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1972–73 FA Trophy

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1972–73 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams200
Final positions
ChampionsScarborough (1st title)
Runner-upWigan Athletic

The 1972–73 FA Trophy was the fourth season of the FA Trophy.

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bedworth United 4-0 Warley
2 Bury Town 4-2 Ely City
3 Deal Town 0-3 Sittingbourne
4 Heanor Town 3-3 Worksop Town
5 Lye Town 3-3 Hinckley Athletic
6 Portmadoc 0-4 New Brighton
7 Stamford 0-1 Wisbech Town
8 Wealdstone 1-0 Waterlooville

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
4 Worksop Town 4-0 Heanor Town
5 Hinckley Athletic 2-2 Lye Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Lye Town 2-4 Hinckley Athletic

First qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
2 Alfreton Town 5-1 Clifton All Whites
3 Andover 2-4 Wealdstone
4 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-1 Folkestone
5 Bacup Borough 2-0 Leyland Motors
6 Barton Town 5-1 Woolley Miners Welfare
7 Basingstoke Town 2-3 Winchester City
8 Bedworth United 3-1 Halesowen Town
9 Belper Town 0-0 Eastwood Town
10 Bethesda Athletic 5-5 Holyhead Town
11 Bletchley 4-0 Dunstable
12 Bodmin Town 1-4 Falmouth Town
13 Bridgend Town 1-2 Taunton Town
14 Bridport 1-0 Glastonbury
15 Brierley Hill Alliance 1-0 Lower Gornal Alliance
16 Bury Town 2-1 Holbeach United
17 Canterbury City 1-0 Ramsgate Athletic
18 Cheltenham Town 2-1 Cowes
19 Cinderford Town 0-1 Bath City
20 Clitheroe 2-2 Horden Colliery Welfare
21 Congleton Town 1-0 Glossop
22 Crawley Town 3-2 Metropolitan Police
23 Darlaston 3-1 Hinckley Athletic
24 Desborough Town 2-3 Bourne Town
25 Droylsden 1-2 Ashton United
26 Ellesmere Port Town 1-1 Runcorn
27 Frickley Colliery 0-3 Worksop Town
28 Frome Town 0-1 Llanelli
29 Gateshead{1} 1-2 Darwen
30 Gravesend & Northfleet 4-1 Sittingbourne
31 Gresley Rovers 0-0 Atherstone Town
32 Hatfield Town 3-1 Whitstable Town
33 Hednesford 0-3 Dudley Town
34 Horwich R M I 2-1 Formby
35 Hyde United 4-3 New Mills{1}
36 Leek Town 4-1 Oswestry Town
37 Long Eaton United 1-2 Enderby Town
38 Louth United 1-2 Bridlington Trinity
39 March Town United 4-1 Lowestoft Town
40 Mexborough Town 3-1 Sutton Town
41 Nantwich Town 0-1 Sandbach Ramblers
42 Nelson 0-6 Rossendale United
43 Netherfield 4-0 Fleetwood
44 Potton United 3-0 Biggleswade Town
45 Radcliffe Borough 5-1 Stalybridge Celtic
46 Redditch United 3-0 Lockheed Leamington
47 Retford Town 4-3 Hatfield Main
48 Rhyl 0-0 Blaenau Ffestiniog
49 Rugby Town 6-1 Loughborough United
50 Rushden Town 0-1 Maidstone United
51 Salisbury 1-0 Guildford City
52 Sheppey United 1-2 Chatham Town
53 Skegness Town 2-2 Wisbech Town
54 Skelmersdale United 4-0 Connah's Quay Nomads
55 Soham Town Rangers 2-3 Histon
56 Spalding United 0-2 Boston
57 St Helens Town 0-0 New Brighton
58 Stevenage Athletic 2-0 St Neots Town
59 Ton Pentre 2-3 Barry Town
60 Trowbridge Town 2-0 Gloucester City
61 Wadebridge Town 4-2 St Blazey
62 Welton Rovers 4-2 Barnstaple Town
63 Weston-super-Mare 2-2 Ferndale Athletic
64 Winterton Rangers 1-1 Brigg Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Boldon Colliery Welfare 1-4 Accrington Stanley
9 Eastwood Town 3-0 Belper Town
10 Holyhead Hotspur 2-1 Bethesda Athletic
20 Horden Colliery Welfare 5-1 Clitheroe
26 Runcorn 4-0 Ellesmere Port Town
31 Atherstone Town 1-2 Gresley Rovers
48 Blaenau Ffestiniog 3-1 Rhyl
53 Wisbech Town 2-1 Skegness Town
57 New Brighton 1-1 St Helens Town
63 Ferndale Athletic 4-2 Weston-super-Mare
64 Brigg Town 2-0 Winterton Rangers

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
57 St Helens Town 1-2 New Brighton

Second qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-0 Hatfield Town
2 Ashton United 3-2 Rossendale United
3 Bacup Borough 2-4 Accrington Stanley
4 Barry Town 1-0 Falmouth Town
5 Barton Town 2-0 Bridlington Trinity
6 Bath City 3-2 Crawley Town
7 Bedworth United 1-1 Leek Town
8 Bletchley 1-1 Salisbury
9 Boston 2-0 Wisbech Town
10 Bridport 0-2 Llanelli
11 Brigg Town 0-1 Alfreton Town
12 Bury Town 1-2 Enderby Town
13 Chatham Town 0-2 Gravesend & Northfleet
14 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Trowbridge Town
15 Darwen 1-1 Horden Colliery Welfare
16 Dudley Town 1-2 Darlaston
17 Eastwood Town 1-3 Mexborough Town
18 Gresley Rovers 1-3 Brierley Hill Alliance
19 Histon 2-3 Bourne Town
20 Holyhead Town 0-1 Skelmersdale Town
21 Horwich R M I 1-0 Congleton Town
22 Hyde United 1-2 Blaenau Ffestiniog
23 Maidstone United 2-0 Stevenage Athletic
24 Netherfield 0-1 Radcliffe Borough
25 Potton United 1-0 Canterbury City
26 Retford Town 1-3 Worksop Town
27 Rugby Town 6-0 March Town United
28 Runcorn 0-3 New Brighton
29 Sandbach Ramblers 0-0 Redditch United
30 Taunton Town 3-1 Ferndale Athletic
31 Wadebridge Town 2-3 Welton Rovers
32 Winchester City 0-2 Wealdstone

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
7 Leek Town 1-0 Bedworth United
8 Salisbury 0-2 Bletchley
15 Horden Colliery Welfare 4-1 Darwen
29 Redditch United 0-1 Sandbach Ramblers

Third qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Accrington Stanley 1-0 Blaenau Ffestiniog
2 Altrincham 4-3 Leek Town
3 Arnold 2-4 Mexborough Town
4 Ashton United 1-1 Radcliffe Borough
5 Banbury United 3-1 Wealdstone
6 Barton Town 2-2 Horden Colliery Welfare
7 Boston 1-3 Rugby Town
8 Boston United 1-0 Cambridge City
9 Bourne Town 2-1 Wellingborough Town
10 Bradford Park Avenue 7-0 Alfreton Town
11 Bridgwater Town 2-1 Minehead
12 Brierley Hill Alliance 1-4 Bath City
13 Cheltenham Town 1-0 Bletchley
14 Corby Town 0-1 Ashford Town (Kent)
15 Denaby United 2-1 Goole Town
16 Gainsborough Trinity 4-1 Stockton
17 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-1 Enderby Town
18 Horwich R M I 1-1 Sandbach Ramblers
19 King's Lynn 2-1 Tonbridge
20 Lancaster City 4-0 Darlaston
21 Llanelli 1-0 Dorchester Town
22 Maidstone United 2-1 Kettering Town
23 Margate 2-3 Nuneaton Borough
24 Merthyr Tydfil 3-0 Welton Rovers
25 New Brighton 0-2 Morecambe
26 Northwich Victoria 1-4 Great Harwood
27 Poole Town 1-4 Bideford
28 Potton United 0-2 Bexley United
29 Skelmersdale United 2-1 Winsford United
30 Taunton Town 2-1 Barry Town
31 Witton Albion 1-0 Bilston
32 Worksop Town 2-0 South Shields

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
4 Radcliffe Borough 3-1 Ashton United
6 Horden Colliery Welfare 3-2 Barton Town
18 Sandbach Ramblers 4-0 Horwich R M I

1st round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Stafford Rangers, Barrow, Telford United, Macclesfield Town, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Yeovil Town, Wigan Athletic, Bangor City, Mossley, Kidderminster Harriers, Bromsgrove Rovers, Burscough, Chelmsford City, Barnet, Grantham, Buxton, Burton Albion, Bedford Town, Dover, Scarborough, Matlock Town, Tamworth, Hastings United, Stourbridge, Dartford, South Liverpool, Chorley and Ilkeston Town.

Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Accrington Stanley 0-2 Grantham
2 Bangor City 5-1 Great Harwood
3 Barrow 2-1 Radcliffe Borough
4 Bedford Town 2-0 Bath City
5 Bexley United 2-0 Boston United
6 Bideford 0-1 Romford
7 Bourne Town 2-5 Bridgwater Town
8 Bradford Park Avenue 2-0 Ilkeston Town
9 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-2 Ashford Town (Kent)
10 Cheltenham Town 1-2 Dover
11 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-4 Hillingdon Borough
12 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-2 Buxton
13 Lancaster City 3-1 Chorley
14 Maidstone United 1-0 Dartford
15 Merthyr Tydfil 1-0 Hastings United
16 Mexborough Town 2-1 Worksop Town
17 Mossley 0-1 Morecambe
18 Nuneaton Borough 0-0 Barnet
19 Sandbach Ramblers 3-1 Burscough
20 Scarborough 3-1 Macclesfield Town
21 Skelmersdale United 3-1 Matlock Town
22 South Liverpool 3-2 Gainsborough Trinity
23 Stafford Rangers 1-0 Denaby United
24 Stourbridge 2-1 Llanelli
25 Tamworth 2-3 Witton Albion
26 Taunton Town 1-1 Chelmsford City
27 Telford United 2-2 Altrincham
28 Weymouth 3-0 Kidderminster Harriers
29 Wigan Athletic 5-0 Burton Albion
30 Wimbledon 1-1 Banbury United
31 Worcester City 1-0 King's Lynn
32 Yeovil Town 2-3 Rugby Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
9 Ashford Town (Kent) 2-1 Bromsgrove Rovers
18 Barnet 2-2 Nuneaton Borough
26 Chelmsford City 4-0 Taunton Town
27 Altrincham 2-0 Telford United
30 Banbury United 0-1 Wimbledon

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
18 Nuneaton Borough 5-0 Barnet

2nd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashford Town (Kent) 1-0 Worcester City
2 Bangor City 2-1 Lancaster City
3 Barrow 0-0 Stafford Rangers
4 Bedford Town 2-1 Dover
5 Bexley United 1-0 Merthyr Tydfil
6 Buxton 2-0 Altrincham
7 Chelmsford City 3-0 Weymouth
8 Maidstone United 1-1 Bridgwater Town
9 Mexborough Town 3-0 Grantham
10 Morecambe 3-1 Bradford Park Avenue
11 Nuneaton Borough 2-3 Wimbledon
12 Rugby Town 1-1 Romford{2}
13 Sandbach Ramblers 0-3 Scarborough
14 Stourbridge 3-0 Hillingdon Borough
15 Wigan Athletic 2-0 South Liverpool
16 Witton Albion 1-1 Skelmersdale United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Stafford Rangers 4-1 Barrow
8 Bridgwater Town 2-0 Maidstone United
12 Romford{2} 1-0 Rugby Town
16 Skelmersdale United 0-1 Witton Albion

3rd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashford Town (Kent) 0-0 Bexley United
2 Bangor City 1-0 Buxton
3 Bedford Town 3-1 Wimbledon
4 Mexborough Town 1-3 Scarborough
5 Stafford Rangers 2-0 Bridgwater Town
6 Stourbridge 1-1 Morecambe
7 Wigan Athletic 2-0 Romford{2}
8 Witton Albion 2-4 Chelmsford City

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bexley United 1-2 Ashford Town (Kent)
6 Morecambe 3-1 Stourbridge

4th round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bangor City 2-3 Ashford Town (Kent)
2 Morecambe 1-1 Wigan Athletic
3 Scarborough 2-0 Chelmsford City
4 Stafford Rangers 4-1 Bedford Town

Replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Wigan Athletic 0-0 Morecambe

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Wigan Athletic 1-0 Morecambe

Semi finals

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashford Town (Kent) 0-1 Scarborough
2 Wigan Athletic 0-0 Stafford Rangers

Replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Wigan Athletic 1-0 Stafford Rangers

Final

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Home Team Score Away Team
Scarborough 2-1 Wigan Athletic

References

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General

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