The 1975–76 FA Trophy was the seventh season of the FA Trophy. The Final took place on 24 April 1976 with Scarborough beating Stafford Rangers 3-2 after extra time. The referee was Ron Challis of Tonbridge.[1]

1975-76 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country England &  Wales
Teams273
Final positions
ChampionsScarborough
Runner-upStafford Rangers
← 1974-75
1976-77 →

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 2-2 Darwen
2 Alvechurch 0-1 Paulton Rovers
3 Annfield Plain 2-2 West Auckland Town
4 Bacup Borough 0-2 Consett
5 Barking 0-0 Milton Keynes City
6 Barry Town 5-1 Llanelli
7 Basingstoke Town 5-5 Kingstonian
8 Bideford 0-2 Barnstaple Town
9 Biggleswade Town 0-10 Tilbury
10 Blackpool Mechanics 4-0 Eastwood Hanley
11 Bognor Regis Town 0-3 Horsham
12 Boreham Wood 0-0 Clapton
13 Boston 1-2 A P Leamington
14 Bridlington Trinity 2-0 Accrington Stanley
15 Bromley 1-2 Guildford & Dorking United
16 Carshalton Athletic 1-1 Sittingbourne
17 Chippenham Town 2-5 Darlaston
18 Clitheroe 0-1 Nelson
19 Corby Town 1-0 Long Eaton United
20 Corinthian Casuals 1-1 Crawley Town
21 Crook Town 1-0 Ferryhill Athletic
22 Croydon 2-0 Erith & Belvedere
23 Denaby United 1-2 Ashton United
24 Devizes Town 1-1 Southall & Ealing Borough
25 Droylsden 0-2 Retford Town
26 Dudley Town 1-1 Redditch United
27 Eastwood Town 3-1 Congleton Town
28 Ely City 2-0 Bury Town
29 Emley 4-2 Shildon
30 Enderby Town 2-0 Armitage
31 Evenwood Town 3-1 Billingham Synthonia
32 Falmouth Town 4-0 Glastonbury
33 Formby 0-1 Nantwich Town
34 Frickley Colliery 2-4 Hatfield Main
35 Gloucester City 1-1 Everwarm
36 Grays Athletic 2-1 Ware
37 Hampton 0-1 Frome Town
38 Harlow Town 0-5 Letchworth Town
39 Harrow Borough 1-3 Hayes
40 Hertford Town 1-0 Ruislip Manor
41 Histon 0-3 Lowestoft Town
42 Horden Colliery Welfare 2-2 Thackley
43 Horwich R M I 2-1 Middlewich Athletic
44 Hounslow 0-0 Chesham United
45 Hyde United 1-1 Bethesda Athletic
46 Kimberley Town 1-0 Heanor Town
47 Leek Town 0-0 Prestwich Heys
48 Lewes 0-0 Redhill
49 Louth United 1-1 Sutton Coldfield Town
50 Lye Town 1-0 Weston super Mare
51 Maidenhead United 0-2 Fareham Town
52 Mangotsfield United 0-1 Welton Rovers
53 Metropolitan Police 1-0 Waterlooville
54 Moor Green 0-1 Bedworth United
55 New Brighton 0-0 Stalybridge Celtic
56 Oldbury United 2-0 Brierley Hill Alliance
57 Ossett Albion 1-2 Whitley Bay
58 Oswestry Town 0-1 Caernarfon Town
59 Penrith 2-0 Leeds & Carnegie College
60 Radcliffe Borough 1-1 New Mills
61 Ramsgate 4-2 Medway
62 Rhyl 2-1 Blaenau Ffestiniog
63 Sheppey United 0-1 Folkestone & Shepway
64 Skegness Town 1-0 Arnold
65 Spalding United 1-2 Hednesford
66 St Helens Town 1-2 Kirkby Town
67 St Neots Town 0-2 Great Yarmouth Town
68 Staines Town 3-0 Andover
69 Stowmarket Town 0-4 Harwich & Parkeston
70 Taunton Town 2-1 Dawlish Town
71 Tow Law Town 3-2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
72 Trowbridge Town 1-0 Cinderford Town
73 Uxbridge 0-0 Cheshunt
74 Walthamstow Avenue 3-2 Hornchurch
75 Wellingborough Town 0-2 Irthlingborough Diamonds
76 Wembley 1-2 Stevenage Athletic
77 Westland-Yeovil 5-2 Bridgwater Town
78 Willington 7-3 Rossendale United
79 Wisbech Town 4-1 Gorleston
80 Witton Albion 2-3 Marine
81 Wokingham Town 0-2 Salisbury

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Darwen 3-3 Alfreton Town
3 West Auckland Town 4-0 Annfield Plain
5 Milton Keynes City 0-3 Barking
7 Kingstonian 1-5 Basingstoke Town
12 Clapton 0-1 Boreham Wood
16 Sittingbourne 1-2 Carshalton Athletic
20 Crawley Town 2-0 Corinthian-Casuals
24 Southall & Ealing Borough 1-0 Devizes Town
26 Redditch United 1-0 Dudley United
35 Everwarm 2-4 Gloucester City
42 Thackley 0-0 Horden Colliery Welfare
44 Chesham United 2-0 Hounslow
45 Bethesda Athletic 0-0 Hyde United
47 Prestwich Heys 0-2 Leek Town
48 Redhill 0-2 Lewes
49 Sutton Coldfield Town 0-1 Louth United
55 Stalybridge Celtic 4-0 New Brighton
60 New Mills 2-2 Radcliffe Borough
73 Cheshunt 3-0 Uxbridge

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 1-0 Darwen
42 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-0 Thackley
45 Hyde United 3-0 Bethesda Athletic
60 Radcliffe Borough 5-2 New Mills

First qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 2-0 Belper Town
2 Alton Town 1-6 Basingstoke Town
3 Ashby Institute 1-2 Emley
4 Atherstone Town 3-1 Hednesford
5 Aveley 0-0 Leytonstone
6 Barnstaple Town 3-1 Bath City
7 Bishop Auckland 4-0 South Bank
8 Boreham Wood 0-0 Finchley
9 Brereton Social 4-0 Caernarfon Town
10 Bridlington Trinity 6-0 West Auckland Town
11 Canterbury 0-1 Guildford & Dorking United
12 Cheltenham Town 3-2 Barry Town
13 Chesham United 0-1 Oxford City
14 Cheshunt 1-2 Wealdstone
15 Darlaston 0-1 Lye Town
16 Dunstable 1-0 Hertford Town
17 Durham City 0-2 Willington
18 Enderby Town 2-1 A P Leamington
19 Evenwood Town 1-1 Penrith
20 Falmouth Town 7-1 Trowbridge Town
21 Ferndale Athletic 2-0 Frome Town
22 Folkestone & Shepway 0-1 Maidstone United
23 Goole Town 1-0 Tow Law Town
24 Gravesend & Northfleet 3-1 Horsham
25 Great Harwood Town 1-0 Consett
26 Great Yarmouth Town 0-0 Harwich & Parkeston
27 Hatfield Main 1-1 Blackpool Mechanics
28 Hayes 3-0 Crawley Town
29 Hitchin Town 1-1 St Albans City
30 Horden Colliery Welfare 0-0 Fleetwood
31 Ilkeston Town 1-1 Kimberley Town
32 Irthlingborough Diamonds 3-1 Bilston
33 Kirkby Town 0-1 Marine
34 Leek Town 2-1 Ashton United
35 Lewes 0-1 Ramsgate
36 Leyland Motors 1-2 Eastwood Town
37 Louth United 2-1 Rushden Town
38 Lowestoft Town 0-2 Cambridge City
39 Metropolitan Police 0-2 Carshalton Athletic
40 Nantwich Town 1-1 Horwich R M I
41 Nelson 5-1 Winterton Rangers
42 Netherfield 5-4 Whitby Town
43 Oldbury United 1-1 Bedworth United
44 Paulton Rovers 0-3 Redditch United
45 Poole Town 0-2 Southall & Ealing Borough
46 Retford Town 3-2 Sutton Town
47 Rhyl 2-0 Skelmersdale United
48 Salisbury 1-1 Fareham Town
49 Skegness Town 1-1 Corby Town
50 Stalybridge Celtic 2-2 Hyde United
51 Stevenage Athletic 1-1 Letchworth Town
52 Tilbury 0-0 Barking
53 Ton Pentre 2-0 Gloucester City
54 Tonbridge 5-1 Croydon
55 Walthamstow Avenue 2-2 Grays Athletic
56 Walton & Hersham 0-5 Tooting & Mitcham United
57 Warley County Borough 0-3 Tamworth
58 Welton Rovers 1-2 Dorchester Town
59 Westland-Yeovil 3-1 Taunton Town
60 Whitley Bay 0-0 Crook Town
61 Winsford United 2-0 Pwllheli & District
62 Wisbech Town 3-0 Ely City
63 Witney Town 0-3 Staines Town
64 Worksop Town 6-1 Radcliffe Borough

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Leytonstone 1-2 Aveley
8 Finchley 2-2 Boreham Wood
19 Penrith 2-0 Evenwood Town
26 Harwich & Parkeston 4-0 Great Yarmouth Town
27 Blackpool Mechanics 0-1 Hatfield Town
29 St Albans City 1-0 Hitchin Town
30 Fleetwood 1-1 Horden Colliery Welfare
31 Kimberley Town 3-2 Ilkeston Town
40 Horwich R M I 0-3 Nantwich Town
43 Bedworth United 0-2 Oldbury United
48 Fareham Town 1-0 Salisbury
49 Corby Town 2-0 Skegness Town
50 Hyde United 2-1 Stalybridge Celtic
51 Letchworth Town 2-0 Stevenage Athletic
52 Barking 3-2 Tilbury
55 Grays Athletic 0-2 Walthamstow Avenue
60 Crook Town 1-0 Whitley Bay

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Boreham Wood 0-1 Finchley
30 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-2 Fleetwood

Second qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 0-0 Retford Town
2 Barking 4-2 Wisbech Town
3 Basingstoke Town 2-1 Southall & Ealing Borough
4 Brereton Social 0-0 Rhyl
5 Bridlington Trinity 2-1 Netherfield
6 Corby Town 4-0 Louth United
7 Crook Town 1-1 Penrith
8 Dorchester Town 1-0 Westland-Yeovil
9 Dunstable 3-0 Letchworth Town
10 Eastwood Town 0-1 Atherstone Town
11 Emley 2-1 Nelson
12 Enderby Town 1-0 Irthlingborough Diamonds
13 Falmouth Town 6-2 Barnstaple Town
14 Ferndale Athletic 2-1 Ton Pentre
15 Finchley 2-2 Walthamstow Avenue
16 Goole Town 4-0 Great Harwood
17 Gravesend & Northfleet 1-0 Carshalton Athletic
18 Guildford & Dorking United 0-1 Ramsgate
19 Harwich & Parkeston 3-3 Aveley
20 Hatfield Main 0-1 Bishop Auckland
21 Hyde United 5-2 Nantwich Town
22 Lye Town 2-1 Oldbury United
23 Maidstone United 2-1 Tonbridge
24 Redditch United 5-0 Cheltenham Town
25 St Albans City 1-1 Cambridge City
26 Staines Town 0-0 Fareham Town
27 Tamworth 1-4 Leek Town
28 Tooting & Mitcham United 2-0 Hayes
29 Wealdstone 4-0 Oxford City
30 Willington 3-1 Fleetwood
31 Winsford United 1-1 Marine
32 Worksop Town 3-1 Kimberley Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Retford Town 0-2 Alfreton Town
4 Rhyl 2-0 Brereton Social
7 Penrith 0-2 Crook Town
15 Walthamstow Avenue 2-0 Finchley
19 Aveley 1-2 Harwich & Parkeston
25 Cambridge City 1-3 St Albans City
26 Fareham Town 0-2 Staines Town
31 Marine 2-1 Winsford United

Third qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 2-2 Gainsborough Trinity
2 Ashington 3-2 North Shields
3 Barking 1-1 Dagenham
4 Barnet 2-2 Harwich & Parkeston
5 Bishop Auckland 3-2 Emley
6 Bishop's Stortford 1-1 Ilford
7 Chelmsford City 1-0 St Albans City
8 Chorley 2-2 Lancaster City
9 Corby Town 1-1 Nuneaton Borough
10 Crook Town 2-1 Spennymoor United
11 Dorchester Town 3-4 Dulwich Hamlet
12 Ferndale Athletic 1-3 Yeovil Town
13 Goole Town 3-0 Bridlington Trinity
14 Gravesend & Northfleet 0-0 Staines Town
15 Hendon 6-1 Basingstoke Town
16 Highgate United 1-2 Atherstone Town
17 Hyde United 2-0 Marine
18 King's Lynn 3-0 Dunstable
19 Lye Town 2-2 Enderby Town
20 Maidstone United 0-2 Tooting & Mitcham United
21 Mexborough Town 3-1 Leek Town
22 Minehead 0-0 Falmouth Town
23 Mossley 2-2 Runcorn
24 Ramsgate 1-1 Bexley United
25 Redditch United 1-2 Kidderminster Harriers
26 Retford Town 2-4 Worksop Town
27 Rhyl 1-1 Northwich Victoria
28 Slough Town 1-0 Wycombe Wanderers
29 Walthamstow Avenue 1-1 Enfield
30 Wealdstone 2-2 Leatherhead
31 Willington 3-2 Blyth Spartans
32 Woking 2-4 Sutton United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Gainsborough Trinity 4-1 Altrincham
3 Dagenham 5-0 Barking
4 Harwich & Parkeston 5-0 Barnet
6 Ilford 1-1 Bishop's Stortford
8 Lancaster City 4-0 Chorley
9 Nuneaton Borough 1-1 Corby Town
14 Staines Town 4-1 Gravesend & Northfleet
19 Enderby Town 2-1 Lye Town
22 Falmouth Town 0-0 Minehead
23 Runcorn 2-1 Mossley
24 Bexley United 3-1 Ramsgate
27 Northwich Victoria 2-1 Rhyl
29 Enfield 4-0 Walthamstow Avenue
30 Leatherhead 1-0 Wealdstone

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
6 Bishop's Stortford 3-1 Ilford
9 Corby Town 3-0 Nuneaton Borough
22 Minehead 1-2 Falmouth Town

1st round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Matlock Town, Morecambe, Scarborough, Stafford Rangers, Barrow, Telford United, Macclesfield Town, Hillingdon Borough, Wimbledon, Worcester City, Romford, Weymouth, Wigan Athletic, Bangor City, Bromsgrove Rovers, Burscough, Grantham, Buxton, Bedford Town, Dover, Hastings United, Stourbridge, Dartford, South Liverpool, Ashford Town (Kent), Kettering Town, Boston United, Gateshead United, Banbury United, Merthyr Tydfil, Burton Albion and Margate.

Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashington 2-2 Goole Town
2 Bangor City 1-2 Telford United
3 Bishop's Stortford 1-1 Enderby Town
4 Bromsgrove Rovers 2-0 Worcester City
5 Buxton 0-0 Atherstone Town
6 Chelmsford City 0-1 Bedford Town
7 Corby Town 2-0 Kidderminster Harriers
8 Dartford 1-3 Dagenham
9 Enfield 3-0 Banbury United
10 Falmouth Town 2-3 Weymouth
11 Gainsborough Trinity 0-0 Boston United
12 Gateshead United 0-1 Bishop Auckland
13 Harwich & Parkeston 3-0 Stourbridge
14 Hastings United 4-0 Bexley United
15 Hendon 1-0 Kettering Town
16 Hillingdon Borough 4-0 Ashford Town (Kent)
17 Hyde United 3-3 South Liverpool
18 King's Lynn 0-5 Burton Albion
19 Lancaster City 4-0 Barrow
20 Leatherhed 2-2 Staines Town
21 Macclesfield Town 1-3 Runcorn
22 Margate 2-0 Dulwich Hamlet
23 Merthyr Tydfil 1-0 Yeovil Town
24 Mexborough Town 0-0 Grantham
25 Morecambe 5-2 Crook Town
26 Northwich Victoria 0-2 Wigan Athletic
27 Romford 1-1 Tooting & Mitcham United
28 Scarborough 3-2 Willington
29 Slough Town 2-1 Dover
30 Stafford Rangers 4-0 Burscough
31 Sutton United 0-0 Wimbledon
32 Worksop Town 3-5 Matlock Town

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Goole Town 3-1 Ashington
3 Enderby Town 1-1 Bishop's Stortford
5 Atherstone Town 3-0 Buxton
8 Boston United 2-4 Gainsborough Trinity
17 South Liverpool 0-2 Hyde United
20 Staines Town 1-1 Leatherhead
24 Grantham 2-1 Mexborough Town
27 Tooting & Mitcham United 4-1 Romford
31 Wimbledon 3-1 Sutton United

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Bishop's Stortford 1-0 Enderby Town
20 Leatherhead 1-0 Staines Town

2nd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Atherstone Town 1-1 Telford United
2 Bedford Town 2-0 Hastings United
3 Bromsgrove Rovers 1-0 Leatherhead
4 Burton Albion 0-1 Stafford Rangers
5 Enfield 2-1 Bishop's Stortford
6 Goole Town 1-1 Scarborough
7 Harwich & Parkeston 4-1 Weymouth
8 Hendon 2-2 Slough Town
9 Hyde United 2-2 Morecambe
10 Lancaster City 3-3 Corby Town
11 Margate 1-2 Hillingdon Borough
12 Matlock Town 1-0 Bishop Auckland
13 Merthyr Tydfil 1-3 Tooting & Mitcham United
14 Runcorn 1-1 Gainsborough Trinity
15 Wigan Athletic 1-1 Grantham
16 Wimbledon 0-0 Dagenham

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Telford United 1-2 Atherstone Town
6 Scarborough 3-1 Goole Town
8 Slough Town 0-0 Hendon
9 Morecambe 3-2 Hyde United
10 Corby Town 0-1 Lancaster City
14 Gainsborough Trinity 0-1 Runcorn
15 Grantham 1-2 Wigan Athletic
16 Dagenham 2-0 Wimbledon

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Hendon 0-1 Slough Town

3rd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Atherstone Town 1-1 Bromsgrove Rovers
2 Harwich & Parkeston 1-2 Bedford Town
3 Lancaster City 0-1 Enfield
4 Runcorn 2-0 Slough Town
5 Scarborough 3-0 Dagenham
6 Stafford Rangers 2-1 Matlock Town
7 Tooting & Mitcham United 2-0 Morecambe
8 Wigan Athletic 1-3 Hillingdon Borough

Replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bromsgrove Rovers 1-0 Atherstone Town

4th round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bedford Town 1-2 Runcorn
2 Bromsgrove Rovers 0-0 Enfield
3 Scarborough 1-0 Tooting & Mitcham United
4 Stafford Rangers 2-0 Hillingdon Borough

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Enfield 2-1 Bromsgrove Rovers

Semi finals

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First leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Scarborough 1-0 Enfield
2 Stafford Rangers 1-0 Runcorn

Second leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team Aggregate
1 Enfield 0-0 Scarborough 0-1
2 Runcorn 0-0 Stafford Rangers 0-1

Final

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Home Team Score Away Team
Scarborough 3-2 Stafford Rangers

References

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General

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Specific

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  1. ^ FA Trophy Final match programme, 24 April 1976, p9