2018–19 FA Trophy

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2018–19 FA Trophy

Football Association Trophy
Tournament details
Country	England Guernsey Wales
Defending champions	AFC Fylde (1st title)
Runner-up	Leyton Orient
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The 2018–19 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) is the 50th season of the FA Trophy, an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English National League System.

Calendar

The calendar for the 2018–19 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association.

Round	Main Date	Number of Fixtures	Clubs Remaining	New Entries This Round	Prize Money
Extra preliminary round	29 September 2018	27	295 → 268	54	£ 2,000
Preliminary round	13 October 2018	56	268 → 212	85	£ 3,000
First round qualifying	27 October 2018	72	212 → 140	88	£ 3,250
Second round qualifying	10 November 2018	36	140 → 104	0	£ 4,000
Third round qualifying	24 November 2018	40	104 → 64	44	£ 5,000
First round proper	15 December 2018	32	64 → 32	24	£ 6,000
Second round proper	12 January 2019	16	32 → 16	0	£ 7,000
Third round proper	2 February 2019	8	16 → 8	0	£ 8,000
Fourth round proper	23 February 2019	4	8 → 4	0	£ 10,000
Semi-finals	16 and 23 March 2019	2	4 → 2	0	£ 20,000
Final	19 May 2019	1	2 → 1	0	Runners-up £ 30,000 Winners £ 60,000

One team at Level 8 did not enter (Guernsey). This was the first year to have an extra preliminary round, due to the increase from 72 to 88 teams in the Level 7 leagues.

Extra preliminary round

Preliminary round

First round qualifying

Second round qualifying

Third round qualifying

First round proper

Second round proper

Third round proper

Following their victory over Weymouth, Ramsbottom United are the lowest-ranked team still in the competition, and the only team left from the eighth tier of English football.

Fourth round proper

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

Leyton Orient won 3–1 on aggregate

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AFC Fylde won 3–2 on aggregate

Final

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Danny Rowe	Oldham Athletic	5
	Matty Warburton	Northampton Town
	Shaq Coulthirst	Barnet
	Glen Taylor	Spennymoor Town
	Serhat Tasdemir	Peterborough United
	Nic Evangelinos	Ramsbottom United
7	Adi Yussuf	Boreham Wood	3
	Daniel Udoh	Shrewsbury Town
	Emmanuel Dieseruvwe	Oldham Athletic
	Lee Ndlovu	Brackley Town

References