2011–12 FA Trophy

2011–12 FA Trophy

FA Challenge Trophy
Country	England  Wales
Teams	266
Champions	York City
Runners-up	Newport County
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 FA Trophy is the 42nd 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.^[1]

The competition was won for the first time by York City, who defeated Newport County 2–0 in the Final at Wembley on 12 May 2012.^[2] Newport County became the second Welsh club to reach an FA Trophy final, after Bangor City in 1984.

Calendar[]

Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money
Preliminary Round	8 October 2011	54	266→212	108	£2,000
First Round Qualifying	22 October 2011	72	212→140	90	£2,200
Second Round Qualifying	5 November 2011	36	140→104	none	£3,000
Third Round Qualifying	26 November 2011	40	104→64	44	£4,000
First Round	10 December 2011	32	64→32	24	£5,000
Second Round	14 January 2012	16	32→16	none	£6,000
Third Round	4 February 2012	8	16→8	none	£7,000
Quarter-finals	25 February 2012	4	8→4	none	£8,000
Semi-finals	10 and 17 March 2012	2	4→2	none	£16,000
Final	12 May 2012	1	2→1	none	£50,000 (winners), £25,000 (runners up)

Preliminary round[]

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Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Garforth Town	5–1	Lancaster City	92
2	Trafford	1–4	AFC Fylde	134
3	Prescot Cables	1–2	Durham City	132
4	Cammell Laird	0–3	Bamber Bridge	45
5	Ossett Albion	1–3	Lincoln United	82
6	Salford City	2–2	Clitheroe	101
7	Ossett Town	2–1	Wakefield	99
8	Brigg Town	2–1	Mossley	96
9	Woodley Sports	4–3	Skelmersdale United	62
10	New Mills	2–3	Radcliffe Borough	151
11	Sheffield	2–2	Warrington Town	213
12	Kidsgrove Athletic	2–1	Loughborough Dynamo	154
13	Barton Rovers	2–1	Shepshed Dynamo	85
14	Rainworth Miners Welfare	1–2	Hucknall Town	124
15	Carlton Town	4–5	Belper Town	100
16	Newcastle Town	1–0	Woodford United	89
17	Stamford	5–4	Coalville Town	279
18	Quorn	0–5	Biggleswade Town	132
19	Bedworth United	2–1	Market Drayton Town	150
20	Rugby Town	1–1	Sutton Coldfield Town	210
21	Halesowen Town	0–1	Romulus	277
22	Stourport Swifts	1–1	Daventry Town	68
23	Bedfont Town	4–1	Romford	82
24	Waltham Abbey	1–1	Grays Athletic	171
25	Ilford	2–3	Redbridge	88
26	Ashford Town (Middlesex)	3–1	Maidstone United	102
27	Thamesmead Town	3–2	Whitstable Town	53
28	Whyteleafe	4–3	North Greenford United	84
29	Ramsgate	2–7	Needham Market	160
30	Burgess Hill Town	3–0	Corinthian-Casuals	142
31	Potters Bar Town	1–0	Heybridge Swifts	127
32	Soham Town Rangers	1–7	Whitehawk	140
33	Brentwood Town	1–0	Leiston	171
34	Ware	0–1	Chipstead	85
35	Sittingbourne	1–1	Northwood	109
36	Waltham Forest	2–1	Tilbury	84
37	AFC Hayes	2–1	Cheshunt	51
38	Eastbourne Town	4–3	Chatham Town	127
39	Walton Casuals	2–2	Faversham Town	72
40	AFC Sudbury	6–1	Great Wakering Rovers	198
41	Walton & Hersham	1–2	Enfield Town	135
42	Bideford	2–0	Beaconsfield SYCOB	171
43	Bognor Regis Town	0–1	Mangotsfield United	344
44	Didcot Town	3–1	Clevedon Town	122
45	Yate Town	2–1	Hungerford Town	105
46	Worthing	3–3	Crawley Down	264
47	Bridgwater Town	1–3	Tiverton Town	197
48	Thatcham Town	2–0	North Leigh	100
49	Chalfont St Peter	4–3	Abingdon United	87
50	Cinderford Town	0–3	Poole Town	105
51	Gosport Borough	3–0	Slough Town	175
52	Fleet Town	0–0	Burnham	89
53	Wimborne Town	0–2	Sholing	186
54	Bishop's Cleeve	0–1	Paulton Rovers	75

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
6	Clitheroe	1–2 †	Salford City	156
11	Warrington Town	2–3	Sheffield	105
20	Sutton Coldfield Town	4–0	Rugby Town	91
22	Daventry Town	3–1	Stourport Swifts	113
24	Grays Athletic	4–0	Waltham Abbey	174
35	Northwood	3–4 †	Sittingbourne	109
39	Faversham Town	5–3	Walton Casuals	91
46	Crawley Down	0–2	Worthing	113
52	Burnham	0–1	Fleet Town	81

† – After extra time

First round qualifying[]

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Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Chester	2–1	Ashton United	1,624
2	Goole	2–3	Durham City	132
3	Bradford Park Avenue	1–1	Worksop Town	269
4	Marine	1–0	Chorley	279
5	Witton Albion	6–1	Brigg Town	209
6	Radcliffe Borough	2–1	Harrogate Railway Athletic	112
7	Farsley	2–2	Curzon Ashton	217
8	Buxton	4–2	Garforth Town	188
9	Frickley Athletic	0–4	F.C. United of Manchester	524
10	Northwich Victoria	4–2	AFC Fylde	380
11	Sheffield	3–0	Bamber Bridge	249
12	Kendal Town	1–0	Nantwich Town	192
13	Woodley Sports	3–1	Whitby Town	63
14	North Ferriby United	3–1	Lincoln United	122
15	Burscough	0–1	Salford City	118
16	Stocksbridge Park Steels	2–2	Ossett Town	291
17	St Neots Town	3–1	Sutton Coldfield Town	311
18	Chasetown	5–0	Grantham Town	241
19	Leek Town	4–1	Hucknall Town	223
20	Ilkeston	2–0	Biggleswade Town	444
21	Leighton Town	0–1	Banbury United	137
22	Rushall Olympic	0–2	Cambridge City	153
23	Evesham United	2–2	Barwell	107
24	Daventry Town	4–3	Kidsgrove Athletic	126
25	Brackley Town	1–0	Mickleover Sports	167
26	Romulus	1–0	Leamington	154
27	Barton Rovers	0–1	Belper Town	106
28	Matlock Town	3–0	Stamford	299
29	Bedworth United	0–1	Hednesford Town	192
30	Newcastle Town	1–1	Stafford Rangers	505
31	Stourbridge	2–1	Redditch United	291
32	Arlesey Town	3–1	AFC Sudbury	185
33	Whyteleafe	0–3	Grays Athletic	145
34	Brentwood Town	2–3	Lowestoft Town	197
35	Potters Bar Town	1–0	AFC Hayes	95
36	Lewes	2–1	Cray Wanderers	536
37	Dulwich Hamlet	0–2	Harrow Borough	294
38	Chipstead	1–3	Margate	120
39	Folkestone Invicta	1–0	Metropolitan Police	202
40	Aveley	0–1	Bury Town	102
41	St Albans City	1–3	Ashford Town (Middlesex)	275
42	Canvey Island	4–0	Hendon	262
43	Eastbourne Town	1–3	Hitchin Town	181
44	Merstham	0–4	Maldon & Tiptree	75
45	Billericay Town	1–0	Whitehawk	272
46	Uxbridge	3–1	Sittingbourne	99
47	Redbridge	3–1	Needham Market	92
48	Concord Rangers	2–3	Harlow Town	109
49	Hemel Hempstead Town	1–1	Croydon Athletic	214
50	Hythe Town	1–0	Burgess Hill Town	201
51	Wealdstone	3–0	Tooting & Mitcham United	233
52	Bedfont Town	1–1	Hastings United	79
53	East Thurrock United	1–1	Bedford Town	141
54	Waltham Forest	0–1	Faversham Town	36
55	Thamesmead Town	2–0	Enfield Town	84
56	Wingate & Finchley	1–2	AFC Hornchurch	152
57	Kingstonian	0–1	Godalming Town	258
58	Marlow	1–1	Didcot Town	148
59	Andover	w/o	Swindon Supermarine	N/A
Walkover for Swindon Supermarine – Andover folded
60	Cirencester Town	3–1	Leatherhead	116
61	Chertsey Town	2–0	Chalfont St Peter	167
62	Gosport Borough	1–0	Sholing	174
63	Taunton Town	0–3	Paulton Rovers	203
64	Carshalton Athletic	3–1	Bideford	200
65	Chesham United	5–0	Horsham	303
66	Oxford City	0–3	Mangotsfield United	196
67	Fleet Town	0–5	Yate Town	88
68	Weymouth	3–2	AFC Totton	512
69	Poole Town	1–1	Chippenham Town	316
70	Bashley	2–2	Worthing	184
71	Aylesbury	0–0	Tiverton Town	111
72	Frome Town	0–1	Thatcham Town	199

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
3	Worksop Town	4–1	Bradford Park Avenue	281
7	Curzon Ashton	2–0	Farsley	128
16	Ossett Town	3–2	Stocksbridge Park Steels	71
23	Barwell	5–1	Evesham United	104
30	Stafford Rangers	5–2	Newcastle Town	374
49	Croydon Athletic	0–2	Hemel Hempstead Town	96
52	Hastings United	0–2	Bedfont Town	160
53	Bedford Town	1–2	East Thurrock United	189
58	Didcot Town	4–0	Marlow	104
69	Chippenham Town	2–1	Poole Town	244
70	Worthing	4–2 †	Bashley	153
71	Tiverton Town	2–1	Aylesbury	171

† – After extra time

Second round qualifying[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Chester	2–0	Stafford Rangers	1,551
2	Northwich Victoria	3–0	Buxton	421
3	Hednesford Town	0–0	Matlock Town	391
4	Stourbridge	3–3	Kendal Town	338
5	Radcliffe Borough	1–1	Worksop Town	143
6	North Ferriby United	3–0	Salford City	135
7	Curzon Ashton	2–1	Belper Town	137
8	Marine	5–2	Chasetown	213
9	Ossett Town	4–2	Barwell	71
10	Sheffield	2–0	Romulus	231
11	Ilkeston	2–1	Woodley Sports	455
12	Durham City	1–1	F.C. United of Manchester	533
13	Leek Town	3–3	Witton Albion	443
14	Folkestone Invicta	4–2	Daventry Town	266
15	Grays Athletic	2–3	Canvey Island	344
16	Faversham Town	2–4	East Thurrock United	137
17	Margate	1–1	Wealdstone	304
18	Harrow Borough	1–1	AFC Hornchurch	123
19	Maldon & Tiptree	3–2	Bedfont Town	38
20	Harlow Town	3–2	Lewes	183
21	Bury Town	3–2	Hythe Town	302
22	Uxbridge	5–2	Potters Bar Town	124
23	Cambridge City	1–2	Redbridge	291
24	Hitchin Town	1–3	Lowestoft Town	282
25	Billericay Town	2–0	St Neots Town	315
26	Thamesmead Town	3–0	Arlesey Town	32
27	Hemel Hempstead Town	2–3	Brackley Town	210
28	Banbury United	3–1	Paulton Rovers	207
29	Carshalton Athletic	3–1	Cirencester Town	225
30	Worthing	0–2	Didcot Town	263
31	Chesham United	2–2	Tiverton Town	323
32	Gosport Borough	4–0	Godalming Town	170
33	Chippenham Town	1–1	Mangotsfield United	361
34	Chertsey Town	6–5	Ashford Town (Middlesex)	170
35	Thatcham Town	1–1	Weymouth	249
36	Yate Town	0–1	Swindon Supermarine	136

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
3	Matlock Town	2–1	Hednesford Town	279
4	Kendal Town	0–6	Stourbridge	207
5	Worksop Town	2–0	Radcliffe Borough	261
12	F.C. United of Manchester	3–1 †	Durham City	672
13	Witton Albion	4–1	Leek Town	272
17	Wealdstone	2–1	Margate	228
18	AFC Hornchurch	1–0	Harrow Borough	176
31	Tiverton Town	1–0	Chesham United	208
33	Mangotsfield United	0–2	Chippenham Town	250
35	Weymouth	6–1	Thatcham Town	367

† – After extra time

Third round qualifying[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Corby Town	1–1	North Ferriby United	519
2	Blyth Spartans	1–3	Stalybridge Celtic	324
3	Boston United	1–0	Workington	743
4	Sheffield	0–4	Nuneaton Town	426
5	Gainsborough Trinity	0–1	Hinckley United	320
6	Worcester City	0–1	Harrogate Town	676
7	Colwyn Bay	0–0	FC Halifax Town	420
8	Worksop Town	3–2	Curzon Ashton	238
9	Guiseley	7–0	Eastwood Town	323
10	Stourbridge	0–2	Chester	1,481
11	Matlock Town	0–1	Hyde	367
12	Solihull Moors	2–2	Ossett Town	152
13	Droylsden	2–1	Witton Albion	304
14	F.C. United of Manchester	2–1	Altrincham	1,945
15	Northwich Victoria	1–1	Ilkeston	437
16	Vauxhall Motors	3–2	Marine	329
17	Farnborough	2–2	Bury Town	312
18	Maldon & Tiptree	0–1	Carshalton Athletic	72
19	Sutton United	1–2	Basingstoke Town	460
20	Banbury United	0–0	Wealdstone	370
21	Bishop's Stortford	1–1	Tonbridge Angels	297
22	Thamesmead Town	2–2	Welling United	273
23	Chelmsford City	2–0	Woking	740
24	Bromley	1–3	Didcot Town	277
25	Folkestone Invicta	1–3	Staines Town	342
26	Redbridge	1–2	East Thurrock United	108
27	Eastbourne Borough	0–0	Dartford	508
28	Thurrock	0–5	AFC Hornchurch	211
29	Uxbridge	2–1	Histon	150
30	Harlow Town	1–2	Lowestoft Town	343
31	Hampton and Richmond Borough	4–2	Canvey Island	289
32	Brackley Town	2–0	Chertsey Town	136
33	Maidenhead United	1–0	Billericay Town	235
34	Boreham Wood	1–0	Dover Athletic	181
35	Tiverton Town	0–1	Swindon Supermarine	277
36	Gloucester City	1–1	Truro City	300
37	Salisbury City	2–0	Weston-super-Mare	552
38	Dorchester Town	1–2	Gosport Borough	381
39	Chippenham Town	1–1	Eastleigh	421
40	Weymouth	0–0	Havant & Waterlooville	421

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	North Ferriby United	3–2	Corby Town	170
7	FC Halifax Town	1–2	Colwyn Bay	717
12	Ossett Town	0–1	Solihull Moors	137
15	Ilkeston	1–5	Northwich Victoria	530
17	Bury Town	0–2 †	Farnborough	255
20	Wealdstone	4–0	Banbury United	222
21	Tonbridge Angels	1–2	Bishop's Stortford	274
22	Welling United	3–1	Thamesmead Town	288
27	Dartford	2–1	Eastbourne Borough	611
36	Truro City	3–2	Gloucester City	281
39	Eastleigh	1–1 †	Chippenham Town	214
Chippenham Town advance 8–7 on penalties
40	Havant & Waterlooville	0–2	Weymouth	238

† – After extra time

First round[]

This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Northwich Victoria	3–1	Fleetwood Town	484
2	Colwyn Bay	1–3	Lincoln City	383
3	Vauxhall Motors	4–4	Kidderminster Harriers	253
4	Stockport County	2–2	Stalybridge Celtic	1,690
5	York City	2–2	Solihull Moors	1,116
6	Barrow	3–2	Harrogate Town	868
7	Nuneaton Town	0–2	AFC Telford United	945
8	Guiseley	2–0	F.C. United of Manchester	810
9	Wrexham	1–2	Hinckley United	1,101
10	Droylsden	2–1	Mansfield Town	335
11	Grimsby Town	3–0	Darlington	1,527
12	Gateshead	3–2	Kettering Town	402
13	Worksop Town	1–0	Tamworth	343
14	North Ferriby United	1–5	Chester	510
15	Alfreton Town	4–0	Southport	394
16	Boston United	2–1	Hyde	710
17	Salisbury City	4–1	Lowestoft Town	494
18	Luton Town	2–0	Swindon Supermarine	1,298
19	Didcot Town	0–1	Basingstoke Town	259
20	Chelmsford City	2–3	Bath City	635
21	Wealdstone	5–0	Uxbridge	373
22	Truro City	2–5	Ebbsfleet United	455
23	Hampton and Richmond Borough	2–0	Hayes & Yeading United	242
24	Carshalton Athletic	5–0	Bishop's Stortford	243
25	East Thurrock United	2–1	Welling United	224
26	Staines Town	0–0	Maidenhead United	201
27	Weymouth	2–1	Chippenham Town	568
28	Boreham Wood	0–1	Cambridge United	401
29	Brackley Town	0–3	Dartford	291
30	AFC Hornchurch	0–0	Farnborough	302
31	Newport County	0–0	Forest Green Rovers	724
32	Gosport Borough	0–1	Braintree Town	332

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
3	Kidderminster Harriers	2–0	Vauxhall Motors	746
4	Stalybridge Celtic	2–1	Stockport County	1,149
5	Solihull Moors	0–3	York City	275
26	Maidenhead United	1–2	Staines Town	154
30	Farnborough	2–3	AFC Hornchurch	204
31	Forest Green Rovers	0–2	Newport County	368

Second round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Ebbsfleet United	3–2	Chester	1,387
2	Wealdstone	2–1	Barrow	722
3	Weymouth	0–6	Alfreton Town	739
4	Worksop Town	1–3	Newport County	538
5	Gateshead	2–2	Braintree Town	605
6	Lincoln City	0–0	Carshalton Athletic	1,743
7	Kidderminster Harriers	5–1	Droylsden	1,104
8	Dartford	4–2	Boston United	1,166
9	East Thurrock United	1–1	Hampton & Richmond Borough	231
10	Grimsby Town	4–0	AFC Hornchurch	2,415
11	Cambridge United	4–1	AFC Telford United	1,259
12	Northwich Victoria	1–0	Staines Town	517
13	Hinckley United	0–0	Luton Town	754
14	Salisbury City	2–6	York City	827
15	Guiseley	2–0	Stalybridge Celtic	630
16	Bath City	1–0	Basingstoke Town	633

Replays[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
5	Braintree Town	1–1 †	Gateshead	261
Gateshead advance 4–3 on penalties
6	Carshalton Athletic	3–1	Lincoln City	488
9	Hampton & Richmond Borough	4–1	East Thurrock United	184
13	Luton Town	3–0	Hinckley United	1,004

† – After extra time

Third round[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Kidderminster Harriers	1–2	Luton Town	1,186
2	Northwich Victoria	4–1	Hampton & Richmond Borough	237
3	Cambridge United	1–0	Guiseley	1,118
4	Dartford	2–2	Wealdstone	770
5	Bath City	1–2	Grimsby Town	546
6	York City	1–0	Ebbsfleet United	1,419
7	Gateshead	2–1	Alfreton Town	347
8	Newport County	4–0	Carshalton Athletic	975

Replay[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
4	Wealdstone	1–0	Dartford	670

Quarter-finals[]

Ties[]

Tie	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Attendance
1	Cambridge United	1–2	Wealdstone	2,034
2	Luton Town	2–0	Gateshead	2,499
3	Grimsby Town	0–1	York City	3,662
4	Northwich Victoria	2–3	Newport County	601

Semi-finals[]

First leg[]

Second leg[]

Newport County win 3–1 on aggregate

York City win 2–1 on aggregate

Final[]

References[]

General[]

• Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2011–12

Specific[]