2026–27 FA Trophy

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The 2026–27 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2026–27 Isuzu FA Trophy) is the 58th edition of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system.

CountryEngland
Wales

DatesQualifying rounds: 15 August 2026 – 26 September 2026
Competition Proper: 24 October 2026 – 16 May 2027

Teams336^[1]

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Tournament details
Country	England Wales
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 15 August 2026 – 26 September 2026 Competition Proper: 24 October 2026 – 16 May 2027
Teams	336^[1]
← 2025–26 2027–28 →

Southend United are the defending champions, having won the 2025–26 edition.

Format and eligibility

The calendar and entries were announced by The Football Association on 5 June 2026.^[2]^[3]

Southend United are the reigning champions for the 2025–26 season, having defeated Wealdstone 0–0 (4–2 p) in the 2026 FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium.^[4]

Round	Main Date	Number of Fixtures	Clubs Remaining	New Entries This Round	Losing Club	Winning Club
Preliminary round	15 August 2026	16	336 → 320	32	£400	£1,500
First round qualifying	29 August 2026	80	320 → 240	144	£400	£1,500
Second round qualifying	12 September 2026	40	240 → 200	none	£575	£2,250
Third round qualifying	26 September 2026	64	200 → 136	88	£625	£2,450
First round proper	24 October 2026	32	136 → 104	none	£775	£3,000
Second round proper	14 November 2026	40	104 → 64	48	£1,000	£3,750
Third round proper	12 December 2026	32	64 → 32	24	£1,250	£4,500
Fourth round proper	16 January 2027	16	32 → 16	none	£1,500	£5,250
Fifth round proper	6 February 2027	8	16 → 8	none	£1,750	£6,000
Quarter-finals	6 March 2027	4	8 → 4	none	£2,000	£7,500
Semi-finals	3 April 2027	2	4 → 2	none	£5,000	£15,000
Final	16 May 2027	1	2 → 1	none	£30,000	£60,000

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was made on 3 July 2026.^[5]

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Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
Saturday 15 August 2026
11	Hayes & Yeading United (8)	2–2 (4–1 p)	Jersey Bulls (8)	159
Match played at Hayes & Yeading United
1	Congleton Town (8)	1–0	Beverley Town (8)	411
2	Pontefract Collieries (8)	2-1	Clitheroe (8)	275
3	Boldmere St Michaels (8)	2–0	Long Eaton United (8)	128
4	Sporting Club Inkberrow (8)	1–4	Barwell (8)	138
5	Haringey Borough (8)	2–1	Biggleswade Town (8)	230
6	Buckhurst Hill (8)	0–1	Welwyn Garden City (8)	125
7	Hadley (8)	0–2	Stotfold (8)	132

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
8	Felixstowe & Walton United (8)	0–2	Mulbarton Wanderers (8)	300
9	Cobham (8)	0–3	Egham Town (8)	116
10	South Park (8)	2–1	Broadbridge Heath (8)	129
13	Herne Bay (8)	3–2	Harrow Borough (8)	269
14	Deal Town (8)	1–1 (4–2 p)	Hartley Wintney (8)	391
15	Paulton Rovers (8)	0–2	Slimbridge (8)	132
16	AFC Stoneham (8)	2–2 (5–4 p)	Barnstaple Town (8)	121
Sunday 16 August 2026
12	Merstham (8)	3–2	Ashford Town (Middlesex) (8)	131

First qualifying round

The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 3 July 2026.^[5]

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Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
Friday 28 August 2026
2	Prescot Cables (8)	4–1	Vauxhall Motors (8)	426
10	Garforth Town (8)	2–2 (4–5 p)	Bridlington Town (8)
40	Potters Bar Town (8)	2–1	Barton Rovers (8)
53	Ascot United (8)	3–0	Margate (8)	174
56	AFC Portchester (8)	1–3	Whitstable Town (8)	121
61	Aylesbury United (8)	6–4	Sittingbourne (8)	144
68	Littlehampton Town (8)	2–2 (6–7 p)	Raynes Park Vale (8)	149
69	Steyning Town (8)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Moneyfields (8)	130
Saturday 29 August 2026
1	Liversedge (8)	0–5	Bootle (8)	247
3	Hallam (8)	3–3 (5–3 p)	Mossley (8)
4	Stocksbridge Park Steels (8)	1–2	Runcorn Linnets (8)	177
5	Heaton Stannington (8)	0–1	Wythenshawe (8)	411
6	Padiham (8)	0–7	Pontefract Collieries (8)	175
7	Guisborough Town (8)	3–2	Ossett United (8)	317
8	Congleton Town (8)	4–1	Atherton Collieries (8)	346
9	Lower Breck (8)	4–0	North Ferriby (8)	142
11	Stalybridge Celtic (8)	2–1	Bradford (Park Avenue) (8)	437
12	Blyth Spartans (8)	2–0	1874 Northwich (8)	608
13	Morpeth Town (8)	2–0	Witton Albion (8)	217
14	Silsden (8)	3–2	Consett (8)	133
15	Ashington (8)	3–1	West Auckland Town (8)	303
16	Grimsby Borough (8)	0–1	Dunston (8)
17	Newcastle Town (8)	0–3	Bourne Town (8)
18	Lincoln United (8)	1–1 (2–4 p)	Nuneaton Town (8)	210
19	Chasetown (8)	3–1	AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8)	236
20	Hanley Town (8)	2–0	Coleshill Town (8)	109
21	Carlton Town (8)	2–3	Shepshed Dynamo (8)	130
22	Loughborough Students (8)	1–0	Barwell (8)	95
23	Corby Town (8)	0–2	Stafford Rangers (8)	341
24	Boldmere St Michaels (8)	1–1 (5–4 p)	St Ives Town (8)	90
25	Grantham Town (8)	1–3	Mickleover (8)	181
26	Lichfield City (8)	0–5	Matlock Town (8)	192
27	Coventry United (8)	1–3	Kidsgrove Athletic (8)
28	Basford United (8)	0–0 (1–3 p)	Bedworth United (8)	105
29	Shifnal Town (8)	4–2	Rugby Borough (8)
30	Worcester Raiders (8)	1–2	Sutton Coldfield Town (8)
31	Wellingborough Town (8)	2–1	Belper Town (8)	136
32	Boston Town (8)	1–2	Nantwich Town (8)
33	Fakenham Town (8)	2–1	Wroxham (8)

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
34	Concord Rangers (8)	1–1 (4–2 p)	Witham Town (8)
36	Haringey Borough (8)	2–2 (5–6 p)	Newmarket Town (8)
37	Little Oakley (8)	2–2 (1–4 p)	Biggleswade (8)
38	Waltham Abbey (8)	2–0	Bowers & Pitsea (8)
39	Stotfold (8)	0–3	Gorleston (8)	95
41	Cambridge City (8)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Redbridge (8)	321
42	AFC Sudbury (8)	3–1	Lowestoft Town (8)	135
43	Welwyn Garden City (8)	3–0	Mulbarton Wanderers (8)	136
44	Walthamstow (8)	3–2	Leverstock Green (8)	165
45	Canvey Island (8)	4–1	Grays Athletic (8)
46	Tilbury (8)	0–0 (3–4 p)	Hertford Town (8)	129
47	Hashtag United (8)	3–1	Royston Town (8)	103
48	Ware (8)	1–1 (5–4 p)	Brightlingsea Regent (8)	155
49	London Lions (8)	0–2	Takeley (8)	58
50	Beaconsfield Town (8)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Sheppey United (8)	94
51	Peacehaven & Telscombe (8)	2–1	Merstham (8)	239
52	Marlow (8)	0–4	Hayes & Yeading United (8)
54	Bognor Regis Town (8)	3–0	South Park (Reigate) (8)	313
55	Windsor & Eton (8)	0–2	Southall (8)	274
57	Flackwell Heath (8)	0–3	Faversham Town (8)	145
58	AFC Croydon Athletic (8)	3–2	Sevenoaks Town (8)	83
59	Punjab United (8)	0–2	Horley Town (8)	100
60	Westfield (8)	1–2	Egham Town (8)	113
62	Erith Town (8)	1–1 (5–4 p)	Cray Valley (PM) (8)
63	Crowborough Athletic (8)	2–4	Ashford United (8)
64	Binfield (8)	2–4	Deal Town (8)	101
65	Eastbourne Town (8)	1–0	Bedfont Sports Club (8)
66	Herne Bay	3–3 (4–2 p)	Kingstonian (8)	287
67	Hastings United (8)	2–1	Hendon (8)	576
70	Bishop's Cleeve (8)	1–3	Bristol Manor Farm (8)	133
71	Hartpury (8)	4–1	Exmouth Town (8)
72	Swindon Supermarine (8)	0–1	Slimbridge (8)	182
73	Portland United (8)	3–1	Hungerford Town (8)	160
74	Bideford (8)	1–2	Tiverton Town (8)	272
75	AFC Stoneham (8)	2–0	Shaftesbury (8)	114
76	Willand Rovers (8)	2–1	Falmouth Town (8)
77	Weymouth (8)	5–1	Melksham Town (8)	712
78	Larkhall Athletic (8)	2–1	Dorchester Town (8)	130
79	Westbury United (8)	0–1	Thame United (8)	184
80	Didcot Town (8)	1–1 (4–3 p)	Winchester City (8)
Wednesday 2 September 2026
35	Winslow United (8)	3–3 (5–3 p)	Milton Keynes Irish (8)

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 1 September 2026.^[6]

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Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
Saturday 12 September 2026
6	Wythenshawe (8)	0–4	Blyth Spartans (8)
1	Bridlington Town (8)	3–2	Congleton Town (8)	191
3	Silsden (8)	1–5	Bootle (8)	158
4	Ashington (8)	1–1 (3–4 p)	Guisborough Town (8)	365
5	Stalybridge Celtic (8)	3–2	Lower Breck (8)	433
7	Pontefract Collieries (8)	1–1 (4–5 p)	Prescot Cables (8)
8	Morpeth Town (8)	0–1	Dunston (8)	371
9	Mickleover (8)	2–1	Sutton Coldfield Town (8)
10	Loughborough Students (8)	4–3	Chasetown (8)	122
11	Nantwich Town (8)	2–3	Wellingborough Town (8)	283
12	Matlock Town (8)	5–1	Nuneaton Town (8)	519
13	Bourne Town (8)	3–2	Hanley Town (8)
14	Shifnal Town (8)	3–0	Shepshed Dynamo (8)	108
15	Boldmere St Michaels (8)	1–3	Bedworth United (8)	101
16	Kidsgrove Athletic (8)	0–3	Stafford Rangers (8)	371
17	Newmarket Town (8)	5–2	Gorleston (8)
18	Ware (8)	2–0	AFC Sudbury (8)	264
19	Fakenham Town (8)	0–2	Waltham Abbey (8)	120
20	Winslow United (8)	5–0	Concord Rangers (8)
21	Welwyn Garden City (8)	2–1	Walthamstow (8)	192

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
22	Canvey Island (8)	3–2	Cambridge City (8)
23	Potters Bar Town (8)	2–5	Biggleswade (8)
24	Hashtag United (8)	3–1	Hertford Town (8)
25	Takeley (8)	2–0	Aylesbury United (8)
26	Erith Town (8)	2–0	Eastbourne Town (8)
27	Herne Bay (8)	0–1	Southall (8)	310
28	Hayes & Yeading United (8)	3–1	Peacehaven & Telscombe (8)
29	AFC Croydon Athletic (8)	3–0	Raynes Park Vale (8)
30	Whitstable Town (8)	0–0 (5–6 p)	Egham Town (8)	337
31	Ascot United (8)	1–3	Ashford United (8)
32	Deal Town (8)	3–0	Sheppey United (8)	419
33	Faversham Town (8)	6–2	Horley Town (8)	290
34	Hastings United (8)	1–1 (6–5 p)	Bognor Regis Town (8)	675
35	Portland United (8)	0–2	Thame United (8)
36	Bristol Manor Farm (8)	2–2 (7–8 p)	Moneyfields (8)
37	Hartpury (8)	2–2 (3–4 p)	Weymouth (8)
38	Slimbridge (8)	2–3	Willand Rovers (8)
39	AFC Stoneham (8)	0–4	Didcot Town (8)	107
40	Tiverton Town (8)	3–0	Larkhall Athletic (8)
Sunday 13 September 2026
2	Hallam (8)	1–1 (5-3 p)	Runcorn Linnets (8)	394

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 14 September 2026.^[7]

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Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
Saturday 26 September 2026
1	Warrington Town (7)	–	Ashton United (7)
2	Hyde United (7)	–	FC United (7)
3	Workington (7)	–	Blyth Spartans (8)
4	Guisborough Town (8)	–	Redcar Athletic (7)
5	Dunston (8)	–	Avro (7)
6	Bury (7)	–	Gainsborough Trinity (7)
7	Cleethorpes Town (7)	–	Lancaster City (7)
8	Guiseley (7)	–	Bamber Bridge (7)
9	Warrington Rylands (7)	–	Stockton Town (7)
10	Hallam (8)	–	Prescot Cables (8)
11	Bridlington Town (8)	–	Whitby Town (7)
12	Bootle (8)	–	Emley (7)
13	Curzon Ashton (7)	–	Stalybridge Celtic (8)
14	Alvechurch (7)	–	Bourne Town (8)
15	Rushall Olympic (7)	–	Stourbridge (7)
16	Bedworth United (8)	–	Redditch United (7)
17	Stamford (7)	–	Loughborough Students (8)
18	Worcester City (7)	–	Leek Town (7)
19	Matlock Town (8)	–	Kettering Town (7)
20	Evesham United (7)	–	Stratford Town (7)
21	Ilkeston Town (7)	–	Anstey Nomads (7)
22	Quorn (7)	–	Leamington (7)
23	Peterborough Sports (7)	–	Banbury United (7)
24	Racing Club Warwick (7)	–	Bromsgrove Sporting (7)
25	Gloucester City (7)	–	Stafford Rangers (8)
26	Alfreton Town (7)	–	Shifnal Town (8)
27	Mickleover (7)	–	Malvern Town (7)
28	Halesowen Town (7)	–	Wellingborough Town (8)
29	Aveley (7)	–	Ware (8)
30	Cheshunt (7)	–	Cray Wanderers (7)
31	Southall (8)	–	Carshalton Athletic (7)
32	Leatherhead (7)	–	Ramsgate (7)

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team
33	Berkhamsted (7)	–	Chatham Town (7)
34	Maldon & Tiptree (7)	–	Egham Town (8)
35	Eastbourne Borough (7)	–	Welwyn Garden City (8)
36	Takeley (8)	–	Hitchin Town (7)
37	Hanwell Town (7)	–	Enfield Town (7)
38	Waltham Abbey (8)	–	AFC Croydon Athletic (8)
39	Newmarket Town (8)	–	Leighton Town (7)
40	Real Bedford (7)	–	Wingate & Finchley (7)
41	Ashford United (8)	–	Deal Town (8)
42	Stanway Rovers (7)	–	Faversham Town (8)
43	Welling United (7)	–	Chertsey Town (7)
44	Brentwood Town (7)	–	Hashtag United (8)
45	Uxbridge (7)	–	Lewes (7)
46	AFC Whyteleafe (7)	–	Whitehawk (7)
47	Burgess Hill Town (7)	–	Winslow United (8)
48	Hanworth Villa (7)	–	Bishop's Stortford (7)
49	Hayes & Yeading United (8)	–	Erith Town (8)
50	Biggleswade (8)	–	Three Bridges (7)
51	St Albans City (7)	–	Bury Town (7)
52	Canvey Island (8)	–	Needham Market (7)
53	Hastings United (8)	–	Dulwich Hamlet (7)
54	Leiston (7)	–	Dartford (7)
55	Frome Town (7)	–	Willand Rovers (8)
56	Plymouth Parkway (7)	–	Bath City (7)
57	Moneyfields (8)	–	Wimborne Town (7)
58	Didcot Town (8)	–	Bracknell Town (7)
59	Havant & Waterlooville (7)	–	Taunton Town (7)
60	Poole Town (7)	–	Basingstoke Town (7)
61	Yate Town (7)	–	Sholing (7)
62	Chippenham Town (7)	–	Weymouth (8)
63	Thame United (8)	–	Chichester City (7)
64	Tiverton Town (8)	–	Gosport Borough (7)

2026–27 FA Trophy

Format and eligibility

Preliminary round

First qualifying round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

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