FA Trophy

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The Football Association Challenge Trophy is an English football competition for clubs playing in the Football Conference, Southern League, Isthmian League, and Northern Premier League. Clubs at lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase.

It was created by the Football Association in 1969 for semi-professional teams, to complement the existing FA Amateur Cup. When the latter was abolished in 1974, the leading amateur teams joined the Trophy. The final is traditionally held at Wembley Stadium, but has moved to Villa Park, Birmingham during Wembley's redevelopment.

The trophy itself was presented to the FA in 1905 by Ernest Cochrane, barrister, to be used in an international competition between England, the US and Canada to promote football in North America. This competition was never instigated.

[edit] Finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners up	Notes
1970	Macclesfield Town	2-0	Telford United
1971	Telford United	3-2	Hillingdon Borough
1972	Stafford Rangers	3-0	Barnet
1973	Scarborough	2-1	Wigan Athletic	after extra time
1974	Morecambe	2-1	Dartford
1975	Matlock Town	4-0	Scarborough
1976	Scarborough	3-2	Stafford Rangers	after extra time
1977	Scarborough	2-1	Dagenham
1978	Altrincham	3-1	Leatherhead
1979	Stafford Rangers	2-0	Kettering Town
1980	Dagenham	2-1	Mossley
1981	Bishop's Stortford	1-0	Sutton United
1982	Enfield	1-0	Altrincham	after extra time
1983	Telford United	2-0	Northwich Victoria
1984	Northwich Victoria	1-1	Bangor City	after extra time
	Northwich Victoria	2-1	Bangor City	replay at Stoke City
1985	Wealdstone	2-1	Boston United
1986	Altrincham	1-0	Runcorn
1987	Kidderminster Harriers	0-0	Burton Albion	after extra time
	Kidderminster Harriers	2-1	Burton Albion	replay at West Bromwich Albion
1988	Enfield	0-0	Telford United
	Enfield	3-2	Telford United	replay at West Bromwich Albion
1989	Telford United	1-0	Macclesfield Town	after extra time
1990	Barrow	3-0	Leek Town
1991	Wycombe Wanderers	2-1	Kidderminster Harriers
1992	Colchester United	3-1	Witton Albion
1993	Wycombe Wanderers	4-1	Runcorn
1994	Woking	2-1	Runcorn
1995	Woking	2-1	Kidderminster Harriers	after extra time
1996	Macclesfield Town	3-1	Northwich Victoria
1997	Woking	1-0	Dagenham & Redbridge	after extra time
1998	Cheltenham Town	1-0	Southport
1999	Kingstonian	1-0	Forest Green Rovers
2000	Kingstonian	3-2	Kettering Town
2001	Canvey Island	1-0	Forest Green Rovers
2002	Yeovil Town	2-0	Stevenage Borough
2003	Burscough	2-1	Tamworth
2004	Hednesford Town	3-2	Canvey Island
2005	Grays Athletic	1-1	Hucknall Town	after extra time: Grays win 6-5 on penalties
2006	Grays Athletic	2-0	Woking

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League competitions	The FA	Cup competitions
FA Premier League	England	FA Cup
The Football League (Champ, 1, 2)	(U-21) (B)	Carling Cup
Football Conference (Nat, N, S)	List of clubs	Community Shield
Northern Premier League (Prem, 1)	List of venues	Johnstone's Paint Trophy
Southern League (Prem, Mid, S&W)	(by capacity)	FA Trophy
Isthmian League (Prem, 1N, 1S)	List of leagues	FA Vase
English football league system	Records	FA NLS Cup