Time for the 25/26 FA Trophy Fourth Round Proper draw now following a very busy weekend of Third Round action.
It was a busy weekend as the FA Trophy Third Round got underway, 24 teams from the National League teams entering at that stage, along with the winners from the Second Round, and there were plenty of goals and a few penalty shootouts across the 32 games.
The biggest attendance in the Third Round came in the fixture with 3,715 fans making their way through the turnstiles for Southend’s win at home to Truro.
There were also 7 upsets, with Anstey Nomads, Clitheroe, Walton and Hersham, Ebbsfleet, Alvechurch, Gloucester and Telford causing a surprise. See more stats and facts in the FA Trophy review HERE.
The Fourth Round Proper Round sees 16 ties drawn out. 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 £5,250, while the losers pick up £1,500, a full list of prize money and dates for each round can be seen below…
BALL NUMBERS:
1 AFC Fylde2 Carlisle United3 Alvechurch4 Anstey Nomads5 Macclesfield6 Clitheroe7 Scunthorpe United8 Kidderminster Harriers9 Marine10 Hereford11 Rochdale12 Southport13 Tamworth14 FC Halifax Town15 AFC Telford United16 Morecambe17 Brackley Town18 Leatherhead19 Yeovil Town20 Forest Green Rovers21 Horsham22 Chatham Town23 Wealdstone24 Bath City25 Woking26 Dagenham & Redbridge27 Eastleigh28 Southend United29 Ebbsfleet United30 Walton & Hersham31 Gloucester City32 Hornchurch
FA TROPHY FOURTH ROUND PROPER DRAW
BATH v SOUTHENDWALTON & HERSHAM v BRACKLEYWOKING v MACCLESFIELDYEOVIL v ALVECHURCHEASTLEIGH v SOUTHPORTMARINE v GLOUCESTERKIDDERMINSTER v MORECAMBECHATHAM v CARLISLEWEALDSTONE v DAG & REDHORNCHURCH v TELFORDEBBSFLEET v FOREST GREENHEREFORD v AFC FYLDETAMWORTH v ROCHDALEHALIFAX v ANSTEY NOMADSLEATHERHEAD v HORSHAMSCUNTHORPE v CLITHEROE
Season 2025-26Payments made from The FA’s prize fund
First round qualifying: Winners receive £1500, losers receive £400Second round qualifying: Winners receive £2250 losers receive £575Third round qualifying: Winners receive £2450, losers receive £625First round: Winners receive £3000, losers receive £775Second round: Winners receive £3750, losers receive £1000Third round: Winners receive £4500, losers receive £1250Fourth round: Winners receive £5250, losers receive £1500Fifth round: Winners receive £6000, losers receive £1750Quarter Final: Winners receive £7500, losers receive £2000Semi-Final: Winners receive £15,000, losers receive £5000Final runners-up: £30,000Final winners: £60,000
Amounts are per winning club in each round.
Round Dates
Preliminary Round: Saturday 23 August 2025First Round Qualifying: Saturday 6 September 2025Second Round Qualifying: Saturday 20 September 2025Third Round Qualifying: Saturday 4 October 2025First Round Proper: Saturday 25 October 2025Second Round Proper: Saturday 15 November 2025Third Round Proper: Saturday 13 December 2025Fourth Round Proper: Saturday 10 January 2026Fifth Round Proper: Saturday 31 January 2026Sixth Round Proper: Saturday 28 February 2026Semi-Final: Saturday 28 March 2026The 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 THIRD ROUND RESULTS:
Tie – Home team – Score – Away team29 – Ebbsfleet United (6) 3–1 Braintree Town (5)1 – Solihull Moors (5) 2–2 (8–9 p) AFC Fylde (6)2 – Harborough Town (7) 1–2 Carlisle United (5)3 – Alvechurch (7) 2–2 (4–1 p) Alfreton Town (6)4 – Hartlepool United (5) 1–2 Anstey Nomads (8)5 – South Shields (6) 0–1 Macclesfield (6)6 – Clitheroe (8) 1–1 (4–3 p) York City (5)7 – Scunthorpe United (5) 5–0 Peterborough Sports (6)8 – Worksop Town (6) 0–0 (1–4 p) Kidderminster Harriers (6)9 – Curzon Ashton (6) 1–2 Marine (6)10 – Hereford (6) 1–1 (4–2 p) Radcliffe (6)11 – Leamington (6) 0–1 Rochdale (5)12 – Southport (6) 3–1 Leek Town (7)13 – Tamworth (5) 1–1 (5–4 p) Boston United (5)14 – FC Halifax Town (5) 4–0 FC United of Manchester (7)15 – AFC Telford United (6) 4–3 Altrincham (5)16 – Gateshead (5) 0–3 Morecambe (5)17 – Boreham Wood (5) 3–3 (1–3 p) Brackley Town (5)18 – Leatherhead (8) 3–2 Harrow Borough (8)19 – Yeovil Town (5) 1–1 (4–2 p) Maidstone United (6)20 – Forest Green Rovers (5) 4–0 Weston-super-Mare (6)21 – Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–2 Horsham (6)22 – Chatham Town (7) 3–0 Plymouth Parkway (7)23 – Wealdstone (5) 2–1 Cheshunt (7)24 – Dorking Wanderers (6) 1–1 (2–4 p) Bath City (6)25 – Woking (5) 2–0 AFC Totton (6)26 – Dagenham & Redbridge (6) 3–1 Hanwell Town (7)27 – Eastleigh (5) 2–1 Aldershot Town (5)28 – Southend United (5) 4–0 Truro City (5)30 – Walton & Hersham (7) 4–1 Sutton United (5)31 – Gloucester City (7) 3–3 (5–3 p) Worthing (6)32 – Dover Athletic (6) 1–4 Hornchurch (6)
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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
