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]
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Tournament details | |
Country | England Guernsey Wales |
Teams | 276 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cambridge United (1st title) |
Runner-up | Gosport Borough |
Calendar
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money |
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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
Ties will be played on 5 October 2013.[5]
† – 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]
† – After extra time
Second round qualifying
Ties will be played on 2 November 2013[7]
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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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
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 no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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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
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 no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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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
Ties will be played on 14 December 2013.[10]
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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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
Ties will be played on 11 January 2014.[11]
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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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
Ties will be played on 1 February 2014.
Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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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
Havant & Waterlooville (6) | 1–1 | Gosport Borough (6) |
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Ciardini ![]() | Sills![]() |
Cambridge United (5) | 2–1 | Grimsby Town (5) |
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Bird![]() | John-Lewis![]() |
Second leg
Gosport Borough (6) | 2–0 | Havant & Waterlooville (6) |
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Sills ![]() |
Grimsby Town (5) | 1–1 | Cambridge United (5) |
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Neilson ![]() | Bird ![]() |
Final
Gosport Borough (6) | 0–4 | Cambridge United (5) |
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Report | Bird ![]() Donaldson ![]() Berry ![]() |