FA Trophy 2015–16 | ||
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Number of teams | 276 | |
Champions | FC Halifax Town | |
Runner-up | Grimsby Town | |
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The 2015–16 FA Trophy was the 46th season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. A total of 276 clubs entered the competition.
Calendar[]
The calendar for the 2015–16 FA Cup qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association.
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money |
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Preliminary Round | 3 October 2015 | 64 | 276 → 212 | 128 | £2,500 |
First Round Qualifying | 31 October 2015 | 72 | 212 → 140 | 80 | £2,700 |
Second Round Qualifying | 14 November 2015 | 36 | 140 → 104 | none | £3,250 |
Third Round Qualifying | 28 November 2015 | 40 | 104 → 64 | 44 | £4,000 |
First Round | 12 December 2015 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 24 | £5,000 |
Second Round | 16 January 2016 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £6,000 |
Third Round | 6 February 2016 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | £7,000 |
Fourth Round | 27 February 2016 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | £8,000 |
Semi-finals | 12 March and 19 March 2016 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none | £16,000 |
Final | 22 May 2016 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | Runner-up £ Winner £25,000 |
Preliminary Round[]
Preliminary Round fixtures were due to be played on 3 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 9 October 2015. A total of 128 teams, from Level 8 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
First Round Qualifying[]
First Qualifying Round fixtures were due to be played on 31 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 6 November. A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the Preliminary Round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and 8 teams from level 8, who get a bye in the Premilinary Round. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
Second Round Qualifying[]
Second Qualifying Round fixtures were due to be played on 14 November 2015, with replays taking place no later than 20 November. A total of 72 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the First Qualifying Round. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
Third Round Qualifying[]
Third Qualifying Round fixtures were due to be played on 28 November 2015, with replays taking place no later than 4 December. A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second Qualifying Round and the teams from Level 6 of English football. The draw was as follows:
† – After extra time
First Round[]
First Round fixtures were due to be played on 12 December 2015, with replays taking place no later than 18 December. A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Third Qualifying Round and the teams from Level 5 of English football. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
Second Round[]
Second Round fixtures were due to be played on 16 January 2016, with replays taking place no later than 22 January. A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the First Round. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
Third Round[]
Third Round fixtures were due to be played on 6 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 12 February. A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second Round. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
Fourth Round[]
Fourth Round fixtures were due to be played on 27 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 4 March. A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Third Round. The draw was as follows:
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† – After extra time
Semi-finals[]
Semi final fixtures were due to be played on 12 March and 19 March 2016, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required. A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:
First leg[]
12 March 2016 15:00 GMT |
Nantwich Town (7) | 2–4 | FC Halifax Town (5) | Weaver Stadium, Nantwich Attendance: 2,078 Referee: Graham Salisbury |
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12 March 2016 15:00 GMT |
Bognor Regis Town (7) | 0–1 | Grimsby Town (5) | Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis Attendance: 2,629 Referee: Simon Hooper |
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Second leg[]
19 March 2016 15:00 GMT |
FC Halifax Town (5) | 2–2 | Nantwich Town (7) | The Shay, Halifax Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Peter Bankes |
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FC Halifax Town won 6–4 on aggregate.
19 March 2016 15:00 GMT |
Grimsby Town (5) | 2–1 | Bognor Regis Town (7) | Blundell Park, Cleethorpes Referee: Mark Heywood |
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Grimsby Town F.C won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final[]
- Main article: 2016 FA Trophy Final
22 May 2016 16:15 BST |
FC Halifax Town (5) | 1–0 | Grimsby Town (5) | Wembley Stadium, London]] |
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