2012–13 FA Trophy

The 2012–13 FA Trophy was the 43rd season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 266 clubs entered the competition. This season's competition was only the third time that the Trophy Holders, in this case York City F.C., were ineligible to defend it due to promotion to the English Football League Two.^[1]

2012–13 FA Trophy

FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Teams	266
Final positions
Champions	Wrexham
Runners-up	Grimsby Town
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The competition was won by Wrexham for the first time, who defeated Grimsby Town 4–1 on penalties, after being held 1–1 in normal time.

Calendar

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Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money
Preliminary round	15 September 2012	54	266 → 212	108	£2,300
First round qualifying	29 September 2012	72	212 → 140	90	£2,550
Second round qualifying	27 October 2012	36	140 → 104	none	£3,250
Third round qualifying	10 November 2012	40	104 → 64	44	£4,000
First round	24 November 2012	32	64 → 32	24	£5,000
Second round	15 December 2012	16	32 → 16	none	£6,000
Third round	12 January 2013	8	16 → 8	none	£7,000
Quarter-finals	26 January 2013	4	8 → 4	none	£8,000
Semi-finals	16 February and 23 February 2013	2	4 → 2	none	£16,000
Final	24 March 2013	1	2 → 1	none	Runner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000

Preliminary round

Ties will be played on 15 September 2012.^[3]

Ties

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance[4] 1 New Mills 1–0 Ossett Albion 144 2 Lancaster City 1–2 Wakefield 119 3 Northwich Victoria 1–1 Clitheroe 65 4 Harrogate Railway Athletic 2–1 Bamber Bridge 62 5 Warrington Town 1–2 Leek Town 172 6 Farsley 1–1 Radcliffe Borough 138 7 Brigg Town 0–1 Ramsbottom United 105 8 Garforth Town 1–2 Burscough 70 9 Trafford 2–0 Sheffield 143 10 Goole 1–1 Curzon Ashton 135 11 Skelmersdale United 4–2 Salford City 133 12 Loughborough Dynamo 3–4 Belper Town 110 13 Carlton Town 0–2 Newcastle Town 46 14 Sutton Coldfield Town 0–1 Gresley 110 15 Stamford 1–0 Evesham United 152 16 Mickleover Sports 0–3 Romulus 131 17 Rainworth Miners Welfare 3–0 Leighton Town 86 18 Biggleswade Town 2–2 Halesowen Town 100 19 Hucknall Town 2–1 Market Drayton Town 95 20 Kidsgrove Athletic 4–1 Daventry Town 117 21 Brentwood Town 0–0 Harlow Town 137 22 Grays Athletic 2–1 Aylesbury 113 23 Walton & Hersham 3–2 Maldon & Tiptree 75 24 Hythe Town 4–0 Ware 165 25 Thamesmead Town 1–1 Burgess Hill Town 28 26 Royston Town 5–1 Aveley 136 27 Wroxham 3–1 AFC Hayes 82 28 Corinthian Casuals 1–2 Potters Bar Town 59 29 Romford 3–1 Dulwich Hamlet 97 30 Folkestone Invicta 0–0 Merstham 173 31 Northwood 0–4 Leatherhead 108 32 Needham Market 3–4 Maidstone United 290 33 Heybridge Swifts 4–1 Worthing 95 34 Cheshunt 1–3 Waltham Forest 65 35 Sittingbourne 4–0 Horsham 155 36 Chipstead 0–1 Waltham Abbey 51 37 Walton Casuals 1–5 Ashford Town (Middx) 69 38 Chertsey Town 4–1 Tilbury 116 39 Faversham Town 1–0 AFC Sudbury 137 40 Herne Bay 0–2 Chatham Town 258 41 Crawley Down Gatwick 2–1 Witham Town 67 42 North Greenford United 1–3 Tooting & Mitcham United 67 43 Clevedon Town 2–2 Wimborne Town 112 44 Merthyr Town 1–1 Fleet Town 303 45 Winchester City 1–2 Sholing 62 46 Thatcham Town 0–1 Tiverton Town 86 47 Godalming Town 0–1 North Leigh 158 48 Abingdon United 2–4 Bridgwater Town 63 49 Slough Town 2–1 Hungerford Town 228 50 Cirencester Town 2–3 Guildford City 78 51 Didcot Town 0–0 Paulton Rovers 115 52 Beaconsfield SYCOB 0–0 Poole Town 108 53 Swindon Supermarine 0–0 Yate Town 104 54 Mangotsfield United 0–0 Shortwood United 116

† – After extra time

Ties

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance[4] 3 Clitheroe 0–3 Northwich Victoria 151 6 Radcliffe Borough 1–0 Farsley 74 10 Curzon Ashton 3–3 † Goole 126 Curzon Ashton advance 4–3 on penalties. 18 Halesowen Town 4-1 Biggleswade Town 115 21 Harlow Town 0–4 Brentwood Town 93 25 Burgess Hill Town 0–2 Thamesmead Town 81 30 Merstham 2–0 Folkestone Invicta 95 43 Wimborne Town 3–0 Clevedon Town 94 44 Fleet Town 0–4 Merthyr Town 95 51 Paulton Rovers 2–3 Didcot Town 101[5] 52 Poole Town 3–1 Beaconsfield SYCOB 202 53 Yate Town 0–3 Swindon Supermarine 81 54 Shortwood United 0–0 † Mangotsfield United 98[5] Shortwood United advance 5–4 on penalties.

† – After extra time

First round qualifying

Ties will be played on 29 September 2012 ^[6]

Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance[7] 1 Witton Albion 4–1 Blyth Spartans 313 2 AFC Fylde 1–0 Marine 317 3 Cammell Laird 1–1 Kendal Town 58 replay Kendal Town 0–2 Cammell Laird 116[8] 4 Ramsbottom United 4–2 Northwich Victoria 227 5 Leek Town 2–1 Radcliffe Borough 281 6 Frickley Athletic 1–4 North Ferriby United 146 7 Burscough 3–2 Wakefield 129 8 FC United of Manchester 3–3 Mossley 871 replay Mossley 1–3 FC United of Manchester 405 9 Chorley 1-3 Whitby Town 338 10 Prescot Cables 0–3 Skelmersdale United 177[9] 11 Harrogate Railway Athletic 2–4 Trafford 89 12 Lincoln United 0–4 Buxton 107[9] 13 Curzon Ashton 2–3 Worksop Town 164 14 Ossett Town 1–0 Ashton United 88 15 New Mills 3–2 Stocksbridge Park Steels 155 16 Stourbridge 0–1 Ilkeston 349 17 Grantham Town 0–2 Bedford Town 271 18 King's Lynn Town 1–0 Barwell 466 19 Halesowen Town 3–0 Gresley 262 20 Romulus 2–0 Rainworth Miners Welfare 44 21 Hednesford Town 3–1 Bedworth United 307 22 Hucknall Town 2–1 Newcastle Town 175 23 Rushall Olympic 3–0 Woodford United 101[9] 24 Nantwich Town 2–1 Redditch United 247 25 Barton Rovers 0–5 Coalville Town 87 26 Stamford 3–1 Kidsgrove Athletic 153 27 Eastwood Town 1–2 Matlock Town 186[9] 28 Chasetown 3–2 St Neots Town 244 29 Rugby Town 1–1 Stafford Rangers 206 replay Stafford Rangers 1–0 † Rugby Town 232 30 Belper Town 2–2 Leamington 228 replay Leamington 2–2 † Belper Town 226 Belper Town advance 4–3 on penalties. 31 Soham Town Rangers 2–0 Tooting & Mitcham United 156 32 Enfield Town 4–1 Cambridge City 281 33 Crawley Down Gatwick 1–2 Three Bridges 182 34 Lewes 1–0 Lowestoft Town 407 35 Canvey Island 0–0 Wroxham 261 replay Wroxham 1–2 † Canvey Island 155 36 Chatham Town 2–4 Merstham 129 37 Faversham Town 0–2 Leatherhead 146 38 Ramsgate 4–0 Waltham Forest 127

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance[7] 39 Whitstable Town 2–0 Harrow Borough 161 40 Wealdstone 3–1 Chertsey Town 254 41 East Thurrock United 4–0 Hastings United 143 42 Kettering Town 0–3 Concord Rangers 213 43 Burnham 4–3 Waltham Abbey 103 44 Thamesmead Town 0–1 Cray Wanderers 40 45 Grays Athletic 1–1 Ashford Town (Middlesex) 122 replay Ashford Town (Middlesex) 1–2 Grays Athletic 86 46 Wingate & Finchley 2–1 Potters Bar Town 91 47 Margate 1-2 Maidstone United 475 48 Kingstonian 2–1 Eastbourne Town 279 49 Romford 1–3 Thurrock 139 50 Uxbridge 2–2 Royston Town 85 replay Royston Town 1–3 Uxbridge 114 51 Bury Town 0–0 Whitehawk 301 replay Whitehawk 1–0 Bury Town 50 52 Redbridge 0–5 Metropolitan Police 55 53 Carshalton Athletic 3–0 Heybridge Swifts 172 54 St Albans City 1–2 Arlesey Town 335 55 Walton & Hersham 1–2 Brentwood Town 79 56 Bognor Regis Town 4–1 Ilford 321 57 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–1 Hythe Town 202 replay Hythe Town 0–4 Hampton & Richmond Borough 151 58 Hitchin Town 3–1 Sittingbourne 198 59 Leiston 2–1 Hendon 186 60 Banbury United 1–1 Wimborne Town 146[10] replay Wimborne Town 3–3 † Banbury United 99 Wimborne Town advance 6–5 on penalties. 61 Didcot Town 3–1 Cinderford Town 118 62 Chippenham Town 4–0 Swindon Supermarine 280 63 Shortwood United 4–0 Guildford City 121 64 Bridgwater Town 2–2 Hemel Hempstead Town 113 replay Hemel Hempstead Town 1–3 Bridgwater Town 93 65 Weymouth 3–0 Tiverton Town 402 66 AFC Totton 2–0 Bideford 288 67 Merthyr Town 1–0 Chalfont St Peter 241[10] 68 Bishop's Cleeve 1–2 Chesham United 96 69 Slough Town 0–4 Gosport Borough 190 70 Poole Town 1–1 Bashley 351 replay Bashley 0–4 Poole Town 171 71 Frome Town 0–1 Taunton Town 151 72 North Leigh 2–2 Sholing 64 replay Sholing 4–3 North Leigh 35[11]

† – After extra time

Second round qualifying

Ties will be played on 27 October 2012

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Matlock Town 0–0 Leek Town 264 replay Leek Town 1–3 Matlock Town 145 2 Witton Albion 2–3 Skelmersdale United 346 3 Romulus 1–0 Hucknall Town 49 4 Burscough 0–1 Ossett Town 140 5 Belper Town 0–2 Cammell Laird 203 6 AFC Fylde 0–0 Nantwich Town 261 replay Nantwich Town 2–2 AFC Fylde 181 AFC Fylde advance 3–1 on penalties. 7 Buxton 2–1 North Ferriby United 215 8 Chasetown 1–3 Rushall Olympic 286 9 Trafford 0–2 Hednesford Town 188 10 New Mills 5–2 Coalville Town 203 11 Stafford Rangers 3–0 Ramsbottom United 341 12 Stamford 2–1 FC United of Manchester 749 13 Whitby Town 4–2 Ilkeston 272 14 Halesowen Town 0–1 Worksop Town 265 15 Soham Town Rangers 1–2 Ramsgate 131 16 Cray Wanderers 0–0 Arlesey Town 96 replay Arlesey Town 2–3 Cray Wanderers 100 17 Kingstonian 2–1 Burnham 261 18 Leiston 1–1 Metropolitan Police 153 replay Metropolitan Police 3–4 Leiston 66

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 19 Uxbridge 3–3 Canvey Island 152 replay Canvey Island 4–2 Uxbridge 176 20 Whitstable Town 0–1 Leatherhead 222 21 Merstham 2–6 Wealdstone 245 22 Wingate & Finchley 2–2 Hitchin Town 101 replay Hitchin Town 3–0 Wingate & Finchley 171 23 East Thurrock United 1–1 Thurrock 138 replay Thurrock 4–3 East Thurrock United 145 24 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–0 Three Bridges 229 25 Bedford Town 2–3 Maidstone United 402 26 Concord Rangers 0–2 Enfield Town 148 27 King's Lynn Town 6–1 Carshalton Athletic 497 28 Whitehawk 1–1 Grays Athletic 140 replay Grays Athletic 0–1 Whitehawk 121 29 Brentwood Town 3–3 Lewes 118 replay Lewes 0–3 Brentwood Town 335 30 Bognor Regis Town 3–0 Bridgwater Town 313 31 Poole Town 1–1 Didcot Town 257 replay Didcot Town 2–0 Poole Town 141 32 Chesham United 5–1 Taunton Town 214 33 Wimborne Town 1–5 Merthyr Town 230 34 AFC Totton 3–2 Gosport Borough 349 35 Chippenham Town 1–2 Sholing 237 36 Weymouth 1–2 Shortwood United 366

† – After extra time

Third round qualifying

Ties will be played on 10 November 2012. This round is the first in which Conference North and South teams join the competition.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Matlock Town 2–1 Stalybridge Celtic 402 2 Guiseley 7–0 Whitby Town 506 3 Cammell Laird 0–1 FC Halifax Town 301 4 Gainsborough Trinity 1–1 Hinckley United 357 replay Hinckley United 1–4 Gainsborough Trinity 181 5 Worcester City 0–3 Altrincham 785 6 Vauxhall Motors 1–3 Harrogate Town 212 7 Stamford 0–2 Buxton 239 8 Chester 2–2 Worksop Town 1,410 replay Worksop Town 2–0 Chester 457 9 Skelmersdale United 3–1 New Mills 187 10 Stafford Rangers 3–1 Bradford Park Avenue 419 11 Solihull Moors 2–1 AFC Fylde 155 12 Droylsden 1–2 Rushall Olympic 211 13 Romulus 1–2 Hednesford Town 224 14 Boston United 3–1 Colwyn Bay 694 15 Ossett Town 2–1 Workington 158 16 Thurrock 0–2 Brackley Town 99 17 King's Lynn Town 3–0 Eastbourne Borough 661 18 Histon 1–2 Boreham Wood 167 19 Cray Wanderers 0–1 Welling United 262 20 Sutton United 2–0 Ramsgate 281 21 Canvey Island 1–1 Chesham United 275 replay Chesham United 2–1 Canvey Island 241 22 Bromley 1–1 Staines Town 309 replay Staines Town 0–2 Bromley 191

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 23 Kingstonian 2–2 Brentwood Town 291 replay Brentwood Town 1–4 Kingstonian 117 24 Maidstone United 3–2 Whitehawk 1,571 25 AFC Hornchurch 2–3 Bishop's Stortford 271 26 Wealdstone 1–1 Corby Town 405 replay Corby Town 3–2 Wealdstone 280 27 Tonbridge Angels 2–1 Hitchin Town 530 28 Billericay Town 3–2 Enfield Town 417 29 Chelmsford City 1–1 Dover Athletic 570 replay Dover Athletic 2–4 Chelmsford City 418 30 Leiston 1–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 201 replay Hampton & Richmond Borough 3–2 Leiston 190 31 Gloucester City 0–1 Maidenhead United 242 32 Sholing 0–1 Oxford City 68 33 AFC Totton 3–0 Basingstoke Town 368 34 Didcot Town 1–2 Dorchester Town 179 35 Eastleigh 1–4 Hayes & Yeading United 241 36 Farnborough 3–2 Truro City 326 37 Leatherhead 4–4 Bath City 287 replay Bath City 2–0 Leatherhead 341 38 Shortwood United 1–1 Merthyr Town 130 replay Merthyr Town 2–1 Shortwood United 193 39 Bognor Regis Town 1-4 Havant & Waterlooville 702 40 Salisbury City 3–0 Weston Super Mare 510

† – After extra time

First round

Ties will be played on 24 November 2012. This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Alfreton Town 1–3 Kidderminster Harriers 361 2 Hednesford Town 1–2 Solihull Moors 355 3 Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 Harrogate Town 386 4 Wrexham 5–0 Rushall Olympic 1,085 5 Tamworth 3–1 Lincoln City 726 6 Boston United 1–1 Skelmersdale United 710 replay Skelmersdale United 2–1 Boston United 295 7 FC Halifax Town 5–2 Altrincham 885 8 Mansfield Town 1–1 Matlock Town 1,615 replay Matlock Town 2–1 Mansfield Town 758 9 Stafford Rangers 0–4 Southport 531 10 Guiseley 3–1 Brackley Town 524 11 Worksop Town 0–1 King's Lynn Town 488 12 AFC Telford United 1–0 Nuneaton Town 737 13 Gateshead 2–0 Macclesfield Town 312 14 Hyde 1–1 Barrow 436 replay Barrow 1–0 Hyde 728 15 Stockport County 6–0 Ossett Town 1,679 16 Grimsby Town 0–0 Buxton 1,389 replay Buxton 0–1 Grimsby Town 444

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 17 Woking 7–0 Farnborough 979 18 Oxford City 1–0 Bishop's Stortford 134 19 Kingstonian 0–4 Dartford 508 20 Welling United 2–0 Newport County 441 21 Ebbsfleet United 0–1 Hereford United 651 22 Dorchester Town 2–2 Luton Town 688 replay Luton Town 3-1 Dorchester Town 897 23 Braintree Town 1-2 Havant & Waterlooville 192 24 Chesham United 2–1 Bath City 301 25 Corby Town 3–2 Hayes & Yeading United 322 26 Bromley 1–1 Boreham Wood 242 replay Boreham Wood 0–2 Bromley 188 27 Billericay Town 0–3 Cambridge United 536 28 Merthyr Town 1–2 Tonbridge Angels 229 29 Maidenhead United 0–1 Sutton United 217 30 Forest Green Rovers 2–1 AFC Totton 523 31 Maidstone United 2–0 Salisbury City 1,365 32 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–1 Chelmsford City 241 replay Chelmsford City 3–2 Hampton & Richmond Borough 301

† – After extra time

Second round

Ties will be played on 15 December 2012.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Dartford 3–0 Tonbridge Angels 926 2 Stockport County 1–1 Southport 1,328 replay Southport 3–1 Stockport County 540 3 Sutton United 1–0 Oxford City 347 4 King's Lynn Town 3–1 AFC Telford United 955 5 Bromley 1–0 Kidderminster Harriers 432 6 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Gainsborough Trinity 496 7 Tamworth 1–1 Corby Town 683 replay Corby Town 2–4 Tamworth 300 8 Cambridge United 0–1 Gateshead 1,019 9 Woking 0–1 Welling United 826 10 Wrexham 3–2 Solihull Moors 1,111 11 Chesham United 1–5 Barrow 470 12 FC Halifax Town 2–1 Maidstone United 747 13 Hereford United 0–3 Chelmsford City 1,124 14 Grimsby Town 4–0 Havant & Waterlooville 1,215 15 Skelmersdale United 2–0 Guiseley 310 16 Matlock Town 1–2 Luton Town 829

Third round

Ties will be played on 12 January 2013.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 King's Lynn Town 0–2 Southport 1,498 2 Sutton United 0–5 Wrexham 775 3 Dartford 4–2 Bromley 1,305 4 Welling United 1–2 Grimsby Town 1,037 5 FC Halifax Town 3–0 Chelmsford City 1,137 6 Gateshead 2–3 Barrow 728 7 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Tamworth 496 8 Luton Town 2–0 Skelmersdale United 2,479

Quarter-finals

Ties will be played on 26 January 2013.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 FC Halifax Town 1–1 Dartford 921 replay Dartford 3–2 FC Halifax Town 805 2 Southport 1–3 Wrexham 1,473 3 Gainsborough Trinity 2–0 Barrow 785 4 Grimsby Town 3–0 Luton Town 2,791

Semi-finals

Source:^[12]

First leg

Wrexham	3–1	Gainsborough Trinity
Wright 19' Cieslewicz 66' Ashton 90+2'	Report	Stamp 27'

16 February 2013

12:45

Racecourse Ground, Wrexham

Attendance: 3,409

Referee: Andy Madley

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Grimsby Town	3–0	Dartford
Disley 28', 85' Cook 87'

16 February 2013

15:00

Blundell Park, Cleethorpes

Attendance: 3,573

Referee: James Adcock

Second leg

Gainsborough Trinity	2–1	Wrexham
Hawkridge 26' Leary 79'		Wright 21'

23 February 2013

15:00

The Northolme, Gainsborough

Attendance: 3,307

Referee: Darren Bond

Wrexham won 4–3 on aggregate.

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Dartford	0–0	Grimsby Town

23 February 2013

15:00

Princes Park, Dartford

Attendance: 2,153

Referee: Lee Collins

Grimsby Town won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

See also: 2013 FA Trophy Final

Grimsby Town	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Wrexham
Cook 70'	Report	Thornton 81' (pen.)
Penalties
Hatton Brodie Colbeck	1–4	Cieslewicz D. Wright Westwood Hunt

24 March 2013

15:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 35,266

Referee: Jonathan Moss