The 1984–85 FA Trophy was the sixteenth season of the FA Trophy.

1984-85 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country England &  Wales
Teams206
Final positions
ChampionsWealdstone
Runner-upBoston United
← 1983-84
1985-86 →

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Banbury United 2-3 Cambridge City
2 Caernarfon Town 3-1 Prescot Cables
3 Chatham Town 5-1 Hounslow
4 Clandown 2-1 Maesteg Park
5 Colwyn Bay 2-1 St Helens Town
6 Congleton Town 2-1 Ashton United
7 Dunstable 2-3 Lewes
8 Glossop 3-0 Belper Town
9 Highgate United 1-1 Milton Keynes City
10 Llanelli 0-2 Bideford
11 Metropolitan Police 4-2 Dover Athletic
12 Netherfield 1-1 Bridlington Trinity
13 Radcliffe Borough 3-1 Accrington Stanley
14 Tonbridge 2-3 Hornchurch
15 Wellingborough Town 1-3 Redditch United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
9 Milton Keynes City 1-2 Highgate United
12 Bridlington Trinity 1-2 Netherfield

First qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Addlestone & Weybridge 2-1 Crawley Town
2 Alfreton Town 2-2 Gainsborough Trinity
3 Andover 0-0 Epsom & Ewell
4 Aveley 0-0 Hertford Town
5 Barnstaple Town 1-3 Minehead
6 Basingstoke Town 3-1 Leatherhead
7 Bedworth United 0-1 Leicester United
8 Bideford 3-1 Bridgend Town
9 Billingham Synthonia 0-2 Penrith
10 Bognor Regis Town 5-0 Ashford Town (Kent)
11 Boreham Wood 3-1 Maidenhead United
12 Bromley 1-0 Fareham Town
13 Burscough 0-1 Peterlee Newtown
14 Buxton 0-0 Horwich R M I
15 Caernarfon Town 2-4 Bootle
16 Cambridge City 2-1 Oxford City
17 Canterbury City 1-0 Waterlooville
18 Chatham Town 0-2 Tooting & Mitcham United
19 Cheltenham Town - Bye (due to Bridgwater Town folding)
20 Colwyn Bay 0-1 Stafford Rangers
21 Consett 1-0 Durham City
22 Curzon Ashton 2-0 Glossop
23 Eastwood Town 3-3 Corby Town
24 Evenwood Town 1-4 South Bank
25 Farnborough Town 1-1 Sittingbourne
26 Ferryhill Athletic 2-2 Worksop Town
27 Folkestone 6-2 Thanet United
28 Forest Green Rovers 2-2 Poole Town
29 Harlow Town 2-1 Chesham United
30 Heanor Town 0-1 Shepshed Charterhouse
31 Hednesford Town 3-1 Highgate United
32 Hillingdon 2-2 Tilbury
33 Hitchin Town 1-4 Hampton
34 Hyde United 1-0 Oswestry Town
35 Ilkeston Town 2-2 Dudley Town
36 King's Lynn 4-2 Clapton
37 Kingstonian 1-2 Staines Town
38 Lancaster City 1-3 Goole Town
39 Leyland Motors 2-4 Tow Law Town
40 Macclesfield Town 3-0 Leek Town
41 Melksham Town 2-1 Clandown
42 Mexborough Town Athletic 1-4 Southport
43 Moor Green 0-1 Alvechurch
44 Netherfield 0-4 Gretna
45 Oldbury United 3-1 Arnold
46 St Albans City 2-1 Basildon United
47 Shepton Mallet Town 1-3 Frome Town
48 Shildon 3-5 Morecambe
49 Spalding United 1-2 Billericay Town
50 Stalybridge Celtic 3-1 Formby
51 Stourbridge 2-1 Sutton Town
52 Sutton Coldfield Town 1-2 Redditch United
53 Tamworth 1-0 Lye Town
54 Taunton Town 2-0 R S Southampton
55 Walthamstow Avenue 1-2 Witney Town
56 Walton & Hersham 1-5 Metropolitan Police
57 Wembley 0-1 Hornchurch
58 Weston super Mare 1-1 Salisbury
59 Whitley Bay 3-0 Ashington
60 Willenhall Town 1-1 Congleton Town
61 Winsford United 1-2 Radcliffe Borough
62 Woking 1-1 Lewes
63 Wokingham Town 2-0 Sheppey United
64 Workington 3-0 Crook Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Gainsborough Trinity 3-3 Alfreton Town
3 Epsom & Ewell 2-1 Andover
4 Hertford Town 0-2 Aveley
14 Horwich R M I 2-2 Buxton
23 Corby Town 2-0 Eastwood Town
25 Sittingbourne 2-2 Farnborough Town
26 Worksop Town 4-1 Ferryhill Athletic
28 Poole Town 0-4 Forest Green Rovers
32 Tilbury 1-2 Hillingdon
35 Dudley Town 5-1 Ilkeston Town
58 Salisbury 3-0 Weston super Mare
60 Congleton Town 2-1 Willenhall Town
62 Lewes 1-3 Woking

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Alfreton Town 4-0 Gainsborough Trinity
14 Horwich R M I 2-4 Buxton
25 Farnborough Town 2-0 Sittingbourne

Second qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alvechurch 3-2 Redditch United
2 Aveley 1-0 Bognor Regis Town
3 Bideford 1-3 Cheltenham Town
4 Bootle 2-0 Curzon Ashton
5 Boreham Wood 0-2 Folkestone
6 Bromley 1-1 Farnborough Town
7 Buxton 0-0 Alfreton Town
8 Cambridge City 2-5 Stourbridge
9 Consett 2-1 Tow Law Town
10 Epsom & Ewell 1-2 Woking
11 Frome Town 1-0 Minehead
12 Gretna 3-0 Whitley Bay
13 Hampton 2-1 Hornchurch
14 Harlow Town 5-1 Canterbury City
15 Hednesford Town 1-2 Tamworth
16 Hillingdon 1-1 St Albans City
17 Hyde United 1-2 King's Lynn
18 Leicester United 1-2 Dudley Town
19 Macclesfield Town 2-1 Congleton Town
20 Melksham Town 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
21 Metropolitan Police 1-3 Basingstoke Town
22 Morecambe 1-0 Goole Town
23 Oldbury United 3-1 Shepshed Charterhouse
24 Peterlee Newtown 0-2 South Bank
25 Radcliffe Borough 0-0 Workington
26 Salisbury 7-0 Taunton Town
27 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Corby Town
28 Staines Town 4-1 Witney Town
29 Stalybridge Celtic 3-1 Penrith
30 Tooting & Mitcham United 2-2 Billericay Town
31 Wokingham Town 5-0 Addlestone & Weybridge Town
32 Worksop Town 6-1 Southport

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
6 Farnborough Town 0-1 Bromley
7 Alfreton Town 1-3 Buxton (tie awarded to Alfreton Town)
16 St Albans City 1-2 Hillingdon
25 Workington 0-1 Radcliffe Borough
27 Corby Town 0-1 Stafford Rangers
30 Billericay Town 4-1 Tooting & Mitcham United

Third qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alvechuch 1-2 Boston United
2 Aveley 2-2 Woking
3 Barking 2-1 Gravesend & Northfleet
4 Basingstoke Town 0-2 Croydon
5 Billericay Town 1-2 Bishop's Stortford
6 Bishop Auckland 3-1 Mossley
7 Bromley 1-1 Stourbridge
8 Burton Albion 3-2 Alfreton Town
9 Chelmsford City 1-5 Wokingham Town
10 Dorchester Town 1-5 Cheltenham Town
11 Folkestone 1-2 Carshalton Athletic
12 Frome Town 7-1 Salisbury
13 Gloucester City 2-0 Yeovil Town
14 Gretna 2-0 Spennymoor United
15 Harlow Town 1-0 Hendon
16 Hayes 3-3 Sutton United
17 Horden Colliery Welfare 1-0 Radcliffe Borough
18 King's Lynn 1-0 Rhyl
19 Macclesfield Town 0-2 Kettering Town
20 Morecambe 2-0 South Bank
21 Oldbury United 0-2 Stafford Rangers
22 Slough Town 2-1 Aylesbury United
23 South Liverpool 1-1 Bootle
24 Staines Town 2-1 Hampton
25 Stalybridge Celtic 7-1 Consett
26 Tamworth 1-2 Grantham
27 Trowbridge Town 1-2 Merthyr Tydfil
28 Welling United 1-1 Hillingdon
29 Weymouth 6-1 Forest Green Rovers
30 Windsor & Eton 3-0 Hastings United
31 Witton Albion 1-1 Bromsgrove Rovers
32 Worksop Town 1-2 Dudley Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Woking 2-1 Aveley
7 Stourbridge 2-0 Bromley
16 Sutton United 2-1 Hayes
23 Bootle 0-0 South Liverpool
28 Hillingdon 1-3 Welling United
31 Bromsgrove Rovers 3-2 Witton Albion

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
23 Bootle 0-0 South Liverpool

3rd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
23 South Liverpool 1-2 Bootle

1st round

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The teams that given byes to this round are Northwich Victoria, Maidstone United, Nuneaton Borough, Altrincham, Wealdstone, Runcorn, Bath City, Worcester City, Barnet, Kidderminster Harriers, Telford United, Frickley Athletic, Scarborough, Enfield, Gateshead, Dagenham, Dartford, Barrow, Bangor City, Wycombe Wanderers, Blyth Spartans, Leytonstone Ilford, A P Leamington, Chorley, Harrow Borough, Whitby Town, Fisher Athletic, Matlock Town, Marine, Worthing, Dulwich Hamlet and North Shields.

Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barking 3-4 Staines Town
2 Bath City 0-0 Bishop's Stortofrd
3 Bishop Auckland 3-2 North Shields
4 Bootle 1-1 Bangor City
5 Boston United 5-4 Blyth Spartans
6 Bromsgrove Rovers 7-1 Whitby Town
7 Burton Albion 2-1 Kettering Town
8 Carshalton Athletic 1-2 Wokingham Town
9 Dagenham 3-3 Barnet
10 Dudley Town 4-0 A P Leamington
11 Dulwich Hamlet 0-0 Woking
12 Enfield 5-1 Stourbridge
13 Frickley Athletic 5-1 Barrow
14 Frome Town 2-0 Winsdor & Eton
15 Gateshead 2-1 Stalybridge Celtic
16 Gloucester City 0-2 Maidstone United
17 Grantham 0-0 Runcorn
18 Gretna 3-2 Kidderminster Harriers
19 Harlow Town 0-0 Wealdstone
20 Horden Colliery Welfare 0-0 Matlock Town
21 King's Lynn 1-2 Marine
22 Leytonstone Ilford 0-4 Fisher Athletic
23 Merthyr Tydfil 3-3 Croydon
24 Morecambe 0-2 Altrincham
25 Northwich Victoria 0-4 Telford United
26 Scarborough 1-0 Chorley
27 Slough Town 1-1 Harrow Borough
28 Stafford Rangers 2-0 Nuneaton Borough
29 Welling United 2-0 Sutton United
30 Weymouth 2-3 Cheltenham Town
31 Worthing 3-2 Worcester City
32 Wycombe Wanderers 6-1 Dartford

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Bishop's Stortford 2-2 Bath City
4 Bangor City 2-1 Bootle
9 Barnet 3-2 Dagenham
11 Woking 3-3 Dulwich Hamlet
17 Runcorn 3-2 Grantham
19 Wealdstone 5-0 Harlow Town
20 Matlock Town 3-0 Horden Colliery Welfare
23 Croydon 3-5 Merthyr Tydfil
27 Harrow Borough 2-0 Slough Town

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Bishop's Stortford 1-2 Bath City
11 Woking 1-2 Dulwich Hamlet

2nd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barnet 1-0 Gretna
2 Bath City 2-1 Cheltenham Town
3 Bishop Auckland 4-0 Dudley Town
4 Boston United 4-0 Frome Town
5 Bromsgrove Rovers 0-0 Matlock Town
6 Burton Albion 1-2 Altrincham
7 Dulwich Hamlet 0-1 Wokingham Town
8 Frickley Athletic 4-1 Gateshead
9 Harrow Borough 4-1 Staines Town
10 Maidstone United 0-0 Worthing
11 Marine 0-3 Enfield
12 Runcorn 1-0 Scarborough
13 Stafford Rangers 1-1 Bangor City
14 Telford United 1-2 Fisher Athletic
15 Wealdstone 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
16 Welling United 0-0 Merthyr Tydfil

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Matlock Town 2-3 Bromsgrove Rovers
10 Worthing 0-2 Maidstone United
13 Bangor City 0-2 Stafford Rangers
16 Merthyr Tydfil 0-2 Welling United

3rd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 2-1 Bishop Auckland
2 Boston United 1-0 Wokingham Town
3 Fisher Athletic 0-3 Frickley Athletic
4 Harrow Borough 1-6 Enfield
5 Maidstone United 1-1 Bath City
6 Runcorn 0-0 Barnet
7 Stafford Rangers 3-1 Bromsgrove Rovers
8 Wealdstone 3-1 Welling United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Bath City 0-1 Maidstone United
6 Barnet 1-1 Runcorn

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
6 Barnet 0-0 Runcorn

3rd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
6 Runcorn 4-0 Barnet

4th round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 4-1 Stafford Rangers
2 Boston United 3-0 Runcorn
3 Maidstone United 0-1 Enfield
4 Wealdstone 3-1 Frickley Athletic

Semi finals

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First leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 0-0 Boston United
2 Enfield 0-2 Wealdstone

Second leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team Aggregate
1 Boston United 3-2 Altrincham 3-2
2 Wealdstone 0-1 Enfield 2-1

Final

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Home Team Score Away Team
Wealdstone 2-1 Boston United

References

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General

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Specific

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