1996–97 FA Trophy

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1996-97 FA Trophy

FA Challenge Trophy
Woking supporters watching their team win at Wembley in the Final.
Country	England &  Wales
Teams	177
Champions	Woking
Runners-up	Dagenham & Redbridge
← 1995-96 1997-98 →

The 1996–97 FA Trophy was the twenty-eighth season of the FA Trophy.

First qualifying round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Abingdon Town	0-2	Evesham United
2	Alfreton Town	4-4	Bilston Town
3	Ashford Town (Kent)	4-1	Hitchin Town
4	Atherstone United	0-2	Whitley Bay
5	Atherton Laburnum Rovers	1-1	Moor Green
6	Baldock Town	3-2	Stourbridge
7	Bedworth United	0-0	Gretna
8	Billericay Town	3-0	Berkhamsted Town
9	Bishop's Stortford	3-0	Croydon
10	Bromley	1-0	Uxbridge
11	Buckingham Town	0-1	Forest Green Rovers
12	Buxton	2-1	V S Rugby
13	Canvey Island	0-1	Heybridge Swifts
14	Chesham United	1-1	Walton & Hersham
15	Cinderford Town	2-3	Havant Town
16	Cirencester Town	2-2	Cambridge City
17	Dorchester Town	1-0	Waterlooville
18	Droylsden	1-1	Leigh R M I
19	Fareham Town	2-2	Weymouth
20	Fisher Athletic London	2-2	Molesey
21	Grantham Town	1-0	Leek Town
22	Gravesend & Northfleet	2-2	St Leonards Stamcroft
23	Grays Athletic	2-1	Bashley
24	Hampton	4-1	Trowbridge Town
25	Harrogate Town	2-3	Knowsley United
26	Hendon	1-1	Thame United
27	Hinckley Town	0-2	Worksop Town
28	Maidenhead United	4-2	Corby Town
29	Margate	1-2	Aldershot Town
30	Marlow	1-1	Witney Town
31	Matlock Town	1-4	Winsford United
32	Netherfield	2-3	Farsley Celtic
33	Newport I O W	3-3	Leyton Pennant
34	Nuneaton Borough	0-3	Congleton Town
35	Paget Rangers	0-1	Eastwood Town
36	Racing Club Warwick	1-2	Frickley Athletic
37	Raunds Town	4-1	Barton Rovers
38	Sittingbourne	3-2	Fleet Town
39	Solihull Borough w/o-scr Leicester United
40	Stafford Rangers	1-2	Curzon Ashton
41	Stocksbridge Park Steels	1-0	Sutton Coldfield Town
42	Tamworth	2-2	Great Harwood Town
43	Tonbridge Angels	0-2	Aylesbury United
44	Warrington Town	0-2	Lancaster City
45	Weston Super Mare	2-0	Worthing
46	Whyteleafe	0-1	Yeading
47	Witton Albion	3-3	Workington
48	Wokingham Town	1-0	Erith & Belvedere
49	Yate Town	1-3	King's Lynn

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
2	Bilston Town	4-1	Alfreton Town
5	Moor Green	6-1	Atherton Laburnum Rovers
7	Gretna	1-4	Bedworth United
14	Walton & Hersham	1-3	Chesham United
16	Cambridge City	6-5	Cirencester Town
18	Leigh R M I	1-3	Droylsden
19	Weymouth	7-0	Fareham Town
20	Molesey	1-2	Fisher Athletic London
22	St Leonards Stamcroft	4-3	Gravesend & Northfleet
26	Thame United	1-1	Hendon
30	Witney Town	2-1	Marlow
33	Leyton Pennant	2-1	Newport I O W
42	Great Harwood Town	1-0	Tamworth
47	Workington	1-0	Witton Albion

2nd replay[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
26	Thame United	0-3	Hendon

Second qualifying round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Aldershot Town	3-0	Chesham United
2	Ashford Town (Kent)	6-1	Bishop's Stortford
3	Aylesbury United	1-1	Sittingbourne
4	Baldock Town	0-1	Evesham United
5	Billericay Town	0-4	Dorchester Town
6	Bilston Town	4-0	Great Harwood Town
7	Buxton	1-0	Eastwood Town
8	Chertsey Town	1-1	Yeading
9	Congleton Town	1-3	Solihull Borough
10	Curzon Ashton	0-2	Bedworth United
11	Dartford	1-1	Tooting & Mitcham United
12	Farsley Celtic	1-1	Worksop Town
13	Fisher Athletic London	3-2	Havant Town
14	Forest Green Rovers	1-2	Cambridge City
15	Grantham Town	2-1	Winsford United
16	Hampton	0-1	St Leonards Stamcroft
17	Hendon	1-3	Sutton United
18	Heybridge Swifts	2-1	Grays Athletic
19	Knowsley United	3-2	Flixton
20	Lancaster City	2-0	Droylsden
21	Lincoln United	3-4	Frickley Athletic
22	Maidenhead United	1-3	Bromley
23	Moor Green	2-1	Ilkeston Town
24	Oxford City	1-6	Basingstoke Town
25	Salisbury City	1-0	Witney Town
26	Staines Town	0-1	King's Lynn
27	Stocksbridge Park Steels	2-2	Shepshed Dynamo
28	Weston Super Mare	1-3	Raunds Town
29	Weymouth	4-1	Clevedon Town
30	Whitley Bay	0-1	Bradford Park Avenue
31	Wokingham Town	2-0	Leyton Pennant
32	Workington	1-0	Redditch United

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
3	Sittingbourne	2-1	Aylesbury United
8	Yeading	3-1	Chertsey Town
11	Tooting & Mitcham United	2-3	Dartford
12	Worksop Town	2-1	Farsley Celtic
27	Shepshed Dynamo	0-1	Stocksbridge Park Steels

Third qualifying round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Aldershot Town	1-3	Dagenham & Redbridge
2	Ashton United	1-0	Burton Albion
3	Basingstoke Town	0-1	Hastings Town
4	Bedworth United	2-0	Accrington Stanley
5	Bishop Auckland	2-1	Stocksbridge Park Steels
6	Blyth Spartans	7-3	Bilston Town
7	Bradford Park Avenue	1-1	Barrow
8	Bromley	1-1	Worcester City
9	Buxton	1-1	Grantham Town
10	Cambridge City	1-1	Newport A F C
11	Carshalton Athletic	0-3	Heybridge Swifts
12	Colwyn Bay	1-0	Frickley Athletic
13	Crawley Town	0-2	Chelmsford City
14	Dartford	0-0	Dulwich Hamlet
15	Fisher Athletic London	1-2	Wokingham Town
16	Gloucester City	3-1	Kingstonian
17	Harrow Borough	2-2	Salisbury City
18	Knowsley United	2-2	Emley
19	Marine	0-1	Gainsborough Trinity
20	Moor Green	6-1	Dudley Town
21	Raunds Town	4-2	Bognor Regis Town
22	Rothwell Town	1-7	Workington
23	Runcorn	2-1	Solihull Borough
24	Sittingbourne	0-0	Yeading
25	Spennymoor United	1-0	Radcliffe Borough
26	St Albans City	3-1	King's Lynn
27	St Leonards Stamcroft	6-0	Purfleet
28	Sudbury Town	2-3	Cheltenham Town
29	Sutton United	0-2	Dorchester Town
30	Weymouth	2-0	Ashford Town (Kent)
31	Worksop Town	0-0	Lancaster City
32	Yeovil Town	2-0	Evesham United

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
7	Barrow	0-1	Bradford Park Avenue
8	Worcester City	3-0	Bromley
9	Grantham Town	2-1	Buxton
10	Newport A F C	4-1	Cambridge City
14	Dulwich Hamlet	3-1	Dartford
17	Salisbury City	2-1	Harrow Borough
18	Emley	5-2	Knowsley United
24	Yeading	3-1	Sittingbourne
31	Lancaster City	4-2	Worksop Town

1st round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Ashton United	5-3	Moor Green
2	Bath City	1-1	Stevenage Borough
3	Blyth Spartans	1-1	Grantham Town
4	Bromsgrove Rovers	2-1	Merthyr Tydfil
5	Cheltenham Town	1-2	Dulwich Hamlet
6	Colwyn Bay	6-0	Lancaster City
7	Dover Athletic	0-2	Dagenham & Redbridge
8	Emley	2-1	Boston United
9	Enfield	1-3	Boreham Wood
10	Gainsborough Trinity	1-3	Bradford Park Avenue
11	Gateshead	1-2	Runcorn
12	Gresley Rovers	3-3	Altrincham
13	Guiseley	2-1	Telford United
14	Hastings Town	1-3	Salisbury City
15	Hyde United	4-2	Bedworth United
16	Kettering Town	0-1	Chelmsford City
17	Kidderminster Harriers	3-0	Macclesfield Town
18	Morecambe	3-1	Chorley
19	Northwich Victoria	3-1	Hednesford Town
20	Raunds Town	0-1	Welling United
21	Rushden & Diamonds	1-2	Farnborough Town
22	Slough Town	2-2	Dorchester Town
23	Southport	0-0	Halesowen Town
24	Spennymoor United	0-2	Bishop Auckland
25	St Albans City	2-0	Weymouth
26	St Leonards Stamcroft	1-0	Newport A F C
27	Stalybridge Celtic	0-1	Halifax Town
28	Wokingham Town	0-1	Woking
29	Worcester City	1-2	Heybridge Swifts
30	Workington	2-5	Bamber Bridge
31	Yeading	0-3	Gloucester City
32	Yeovil Town	2-2	Hayes

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
2	Stevenage Borough	6-1	Bath City
3	Grantham Town	1-1	Blyth Spartans
12	Altrincham	1-0	Gresley Rovers
22	Dorchester Town	1-1	Slough Town
23	Halesowen Town	0-2	Southport
32	Hayes	2-2	Yeovil Town

2nd replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
2	Grantham Town	3-1	Blyth Spartans
22	Slough Town	1-2	Dorchester Town
32	Yeovil Town	1-2	Hayes

2nd round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Ashton United	3-1	Bamber Bridge
2	Bishop Auckland	3-2	Northwich Victoria
3	Boreham Wood	0-1	Stevenage Borough
4	Bradford Park Avenue	0-1	Morecambe
5	Bromsgrove Rovers	1-1	Hyde United
6	Colwyn Bay	2-0	Southport
7	Dagenham & Redbridge	2-1	Chelmsford City
8	Farnborough Town	0-2	Altrincham
9	Gloucester City	3-0	Halifax Town
10	Grantham Town	0-1	Heybridge Swifts
11	Hayes	1-2	Runcorn
12	Kidderminster Harriers	0-0	Emley
13	Salisbury City	1-1	Dorchester Town
14	St Albans City	1-1	Woking
15	St Leonards Stamcroft	2-1	Dulwich Hamlet
16	Welling United	1-1	Guiseley

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
5	Hyde United	2-2	Bromsgrove Rovers
12	Emley	1-5	Kidderminster Harriers
13	Dorchester Town	3-2	Salisbury City
14	Woking	3-1	St Albans City
16	Guiseley	1-0	Welling United

2nd replay[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
5	Bromsgrove Rovers	0-2	Hyde United

3rd round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Altrincham	0-1	Bishop Auckland
2	Ashton United	2-0	Hyde United
3	Colwyn Bay	2-2	St Leonards Stamcroft
4	Dorchester Town	2-3	Woking
5	Gloucester City	3-1	Runcorn
6	Heybridge Swifts	3-0	Kidderminster Harriers
7	Morecambe	0-0	Dagenham & Redbridge
8	Stevenage Borough	1-0	Guiseley

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
3	St Leonards Stamcroft	0-0	Colwyn Bay
7	Dagenham & Redbridge	2-1	Morecambe

2nd replay[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
3	St Leonards Stamcroft	1-2	Colwyn Bay

4th round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Bishop Auckland	0-0	Gloucester City
2	Dagenham & Redbridge	1-0	Ashton United
3	Heybridge Swifts	0-1	Woking
4	Stevenage Borough	2-0	Colwyn Bay

Replay[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Gloucester City	4-3	Bishop Auckland

Semi finals[]

First leg[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Dagenham & Redbridge	0-0	Gloucester City
2	Woking	1-0	Stevenage Borough

Second leg[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Aggregate
1	Gloucester City	2-2	Dagenham & Redbridge
2	Stevenage Borough	2-1	Woking

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team
1	Dagenham & Redbridge	2-1	Gloucester City
2	Stevenage Borough	1-2	Woking

Final[]

Tie[]

Home Team	Score	Away Team
Dagenham & Redbridge	0-1	Woking

References[]

General[]

• Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1996-97

Specific[]