FA TROPHY

'The Football Association Challenge Trophy' is an English football competition for clubs playing in levels 5-8 of the English football league system ''(steps 1-4 of the National League System)'', which currently covers the three divisions of the Football Conference along with the Southern League, Isthmian League, and Northern Premier League. Clubs in lower levels of the National League System play in the FA Vase.
It was created by the Football Association in 1969 for semi-professional teams, to complement the existing FA Amateur Cup. When the latter was abolished in 1974, the leading amateur teams joined the Trophy. The final was traditionally held at the old Wembley Stadium, but was moved to Villa Park during Wembley's redevelopment. The 2005-06 final was held at Upton Park, London.
The FA Challenge Trophy attendance record was set in 2007, when Kidderminster Harriers played Stevenage Borough in the first final to be held at the new Wembley Stadium, in front of 53,262 fans.
Scarborough (1973, 1976, 1977), Telford United (1971, 1983, 1989), and Woking (1994, 1995, 1997) share the record for the most victories (three) in the final. Mark Stimson holds the record for being the first manager to win the trophy for three consecutive seasons (albeit at two different clubs) in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Scarborough, Macclesfield Town, Kidderminster Harriers, Colchester United, Wycombe Wanderers, Cheltenham Town and Yeovil Town have gone on to play in the Football League.
The trophy itself was presented to the FA in 1905 by Ernest Cochrane, barrister, to be used in an international competition between England, the US and Canada to promote football in North America. This competition was never instigated.

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Finals

Finals

Year	Winners	Score	Runners up	Notes
1970	Macclesfield Town	2-0	Telford United
1971	Telford United	3-2	Hillingdon Borough
1972	Stafford Rangers	3-0	Barnet
1973	Scarborough	2-1	Wigan Athletic	after extra time
1974	Morecambe	2-1	Dartford
1975	Matlock Town	4-0	Scarborough
1976	Scarborough	3-2	Stafford Rangers	after extra time
1977	Scarborough	2-1	Dagenham
1978	Altrincham	3-1	Leatherhead
1979	Stafford Rangers	2-0	Kettering Town
1980	Dagenham	2-1	Mossley
1981	Bishop's Stortford	1-0	Sutton United
1982	Enfield	1-0	Altrincham	after extra time
1983	Telford United	2-0	Northwich Victoria
1984	Northwich Victoria	1-1	Bangor City	after extra time
	Northwich Victoria	2-1	Bangor City	replay at Stoke City
1985	Wealdstone	2-1	Boston United
1986	Altrincham	1-0	Runcorn
1987	Kidderminster Harriers	0-0	Burton Albion	after extra time
	Kidderminster Harriers	2-1	Burton Albion	replay at West Bromwich Albion
1988	Enfield	0-0	Telford United
	Enfield	3-2	Telford United	replay at West Bromwich Albion
1989	Telford United	1-0	Macclesfield Town	after extra time
1990	Barrow	3-0	Leek Town
1991	Wycombe Wanderers	2-1	Kidderminster Harriers
1992	Colchester United	3-1	Witton Albion
1993	Wycombe Wanderers	4-1	Runcorn
1994	Woking	2-1	Runcorn
1995	Woking	2-1	Kidderminster Harriers	after extra time
1996	Macclesfield Town	3-1	Northwich Victoria
1997	Woking	1-0	Dagenham & Redbridge	after extra time
1998	Cheltenham Town	1-0	Southport
1999	Kingstonian	1-0	Forest Green Rovers
2000	Kingstonian	3-2	Kettering Town
2001	Canvey Island	1-0	Forest Green Rovers
2002	Yeovil Town	2-0	Stevenage Borough
2003	Burscough	2-1	Tamworth
2004	Hednesford Town	3-2	Canvey Island
2005	Grays Athletic	1-1	Hucknall Town	after extra time: Grays win 6-5 on penalties
2006	Grays Athletic	2-0	Woking
2007	Stevenage Borough	3-2	Kidderminster Harriers	The first final (of any competition) to be played at the new Wembley Stadium