1971–72 FA Trophy

1971–72 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams189
Final positions
ChampionsStafford Rangers
Runner-upBarnet

The 1971–72 FA Trophy was the third season of the FA Trophy.

First qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Abergavenny Thursdays 0–0 Lockheed Leamington
2 Alfreton Town 0–4 Retford Town
3 Andover 0–0 Salisbury
4 Arnold 2–0 Long Eaton United
5 Ashby Institute 0–2 Louth United
6 Ashford Town (Kent) 3–2 Ramsgate Athletic
7 Ashton United 3–0 Runcorn
8 Atherstone Town 3–1 Gresley Rovers
9 Bacup Borough 1–5 Morecambe
10 Barry Town 0–0 Cinderford Town
11 Barton Town 3–2 Frickley Colliery
12 Belper Town 2–0 Glossop
13 Bethesda Athletic 2–0 Portmadoc
14 Bexley United 2–1 Basingstoke Town
15 Blaenau Ffestiniog 3–3 Ellesmere Port Town
16 Bletchley 2–1 Biggleswade Town
17 Bodmin Town 0–3 Barnstaple Town
18 Boldon Colliery Welfare 4–0 Horden Colliery Welfare
19 Boston 1–3 Spalding United
20 Bourne Town 2–1 Rushden Town
21 Brett Sports 5–0 Deal Town
22 Brierley Hill Alliance 3–6 Lye Town
23 Cambridge City 2–1 Soham Town Rangers
24 Chippenham Town 4–5 Dorchester Town
25 Connah's Quay Nomads w/o-scr Prestatyn Town
26 Crawley Town 3–1 Chatham Town
27 Darlaston 3–0 Halesowen Town
28 Droylsden 4–1 Hyde United
29 Ely City 0–7 Lowestoft Town
30 Fleetwood Town 2–1 St Helens Town
31 Hatfield Town 0–2 Dunstable
32 Leyland Motors 2–3 Darwen
33 Loughborough United 1–2 Bedworth United
34 Merthyr Tydfil 1–0 Bridgend Town
35 Netherfield 1–0 Formby
36 New Brighton 4–0 Clitheroe
37 Newhall United 2–2 Heanor Town
38 Redditch United 1–1 Dudley Town
39 Rhyl 3–2 Oswestry Town
40 Rossendale United 2–0 Horwich R M I
41 Sandbach Ramblers 3–0 Radcliffe Borough
42 Selby Town 0–4 Brigg Town
43 Sheppey United 1–2 Canterbury City
44 St Blazey 2–3 Bridport
45 Stamford 1–0 Desborough Town
46 Stevenage Athletic 3–0 St Neots Town
47 Stockton 4–1 Gateshead
48 Sutton Town 3–1 Dinnington Athletic
49 Thetford Town 2–3 Holbeach United
50 Ton Pentre 2–0 Gloucester City
51 Tonbridge 1–1 Sittingbourne
52 Trowbridge Town 8–2 Cowes
53 Warley 2–3 Lower Gornal Athletic
54 Wellingborough Town 6–1 Skegness Town
55 Welton Rovers 2–0 Frome Town
56 Weston super Mare 0–1 Wadebridge Town
57 Whitstable Town 0–4 Folkestone
58 Winterton Rangers 3–2 Hull Brunswick
59 Wisbech Town 5–1 March Town United
60 Witton Albion 2–1 Nantwich Town
61 Worksop Town 4–0 Mexborough Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Lockheed Leamington 6–1 Abergavenny Thursdays
3 Salisbury 4–3 Andover
10 Cinderford Town 3–0 Barry Town
15 Ellesmere Port Town 1–2 Blaneau Ffestiniog
37 Heanor Town 2–2 Newhall United
38 Dudley Town 1–2 Redditch United
51 Sittingbourne 1–3 Tonbridge

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
37 Newhall United 2–3 Heanor Town

Second qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Arnold 2–1 Heanor Town
2 Atherstone Town 2–1 Bedworth United
3 Barnstaple Town 3–2 Taunton Town
4 Barton Town 7–0 Brigg Town
5 Belper Town 1–4 Worksop Town
6 Bethesda Athletic 0–3 Rhyl
7 Bexley United 2–1 Crawley Town
8 Blaenau Ffestiniog 3–3 Connah's Quay Nomads
9 Bletchley 2–3 Potton United
10 Boldon Colliery Welfare 0–1 Morecambe
11 Bourne Town 2–1 Stamford
12 Brett Sports 1–3 Folkestone
13 Bridport 0–0 Wadebridge Town
14 Cinderford Town 1–3 Merthyr Tydfil
15 Darlaston 1–3 Lower Gornal Athletic
16 Dorchester Town 4–1 Trowbridge Town
17 Droylsden 0–3 Witton Albion
18 Dunstable 4–2 Stevenage Athletic
19 Fleetwood 4–0 Darwen
20 Guildford City 1–0 Ashford Town
21 Holbeach United 2–7 Cambridge City
22 Lockheed Leamington 1–0 Ton Pentre
23 Louth United 1–0 Winterton Rangers
24 Lowestoft Town 1–0 Wisbech Town
25 Redditch United 5–0 Lye Town
26 Rossendale United 3–2 Netherfield
27 Salisbury 3–1 Welton Rovers
28 Sandbach Ramblers 1–1 Ashton United
29 Spalding United 2–2 Wellingborough Town
30 Stockton 2–1 New Brighton
31 Sutton Town 0–3 Retford Town
32 Tonbridge 3–0 Canterbury City

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Connah's Quay Nomads 1–0 Blaenau Ffestiniog
13 Wadebridge Town 2–3 Bridport
28 Ashton United 1–2 Sandbach Ramblers
29 Wellingborough Town 2–0 Spalding United

Third qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Arnold 1–1 Barton Town
2 Atherstone Town 4–1 Dunstable
3 Banbury United 4–2 Bridport
4 Barnstaple Town 3–2 Bath City
5 Bexley United 4–0 Potton United
6 Bideford 4–0 Poole Town
7 Bilston 3–0 Sandbach Ramblers
8 Bridlington Town 0–0 Ilkeston Town
9 Bury Town 1–4 Lowestoft Town
10 Cambridge City 3–2 Lockheed Leamington
11 Cheltenham Town 2–2 Merthyr Tydfil
12 Chorley 1–0 Lancaster City
13 Connah's Quay Nomads 3–2 Stalybridge Celtic
14 Corby Town 0–2 Nuneaton Borough
15 Denaby United 1–0 Louth United
16 Dorchester Town 1–1 Salisbury
17 Fleetwood Town 1–1 Kirkby Town
18 Folkestone 2–2 Margate
19 Gainsborough Trinity 3–1 Goole Town
20 Glastonbury 0–2 Minehead
21 Gravesend & Northfleet 0–2 Dartford
22 Hednesford Town 0–1 Great Harwood
23 Lower Gornal Athletic 1–2 Morecambe
24 Rhyl 0–1 Stafford Rangers
25 Rossendale United 1–0 Winsford United
26 South Liverpool 2–1 Redditch United
27 Stockton 2–1 Retford Town
28 Thornycroft Athletic 1–2 King's Lynn
29 Tonbridge 2–0 Guildford City
30 Wellingborough Town 3–1 Bourne Town
31 Witton Albion 1–0 Altrincham
32 Worksop Town 0–0 Boston United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barton Town 0–2 Arnold
2 Dunstable 0–0 Atherstone Town
8 Ilkeston Town 3–0 Bridlington Trinity
11 Merthyr Tydfil 2–1 Cheltenham Town
16 Salisbury 0–2 Dorchester Town
17 Kirkby Town 2–0 Fleetwood Town
18 Margate 1–1 Folkestone
32 Boston United 2–4 Worksop Town

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Atherstone Town 5–1 Dunstable
18 Folkestone 1–2 Margate

1st round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Telford United, Macclesfield Town, Bradford Park Avenue, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Yeovil Town, Wigan Athletic, South Shields, Bangor City, Mossley, Kidderminster Harriers, Bromsgrove Rovers, Bridgwater Town, Burscough, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Hereford United, Kettering Town, Grantham, Buxton, Burton Albion, Bedford Town, Dover, Scarborough, Northwich Victoria, Matlock Town, Tamworth, Hastings United and Stourbridge.

Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barnstaple Town 2–1 King's Lynn
2 Bedford Town 2–2 Cambridge City
3 Bexley United 3–1 Weymouth
4 Bideford 1–1 Atherstone Town
5 Bradford Park Avenue 1–1 Stafford Rangers
6 Bromsgrove Rovers 3–3 Minehead
7 Burton Albion 2–0 Rossendale United
8 Buxton 1–0 Northwich Victoria
9 Chelmsford City 4–1 Kettering Town
10 Connah's Quay Nomads 2–0 Stockton
11 Dorchester Town 2–0 Tonbridge
12 Dover 0–6 Barnet
13 Grantham 2–2 Bangor City
14 Great Harwood 1–0 Worksop Town
15 Hastings United 3–2 Worcester City
16 Hereford United 3–1 Banbury United
17 Hillingdon Borough 3–2 Margate
18 Ilkeston Town 1–0 Gainsborough Trinity
19 Kidderminster Harriers 1–1 Romford
20 Kirkby Town 2–3 Denaby United
21 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Bilston
22 Matlock Town 1–1 Chorley
23 Merthyr Tydfil 1–0 Bridgwater Town
24 Mossley 0–2 Arnold
25 Nuneaton Borough 1–2 Telford United
26 Scarborough 1–0 South Shields
27 South Liverpool 2–2 Burscough
28 Stourbridge 0–0 Lowestoft Town
29 Tamworth 1–4 Morecambe
30 Wellingborough Town 1–1 Dartford
31 Wigan Athletic 1–0 Witton Albion
32 Wimbledon 1–5 Yeovil Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Cambridge City 0–2 Bedford Town
4 Atherstone Town 5–0 Bideford
5 Stafford Rangers 1–0 Bradford Park Avenue
6 Minehead 0–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
13 Bangor City 2–4 Grantham
19 Romford 1–2 Kidderminster Harriers
22 Chorley 2–1 Matlock Town
27 Burscough 1–1 South Liverpool
28 Lowestoft Town 2–0 Stourbridge
30 Dartford 0–0 Wellingborough Town

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
27 South Liverpool 2–1 Burscough
30 Wellingborough Town 0–3 Dartford

2nd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Arnold 1–1 Buxton
2 Bexley United 2–0 Barnstaple Town
3 Chelmsford City 5–1 Merthyr Tydfil
4 Chorley 1–0 Scarborough
5 Connah's Quay Nomads 1–2 Grantham
6 Dartford 0–0 Atherstone Town
7 Dorchester Town 1–0 Bedford Town
8 Great Harwood 3–4 Wigan Athletic
9 Hereford United 2–1 Bromsgrove Rovers
10 Hillingdon Borough 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers
11 Lowestoft Town 0–0 Barnet
12 Macclesfield Town 3–0 Burton Albion
13 Morecambe 4–0 Denaby United
14 South Liverpool 2–3 Telford United
15 Stafford Rangers 3–0 Ilkeston Town
16 Yeovil Town 4–1 Hastings United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Buxton 2–0 Arnold
6 Atherstone Town 0–1 Dartford
11 Barnet 5–1 Lowestoft Town

3rd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Buxton 3–2 Bexley United
2 Chelmsford City 2–3 Yeovil Town
3 Chorley 0–1 Grantham
4 Dorchester Town 1–1 Telford United
5 Hereford United 0–1 Dartford
6 Hillingdon Borough 1–2 Stafford Rangers
7 Macclesfield Town 2–1 Morecambe
8 Wigan Athletic 1–2 Barnet

Replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
4 Telford United 3–1 Dorchester Town

4th round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Buxton 2–2 Telford United
2 Dartford 0–2 Barnet
3 Grantham 0–1 Yeovil Town
4 Stafford Rangers 1–1 Macclesfield Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Telford United 2–1 Buxton
4 Macclesfield Town 0–3 Stafford Rangers

Semi finals

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barnet 1–0 Telford United
2 Stafford Rangers 4–0 Yeovil Town

Final

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Home Team Score Away Team
Stafford Rangers 3–0 Barnet
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