2008–09 FA Trophy

The FA Trophy 2008-09 will be the 39th season of the FA's cup competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English football league system. The number of team entries for this season is 263.

Calendar

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money
Preliminary Round	4 October 2008	51	263→212	102	£1,000
First Round Qualifying	18 October 2008	72	212→140	93	£2,300
Second Round Qualifying	1 November 2008	36	140→104	none	£3,000
Third Round Qualifying	22 November 2008	40	104→64	44	£4,000
First Round Proper	13 December 2008	32	64 → 32	24	£5,000
Second Round Proper	10 January 2009	16	32 → 16	none	£6,000
Third Round Proper	31 January 2009	8	16 → 8	none	£7,000
Fourth Round Proper	21 February 2009	4	8 → 4	none	£8,000
Semi-finals	14 March and 21 March 2009	2	4 → 2	none	£16,000
Final	10 May 2009	1	2 → 1	none	Winner: £50,000; Loser: £25,000

Preliminary round

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Trafford 8-1 Rossendale United 2 Retford United 1-2 Kidsgrove Athletic 3 Clitheroe 4-1 Grantham Town 4 Brigg Town 4-0 Willenhall Town 5 Durham City 1-1 Curzon Ashton 6 Romulus 3-2 Loughborough Dynamo 7 Goole A.F.C. 1-1 Nuneaton Town 8 Spalding United 2-1 Wakefield 9 Lancaster City 1-0 Leek Town 10 Rushall Olympic 2-1 Ossett Albion 11 Garforth Town 2-0 Belper Town 12 Skelmersdale United 2-1 Shepshed Dynamo 13 Chorley 0-0 Warrington Town 14 Woodley Sports 0-1 Quorn 15 Harrogate Railway Athletic 2-1 Halifax Town 16 Carlton Town 2-1 Atherstone Town 17 Sheffield 5-3 Bamber Bridge 18 Mossley A.F.C. 1-5 Stocksbridge Park Steels 19 Salford City 2-0 Gresley Rovers 20 Aveley 2-0 Ilford 21 Waltham Forest 1-4 A.F.C. Sudbury 22 Wingate & Finchley 2-1 Ware 23 Great Wakering Rovers 5-3 Ashford Town 24 Northwood 2-0 Whyteleafe 25 Merstham 4-1 Arlesey Town 26 Metropolitan Police 0-0 Waltham Abbey

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 27 Kingstonian 2-3 Whitstable Town 28 Rothwell Town 2-2 Tilbury 29 Leatherhead 1-2 Sittingbourne 30 Leighton Town 7-1 Chipstead 31 Bury Town 2-1 Barton Rovers 32 Maldon Town 0-1 Cheshunt 64 33 Crowborough Athletic 3-0 Eastbourne Town 34 Folkestone Invicta 1-1 Chatham Town 35 Leyton 1-4 Dulwich Hamlet 36 Potters Bar Town 0-2 Brentwood Town 37 East Thurrock United 2-1 Thamesmead Town 38 Concord Rangers 4-1 Woodford United 39 Walton Casuals 4-3 Hillingdon Borough 40 Godalming Town 1-5 Enfield Town 41 Corinthian Casuals 1-3 Worthing 42 Soham Town Rangers 1-0 Redbridge 43 Burgess Hill Town 3-1 Dunstable Town 44 Bracknell Town 2-0 Malvern Town 45 Aylesbury United 2-0 Bridgwater Town 46 Didcot Town 1-2 Andover 47 Winchester City 3-0 Taunton Town 48 Fleet Town 3-1 Beaconsfield SYCOB 49 Cinderford Town 2-4 Truro City 50 Paulton Rovers 1-1 Thatcham Town 51 Marlow 2-0 Cirencester Town

First Round Qualifying

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Romulus Garforth Town 2 Harrogate Railway Athletic Leigh Genesis 3 Stourbridge Salford City 4 Rushall Olympic Bedworth United 5 Witton Albion Worksop Town 6 Whitby Town Trafford 7 Hednesford Town Quorn 8 Ashton United Lincoln United 9 Matlock Town Chorley or Warrington Town 10 F.C. United of Manchester Radcliffe Borough 11 Brigg Town Marine 12 Boston United Kidsgrove Athletic 13 Skelmersdale United Sheffield 14 Guiseley A.F.C. Ossett Town 15 Glapwell Leamington 16 Colwyn Bay Chasetown 17 Stocksbridge Park Steels Goole A.F.C. or Nuneaton Town 18 Lancaster City Rugby Town 19 Spalding United North Ferriby United 20 Frickley Athletic Nantwich Town 21 Prescot Cables Cammell Laird 22 Stamford A.F.C. Kendal Town 23 Durham City or Curzon Ashton Halesowen Town 24 Bradford Park Avenue Clitheroe 25 Eastwood Town Ilkeston Town 26 Newcastle Blue Star Sutton Coldfield Town 27 Buxton Carlton Town 28 Concord Rangers Billericay Town 29 Uxbridge Walton & Hersham 30 Walton Casuals Heybridge Swifts 31 Whitstable Town Brackley Town 32 Worthing Merstham 33 Maidstone United A.F.C. Hornchurch 34 Crowborough Athletic Northwood 35 Wingate & Finchley Ashford Town (Middx)

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 36 Brentwood Town Waltham Forest 37 Wealdstone Croydon Athletic 38 Bedford Town Corby Town 39 Hemel Hempstead Town A.F.C. Hayes 40 Metropolitan Police or Waltham Abbey Dulwich Hamlet 41 Soham Town Rangers Witham Town 42 Aveley Hitchin Town 43 Rothwell Town or Tilbury Cray Wanderers 44 Harrow Borough Folkestone Invicta or Chatham Town 45 Staines Town Dover Athletic 46 Boreham Wood Burgess Hill Town 47 Tonbridge Angels Ramsgate 48 Dartford Harlow Town 49 Bury Town Leighton Town 50 Enfield Town Great Wakering Rovers 51 Cambridge City Canvey Island 52 Cheshunt East Thurrock United 53 Horsham Sittingbourne 54 Margate Hendon 55 Hastings United Carshalton Athletic 56 Sutton United Tooting & Mitcham United 57 Tiverton Town North Leigh 58 Mangotsfield United Bashley 59 Yate Town Stourport Swifts 60 Andover Gosport Borough 61 Banbury United Burnham 62 Merthyr Tydfil Bishop's Cleeve 63 Bromsgrove Rovers Gloucester City 64 Evesham United Clevedon Town 65 Winchester City Windsor & Eton 66 Bracknell Town Swindon Supermarine 67 Farnborough Marlow 68 Paulton Rovers or Thatcham Town Slough Town 69 Truro City Chesham United 70 Oxford City Aylesbury United 71 A.F.C. Totton Abingdon United 72 Chippenham Town Fleet Town

First Round Proper

This round is the first in which Conference National teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.

• Ties to be played on 13 December.