# 2005–06 FA Trophy

The 2005–06 FA Trophy was the thirty-sixth season of the FA Trophy.
Grays Athletic defended their trophy, only the fourth time this has been achieved in the competition's history.

## 1st qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Warrington Town | 1-1 | Frickley Athletic |
| 2 | North Ferriby United | 1-1 | Prescot Cables |
| 3 | Rossendale United | 0-1 | Woodley Sports |
| 4 | Guiseley | 3-1 | Chorley |
| 5 | Farsley Celtic | 2-0 | Runcorn F C Halton |
| 6 | Wakefield-Emley | 0-5 | Fleetwood Town |
| 7 | Mossley | 3-2 | Shepshed Dynamo |
| 8 | Witton Albion | 1-1 | A F C Telford United |
| 9 | Bradford Park Avenue | 1-1 | Gateshead |
| 10 | Blyth Spartans | 2-0 | Belper Town |
| 11 | Bamber Bridge | 2-2 | Grantham Town |
| 12 | Burscough | 3-3 | Leek Town |
| 13 | Kidsgrove Athletic | 3-1 | Ashton United |
| 14 | Brigg Town | 0-1 | Matlock Town |
| 15 | Radcliffe Borough | 1-2 | Marine |
| 16 | Clitheroe | 3-1 | Spalding United |
| 17 | Ossett Albion | 0-4 | Kendal Town |
| 18 | Ossett Town | 1-1 | Stocksbridge Park Steels |
| 19 | Lincoln United | 2-1 | Colwyn Bay |
| 20 | Whitby Town | 4-2 | Eastwood Town |
| 21 | Gresley Rovers | 2-2 | Ilkeston Town |
| 22 | Bashley | 0-3 | Mossley |
| 23 | Enfield Town | 3-0 | Berkhamsted Town |
| 24 | Metropolitan Police | 4-1 | Maldon Town |
| 25 | Dover Athletic | 1-1 | Dartford |
| 26 | Barton Rovers | 3-2 | Potters Bar Town |
| 27 | AFC Wimbledon | 1-0 | King's Lynn |
| 28 | Leyton | 1-0 | Arlesey Town |
| 29 | Enfield | 1-2 | Fleet Town |
| 30 | Folkestone Invicta | 1-1 | Whyteleafe |
| 31 | Walton Casuals | 0-1 | Harlow Town |
| 32 | Slough Town | 1-3 | Croydon Athletic |
| 33 | Chelmsford City | 6-0 | Horsham |
| 34 | Waltham Forest | 0-1 | Burgess Hill Town |
| 35 | Kingstonian | 2-2 | Aveley |
| 36 | Northwood | 2-4 | Ramsgate |
| 37 | Sittingbourne | 3-0 | Chatham Town |
| 38 | Staines Town | 2-0 | Wivenhoe Town |
| 39 | Tonbridge Angels | 1-0 | Cheshunt |
| 40 | Leatherhead | 0-1 | East Thurrock United |
| 41 | Braintree Town | 4-2 | Great Wakering Rovers |
| 42 | Rothwell Town | 3-1 | Molesey |
| 43 | Heybridge Swifts | 3-0 | Walton & Hersham |
| 44 | Billericay Town | 1-0 | Wingate & Finchley |
| 45 | Corinthian-Casuals | 1-4 | Stamford |
| 46 | Lymington & New Milton | 0-4 | Worthing |
| 47 | Hastings United | 0-0 | Corby Town |
| 48 | Hampton & Richmond Borough | 0-2 | Newport I O W |
| 49 | Banstead Athletic | 1-2 | Redbridge |
| 50 | Boreham Wood | 1-0 | Ilford |
| 51 | Dulwich Hamlet | 1-1 | Barking & East Ham United |
| 52 | Windsor & Eton | 1-2 | Uxbridge |
| 53 | Tooting & Mitcham United | 1-2 | Wealdstone |
| 54 | Fisher Athletic London | 4-2 | Hendon |
| 55 | Ashford Town (Kent) | 0-2 | Bromley |
| 56 | Team Bath | 0-1 | Hitchin Town |
| 57 | Thame United | 0-5 | Aylesbury United |
| 58 | Halesowen Town | 0-0 | Willenhall Town |
| 59 | Tiverton Town | 0-0 | Mangotsfield United |
| 60 | Cindeford Town | 1-1 | Chippenham Town |
| 61 | Dunstable Town | 2-2 | Bath City |
| 62 | Cirencester Town | 2-0 | Gloucester City |
| 63 | Evesham United | 0-2 | Solihull Borough |
| 64 | Brackley Town | 1-1 | Banbury United |
| 65 | Stourport Swifts | 0-1 | Bedworth United |
| 66 | Paulton Rovers | 1-1 | Salisbury City |
| 67 | Clevedon Town | 2-1 | Taunton Town |
| 68 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 1-1 | Swindon Supermarine |
| 69 | Merthyr Tydfil | 0-3 | Rushall Olympic |
| 70 | Leighton Town | 2-1 | Rugby Town |
| 71 | Bromsgrove Rovers | 3-2 | Beaconsfield S Y C O B |
| 72 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 2-1 | Chesham United |
| 73 | Marlow | 1-2 | Ashford Town (Middx) |
| 74 | Burnham | 2-0 | Yate Town |
| 75 | Bedford Town | 3-0 | Bracknell Town |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Frickley Athletic | 1-1 | Warrington Town |
| | (Warrington Town won 5-4 on penalties) | (Warrington Town won 5-4 on penalties) | (Warrington Town won 5-4 on penalties) |
| 2 | Prescot Cables | 2-2 | North Ferriby United |
| | (Prescot Cables won 4-3 on penalties) | (Prescot Cables won 4-3 on penalties) | (Prescot Cables won 4-3 on penalties) |
| 8 | A F C Telford United | 2-1 | Witton Albion |
| 9 | Gateshead | 4-3 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 11 | Grantham Town | 3-0 | Bamber Bridge |
| 12 | Leek Town | 1-3 | Burscough |
| 18 | Stocksbridge Park Steels | 2-2 | Ossett Town |
| | (Ossett Town won 4-1 on penalties) | (Ossett Town won 4-1 on penalties) | (Ossett Town won 4-1 on penalties) |
| 21 | Ilkeston Town | 2-3 | Gresly Rovers |
| 25 | Dartford | 3-2 | Dover Athletic |
| 30 | Whyteleafe | 1-2 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 35 | Aveley | 0-1 | Kingstonian |
| 47 | Corby Town | 2-0 | Hastings United |
| 51 | Barking & East Ham United | 2-0 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 58 | Willenhall Town | 2-3 | Halesowen Town |
| 59 | Mangotsfield United | 1-2 | Tiverton Town |
| 60 | Chippenham Town | 3-1 | Cinderford Town |
| 61 | Bath City | 5-0 | Dunstable Town |
| 64 | Banbury United | 3-0 | Brackley Town |
| 66 | Salisbury City | 3-1 | Paulton Rovers |
| 68 | Swindon Supermarine | 0-1 | Hemel Hempstead Town |

## 2nd qualifying round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Blyth Spartans | 2-0 | Whitby Town |
| 2 | Gresley Rovers | 1-4 | Mossley |
| 3 | Bishop Auckland | 1-3 | Woodley Sports |
| 4 | Ossett Town | 2-2 | Clitheroe |
| 5 | Burscough | 1-2 | Fleetwood Town |
| 6 | Grantham Town | 2-1 | Lincoln United |
| 7 | Guiseley | 2-2 | Kendal Town |
| 8 | Gateshead | 1-0 | Kidsgrove Athletic |
| | (Gateshead removed for fielding ineligible player) | (Gateshead removed for fielding ineligible player) | (Gateshead removed for fielding ineligible player) |
| 9 | Marine | 2-1 | Matlock Town |
| 10 | A F C Telford United | 1-1 | Goole |
| 11 | Prescot Cables | 1-2 | Farsley Celtic |
| 12 | Bridlington Town | 2-2 | Warrington Town |
| 13 | Harlow Town | 2-1 | Barton Rovers |
| 14 | Boreham Wood | 4-1 | Bromley |
| 15 | Fleet Town | 0-1 | Kingstonian |
| 16 | Barking & East Ham United | 4-1 | Burgess Hill Town |
| 17 | Cray Wanderers | 4-3 | Staines Town |
| 18 | Folkestone Invicta | 5-3 | Wealdstone |
| 19 | Enfield Town | 1-1 | Redbridge |
| 20 | Sittingbourne | 1-0 | Corby Town |
| 21 | Harrow Borough | 4-2 | Metropolitan Police |
| 22 | Margate | 0-1 | Dartford |
| 23 | Tonbridge Angels | 2-1 | Newport I O W |
| 24 | East Thurrock United | 2-1 | Leyton |
| 25 | Croydon Athletic | 2-2 | Rothwell Town |
| 26 | Heybridge Swifts | 2-1 | Billericay Town |
| 27 | Chelmsford City | 0-2 | Braintree Town |
| 28 | Fisher Athletic London | 1-2 | Uxbridge |
| 29 | Worthing | 1-1 | Stamford |
| 30 | Ramsgate | 1-1 | AFC Wimbledon |
| 31 | Salisbury City | 2-1 | Clevedon Town |
| 32 | Hemel Hempstead Town | 2-3 | Chippenham Town |
| 33 | Burnham | 4-5 | Leighton Town |
| 34 | Rushall Olympic | 3-4 | Ashford Town (Middx) |
| 35 | Hitchin Town | 1-2 | Bedford Town |
| 36 | Solihull Borough | 3-1 | Tiverton Town |
| 37 | Halesowen Town | 2-0 | Aylesbury United |
| 38 | Banbury United | 2-2 | Cirencester Town |
| 39 | Bedworth United | 2-5 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
| 40 | Bath City | 2-0 | Bromsgrove Rovers |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 4 | Clitheroe | 1-1 | Ossett Town |
| | (Clitheroe won 5-4 on penalties) | (Clitheroe won 5-4 on penalties) | (Clitheroe won 5-4 on penalties) |
| 7 | Kendal Town | 4-0 | Guiseley |
| 10 | Goole | 0-1 | A F C Telford United |
| 12 | Warrington Town | 1-0 | Bridlington Town |
| 19 | Redbridge | 2-1 | Enfield Town |
| 25 | Rothwell Town | 0-1 | Croydon Athletic |
| 29 | Stamford | 2-0 | Worthing |
| 30 | AFC Wimbledon | 2-1 | Ramsgate |
| 38 | Cirencester Town | 3-4 | Banbury United |

## 3rd qualifying round

The teams from Conference North and Conference South entered in this round.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Leigh R M I | 1-4 | Stafford Rangers |
| 2 | Vauxhall Motors | 2-1 | Mossley |
| 3 | Droylsden | 4-0 | Grantham Town |
| 4 | Worksop Town | 1-1 | A F C Telford United |
| 5 | Fleetwood Town | 1-3 | Alfreton Town |
| 6 | Hucknall Town | 0-0 | Northwich Victoria |
| 7 | Redditch United | 1-1 | Barrow |
| 8 | Lancaster City | 0-0 | Workington |
| 9 | Kettering Town | 1-0 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 10 | Hinckley United | 2-2 | Histon |
| 11 | Farsley Celtic | 3-1 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 12 | Marine | 0-1 | Blyth Spartans |
| 13 | Solihull Borough | 1-0 | Harrogate Town |
| 14 | Warrington Town | 4-0 | Kidsgrove Athletic |
| 15 | Clitheroe | 2-1 | Woodley Sports |
| 16 | Worcester City | 1-0 | Kendal Town |
| 17 | Sutton Coldfield Town | 1-1 | Halesowen Town |
| 18 | Hednesford Town | 1-1 | Moor Green |
| 19 | Hyde United | 1-5 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 20 | Weston-super-Mare | 4-0 | Bedford Town |
| 21 | Dartford | 0-0 | AFC Wimbledon |
| 22 | Lewes | 2-2 | Dorchester Town |
| 23 | Basingstoke Town | 0-2 | Welling United |
| 24 | Eastbourne Borough | 0-3 | Thurrock |
| 25 | Harlow Town | 2-1 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 26 | Ashford Town (Middx) | 2-3 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 27 | Maidenhead United | 2-2 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 28 | Braintree Town | 0-1 | Hayes |
| 29 | Tonbridge Angels | 0-0 | East Thurrock United |
| 30 | Farnborough Town | 2-0 | Banbury United |
| 31 | Barking & East Ham United | 2-1 | Croydon Athletic |
| 32 | Sittingbourne | 1-3 | Cambridge City |
| 33 | Weymouth | 2-1 | Havant & Waterlooville |
| 34 | Uxbridge | 2-2 | Sutton United |
| 35 | Bath City | 1-2 | Yeading |
| 36 | Leighton Town | 1-1 | Eastleigh |
| 37 | Boreham Wood | 3-1 | Stamford |
| 38 | Salisbury City | 3-0 | Newport County |
| 39 | Redbridge | 1-1 | Harrow Borough |
| 40 | Chippenham Town | 0-2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 41 | Cray Wanderers | 1-1 | Kingstonian |
| 42 | Heybridge Swifts | 0-1 | St Albans City |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 4 | A F C Telford United | 1-2 | Worksop Town |
| 6 | Northwich Victoria | 2-1 | Hucknall Town |
| 7 | Barrow | 2-0 | Redditch United |
| 8 | Workington | 1-2 | Lancaster City |
| 10 | Histon | 2-1 | Hinckley United |
| 17 | Halesowen Town | 3-0 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
| 18 | Moor Green | 2-4 | Hednesford Town |
| 21 | AFC Wimbledon | 2-0 | Dartford |
| 22 | Dorchester Town | 3-1 | Lewes |
| 27 | Bishop's Stortford | 2-1 | Maidenhead United |
| 29 | East Thurrock United | 3-0 | Tonbridge Angels |
| 34 | Sutton United | 0-1 | Uxbridge |
| 36 | Eastleigh | 1-2 | Leighton Town |
| 39 | Harrow Borough | 2-3 | Redbridge |
| 41 | Kingstonian | 3-1 | Cray Wanderers |

## 1st round

The teams from Conference National entered in this round.

### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Halesowen Town | 1-2 | Tamworth |
| 2 | York City | 1-2 | Northwich Victoria |
| 3 | Solihull Borough | 2-1 | Hednesford Town |
| 4 | Vauxhall Motors | 0-4 | Morecambe |
| 5 | Halifax Town | 0-0 | Southport |
| 6 | Warrington Town | 1-2 | Blyth Spartans |
| 7 | Burton Albion | 0-1 | Worksop Town |
| 8 | Alfreton Town | 1-1 | Histon |
| 9 | Barrow | 2-1 | Clitheroe |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 2-0 | Altrincham |
| 11 | Kidderminster Harriers | 4-0 | Scarborough |
| 12 | Stafford Rangers | 4-2 | Lancaster City |
| 13 | Stalybridge Celtic | 1-0 | Droylsden |
| 14 | Kettering Town | 2-1 | Farsley Celtic |
| 15 | Yeading | 1-2 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 16 | Salisbury City | 1-0 | Harlow Town |
| 17 | Aldershot Town | 1-1 | Grays Athletic |
| 18 | Weston-super-Mare | 3-2 | Barking & East Ham United |
| 19 | AFC Wimbledon | 2-3 | St Albans City |
| 20 | Stevenage Borough | 0-2 | Crawley Town |
| 21 | Exeter City | 2-1 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 22 | Bognor Regis Town | 1-7 | Hereford United |
| 23 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2-0 | Thurrock |
| 24 | Uxbridge | 1-2 | Woking |
| 25 | Canvey Island | 4-1 | Kingstonian |
| 26 | Boreham Wood | 1-0 | Leighton Town |
| 27 | Worcester City | 1-0 | Hayes |
| 28 | Dorchester Town | 3-2 | Cambridge United |
| 29 | Weymouth | 0-1 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 30 | Farnborough Town | 0-2 | Cambridge City |
| 31 | East Thurrock United | 0-2 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 32 | Welling United | 4-1 | Redbridge |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 5 | Southport | 0-1 | Halifax Town |
| 8 | Histon | 2-1 | Alfreton Town |
| 17 | Grays Athletic | 1-0 | Aldershot Town |

## 2nd round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Canvey Island | 0-1 | Salisbury City |
| 2 | Stalybridge Celtic | 1-0 | Solihull Borough |
| 3 | Halifax Town | 0-1 | Hereford United |
| 4 | Carshalton Athletic | 2-2 | Accrington Stanley |
| 5 | Boreham Wood | 3-1 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 6 | Tamworth | 1-0 | St Albans City |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 3-1 | Dorchester Town |
| 8 | Weston-super-Mare | 1-1 | Worksop Town |
| 9 | Woking | 1-1 | Northwich Victoria |
| 10 | Barrow | 1-2 | Cambridge City |
| 11 | Exeter City | 3-2 | Histon |
| 12 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2-1 | Kettering Town |
| 13 | Blyth Spartans | 1-3 | Welling United |
| 14 | Stafford Rangers | 1-0 | Morecambe |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 3-1 | Worcester City |
| 16 | Kidderminster Harriers | 0-1 | Grays Athletic |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 4 | Accrington Stanley | 2-0 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 8 | Worksop Town | 2-1 | Weston-super-Mare |
| 9 | Northwich Victoria | 1-2 | Woking |

## 3rd round
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Hereford United | 0-1 | Grays Athletic |
| 2 | Stafford Rangers | 2-1 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 3 | Crawley Town | 0-2 | Boreham Wood |
| 4 | Woking | 3-2 | Welling United |
| 5 | Tamworth | 0-0 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 6 | Exeter City | 1-0 | Cambridge City |
| 7 | Accrington Stanley | 1-1 | Worksop Town |
| 8 | Salisbury City | 0-0 | Stalybridge Celtic |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 5 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 3-0 | Tamworth |
| 7 | Worksop Town | 1-1 | Accrington Stanley |
| | (Worksop won 4-2 on penalties) | (Worksop won 4-2 on penalties) | (Worksop won 4-2 on penalties) |
| 8 | Stalybridge Celtic | 0-1 | Salisbury City |

## Quarter finals
### Ties

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Exeter City | 3-1 | Salisbury City |
| 2 | Worksop Town | 0-1 | Boreham Wood |
| 3 | Woking | 1-1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 4 | Grays Athletic | 1-1 | Dagenham & Redbridge |

### Replays

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 3 | Stafford Rangers | 2-4 | Woking |
| 4 | Dagenham & Redbridge | 2-4 | Grays Athletic |

## Semi finals
### First leg

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| 1 | Boreham Wood | 0-1 | Woking |
| 2 | Exeter City | 2-1 | Grays Athletic |

### Second leg

| Tie | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Aggregate |
| 1 | Grays Athletic | 2-0 | Exeter City | 3-2 |
| 2 | Woking | 2-0 | Boreham Wood | 3-0 |

## Final

GRAYS ATHLETIC: :
| GK | 1 | Ashley Bayes |
| RB | 2 | Andy Sambrook |
| CB | 4 | Jamie Stuart |
| CB | 26 | Christian Hanson |
| LB | 3 | John Nutter |
| RM | 14 | Michael Kightly | 90' |
| CM | 6 | Stuart Thurgood (c) |
| CM | 10 | John Martin |
| LM | 23 | Glenn Poole |
| CF | 7 | Dennis Oli |
| CF | 11 | Aaron McLean |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Nicky Eyre |
| DF | 20 | Cameron Mawer |
| MF | 19 | Ade Olayinka |
| MF | 12 | Tom Williamson | 90' |
| FW | 8 | Gary Hooper |
| Manager: |||
| Mark Stimson ||||
WOKING: :
| GK | ? | Shwan Jalal |
| DF | ? | Tom Hutchinson | |
| DF | ? | Simon Jackson |
| DF | ? | Stuart Nethercott | | 60' |
| DF | ? | Gary MacDonald |
| MF | ? | Karl Murray | |
| MF | ? | Neil Smith | | 60' |
| MF | ? | Stephen Evans | | 83' |
| MF | ? | Steven Ferguson | | |
| CF | ? | Justin Richards | | |
| CF | ? | Craig McAllister | |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | ? | Clint Davies |
| DF | ? | Karim El-Salahi |
| DF | ? | Paul Watson | ?' | 60' |
| MF | ? | Liam Cockerill | | 60' |
| FW | ? | Lloyd Blackman | | 83' |
| Manager: |||
| Glenn Cockerill ||||
* Man of the Match:
* Michael Kightly
* Assistant referees:
* Gavin Ward (Kent)
* Trevor Massey (Manchester)
* Fourth official:
* Keith Stroud (Hampshire)