Time for the 25/26 FA Trophy Third Round Proper draw now following a very busy weekend of Second Round action.
It was a busy weekend as the FA Trophy Second Round got underway, 48 teams from the National League North and South non league teams entering at that stage, along with the winners from the First Round, and there were plenty of goals and a few penalty shootouts across the 40 games.
The biggest attendance in the Second Round came in the fixture with 1,793 fans making their way through the turnstiles for Maidstone’s win at Torquay.
There were also 11 upsets, with Anstey Nomads, Clitheroe, Leatherhead, Harrow, Hanwell, Gloucester, Harborough, Plymouth Parkway, FC United of Manchester, Walton and Hersham, and Leek causing a surprise. See more stats and facts in the FA Trophy review HERE.
The Third Round Proper Round sees 32 ties drawn out, with National League teams taking part. Once again, there are no replays, so any match which end in a draw after 90 minutes will be decided via a penalty shootout.
Teams who win will pick up £4,500, while the losers pick up £1,240, a full list of prize money and dates for each round can be seen below…
BALL NUMBERS:
NORTH (32 CLUBS, 16 TIES)
1 Altrincham
2 Boston United
3 Carlisle United
4 FC Halifax Town
5 Gateshead
6 Hartlepool United
7 Morecambe
8 Rochdale
9 Scunthorpe United
10 Solihull Moors
11 Tamworth
12 York City
13 FC United of Manchester
14 Clitheroe
15 Macclesfield
16 Gainsborough Trinity or Alfreton Town
17 Worksop Town
18 Leek Town
19 Radcliffe
20 Southport
21 AFC Fylde
22 South Shields
23 Marine
24 Curzon Ashton
25 Kidderminster Harriers
26 Anstey Nomads
27 AFC Telford United
28 Hereford
29 Peterborough Sports
30 Harborough Town
31 Alvechurch
32 Leamington
SOUTH (32 CLUBS, 16 TIES)
1 Aldershot Town
2 Boreham Wood
3 Brackley Town
4 Braintree Town
5 Eastleigh
6 Forest Green Rovers
7 Southend United
8 Sutton United
9 Truro City
10 Wealdstone
11 Woking
12 Yeovil Town
13 Harrow Borough
14 Hanwell Town
15 Gloucester City
16 Hornchurch
17 Cheshunt
18 Hemel Hempstead Town
19 Dagenham & Redbridge
20 Walton & Hersham
21 Horsham
22 Dover Athletic
23 Maidstone United
24 Weston Super Mare
25 Chatham Town
26 Plymouth Parkway
27 Bath City
28 Ebbsfleet United
29 AFC Totton
30 Dorking Wanderers
31 Worthing
32 Leatherhead
FA TROPHY THIRD ROUND PROPER DRAW
1 Solihull Moors v AFC Fylde
2 Harborough Town v Carlisle United
3 Alvechurch v Gainsborough Trinity or Alfreton Town
4 Hartlepool United v Anstey Nomads
5 South Shields v Macclesfield
6 Clitheroe v York City
7 Scunthorpe United v Peterborough Sports
8 Worksop Town v Kidderminster Harriers
9 Curzon Ashton v Marine
10 Hereford v Radcliffe
11 Leamington v Rochdale
12 Southport v Leek Town
13 Tamworth v Boston United
14 FC Halifax Town v FC United of Manchester
15 AFC Telford United v Altrincham
16 Gateshead v Morecambe
17 Boreham Wood v Brackley Town
18 Leatherhead v Harrow Borough
19 Yeovil Town v Maidstone United
20 Forest Green Rovers v Weston-super-Mare
21 Hemel Hempstead Town v Horsham
22 Chatham Town v Plymouth Parkway
23 Wealdstone v Cheshunt
24 Dorking Wanderers v Bath City
25 Woking v AFC Totton
26 Dagenham and Redbridge v Hanwell Town
27 Eastleigh v Aldershot Town
28 Southend United v Truro City
29 Ebbsfleet United v Braintree Town
30 Walton and Hersham v Sutton United
31 Gloucester City v Worthing
32 Dover Athletic v Hornchurch
Season 2025-26
Payments made from The FA’s prize fund
First round qualifying: Winners receive £1500, losers receive £400
Second round qualifying: Winners receive £2250  losers receive £575
Third round qualifying: Winners receive £2450, losers receive £625
First round: Winners receive £3000, losers receive £775
Second round: Winners receive £3750, losers receive £1000
Third round: Winners receive £4500, losers receive £1250
Fourth round: Winners receive £5250, losers receive £1500
Fifth round: Winners receive £6000, losers receive £1750
Quarter Final: Winners receive £7500, losers receive £2000
Semi-Final: Winners receive £15,000, losers receive £5000
Final runners-up: £30,000
Final winners: £60,000
Amounts are per winning club in each round.
Round Dates
Preliminary Round: Saturday 23 August 2025
First Round Qualifying: Saturday 6 September 2025
Second Round Qualifying: Saturday 20 September 2025
Third Round Qualifying: Saturday 4 October 2025
First Round Proper: Saturday 25 October 2025
Second Round Proper: Saturday 15 November 2025
Third Round Proper: Saturday 13 December 2025
Fourth Round Proper: Saturday 10 January 2026
Fifth Round Proper: Saturday 31 January 2026
Sixth Round Proper: Saturday 28 February 2026
Semi-Final: Saturday 28 March 2026
The Final: Sunday 17 May 2026
There are no replays. When a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the winner shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with the procedure adopted by The International Football Association Board.
If a match is postponed, this must be rescheduled and played within the postponement window.
FA TROPHY SECOND ROUND RESULTS:
Tie – Home team – Score – Away team
1 – FC United of Manchester (7) 3–2 Darlington (6)
2 – Chester (6) 0–1 Clitheroe (8)
3 – Macclesfield (6) 1–0 Prescot Cables (7)
4 – Gainsborough Trinity (7) p–p Alfreton Town (6)
5 – Chorley (6) 2–3 Worksop Town (6)
6 – Leek Town (7) 1–0 Scarborough Athletic (6)
7 – Radcliffe (6) 2–2 (6–5 p) Bradford (Park Avenue) (8)
8 – Buxton (6) 2–3 Southport (6)
9 – Spennymoor Town (6) 2–3 AFC Fylde (6)
10 – South Shields (6) 6–2 Dunston (8)
11 – Marine (6) 2–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7)
12 – Ilkeston Town (7) 0–1 Curzon Ashton (6)
13 – King’s Lynn Town (6) 2–2 (2–3 p) Harrow Borough (8)
14 – Merthyr Town (6) 2–3 Hanwell Town (7)
15 – Slough Town (6) 1–1 (3–4 p) Gloucester City (7)
16 – Kidderminster Harriers (6) 3–0 Corby Town (8)
17 – Bedford Town (6) 0–1 Anstey Nomads (8)
18 – Chesham United (6) 1–2 AFC Telford United (6)
19 – Brentwood Town (7) 0–0 (2–4 p) Hornchurch (6)
20 – AFC Sudbury (7) 1–5 Hereford (6)
21 – Leamington (6) 2–0 Maidenhead United (6)
22 – Oxford City (6) 1–2 Peterborough Sports (6)
23 – Bishop’s Stortford (7) 1–1 (4–5 p) Cheshunt (7)
24 – Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–0 (6–5 p) Chelmsford City (6)
25 – Alvechurch (7) 1–1 (4–3 p) Real Bedford (7)
26 – Harborough Town (7) 3–0 Enfield Town (6)
27 – Dagenham & Redbridge (6) 2–0 Tilbury (8)
28 – Walton & Hersham (7) 2–1 Farnborough (6)
29 – Horsham (6) 2–0 Farnham Town (7)
30 – Dover Athletic (6) 2–0 Dorchester Town (7)
31 – Torquay United (6) 0–2 Maidstone United (6)
32 – Chippenham Town (6) 0–1 Weston-super-Mare (6)
33 – Wimborne Town (7) 0–1 Chatham Town (7)
34 – Plymouth Parkway (7) 4–3 Salisbury (6)
35 – Bath City (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Bracknell Town (7)
36 – Ebbsfleet United (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Sittingbourne (8)
37 – Folkestone Invicta (7) 1–2 AFC Totton (6)
38 – Dorking Wanderers (6) 3–2 Eastbourne Borough (6)
39 – Tonbridge Angels (6) 0–4 Worthing (6)
40 – Leatherhead (8) 2–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (6)
LIST OF ALL THE FA TROPHY FINALS AND WINNERS
Year
Winners
Runners-Up
Result
Att
1970
Macclesfield Town
Telford United
2-0
28,000
1971
Telford United
Hillingdon Borough
3-2
29,500
1972
Stafford Rangers
Barnet
3-0
24,000
1973
Scarborough
Wigan Athletic
2-1(aet)
23,000
1974
Morecambe
Dartford
2-1
19,000
1975
Matlock Town
Scarborough
4-0
21,000
1976
Scarborough
Stafford Rangers
3-2(aet)
21,000
1977
Scarborough
Dagenham
2-1
21,500
1978
Altrincham
Leatherhead
3-1
20,000
1979
Stafford Rangers
Kettering Town
2-0
32,000
1980
Dagenham
Mossley
2-1
26,000
1981
Bishop’s Stortford
Sutton United
1-0
22,578
1982
Enfield
Altrincham
1-0(aet)
18,678
1983
Telford United
Northwich Victoria
2-0
22,071
1984
Northwich Victoria
Bangor City
1-1(aet)
14,200
Replay at Stoke City FC
2-1
5,805
1985
Wealdstone
Boston United
2-1
20,775
1986
Altrincham
Runcorn
1-0
15,700
1987
Kidderminster Harriers
Burton Albion
0-0(aet)
23,617
Replay at West Bromwich Albion FC
2-1
15,685
1988
Enfield
Telford United
0-0(aet)
21,328
Replay at West Bromwich Albion FC
3-2
7,005
1989
Telford United
Macclesfield Town
1-0(aet)
19,576
1990
Barrow
Leek Town
3-0
21,492
1991
Wycombe Wanderers
Kidderminster Harriers
2-1
34,842
1992
Colchester United
Witton Albion
3-1
32,254
1993
Wycombe Wanderers
Runcorn
4-1
32,968
1994
Woking
Runcorn
2-1
15,818
1995
Woking
Kidderminster Harriers
2-1(aet)
17,815
1996
Macclesfield Town
Northwich Victoria
3-1
8,672
1997
Woking
Dagenham & Redbridge
1-0(aet)
24,376
1998
Cheltenham Town
Southport
1-0
26,837
1999
Kingstonian
Forest Green Rovers
1-0
20,037
2000
Kingstonian
Kettering Town
3-2
20,034
2001
Canvey Island
Forest Green Rovers
1-0
10,007
2002
Yeovil Town
Stevenage Borough
2-0
18,809
2003
Burscough
Tamworth
2-1
14,625
2004
Hednesford Town
Canvey Island
3-2
6,635
2005
Grays Athletic
Hucknall Town
1-1(aet)
8,116
Grays Athletic won 6-5 on kicks from the penalty mark
2006
Grays Athletic
Woking
2-0
13,997
2007
Stevenage Borough
Kidderminster Harriers
3-2
53,262
2008
Ebbsfleet United
Torquay United
1-0
40,186
2009
Stevenage Borough
York City
2-0
27,110
2010
Barrow
Stevenage Borough
2-1(aet)
21,223
2011
Darlington
Mansfield Town
1-0(aet)
24,668
2012
York City
Newport County
2-0
19,844
2013
Wrexham
Grimsby Town
1-1(aet)
35,266
Wrexham won 4-1 on kicks from the penalty mark
2014
Cambridge United
Gosport Borough
4-0
18,120
2015
North Ferriby
Wrexham
3-3
14,585
North Ferriby won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
2016
FC Halifax Town
Grimsby Town
1-0
46,781
2017
York City
Macclesfield Town
3-2
38,224
2018
Brackley Town
Bromley
1-1(aet)
31,430
Brackley Town won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
2019
AFC Fylde
Leyton Orient
1-0
42,962
2020
Harrogate Town
Concord Rangers
1-0
N/A as game BCD
2021
Hornchurch
Hereford
3-1
6000
2022
Bromley
Wrexham
1-0
46,111
2023
FC Halifax Town
Gateshead
1-0
27,374
2024
Gateshead
Solihull Moors
2-2(aet)
19,964
Gateshead won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
2025
Aldershot Town
Spennymoor Town
3-0
TBC
