2002–03 FA Trophy

Football tournament season
2002–03 FA Trophy
Tournament details
CountryEngland England
Wales Wales
Teams206
Final positions
ChampionsBurscough
Runner-upTamworth
Tournament statistics
Attendance14,625
← 2001–02
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The 2002–03 FA Trophy is the thirty-fifth season of the FA Trophy.

Qualifying round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 5–0 Guiseley
2 Arlesey Town 1–3 Burnham
3 Atherstone United 0–1 Gloucester City
4 Aveley 2–0 Newport IOW
5 Bamber Bridge 2–2 Leek Town
6 Bashley 1–2 Marlow
7 Bedworth United 0–1 Corby Town
8 Berkhamsted Town 6–0 Leatherhead
9 Bognor Regis Town 5–2 Wivenhoe Town
10 Bracknell Town 2–2 Fisher Athletic London
11 Bromsgrove Rovers 0–1 Banbury United
12 Burnham 3–1 Arlesey Town
13 Chorley 1–1 Stocksbridge Park Steels
14 Corinthian Casuals 4–3 Barking & East Ham United
15 Croydon Athletic 0–3 Tonbridge Angels
16 Dorchester Town 4–1 Yeading
17 East Thurrock United 2–0 Sittingbourne
18 Erith & Belvedere 2–0 St Leonards
19 Farsley Celtic 1–0 Ossett Town
20 Fleet Town 1–1 Epsom & Ewell
21 Harlow Town 2–2 Uxbridge
22 Hertford Town 1–0 Molesey
23 Histon 2–0 Wingate & Finchley
24 Hornchurch 2–6 Walton & Hersham
25 Horsham 4–0 Tilbury
26 King's Lynn 4–0 Chertsey Town
27 Leyton Pennant 0–2 Oxford City
28 Lincoln United 4–3 Bishop Auckland
29 Mangotsfield United 4–2 Stourport Swifts
30 Merthyr Tydfil 2–0 Evesham United
31 Metropolitan Police 1–1 Dulwich Hamlet
32 North Ferriby United 3–0 Matlock Town
33 Northwood 0–2 Tooting & Mitcham United
34 Racing Club Warwick 0–1 Clevedon Town
35 Radcliffe Borough 0–1 Eastwood Town
36 Rocester 2–2 Workington
37 Rossendale United 2–2 Witton Albion
38 Rothwell Town 4–0 Cinderford Town
39 Salisbury City 2–0 Dartford
40 Shepshed Dynamo 2–2 Taunton Town
41 Slough Town 2–0 Wembley
42 Solihull Borough 2–0 Sutton Coldfield Town
43 Spalding United 3–0 Barton Rovers
44 Trafford 2–0 Belper Town
45 Wealdstone 0–0 Banstead Athletic
46 Windsor & Eton 2–1 Ashford Town (Middlesex)

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
5 Leek Town 3–1 Bamber Bridge
10 Fisher Athletic London 4–7 Bracknell Town
13 Stockbridge Park Steels 1–0 Chorley
20 Epsom & Ewell 2–0 Fleet Town
21 Uxbridge 1–2 Harlow Town
31 Dulwich Hamlet 3–1 Metropolitan Police
36 Workington 2–2 Rocester
(Rocester won 4–3 on penalties)
37 Witton Albion 2–0 Rossendale United
40 Taunton Town 3–0 Shepshed Dynamo
45 Banstead Athletic 0–1 Wealdstone

1st round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Aveley 1–4 Weymouth
2 Banbury United 1–1 Gloucester City
3 Berkhamsted Town 2–2 Bishops Stortford
4 Blyth Spartans 5–3 North Ferriby United
5 Bognor Regis Town 2–0 Boreham Wood
6 Bracknell Town 0–2 Heybridge Swifts
7 Burnham 0–2 Aylesbury United
8 Burscough 0–0 Marine
9 Carshalton Athletic 2–1 Folkestone Invicta
10 Chippenham Town 4–1 Dorchester Town
11 Clevedon Town 2–4 Hednesford Town
12 Corby Town 0–5 Rothwell Town
13 Corinthian Casuals 1–0 Croydon
14 Droylsden 2–1 Ashton United
15 East Thurrock United 1–3 Kingstonian
16 Eastbourne Borough 4–1 Hertford Town
17 Enfield 1–2 Basingstoke Town
18 Farsley Celtic 7–2 Trafford
19 Gainsborough Trinity 3–1 Kendal Town
20 Gateshead 0–2 Hyde United
21 Grantham Town 3–2 Hinckley United
22 Great Wakering Rovers 2–2 Ford United
23 Gresley Rovers 0–0 Harrogate Town
24 Halesowen Town 4–3 Bath City
25 Harlow Town 2–0 Wealdstone
26 Hastings United 1–0 Chelmsford City
27 Hemel Hempstead Town 2–3 Histon
28 Hitchin Town 3–1 Chatham Town
29 Horsham 2–0 Ashford Town (Kent)
30 Kidsgrove Athletic 1–1 Frickley Athletic
31 King's Lynn 1–2 Stamford
32 Leek Town 4–1 Eastwood Town
33 Lewes 6–4 Slough Town
34 Lincoln United 2–3 Alfreton Town
35 Mangotsfield United 3–1 Redditch United
36 Marlow 1–1 Bedford Town
37 Oxford City 4–2 Egham Town
38 Rocester 0–2 Colwyn Bay
39 Rugby United 2–1 Hucknall Town
40 Salisbury City 2–2 Erith & Belvedere
41 Solihull Borough 7–1 Swindon Supermarine
42 Spalding United 2–1 Hampton & Richmond Borough
43 Spennymoor United 4–3 Witton Albion
44 Staines Town 1–2 Epsom & Ewell
45 Stocksbridge Park Steels 0–1 Whitby Town
46 Sutton United 2–1 Harrow Borough
47 Taunton Town 1–2 Merthyr Tydfil
48 Thame United 3–2 Bromley
49 Tonbridge Angels 3–2 Maidenhead United
50 Tooting & Mitcham United 2–3 Dulwich Hamlet
51 Weston super Mare 2–2 Cirencester Town
52 Whyteleafe 1–5 Walton & Hersham
53 Windsor & Eton 2–2 Welling United
54 Worthing 1–4 Cambridge City

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
2 Gloucester City 2–1 Banbury United
3 Bishops Stortford 2–0 Berkhamsted Town
8 Marine 1–3 Burscough
22 Ford United 6–1 Great Wakering Rovers
23 Harrogate Town 3–0 Gresley Rovers
30 Frickley Athletic 2–1 Kidsgrove Athletic
36 Bedford Town 1–2 Marlow
40 Erith & Belvedere 2–0 Salisbury City
51 Cirencester Town 3–2 Weston super Mare
53 Welling United 3–5 Windsor & Eton

2nd round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Barrow 4–2 Whitby Town
2 Basingstoke Town 0–2 Sutton United
3 Bishop's Stortford 2–2 Marlow
4 Bognor Regis Town 1–4 Hendon
5 Bradford Park Avenue 0–1 Altrincham
6 Cambridge City 0–1 Crawley Town
7 Canvey Island 2–0 Carshalton Athletic
8 Chesham United 0–0 Walton & Hersham
9 Chippenham Town 0–1 Aylesbury United
10 Corinthian Casuals 0–4 Cirencester Town
11 Dover Athletic 2–0 Ford United
12 Droylsden 1–2 Colwyn Bay
13 Gloucester City 0–0 Merthyr Tydfil
14 Grantham Town 0–1 Gainsborough Trinity
15 Grays Athletic 3–1 Tiverton Town
16 Harlow Town 0–3 Lewes
17 Harrogate Town 2–2 Burscough
18 Hastings United 0–2 Eastbourne Borough
19 Havant & Waterlooville 1–1 Billericay Town
20 Heybridge Swifts 2–1 Weymouth
21 Histon 3–4 Farsley Celtic
22 Horsham 1–2 Thame United
23 Ilkeston Town 3–1 Hednesford Town
24 Kingstonian 5–1 Erith & Belvedere
25 Lancaster City 6–1 Stamford
26 Leek Town 3–1 Hyde United
27 Mangotsfield United 0–1 Dulwich Hamlet
28 Moor Green 2–3 Blyth Spartans
29 Newport County 2–1 Epsom & Ewell
30 Oxford City 1–0 Braintree Town
31 Purfleet 3–2 Tonbridge Angels
32 Runcorn FC Halton 0–3 Rugby United
33 Spennymoor United 1–1 Halesowen Town
34 St Albans City 0–1 Hayes
35 Stafford Rangers 0–2 Alfreton Town
36 Stalybridge Celtic 2–0 Rothwell Town
37 Tamworth 4–1 Accrington Stanley
38 Vauxhall Motors 4–2 Frickley Athletic
39 Wakefield & Emley 5–0 Spalding United
40 Windsor & Eton 3–1 Hitchin Town
41 Worcester City 1–0 Aldershot Town
42 Worksop Town 4–2 Solihull Borough

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
3 Marlow 2–3 Bishops Stortford
8 Walton & Hersham 0–1 Chesham United
13 Merthyr Tydfil 0–1 Gloucester City
17 Burscough 3–2 Harrogate Town
19 Billericay Town 1–2 Havant & Waterlooville
33 Halesowen Town 4–1 Spennymoor United

3rd round

The teams from Football Conference entered in this round.

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 2–1 Halesowen Town
2 Aylesbury United 1–0 Kingstonian
3 Canvey Island 5–1 Cirencester Town
4 Chester City 1–2 Worksop Town
5 Colwyn Bay 1–0 Blyth Spartans
6 Dagenham & Redbridge 5–2 Bishop's Stortford
7 Dover Athletic 1–0 Gravesend & Northfleet
8 Dulwich Hamlet 0–2 Margate
9 Eastbourne Borough 0–1 Farnborough Town
10 Farsley Celtic 1–1 Gainsborough Trinity
11 Forest Green Rovers 4–2 Barnet
12 Gloucester City 3–2 Lewes
13 Halifax Town 4–1 Doncaster Rovers
14 Hayes 2–1 Crawley Town
15 Hereford United 1–2 Yeovil Town
16 Heybridge Swifts 0–0 Hendon
17 Ilkeston Town 0–3 Burscough
18 Kettering Town 1–1 Altrincham
19 Lancaster City 0–1 Morecambe
20 Leek Town 1–2 Southport
21 Leigh RMI 1–2 Vauxhall Motors
22 Northwich Victoria 3–1 Barrow
23 Purfleet 1–2 Grays Athletic
24 Rugby United 0–2 Telford United
25 Stalybridge Celtic 0–3 Scarborough
26 Stevenage Borough 2–1 Oxford City
27 Sutton United 1–3 Havant & Waterlooville
28 Tamworth 3–0 Nuneaton Borough
29 Wakefield & Emley 1–0 Burton Albion
30 Windsor & Eton 3–2 Thame United
31 Woking 3–0 Chesham United
32 Worcester City 3–2 Newport County

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
10 Gainsborough Trinity 2–1 Farsley Celtic
16 Hendon 2–1 Heybridge Swifts
18 Altrincham 3–3 Kettering Town
(Altrincham won 5–3 on penalties)

4th round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Alfreton Town 1–1 Burscough
2 Altrincham 0–1 Aylesbury United
3 Colwyn Bay 0–2 Havant & Waterlooville
4 Dagenham & Redbridge 0–0 Southport
5 Gainsborough Trinity 0–2 Forest Green Rovers
6 Gloucester City 0–0 Woking
7 Halifax Town 3–2 Grays Athletic
8 Northwich Victoria 2–1 Canvey Island
9 Scarborough 1–1 Dover Athletic
10 Tamworth 3–0 Stevenage Borough
11 Telford United 2–3 Farnborough Town
12 Wakefield & Emley 0–0 Hendon
13 Windsor & Eton 1–1 Vauxhall Motors
14 Worcester City 0–2 Margate
15 Worksop Town 2–3 Hayes
16 Yeovil Town 2–1 Morecambe

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Burscough 2–0 Alfreton Town
4 Southport 2–2 Dagenham & Redbridge
6 Woking 0–2 Gloucester City
9 Dover Athletic 2–1 Scarborough
12 Hendon 0–1 Wakefield & Emley
13 Vauxhall Motors 0–3 Windsor & Eton

5th round

Ties

Tie Home Team Score Away Team Attendance
1 Aylesbury United 2–2 Windsor & Eton 847
2 Burscough 5–0 Wakefield & Emley 437
3 Dover Athletic 0–3 Forest Green Rovers 932
4 Farnborough Town 2–0 Halifax Town 863
5 Gloucester City 1–1 Southport 1,237
6 Havant & Waterlooville 3–0 Hayes 456
7 Margate 0–2 Tamworth 971
8 Yeovil Town 2–1 Northwich Victoria 4,469

Replays

Tie Home Team Score Away Team
1 Windsor & Eton 1–1 Aylesbury United
(Aylesbury United won 5–4 on penalties)
5 Southport 1–3 Gloucester City

Quarter finals

Tie Home Team Score Away Team Attendance
1 Aylesbury United 2–1 Gloucester City 1,435
2 Farnborough Town 1–2 Tamworth 1,312
3 Forest Green Rovers 1–2 Havant & Waterlooville 1,016
4 Yeovil Town 0–2 Burscough 4,934

Semi-finals

First leg

Aylesbury United1–1Burscough
Maskell 62' [1] Martindale 69'
Buckingham Road, Aylesbury
Attendance: 1,524

Tamworth1–0Havant & Waterlooville
Rickards 43' [2]
The Lamb Ground, Tamworth
Attendance: 2,165

Second leg

Burscough1–0Aylesbury United
Teale 90' (pen) [3]
Victoria Park, Burscough
Attendance: 1,773

Burscough win 2–1 on aggregate


Havant & Waterlooville1–1Tamworth
Taylor 42' [4] Rickards 111'
West Leigh Park, Havant
Attendance: 1,331

Tamworth win 2–1 on aggregate after extra time

Final

The final was played at Villa Park, Birmingham, on Sunday 18 May 2003.

Burscough2–1Tamworth
Martindale 26', 55' Report Cooper 79'
Attendance: 14,296

References

General

  • Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2002–03
  • Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation: FA Trophy 2002–03

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