Football tournament season
2012–13 FA Trophy Country England Wales Teams 266 Champions Wrexham Runners-up Grimsby Town
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]
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 [ ]
[2]
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 [ ]
[3]
Ties [ ]
† – 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
52
Poole Town
3–1
Beaconsfield SYCOB
202
53
Yate Town
0–3
Swindon Supermarine
81
54
Shortwood United
0–0 †
Mangotsfield United
98
Shortwood United advance 5–4 on penalties.
† – After extra time
First round qualifying [ ]
[6]
† – After extra time
Second round qualifying [ ]
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
† – 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
† – 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 .
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
Second leg [ ]
Wrexham won 4–3 on aggregate.
Grimsby Town won 3–0 on aggregate.
Final [ ]
See also: 2013 FA Trophy Final
References [ ]
National teams
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (Group H )
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Kent Invicta League (level 10 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South West Peninsula League (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
Youth competitions
Women's competitions