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
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Guernsey
Wales
Teams276
Final positions
ChampionsCambridge United (1st title)
Runner-upGosport Borough

Calendar

[3][4]

RoundDateMatchesClubsNew entries this roundPrize money
Preliminary round5 October 201364276 → 212128£2,500
First round qualifying19 October 201372212 → 14080£2,700
Second round qualifying2 November 201336140 → 104none£3,250
Third round qualifying16 November 201340104 → 6444£4,000
First round proper30 November 20133264 → 3224£5,000
Second round proper14 December 20131632 → 16none£6,000
Third round proper11 January 2014816 → 8none£7,000
Fourth round proper1 February 201448 → 4none£8,000
Semi-finals15 February and 22 February 201424 → 2none£16,000
Final23 March 201412 → 1noneRunner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000

Preliminary round

Ties will be played on 5 October 2013.[5]

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
33Dunstable Town4–1Erith & Belvedere56
34Tooting & Mitcham United1–2Eastbourne Town126
35Barton Rovers0–3Peacehaven & Telscombe90
36Herne Bay0–0Merstham208
replayMerstham0–2Herne Bay101
37Thurrock2–0Corinthian-Casuals80
38Waltham Abbey2–1Walton & Hersham97
39Uxbridge1–2Heybridge Swifts87
40Potters Bar Town2–0Romford89
41Burgess Hill Town1–1Wroxham160
replayWroxham3–2Burgess Hill Town105
42Tilbury3–0Needham Market89
43AFC Sudbury2–0Worthing241
44Folkestone Invicta6–0Waltham Forest186
45Walton Casuals1–1Crawley Down Gatwick104
replayCrawley Down Gatwick1–0Walton Casuals59
46Horsham4–1Chipstead215
47Hythe Town2–1Aveley162
48Barkingside0–6Guernsey205
49Hastings United3–2Brentwood Town344
50Northwood2–3AFC Hayes59
51Leatherhead4–0Harlow Town196
52Mangotsfield United3–1Thatcham Town109
53Chalfont St Peter1–1Bridgwater Town53
replayBridgwater Town3–3†Chalfont St Peter237
Bridgwater Town advance 5–3 on penalties.
54Fleet Town0–3Clevedon Town67
55Didcot Town1–1Cirencester Town108
replayCirencester Town7–1Didcot Town75
56Merthyr Town0–0Yate Town105
replayYate Town1–2Merthyr Town175
57Swindon Supermarine3–0Taunton Town105
58Guildford City3–4Chertsey Town96
59Tiverton Town1–0Cinderford Town147
60Godalming Town1–2Slough Town300
61Bishop's Cleeve1–4Paulton Rovers93
62Egham Town3–2Ashford Town (Middlesex)83
63Wimborne Town3–5Marlow151
64Shortwood United3–1Beaconsfield SYCOB87

† – After extra time

First round qualifying

Ties will be played on 19 October 2013. Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round.[6]

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
37AFC Sudbury5–0Crawley Down Gatwick181
38Wingate & Finchley2–2Hitchin Town81
replayHitchin Town0–1Wingate & Finchley114
39Hastings United4–2Horsham310
40Hampton & Richmond Borough1–1Bedford Town209
replayBedford Town0–2Hampton & Richmond Borough162
41Folkestone Invicta2–0Kingstonian230
42Leiston0–3Wealdstone184
43North Greenford United2–1Aylesbury57
44Dunstable Town3–2Peacehaven & Telscombe56
45Cray Wanderers1–4Hendon81
46Chatham Town2–0AFC Hayes109
47Wroxham4–9Margate124
48Biggleswade Town0–1Chesham United168
49Grays Athletic1–1Herne Bay154
replayHerne Bay1–2†Grays Athletic170
50Guernsey1–2Billericay Town1,090
51Bury Town2–0Dereham Town217
52Heybridge Swifts1–2Canvey Island174
53Burnham Ramblers0–1Carshalton Athletic92
54Hythe Town3–1Tilbury107
55Hemel Hempstead Town3–2AFC Hornchurch511
56Maldon & Tiptree1–3Maidstone United56
57Dulwich Hamlet2–1Harrow Borough404
58Bognor Regis Town2–1Thurrock341
59Enfield Town2–1Lowestoft Town240
60Aylesbury United0–1Ramsgate210
61Slough Town1–2Merthyr Town216
62Weymouth1–0Bridgwater Town428
63AFC Totton1–2Clevedon Town186
64Tiverton Town3–2Truro City312
65Chippenham Town3–0Chertsey Town224
66Egham Town3–2Cirencester Town48
67Shortwood United0–2Mangotsfield United145
68Hungerford Town4–2Bashley112
69Swindon Supermarine2–3Bideford143
70Frome Town1–1Poole Town224
replayPoole Town3–1†Frome Town245
71Marlow4–1North Leigh109
72Burnham2–1Paulton Rovers92

† – After extra time

Second round qualifying

Ties will be played on 2 November 2013[7]

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
19Arlesey Town3–2Poole Town114
20Ramsgate4–1Three Bridges144
21Enfield Town0–1Grays Athletic260
22Hastings United0–1AFC Sudbury375
23Wingate & Finchley1–1Daventry Town91
replayDaventry Town3–1Wingate & Finchley124
24Wealdstone2–2Maidstone United524
replayMaidstone United1–0Wealdstone944
25Merthyr Town3–2Dunstable Town236
26Hampton & Richmond Borough2–1Metropolitan Police227
27Marlow2–0Burnham201
28Dulwich Hamlet3–0Leatherhead296
29Margate4–1Clevedon Town227
30Bury Town2–1Chatham Town238
31Hemel Hempstead Town9–1North Greenford United350
32Bognor Regis Town4–1Chippenham Town367
33Hendon1–0Bideford154
34Canvey Island0–2East Thurrock United266
35Tiverton Town3–1Mangotsfield United237
36Hythe Town2–2Whitstable Town303
replayWhitstable Town2–1Hythe Town171

† – After extra time

Third round qualifying

Ties will be played on 16 November 2013. This round is the first in which Conference North and South teams join the competition.[8]

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
21Sutton United1–2Havant & Waterlooville374
22Carshalton Athletic1–2Whitstable Town228
23Hayes & Yeading United2–1Bognor Regis Town250
24Tonbridge Angels1–1AFC Sudbury408
replayAFC Sudbury0–1Tonbridge Angels191
25East Thurrock United4–2Merthyr Town163
26Boreham Wood0–1Gloucester City133
27Dover Athletic1–0Bath City483
28Hungerford Town5–0Hemel Hempstead Town137
29Ebbsfleet United4–1Bromley956
30Hendon2–1Oxford City197
31Staines Town2–2Farnborough299
replayFarnborough0–2Staines Town230
32Arlesey Town2–0Marlow149
33Bury Town5–1Grays Athletic305
34Weston Super Mare1–1Tiverton Town385
replayTiverton Town1–2Weston Super Mare245
35Whitehawk2–1Bishop's Stortford107
36Dulwich Hamlet1–1Concord Rangers462
replayConcord Rangers4–3†Dulwich Hamlet156
37Maidstone United1–2Eastleigh1,397
38Eastbourne Borough0–1Maidenhead United384
39Margate0–3Chesham United317
40Gosport Borough3–0Dorchester Town206

† – After extra time

First round

Ties will be played on 30 November 2013. This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.[9]

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
19Salisbury City0–1Cambridge United727
20Hendon1–2Whitstable Town211
21Arlesey Town1–5Whitehawk181
22Tonbridge Angels0–0St Albans City484
replaySt Albans City4–0Tonbridge Angels303
23Gosport Borough1–0Concord Rangers196
24Aldershot Town1–1Weston Super Mare1,084
replayWeston Super Mare2–5Aldershot Town283
25Hungerford Town2–0Chesham United211
26Hayes & Yeading United0–1Barnet302
27Daventry Town0–1Maidenhead United203
28Staines Town0–0Luton Town621
replayLuton Town2–0Staines Town911
29Ebbsfleet United3–0Gloucester City740
30Braintree Town3–0Welling United365
31East Thurrock United1–1Dover Athletic273
replayDover Athletic3–1East Thurrock United295
32Basingstoke Town0–0Havant & Waterlooville354
replayHavant & Waterlooville1–0Basingstoke Town201

† – After extra time

Second round

Ties will be played on 14 December 2013.[10]

† – After extra time

Third round

Ties will be played on 11 January 2014.[11]

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Cambridge United2–2Luton Town3,194
replayLuton Town0–1Cambridge United2,312
2Aldershot Town3–0Guiseley1,632
3Hungerford Town0–1Gosport Borough384
4Eastleigh3–2Dover Athletic368
5Tamworth1–1Chorley1,209
replayChorley2–2†Tamworth1,393
Tamworth advance 6–5 on penalty kicks.
6Lincoln City0–4North Ferriby United2,037
7Grimsby Town2–1Maidenhead United1,623
8Havant & Waterlooville1–0Ebbsfleet United709

† – After extra time

Fourth round

Ties will be played on 1 February 2014.

Tie noHome teamScoreAway teamAttendance
1Havant & Waterlooville4–1Aldershot Town1,125
2Eastleigh0–1Cambridge United757
3North Ferriby United1–2Gosport Borough398
4Grimsby Town4–1Tamworth2,795

† – After extra time

Semi-finals

First leg

Havant & Waterlooville (6)1–1Gosport Borough (6)
Ciardini 59'Sills 47'
Attendance: 1,314
Referee: Lee Collins

Cambridge United (5)2–1Grimsby Town (5)
Bird 20', 53'John-Lewis 90+4'
Attendance: 3,264
Referee: Darren Bond

Second leg

Gosport Borough (6)2–0Havant & Waterlooville (6)
Sills 45', 60'
Privett Park, Gosport
Attendance: 2,901
Referee: Tim Robinson

Grimsby Town (5)1–1Cambridge United (5)
Neilson 42'Bird 8'
Attendance: 3,931
Referee: Tony Harrington

Final

Gosport Borough (6)0–4Cambridge United (5)
ReportBird 39'
Donaldson 50', 60'
Berry 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 18,120
Referee: Craig Pawson

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