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

1996–97 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Woking supporters watching their team win at Wembley in the Final.
Tournament details
Country England &  Wales
Teams177
Final positions
ChampionsWoking
Runner-upDagenham & Redbridge

First qualifying round

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

Ties

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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

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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

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

Second qualifying round

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

Ties

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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

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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

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

Ties

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Ties

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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

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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

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

3rd round

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

Ties

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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

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

2nd replay

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

4th round

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

Ties

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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

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

Semi-finals

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

First leg

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

Second leg

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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

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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

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

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

References

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General

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Specific

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