List of FA Trophy finals

The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, organised by and named after The Football Association (the FA). It was staged for the first time in the 1969–70 season,[1] and was initially open to all semi-professional teams, complementing the existing FA Amateur Cup.[2] After the abolition of official amateur status by the FA in 1974, the leading teams from the Amateur Cup entered the Trophy, while lower-level teams competed in the new FA Vase.[3] As of 2008, the Trophy is open to all clubs in the top four levels of the National League System, equivalent to levels five to eight of the overall English football league system, although a club's home stadium must meet certain requirements before the club can enter the tournament.[4]

Darlington players celebrate their team's victory in the final in 2011

The record for the most wins is jointly held by Scarborough, Telford United, and Woking, with three each.[1] Scarborough and Telford United are both defunct and therefore not able to add any further wins.[5][6] Scarborough, Woking, Grays Athletic and Kingstonian have each won the Trophy in two consecutive seasons.[1] Manager Mark Stimson has the unique distinction of having managed the winning team in three consecutive finals.[7] The Trophy is currently held by A.F.C. Fylde who beat Leyton Orient in the 2019 final.

History
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York City players celebrate winning the Trophy in 2012

The first FA Trophy final was won by Macclesfield Town, who also won the championship of the Northern Premier League in the same season.[8] Northern Premier League clubs dominated the first decade of the competition, with Telford United the only Southern League team to break the northern clubs' hold on the competition.[9] Scarborough reached the final four times in five seasons and won the Trophy three times between 1973 and 1977.[5] In 1979, the leading Southern and Northern Premier League teams formed the new Alliance Premier League,[10] and teams from this league dominated the Trophy during the 1980s.[11] In the 1980–81 season, however, Bishop's Stortford of the comparatively lowly Isthmian League First Division won through nine rounds to reach the final, where they beat Sutton United.[12] Telford United's win in 1989 made them the second team to win the Trophy three times.[11]

Between 1990 and 2000, a smaller number of clubs claimed the Trophy, as Wycombe Wanderers and Kingstonian each won the competition twice, and Woking became the third team to win it three times.[11] Manager Geoff Chapple led Woking and Kingstonian to all their victories, a total of five wins in seven seasons.[13][14] After Chapple's period of success, Mark Stimson became the first man to manage the Trophy-winning team in three successive seasons, when he led Grays Athletic to victory in 2005 and 2006 and repeated the feat with his new club Stevenage Borough in 2007.[7] In 2019 A.F.C. Fylde became the first team to have won both the FA Trophy and FA Vase.[15]

Finals

Originally, if the final finished with the scores level after extra time, the teams would play again in a replay at a later date;[11] more recently the final has always been decided on the day, with a penalty shootout as required.[16] The winning club receives the FA Trophy itself and, as of 2008, prize money of £50,000, in addition to that accumulated for winning earlier rounds.[17]

Key
(R) Replay
* Match went to extra time
† Match decided by a penalty shootout after extra time

Results
Season Winner[1] Score[1] Runners–up[1] Venue[11]
1969–70 Macclesfield Town 2–0 Telford United Wembley Stadium (original)
1970–71 Telford United 3–2 Hillingdon Borough Wembley Stadium (original)
1971–72 Stafford Rangers 3–0 Barnet Wembley Stadium (original)
1972–73 Scarborough  †2–1 * Wigan Athletic Wembley Stadium (original)
1973–74 Morecambe 2–1 Dartford Wembley Stadium (original)
1974–75 Matlock Town 4–0 Scarborough Wembley Stadium (original)
1975–76 Scarborough  †3–2 * Stafford Rangers Wembley Stadium (original)
1976–77 Scarborough 2–1 Dagenham Wembley Stadium (original)
1977–78 Altrincham 3–1 Leatherhead Wembley Stadium (original)
1978–79 Stafford Rangers 2–0 Kettering Town Wembley Stadium (original)
1979–80 Dagenham 2–1 Mossley Wembley Stadium (original)
1980–81 Bishop's Stortford 1–0 Sutton United Wembley Stadium (original)
1981–82 Enfield  †1–0 * Altrincham Wembley Stadium (original)
1982–83 Telford United 2–1 Northwich Victoria Wembley Stadium (original)
1983–84 Northwich Victoria  †1–1 * Bangor City Wembley Stadium (original)
1983–84 (R) Northwich Victoria 2–1 Bangor City Victoria Ground
1984–85 Wealdstone 2–1 Boston United Wembley Stadium (original)
1985–86 Altrincham 1–0 Runcorn Wembley Stadium (original)
1986–87 Kidderminster Harriers  †0–0 * Burton Albion Wembley Stadium (original)
1986–87 (R) Kidderminster Harriers 2–1 Burton Albion The Hawthorns
1987–88 Enfield  †0–0 * Telford United Wembley Stadium (original)
1987–88 (R) Enfield 3–2 Telford United The Hawthorns
1988–89 Telford United  †1–0 * Macclesfield Town Wembley Stadium (original)
1989–90 Barrow 3–0 Leek Town Wembley Stadium (original)
1990–91 Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 Kidderminster Harriers Wembley Stadium (original)
1991–92 Colchester United 3–1 Witton Albion Wembley Stadium (original)
1992–93 Wycombe Wanderers 4–1 Runcorn Wembley Stadium (original)
1993–94 Woking 2–1 Runcorn Wembley Stadium (original)
1994–95 Woking  †2–1 * Kidderminster Harriers Wembley Stadium (original)
1995–96 Macclesfield Town 3–1 Northwich Victoria Wembley Stadium (original)
1996–97 Woking  †1–0 * Dagenham & Redbridge Wembley Stadium (original)
1997–98 Cheltenham Town 1–0 Southport Wembley Stadium (original)
1998–99 Kingstonian 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Wembley Stadium (original)
1999–2000 Kingstonian 3–2 Kettering Town Wembley Stadium (original)
2000–01 Canvey Island 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Villa Park
2001–02 Yeovil Town 2–0 Stevenage Borough Villa Park
2002–03 Burscough 2–1 Tamworth Villa Park
2003–04 Hednesford Town 3–2 Canvey Island Villa Park
2004–05 Grays Athletic  †1–1 † Hucknall Town Villa Park
2005–06 Grays Athletic 2–0 Woking Boleyn Ground
2006–07 Stevenage Borough 3–2 Kidderminster Harriers Wembley Stadium (new)
2007–08 Ebbsfleet United 1–0 Torquay United Wembley Stadium (new)
2008–09 Stevenage Borough 2–0 York City Wembley Stadium (new)
2009–10 Barrow  †2–1 * Stevenage Borough Wembley Stadium (new)
2010–11 Darlington  †1–0 * Mansfield Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2011–12 York City 2–0 Newport County Wembley Stadium (new)
2012–13 Wrexham  †1–1 † Grimsby Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2013–14 Cambridge United 4–0 Gosport Borough Wembley Stadium (new)
2014–15 North Ferriby United  †3–3 † Wrexham Wembley Stadium (new)
2015–16 FC Halifax Town 1–0 Grimsby Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2016–17 York City 3–2 Macclesfield Town Wembley Stadium (new)
2017–18 Brackley Town  †1–1 † Bromley Wembley Stadium (new)
2018–19 A.F.C. Fylde 1–0 Leyton Orient Wembley Stadium (new)

Results by team

Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence. Teams shown in bold compete in the Premier League or Football League as of 2019 and therefore do not enter the FA Trophy. Additionally, Bangor City switched to the Welsh football league system in 1992, making the club ineligible to compete in the competition from then onwards.[18]

Club Wins Last final won Runners-up Last final lost
Telford United 3 1989 2 1988
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Scarborough 3 1977 1 1975
Stevenage Borough 2 2009 2 2010
Macclesfield Town 2 1996 2 2017
York City 2 2017 1 2009
Altrincham 2 1986 1 1982
Stafford Rangers 2 1979 1 1976
Barrow 2 2010 0 –
Grays Athletic 2 2006 0 –
Kingstonian 2 2000 0 –
Wycombe Wanderers 2 1993 0 –
Enfield 2 1988 0 –
Kidderminster Harriers 1 1987 3 2007
Northwich Victoria 1 1984 2 1996
Wrexham 1 2013 1 2015
Canvey Island 1 2001 1 2004
Dagenham 1 1980 1 1977
A.F.C. Fylde 1 2019 0 –
FC Halifax Town 1 2016 0 –
North Ferriby United 1 2015 0 –
Cambridge United 1 2014 0 –
Darlington 1 2011 0 –
Ebbsfleet United 1 2008 0 –
Hednesford Town 1 2004 0 –
Burscough 1 2003 0 –
Yeovil Town 1 2002 0 –
Cheltenham Town 1 1998 0 –
Colchester United 1 1992 0 –
Wealdstone 1 1985 0 –
Bishop's Stortford 1 1981 0 –
Matlock Town 1 1975 0 –
Morecambe 1 1974 0 –
Runcorn 0 – 3 1994
Grimsby Town 0 – 2 2016
Forest Green Rovers 0 – 2 2001
Kettering Town 0 – 2 2000
Leyton Orient 0 – 1 2019
Gosport Borough 0 – 1 2014
Newport County 0 – 1 2012
Mansfield Town 0 – 1 2011
Torquay United 0 – 1 2008
Hucknall Town 0 – 1 2005
Tamworth 0 – 1 2003
Southport 0 – 1 1998
Dagenham & Redbridge 0 – 1 1997
Witton Albion 0 – 1 1992
Leek Town 0 – 1 1990
Burton Albion 0 – 1 1987
Boston United 0 – 1 1985
Bangor City 0 – 1 1984
Sutton United 0 – 1 1981
Mossley 0 – 1 1980
Leatherhead 0 – 1 1978
Dartford 0 – 1 1974
Wigan Athletic 0 – 1 1973
Barnet 0 – 1 1972
Hillingdon Borough 0 – 1 1971
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