The 2024–25 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the 2024–25 Isuzu FA Trophy) was the 56th edition of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system.
Defending champions Gateshead were knocked-out during the fourth round by Boston United.
Format and eligibility The calendar was announced by The Football Association on 14 June 2024.
Gateshead were the reigning champions for the 2024–25 season, having defeated Solihull Moors in the 2024 FA Trophy final at Wembley Stadium.
RoundMain DateNumber of FixturesClubs RemainingNew Entries This RoundLosing ClubWinning ClubPreliminary round24 August 202414334 → 32028£400£1,500First round qualifying7 September 202480320 → 240146£400£1,500Second round qualifying21 September 202440240 → 200none£575£2,250Third round qualifying5 October 202464200 → 13688£625£2,450First round proper26 October 202432136 → 104none£775£3,000Second round proper16 November 202440104 → 6448£1,000£3,750Third round proper7 December 20243264 → 3224£1,250£4,500Fourth round proper4 January 20251632 → 16none£1,500£5,250Fifth round proper1 February 2024816 → 8none£1,750£6,000Quarter-finals1 March 202548 → 4none£2,000£7,500Semi-finals5 April 202524 → 2none£5,000£15,000Final11 May 202512 → 1none£30,000£60,000
Preliminary round The draw for the preliminary round was made on 5 July 2024.
Due to the increase in the number of teams in step four, a preliminary round was used for the first time in five years.
Tie Home team Score Away team Saturday 24 August 2024 1 Congleton Town (8) 4–1 Ashington (8) 475 2 City of Liverpool (8) 3–3 Bootle (8) 309 3 Lye Town (8) 0–1 Anstey Nomads (8) 97 4 Long Eaton United (8) Void Stafford Rangers (8) 187 5 AFC Dunstable (8) 2–0 Concord Rangers (8) 64 6 Biggleswade (8) 2–2 Hertford Town (8) 91 8 Moneyfields (8) 0–2 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 107 9 Ashford Town (Middlesex) (8) 1–1 Ascot United (8) 90
Tie Home team Score Away team 10 South Park (8) 0–0 Steyning Town (8) 88 11 Lancing (8) Void Southall (8) 155 12 Farnham Town (8) 3–0 Erith Town (8) 281 13 Cribbs (8) 0–1 Thatcham Town (8) 80 14 Didcot Town (8) 1–3 Helston Athletic (8) 129 Tuesday 27 August 2024 7 Littlehampton Town (8) 2–2 Rayners Lane (8) 149 Tuesday 3 September 2024 11R Lancing (8) 0–4 Southall (8) 154 Wednesday 4 September 2024 4R Long Eaton United (8) 2–2 Stafford Rangers (8) 187
First round qualifying The draw for the first round qualifying was also made on 5 July 2024.
The remaining 146 teams from step 4 joined the 14 winners from the preliminary round.
Tie Home team Score Away team Friday 6 September 2024 8 Emley (8) 2–0 Dunston (8) 410 60 Ascot United (8) 5–0 Merstham (8) 230 64 Kingstonian (8) 3–0 Eastbourne Town (8) 249 Saturday 7 September 2024 1 Heaton Stannington (8) 1–0 North Ferriby (8) 506 2 Congleton Town (8) 1–0 Wythenshawe (8) 626 3 Bishop Auckland (8) 1–2 Nantwich Town (8) 328 4 Stalybridge Celtic (8) 1–1 Ossett United (8) 561 5 Liversedge (8) 1–2 Avro (8) 197 6 Garforth Town (8) 0–1 Wythenshawe Town (8) 335 7 City of Liverpool (8) 2–2 Mossley (8) 221 9 Bridlington Town (8) 0–1 Trafford (8) 434 10 Runcorn Linnets (8) 1–2 Pontefract Collieries (8) 449 11 Brighouse Town (8) 1–1 Clitheroe (8) 234 12 Consett (8) 1–1 Atherton Collieries (8) 226 13 Vauxhall Motors (8) 1–1 Newton Aycliffe (8) 206 14 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 3–0 Widnes (8) 173 15 Witton Albion (8) 1–3 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 422 16 Hednesford Town (8) 4–1 Quorn (8) 1,014 17 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 3–1 AFC Rushden & Diamonds (8) 179 18 Grantham Town (8) 0–2 Coleshill Town (8) 249 19 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 3–1 Newcastle Town (8) 218 20 Sheffield (8) Void Loughborough Students (8) 282 21 Grimsby Borough (8) 2–2 Chasetown (8) 121 22 Bedworth United (8) 1–3 Sherwood Colliery (8) 115 23 Darlaston Town (8) 0–2 Cleethorpes Town (8) 173 24 Belper Town (8) 2–1 Boldmere St. Michaels (8) 435 25 Rugby Town (8) 0–0 Carlton Town (8) 339 26 Racing Club Warwick (8) 2–3 Hanley Town (8) 264 27 Anstey Nomads (8) 6–1 Shepshed Dynamo (8) 158 28 Coventry Sphinx (8) 0–2 Sporting Khalsa (8) 105 29 Worcester City (8) 1–4 Hinckley LR (8) 551 30 Wellingborough Town (8) 2–3 Corby Town (8) 390 31 Walsall Wood (8) 2–1 Stafford Rangers (8) 187 32 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 4–2 Basildon United (8) 337 33 Tilbury (8) 1–1 Welwyn Garden City (8) 252 34 Leighton Town (8) 0–0 Stotfold (8) 327 35 Enfield (8) 2–0 Biggleswade (8) 105 36 Heybridge Swifts (8) 0–1 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 400 37 Wroxham (8) 0–0 Aylesbury United (8) 185 38 Hadley (8) 2–1 Grays Athletic (8) 190 39 Walthamstow (8) 1–2 Real Bedford (8) 255
Tie Home team Score Away team 40 Redbridge (8) 1–3 Haringey Borough (8) 132 41 Leverstock Green (8) 1–0 Bury Town (8) 114 42 Barton Rovers (8) 1–1 Waltham Abbey (8) 121 43 Mildenhall Town (8) 2–4 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 166 44 AFC Dunstable (8) 2–2 Berkhamsted (8) 181 45 Ware (8) 2–2 Newmarket Town (8) 213 46 Brentwood Town (8) 3–2 Witham Town (8) 223 48 Ipswich Wanderers (8) 2–0 Gorleston (8) 128 49 Uxbridge (8) 6–0 Phoenix Sports (8) 120 50 Hartley Wintney (8) 2–1 East Grinstead Town (8) 163 51 Sheppey United (8) 2–3 Ramsgate (8) 362 52 Raynes Park Vale (8) 4–3 Beckenham Town (8) 270 53 Badshot Lea (8) 0–4 Broadbridge Heath (8) 102 54 Horndean (8) 3–0 Binfield (8) 75 55 Deal Town (8) 0–1 Ashford United (8) 655 56 Hanworth Villa (8) 0–5 Margate (8) 147 57 Three Bridges (8) 2–1 Hythe Town (8) 144 58 Westfield (8) 4–0 Metropolitan Police (8) 136 61 Sevenoaks Town (8) 3–0 Harrow Borough (8) 134 62 Farnham Town (8) 1–2 Flackwell Heath (8) 397 63 Steyning Town (8) 0–5 Thame United (8) 108 65 Herne Bay (8) 1–0 Northwood (8) 274 66 Southall (8) 0–2 Burgess Hill Town (8) 86 67 AFC Croydon Athletic (8) 1–0 Beaconsfield Town (8) 102 68 Hayes & Yeading United (8) 0–1 Leatherhead (8) 236 69 Sittingbourne (8) 2–0 Sutton Common Rovers (8) 220 70 Willand Rovers (8) 0–2 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 153 71 Bashley (8) Void Mousehole (8) 234 72 Helston Athletic (8) 1–1 Melksham Town (8) 78 73 Shaftesbury (8) 0–1 North Leigh (8) 61 74 Exmouth Town (8) 4–1 Kidlington (8) 320 75 Bemerton Heath Harlequins (8) Void Yate Town (8) 98 76 Bideford (8) 2–0 Malvern Town (8) 197 77 Falmouth Town (8) 3–0 Cinderford Town (8) 373 78 Thatcham Town (8) Void Evesham United (8) 218 79 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 2–0 Westbury United (8) 252 80 Tavistock (8) 3–2 Larkhall Athletic (8) 99 Sunday 8 September 2024 47 Cambridge City (8) 2–1 Kings Langley (8) 173 59 Littlehampton Town (8) 3–2 Sporting Bengal United (8) 165 Tuesday 17 September 2024 20R Sheffield (8) 2–3 Loughborough Students (8) 121 71R Bashley (8) 0–4 Mousehole (8) 118 Match played at Mousehole 78R Thatcham Town (8) 1–2 Evesham United (8) 108 Wednesday 18 September 2024 75R Bemerton Heath Harlequins (8) 1–3 Yate Town (8) 97
Second round qualifying The draw for the second round qualifying was made on 9 September 2024.
Tie Home team Score Away team Friday 20 September 2024 21 Real Bedford (8) 4–0 Leighton Town (8) 546 3 City of Liverpool (8) 4–0 Pontefract Collieries (8) 234 Saturday 21 September 2024 1 Trafford (8) 3–1 Atherton Collieries (8) 464 2 Ossett United (8) 2–1 Bradford (Park Avenue) (8) 259 4 Emley (8) 0–3 Newton Aycliffe (8) 242 5 Clitheroe (8) 3–1 Heaton Stannington (8) 447 6 Wythenshawe Town (8) 2–2 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 178 7 Avro (8) 0–1 Congleton Town (8) 180 8 Hanley Town (8) 1–0 Sherwood Colliery (8) 143 10 Hednesford Town (8) 1–2 Chasetown (8) 1,351 11 Anstey Nomads (8) A–A Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 85 12 Coleshill Town (8) 3–2 Carlton Town (8) 62 13 Walsall Wood (8) 1–1 Cleethorpes Town (8) 78 14 Kidsgrove Athletic (8) 1–2 Belper Town (8) 229 15 Loughborough Students (8) 1–1 Hinckley LR (8) 145 16 Maldon & Tiptree (8) 2–2 Corby Town (8) 186 17 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 2–1 Enfield (8) 319 18 Hadley (8) 4–1 Ipswich Wanderers (8) 121 19 Leverstock Green (8) 3–4 Barton Rovers (8) 87
Tie Home team Score Away team 20 Newmarket Town (8) 1–3 Cambridge City (8) 305 22 Berkhamsted (8) 4–0 Tilbury (8) 218 23 Brightlingsea Regent (8) 1–2 Brentwood Town (8) 151 24 Wroxham (8) 1–3 Haringey Borough (8) 184 25 Sittingbourne (8) 4–1 Kingstonian (8) 231 26 Ashford United (8) 2–1 Hartley Wintney (8) 308 27 Westfield (8) 1–3 Thame United (8) 97 28 Three Bridges (8) 0–3 Herne Bay (8) 229 Match played at Herne Bay 29 Uxbridge (8) 2–1 AFC Croydon Athletic (8) 134 30 Littlehampton Town (8) 0–0 Burgess Hill Town (8) 207 31 Ramsgate (8) 2–1 Raynes Park Vale (8) 626 32 Ascot United (8) 1–0 Margate (8) 152 33 Flackwell Heath (8) 6–1 Broadbridge Heath (8) 237 34 Sevenoaks Town (8) 1–2 Leatherhead (8) 137 35 Tavistock (8) 3–0 North Leigh (8) 119 36 Exmouth Town (8) 1–2 Horndean (8) 233 37 Mousehole (8) 3–1 Falmouth Town (8) 371 38 Melksham Town (8) 2–0 Bishop's Cleeve (8) 377 39 Evesham United (8) 2–2 Bristol Manor Farm (8) 246 40 Yate Town (8) 2–0 Bideford (8) 262 Tuesday 24 September 2024 9 Sporting Khalsa (8) 4–3 Nantwich Town (8) 137 11R Anstey Nomads (8) 2–0 Sutton Coldfield Town (8) 82
Third round qualifying The draw for the third round qualifying was made on 23 September 2024.
Tie Home team Score Away team Friday 4 October 2024 3 City of Liverpool (8) 0–3 Macclesfield (7) 372 Saturday 5 October 2024 1 Workington (7) 3–1 Morpeth Town (7) 592 2 Blyth Spartans (7) 0–2 Stockton Town (7) 385 4 Whitby Town (7) 0–1 Newton Aycliffe (8) 401 5 Ossett United (8) 2–0 Prescot Cables (7) 273 6 Congleton Town (8) 1–0 Hyde United (7) 757 7 Trafford (8) 2–5 Ashton United (7) 469 8 Stocksbridge Park Steels (8) 1–1 Warrington Rylands 1906 (7) 166 9 Guiseley (7) 0–1 Bamber Bridge (7) 460 10 Hebburn Town (7) 0–3 FC United of Manchester (7) 505 11 Clitheroe (8) 2–0 Lancaster City (7) 684 12 Stourbridge (7) 3–0 Matlock Town (7) 498 13 Kettering Town (7) 0–2 Gainsborough Trinity (7) 954 14 Stamford (7) 1–5 Anstey Nomads (8) 295 15 Belper Town (8) 3–1 Hinckley LR (8) 572 16 Chasetown (8) 1–0 Bromsgrove Sporting (7) 406 17 Sporting Khalsa (8) 5–2 Harborough Town (7) 129 18 Redditch United (7) 0–3 Halesowen Town (7) 476 19 Basford United (7) 2–2 Hanley Town (8) 132 20 Barwell (7) 1–0 Stratford Town (7) 224 21 AFC Telford United (7) 1–1 Cleethorpes Town (8) 816 22 Ilkeston Town (7) 2–3 Coleshill Town (8) 317 23 Worksop Town (7) 2–1 St Ives Town (7) 377 24 Leek Town (7) 0–1 Mickleover (7) 303 25 Spalding United (7) 1–2 Alvechurch (7) 336 26 Ramsgate (8) 1–3 Cray Valley Paper Mills (7) 685 27 Bowers & Pitsea (7) 3–0 Real Bedford (8) 122 28 Sittingbourne (8) 2–1 Bognor Regis Town (7) 246 29 Potters Bar Town (7) 2–1 Whitehawk (7) 71 30 Uxbridge (8) 3–2 Thame United (8) 149 31 Ashford United (8) 1–0 Walton & Hersham (7) 304 32 Felixstowe & Walton United (8) 4–0 Haringey Borough (8) 315