Football tournament season
The FA Trophy 2008–09 was the fortieth season of the FA Trophy, the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The number of team entries for this season was 263.
Calendar
Round |
Date |
Matches |
Clubs |
New entries this round |
Prize money
|
Preliminary round
|
4 October 2008
|
51
|
263→212
|
102
|
£1,000
|
First round qualifying
|
18 October 2008
|
72
|
212→140
|
93
|
£2,300
|
Second round qualifying
|
1 November 2008
|
36
|
140→104
|
none
|
£3,000
|
Third round qualifying
|
22 November 2008
|
40
|
104→64
|
44
|
£4,000
|
First round
|
13 December 2008
|
32
|
64→32
|
24
|
£5,000
|
Second round
|
10 January 2009
|
16
|
32→16
|
none
|
£6,000
|
Third round
|
31 January 2009
|
8
|
16→8
|
none
|
£7,000
|
Fourth round
|
21 February 2009
|
4
|
8→4
|
none
|
£8,000
|
Semi-finals
|
14 March and 21 March 2009
|
2
|
4→2
|
none
|
£16,000
|
Final
|
9 May 2009
|
1
|
2 → 1
|
none
|
Winner: £50,000 Loser: £25,000
|
Preliminary round
· Ties will be played on 4 October 2008.
Ties
Replays
First round qualifying
Ties will be played on 18 October 2008.
Teams from Premier Division of Southern League, Northern Premier League and Isthmian League entered in this round.
Ties
Replays
Second round qualifying
Ties will be played on 1 November 2007
Ties
Replays
Third round qualifying
Ties will be played on 22 November 2007
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 National League System.
Ties will be played on 13 December 2008.
Ties
Replays
Second round
Ties will be played on 10 January 2009.
Ties
Replays
Third round
Ties will be played on 31 January 2009.
Ties
Replays
Fourth round
Ties will be played on 21 February 2009.
Ties
Replays
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Final
References
General
Specific