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 Football League Two.
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
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
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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 | 2–4 | 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 | 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
† – After extra timeFirst round qualifying
† – After extra timeSecond round qualifying
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
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
This round is the first in which Conference National 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
Third round
Quarter-finals
Semi-finalsSource:First leg----Second legWrexham won 4–3 on aggregate.---- Grimsby Town won 3–0 on aggregate. Final |