Football tournament season
2016–17 FA Trophy Country England Wales Teams 276 Champions York City Runners-up Macclesfield Town
The 2016–17 FA Trophy was the 47th 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 276 clubs entered the competition, which was won by York City after beating Macclesfield Town 3–2 in front of 38,224 spectators at Wembley in the final on 21 May 2017.
Calendar [ ]
Round
Main date
Number of fixtures
Clubs
New entries this round
Prize money
Preliminary round
8 October 2016
64
276 → 212
128
£2,500
First round qualifying
29 October 2016
72
212 → 140
80
£2,700
Second round qualifying
12 November 2016
36
140 → 104
none
£3,250
Third round qualifying
26 November 2016
40
104 → 64
44
£4,000
First round proper
10 December 2016
32
64 → 32
24
£5,000
Second round proper
14 January 2017
16
32 → 16
none
£6,000
Third round proper
4 February 2017
8
16 → 8
none
£7,000
Fourth round proper
25 February 2017
4
8 → 4
none
£8,000
Semi-finals
11 March and 18 March 2017
2
4 → 2
none
£16,000
Final
21 May 2017
1
2 → 1
none
Runner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000
Preliminary round [ ]
A total of 128 clubs, from Level 8 of English football, entered preliminary round of the competition. Eight clubs from level 8 get a bye to the first round qualifying - Beaconsfield SYCOB , Heybridge Swifts , Kidsgrove Athletic , Market Drayton Town , Phoenix Sports , Waltham Abbey , Walton Casuals and Ware .
First round qualifying [ ]
A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the preliminary round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and eight teams from level 8, who get a bye in the previous round.
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Goole (8)
1–1
Blyth Spartans (7)
252
replay
Blyth Spartans (7)
7–1
Goole (8)
440
2
Spennymoor Town (7)
1–2
Matlock Town (7)
393
3
Warrington Town (7)
0–2
Nantwich Town (7)
274
4
Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)
2–1
Lancaster City (8)
128
5
Whitby Town (7)
4–3
Workington (7)
321
6
Skelmersdale United (7)
1–3
Kendal Town (8)
175
7
Colwyn Bay (8)
1–1
Witton Albion (8)
298
replay
Witton Albion (8)
3–1
Colwyn Bay (8)
257
8
Mossley (8)
1–3
Farsley Celtic (8)
124
9
Ramsbottom United (8)
2–1
Prescot Cables (8)
216
10
Bamber Bridge (8)
0–2
Trafford (8)
169
11
Buxton (7)
2–0
Glossop North End (8)
518
12
Ashton United (7)
0–4
Marine (7)
124
13
Shaw Lane (8)
6–2
Frickley Athletic (7)
256
14
Stratford Town (7)
2–2
Grantham Town (7)
204
replay
Grantham Town (7)
4–0
Stratford Town (7)
142
15
Leamington (7)
0–1
Mickleover Sports (7)
352
16
Kidsgrove Athletic (8)
5–3
Soham Town Rangers (8)
151
17
Rushall Olympic (7)
1–2
Halesowen Town (7)
189
18
Ilkeston (7)
0–2
Barwell (7)
262
19
Carlton Town (8)
1–4
St Ives Town (7)
93
20
Stourbridge (7)
1–2
King's Lynn Town (7)
465
21
Corby Town (7)
0–2
Stafford Rangers (7)
435
22
Kettering Town (7)
5–1
Market Drayton Town (8)
357
23
Redditch United (7)
3–1
Cambridge City (7)
242
24
Stamford (8)
1–4
Hednesford Town (7)
345
25
Leek Town (8)
2–1
Sutton Coldfield Town (7)
315
26
AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8)
1–0
Coalville Town (7)
448
27
Bedworth United (8)
2–3
St Neots Town (7)
122
28
Lincoln United (8)
4–2
Gresley (8)
202
29
Horsham (8)
1–3
Romford (8)
291
30
East Grinstead Town (8)
2–3
Phoenix Sports (8)
95
31
Kingstonian (7)
2–1
Lewes (8)
245
32
Hastings United (8)
4–0
Aylesbury United (8)
322
33
Hythe Town (8)
3–2
Walton Casuals (8)
179
34
Burgess Hill Town (7)
5–1
Beaconsfield SYCOB (8)
226
35
Leatherhead (7)
2–3
Chesham United (7)
255
36
Waltham Abbey (8)
0–5
Merstham (7)
72
37
Hanwell Town (8)
2–1
Bury Town (8)
116
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
38
Metropolitan Police (7)
2–6
Brightlingsea Regent (8)
124
39
Needham Market (7)
2–0
Wroxham (8)
205
40
Slough Town (7)
4–1
Bognor Regis Town (7)
543
41
Grays Athletic (7)
1–1
Wingate & Finchley (7)
146
replay
Wingate & Finchley (7)
2–0
Grays Athletic (7)
96
42
Worthing (7)
3–1
Kempston Rovers (8)
418
43
AFC Sudbury (7)
4–0
Bowers & Pitsea (8)
196
44
Tonbridge Angels (7)
3–3
Ashford Town (Mx) (8)
381
replay
Ashford Town (Mx) (8)
1–4
Tonbridge Angels (7)
227
45
Kings Langley (7)
1–0
Heybridge Swifts (8)
61
46
Leiston (7)
5–0
Hendon (7)
173
47
VCD Athletic (8)
1–3
Ware (8)
68
48
Enfield Town (7)
3–2
Canvey Island (7)
273
49
Tooting & Mitcham United (8)
2–4
Dunstable Town (7)
185
50
Billericay Town (7)
2–0
Maldon & Tiptree (8)
337
51
Chalfont St Peter (8)
3–2
Corinthian Casuals (8)
69
52
Cray Wanderers (8)
4–0
Marlow (8)
75
53
Cheshunt (8)
1–3
Folkestone Invicta (7)
144
54
Royston Town (8)
2–2
Northwood (8)
155
replay
Northwood (8)
1–4
Royston Town (8)
95
55
Lowestoft Town (7)
1–2
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
428
56
Biggleswade Town (7)
1–0
Witham Town (8)
111
57
Faversham Town (8)
3–4
South Park (8)
175
58
Uxbridge (8)
0–1
Harlow Town (7)
115
59
Herne Bay (8)
2–2
Harrow Borough (7)
195
replay
Harrow Borough (7)
3–0
Herne Bay (8)
96
60
Hayes & Yeading United (7)
0–1
Hitchin Town (7)
127
61
Evesham United (8)
1–1
Frome Town (7)
235
replay
Frome Town (7)
1–0
Evesham United (8)
152
62
Yate Town (8)
1–6
North Leigh (8)
118
63
Salisbury (8)
2–3
Chippenham Town (7)
904
64
Taunton Town (8)
5–0
Swindon Supermarine (8)
493
65
Tiverton Town (8)
0–1
Wimborne Town (8)
191
66
Cirencester Town (7)
1–2
Havant & Waterlooville (7)
141
67
Merthyr Town (7)
6–1
Cinderford Town (7)
283
68
Banbury United (7)
0–1
Bishop's Cleeve (8)
220
69
Fleet Town (8)
1–2
Winchester City (8)
93
70
Weymouth (7)
4–0
Wantage Town (8)
402
71
Dorchester Town (7)
3–1
Barnstaple Town (8)
344
72
Staines Town (7)
1–4
Basingstoke Town (7)
291
Second round qualifying [ ]
A total of 72 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the first qualifying round.
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Nantwich Town (7)
2–0
Kendal Town (8)
251
2
Blyth Spartans (7)
4–3
Halesowen Town (7)
565
3
Buxton (7)
1–3
King's Lynn Town (7)
302
4
Marine (7)
1–1
St Neots Town (7)
288
replay
St Neots Town (7)
2–4 (a.e.t. )
Marine (7)
178
5
Hednesford Town (7)
1–1
Stafford Rangers (7)
910
replay
Stafford Rangers (7)
2–1 (a.e.t. )
Hednesford Town (7)
1,005
6
St Ives Town (7)
2–1
Leek Town (8)
160
7
Shaw Lane (8)
3–0
Whitby Town (7)
320
8
Ramsbottom United (8)
4–1
Redditch United (7)
139
9
Kidsgrove Athletic (8)
3–5
Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)
165
10
Barwell (7)
2–3
Farsley Celtic (8)
159
11
Grantham Town (7)
0–2
Matlock Town (7)
259
12
Trafford (8)
0–1
Mickleover Sports (7)
206
13
AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8)
3–3
Lincoln United (8)
485
replay
Lincoln United (8)
2–0
AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8)
229
14
Witton Albion (8)
2–1
Kettering Town (7)
339
15
Kings Langley (7)
1–0
Enfield Town (7)
222
16
Bishop's Cleeve (8)
0–1
Taunton Town (8)
72
17
Dunstable Town (7)
1–4
Weymouth (7)
106
18
Dorchester Town (7)
0–3
Basingstoke Town (7)
306
19
Merthyr Town (7)
2–2
Slough Town (7)
370
replay
Slough Town (7)
2–0
Merthyr Town (7)
429
20
Havant & Waterlooville (7)
5–0
Billericay Town (7)
256
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
21
Brightlingsea Regent (8)
A–A*
Harlow Town (7)
177
Match abandoned at half due to floodlight failure when the score was 0-0.
21
Brightlingsea Regent (8)
1–1
Harlow Town (7)
234
replay
Harlow Town (7)
2–1
Brightlingsea Regent (8)
228
22
Hanwell Town (8)
0–1
Frome Town (7)
104
23
Chippenham Town (7)
0–1
Leiston (7)
306
24
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
4–0
Chesham United (7)
716
25
Merstham (7)
0–3
Hythe Town (8)
105
26
Burgess Hill Town (7)
2–2
Chalfont St Peter (8)
185
replay
Chalfont St Peter (8)
1–1 (7–8 p )
Burgess Hill Town (7)
54
27
Biggleswade Town (7)
1–1
Hitchin Town (7)
325
replay
Hitchin Town (7)
3–2
Biggleswade Town (7)
201
28
Folkestone Invicta (7)
2–3
North Leigh (8)
291
29
Royston Town (8)
4–0
Wimborne Town (8)
180
30
Needham Market (7)
1–2
Harrow Borough (7)
203
31
Cray Wanderers (8)
1–2
Worthing (7)
164
32
Phoenix Sports (8)
1–3
Winchester City (8)
67
33
Hastings United (8)
1–1
South Park (8)
280
replay
South Park (8)
3–2 (a.e.t. )
Hastings United (8)
84
34
AFC Sudbury (7)
4–0
Romford (8)
219
35
Kingstonian (7)
1–1
Tonbridge Angels (7)
318
replay
Tonbridge Angels (7)
1–2
Kingstonian (7)
286
36
Ware (8)
0–2
Wingate & Finchley (7)
93
Third round qualifying [ ]
A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the second round qualifying and 44 clubs from Level 6 of English football.
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)
2–2
Stalybridge Celtic (6)
142
replay
Stalybridge Celtic (6)
2–3
Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)
140
2
Harrogate Town (6)
2–2
Salford City (6)
571
replay
Salford City (6)
0–3
Harrogate Town (6)
283
3
Witton Albion (8)
A–A
Boston United (6)
355
Match abandoned at half time due to fog when the score was 1–0.
3
Witton Albion (8)
4–2
Boston United (6)
194
4
Mickleover Sports (7)
1–1
Brackley Town (6)
150
replay
Brackley Town (6)
3–1
Mickleover Sports (7)
140
5
Gainsborough Trinity (6)
0–0
Alfreton Town (6)
308
replay
Alfreton Town (6)
4–1 (a.e.t. )
Gainsborough Trinity (6)
175
6
King's Lynn Town (7)
1–0
St Ives Town (7)
684
7
Shaw Lane (8)
3–1
Nantwich Town (7)
215
Match awarded to Nantwich Town as Shaw Lane fielded an ineligible player.
8
Altrincham (6)
2–2
Blyth Spartans (7)
276
replay
Blyth Spartans (7)
2–3
Altrincham (6)
523
9
Ramsbottom United (8)
0–2
AFC Telford United (6)
319
10
Matlock Town (7)
1–1
FC Halifax Town (6)
483
replay
FC Halifax Town (6)
2–3
Matlock Town (7)
479
11
Farsley Celtic (8)
2–2
Tamworth (6)
227
replay
Tamworth (6)
0–4
Farsley Celtic (8)
371
12
Chorley (6)
1–0
Stafford Rangers (7)
466
13
Kidderminster Harriers (6)
3–1
Lincoln United (8)
916
14
Curzon Ashton (6)
1–2
Worcester City (6)
193
15
FC United of Manchester (6)
1–5
Nuneaton Town (6)
736
16
Stockport County (6)
2–0
Bradford Park Avenue (6)
1,164
17
Gloucester City (6)
2–3
AFC Fylde (6)
240
18
Darlington 1883 (6)
2–2
Marine (7)
743
replay
Marine (7)
3–2
Darlington 1883 (6)
308
First round proper [ ]
A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the third round qualifying and the clubs from Level 5 of English football.
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Gateshead (5)
2–0
King's Lynn Town (7)
227
2
Farsley Celtic (8)
0–4
Southport (5)
352
3
Solihull Moors (5)
1–2
Matlock Town (7)
336
4
Nantwich Town (7)
1–2
Lincoln City (5)
482
5
Alfreton Town (6)
1–0
North Ferriby United (5)
290
6
Kidderminster Harriers (6)
4–0
AFC Telford United (6)
1,096
7
Nuneaton Town (6)
3–1
Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)
356
8
Harrogate Town (6)
3–3
Barrow (5)
441
replay
Barrow (5)
4–2 (a.e.t. )
Harrogate Town (6)
819
9
AFC Fylde (6)
1–1
Brackley Town (6)
641
replay
Brackley Town (6)
4–0
AFC Fylde (6)
146
10
York City (5)
3–1
Worcester City (6)
1,033
11
Chorley (6)
0–1
Guiseley (5)
612
12
Witton Albion (8)
1–1
Chester (5)
883
replay
Chester (5)
2–1
Witton Albion (8)
921
13
Wrexham (5)
0–1
Tranmere Rovers (5)
2,159
14
Altrincham (6)
1–1
Macclesfield Town (5)
717
replay
Macclesfield Town (5)
2–1
Altrincham (6)
548
15
Stockport County (6)
3–2
Marine (7)
1,411
16
Ebbsfleet United (6)
1–1
Woking (5)
825
replay
Woking (5)
0–1
Ebbsfleet United (6)
613
17
Chelmsford City (6)
1–0
Hitchin Town (7)
469
18
Dagenham & Redbridge (5)
1–2
Worthing (7)
597
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
19
Harlow Town (7)
2–0
Eastleigh (5)
482
20
Whitehawk (6)
2–2
Weymouth (7)
253
replay
Weymouth (7)
1–2
Whitehawk (6)
401
21
Braintree Town (5)
2–0
Torquay United (5)
301
22
East Thurrock United (6)
1–1
Aldershot Town (5)
321
replay
Aldershot Town (5)
3–4 (a.e.t. )
East Thurrock United (6)
566
23
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
2–2
Royston Town (8)
701
replay
Royston Town (8)
0–1
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
312
24
Welling United (6)
8–1
Hythe Town (8)
355
25
Wealdstone (6)
2–2
Wingate & Finchley (7)
364
replay
Wingate & Finchley (7)
1–2 (a.e.t. )
Wealdstone (6)
280
26
Dartford (6)
1–1
Dover Athletic (5)
813
replay
Dover Athletic (5)
1–2
Dartford (6)
389
27
South Park (8)
1–1
North Leigh (8)
148
replay
North Leigh (8)
1–3
South Park (8)
157
28
AFC Sudbury (7)
2–1
Gosport Borough (6)
641
29
Sutton United (5)
1–0
Bath City (6)
524
30
Forest Green Rovers (5)
1–1
Truro City (6)
626
replay
Truro City (6)
0–1 (a.e.t. )
Forest Green Rovers (5)
336
31
Boreham Wood (5)
0–0
Maidstone United (5)
201
replay
Maidstone United (5)
2–3
Boreham Wood (5)
538
32
Bromley (5)
1–1
Leiston (7)
411
replay
Leiston (7)
3–5
Bromley (5)
306
Second round proper [ ]
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Worthing (7)
2–2
Sutton United (5)
1,398
replay
Sutton United (5)
3–2 (a.e.t. )
Worthing (7)
496
2
Tranmere Rovers (5)
4–1
South Park (8)
2,801
3
Bromley (5)
1–2
Welling United (6)
519
4
East Thurrock United (6)
2–5
Braintree Town (5)
313
5
Nuneaton Town (6)
6–1
Guiseley (5)
554
6
Boreham Wood (5)
2–1
Alfreton Town (6)
201
7
Barrow (5)
3–2
Matlock Town (7)
976
8
Southport (5)
1–2
Wealdstone (6)
744
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
9
Gateshead (5)
1–3
Lincoln City (5)
578
10
Dartford (6)
0–1
Chelmsford City (6)
918
11
Kidderminster Harriers (6)
3–0
Ebbsfleet United (6)
1,078
12
Harlow Town (7)
1–2
York City (5)
816
13
AFC Sudbury (7)
1–3
Macclesfield Town (5)
505
14
Whitehawk (6)
1–4
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
530
15
Chester (5)
0–2
Forest Green Rovers (5)
1,250
16
Stockport County (6)
1–1
Brackley Town (6)
1,605
replay
Brackley Town (6)
2–0
Stockport County (6)
294
Third round proper [ ]
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Welling United (6)
1–3
Lincoln City (5)
743
2
Braintree Town (5)
0–0
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
608
replay
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
5–2
Braintree Town (5)
860
3
Barrow (5)
1–0
Kidderminster Harriers (6)
1,173
4
Tranmere Rovers (5)
1–1
Chelmsford City (6)
2,473
replay
Chelmsford City (6)
1–4
Tranmere Rovers (5)
923
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
5
Macclesfield Town (5)
1–0
Forest Green Rovers (5)
967
6
Wealdstone (6)
1–4
Brackley Town (6)
620
7
Nuneaton Town (6)
0–3
York City (5)
687
8
Sutton United (5)
0–0
Boreham Wood (5)
879
replay
Boreham Wood (5)
5–0
Sutton United (5)
269
Fourth round proper [ ]
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
1
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
2–2
Macclesfield Town (5)
2,834
replay
Macclesfield Town (5)
2–0
Dulwich Hamlet (7)
1,017
2
York City (5)
1–0
Brackley Town (6)
1,994
Tie
Home Team (Tier)
Score
Away Team (Tier)
Att.
3
Boreham Wood (5)
0–2
Lincoln City (5)
901
4
Tranmere Rovers (5)
5–1
Barrow (5)
3,487
Semi-finals [ ]
Semi final fixtures are due to be played on 11 March and 18 March 2017, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required.
First leg [ ]
Second leg [ ]
Final [ ]
Main article: 2017 FA Trophy Final
References [ ]
National teams
Senior (2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying round )
U21 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round , finals )
U19 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round , finals )
U17 (UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying round , finals )
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 )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions