2012–13 FA Trophy
The 2012–13 FA Trophy was the 43rd 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 266 clubs entered the competition. This season's competition was only the third time that the Trophy Holders, in this case York City F.C., were ineligible to defend it due to promotion to the Football League Two.[1]
FA Challenge Trophy | |
Country | England Wales |
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Teams | 266 |
Champions | Wrexham |
Runners-up | Grimsby Town |
← 2011–12 2013–14 → |
The competition was won by Wrexham for the first time, who defeated Grimsby Town 4–1 on penalties, after being held 1–1 in normal time.
Calendar
Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money |
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Preliminary Round | 15 September 2012 | 54 | 266 → 212 | 108 | £2,300 |
First Round Qualifying | 29 September 2012 | 72 | 212 → 140 | 90 | £2,550 |
Second Round Qualifying | 27 October 2012 | 36 | 140 → 104 | none | £3,250 |
Third Round Qualifying | 10 November 2012 | 40 | 104 → 64 | 44 | £4,000 |
First Round | 24 November 2012 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 24 | £5,000 |
Second Round | 15 December 2012 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £6,000 |
Third Round | 12 January 2013 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | £7,000 |
Quarter Finals | 26 January 2013 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | £8,000 |
Semi Finals | 16 February and 23 February 2013 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none | £16,000 |
Final | 24 March 2013 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | Runner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000 |
Preliminary round
Ties
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Ties
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First round qualifying
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Second round qualifying
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Third round qualifying
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First round
This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.
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Second round
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Third round
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Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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First leg
Wrexham | 3–1 | Gainsborough Trinity |
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Wright 19' Cieslewicz 66' Ashton 90+2' |
Report | Stamp 27' |
Grimsby Town | 3–0 | Dartford |
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Disley 28', 85' Cook 87' |
Second leg
Gainsborough Trinity | 2–1 | Wrexham |
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Hawkridge 26' Leary 79' |
Wright 21' |
Wrexham won 4–3 on aggregate.
Grimsby Town won 3–0 on aggregate.
Final
References
- "FA Trophy Entries Accepted". The FA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- "FA Trophy on the March". The FA. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "THE FA CARLSBERG TROPHY PRELIMINARY ROUND". The FA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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- "Evostik League Southern". Southern-football-league.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
- "THE FA CARLSBERG TROPHY FIRST ROUND QUALIFYING". The FA. 6 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
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- http://evostikleague.pitchero.com/results.php?divisions Archived 31 January 2013 at Archive.today[]=5081&divisions[]=5082&divisions[]=5083&cups[]=380&cups[]=432&cups[]=435&cups[]=442&cups[]=440&cups[]=346&cups[]=381&cups[]=403&cups[]=433&cups[]=554&cups[]=430&cups[]=398&cups[]=526&cups[]=552&cups[]=434&cups[]=388&cups[]=481&cups[]=441&cups[]=390&cups[]=391&cups[]=404&cups[]=439&cups[]=392&cups[]=448&teams=&month=9
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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- "FA Trophy: Final / Semi-Finals". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 21 April 2016.