2025–26 FA Trophy

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FA Trophy 2025–26
Region	England Wales
Dates	Qualifying rounds: 23 August 2025– 4 October 2025 Competition Proper: 25 October 2025– 17 May 2026
Number of teams	336
Defending champions	Aldershot Town
← 2024–25	2026–27 →

The 2025–26 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024–25 Isuzu FA Trophy) is the 57th edition of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system.

Aldershot Town are the defending champions, having won the 2024–25 edition.

Format and eligibility

The calendar and entries were announced by The Football Association on 26 June 2025.

Aldershot Town are the reigning champions for the 2024–25 season, having defeated Spennymoor Town 3-0 in the 2025 FA Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.

Round	Main Date	Number of Fixtures	Clubs Remaining	New Entries This Round	Losing Club	Winning Club
Preliminary round	23 August 2025	16	336 → 320	32	£400	£1,500
First round qualifying	6 September 2025	80	320 → 240	144	£400	£1,500
Second round qualifying	20 September 2025	40	240 → 200	none	£575	£2,250
Third round qualifying	5 October 2025	64	200 → 136	88	£625	£2,450
First round proper	25 October 2025	32	136 → 104	none	£775	£3,000
Second round proper	15 November 2025	40	104 → 64	48	£1,000	£3,750
Third round proper	13 December 2025	32	64 → 32	24	£1,250	£4,500
Fourth round proper	10 January 2026	16	32 → 16	none	£1,500	£5,250
Fifth round proper	31 January 2026	8	16 → 8	none	£1,750	£6,000
Quarter-finals	28 February 2026	4	8 → 4	none	£2,000	£7,500
Semi-finals	28 March 2026	2	4 → 2	none	£5,000	£15,000
Final	17 May 2026	1	2 → 1	none	£30,000	£60,000

Preliminary round

The draw for the preliminary round was made on 4 July 2025.

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Friday 22 August 2025 14 Egham Town (8) 0-2 Margate (8) 186 Saturday 23 August 2025 1 Garforth Town (8) 3-0 Ashington (8) 236 2 Consett (8) 1-1 (5–4 p) Bishop Auckland (8) 278 3 Sporting Khalsa (8) 1-1 (4–3 p) Wellingborough Town (8) 145 4 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 3-2 Rugby Borough (8) 118 5 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 3-1 Barton Rovers (8) 125 6 Heybridge Swifts (8) 1-1 (6–7 p) Wroxham (8) 182

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 7 Brantham Athletic (8) 0-4 Grays Athletic (8) 99 8 Leighton Town (8) 2-0 Gorleston (8) 318 9 Northwood (8) 3-1 Hanworth Villa (8) 110 10 AFC Croydon Athletic (8) 1-3 AFC Whyteleafe (8) 167 11 Sheppey United (8) 1-1 (0–3 p) Hassocks (8) 228 12 Metropolitan Police (8) 1-1 (4–2 p) Hartley Wintney (8) 13 Marlow (8) 0-3 Three Bridges (8) 142 15 Bashley (8) 0-3 Frome Town (8) 152 16 Westbury United (8) 1-1 (7–8 p) Falmouth Town (8) 278

First qualifying round

The draw for the preliminary round was made on 4 July 2025.

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Friday 5 September 2025 7 Heaton Stannington (8) 2–0 Emley (8) 372 5 Bootle (8) 2–3 Witton Albion (8) 325 38 Enfield (8) 1–0 Wroxham (8) 111 53 Ascot United (8) 2–0 Three Bridges (8) 155 Saturday 6 September 2025 1 Newton Aycliffe (8) 3–0 Blyth Town (8) 220 2 Dunston (8) 4–1 Brighouse Town (8) 376 3 Stalybridge Celtic (8) 2–0 Trafford (8) 553 4 Ossett United (8) 1–3 Nantwich Town (8) 348 6 Consett (8) 4–0 Hallam (8) 186 8 North Ferriby (8) 1–0 Blyth Spartans (8) 446 9 Silsden (8) 1–0 Atherton Collieries (8) 161 10 Congleton Town (8) 3–1 Vauxhall Motors (8) 529 11 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 1–1 (6–5 p) Redcar Athletic (8) 354 12 Bury (8) 3–1 Wythenshawe Town (8) 1,751 13 Runcorn Linnets (8) 1–1 (4–1 p) Garforth Town (8) 385 15 Avro (8) 1–3 Clitheroe (8) 183 16 Bridlington Town (8) 1–0 Mossley (8) 455 17 Long Eaton United (8) 2–2 (2–3 p) Carlton Town (8) 205 18 Belper Town (8) 2–1 Newcastle Town (8) 460 19 Coventry Sphinx (8) 0–2 Lincoln United (8) 135 20 Stafford Rangers (8) 1–0 Boldmere St. Michaels (8) 503 21 Rugby Town (8) 4–1 Racing Club Warwick (8) 328 22 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 3–2 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 205 23 Shifnal Town (8) 1–0 Chasetown (8) 288 24 Mickleover (8) 2–3 Basford United (8) 306 25 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 0–0(3–1 p) St Neots Town (8) 146 26 Bedworth United (8) 0–0 (7–6 p) Darlaston Town 1874 (8) 188 27 Lichfield City (8) 1–2 Corby Town (8) 315 28 Bourne Town (8) 0–2 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 502 29 Coleshill Town (8) 1–0 Sporting Khalsa (8) 115 30 Malvern Town (8) 5–1 Loughborough Students (8) 284 31 Shepshed Dynamo (8) 0–4 Anstey Nomads (8) 364 32 Matlock Town (8) 3–0 Grimsby Borough (8) 492 33 Ware (8) 1–5 Hadley (8) 170 34 Hertford Town (8) 1–3 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 377 35 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 0–1 AFC Dunstable (8) 553 36 Takeley (8) 0–2 Welwyn Garden City (8) 176 37 Stotfold (8) 0–2 Mildenhall Town (8) 164 39 Biggleswade Town (8) 1–3 Hitchin Town (8) 303 40 Grays Athletic (8) 2–1 Milton Keynes Irish (8) 182

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 41 Witham Town (8) 2–2 (4–1 p) Newmarket Town (8) 103 42 Stanway Rovers (8) 4–0 Aylesbury United (8) 149 43 Walthamstow (8) 3–2 Downham Town (8) 328 44 Concord Rangers (8) 2–2 (2–4 p) Biggleswade (8) 133 45 Lowestoft Town (8) 2–0 Leverstock Green (8) 336 46 Redbridge (8) 1–4 Waltham Abbey (8) 86 47 London Lions (8) 0–3 Tilbury (8) 82 48 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 0–3 Leighton Town (8) 161 49 Bowers & Pitsea (8) 0–3 Cambridge City (8) 173 50 Kingstonian (8) 1–0 Merstham (8) 247 51 Jersey Bulls (8) 3–1 Hastings United (8) 687 52 Leatherhead (8) 4–0 Raynes Park Vale (8) 435 54 Harrow Borough (8) 1–0 Eastbourne Town (8) 160 55 Hassocks (8) 1–3 Crowborough Athletic (8) 318 56 VCD Athletic (8) 0–0 (5–4 p) Rayners Lane (8) 58 57 Moneyfields (8) 4–5 Thame United (8) 123 59 Herne Bay (8) 0–3 Ashford United (8) 382 61 Erith Town (8) 1–1 (3–4 p) Deal Town (8) 97 62 Bedfont Sports (8) 0–0 (4–2 p) Horndean (8) 137 64 Fareham Town (8) 4–1 Beaconsfield Town (8) 304 65 East Grinstead Town (8) 3–3 (4–2 p) Binfield (8) 149 66 South Park (Reigate) (8) 1–2 Broadbridge Heath (8) 169 67 Sittingbourne (8) 2–1 Faversham Town (8) 354 68 Westfield (8) 4–2 Margate (8) 134 69 Northwood (8) 0–1 Beckenham Town (8) 138 70 AFC Portchester (8) 1–0 Flackwell Heath (8) 309 71 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 1–0 Metropolitan Police (8) 171 72 Brixham (8) 0–4 Falmouth Town (8) 173 73 Tavistock (8) 1–1 (8–7 p) Larkhall Athletic (8) 75 74 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 0–2 Shaftesbury (8) 232 75 Hartpury (8) 2–1 Didcot Town (8) 175 Match played at Didcot Town. 76 Willand Rovers (8) 1–1 (4–5 p) Bishop's Cleeve (8) 150 77 Bideford (8) 3–1 Mousehole (8) 261 78 Exmouth Town (8) 1–1 (3–4 p) Swindon Supermarine (8) 203 79 Winchester City (8) 2–0 Frome Town (8) 333 80 Portishead Town (8) 4–0 Melksham Town (8) 234 Sunday 7 September 2025 14 Pontefract Collieries (8) 0–2 Lower Breck (8) 131 58 Littlehampton Town (8) 1–2 Hendon (8) 301 60 Southall (8) 0–0 (5–4 p) AFC Whyteleafe (8) 142 63 Bognor Regis Town (8) 2–2 (8–7 p) Sevenoaks Town (8) 232 Tuesday 16 September 2025 12 Wythenshawe Town (8) 1–2 Bury (8) 347

Second qualifying round

The draw for the second qualifying round was made on 8 September 2025.

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att. Friday 19 September 2025 3 Stalybridge Celtic (8) 0–3 Lower Breck (8) 517 7 Bridlington Town (8) 2–0 North Ferriby (8) 645 18 Biggleswade (8) 3–1 Hitchin Town (8) 316 20 Enfield (8) 1–3 AFC Dunstable (8) 98 Saturday 20 September 2025 34 Harrow Borough (8) 4–0 Jersey Bulls (8) 166 1 Heaton Stannington (8) 4–0 Newton Aycliffe (8) 287 2 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 2–0 Consett (8) 196 4 Witton Albion (8) 0–1 Dunston (8) 308 5 Runcon Linnets (8) A–A Bury (8) 1,005 6 Congleton Town (8) 1–3 Clitheroe (8) 374 8 Silsden (8) 3–0 Nantwich Town (8) 144 9 Shifnal Town (8) 2–1 Carlton Town (8) 106 10 Corby Town (8) 3–0 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 424 11 Lincoln United (8) 0–2 Malvern Town (8) 131 12 Rugby Town (8) 3–2 Belper Town (8) 242 13 Coleshill Town (8) 3–4 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 111 14 Bedworth United (8) 0–3 Anstey Nomads (8) 152 15 Matlock Town (8) 1–3 Basford United (8) 459 16 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 4–3 Stafford Rangers (8) 171 17 Grays Athletic (8) 2–0 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 194 19 Welwyn Garden City (8) 2–2 (3–4 p) Tilbury (8) 118

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att. 21 Waltham Abbey (8) 4–1 Lowestoft Town (8) 140 22 Walthamstow (8) 5–3 Leighton Town (8) 252 23 Cambridge City (8) 3–3 (4–5 p) Witham Town (8) 381 24 Stanway Rovers (8) 3–0 Mildenhall Town (8) 94 25 Hadley (8) 2–2 (7–6 p) Ascot United (8) 122 26 Leatherhead (8) 2–0 Kingstonian (8) 450 27 East Grinstead Town (8) 1–2 VCD Athletic (8) 133 28 Deal Town (8) 2–3 Ashford United (8) 454 29 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 5–1 Southall (8) 205 30 Broadbridge Heath (8) 2–1 Bedfont Sports (8) 75 31 Crowborough Athletic (8) 1–6 Sittingbourne (8) 242 32 Beckenham Town (8) 2–5 Hendon (8) 271 33 Westfield (8) 1–1 (4–3 p) Bognor Regis Town (8) 152 35 Swindon Supermarine (8) 1–1 (4–5 p) Bideford (8) 225 36 Hartpury (8) 4–2 Portishead Town (8) 113 37 Thame United (8) 3–1 Winchester City (8) 102 38 Fareham Town (8) 2–5 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 189 39 Shaftesbury (8) 2–2 (4–1 p) Falmouth Town (8) 125 40 AFC Portchester (8) 3–0 Tavistock (8) 225 Saturday 4 October 2025 5 Runcorn Linnets (8) 7–0 Bury (8) 825

Third qualifying round

The draw for the third qualifying round was made on 22 September 2025.

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att. Friday 3 October 2025 10 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 2–1 Heaton Stannington (8) 163 24 Worcester City (7) 2–2 (3–0 p) Rugby Town (8) 561 Saturday 4 October 2025 1 Hyde United (7) 1–0 Warrington Town (7) 396 2 Ashton United (7) 1–2 Clitheroe (8) 226 3 Dunston (8) 2–1 Warrington Rylands (7) 241 5 Stockton Town (7) 2–0 Lower Breck (8) 409 8 Widnes (7) W/O Bamber Bridge (7) NA 9 Bridlington Town (8) 2–4 Guiseley (7) 417 11 Whitby Town (7) 1–2 Hebburn Town (7) 281 13 Evesham United (7) 0–2 Ilkeston Town (7) 295 14 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 3–2 Shifnal Town (8) 417 15 Barwell (7) 0–3 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 150 16 Sporting Club Inkberrow (8) 1–2 Stratford Town (7) 250 17 Rushall Olympic (7) 0–2 Spalding United (7) 202 18 Anstey Nomads (8) 3–2 Stourbridge (7) 215 19 Quorn (7) 2–2 (3–5 p) Corby Town (8) 264 20 Real Bedford (7) 3–1 Stamford (7) 278 21 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 3–1 Malvern Town (8) 372 22 Halesowen Town (7) 1–2 Leek Town (7) 699 23 St Ives Town (7) 1–0 Kettering Town (7) 332 25 Basford United (8) 0–0 (4–5 p) Alvechurch (7) 171 26 Harborough Town (7) 2–0 Hednesford Town (7) 501 27 Cleethorpes Town (7) 0–0 (4–5 p) Redditch United (7) 133 28 Stanway Rovers (8) 0–0 (5–3 p) Uxbridge (7) 88 29 Royston Town (7) 0–3 Welling United (7) 288 30 Hanwell Town (7) 2–1 Grays Athletic (8) 212 31 Westfield (8) 1–2 Brentwood Town (7) 165 32 Leatherhead (8) 4–1 Ramsgate (7) 489 33 Aveley (7) 0–2 St Albans City (7) 250 34 Carshalton Athletic (7) 1–2 Cheshunt (7) 312 35 Broadbridge Heath (7) 1–3 Billericay Town (7) 176 36 Hadley (8) 2–1 Dartford (7) 238

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att. 37 Harrow Borough (8) 3–1 Witham Town (8) 122 38 Lewes (7) 1–2 Leiston (7) 479 39 Cray Valley Paper Mills (7) 1–0 Berkhamsted (7) 113 40 AFC Sudbury (7) 4–0 Bury Town (7) 461 41 Chertsey Town (7) 1–2 Tilbury (8) 410 42 Burgess Hill Town (7) 1–1 (4–3 p) Potters Bar Town (7) 402 43 Bishop's Stortford (7) 4–0 Cray Wanderers (7) 266 44 Wingate & Finchley (7) 4–1 VCD Athletic (8) 67 45 Chatham Town (7) 0–0 (4–2 p) Needham Market (7) 402 46 Ashford United (8) 3–3 (4–2 p) Biggleswade (8) 262 47 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 0–0 (3–4 p) Walton & Hersham (7) 220 48 Sittingbourne (8) 1–0 Hashtag United (7) 299 49 Waltham Abbey (8) 6–0 Walthamstow (8) 198 50 Whitehawk (7) 0–2 Canvey Island (7) 234 51 Dulwich Hamlet (7) 0–1 Hendon (8) 1,185 52 AFC Dunstable (8) 1–3 Folkestone Invicta (7) 118 53 Bracknell Town (7) 6–3 Hungerford Town (7) 349 54 Basingstoke Town (7) 2–1 Shaftesbury (8) 338 55 Hartpury (8) 0–0 (4–5 p) Gloucester City (7) 550 56 Plymouth Parkway (7) 3–2 Gosport Borough (7) 217 57 Dorchester Town (7) 4–0 Bideford (8) 364 58 Thame United (8) 0–2 Banbury United (7) 190 59 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 2–1 Sholing (7) 182 60 Yate Town (7) 1–2 Poole Town (7) 259 61 AFC Portchester (8) 2–1 Taunton Town (7) 230 62 Chichester City (7) 2–4 Farnham Town (7) 602 63 Havant & Waterlooville (7) 4–2 Tiverton Town (7) 286 64 Wimborne Town (7) 2–0 Weymouth (7) 722 Tuesday 7 October 2025 4 Workington (7) 0–2 FC United of Manchester (7) 588 7 Runcorn Linnets (8) 1–1 (1–3 p) Morpeth Town (7) 458 6 Silsden (8) 1–1 (4–5 p) Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 114 12 Prescot Cables (7) 2–0 Lancaster City (7) 416

First round proper

The draw for the first round proper was made on 6 October 2025.

Number of teams per tier still in competition

Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Total
24 / 24	48 / 48	47 / 47	17 / 17	136 / 136

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att. Friday 24 October 2025 5 Dunston (8) 1–0 Hebburn Town (7) 533 Saturday 25 October 2025 1 Hyde United (7) 0–3 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 352 2 Clitheroe (8) 4–2 Stockton Town (7) 642 3 FC United of Manchester (7) 1–0 Bamber Bridge (7) 1,046 4 Prescot Cables (7) 2–1 Guiseley (7) 411 6 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 1–1 (4–2 p) Morpeth Town (7) 255 7 Spalding United (7) 0–1 Corby Town (8) 627 8 Leek Town (7) 3–0 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 406 9 Ilkeston Town (7) 3–1 St Ives Town (7) 375 10 Anstey Nomads (8) 4–0 Stratford Town (7) 215 11 Redditch United (7) 1–2 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 426 12 Alvechurch (7) 0–0 (4–3 p) Worcester City (7) 412 13 Harborough Town (7) 4–1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 702 14 Sittingbourne (8) 2–1 Cray Valley Paper Mills (7) 228 15 Real Bedford (7) 3–2 Ashford United (8) 230 16 Brentwood Town (7) 3–0 Welling United (7) 470

Tie Home team (Tier) Score Away team (Tier) Att. 17 Leatherhead (8) 1–1 (4–2 p) Spalding United (7) 526 18 AFC Sudbury (7) 2–1 Leiston (7) 245 19 Wingate & Finchley (7) 0–1 Cheshunt (7) 212 Match played at Cheshunt. 20 Stanway Rovers (8) 1–2 Harrow Borough (8) 115 21 Tilbury (8) 1–0 Hadley (8) 202 22 Waltham Abbey (8) 0–2 Chatham Town (7) 222 23 Billericay Town (7) 0–5 Bishop's Stortford (7) 726 24 St Albans City (7) 0–2 Hanwell Town (7) 647 25 Burgess Hill Town (7) 1–4 Folkestone Invicta (7) 462 26 Walton & Hersham (7) 5–1 Hendon (8) 467 28 Basingstoke Town (7) A–A Dorchester Town (7) 417 29 Plymouth Parkway (7) 1–1 (7–6 p) Poole Town (7) 368 30 Wimborne Town (7) 1–0 AFC Portchester (8) 572 31 Gloucester City (7) 1–0 Havant & Waterlooville (7) 615 32 Farnham Town (7) 2–2 (3–1 p) Bishop's Cleeve (8) 425 Sunday 26 October 2025 27 Bracknell Town (7) 1–0 Banbury United (7) 468 Tuesday 28 October 2025 28 Basingstoke Town (7) 1–1 (4–5 p) Dorchester Town (7) 364

Second round proper

The draw for the second round proper was made on 27 October 2025.

Number of teams per tier still in competition

Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Total
24 / 24	48 / 48	25 / 47	9 / 17	104 / 136

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Saturday 15 November 2025 1 FC United of Manchester (7) 3–2 Darlington (6) 1,322 2 Chester (6) 0–1 Clitheroe (8) 1,381 3 Macclesfield (6) 1–0 Prescot Cables (7) 1,080 5 Chorley (6) 2–3 Worksop Town (6) 740 6 Leek Town (7) 1–0 Scarborough Athletic (6) 491 7 Radcliffe (6) 2–2 (6–5 p) Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 535 8 Buxton (6) 2–3 Southport (6) 527 9 Spennymoor Town (6) 2–3 AFC Fylde (6) 484 10 South Shields (6) 6–2 Dunston (8) 1,203 11 Marine (6) 2–0 Stocksbridge Park Steels (7) 776 12 Ilkeston Town (7) 0–1 Curzon Ashton (6) 442 13 King's Lynn Town (6) 2–2 (2–3 p) Harrow Borough (8) 751 14 Merthyr Town (6) 2–3 Hanwell Town (7) 617 15 Slough Town (6) 1–1 (3–4 p) Gloucester City (7) 523 16 Kidderminster Harriers (6) 3–0 Corby Town (8) 1,496 17 Bedford Town (6) 0–1 Anstey Nomads (8) 502 18 Chesham United (6) 1–2 AFC Telford United (6) 468 19 Brentwood Town (7) 0–0 (2–4 p) Hornchurch (6) 1,305 20 AFC Sudbury (7) 1–5 Hereford (6) 315 21 Leamington (6) 2–0 Maidenhead United (6) 412

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 22 Oxford City (6) 1–2 Peterborough Sports (6) 412 23 Bishop's Stortford (7) 1–1 (4–5 p) Cheshunt (7) 863 24 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–0 (6–5 p) Chelmsford City (6) 678 25 Alvechurch (7) 1–1 (4–3 p) Real Bedford (7) 204 26 Harborough Town (7) 3–0 Enfield Town (6) 794 27 Dagenham & Redbridge (6) 2–0 Tilbury (8) 1,091 28 Walton & Hersham (7) 2–1 Farnborough (6) 836 29 Horsham (6) 2–0 Farnham Town (7) 1,020 30 Dover Athletic (6) 2–0 Dorchester Town (7) 405 31 Torquay United (6) 0–2 Maidstone United (6) 1,624 32 Chippenham Town (6) 0–1 Weston-super-Mare (6) 658 33 Wimborne Town (7) 0–1 Chatham Town (7) 858 34 Plymouth Parkway (7) 4–3 Salisbury (6) 518 35 Bath City (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Bracknell Town (7) 805 36 Ebbsfleet United (6) 1–1 (5–3 p) Sittingbourne (8) 1,047 37 Folkestone Invicta (7) 1–2 AFC Totton (6) 1,053 38 Dorking Wanderers (6) 3–2 Eastbourne Borough (6) 1,624 39 Tonbridge Angels (6) 0–4 Worthing (6) 710 40 Leatherhead (8) 2–0 Hampton & Richmond Borough (6) 868 Tuesday 18 November 2025 4 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 1–2 Alfreton Town (6) 516

Upsets

Giantkiller (tier)	Opponent (tier)
Upset of two leagues above
Anstey Nomads (level 8)	1–0 away vs Bedford Town (level 6)
Clitheroe (level 8)	1–0 away vs Chester (level 6)
Harrow Borough (level 8)	2–2 (3–2 on penalties) away vs King's Lynn Town (level 6)
Leatherhead (level 8)	2–0 home vs Hampton & Richmond Borough (level 6)

Third round proper

The draw for the third round proper was made on 17 November 2025. There were four teams from the eighth tier still in the competition, with at least one going through into the fourth round due to Leatherhead and Harrow Borough playing each other.

Number of teams per tier still in competition

Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Total
24 / 24	26 / 48	10 / 47	4 / 17	64 / 136

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. Saturday 13 December 2025 29 Ebbsfleet United (6) 3–1 Braintree Town (5) 572 1 Solihull Moors (5) 2–2 (8–9 p) AFC Fylde (6) 2 Harborough Town (7) 1–2 Carlisle United (5) 1,726 3 Alvechurch (7) 2–2 (4–1 p) Alfreton Town (6) 214 4 Hartlepool United (5) 1–2 Anstey Nomads (8) 5 South Shields (6) 0–1 Macclesfield (6) 754 6 Clitheroe (8) 1–1 (4–3 p) York City (5) 2,071 7 Scunthorpe United (5) 5–0 Peterborough Sports (6) 1,167 8 Worksop Town (6) 0–0 (1–4 p) Kidderminster Harriers (6) 577 9 Curzon Ashton (6) 1–2 Marine (6) 344 10 Hereford (6) 1–1 (4–2 p) Radcliffe (6) 1,105 11 Leamington (6) 0–1 Rochdale (5) 421 12 Southport (6) 3–1 Leek Town (7) 950 13 Tamworth (5) 1–1 (5–4 p) Boston United (5) 715 14 FC Halifax Town (5) 4–0 FC United of Manchester (7) 1,507 15 AFC Telford United (6) 4–3 Altrincham (5) 1,167

Tie Home team Score Away team Att. 16 Gateshead (5) 0–3 Morecambe (5) 363 17 Boreham Wood (5) 3–3 (1–3 p) Brackley Town (5) 458 18 Leatherhead (8) 3–2 Harrow Borough (8) 863 19 Yeovil Town (5) 1–1 (4–2 p) Maidstone United (6) 1,691 20 Forest Green Rovers (5) 4–0 Weston-super-Mare (6) 973 21 Hemel Hempstead Town (6) 0–2 Horsham (6) 22 Chatham Town (7) 3–0 Plymouth Parkway (7) 402 23 Wealdstone (5) 2–1 Cheshunt (7) 621 24 Dorking Wanderers (6) 1–1 (2–4 p) Bath City (6) 25 Woking (5) 2–0 AFC Totton (6) 1,020 26 Dagenham & Redbridge (6) 3–1 Hanwell Town (7) 826 27 Eastleigh (5) 2–1 Aldershot Town (5) 1,194 28 Southend United (5) 4–0 Truro City (5) 3,715 30 Walton & Hersham (7) 4–1 Sutton United (5) 31 Gloucester City (7) 3–3 (5–3 p) Worthing (6) 549 32 Dover Athletic (6) 1–4 Hornchurch (6) 392

Upsets

Giantkiller (tier)	Opponent (tier)
Upset of two leagues above
Anstey Nomads (level 8)	2–1 away vs Hartlepool United (level 5)
Clitheroe (level 8)	1–1 (4–3 on penalties) home vs York City (level 5)
Walton & Hersham (level 7)	4–1 home vs Sutton United (level 5)

Fourth round proper

The draw for the third round proper will be made on 15 December 2025. There are three teams from the eighth tier still in the competition: Anstey Nomads, Clitheroe, and Leatherhead.

Number of teams per tier still in competition

Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8	Total
13 / 24	12 / 48	4 / 47	3 / 17	32 / 136

Tie	Home team	Score	Away team	Att.
Saturday 10 January 2026
1	Bath City		Southend United
2	Walton & Hersham		Brackley Town
3	Woking		Macclesfield
4	Yeovil Town		Alvechurch
5	Eastleigh		Southport
6	Marine		Gloucester City
7	Kidderminster Harriers		Morecambe
8	Chatham Town		Carlisle United
9	Wealdstone		Dagenham & Redbridge
10	Hornchurch		AFC Telford United
11	Ebbsfleet United		Forest Green Rovers
12	Hereford		AFC Flyde
13	Tamworth		Rochdale
14	FC Halifax Town		Anstey Nomads
15	Leatherhead		Horsham
16	Scunthorpe United		Clitheroe