The FA Trophy 2009–10 is the 40th season of the

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's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the

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. The number of team entries for this season was initially 265, but this was reduced to 264 when

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withdrew.

Calendar

Preliminary round

Ties will be played on 3 October 2009.

Ties

Replays

First round qualifying

Ties will be played on 17 October 2009. Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round.

Ties

Replays

Ties

Second round qualifying

Ties will be played on 31 October 2009.

Ties

Replays

Ties

Third round qualifying

Ties will be played on 21 November 2009 Teams from Conference North and Conference South entered in this round.

Ties

Replays

First round

This round is the first in which Conference Premier teams join those from lower reaches of the

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. Matches took place on 12 December. Since King's Lynn folded, Vauxhall Motors received a walkover to the second round. The fixture between Maidstone United and

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was postponed in December due to a waterlogged pitch and rearranged for 15 December. This match, however, did not go ahead because of a frozen pitch and neither did the third attempt at playing this fixture on 22 December. The match was then scheduled to take place on 5 January, but this was also postponed due to bad weather. The match was then scheduled to take place on 12 January, but was subsequently postponed once more. The game was eventually played on 19 January, resulting in a 3–0 win for Histon. However, on 25 January, Maidstone were re-instated in the competition after Histon were found to have fielded an ineligible player.

Ties

Replays

Second round

Matches were to take place on Saturday, 9 January

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, but the bad weather that engulfed the country meant that all were postponed and rescheduled provisionally for between 11 and 13 January. Most of the games were further postponed to between 18 and 20 January.

Ties

Replays

Third round

Matches took place on 30 January 2010.

Ties

Fourth round

Matches took place on 20 February 2010. The match between Barrow and York City was postponed twice because of a frozen pitch.

Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

References

General

Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2009-10
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