The 2012–13 FA Trophy was the 43rd season of the

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

the Football Association The Football Association (the FA) is the Sports governing body, governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest footb ...

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

English football league system The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the ...

. A total of 266 clubs entered the competition. This season's competition was only the third time that the Trophy Holders, in this case

York City F.C. York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National League (division), National League, the fifth level of the English football league syste ...

, were ineligible to defend it due to promotion to the English Football League Two. The competition was won by

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...

for the first time, who defeated

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "the Mariners", the club was f ...

4–1 on penalties, after being held 1–1 in normal time.

Calendar

Preliminary round

Ties will be played on 15 September 2012.

Ties

† – After

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Ties

† – After

First round qualifying

Ties will be played on 29 September 2012 Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round. † – After

Second round qualifying

Ties will be played on 27 October 2012 † – After

Third round qualifying

Ties will be played on 10 November 2012. This round is the first in which

Conference North The National League North, officially known as Vanarama National League North for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Association football league in England. National League North is the second division of the National Leagues and step 2 o ...

and

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teams join the competition. † – After

First round

Ties will be played on 24 November 2012. This round is the first in which

Conference Premier The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National Leagues and step 1 of the National Le ...

teams join those from lower reaches of the

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Second round

Ties will be played on 15 December 2012.

Third round

Ties will be played on 12 January 2013.

Quarter-finals

Ties will be played on 26 January 2013.

Semi-finals

Source:

First leg

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Second leg

''Wrexham won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Grimsby Town won 3–0 on aggregate.''

Final

References

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