The 1974–75 FA Trophy was the sixth season of the FA Trophy.

1974–75 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland
Wales
Teams294
Final positions
ChampionsMatlock Town (1st title)
Runner-upScarborough

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Atherstone Town 3-0 Enderby Town
2 Basingstoke Town 4-0 Waterlooville
3 Bilston 3-0 Warley County Borough
4 Blackpool Mechanics 2-1 Leyland Motors
5 Bridport 1-5 Taunton Town
6 Caernarfon Town 0-1 Rhyl
7 Cambridge City 1-1 Letchworth Town
8 Crook Town 0-1 Willington
9 Croydon 0-0 Redhill
10 Darlaston 1-2 Halesowen Town
11 Darwen 2-1 Skelmersdale United
12 Dawlish Town 2-1 Wadebridge Town
13 Deal Town 0-2 Ramsgate
14 Dorchester Town 0-0 Devizes Town
15 Durham City 5-0 Whitley Bay
16 Eastwood Town 0-1 Brereton Social
17 Edgware 2-2 Ware
18 Emley 2-0 Thackley
19 Erith & Belvedere 2-3 Tonbridge
20 Falmouth Town 5-0 Exmouth Town
21 Ferndale Athletic 2-1 Weston-super-Mare
22 Finchley 1-0 Wealdstone
23 Folkestone & Shepway 4-1 Faversham Town
24 Formby 2-2 St Helens Town
25 Frome Town 1-2 Witney Town
26 Glastonbury 1-3 Bridgwater Town
27 Goole Town 4-0 Yorkshire Amateur
28 Gornal Athletic 0-1 Dudley Town
29 Grays Athletic 0-1 Walthamstow Avenue
30 Great Harwood w/o-scr Ormskirk
31 Great Yarmouth Town 0-1 Stowmarket Town
32 Hallam 1-2 Worksop Town
33 Harlow Town 0-1 Enfield
34 Harrogate Town 1-0 Guiseley
35 Hayes 1-0 Wembley
36 Hertford Town 3-1 Clapton
37 Histon 3-1 Ely City
38 Hitchin Town 4-1 Rothwell Town
39 Horden Colliery Welfare 4-2 Ferndale Athletic
40 Horsham 1-2 Guildford & Dorking United
41 Hounslow 1-2 Wokingham Town
42 Hyde United 1-0 Horwich R M I
43 Kimberley Town 2-3 Arnold
44 Lancaster City 4-1 Fleetwood
45 Leek Town 0-7 Winsford United
46 Lewes 2-0 Crawley Town
47 Leytonstone 1-1 Leyton
48 Long Eaton United 1-1 Hednesford
49 Louth United 2-0 Wisbech Town
50 Lowestoft Town 0-2 Harwich & Parkeston
51 Maidenhead United 3-3 Kingstonian
52 Maidstone United 0-2 Gravesend & Northfleet
53 Mangotsfield United 3-6 Llanelli
54 Marine 4-2 Witton Albion
55 Metropolitan Police 2-1 Corinthian-Casuals
56 Moor Green 2-1 Brierley Hill Alliance
57 Netherfield 1-0 Accrington Stanley
58 New Mills 4-7 Nantwich Town
59 Oldbury United 1-3 Lye Town
60 Ossett Albion 1-1 Denaby United
61 Oswestry Town 1-0 Eastwood Hanley
62 Oxford City 4-0 Milton Keynes City
63 Penrith 2-1 Evenwood Town
64 Poole Town 2-1 Fareham Town
65 Portmadoc w/o-scr Connah's Quay Nomads
66 Prestwich Heys w/o-scr Ellemsere Port Town
67 Pwllhelli & District 0-2 Blaenau Ffestiniog
68 Radcliffe Borough 2-0 Clitheroe
69 Redditch United 2-1 Bedworth United
70 Retford Town 0-2 Heanor Town
71 Rossendale United 2-0 Nelson
72 Runcorn 1-0 New Brighton
73 Salisbury 0-0 Andover
74 Shildon 3-2 Whitby Town
75 Sittingbourne 1-1 Canterbury City
76 Skegness Town 2-0 March Town United
77 Soham Town Rangers 2-0 Gorleston
78 Southall 1-0 Ruislip Manor
79 Spalding United 2-1 Corby Town
80 St Albans City 1-1 Harrow Borough
81 St Blazey 2-3 Bideford
82 St Neots Town 0-1 Biggleswade Town
83 Staines Town 2-1 Hampton
84 Stalybridge Celtic 0-2 Droylsden
85 Stanley United scr-w/o Bishop Auckland
86 Stevenage Athletic 1-2 Dunstable
87 Stockton 1-4 South Bank
88 Sudbury Town 3-0 Potton United
89 Sutton Coldfield Town 2-3 A P Leamington
90 Sutton Town 0-1 Belper Town
91 Tilbury 1-1 Dagenham
92 Ton Pentre 0-3 Everwarm
93 Tooting & Mitcham United 5-1 Medway
94 Tow Law Town 5-2 Consett
95 Trowbridge Town 4-1 Gloucester City
96 Uxbridge 3-2 Chesham United
97 Wellingborough Town 0-1 Rushden Town
98 Welton Rovers 3-5 Cinderford Town
99 West Auckland Town 3-0 Bridlington Trinity
100 Whitstable Town 1-3 Sheppey United
101 Winterton Rangers 2-3 Hatfield Main
102 Woolley Miners Welfare 1-1 Frickley Colliery

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
7 Letchworth Town 0-2 Cambridge City
9 Redhill 0-2 Croydon
14 Devizes Town 1-0 Dorchester Town
17 Ware 2-3 Edgware
24 St Helens Town 2-3 Formby
47 Leyton 0-3 Leytonstone
48 Hednesford 0-2 Long Eaton United
51 Kingstonian 1-0 Maidenhead United
60 Denaby United 0-5 Ossett Albion
73 Andover 2-2 Salisbury
75 Canterbury City 3-0 Sittingbourne
80 Harrow Borough 1-0 St Albans City
91 Dagenham 2-2 Tilbury
102 Frickley Colliery 1-2 Woolley Miners Welfare

2nd replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
73 Salisbury 2-0 Andover
91 Tilbury 2-4 Dagenham

First qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alton Town 1-3 Staines Town
2 Arnold 1-2 Spalding United
3 Ashton United 1-5 Leeds & Carnegie College
4 Atherstone Town 3-1 Lye Town
5 Barking 0-1 Leytonstone
6 Barnstaple Town 3-5 Taunton Town
7 Basingstoke Town 0-2 Devizes Town
8 Bethesda Athletic 2-2 Porthmadoc
9 Bideford 1-5 Falmouth Town
10 Biggleswade Town 1-0 Soham Town Rangers
11 Billingham Synthonia 1-2 Shildon
12 Bishop Auckland 3-1 Willington
13 Boldon Colliery Welfare 4-3 Annfield Plain
14 Boreham Wood 0-0 Harrow Borough
15 Boston 0-1 Heanor Town
16 Brereton Social 2-0 Belper Town
17 Cambridge City 4-0 Bury Town
18 Canterbury City 1-0 Bromley
19 Chippenham Town 2-1 Salisbury
20 Cinderford Town 0-1 Everwarm
21 Croydon 1-1 Metropolitan Police
22 Dagenham 3-0 Hayes
23 Darwen 1-1 Rossendale United
24 Dawlish Town 1-2 Bridgwater Town
25 Dudley Town 4-0 Halesowen Town
26 Durham City 2-2 Tow Law Town
27 Emley 2-3 Prestwich Heys
28 Feltham 0-6 Enfield
29 Ferndale Athletic 1-1 Cheltenham Town
30 Folkestone & Shepway 1-2 Tooting & Mitcham United
31 Formby 2-0 Netherfield
32 Great Harwood 4-3 Blackpool Mechanics
33 Guildford & Dorking United 0-0 Carshalton Athletic
34 Harrogate Town 1-1 Hyde United
35 Harwich & Parkeston 3-1 Histon
36 Hatfield Main 1-2 Goole Town
37 Hertford Town 1-2 Cheshunt
38 Kingstonian 0-1 Wokingham Town
39 Lancaster City 2-0 Bacup Borough
40 Lewes 0-2 Bognor Regis Town
41 Llanelli 0-0 Bath City
42 Long Eaton United 0-3 Alvechurch
43 Louth United 2-0 Woolley Miners Welfare
44 Moor Green 0-2 Bilston
45 Nantwich Town 0-5 Altrincham
46 Ossett Albion 1-2 Droylsdne
47 Oswestry Town 1-0 Marine
48 Oxford City 1-0 Uxbridge
49 Penrith 2-4 Horden Colliery Welfare
50 Redditch United 0-0 A P Leamington
51 Rhyl 4-3 Blaenau Ffestiniog
52 Runcorn 4-0 Congleton Town
53 Rushden Town 1-3 Sudbury Town
54 Sheppey United 2-2 Gravesend & Northfleet
55 Skegness Town 2-0 Alfreton Town
56 South Bank 3-0 West Auckland Town
57 Southall 0-1 Edgware
58 Stowmarket Town 0-0 Hitchin Town
59 Tonbridge 1-1 Ramsgate
60 Trowbridge Town 1-2 Poole Town
61 Walthamstow Avenue 2-0 Finchley
62 Winsford United 2-1 Radcliffe Borough
63 Witney Town 2-1 Dunstable
64 Worksop Town 8-0 Barton Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Portmadoc 0-2 Bethesda Athletic
14 Harrow Borough 1-1 Boreham Wood
21 Metropolitan Police 2-0 Croydon
23 Rossendale United 2-3 Darwen
26 Tow Law Town 2-1 Durham City
29 Cheltenham Town 4-0 Ferndale Athletic
33 Carshalton Athletic 2-1 Guildford & Dorking United
34 Hyde United 2-1 Harrogate Town
41 Bath City 3-0 Llanelli
50 A P Leamington 4-0 Redditch United
54 Gravesend & Northfleet 4-0 Sheppey United
58 Hitchin Town 5-0 Stowmarket Town
59 Ramsgate 3-4 Tonbridge

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
14 Boreham Wood 0-2 Harrow Borough

Second qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 A P Leamington 1-2 Brereton Social
2 Altrincham 0-0 Runcorn
3 Atherstone Town 6-0 Alvechurch
4 Bath City 2-1 Everwarm
5 Bilston 3-0 Dudley Town
6 Bishop Auckland 3-1 Tow Law Town
7 Bognor Regis Town 0-3 Dagenham
8 Bridgwater Town 0-1 Falmouth Town
9 Cambridge City 3-1 Edgware
10 Carshalton Athletic 0-0 Gravesend & Northfleet
11 Cheltenham Town 3-1 Chippenham Town
12 Cheshunt 1-1 Enfield
13 Darwen 1-4 Lancaster City
14 Droylsden 0-3 Hyde United
15 Goole Town 4-1 Skegness Town
16 Great Harwood 2-0 Formby
17 Harwich & Parkeston 0-1 Hitchin Town
18 Leeds & Carnegie College 2-1 Prestwich Heys
19 Louth United 2-2 Heanor Town
20 Metropolitan Police 1-0 Leytonstone
21 Oxford City 0-1 Devizes Town
22 Rhyl 1-1 Bethesda Athletic
23 Shildon 3-2 Boldon Colliery Welfare
24 South Bank 3-0 Horden Colliery Welfare
25 Staines Town 2-2 Harrow Borough
26 Sudbury Town 0-0 Biggleswade Town
27 Taunton Town 1-2 Poole Town
28 Tonbridge 0-1 Canterbury City
29 Walthamstow Avenue 1-2 Tooting & Mitcham United
30 Winsford United 2-1 Oswestry Town
31 Witney Town 2-1 Wokingham Town
32 Worksop Town 3-2 Spalding United

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Runcorn 0-0 Altrincham
10 Gravesend & Northfleet 2-0 Carshalton Athletic
12 Enfield 2-1 Cheshunt
19 Heanor Town 2-3 Louth United
22 Bethesda Athletic 3-0 Rhyl
25 Harrow Borough 0-3 Staines Town
26 Biggleswade Town 1-2 Sudbury Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Altrincham 1-1 Runcorn

3rd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Altrincham 2-0 Runcorn

Third qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashington 0-1 Blyth Spartans
2 Aveley 1-1 Bishop's Stortford
3 Bath City 3-4 Cheltenham Town
4 Bethesda Athletic 1-3 Northwich Victoria
5 Bilston 1-0 Devizes Town
6 Brereton Social 2-0 Louth United
7 Cambridge City 1-2 Hendon
8 Canterbury City 2-1 Metropolitan Police
9 Chorley 1-1 Altrincham
10 Dagenham 3-0 Slough Town
11 Gainsborough Trinity 1-1 Atherstone Town
12 Goole Town 5-0 Spennymoor United
13 Hitchin Town 1-0 Barnet
14 Hyde United 1-4 Mossley
15 Ilford 3-0 Wycombe Wanderers
16 Kidderminster Harriers 3-4 Highgate United
17 King's Lynn 2-1 Nuneaton Borough
18 Lancaster City 1-0 Shildon
19 Leatherhead 4-1 Gravesend & Northfleet
20 Margate 4-1 Dulwich Hamlet
21 Mexborough Town 3-3 Burton Albion
22 Minehead 1-2 Yeovil Town
23 North Shields 0-1 Bishop Auckland
24 Poole Town 3-2 Falmouth Town
25 South Bank 2-0 Leeds & Carnegie College
26 Sudbury Town 2-2 Enfield
27 Sutton Town 3-0 Woking
28 Tamworth 0-1 Matlock Town
29 Tooting & Mitcham United 3-0 Walton & Hersham
30 Winsford United 5-2 Great Harwood
31 Witney Town 4-1 Staines Town
32 Worksop Town 4-1 Ilkeston Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Bishop's Stortford 0-0 Aveley
9 Altrincham 5-1 Chorley
11 Atherstone Town 1-1 Gainsborough Trinity
21 Burton Albion 3-0 Mexborough Town
26 Enfield 5-0 Sudbury Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Aveley 1-4 Bishop's Stortford
11 Gainsborough Trinity 1-4 Atherstone Town

1st round

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

Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Atherstone Town 1-1 Burton Albion
2 Banbury United 1-1 Enfield
3 Barrow 0-2 Lancaster City
4 Bexley United 2-2 Ashford Town
5 Bishop Auckland 0-1 Morecambe
6 Burscough 1-1 Bangor City
7 Buxton 0-0 Boston United
8 Canterbury Town 3-0 Yeovil Town
9 Chelmsford City 2-3 Ilford
10 Cheltenham Town 7-1 Bromsgrove Rovers
11 Dover 2-1 Dartford
12 Goole Town 3-0 Brereton Social
13 Grantham 1-1 Worksop Town
14 Hendon 2-2 Hillingdon Borough
15 Highgate United 2-0 Worcester City
16 Hitchin Town 1-1 Bedford Town
17 Leatherhead 5-1 Hastings United
18 Macclesfield Town 1-3 Mossley
19 Matlock Town 3-0 King's Lynn
20 Merthyr Tydfil 0-3 Kettering Town
21 Northwich Victoria 3-0 Winsford United
22 Poole Town 1-5 Margate
23 Romford 1-0 Bishop's Stortford
24 Sandbach Ramblers 1-2 South Liverpool
25 Scarborough 4-0 Gateshead United
26 South Bank 2-1 Blyth Spartans
27 Stafford Rangers 0-1 Bilston
28 Stourbridge 2-2 Telford United
29 Weymouth 2-1 Tooting & Mitcham United
30 Wigan Athletic 3-1 Altrincham
31 Wimbledon 3-1 Sutton United
32 Witney Town 2-2 Dagenham

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Burton Albion 4-2 Atherstone Town
2 Enfield 1-1 Banbury United
4 Ashford Town 2-1 Bexley United
6 Bangor City 1-2 Burscough
7 Boston United 4-1 Buxton
13 Worksop Town 2-3 Grantham
14 Hillingdon Borough 3-1 Hendon
16 Bedford Town 3-1 Hitchin Town
28 Telford United 4-0 Stourbridge
32 Dagenham 3-0 Witney Town

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Banbury United 0-4 Enfield
at Chesham United FC

2nd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Ashford Town 1-1 Bedford Town
2 Bilston 1-3 Mossley
3 Boston United 1-1 Scarborough
4 Burscough 1-1 Matlock Town
5 Burton Albion 1-0 South Bank
6 Dagenham 1-1 Canterbury City
7 Enfield 2-1 Dover
8 Goole Town 1-1 South Liverpool
9 Grantham 0-0 Lancaster City
10 Hillingdon Borough 0-1 Highgate United
11 Ilford 1-0 Margate
12 Morecambe 2-3 Telford United
13 Northwich Victoria 2-4 Wigan Athletic
14 Romford 4-1 Cheltenham Town
15 Weymouth 2-0 Leatherhead
16 Wimbledon 1-0 Kettering Town

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bedford Town 4-3 Ashford Town
3 Scarborough 1-0 Boston United
4 Matlock Town 3-1 Burscough
6 Canterbury City 0-2 Dagenham
8 South Liverpool 0-4 Goole Town
9 Lancaster City 1-0 Grantham

3rd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Burton Albion 2-1 Mossley
2 Dagenham 1-0 Weymouth
3 Goole Town 2-1 Romford
4 Highgate United 1-2 Bedford Town
5 Lancaster City 0-2 Wigan Athletic
6 Matlock Town 1-1 Ilford
7 Scarborough 2-1 Enfield
8 Wimbledon 4-1 Telford United

Replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
6 Ilford 0-1 Matlock Town

4th round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Dagenham 1-3 Burton Albion
2 Goole Town 0-1 Matlock Town
3 Scarborough 1-0 Wimbledon
4 Wigan Athletic 0-1 Bedford Town

Semi finals

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First leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Matlock Town 0-1 Burton Albion
2 Scarborough 3-1 Bedford Town

Second leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team Aggregate
1 Burton Albion 0-2 Matlock Town 1-2
2 Bedford Town 1-3 Scarborough 2-6

Final

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Home Team Score Away Team
Matlock Town 4-0 Scarborough

References

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General

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Specific

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