Town 3–0Maldon & Tiptree 202
53Needham Market 1–3Walton & Hersham
54Wimborne Town 3–2Godalming Town
55Tiverton Town 2–0Wantage Town 201
56Didcot Town 3–1Marlow 100
57Larkhall Athletic 2–4Shortwood United 142
58Cinderford Town 1–1AFC Totton
replayAFC Totton 3–1Cinderford Town 199
59Egham Town 2–1Bridgwater Town 72
60Bashley 0–1Sholing
61Swindon Supermarine 1–2Fleet Town 70
62Clevedon Town 0–3Mangotsfield United 75
63Yate Town 1–2North Leigh 160
64Taunton Town 1–1Merthyr Town
replayMerthyr Town 1–0Taunton Town 213

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.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Skelmersdale United 0–2Nantwich Town 183
2Sheffield 0–1Witton Albion 153
3New Mills 3–2Mossley 152
4Prescot Cables 2–4Goole 134
5Farsley 0–2Blyth Spartans 183
6Whitby Town 1–2Ramsbottom United 233
7F.C. United of Manchester 2–0Padiham 624
8Frickley Athletic 0–2Marine 165
9Scarborough Athletic 0–4Darlington 1883 715
10Curzon Ashton 0–0Northwich Victoria 158
replayNorthwich Victoria 0–1Curzon Ashton 86
11Buxton 2–0Ashton United 272
12Clitheroe 0–2Workington 326
13Ossett Town 2–2Trafford 96
replayTrafford 3–0Ossett Town 91
14Spennymoor Town 3–1Bamber Bridge 396
15St Neots Town 2–1Ilkeston 330
16Mickleover Sports 3–2Kettering Town 364
17Carlton Town 1–1Stourbridge 106
replayStourbridge 4–2Carlton Town 239
18Corby Town 0–1Redditch United 308
19Loughborough Dynamo 3–1Grantham Town 149
20Belper Town 2–3Histon 207
21Halesowen Town 1–1Matlock Town 293
replayMatlock Town 0–4Halesowen Town 173
22Evesham United 2–2Banbury United 268
replayBanbury United 1–0Evesham United 123
23Gresley 3–1Romulus 292
24Stamford A.F.C. 0–1Barwell 201
25Chasetown 2–1Newcastle Town 132
26Rushall Olympic 2–0Cambridge City 131
27Market Drayton Town 2–2King's Lynn Town 139
replayKing's Lynn Town 5–1Market Drayton Town 387
28Stratford Town 1–0Stafford Rangers 347
29Leek Town 2–2Spalding United
replaySpalding United 1–2Leek Town
30Aylesbury 1–2Merstham 78
31Walton Casuals 2–4Peacehaven & Telscombe 72
32Dulwich Hamlet 3–0Chalfont St Peter 433
33Thamesmead Town 3–1Three Bridges 49
34Metropolitan Police 1–0Billericay Town 82
35Whyteleafe 3–1Dunstable Town 111
36Maidstone United 3–2Walton & Hersham 1,226
37Bedford Town 4–0Brightlingsea Regent 177

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
38Worthing 1–1Chatham Town 232
replayChatham Town 0–1Worthing 123
39Horsham 1–0Ware 172
40Canvey Island 1–1Leatherhead 248
replayLeatherhead Canvey Island 172
41Folkestone Invicta 3–2Thurrock 248
42Margate 0–2Slough Town 560
43Arlesey Town 2–1Wingate & Finchley 125
44Uxbridge 6–1Hythe Town 122
45Brentwood Town 1–1Biggleswade Town 130
replayBiggleswade Town 3–2Brentwood Town 70
46Hampton & Richmond 0–3Grays Athletic 269
47Burgess Hill Town 2–0Chesham United 258
48Northwood Guernsey
49Lewes 1–0Harlow Town 358
50Cray Wanderers 3–0Faversham Town 131
51VCD Athletic 0–2Tonbridge Angels 156
52Hungerford Town 1–1East Thurrock United 152
replayEast Thurrock United 4–2Hungerford Town 102
53Dereham Town 1–0Enfield Town 291
54Bognor Regis Town 2–2AFC Sudbury 325
replayAFC Sudbury 2–1Bognor Regis Town 149
55Bury Town 1–3Hendon 278
56Royston Town 1–2Witham Town 156
57Burnham 2–2Hitchin Town
replayHitchin Town 0–2Burnham 112
58Barkingside 3–1Kingstonian 214
59South Park 1–4Heybridge Swifts 112
60Leiston 2–2Leighton Town 166
replayLeighton Town 2–5Leiston 90
61AFC Hornchurch 2–0Harrow Borough 165
62Mangotsfield United 5–1Bishop's Cleeve 155
63Sholing 1–0Tiverton Town 139
64AFC Totton 1–2Hereford United 343
65Truro City 3–0Egham Town
66Poole Town 3–1North Leigh 285
67Paulton Rovers 3–0Fleet Town 98
68Chippenham Town 3–1Frome Town 277
69Merthyr Town 2–0Cirencester Town 307
70Weymouth 1–0Shortwood United 420
71Dorchester Town 1–3Wimborne Town 315
72Bideford 3–3Didcot Town
replayDidcot Town 2–1Bideford 134

Second round qualifying

A total of 72 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the first round qualifying.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team
18Weymouth 0–0Burnham 442
replayBurnham Weymouth 75
19Maidstone United 0–2AFC Sudbury 1,423
20Metropolitan Police 2–0 Dulwich Hamlet 150
21Barkingside 1–3Horsham 97
22Peacehaven & Telscombe 4–3Thamesmead Town 121
23Lewes 1–1Heybridge Swifts 258
replayHeybridge Swifts 2–3Lewes 119
24Leiston 3–2Paulton Rovers 185
25Burgess Hill Town 0–0Folkestone Invicta 334
replayFolkestone Invicta 0–1Burgess Hill Town 151
26Slough Town 1–1Merthyr Town 300
replayMerthyr Town 3–2Slough Town 310
27Biggleswade Town 1–2Poole Town 170
28Uxbridge 1–2Didcot Town 145
29Bedford Town 2–1Chippenham Town 203
30Whyteleafe 1–4Leatherhead 148
31AFC Hornchurch 4–2Merstham 154
32Histon 0–2Cray Wanderers 203
33East Thurrock United 4–4Arlesey Town 149
replayArlesey Town 1–2East Thurrock United 89
34Hendon 4–0Worthing 173
35Tonbridge Angels 2–0Grays Athletic 343
36Wimborne Town 2–1Northwood

Third round qualifying

A total of 80 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round qualifying and 43 clubs from Level 6 of English football. As Conference South club Salisbury City was disbanded before the season started, this stage was one team short. Leiston received a bye to the first round proper.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Boston United 2–1Workington 708
2A.F.C. Fylde 3–2Hednesford Town 251
3Gainsborough Trinity 2–1Brackley Town 264
4Stockport County 2–1Colwyn Bay 1,452
5Bradford Park Avenue 3–1Leamington 213
6King's Lynn Town 0–1Harrogate Town 719
7Halesowen Town 2–0Gresley 415
8Worcester City 3–0Barrow 568
9Chorley 2–2Stalybridge Celtic 717
replayStalybridge Celtic 1–2Chorley 268
10Tamworth 3–4Hyde 482
11North Ferriby United 6–2Mickleover Sports 220
12Spennymoor Town 3–0Chasetown 440
13Barwell 1–1F.C. United of Manchester 420
replayF.C. United of Manchester 3–2Barwell 503
14Solihull Moors 2–1Redditch United 359
15Guiseley 0–0Rushall Olympic 342
replayRushall Olympic 1–2Guiseley 139
16Banbury United 0–3Ramsbottom United 235
17Sholing 1–2Farnborough 224
18Concord Rangers 4–0Boreham Wood 202
19Weymouth 3–1Cray Wanderers 409
20Merthyr Town 3–3Didcot Town 348
replayDidcot Town 2–1Merthyr Town 176
21Bedford Town 0–0Weston-super-Mare 287
replayWeston-super-Mare 3–2 Bedford Town 155

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
22Hayes & Yeading United 6–0Horsham 205
23Oxford City 6–1Lewes 162
24Truro City 1–2Hemel Hempstead Town 379
25Tonbridge Angels 0–0Bromley 547
replayBromley 3–0Tonbridge Angels 408
26Bishop's Stortford 4–3Chelmsford City 522
27Eastbourne Borough 1–2Lowestoft Town 368
28St Neots Town 1–1AFC Sudbury 431
replayAFC Sudbury 1–0St Neots Town 229
29Ebbsfleet United 1–0Hendon 676
30Maidenhead United 2–1Metropolitan Police 252
31Basingstoke Town 2–0Whitehawk 268
32Havant & Waterlooville 2–1East Thurrock United 268
33Peacehaven & Telscombe 0–4Gosport Borough 188
34Wimborne Town 4–2AFC Hornchurch
35St Albans City 1–1Wealdstone 457
replayWealdstone 3–0St Albans City 324
36Gloucester City 0–0Bath City 425
replayBath City 3–1 Gloucester City 291
37Staines Town 3–3Poole Town 261
replayPoole Town Staines Town 335
38Burgess Hill Town 3–2Leatherhead 301
39Hereford United 1–2Sutton United 494

First round proper

A total of 64 clubs took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the third round qualifying, one club that received a bye in the previous round and 24 teams from Level 5 of English football.
TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Nuneaton Town 0–2Grimsby Town 344
2Hyde 4–2Spennymoor Town 280
3Altrincham 1–0Macclesfield Town 1,276
4A.F.C. Fylde 3–0Gainsborough Trinity 215
5Guiseley 0–2Chorley 498
6Lincoln City 0–2Alfreton Town 1,243
7North Ferriby United 1–1Boston United 321
replayBoston United 0–2North Ferriby United 671
8Gateshead 2–0Halesowen Town 538
9Worcester City 0–1FC Halifax Town 760
10Southport 1–1Wrexham 654
replayWrexham 2–0Southport 947
11Ramsbottom United 0–3Stockport County 907
12Bradford Park Avenue 1–4Kidderminster Harriers 159
13AFC Telford United 1–1Chester 776
replayChester AFC Telford United 898
14F.C. United of Manchester 4–0Harrogate Town 907
15Aldershot Town 0–1Burgess Hill Town 866
16Weymouth 1–1Havant & Waterlooville 512
replayHavant & Waterlooville 5–0Weymouth 208

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
17Bishop's Stortford 0–5Torquay United 428
18Lowestoft Town 1–3Dover Athletic 575
19Ebbsfleet United 1–1Welling United 876
replayWelling United 2–3 Ebbsfleet United 616
20Wealdstone 1–0Hayes & Yeading United
21Wimborne Town 0–3Oxford City
22Weston-super-Mare 1–3Farnborough
23Dartford 2–0Solihull Moors 513
24Woking 2–0Eastleigh 693
25Hemel Hempstead Town 1–0Sutton United 368
26Basingstoke Town 2–2Gosport Borough 290
replayGosport Borough 2–1 Basingstoke Town
27Bromley 2–0Leiston 413
28Forest Green Rovers 2–2Didcot Town 517
replayDidcot Town 0–3Forest Green Rovers 391
29Bristol Rovers 0–2Bath City 3,505
30Maidenhead United 2–1Poole Town 255
31Braintree Town 1–0AFC Sudbury 547
32Concord Rangers 0–0Barnet 318
replayBarnet 2–6Concord Rangers 354

Second round proper

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Chorley 3–3F.C. United of Manchester 2,254
replayF.C. United of Manchester 1–0Chorley 1,393
2Grimsby Town 0–0Gateshead 1,185
replayGateshead 3–2 Grimsby Town 608
3Stockport County 2–2Wrexham 2,416
replayWrexham 6–1Stockport County 1,373
4FC Halifax Town 5–3Alfreton Town 949
5North Ferriby United 2–0Hyde 265
6A.F.C. Fylde 4–0AFC Telford United 307
7Kidderminster Harriers 0–1Altrincham 1,204
8Wealdstone 1–3Bath City 553

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
9Ebbsfleet United 1–0Forest Green Rovers 1,018
10Havant & Waterlooville 0–1Dover Athletic 405
11Maidenhead United 2–2Farnborough 303
replayFarnborough 1–0Maidenhead United 178
12Gosport Borough 0–2Braintree Town 460
13Oxford City 2–2Woking 652
replayWoking 2–1Oxford City 555
14Hemel Hempstead Town 3–1Concord Rangers 529
15Torquay United 4–0Bromley 1,507
16Burgess Hill Town 1–2Dartford 1,010

Third round proper

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Wrexham 1–1Gateshead 1,474
replayGateshead Wrexham 952
2Braintree Town 1–1Ebbsfleet United 406
replayEbbsfleet United 2–0Braintree Town 813
3F.C. United of Manchester 3–1A.F.C. Fylde 1,732
4Dartford 2–2FC Halifax Town 835
replayFC Halifax Town 3–1Dartford 451

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
5Farnborough 0–2North Ferriby United 391
6Hemel Hempstead Town 0–2Torquay United 1,116
7Bath City 1–0Altrincham 863
8Woking 3–3Dover Athletic 1,167
replayDover Athletic 1–0Woking 586

Fourth round proper

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
1Dover Athletic 3–3Bath City 985
replayBath City 2–1Dover Athletic 893
2FC Halifax Town 0–1Wrexham 1,126

TieHome Team ScoreAway Team '
3Torquay United 1–0F.C. United of Manchester 3,805
4North Ferriby United 1–0Ebbsfleet United 610

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final