25/26 FA Trophy Third Round Proper draw after Second Round action

Time for the 25/26 FA Trophy Third Round Proper draw now following a very busy weekend of Second Round action.

It was a busy weekend as the FA Trophy Second Round got underway, 48 teams from the National League North and South non league teams entering at that stage, along with the winners from the First Round, and there were plenty of goals and a few penalty shootouts across the 40 games.

The biggest attendance in the Second Round came in the fixture with 1,793 fans making their way through the turnstiles for Maidstone’s win at Torquay.

There were also 11 upsets, with Anstey Nomads, Clitheroe, Leatherhead, Harrow, Hanwell, Gloucester, Harborough, Plymouth Parkway, FC United of Manchester, Walton and Hersham, and Leek causing a surprise. See more stats and facts in the FA Trophy review HERE.

The Third Round Proper Round sees 32 ties drawn out, with National League teams taking part. Once again, there are no replays, so any match which end in a draw after 90 minutes will be decided via a penalty shootout.

Teams who win will pick up £4,500, while the losers pick up £1,240, a full list of prize money and dates for each round can be seen below…

BALL NUMBERS:

NORTH (32 CLUBS, 16 TIES)

1 Altrincham
2 Boston United
3 Carlisle United
4 FC Halifax Town
5 Gateshead
6 Hartlepool United
7 Morecambe
8 Rochdale
9 Scunthorpe United
10 Solihull Moors
11 Tamworth
12 York City
13 FC United of Manchester
14 Clitheroe
15 Macclesfield
16 Gainsborough Trinity or Alfreton Town
17 Worksop Town
18 Leek Town
19 Radcliffe
20 Southport
21 AFC Fylde
22 South Shields
23 Marine
24 Curzon Ashton
25 Kidderminster Harriers
26 Anstey Nomads
27 AFC Telford United
28 Hereford
29 Peterborough Sports
30 Harborough Town
31 Alvechurch
32 Leamington

SOUTH (32 CLUBS, 16 TIES)

1 Aldershot Town
2 Boreham Wood
3 Brackley Town
4 Braintree Town
5 Eastleigh
6 Forest Green Rovers
7 Southend United
8 Sutton United
9 Truro City
10 Wealdstone
11 Woking
12 Yeovil Town
13 Harrow Borough
14 Hanwell Town
15 Gloucester City
16 Hornchurch
17 Cheshunt
18 Hemel Hempstead Town
19 Dagenham & Redbridge
20 Walton & Hersham
21 Horsham
22 Dover Athletic
23 Maidstone United
24 Weston Super Mare
25 Chatham Town
26 Plymouth Parkway
27 Bath City
28 Ebbsfleet United
29 AFC Totton
30 Dorking Wanderers
31 Worthing
32 Leatherhead

FA TROPHY THIRD ROUND PROPER DRAW

1 Solihull Moors v AFC Fylde
2 Harborough Town v Carlisle United
3 Alvechurch v Gainsborough Trinity or Alfreton Town
4 Hartlepool United v Anstey Nomads
5 South Shields v Macclesfield
6 Clitheroe v York City
7 Scunthorpe United v Peterborough Sports
8 Worksop Town v Kidderminster Harriers
9 Curzon Ashton v Marine
10 Hereford v Radcliffe
11 Leamington v Rochdale
12 Southport v Leek Town
13 Tamworth v Boston United
14 FC Halifax Town v FC United of Manchester
15 AFC Telford United v Altrincham
16 Gateshead v Morecambe
17 Boreham Wood v Brackley Town
18 Leatherhead v Harrow Borough
19 Yeovil Town v Maidstone United
20 Forest Green Rovers v Weston-super-Mare
21 Hemel Hempstead Town v Horsham
22 Chatham Town v Plymouth Parkway
23 Wealdstone v Cheshunt
24 Dorking Wanderers v Bath City
25 Woking v AFC Totton
26 Dagenham and Redbridge v Hanwell Town
27 Eastleigh v Aldershot Town
28 Southend United v Truro City
29 Ebbsfleet United v Braintree Town
30 Walton and Hersham v Sutton United
31 Gloucester City v Worthing
32 Dover Athletic v Hornchurch

Season 2025-26
Payments made from The FA’s prize fund

First round qualifying: Winners receive £1500, losers receive £400
Second round qualifying: Winners receive £2250  losers receive £575
Third round qualifying: Winners receive £2450, losers receive £625
First round: Winners receive £3000, losers receive £775
Second round: Winners receive £3750, losers receive £1000
Third round: Winners receive £4500, losers receive £1250
Fourth round: Winners receive £5250, losers receive £1500
Fifth round: Winners receive £6000, losers receive £1750
Quarter Final: Winners receive £7500, losers receive £2000
Semi-Final: Winners receive £15,000, losers receive £5000
Final runners-up: £30,000
Final winners: £60,000

Amounts are per winning club in each round.

Round Dates

Preliminary Round: Saturday 23 August 2025
First Round Qualifying: Saturday 6 September 2025
Second Round Qualifying: Saturday 20 September 2025
Third Round Qualifying: Saturday 4 October 2025
First Round Proper: Saturday 25 October 2025
Second Round Proper: Saturday 15 November 2025
Third Round Proper: Saturday 13 December 2025
Fourth Round Proper: Saturday 10 January 2026
Fifth Round Proper: Saturday 31 January 2026
Sixth Round Proper: Saturday 28 February 2026
Semi-Final: Saturday 28 March 2026
The Final: Sunday 17 May 2026

There are no replays. When a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the winner shall be determined by the taking of kicks from the penalty mark in accordance with the procedure adopted by The International Football Association Board.

If a match is postponed, this must be rescheduled and played within the postponement window.

FA TROPHY SECOND ROUND RESULTS:

Tie – Home team – Score – Away team
1 – FC United of Manchester (7) 3–2 Darlington (6)
2 – Chester (6) 0–1 Clitheroe (8)
3 – Macclesfield (6) 1–0 Prescot Cables (7)
4 – Gainsborough Trinity (7) p–p Alfreton Town (6)
5 – Chorley (6) 2–3 Worksop Town (6)
6 – Leek Town (7) 1–0 Scarborough Athletic (6)
7 – Radcliffe (6) 2–2 (6–5 p) Bradford (Park Avenue) (8)
8 – Buxton (6) 2–3 Southport (6)
9 – Spennymoor Town (6) 2–3 AFC Fylde (6)
10 – South Shields (6) 6–2 Dunston (8)
11 – Marine (6) 2–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7)
12 – Ilkeston Town (7) 0–1 Curzon Ashton (6)
13 – King’s Lynn Town (6) 2–2 (2–3 p) Harrow Borough (8)
14 – Merthyr Town (6) 2–3 Hanwell Town (7)
15 – Slough Town (6) 1–1 (3–4 p) Gloucester City (7)
16 – Kidderminster Harriers (6) 3–0 Corby Town (8)
17 – Bedford Town (6) 0–1 Anstey Nomads (8)
18 – Chesham United (6) 1–2 AFC Telford United (6)
19 – Brentwood Town (7) 0–0 (2–4 p) Hornchurch (6)
20 – AFC Sudbury (7) 1–5 Hereford (6)
21 – Leamington (6) 2–0 Maidenhead United (6)
22 – Oxford City (6) 1–2 Peterborough Sports (6)
23 – Bishop’s Stortford (7) 1–1 (4–5 p) Cheshunt (7)
24 – Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–0 (6–5 p) Chelmsford City (6)
25 – Alvechurch (7) 1–1 (4–3 p) Real Bedford (7)
26 – Harborough Town (7) 3–0 Enfield Town (6)
27 – Dagenham & Redbridge (6) 2–0 Tilbury (8)
28 – Walton & Hersham (7) 2–1 Farnborough (6)
29 – Horsham (6) 2–0 Farnham Town (7)
30 – Dover Athletic (6) 2–0 Dorchester Town (7)
31 – Torquay United (6) 0–2 Maidstone United (6)
32 – Chippenham Town (6) 0–1 Weston-super-Mare (6)
33 – Wimborne Town (7) 0–1 Chatham Town (7)
34 – Plymouth Parkway (7) 4–3 Salisbury (6)
35 – Bath City (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Bracknell Town (7)
36 – Ebbsfleet United (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Sittingbourne (8)
37 – Folkestone Invicta (7) 1–2 AFC Totton (6)
38 – Dorking Wanderers (6) 3–2 Eastbourne Borough (6)
39 – Tonbridge Angels (6) 0–4 Worthing (6)
40 – Leatherhead (8) 2–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (6)

LIST OF ALL THE FA TROPHY FINALS AND WINNERS

Year	Winners	Runners-Up	Result	Att
1970	Macclesfield Town	Telford United	2-0	28,000
1971	Telford United	Hillingdon Borough	3-2	29,500
1972	Stafford Rangers	Barnet	3-0	24,000
1973	Scarborough	Wigan Athletic	2-1(aet)	23,000
1974	Morecambe	Dartford	2-1	19,000
1975	Matlock Town	Scarborough	4-0	21,000
1976	Scarborough	Stafford Rangers	3-2(aet)	21,000
1977	Scarborough	Dagenham	2-1	21,500
1978	Altrincham	Leatherhead	3-1	20,000
1979	Stafford Rangers	Kettering Town	2-0	32,000
1980	Dagenham	Mossley	2-1	26,000
1981	Bishop’s Stortford	Sutton United	1-0	22,578
1982	Enfield	Altrincham	1-0(aet)	18,678
1983	Telford United	Northwich Victoria	2-0	22,071
1984	Northwich Victoria	Bangor City	1-1(aet)	14,200
	Replay at Stoke City FC		2-1	5,805
1985	Wealdstone	Boston United	2-1	20,775
1986	Altrincham	Runcorn	1-0	15,700
1987	Kidderminster Harriers	Burton Albion	0-0(aet)	23,617
	Replay at West Bromwich Albion FC		2-1	15,685
1988	Enfield	Telford United	0-0(aet)	21,328
	Replay at West Bromwich Albion FC		3-2	7,005
1989	Telford United	Macclesfield Town	1-0(aet)	19,576
1990	Barrow	Leek Town	3-0	21,492
1991	Wycombe Wanderers	Kidderminster Harriers	2-1	34,842
1992	Colchester United	Witton Albion	3-1	32,254
1993	Wycombe Wanderers	Runcorn	4-1	32,968
1994	Woking	Runcorn	2-1	15,818
1995	Woking	Kidderminster Harriers	2-1(aet)	17,815
1996	Macclesfield Town	Northwich Victoria	3-1	8,672
1997	Woking	Dagenham & Redbridge	1-0(aet)	24,376
1998	Cheltenham Town	Southport	1-0	26,837
1999	Kingstonian	Forest Green Rovers	1-0	20,037
2000	Kingstonian	Kettering Town	3-2	20,034
2001	Canvey Island	Forest Green Rovers	1-0	10,007
2002	Yeovil Town	Stevenage Borough	2-0	18,809
2003	Burscough	Tamworth	2-1	14,625
2004	Hednesford Town	Canvey Island	3-2	6,635
2005	Grays Athletic	Hucknall Town	1-1(aet)	8,116
	Grays Athletic won 6-5 on kicks from the penalty mark
2006	Grays Athletic	Woking	2-0	13,997
2007	Stevenage Borough	Kidderminster Harriers	3-2	53,262
2008	Ebbsfleet United	Torquay United	1-0	40,186
2009	Stevenage Borough	York City	2-0	27,110
2010	Barrow	Stevenage Borough	2-1(aet)	21,223
2011	Darlington	Mansfield Town	1-0(aet)	24,668
2012	York City	Newport County	2-0	19,844
2013	Wrexham	Grimsby Town	1-1(aet)	35,266
	Wrexham won 4-1 on kicks from the penalty mark
2014	Cambridge United	Gosport Borough	4-0	18,120
2015	North Ferriby	Wrexham	3-3	14,585
	North Ferriby won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
2016	FC Halifax Town	Grimsby Town	1-0	46,781
2017	York City	Macclesfield Town	3-2	38,224
2018	Brackley Town	Bromley	1-1(aet)	31,430
	Brackley Town won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
2019	AFC Fylde	Leyton Orient	1-0	42,962
2020	Harrogate Town	Concord Rangers	1-0	N/A as game BCD
2021	Hornchurch	Hereford	3-1	6000
2022	Bromley	Wrexham	1-0	46,111
2023	FC Halifax Town	Gateshead	1-0	27,374
2024	Gateshead	Solihull Moors	2-2(aet)	19,964
	Gateshead won 5-4 on kicks from the penalty mark
2025	Aldershot Town	Spennymoor Town	3-0	TBC