List of FA Trophy finals

The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA). It was staged for the first time in the 196970 season,[1] and was initially open to all semi-professional teams, complementing the existing FA Amateur Cup.[2] After the abolition of official amateur status by the FA in 1974, the leading teams from the Amateur Cup entered the Trophy, while lower-level teams competed in the new FA Vase.[3] As of 2008, the Trophy is open to all clubs in the top four levels of the National League System, equivalent to levels five to eight of the overall English football league system, although a club's home stadium must meet certain requirements before the club can enter the tournament.[4]

Darlington players celebrate their team's victory in the final in 2011

The record for the most wins is jointly held by Scarborough, Telford United, and Woking, with three each.[1] Scarborough and Telford United are both defunct and therefore not able to add any further wins.[5][6] Scarborough, Woking, Grays Athletic and Kingstonian have each won the Trophy in two consecutive seasons.[1] Manager Mark Stimson has the unique distinction of having managed the winning team in three consecutive finals.[7] The Trophy is currently held by AFC Fylde who beat Leyton Orient in the 2019 final.

History

York City players celebrate winning the Trophy in 2012

The first FA Trophy final was won by Macclesfield Town, who also won the championship of the Northern Premier League in the same season.[8] Northern Premier League clubs dominated the first decade of the competition, with Telford United the only Southern League team to break the northern clubs' hold on the competition.[9] Scarborough reached the final four times in five seasons and won the Trophy three times between 1973 and 1977.[5] In 1979, the leading Southern and Northern Premier League teams formed the new Alliance Premier League,[10] and teams from this league dominated the Trophy during the 1980s.[11] In the 198081 season, however, Bishop's Stortford of the comparatively lowly Isthmian League First Division won through nine rounds to reach the final, where they beat Sutton United.[12] Telford United's win in 1989 made them the second team to win the Trophy three times.[11]

Between 1990 and 2000, a smaller number of clubs claimed the Trophy, as Wycombe Wanderers and Kingstonian each won the competition twice, and Woking became the third team to win it three times.[11] Manager Geoff Chapple led Woking and Kingstonian to all their victories, a total of five wins in seven seasons.[13][14] After Chapple's period of success, Mark Stimson became the first man to manage the Trophy-winning team in three successive seasons, when he led Grays Athletic to victory in 2005 and 2006 and repeated the feat with his new club Stevenage Borough in 2007.[7] In 2019 AFC Fylde became the first team to have won both the FA Trophy and FA Vase.[15]

Finals

Originally, if the final finished with the scores level after extra time, the teams would play again in a replay at a later date;[11] more recently the final has always been decided on the day, with a penalty shootout as required.[16] The winning club receives the FA Trophy itself and, as of 2008, prize money of £50,000, in addition to that accumulated for winning earlier rounds.[17]

Key

(R) Replay
* Match went to extra time
Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results

Season Winner[1] Score[1] Runnersup[1] Venue[11]
1969–70 Macclesfield Town 20 Telford United Wembley Stadium (original)
1970–71 Telford United 32 Hillingdon Borough Wembley Stadium (original)
1971–72 Stafford Rangers 30 Barnet Wembley Stadium (original)
1972–73 Scarborough  21 * Wigan Athletic Wembley Stadium (original)
1973–74 Morecambe 21 Dartford Wembley Stadium (original)
1974–75 Matlock Town 40 Scarborough Wembley Stadium (original)
1975–76 Scarborough  32 * Stafford Rangers Wembley Stadium (original)
1976–77 Scarborough 21 Dagenham Wembley Stadium (original)
1977–78 Altrincham 31 Leatherhead Wembley Stadium (original)
1978–79 Stafford Rangers 20 Kettering Town Wembley Stadium (original)
1979–80 Dagenham 21 Mossley Wembley Stadium (original)
1980–81 Bishop's Stortford 10 Sutton United Wembley Stadium (original)
1981–82 Enfield  10 * Altrincham Wembley Stadium (original)
1982–83 Telford United 21 Northwich Victoria Wembley Stadium (original)
1983–84 Northwich Victoria  11 * Bangor City Wembley Stadium (original)
1983–84 (R) Northwich Victoria 21 Bangor City Victoria Ground
1984–85 Wealdstone 21 Boston United Wembley Stadium (original)
1985–86 Altrincham 10 Runcorn Wembley Stadium (original)
1986–87 Kidderminster Harriers  00 * Burton Albion Wembley Stadium (original)
1986–87 (R) Kidderminster Harriers 21 Burton Albion The Hawthorns
1987–88 Enfield  00 * Telford United Wembley Stadium (original)
1987–88 (R) Enfield 32 Telford United The Hawthorns
1988–89 Telford United  10 * Macclesfield Town Wembley Stadium (original)
1989–90 Barrow 30 Leek Town Wembley Stadium (original)
1990–91 Wycombe Wanderers 21 Kidderminster Harriers Wembley Stadium (original)
1991–92 Colchester United 31 Witton Albion Wembley Stadium (original)
1992–93 Wycombe Wanderers 41 Runcorn Wembley Stadium (original)
1993–94 Woking 21 Runcorn Wembley Stadium (original)
1994–95 Woking  21 * Kidderminster Harriers Wembley Stadium (original)
1995–96 Macclesfield Town 31 Northwich Victoria Wembley Stadium (original)
1996–97 Woking  10 * Dagenham & Redbridge Wembley Stadium (original)
1997–98 Cheltenham Town 10 Southport Wembley Stadium (original)
1998–99 Kingstonian 10 Forest Green Rovers Wembley Stadium (original)
1999–2000 Kingstonian 32 Kettering Town Wembley Stadium (original)
2000–01 Canvey Island 10 Forest Green Rovers Villa Park
2001–02 Yeovil Town 20 Stevenage Borough Villa Park
2002–03 Burscough 21 Tamworth Villa Park
2003–04 Hednesford Town 32 Canvey Island Villa Park
2004–05 Grays Athletic  11 † Hucknall Town Villa Park
2005–06 Grays Athletic 20 Woking Boleyn Ground
2006–07 Stevenage Borough 32 Kidderminster Harriers Wembley Stadium (new)
2007–08 Ebbsfleet United 10 Torquay United Wembley Stadium (new)
2008–09 Stevenage Borough 20 York City Wembley Stadium (new)
2009–10 Barrow  21 * Stevenage Borough Wembley Stadium (new)
2010–11 Darlington  10 * Mansfield Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2011–12 York City 20 Newport County Wembley Stadium (new)
2012–13 Wrexham  11 † Grimsby Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2013–14 Cambridge United 40 Gosport Borough Wembley Stadium (new)
2014–15 North Ferriby United  33 † Wrexham Wembley Stadium (new)
2015–16 FC Halifax Town 10 Grimsby Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2016–17 York City 32 Macclesfield Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2017–18 Brackley Town  11 † Bromley Wembley Stadium (new)
2018–19 AFC Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient Wembley Stadium (new)

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. Teams shown in bold compete in the Premier League or the English Football League as of 2020 and therefore do not enter the FA Trophy. Additionally, Bangor City switched to the Welsh football league system in 1992, making the club ineligible to compete in the competition from then onwards.[18]

Club Wins Last final won Runners-up Last final lost
Telford United 3 1989 2 1988
Woking3199712006
Scarborough 3 1977 1 1975
Stevenage Borough 2 2009 2 2010
Macclesfield Town 2 1996 2 2017
York City 2 2017 1 2009
Altrincham 2 1986 1 1982
Stafford Rangers 2 1979 1 1976
Barrow 2 2010 0
Grays Athletic 2 2006 0
Kingstonian 2 2000 0
Wycombe Wanderers 2 1993 0
Enfield 2 1988 0
Kidderminster Harriers 1 1987 3 2007
Northwich Victoria 1 1984 2 1996
Wrexham 1 2013 1 2015
Canvey Island 1 2001 1 2004
Dagenham 1 1980 1 1977
AFC Fylde 1 2019 0
Brackley Town 1 2018 0
FC Halifax Town 1 2016 0
North Ferriby United 1 2015 0
Cambridge United 1 2014 0
Darlington 1 2011 0
Ebbsfleet United 1 2008 0
Hednesford Town 1 2004 0
Burscough 1 2003 0
Yeovil Town 1 2002 0
Cheltenham Town 1 1998 0
Colchester United 1 1992 0
Wealdstone 1 1985 0
Bishop's Stortford 1 1981 0
Matlock Town 1 1975 0
Morecambe 1 1974 0
Runcorn 0 3 1994
Grimsby Town 0 2 2016
Forest Green Rovers 0 2 2001
Kettering Town 0 2 2000
Leyton Orient 0 1 2019
Bromley 0 1 2018
Gosport Borough 0 1 2014
Newport County 0 1 2012
Mansfield Town 0 1 2011
Torquay United 0 1 2008
Hucknall Town 0 1 2005
Tamworth 0 1 2003
Southport 0 1 1998
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 1 1997
Witton Albion 0 1 1992
Leek Town 0 1 1990
Burton Albion 0 1 1987
Boston United 0 1 1985
Bangor City 0 1 1984
Sutton United 0 1 1981
Mossley 0 1 1980
Leatherhead 0 1 1978
Dartford 0 1 1974
Wigan Athletic 0 1 1973
Barnet 0 1 1972
Hillingdon Borough 0 1 1971

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