2013–14 FA Trophy

The 2013–14 FA Trophy was the 44th 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,[1] which was won by Cambridge United, who beat Gosport Borough 4–0 in front of 18,120 spectators at Wembley.[2]

2013–14 FA Trophy

FA Challenge Trophy
Country	England  Guernsey  Wales
Teams	276
Champions	Cambridge United (1st title)
Runners-up	Gosport Borough
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

Calendar

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Round	Date	Matches	Clubs	New entries this round	Prize money
Preliminary Round	5 October 2013	64	276 → 212	128	£2,500
First Round Qualifying	19 October 2013	72	212 → 140	80	£2,700
Second Round Qualifying	2 November 2013	36	140 → 104	none	£3,250
Third Round Qualifying	16 November 2013	40	104 → 64	44	£4,000
First Round Proper	30 November 2013	32	64 → 32	24	£5,000
Second Round Proper	14 December 2013	16	32 → 16	none	£6,000
Third Round Proper	11 January 2014	8	16 → 8	none	£7,000
Fourth Round Proper	1 February 2014	4	8 → 4	none	£8,000
Semi Finals	15 February and 22 February 2014	2	4 → 2	none	£16,000
Final	23 March 2014	1	2 → 1	none	Runner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000

Preliminary round

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Brigg Town 2–1 Bamber Bridge 71 2 Northwich Victoria 3–1 Salford City 135 3 Prescot Cables 0–1 Scarborough Athletic 192 4 Warrington Town 1–2 Ramsbottom United 103 5 Goole 1–5 Burscough 95 6 Kendal Town 3–2 Farsley 153 7 Wakefield 2–1 Harrogate Railway Athletic 51 8 Clitheroe 3–3 Radcliffe Borough 174 replay Radcliffe Borough 3–0 Clitheroe 107 9 Ossett Town 1–6 Darlington 1883 408 10 Padiham 1–2 Sheffield 202 11 Ossett Albion 1–3 Curzon Ashton 94 12 Lancaster City 6–0 New Mills 163 13 Lincoln United 1–2 Cammell Laird 72 14 Soham Town Rangers 1–0 Newcastle Town 112 15 Kettering Town 1–1 Romulus 561 replay Romulus 1–2 Kettering Town 98 16 Carlton Town 2–2 Gresley 114 replay Gresley 2–0 Carlton Town 211 17 Stratford Town 2–2 Coalville Town 223 replay Coalville Town 3–1 Stratford Town 144 18 Eastwood Town 0–3 Halesowen Town 145 19 Chasetown 2–1 Rugby Town 254 20 Evesham United 3–1 Market Drayton Town 152 21 Daventry Town 1–0 Sutton Coldfield Town 99 22 Belper Town 2–0 Loughborough Dynamo 152 23 Kidsgrove Athletic 3–1 Bedworth United 82 24 Rainworth Miners Welfare 0–1 St. Ives Town 132 25 VCD Athletic 2–2 Aylesbury 74 replay Aylesbury 2–1 VCD Athletic 63 26 Redbridge 2–3 Chatham Town 93 27 Ware 1–1 Witham Town 66 replay Witham Town 4–2 Ware 77 28 Sittingbourne 1–5 Whitstable Town 212 29 Leighton Town 0–3 North Greenford United 92 30 Redhill 1–3 Burnham Ramblers 86 31 Royston Town 1–3 Three Bridges 160 32 Aylesbury United 4–2 Faversham Town 134

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 33 Dunstable Town 4–1 Erith & Belvedere 56 34 Tooting & Mitcham United 1–2 Eastbourne Town 126 35 Barton Rovers 0–3 Peacehaven & Telscombe 90 36 Herne Bay 0–0 Merstham 208 replay Merstham 0–2 Herne Bay 101 37 Thurrock 2–0 Corinthian-Casuals 80 38 Waltham Abbey 2–1 Walton & Hersham 97 39 Uxbridge 1–2 Heybridge Swifts 87 40 Potters Bar Town 2–0 Romford 89 41 Burgess Hill Town 1–1 Wroxham 160 replay Wroxham 3–2 Burgess Hill Town 105 42 Tilbury 3–0 Needham Market 89 43 AFC Sudbury 2–0 Worthing 241 44 Folkestone Invicta 6–0 Waltham Forest 186 45 Walton Casuals 1–1 Crawley Down Gatwick 104 replay Crawley Down Gatwick 1–0 Walton Casuals 59 46 Horsham 4–1 Chipstead 215 47 Hythe Town 2–1 Aveley 162 48 Barkingside 0–6 Guernsey 205 49 Hastings United 3–2 Brentwood Town 344 50 Northwood 2–3 AFC Hayes 59 51 Leatherhead 4–0 Harlow Town 196 52 Mangotsfield United 3–1 Thatcham Town 109 53 Chalfont St Peter 1–1 Bridgwater Town 53 replay Bridgwater Town 3–3† Chalfont St Peter 237 Bridgwater Town advance 5–3 on penalties. 54 Fleet Town 0–3 Clevedon Town 67 55 Didcot Town 1–1 Cirencester Town 108 replay Cirencester Town 7–1 Didcot Town 75 56 Merthyr Town 0–0 Yate Town 105 replay Yate Town 1–2 Merthyr Town 175 57 Swindon Supermarine 3–0 Taunton Town 105 58 Guildford City 3–4 Chertsey Town 96 59 Tiverton Town 1–0 Cinderford Town 147 60 Godalming Town 1–2 Slough Town 300 61 Bishop's Cleeve 1–4 Paulton Rovers 93 62 Egham Town 3–2 Ashford Town (Middlesex) 83 63 Wimborne Town 3–5 Marlow 151 64 Shortwood United 3–1 Beaconsfield SYCOB 87

† – After extra time

First round qualifying

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Trafford 6–1 Wakefield 159 2 Whitby Town 0–1 Chorley 219 3 Frickley Athletic 1–2 Brigg Town 136 4 Cammell Laird 0–1 Curzon Ashton 48 5 AFC Fylde 1–1 Kendal Town 254 replay Kendal Town 1–2 AFC Fylde 170 6 Ramsbottom United 7–2 Worksop Town 355 7 Witton Albion 2–2 FC United of Manchester 693 void FC United of Manchester A – A Witton Albion 650 Abandoned after 75 mins due to rain. Score 2–2. replay FC United of Manchester 1–2 Witton Albion 369 8 Ashton United 0–3 Sheffield 104 9 Mossley 3–2 Lancaster City 186 10 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Radcliffe Borough 123 11 Blyth Spartans 6–0 Skelmersdale United 340 12 Droylsden 0–3 Nantwich Town 114 13 Stocksbridge Park Steels 3–4 Scarborough Athletic 239 14 Marine 1–1 Burscough 238 replay Burscough 0–1 Marine 205 15 Buxton 1–1 Darlington 1883 443 replay Darlington 1883 3 – 3† Buxton 766 Buxton advance 4–3 on penalty kicks. 16 Kettering Town 0–1 St. Ives Town 609 17 Evesham United 0–2 Leek Town 167 18 Coalville Town 3–2 Stafford Rangers 182 19 Halesowen Town 1–3 St Neots Town 273 void Redditch United A – A Chasetown 189 Abandoned after 81 mins due to rain. Redditch led 2–1. 20 Redditch United 2–0 Chasetown 172 21 Gresley 2–1 Ilkeston 372 22 King's Lynn Town 1–2 Cambridge City 605 23 Belper Town 2–3 Mickleover Sports 225 24 Barwell 0–4 Rushall Olympic 153 25 Matlock Town W/O Hinckley United N/A Walkover for Matlock Town – Hinckley United removed. 26 Stourbridge 3–2 Banbury United 321 27 Grantham Town 2–2 Soham Town Rangers 217 replay Soham Town Rangers 4 – 1† Grantham Town 125 28 Daventry Town 2–1 Corby Town 150 29 Stamford 1–2 Kidsgrove Athletic 151 30 Eastbourne Town 0–0 East Thurrock United 110 replay East Thurrock United 6–2 Eastbourne Town 130 31 Witham Town 0–3 St Albans City 85 32 Whitstable Town 2–2 Potters Bar Town 172 replay Potters Bar Town 1–2 Whitstable Town 94 33 Lewes 1–2 Leatherhead 417 34 Arlesey Town 3–0 Waltham Abbey 94 35 Cheshunt 3–4 Three Bridges 101 36 Thamesmead Town 1–2 Metropolitan Police

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 37 AFC Sudbury 5–0 Crawley Down Gatwick 181 38 Wingate & Finchley 2–2 Hitchin Town 81 replay Hitchin Town 0–1 Wingate & Finchley 114 39 Hastings United 4–2 Horsham 310 40 Hampton & Richmond Borough 1–1 Bedford Town 209 replay Bedford Town 0–2 Hampton & Richmond Borough 162 41 Folkestone Invicta 2–0 Kingstonian 230 42 Leiston 0–3 Wealdstone 184 43 North Greenford United 2–1 Aylesbury 57 44 Dunstable Town 3–2 Peacehaven & Telscombe 56 45 Cray Wanderers 1–4 Hendon 81 46 Chatham Town 2–0 AFC Hayes 109 47 Wroxham 4–9 Margate 124 48 Biggleswade Town 0–1 Chesham United 168 49 Grays Athletic 1–1 Herne Bay 154 replay Herne Bay 1 – 2† Grays Athletic 170 50 Guernsey 1–2 Billericay Town 1,090 51 Bury Town 2–0 Dereham Town 217 52 Heybridge Swifts 1–2 Canvey Island 174 53 Burnham Ramblers 0–1 Carshalton Athletic 92 54 Hythe Town 3–1 Tilbury 107 55 Hemel Hempstead Town 3–2 AFC Hornchurch 511 56 Maldon & Tiptree 1–3 Maidstone United 56 57 Dulwich Hamlet 2–1 Harrow Borough 404 58 Bognor Regis Town 2–1 Thurrock 341 59 Enfield Town 2–1 Lowestoft Town 240 60 Aylesbury United 0–1 Ramsgate 210 61 Slough Town 1–2 Merthyr Town 216 62 Weymouth 1–0 Bridgwater Town 428 63 AFC Totton 1–2 Clevedon Town 186 64 Tiverton Town 3–2 Truro City 312 65 Chippenham Town 3–0 Chertsey Town 224 66 Egham Town 3–2 Cirencester Town 48 67 Shortwood United 0–2 Mangotsfield United 145 68 Hungerford Town 4–2 Bashley 112 69 Swindon Supermarine 2–3 Bideford 143 70 Frome Town 1–1 Poole Town 224 replay Poole Town 3 – 1† Frome Town 245 71 Marlow 4–1 North Leigh 109 72 Burnham 2–1 Paulton Rovers 92

† – After extra time

Second round qualifying

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Witton Albion 1–2 Leek Town 290 2 Mickleover Sports 1–2 Stourbridge 186 3 Rushall Olympic 0–1 AFC Fylde 121 4 Blyth Spartans 0–1 Ramsbottom United 298 5 Coalville Town 5–0 Marine 178 6 Scarborough Athletic 0–0 Cambridge City 442 replay Cambridge City 1–2 Scarborough Athletic 227 7 Redditch United 5–0 Brigg Town 193 8 Kidsgrove Athletic 0–4 Curzon Ashton 146 9 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Mossley 138 10 Matlock Town 2–0 St Neots Town 244 11 Gresley 2–0 Trafford 304 12 Sheffield 1–0 Buxton 252 13 St. Ives Town 1–4 Nantwich Town 282 14 Soham Town Rangers 1–2 Chorley 193 15 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Egham Town 119 16 Chesham United 2–1 Weymouth 276 17 Folkestone Invicta 1–1 Hungerford Town 242 replay Hungerford Town 1 – 1† Folkestone Invicta 100 Hungerford Town advance 5–4 on penalty kicks. 18 St Albans City 3–3 Billericay Town 313 replay Billericay Town 2 – 2† St Albans City 201 St Albans City advance 4–2 on penalty kicks.

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 19 Arlesey Town 3–2 Poole Town 114 20 Ramsgate 4–1 Three Bridges 144 21 Enfield Town 0–1 Grays Athletic 260 22 Hastings United 0–1 AFC Sudbury 375 23 Wingate & Finchley 1–1 Daventry Town 91 replay Daventry Town 3–1 Wingate & Finchley 124 24 Wealdstone 2–2 Maidstone United 524 replay Maidstone United 1–0 Wealdstone 944 25 Merthyr Town 3–2 Dunstable Town 236 26 Hampton & Richmond Borough 2–1 Metropolitan Police 227 27 Marlow 2–0 Burnham 201 28 Dulwich Hamlet 3–0 Leatherhead 296 29 Margate 4–1 Clevedon Town 227 30 Bury Town 2–1 Chatham Town 238 31 Hemel Hempstead Town 9–1 North Greenford United 350 32 Bognor Regis Town 4–1 Chippenham Town 367 33 Hendon 1–0 Bideford 154 34 Canvey Island 0–2 East Thurrock United 266 35 Tiverton Town 3–1 Mangotsfield United 237 36 Hythe Town 2–2 Whitstable Town 303 replay Whitstable Town 2–1 Hythe Town 171

† – After extra time

Third round qualifying

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Barrow 2–2 Stockport County 727 replay Stockport County 2–3 Barrow 812 2 Harrogate Town 1–1 Bradford Park Avenue 572 replay Bradford Park Avenue 4–0 Harrogate Town 189 3 Chorley 2–0 Matlock Town 772 4 Leamington 2–0 Gainsborough Trinity 373 5 Sheffield 2–4 Gresley 284 6 Stalybridge Celtic 3–0 Vauxhall Motors 315 7 Solihull Moors 1–2 Coalville Town 388 8 Stourbridge 2–2 North Ferriby United 437 replay North Ferriby United 4–0 Stourbridge 134 9 Worcester City 3–0 Ramsbottom United 341 10 AFC Telford United 6–0 Scarborough Athletic 869 11 Brackley Town 0–0 Leek Town 187 replay Leek Town 2 – 1† Brackley Town 12 Hednesford Town 3–0 Workington 551 13 Curzon Ashton 2–1 AFC Fylde 217 14 Northwich Victoria 2–0 Nantwich Town 146 15 Guiseley 3–0 Histon 404 16 Boston United 4–1 Redditch United 784 void Colwyn Bay A – A Altrincham N/A Match abandoned on 83 mins due to injured referee. Altrincham winning 2–0. 17 Colwyn Bay 0–2 Altrincham 280 18 Basingstoke Town 3–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough 403 19 Chelmsford City 1–2 St Albans City 429 20 Daventry Town 3–2 Ramsgate 250

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 21 Sutton United 1–2 Havant & Waterlooville 374 22 Carshalton Athletic 1–2 Whitstable Town 228 23 Hayes & Yeading United 2–1 Bognor Regis Town 250 24 Tonbridge Angels 1–1 AFC Sudbury 408 replay AFC Sudbury 0–1 Tonbridge Angels 191 25 East Thurrock United 4–2 Merthyr Town 163 26 Boreham Wood 0–1 Gloucester City 133 27 Dover Athletic 1–0 Bath City 483 28 Hungerford Town 5–0 Hemel Hempstead Town 137 29 Ebbsfleet United 4–1 Bromley 956 30 Hendon 2–1 Oxford City 197 31 Staines Town 2–2 Farnborough 299 replay Farnborough 0–2 Staines Town 230 32 Arlesey Town 2–0 Marlow 149 33 Bury Town 5–1 Grays Athletic 305 34 Weston Super Mare 1–1 Tiverton Town 385 replay Tiverton Town 1–2 Weston Super Mare 245 35 Whitehawk 2–1 Bishop's Stortford 107 36 Dulwich Hamlet 1–1 Concord Rangers 462 replay Concord Rangers 4 – 3† Dulwich Hamlet 156 37 Maidstone United 1–2 Eastleigh 1,397 38 Eastbourne Borough 0–1 Maidenhead United 384 39 Margate 0–3 Chesham United 317 40 Gosport Borough 3–0 Dorchester Town 206

† – After extra time

First round

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Leamington 0–0 Northwich Victoria 357 replay Northwich Victoria 0–1 Leamington 131 2 Tamworth 2–0 Macclesfield Town 667 3 FC Halifax Town 0–1 Guiseley 935 4 Southport 1–2 Boston United 496 5 Coalville Town 1–1 Grimsby Town 844 replay Grimsby Town 3–0 Coalville Town 1,102 6 Hyde 1–2 North Ferriby United 256 7 Alfreton Town 0–1 Nuneaton Town 343 8 Chorley 2–1 Curzon Ashton 595 9 Bradford Park Avenue 2–1 Kidderminster Harriers 365 10 Worcester City 0–0 AFC Telford United 764 replay AFC Telford United 0–3 Worcester City 603 11 Altrincham 1–2 Leek Town 636 12 Wrexham 2–1 Gresley 1,257 13 Chester 1–2 Barrow 1,409 14 Gateshead 4–1 Hednesford Town 418 15 Lincoln City 5–1 Stalybridge Celtic 1,023 16 Hereford United 0–3 Woking 1,041 17 Bury Town 0–3 Eastleigh 321 18 Dartford 1–1 Forest Green Rovers 511 replay Forest Green Rovers 1–0 Dartford 459

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 19 Salisbury City 0–1 Cambridge United 727 20 Hendon 1–2 Whitstable Town 211 21 Arlesey Town 1–5 Whitehawk 181 22 Tonbridge Angels 0–0 St Albans City 484 replay St Albans City 4–0 Tonbridge Angels 303 23 Gosport Borough 1–0 Concord Rangers 196 24 Aldershot Town 1–1 Weston Super Mare 1,084 replay Weston Super Mare 2–5 Aldershot Town 283 25 Hungerford Town 2–0 Chesham United 211 26 Hayes & Yeading United 0–1 Barnet 302 27 Daventry Town 0–1 Maidenhead United 203 28 Staines Town 0–0 Luton Town 621 replay Luton Town 2–0 Staines Town 911 29 Ebbsfleet United 3–0 Gloucester City 740 30 Braintree Town 3–0 Welling United 365 31 East Thurrock United 1–1 Dover Athletic 273 replay Dover Athletic 3–1 East Thurrock United 295 32 Basingstoke Town 0–0 Havant & Waterlooville 354 replay Havant & Waterlooville 1–0 Basingstoke Town 201

† – After extra time

Second round

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Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 1 Luton Town 2–0 Wrexham 1,617 2 Whitehawk 1–1 Havant & Waterlooville 150 replay Havant & Waterlooville 3–1 Whitehawk 158 3 Eastleigh 2–0 Gateshead 330 4 Barnet 1–2 Grimsby Town 972 5 Barrow 0–2 Maidenhead United 560 6 Gosport Borough 0–0 Nuneaton Town 284 replay Nuneaton Town 0 – 0 (2–4 p) Gosport Borough 426 7 St Albans City 1–2 Cambridge United 887 8 Guiseley 3–0 Bradford Park Avenue 476

Tie no Home team Score Away team Attendance 9 Aldershot Town 4–1 Worcester City 1,158 10 Tamworth 2–0 Boston United 688 11 North Ferriby United 4–0 Woking 201 12 Whitstable Town 1–2 Ebbsfleet United 742 13 Leek Town 0–1 Hungerford Town 426 14 Dover Athletic 2–0 Leamington 435 15 Braintree Town 1–3 Lincoln City 410 16 Chorley 0–0 Forest Green Rovers 790 replay Forest Green Rovers 0 – 0 (1–3 p) Chorley 508

† – After extra time

Third round

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Cambridge United	2–2	Luton Town	3,194
replay	Luton Town	0–1	Cambridge United	2,312
2	Aldershot Town	3–0	Guiseley	1,632
3	Hungerford Town	0–1	Gosport Borough	384
4	Eastleigh	3–2	Dover Athletic	368
5	Tamworth	1–1	Chorley	1,209
replay	Chorley	2 – 2†	Tamworth	1,393
Tamworth advance 6–5 on penalty kicks.
6	Lincoln City	0–4	North Ferriby United	2,037
7	Grimsby Town	2–1	Maidenhead United	1,623
8	Havant & Waterlooville	1–0	Ebbsfleet United	709

† – After extra time

Fourth round

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance
1	Havant & Waterlooville	4–1	Aldershot Town	1,125
2	Eastleigh	0–1	Cambridge United	757
3	North Ferriby United	1–2	Gosport Borough	398
4	Grimsby Town	4–1	Tamworth	2,795

† – After extra time

Semi-finals

First leg

17 February 2014

19:45

Havant & Waterlooville	1–1	Gosport Borough
Ciardini  59'		Sills 47'

West Leigh Park, Havant

Attendance: 1,314

Referee: Lee Collins

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15 February 2014

15:00

Cambridge United	2–1	Grimsby Town
Bird 20', 53'		John-Lewis 90+4'

Abbey Stadium, Cambridge

Attendance: 3,264

Referee: Darren Bond

Second leg

22 February 2014

15:00

Gosport Borough	2–0	Havant & Waterlooville
Sills  45', 60'

Privett Park, Gosport

Attendance: 2,901

Referee: Tim Robinson

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22 February 2014

15:00

Grimsby Town	1–1	Cambridge United
Neilson  42'		Bird  8'

Blundell Park, Cleethorpes

Attendance: 3,931

Referee: Tony Harrington

Final

Main article: 2014 FA Trophy Final

23 March 2014

15:00

Gosport Borough	0–4	Cambridge United
	Report	Bird  39' Donaldson  50', 60' Berry  77' (pen.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 18,120

Referee: Craig Pawson

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