The 1985–86 FA Trophy was the seventeenth season of the FA Trophy.

1985-86 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Tournament details
Country England &  Wales
Teams211
Final positions
ChampionsAltrincham
Runner-upRuncorn
← 1984-85
1986-87 →

Preliminary round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bristol Manor Farm 0-0 Llanelli
2 Caernarfon Town 1-0 Leicester United
3 Chard Town 1-0 Minehead
4 Chatham Town 2-0 Thanet United
5 Chesham United 1-1 Finchley
6 Clapton 1-1 Leyton Wingate
7 Curzon Ashton 2-0 Penrith
8 Grays Athletic 2-2 Witney Town
9 Hednesford Town 0-0 Redditch United
10 Ilkeston Town 1-1 V S Rugby
11 Lancaster City 0-0 Accrington Stanley
12 Leyland Motors 3-1 Glossop
13 Maesteg Park 1-0 Weston Super Mare
14 Maidenhead United 3-0 Walton & Hersham
15 Saltash United 3-0 Poole Town
16 Sheppey United 1-1 Metropolitan Police
17 Spalding United 0-0 Leek Town
18 St Albans City 1-2 Oxford City
19 Tilbury 3-1 Wembley

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Llanelli 3-1 Bristol Manor Farm
5 Finchley 3-1 Chesham United
6 Leyton Wingate 5-0 Clapton
8 Witney Town 3-4 Grays Athletic
9 Redditch United 2-4 Hednesford Town
10 V S Rugby 10-0 Ilkeston Town
11 Accrington Stanley 4-4 Lancaster City
16 Metropolitan Police 2-3 Sheppey United
17 Leek Town 3-0 Spalding United

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
11 Accrington Stanley 2-2 Lancaster City

3rd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
11 Lancaster City 4-2 Accrington Stanley

First qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alvechurch 1-4 Worksop Town
2 Arnold 0-1 Mossley
3 Ashford Town (Kent) 0-0 Bromley
4 Aylesbury United 3-1 Wellingborough Town
5 Banbury United 3-2 Burnham & Hillingdon
6 Barry Town 3-2 Frome Town
7 Basildon United 2-2 Harlow Town
8 Basingstoke Town 1-0 Tooting & Mitcham United
9 Bideford 2-1 Trowbridge Town
10 Billericay Town 5-1 Walthamstow Avenue
11 Billingham Synthonia 3-0 Curzon Ashton
12 Billingham Town 1-1 Morecambe
13 Bognor Regis Town 3-0 Tonbridge
14 Bootle 4-4 Shepshed Charterhouse
15 Brandon United 9-1 Horwich R M I
16 Bridgend Town 4-1 Barnstaple Town
17 Buxton 4-1 Sutton Town
18 Cambridge City 2-2 Bedworth United
19 Chester-Le-Street Town 3-0 Peterlee Newtown
20 Clandown 0-2 Mangotsfield United
21 Colwyn Bay 1-1 Belper Town
22 Congleton Town 0-2 Tow Law Town
23 Consett 0-3 Bridlington Trinity
24 Crook Town 1-2 Goole Town
25 Dover Athletic 0-3 Fareham Town
26 Dudley Town 3-0 Heanor Town
27 Eastwood Town 1-1 Radcliffe Borough
28 Epsom & Ewell 5-1 Kingstonian
29 Farnborough Town 3-0 Gosport Borough
30 Finchley 1-3 Leyton Wingate
31 Folkestone 0-1 Lewes
32 Formby 3-2 Ferryhill Athletic
33 Gravesend & Northfleet 1-2 Sheppey United
34 Grays Athletic 0-0 Hampton
35 Gretna 4-1 Lancaster City
36 Hayes 1-3 Uxbridge
37 Hertford Town 2-5 Corby Town
38 Hitchin Town 1-2 Dunstable
39 Leatherhead w/o-scr Hastings United
40 Leyland Motors 7-0 Horden Colliery Welfare
41 Llanelli 1-1 Dorchester Town
42 Melksham Town 3-2 Chard Town
43 Oldbury United 2-4 Caernarfon Town
44 Oswestry Town 0-3 Gainsborough Trinity
45 Oxford City 2-1 Aveley
46 Prescot Cables 1-1 Shildon
47 R S Southampton 3-0 Andover
48 Ryhope Community Association 6-1 Netherfield
49 Salisbury 4-1 Maesteg Park
50 Saltash United 3-1 Forest Green Rovers
51 Sittingbourne 4-0 Chatham Town
52 South Liverpool 0-1 Alfreton Town
53 Southport 2-1 Burscough
54 Staines Town 2-0 Boreham Wood
55 Stalybridge Celtic 4-0 Moor Green
56 Stourbridge 1-2 Hednesford Town
57 Sutton Coldfield Town 0-0 Leek Town
58 Tilbury 1-0 Hornchurch
59 Ton Pentre 0-3 Taunton Town
60 V S Rugby 5-2 Winsford United
61 Waterlooville 3-1 Canterbury City
62 Whitley Bay 1-0 Bedlington Terriers
63 Woking 4-5 Maidenhead United
64 Workington 2-1 Denaby United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Bromley 3-0 Ashford Town (Kent)
7 Harlow Town 0-1 Basildon United
12 Morecambe 2-0 Billingham Town
14 Shepshed Charterhouse 3-1 Bootle
18 Bedworth United 2-1 Cambridge City
21 Belper Town 3-2 Colwyn Bay
27 Radcliffe Borough 5-1 Eastwood Town
34 Hampton 0-1 Grays Athletic
41 Dorchester Town 2-1 Llanelli
46 Shildon 2-1 Prescot Cables
57 Leek Town 2-1 Sutton Coldfield Town

Second qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Aylesbury United 0-2 Bedworth United
2 Basildon United 0-0 V S Rugby
3 Billericay Town 2-0 Banbury United
4 Billingham Synthonia 0-2 Morecambe
5 Caernarfon Town 0-2 Dudley Town
6 Corby Town 6-1 Oxford City
7 Dorchester Town 4-1 Barry Town
8 Epsom & Ewell 3-0 Basingstoke Town
9 Fareham Town 1-1 Waterlooville
10 Farnborough Town 4-1 Leatherhead
11 Formby 1-1 Gretna
12 Gainsborough Trinity 1-1 Shepshed Charterhouse
13 Goole Town 0-1 Leyland Motors
14 Grays Athletic 6-2 Dunstable
15 Leek Town 3-2 Buxton
16 Lewes 1-2 Bromley
17 Maidenhead United 1-2 Bognor Regis Town
18 Mangotsfield United 1-1 Taunton Town
19 Melksham Town 1-3 Saltash United
20 Mossley 3-0 Shildon
21 R S Southampton 1-1 Bridgend Town
22 Radcliffe Borough 2-0 Belper Town
23 Ryhope Community Association 3-1 Bridlington Trinity
24 Salisbury 2-0 Bideford
25 Sheppey United 2-1 Sittingbourne
26 Stalybridge Celtic 2-1 Hednesford Town
27 Tilbury 3-1 Leyton Wingate
28 Tow Law Town 1-3 Southport
29 Uxbridge 3-1 Staines Town
30 Whitley Bay 3-1 Chester-Le-Street Town
31 Workington 5-4 Brandon United
32 Worksop Town 2-3 Alfreton Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 V S Rugby 4-0 Basildon United
9 Waterlooville 3-2 Fareham Town
11 Gretna 3-0 Formby
12 Shepshed Charterhouse 5-1 Gainsborough Trinity
18 Taunton Town 2-1 Mangotsfield United
21 Bridgend Town 3-0 R S Southampton

Third qualifying round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barrow 0-0 Mossley
2 Bedworth United 1-1 Alfreton Town
3 Billericay Town 2-4 Sheppey United
4 Bishop's Stortford 2-1 Croydon
5 Bridgend Town 6-1 Taunton Town
6 Burton Albion 3-0 Grantham
7 Chelmsford City 3-0 Bognor Regis Town
8 Chorley 0-2 Blyth Spartans
9 Corby Town 1-0 Witton Albion
10 Dorchester Town 3-5 Weymouth
11 Epsom & Ewell 2-2 Grays Athletic
12 Farnborough Town 0-3 Crawley Town
13 Gloucester City 0-4 Worcester City
14 Hendon 0-1 Wokingham Town
15 Leamington 1-2 Rhyl
16 Leek Town 2-1 Dudley Town
17 Leyland Motors 1-3 Whitby Town
18 Merthyr Tydfil 1-1 Salisbury
19 Morecambe 1-1 Gretna
20 North Shields 1-1 Workington
21 Radcliffe Borough 2-2 Willenhall Town
22 Ryhope Community Association 2-1 Spennymoor United
23 Shepshed Charterhouse 2-1 Matlock Town
24 Slough Town 1-0 Bromley
25 Southport 2-0 Gateshead
26 Stalybridge Celtic 1-3 Hyde United
27 Uxbridge 2-0 Barking
28 V S Rugby 0-1 Tilbury
29 Waterlooville 4-3 Carshalton Athletic
30 Whitley Bay 0-3 South Bank
31 Windsor & Eton 5-0 Leytonstone Ilford
32 Yeovil Town 1-2 Saltash United

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Mossley 2-4 Barrow
2 Alfreton Town 2-3 Bedworth United
11 Grays Athletic 3-2 Epsom & Ewell
18 Salisbury 2-1 Merthyr Tydfil
19 Gretna 1-2 Morecambe
20 Workington 2-0 North Shields
21 Willenhall Town 3-1 Radcliffe Borough

1st round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Bangor City 1-0 Willenhall Town
2 Barnet 0-1 Wycombe Wanderers
3 Bedworth United 1-1 Frickley Athletic
4 Bishop Auckland 2-0 Blyth Spartans
5 Bishop's Stortford 2-0 Wokingham Town
6 Bridgend Town 2-2 Harrow Borough
7 Bromsgrove Rovers 1-1 Shepshed Charterhouse
8 Chelmsford City 2-1 Bath City
9 Cheltenham Town 3-0 Fisher Athletic
10 Crawley Town 5-2 Worcester City
11 Dagenham 3-0 Sheppey United
12 Dulwich Hamlet 1-1 Windsor & Eton
13 Enfield 3-0 Waterlooville
14 Grays Athletic 2-1 Uxbridge
15 Hyde United 0-2 Corby Town
16 Kidderminster Harriers 5-2 Boston United
17 King's Lynn 1-1 Macclesfield Town
18 Maidstone United 3-0 Weymouth
19 Morecambe 0-2 Burton Albion
20 Northwich Victoria 1-0 Workington
Rhyl 1-1 Leek Town
22 Runcorn 2-0 Marine
23 Ryhope Community Association 1-3 Altrincham
24 Saltash United 1-2 Dartford
25 Scarborough 2-1 Barrow
26 Slough Town 1-0 Tilbury
27 South Bank 1-1 Whitby Town
28 Stafford Rangers 1-0 Nuneaton Borough
29 Sutton United 0-1 Kettering Town
30 Telford United 2-4 Southport
31 Wealdstone 1-0 Welling United
32 Worthing 1-0 Salisbury

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Frickley Athletic 5-0 Bedworth United
6 Harrow Borough 1-2 Bridgend Town
7 Shepshed Charterhouse 1-4 Bromsgrove Rovers
12 Windsor & Eton 2-1 Dulwich Hamlet
17 Macclesfield Town 3-0 King's Lynn
21 Leek Town 3-2 Rhyl
27 Whitby Town 1-2 South Bank

2nd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 6-1 Bangor City
2 Bishop's Stortford 2-0 Northwich Victoria
3 Burton Albion 1-0 Bromsgrove Rovers
4 Corby Town 0-4 Kidderminster Harriers
5 Crawley Town 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers
6 Dagenham 0-1 Cheltenham Town
7 Dartford 1-3 South Bank
8 Enfield 3-2 Maidstone United
9 Grays Athletic 1-1 Chelmsford City
10 Leek Town 2-1 Macclesfield Town
11 Scarborough 0-0 Southport
12 Slough Town 1-2 Kettering Town
13 Stafford Rangers 0-1 Bishop Auckland
14 Wealdstone 2-1 Frickley Athletic
15 Windsor & Eton 0-1 Runcorn
16 Worthing 1-0 Bridgend Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
9 Chelmsford City 3-1 Grays Athletic
11 Southport 1-1 Scarborough

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
11 Southport 1-0 Scarborough

3rd round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Altrincham 1-0 Bishop Auckland
2 Cheltenham Town 0-0 Bishop's Stortford
3 Enfield 5-3 Chelmsford City
4 Runcorn 2-0 Burton Albion
5 Southport 1-1 Kidderminster Harriers
6 Wealdstone 0-0 South Bank
7 Worthing 0-0 Kettering Town
8 Wycombe Wanderers 2-2 Leek Town

Replays

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Bishop's Stortford 1-3 Cheltenham Town
5 Kidderminster Harriers 6-1 Southport
6 South Bank 2-1 Wealdstone
7 Kettering Town 2-1 Worthing
8 Leek Town 5-5 Wycombe Wanderers

2nd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Leek Town

3rd replay

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
8 Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Leek Town

4th round

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Ties

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Cheltenham Town 0-2 Altrincham
2 Kettering Town 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
3 Kidderminster Harriers 1-2 Runcorn
4 South Bank 0-2 Enfield

Semi finals

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First leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Enfield 1-1 Altrincham
2 Runcorn 0-0 Kettering

Second leg

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Tie Home Team Score Away Team Aggregate
1 Altrincham 2-0 Enfield
2 Kettering Town 0-2 Runcorn

Final

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Home Team Score Away Team
Altrincham 1-0 Runcorn

References

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General

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Specific

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