The much anticipated FA Trophy and FA Vase Quarter Final draws are being done live and in full with exciting building among fans.
This stage of both competitions will take place on Saturday 12th March, with the winners of the FA Trophy quarter final ties getting £7,500 while the losers claim £2,000 – and in the FA Vase, winning teams pick up £4,125 while those defeated get £1,375.
There will be four ties each for the FA Trophy and FA Vase draws – Needham Market of the seventh tier are the lowest-ranked team remaining for the Trophy with everyone from the same level for the Vase.
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The Southern League Premier Central side Needham Market produced the FA Trophy shock of the weekend with a 1-0 victory at home to National League South promotion contenders Dartford.
Luke Ingram got the only goal of the game to become the sole Step 3 side left in the tournament.
It continues the side’s memorable run, who have never progressed this far in the Trophy.
Meanwhile, Wrexham were 3-0 winners over Boreham Wood, with Ollie Palmer, Jordan Davies and Aaron Hayden all on the scoresheet and it keeps them in the competition and on track to win the Trophy for a second time after winning it in 2013.
Notts County were 2-1 winners at Halifax Town, with Kairo Mitchell grabbing a late winner at The Shay.
Ruben Rodrigues had put the travelling side ahead early doors, before Billy Waters had equalised on the hour mark.
National League leaders Stockport County picked up a 1-0 win despite goalkeeper Ethan Ross’ red card over Cheshunt. Ross handled outside the box with seven minutes remaining.
Myles Hippolyte scored with the game’s winning goal as a much-changed Stockport side beat their Step 3 opponents.
Cheshunt gave a good account of themselves, nearly going ahead twice in the first half had it not been for some excellent reactions from Ross.
FA TROPHY FIFTH ROUND RESULTS
York City (6) 3–2 Morpeth Town (7)
Tonbridge Angels (6) 1–1 (2–3 p) Bromley (5)
Needham Market (7) 1–0 Dartford (6)
Stourbridge (7) 0–1 Solihull Moors (5)
Dagenham & Redbridge (5) 2–0 Spennymoor Town (6)
FC Halifax Town (5) 1–2 Notts County (5)
Wrexham (5) 3–0 Boreham Wood (5)
Stockport County (5) 1–0 Cheshunt (7)
FA VASE FIFTH ROUND RESULTS
Coventry Sphinx (9) 3–3 (3–4 p) Whitchurch Alport (9)
North Shields (9) 2–0 Rugby Town (9)
Loughborough Students (9) 3–0 Abbey Hey (10)
Anstey Nomads (9) 1–1 (2–3 p) Wythenshawe Town (9)
Southall (9) 0–0 (4–2 p) Stansfeld (10)
Hamworthy United (9) 3–1 Tunbridge Wells (9)
Littlehampton Town (9) 3–3 (4–1 p) Brockenhurst (9)
Newport Pagnell Town (9) 1–1 (4–3 p) Buckland Athletic (9)
Needham Market manager Kevin Horlock said post-match: It was a massive day for the football club, it was built up and rightly so. The lads have done magnificently to get to this stage.
We weren’t turning up here to be a part of an occasion, we wanted to turn up and play as well as we can because we knew if we did that, we would have a chance of winning, and look I’m not being biased because I’m the manager of this group of players in this football club, we were the better team, there’s no ifs, buts, or maybes.
And their manager shook my hands fairplay to him and said we deserved it and he’s right, we did, we worked our socks off, heading things, tackling, playing some good football looking dangerous, we hit the woodwork four times, maybe five and we won.
I’m just so pleased for the lads, I’ve said a lot in interviews where we had a tough spell start of the season when we were drawing games, and I know this group of players, I know what I’ve got, I know how talented they are, I know how hard they work, and they’re a great group to manage. I feel privileged to manage them and i just want them to perform as well as they can. They can play at Dartford’s level or higher. I’m so proud of them.
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