The 2022–23 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) was the 54th season of the FA Trophy , an annual football competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English National League System . The competition consists of three qualifying rounds, and seven proper rounds. Teams from level 8 enter into the first qualifying round and second qualifying round, level 7 into the third qualifying round, level 6 (the National League North and National League South ) into round 2, and level 5 (the National League ) into round 3.
All matches were in a single-match knockout format, with the winner decided by penalties if the match was drawn after 90 minutes, apart from the Final where the winner was decided by extra-time and penalties if the match was drawn. This was the same format as the 2020–21 and 2021–22 season which broke from previous seasons that used replays and two-legged semi-finals.
Calendar [ ] The calendar for the 2022–23 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association .
Round
Main Date
Number of Fixtures
Clubs Remaining
New Entries This Round
Losing Club
Winning Club
First Round Qualifying
10 September 2022
79
319 → 240
159
(incl. 1 bye)
£400
£1,500
Second Round Qualifying
24 September 2022
40
240 → 200
none
£575
£2,250
Third Round Qualifying
8 October 2022
64
200 → 136
88
£625
£2,450
First Round Proper
29 October 2022
32
136 → 104
none
£775
£3,000
Second Round Proper
19 November 2022
40
104 → 64
48
£1,000
£3,750
Third Round Proper
17 December 2022
32
64 → 32
24
£1,250
£4,500
Fourth Round Proper
14 January 2023
16
32 → 16
0
£1,500
£5,250
Fifth Round Proper
11 February 2023
8
16 → 8
0
£1,750
£6,000
Quarter-Finals
11 March 2023
4
8 → 4
0
£2,000
£7,500
Semi-Finals
1 April 2023
2
4 → 2
0
£5,000
£15,000
Final
21 May 2023
1
2 → 1
0
£30,000
£60,000
Entry [ ] Applications to enter the 54th edition of the FA Trophy opened on 25 February 2022 and closed 1 April 2022.
All 320 clubs from steps 1–4 on the National League System were eligible. All but Guernsey F.C. (from step 4) appeared on the list of clubs accepted on 1 July 2022. As a result, a bye had to be drawn out of the remaining 159 (step 4) teams entering the First Round Qualifying.
First Round Qualifying [ ] The draw for the first qualifying round was made on 8 July 2022. 159 teams from step 4 were drawn into 79 fixtures, with the leftover team, Leek Town , receiving a bye.
159 teams, all from Level 8 of the English football league system , were drawn into 79 fixtures, with the leftover team, Leek Town , receiving a bye. Ties were originally scheduled for 9–11 September, but were postponed to 12–14 September as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Tie
Score
Monday 12 September 2022
16
0–2
199
30
1–2
148
52
3–0
136
Tuesday 13 September 2022
1
2–1
181
2
(8) Shildon AFC
1–2
195
3
7–0
762
4
2–2 (0–3 p )
115
5
3–4
157
7
W–O
Grimsby Borough withdrew from the FA Trophy citing unexpected travel obligations; Walkover for Bootle
8
2–1
272
9
1–1 (4–2 p )
249
10
1–2
184
12
1–2
420
13
1–2
197
14
3–1
Pontefract Collieries (8)
216
15
1–2
155
17
0–1
121
18
0–2
84
19
(8) Daventry Town
2–3
60
20
1–2
207
22
2–0
96
23
2–0
Gresley Rovers (8)
237
24
1–0
121
25
(8) Coleshill Town
3–2
57
26
3–1
142
27
4–3
84
28
5–2
Biggleswade (8)
551
29
3–4
Hinckley LR
165
31
(8) Kempston Rovers
0–1
58
32
0–2
56
33
0–3
85
34
4–2
40
35
1–3
36
1–1 (1–4 p )
37
3–1
38
1–2
437
39
3–3 (2–3 p )
128
40
1–3
41
0–1
48
42
2–2 (5–4 p )
43
(8) Welwyn Garden City
1–2
Tie
Score
44
4–1
131
45
A–A
Match Abandoned at 0–1 due to serious injury. Tie rescheduled for Tuesday 20 September.
46
1–4
93
47
1–2
48
2–2 (2–3 p )
50
3–3 (5–4 p )
51
0–0 (6–7 p )
Corinthian
83
53
0–3
97
55
1–2
97
56
3–1
242
57
3–2
63
58
1–1 (4–2 p )
59
0–3
60
1–0
61
0–1
78
62
0–0 (7–8 p )
63
1–0
216
64
(8) Cinderford Town
0–1
84
65
(8) Willand Rovers
0–3
117
68
1–1 (5–4 p )
83
69
0–1
107
70
1–1 (7–6 p )
Slimbridge AFC (8)
110
71
2–3
67
72
3–5
190
73
5–0
Exmouth Town (8)
74
4–1
75
0–4
76
(8) Kidlington
0–0 (2–4 p )
Tavistock AFC
60
77
(8) Thame United
2–0
Westbury United (8)
68
78
2–3
79
(8) Highworth Town
1–2
68
80
Bye
Wednesday 14 September 2022
6
1–1 (4–2 p )
180
11
0–0 (2–4 p )
21
4–1
Yaxley (8)
130
49
1–2
88
54
1–2
101
66
0–3
107
67
(8) Larkhall Athletic
0–2
122
Tuesday 20 September 2022
45
1–1 (6–7 p )
71
Second Round Qualifying [ ] The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 8 July 2022, and saw the 79 winners from the First Qualifying Round joined by Leek Town who had received a bye. All teams were from Level 8 of the English football league system .
Tie
Score
Friday 23 September 2022
1
3–1
340
Saturday 24 September 2022
2
1–3
457
3
0–3
360
4
1–0
269
5
1–4
420
6
3–1
655
7
1–2
355
8
1–1 (2–4 p)
351
9
(8) Hinckley LR
0–0 (3–0 p)
73
10
(8) Coleshill Town
4–4 (2–4 p)
118
11
0–0 (2–4 p)
428
12
0–1
162
13
2–1
248
14
1–1 (4–3 p)
196
15
2–0
531
16
1–1 (4–5 p)
241
17
5–3
105
18
0–1
518
19
3–2
196
21
2–0
122
Tie
Score
23
1–1 (3–4 p)
174
24
5–1
271
25
(8) Corinthian
2–4
82
26
2–2 (5–3 p)
146
27
2–0
247
28
2–1
251
29
4–1
214
30
4–0
342
31
3–0
92
32
2–1
131
33
(8) Tavistock
1–0
162
34
3–2
139
35
2–1
231
36
2–2 (5–4 p)
158
37
0–3
154
38
1–0
197
39
(8) Thame United
1–2
156
40
2–2 (4–5 p)
256
Sunday 25 September 2022
20
2–3
47
22
4–1
178
Third Round Qualifying [ ] The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 26 September 2022, and saw 88 clubs from tier 7 joining the 40 winners from the Second Qualifying Round.
Tie
Score
Saturday 8 October 2022
1
0–2
303
2
1–1 (4–3 p)
879
3
1–2
248
4
0–0 (1–3 p)
5
6–1
6
2–3
475
7
2–1
616
8
3–1
9
2–3
237
10
0–1
1,073
11
1–2
12
2–2 (1–4 p)
606
13
0–3
14
1–2
15
1–0
159
16
3–1
308
17
1–2
242
18
4–1
485
19
1–3
177
20
2–0
Hinckley LR (8)
21
0–1
222
22
0–3
23
1–2
24
1–1 (4–2 p)
25
0–4
401
26
0–3
605
27
3–0
28
1–1 (3–0 p)
303
29
1–1 (5–3 p)
209
30
0–3
315
31
3–4
421
32
2–2 (4–3 p)
314
Tie
Score
33
2–2 (3–1 p)
305
34
1–0
205
35
2–1
242
36
0–0 (4–5 p)
188
37
1–0
38
1–0
156
39
1–2
40
3–1
201
41
0–0 (4–2 p)
42
4–3
43
2–0
44
2–2 (3–1 p)
101
45
0–0 (4–5 p)
166
46
0–1
47
1–0
550
48
2–2 (1–3 p)
49
1–2
50
0–4
414
51
0–2
161
52
1–1 (4–3 p)
53
2–2 (2–4 p)
151
54
1–0
432
55
1–4
359
56
2–0
285
57
0–1
307
59
0–2
282
60
(8) Tavistock
3–1
61
3–0
62
2–0
161
63
3–3 (5–3 p)
117
64
2–0
Sunday 9 October 2022
58
1–0
First Round Proper [ ] The draw for the First Round was made on 10 October containing the 64 winners from the previous round.
Tie
Score
Saturday 29 October 2022
1
0–2
805
2
3–2
626
3
1–0
566
4
2–1
504
5
3–2
222
6
3–1
577
7
0–2
241
8
1–2
229
9
4–2
504
10
5–0
169
11
1–3
219
12
0–2
375
13
1–2
281
14
0–2
334
15
0–1
130
16
4–2
103
Tie
Score
17
2–2 (1–3 p )
262
18
0–4
805
19
0–1
304
20
1–3
377
21
2–1
235
22
0–1
338
23
2–0
248
24
4–2
575
25
2–0
662
26
3–1
500
28
(8) Tavistock
2–1
202
29
3–1
304
30
1–2
400
31
0–5
264
32
2–0
138
Sunday 30 October 2022
27
3–2
216
Second Round Proper [ ] The draw for the Second Round was made on 31 October 2022, with eighty teams making an appearance including 32 winners from the previous round and 48 teams newly entering from Level 6.
Tie
Score
Saturday 19 November 2022
1
1–2
2
1–0
748
3
2–1
1,475
4
3–2
632
5
1–3
829
6
0–1
560
7
1–0
1,144
8
4–2
640
9
4–1
931
10
2–1
675
11
1–2
637
12
1–2
322
13
1–1 (3–2 p)
944
14
6–0
702
15
3–0
474
16
1–0
387
17
2–0
565
18
2–1
435
19
1–0
247
20
4–3
254
Tie
Score
21
1–1 (4–5 p)
981
22
1–0
446
23
1–2
1,028
24
3–2
186
25
2–1
661
26
0–1
580
27
(8) Tavistock
1–2
254
28
1–1 (4–5 p)
132
29
1–1 (4–2 p)
176
30
1–2
708
31
0–1
829
32
4–2
1,048
33
1–1 (2–4 p)
207
34
3–2
35
2–4
151
36
2–2 (2–4 p)
875
37
0–3
512
38
4–0
331
39
1–3
612
40
2–4
669
Third Round Proper [ ] 64 teams made an appearance including 40 winners from the previous round and 24 newly entering teams from Level 5.
Tie
Score
Saturday 17 December 2022
8
2–1
769
17
0–0 (1–4 p )
962
19
1–1 (3–5 p )
519
28
1–1 (1–4 p )
448
32
1–2
452
Tuesday 20 December 2022
1
1–3
1,005
2
5–0
1,172
3
1–0
705
4
2-1
260
5
1–3
2,107
7
1–1 (2–4 p )
328
9
5–1
253
10
2–2 (5–4 p )
11
2–0
486
12
2–1
2,040
13
0–0 (3–2 p )
1,752
Tie
Score
14
0–1
682
15
2–0
1,434
16
0–2
18
2–0
639
20
2–2 (4–5 p )
231
21
4–3
473
22
5–1
463
23
0–1
299
24
3–2
768
25
3–0
606
29
2–3
340
30
1–0
336
31
2–2 (5–4 p )
551
Wednesday 21 December 2022
6
3–1
5,080
27
1–2
211
Wednesday 4 January 2023
26
–
Fourth round proper [ ] The draw was made on 19 December 2022 containing the 32 winners from the previous round. There were six remaining teams from the seventh tier, the lowest-ranked teams left in the competition.
Tie
Score
Friday 13 January 2023
7
2–2 (4–3 p )
2,526
Saturday 14 January 2023
1
3–1
2,228
Match played at Oldham Athletic.
2
3–2
957
4
1–0
467
6
0–2
857
8
0–2
749
10
2–1
2,741
11
4–1
804
Tie
Score
13
1–0
907
14
2–1
524
15
1–1 (5–4 p )
2,345
16
7–1
Sunday 15 January 2023
3
2–2 (5–6 p )
2,405
Tuesday 17 January 2023
9
4–2
1,411
Tuesday 31 January 2023
5
2–2 (5–6 p )
293
12
3–2
592
Fifth round proper [ ] The draw was made on 16 January 2023, containing the 16 winners from the previous round. Bracknell Town of the seventh tier are the lowest-ranked team left in the competition.
Tie
Score
Saturday 11 February 2023
1
2–3
566
2
0–0 (4–5 p )
752
3
0–2
2,780
4
0–4
963
5
1–2
1,459
6
1–0
1,507
7
0–1
840
8
1–3
518
Quarter-finals [ ] The draw for the quarter-finals was made on 13 February 2023. Eight winners from the previous round made an appearance. Farsley Celtic of the sixth tier was the lowest-ranked club remaining.
Tie
Score
Saturday 11 March 2023
1
0–0 (4–2 p )
1,119
2
2–2 (3–4 p )
2,120
3
1–2
3,867
4
0–2
2,108
Semi-finals [ ] The draw for the semi-finals was made on 13 March 2023.Four winners from the previous round made an appearance.
Final [ ] Main article: 2023 FA Trophy final
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