FA Trophy 2025-26 2nd Round Review – FA Cup Factfile

First time in Last 64 ever

Chatham Town – 39^th campaign

Harborough Town – 4^th campaign

Anstey Nomads – 3^rd campaign

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Equalling best run to Last 64

AFC Totton – 5^th time in 18 campaigns

Clitheroe FC – 2^nd time in 29 campaigns

Hanwell Town – 2^nd time in 13 campaigns

South Shields – 2^nd time in 9 campaigns

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First time in Last 64 in a while

39 years – Leatherhead FC (32 campaigns)

21 years – Walton and Hersham (15 campaigns)

20 years – Clitheroe FC

13 years – Worksop Town (8 campaigns)

12 years – Leek Town

6 years – FC United of Manchester, South Shields

5 years – Hornchurch FC

4 years – Cheshunt FC, Dover Athletic

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Into Last 64 and long time since last KO before it

26 years – Dagenham and Redbridge (17 campaigns)

12 years – AFC Fylde

5 years – Kidderminster Harriers

4 years – Peterborough Sports

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First time knocked out as Early as 2nd Rd ever (Min 3 campaigns)

Torquay United – 14 campaigns

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First time Knocked Out Before Last 64 for a while

9 years – Maidenhead United

5 years – Slough Town

4 years – Chorley FC

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Consecutive 2nd Rd KOs

4 – Buxton FC, King’s Lynn Town, Scarborough Athletic (furthest club has progressed), Tonbridge Angels

3 – Chester FC, Farnborough FC

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Avenged Previous FA Trophy Defeat

Buxton FC 2-3 Southport FC

Oxford City 1-2 Peterborough Sports

Dorking Wanderers 3-2 Eastbourne Borough (met last season)

Bath City 1-1 Bracknell Town (5-3 pens)

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Biggest Wins of the 2nd Rd

AFC Sudbury 1-5 Hereford FC (HEAVIEST FA Trophy DEFEAT and BIGGEST FA Trophy WIN)

Tonbridge Angels 0-4 Worthing FC (Joint HEAVIEST FA Trophy DEFEAT)

South Shields 6-2 Dunston FC (Joint BIGGEST FA Trophy WIN and Joint HEAVIEST FA Trophy DEFEAT)

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Cupsets

Two Step

Bedford Town (2) 0-1 Anstey Nomads (4)

Chester FC (2) 0-1 Clitheroe FC (4)

Leatherhead FC (4) 2-0 Hampton and Richmond Borough (2)

King’s Lynn Town (2) 2-2 Harrow Borough (4) (2-3 pens)

One Step

Merthyr Town (2) 2-3 Hanwell Town (3)

Slough Town (2) 1-1 Gloucester City (3) (3-4 pens)

Harborough Town (3) 3-0 Enfield Town (2)

Plymouth Parkway (3) 4-3 Salisbury FC (2)

FC United of Manchester (3) 3-2 Darlington FC (2)

Walton and Hersham (3) 2-1 Farnborough FC (2)

Leek Town (3) 1-0 Scarborough Athletic (2)

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Hat-tricks and more

3 – Sam Osborne (Hereford FC)

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Miscellaneous

Alvechurch FC have now progressed through three rounds of this season’s FA Trophy all via a penalty shoot-out. At least in this round the club did actually score a goal in the 90 minutes prior to the penalties!