2015–16 FA Trophy

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2015–16 FA Trophy
FA Challenge Trophy
Country  England
 Guernsey
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Teams 276
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The 2015–16 FA Trophy is the 46th 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 276 clubs entered the competition.[1]

Calendar

The calendar for the 2015–16 FA Trophy qualifying rounds, as announced by The Football Association[2]

Round Date Matches Clubs New entries this round Prize money
Preliminary Round 3 October 2015 64 276 → 212 128 £2,500
First Round Qualifying 31 October 2015 72 212 → 140 80 £2,700
Second Round Qualifying 14 November 2015 36 140 → 104 none £3,250
Third Round Qualifying 28 November 2015 40 104 → 64 44 £4,000
First Round 12 December 2015 32 64 → 32 24 £5,000
Second Round 16 January 2016 16 32 → 16 none £6,000
Third Round 6 February 2016 8 16 → 8 none £7,000
Fourth Round 27 February 2016 4 8 → 4 none £8,000
Semi-finals 12 March and 19 March 2016 2 4 → 2 none £16,000
Final 22 May 2016 1 2 → 1 none Runner-up £25,000 Winner £50,000

Preliminary Round

Preliminary Round fixtures were due to be played on 3 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 9 October 2015. A total of 128 teams, from Level 8 of English football, entered at this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows:[3]

† – After extra time

First Round Qualifying

First Qualifying Round fixtures were due to be played on 31 October 2015, with replays taking place no later than 6 November. A total of 144 teams took part in this stage of the competition including 64 winners from the Preliminary Round, 72 teams from Level 7 of English football and 8 teams from level 8, who get a bye in the Premilinary Round. The draw was as follows:[4]

† – After extra time

Second Round Qualifying

Second Qualifying Round fixtures were due to be played on 14 November 2015, with replays taking place no later than 20 November. A total of 72 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the First Qualifying Round. The draw was as follows: [5]

† – After extra time

Third Round Qualifying

Third Qualifying Round fixtures were due to be played on 28 November 2015, with replays taking place no later than 4 December. A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second Qualifying Round and the teams from Level 6 of English football. The draw was as follows: [6]

† – After extra time

First Round

First Round fixtures were due to be played on 12 December 2015, with replays taking place no later than 18 December. A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Third Qualifying Round and the teams from Level 5 of English football. The draw was as follows: [7]

† – After extra time

Second Round

Second Round fixtures were due to be played on 16 January 2016, with replays taking place no later than 22 January. A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the First Round. The draw was as follows: [8]

† – After extra time

Third Round

Third Round fixtures were due to be played on 6 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 12 February. A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Second Round. The draw was as follows: [9]

† – After extra time

Fourth Round

Fourth Round fixtures were due to be played on 27 February 2015, with replays taking place no later than 4 March. A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition, all winners from the Third Round. The draw was as follows: [10]

† – After extra time

Semi-finals

Semi final fixtures were due to be played on 12 March and 19 March 2016, with the second leg going to extra time and penalties if required. A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The draw was as follows: [11]

First leg

12 March 2016
15:00 GMT
Nantwich Town (7) 2–4 FC Halifax Town (5)
Weaver Stadium, Nantwich
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Graham Salisbury

12 March 2016
15:00 GMT
Bognor Regis Town (7) 0–1 Grimsby Town (5)
Nyewood Lane, Bognor Regis
Attendance: 2,629
Referee: Simon Hooper

Second leg

19 March 2016
15:00 GMT
FC Halifax Town (5) 2–2 Nantwich Town (7)
The Shay, Halifax
Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Peter Bankes

FC Halifax Town won 6–4 on aggregate.

19 March 2016
15:00 GMT
Grimsby Town (5) 2–1 Bognor Regis Town (7)
Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
Referee: Mark Heywood

Grimsby Town F.C won 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

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Main article: 2016 FA Trophy Final

22 May 2016
16:15 BST
FC Halifax Town (5) 1–0 Grimsby Town (5)
McManus Goal 48'

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