# 1996–97 FA Trophy

The 1996–97 FA Trophy was the twenty-eighth season of the FA Trophy.

## First qualifying round

The matches (not including replays) were played on October 19, 1996.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Abingdon Town | 0–2 | Evesham United |
| 2 | Alfreton Town | 4–4 | Bilston Town |
| 3 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 4–1 | Hitchin Town |
| 4 | Atherstone United | 0–2 | Whitley Bay |
| 5 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers | 1–1 | Moor Green |
| 6 | Baldock Town | 3–2 | Stourbridge |
| 7 | Bedworth United | 0–0 | Gretna |
| 8 | Billericay Town | 3–0 | Berkhamsted Town |
| 9 | Bishop's Stortford | 3–0 | Croydon |
| 10 | Bromley | 1–0 | Uxbridge |
| 11 | Buckingham Town | 0–1 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 12 | Buxton | 2–1 | VS Rugby |
| 13 | Canvey Island | 0–1 | Heybridge Swifts |
| 14 | Chesham United | 1–1 | Walton & Hersham |
| 15 | Cinderford Town | 2–3 | Havant Town |
| 16 | Cirencester Town | 2–2 | Cambridge City |
| 17 | Dorchester Town | 1–0 | Waterlooville |
| 18 | Droylsden | 1–1 | Leigh RMI |
| 19 | Fareham Town | 2–2 | Weymouth |
| 20 | Fisher Athletic | 2–2 | Molesey |
| 21 | Grantham Town | 1–0 | Leek Town |
| 22 | Gravesend & Northfleet | 2–2 | St. Leonards Stamcroft |
| 23 | Grays Athletic | 2–1 | Bashley |
| 24 | Hampton | 4–1 | Trowbridge Town |
| 25 | Harrogate Town | 2–3 | Knowsley United |
| 26 | Hendon | 1–1 | Thame United |
| 27 | Hinckley Town | 0–2 | Worksop Town |
| 28 | Maidenhead United | 4–2 | Corby Town |
| 29 | Margate | 1–2 | Aldershot Town |
| 30 | Marlow | 1–1 | Witney Town |
| 31 | Matlock Town | 1–4 | Winsford United |
| 32 | Netherfield | 2–3 | Farsley Celtic |
| 33 | Newport (IOW) | 3–3 | Leyton Pennant |
| 34 | Nuneaton Borough | 0–3 | Congleton Town |
| 35 | Paget Rangers | 0–1 | Eastwood Town |
| 36 | Racing Club Warwick | 1–2 | Frickley Athletic |
| 37 | Raunds Town | 4–1 | Barton Rovers |
| 38 | Sittingbourne | 3–2 | Fleet Town |
| 39 | Solihull Borough | w/o–scr | Leicester United |
| 40 | Stafford Rangers | 1–2 | Curzon Ashton |
| 41 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 1–0 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
| 42 | Tamworth | 2–2 | Great Harwood Town |
| 43 | Tonbridge Angels | 0–2 | Aylesbury United |
| 44 | Warrington Town | 0–2 | Lancaster City |
| 45 | Weston-super-Mare | 2–0 | Worthing |
| 46 | Whyteleafe | 0–1 | Yeading |
| 47 | Witton Albion | 3–3 | Workington |
| 48 | Wokingham Town | 1–0 | Erith & Belvedere |
| 49 | Yate Town | 1–3 | King's Lynn |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 2 | Bilston Town | 4–1 | Alfreton Town |
| 5 | Moor Green | 6–1 | Atherton Laburnum Rovers |
| 7 | Gretna | 1–4 | Bedworth United |
| 14 | Walton & Hersham | 1–3 | Chesham United |
| 16 | Cambridge City | 6–5 | Cirencester Town |
| 18 | Leigh RMI | 1–3 | Droylsden |
| 19 | Weymouth | 7–0 | Fareham Town |
| 20 | Molesey | 1–2 | Fisher Athletic |
| 22 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 4–3 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 26 | Thame United | 1–1 | Hendon |
| 30 | Witney Town | 2–1 | Marlow |
| 33 | Leyton Pennant | 2–1 | Newport (IOW) |
| 42 | Great Harwood Town | 1–0 | Tamworth |
| 47 | Workington | 1–0 | Witton Albion |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 26 | Thame United | 0–3 | Hendon |

## Second qualifying round

The matches (no including replays) were played on November 9, 1996.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Aldershot Town | 3–0 | Chesham United |
| 2 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 6–1 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 3 | Aylesbury United | 1–1 | Sittingbourne |
| 4 | Baldock Town | 0–1 | Evesham United |
| 5 | Billericay Town | 0–4 | Dorchester Town |
| 6 | Bilston Town | 4–0 | Great Harwood Town |
| 7 | Buxton | 1–0 | Eastwood Town |
| 8 | Chertsey Town | 1–1 | Yeading |
| 9 | Congleton Town | 1–3 | Solihull Borough |
| 10 | Curzon Ashton | 0–2 | Bedworth United |
| 11 | Dartford | 1–1 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 12 | Farsley Celtic | 1–1 | Worksop Town |
| 13 | Fisher Athletic | 3–2 | Havant Town |
| 14 | Forest Green Rovers | 1–2 | Cambridge City |
| 15 | Grantham Town | 2–1 | Winsford United |
| 16 | Hampton | 0–1 | St. Leonards Stamcroft |
| 17 | Hendon | 1–3 | Sutton United |
| 18 | Heybridge Swifts | 2–1 | Grays Athletic |
| 19 | Knowsley United | 3–2 | Flixton |
| 20 | Lancaster City | 2–0 | Droylsden |
| 21 | Lincoln United | 3–4 | Frickley Athletic |
| 22 | Maidenhead United | 1–3 | Bromley |
| 23 | Moor Green | 2–1 | Ilkeston Town |
| 24 | Oxford City | 1–6 | Basingstoke Town |
| 25 | Salisbury City | 1–0 | Witney Town |
| 26 | Staines Town | 0–1 | King's Lynn |
| 27 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 2–2 | Shepshed Dynamo |
| 28 | Weston-super-Mare | 1–3 | Raunds Town |
| 29 | Weymouth | 4–1 | Cleveden Town |
| 30 | Whitley Bay | 0–1 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 31 | Wokingham Town | 2–0 | Leyton Pennant |
| 32 | Workington | 1–0 | Redditch United |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 3 | Sittingbourne | 2–1 | Aylesbury United |
| 8 | Yeading | 3–1 | Chertsey Town |
| 11 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 2–3 | Dartford |
| 12 | Worksop Town | 2–1 | Farsley Celtic |
| 27 | Shepshed Dynamo | 0–1 | Stocksbridge Park Steels |

## Third qualifying round

The matches (not including replays) were played on November 30, 1996.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Aldershot Town | 1–3 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 2 | Ashton United | 1–0 | Burton Albion |
| 3 | Basingstoke Town | 0–1 | Hastings Town |
| 4 | Bedworth United | 2–0 | Accrington Stanley |
| 5 | Bishop Auckland | 2–1 | Stocksbridge Park Steels |
| 6 | Blyth Spartans | 7–3 | Bilston Town |
| 7 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1–1 | Barrow |
| 8 | Bromley | 1–1 | Worcester City |
| 9 | Buxton | 1–1 | Grantham Town |
| 10 | Cambridge City | 1–1 | Newport |
| 11 | Carshalton Athletic | 0–3 | Heybridge Swifts |
| 12 | Colwyn Bay | 1–0 | Frickley Athletic |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 0–2 | Chelmsford City |
| 14 | Dartford | 0–0 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 15 | Fisher Athletic | 1–2 | Wokingham Town |
| 16 | Gloucester City | 3–1 | Kingstonian |
| 17 | Harrow Borough | 2–2 | Salisbury City |
| 18 | Knowsley United | 2–2 | Emley |
| 19 | Marine | 0–1 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 20 | Moor Green | 6–1 | Dudley Town |
| 21 | Raunds Town | 4–2 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 22 | Rothwell Town | 1–7 | Workington |
| 23 | Runcorn | 2–1 | Solihull Borough |
| 24 | Sittingbourne | 0–0 | Yeading |
| 25 | Spennymoor United | 1–0 | Radcliffe Borough |
| 26 | St Albans City | 3–1 | King's Lynn |
| 27 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 6–0 | Purfleet |
| 28 | Sudbury Town | 2–3 | Cheltenham Town |
| 29 | Sutton United | 0–2 | Dorchester Town |
| 30 | Weymouth | 2–0 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 31 | Worksop Town | 0–0 | Lancaster City |
| 32 | Yeovil Town | 2–0 | Evesham United |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 7 | Barrow | 0–1 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 8 | Worcester City | 3–0 | Bromley |
| 9 | Grantham Town | 2–1 | Buxton |
| 10 | Newport | 4–1 | Cambridge City |
| 14 | Dulwich Hamlet | 3–1 | Dartford |
| 17 | Salisbury City | 2–1 | Harrow Borough |
| 18 | Emley | 5–2 | Knowsley United |
| 24 | Yeading | 3–1 | Sittingbourne |
| 31 | Lancaster City | 4–2 | Worksop Town |

## 1st round

The teams that given byes to this round are Macclesfield Town, Stevenage Borough, Woking, Hednesford Town, Gateshead, Southport, Kidderminster Harriers, Northwich Victoria, Morecambe, Farnborough Town, Bromsgrove Rovers, Altrincham, Telford United, Stalybridge Celtic, Halifax Town, Kettering Town, Slough Town, Bath City, Welling United, Dover Athletic, Rushden & Diamonds, Hayes, Methyr Tydfil, Guiseley, Enfield, Hyde United, Halesowen Town, Gresley Rovers, Bamber Bridge, Boston United, Chorley and Boreham Wood.
The matches (not including replays) were played on January 18, 1997.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Ashton United | 5–3 | Moor Green |
| 2 | Bath City | 1–1 | Stevenage Borough |
| 3 | Blyth Spartans | 1–1 | Grantham Town |
| 4 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 2–1 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 1–2 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 6 | Colwyn Bay | 6–0 | Lancaster City |
| 7 | Dover Athletic | 0–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 8 | Emley | 2–1 | Boston United |
| 9 | Enfield | 1–3 | Boreham Wood |
| 10 | Gainsborough Trinity | 1–3 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 11 | Gateshead | 1–2 | Runcorn |
| 12 | Gresley Rovers | 3–3 | Altrincham |
| 13 | Guiseley | 2–1 | Telford United |
| 14 | Hastings Town | 1–3 | Salisbury City |
| 15 | Hyde United | 4–2 | Bedworth United |
| 16 | Kettering Town | 0–1 | Chelmsford City |
| 17 | Kidderminster Harriers | 3–0 | Macclesfield Town |
| 18 | Morecambe | 3–1 | Chorley |
| 19 | Northwich Victoria | 3–1 | Hednesford Town |
| 20 | Raunds Town | 0–1 | Welling United |
| 21 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1–2 | Farnborough Town |
| 22 | Slough Town | 2–2 | Dorchester Town |
| 23 | Southport | 0–0 | Halesowen Town |
| 24 | Spennymoor United | 0–2 | Bishop Auckland |
| 25 | St Albans City | 2–0 | Weymouth |
| 26 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 1–0 | Newport |
| 27 | Stalybridge Celtic | 0–1 | Halifax Town |
| 28 | Wokingham Town | 0–1 | Woking |
| 29 | Worcester City | 1–2 | Heybridge Swifts |
| 30 | Workington | 2–5 | Bamber Bridge |
| 31 | Yeading | 0–3 | Gloucester City |
| 32 | Yeovil Town | 2–2 | Hayes |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 2 | Stevenage Borough | 6–1 | Bath City |
| 3 | Grantham Town | 1–1 | Blyth Spartans |
| 12 | Altrincham | 1–0 | Gresley Rovers |
| 22 | Dorchester Town | 1–1 | Slough Town |
| 23 | Halesowen Town | 0–2 | Southport |
| 32 | Hayes | 2–2 | Yeovil Town |

### 2nd replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 2 | Grantham Town | 3–1 | Blyth Spartans |
| 22 | Slough Town | 1–2 | Dorchester Town |
| 32 | Yeovil Town | 1–2 | Hayes |

## 2nd round

The matches (not including replays) were played on February 8, 1997.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Ashton United | 3–1 | Bamber Bridge |
| 2 | Bishop Auckland | 3–2 | Northwich Victoria |
| 3 | Boreham Wood | 0–1 | Stevenage Borough |
| 4 | Bradford Park Avenue | 0–1 | Morecambe |
| 5 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 1–1 | Hyde United |
| 6 | Colwyn Bay | 2–0 | Southport |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–1 | Chelmsford City |
| 8 | Farnborough Town | 0–2 | Altrincham |
| 9 | Gloucester City | 3–0 | Halifax Town |
| 10 | Grantham Town | 0–1 | Heybridge Swifts |
| 11 | Hayes | 1–2 | Runcorn |
| 12 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0–0 | Emley |
| 13 | Salisbury City | 1–1 | Dorchester Town |
| 14 | St Albans City | 1–1 | Woking |
| 15 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 2–1 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 16 | Welling United | 1–1 | Guiseley |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 5 | Hyde United | 2–2 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 12 | Emley | 1–5 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 13 | Dorchester Town | 3–2 | Salisbury City |
| 14 | Woking | 3–1 | St Albans City |
| 16 | Guiseley | 1–0 | Welling United |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 5 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 0–2 | Hyde United |

## 3rd round

The matches (not including replays) were played on March 1, 1997.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Altrincham | 0–1 | Bishop Auckland |
| 2 | Ashton United | 2–0 | Hyde United |
| 3 | Colwyn Bay | 2–2 | St. Leonards Stamcroft |
| 4 | Dorchester Town | 2–3 | Woking |
| 5 | Gloucester City | 3–1 | Runcorn |
| 6 | Heybridge Swifts | 3–0 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 7 | Morecambe | 0–0 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 8 | Stevenage Borough | 1–0 | Guiseley |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 3 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 0–0 | Colwyn Bay |
| 7 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–1 | Morecambe |

### 2nd replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 3 | St. Leonards Stamcroft | 1–2 | Colwyn Bay |

## 4th round

The matches (not including replays) were played on March 22, 1997.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Bishop Auckland | 0–0 | Gloucester City |
| 2 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 1–0 | Ashton United |
| 3 | Heybridge Swifts | 0–1 | Woking |
| 4 | Stevenage Borough | 2–0 | Colwyn Bay |

### Replay

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Gloucester City | 4–3 | Bishop Auckland |

## Semi-finals

The first legs were played on April 5, 1997, and the second legs were played on April 12, 1997.

### First leg

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–0 | Gloucester City |
| 2 | Woking | 1–0 | Stevenage Borough |

### Second leg

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Aggregate |
| 1 | Gloucester City | 2–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–2 |
| 2 | Stevenage Borough | 2–1 | Woking | 2–2 |

### Replays

Both replays were held on neutral grounds: the replay between Dagenham & Redbridge and Gloucester City was held at Slough Town, while the one between Stevenage Borough and Woking was at Vicarage Road, home to Watford.
| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2–1 | Gloucester City |
| 2 | Stevenage Borough | 1–2 | Woking |

## Final

The match was played on May 18, 1997, at Wembley Stadium.

### Tie

| Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–1 | Woking |