This was the year of the underdog. Village sides Forest Green Rovers and
Rainworth Miners Welfare battled through to the Wembley final, where the
Gloucestershire side prevailed by 3-0. From then, Forest Green went from
strength to strength, reaching the Football Conference and making the F.A.
Trophy final.
Preliminary Round
Bedlington Terriers 4-1 Billingham Synthonia
Annfield Plain 1-6 High Pit Social
Heaton Stannington 2-1 Cleator Moor Celtic
Percy Main 1-0 Boldon Community Association
Appleby 4-3 Wallsend Town
Smith's Dock 1-1 Brandon United
Roker 4-0 Darlington Railway Athletic
Chester-le-Street Town 3-0 South Shields
Ryhope Community Association 2-1 Norton & Stockton Ancients
Ryhope Colliery Welfare 4-2 Hartlepool Boys Welfare
Gretna 2-1 Wingate
Stockton Buffs 0-3 Redcar Albion
Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 2-1 Haig Colliery
Eppleton Colliery Welfare 2-1 Wigton
Stobswood Welfare 1-2 Peterlee Newtown
Nunthorpe Athletic 1-1 Harrogate Town
Birkenshaw Rovers 1-2 Pickering Town
Leyland Motors 0-1 Blackpool Rangers
Abbey Hey W M C 1-2 Salford
Padiham 3-2 Great Harwood Town
Pilkington Recreation 3-0 Clitheroe
Atherton Collieries 1-0 Bradley Rangers
Sheffield 0-2 Irlam Town
Rylands 1-2 Dalton United
Burnley Belvedere 1-2 Brook Sports
Wren Rovers 5-0 Prestwich Heys
Maghull 3-2 H B & H Newton
Chadderton 2-0 Ossett Town
Wythenshawe Amateurs 2-3 Hoylake Athletic
Heswall 3-4 Lytham
Linotype 2-0 New Brighton
Stork 3-1 North Withington
Kidsgrove Athletic 1-5 Prescot B I
Waterloo Dock 2-1 Skelmersdale United
Eastwood Hanley 2-0 B S C Parkgate
Warrington Town 4-0 Stocksbridge Social
Appleby Frodingham 5-3 Immingham Town
Garforth Miners 0-1 Yorkshire Amateur
Brigg Town 3-1 Harworth Colliery Institute
Denaby United 0-1 North Ferriby United
Barton Town 2-3 Hatfield Main
Hall Road Rangers 0-0 Clay Cross Works
Bentley Victoria 2-1 Grasmere Rovers
Fryston Colliery Welfare 2-1 Louth United
Gresley Rovers 1-3 Clipstone Welfare
Bourne Town 2-1 Anstey Nomads
Long Eaton Grange 2-1 Graham Street Prims
Stapenhill 2-1 Mirrlees Blackstone
Arnold Kingswell 3-2 Paget Rangers
Armitage 1-3 Rainworth Miners Welfare
Blakenall 2-1 Oakham United
Kimberley Town 5-2 Mile Oak Rovers
Newhall United 3-2 Birstall United
Oadby Town 1-2 Hinckley Town
Bridgnorth Town 1-1 Wednesfield Social
Oldswinford 0-3 Knowle
Rushall Olympic 0-2 Northfield Town
Boldmere St Michaels 1-1 V S Rugby
Thringstone M W 3-1 Quorn
Oldbury United 2-0 Tividale
Racing Club Warwick 7-1 Rothwell Town
Smethwick Highfield 0-1 Malvern Town
Walsall Wood 5-1 Moreton Town
Solihull Borough 4-3 Wolverton Town
West Midlands Police 4-3 Bicester Town
Holbeach United 1-0 Chatteris Town
Melton Town 1-3 Haverhill Rovers
Great Yarmouth Town 6-1 Downham Town
Diss Town 2-2 Wroxham
Stowmarket 1-4 Ely City
Huntingdon United 0-3 Hadleigh United
Brantham Athletic 1-1 Wisbech Town
Watton United 3-0 Histon
Soham Town Rangers 2-0 Crane Sports
Beccles 3-5 Tiptree United
Somersham Town 0-3 Felixstowe Town
Coggeshall Town 1-2 Bungay Town
Braintree 2-0 St Neots Town
March Town United 1-0 Clacton Town
Brightlingsea United 0-2 Heybridge Swifts
Harwich & Parkeston 5-2 Saffron Walden Town
Ampthill Town 5-2 Sandy Albion
Letchworth Garden City 2-0 Atherstone United
Potton United 0-1 Stansted
Maldon Town 1-3 Wivenhoe Town
Selby 4-4 Harpenden Town
Crown & Manor 0-1 Arlesey Town
Witham Town 3-1 Hoddesdon Town
Hemel Hempstead 2-1 Wootton Blue Cross
Baldock Town 2-3 Edgware
Barkingside 5-4 Epping Town
Pirton 0-1 Kingsbury Town
Amersham Town 2-1 Tansley
Sawbridgeworth Town 1-5 Old Esthameians
Greenwich Borough 2-4 Woodford Town
Shillington 3-1 Chalfont St Peter
Beckton United w/o-scr Willesden
Stotfold 2-1 East Thurrock United
Berkhamsted Town 2-1 Hazells
Welling United 2-1 Crockenhill
Canvey Island 2-0 Midland Bank
Deal Town 1-3 Redhill
Bexhill Town 0-0 Tunbridge Wells
Herne Bay 1-2 Burgess Hill Town
Horley Town 3-3 Whitstable Town
Horsham 3-3 Hastings Town
Faversham Town 1-0 West Wickham
Swanley Town 3-2 Hythe Town
Horsham Y M C A 0-1 Eastbourne Town
Fisher Athletic 1-2 East Grinstead
Slade Green 0-3 Peacehaven & Telscombe Cliffs
Corinthian-Casuals 3-1 Worthing
Three Bridges 2-1 Old Salesians
Merstham 2-1 Chessington United
Ulysses 0-2 Erith & Belvedere
Dorking Town 1-0 Steyning Town
Arundel 2-0 Farnham Town
Frimley Green 1-2 Chichester City
Malden Town 1-3 Shoreham
British Aerospace Weybridge 2-3 Southwick
Chobham 1-0 Wick
Maidenhead Town 1-3 Brockenhurst
Eastleigh 0-1 Didcot Town
Ash United 5-5 Littlehampton Town
Beckenham Town 1-1 Eton Manor
Banstead Athletic 2-1 Darenth Heathside
Egham Town 4-0 Thame United
Kew Association 0-1 Clanfield
Chertsey Town 2-0 Guildford & Worplesdon
Flackwell Heath 2-1 Kidlington
Marlow 4-2 Abingdon Town
Southall 2-1 Wallingford Town
Leighton Town 0-5 Chipping Norton Town
Bracknell Town 3-1 Cirencester Town
Portfield 1-2 A F C Totton
Swanage Town & Herston 3-0 Calne Town
Pagham 7-0 St Martins
Pirelli General 1-2 Sholing Sports
Amesbury 3-1 Flight Refuelling
Melksham Town 2-1 Romsey Town
Immediate Bristol St George 1-0 Evesham United
Chippenham Town 2-0 Westbury United
Shortwood United 3-2 Fairford Town
Portway Bristol 4-1 Matson Athletic
Forest Green Rovers 5-1 Worrall Hill
Wilton Rovers 2-1 Park
Ledbury Town 8-2 Cadbury Heath
Bristol Manor Farm 6-3 Malmesbury Victoria
Lydney Town 1-1 Imperial Bristol
Larkhall Athletic 2-0 Glenside St Gabriels
Yate Town 3-3 Robinsons D R G
Radstock Town 2-4 Penhill
Sharpness 0-0 Backwell United
Avon Bradford 1-4 Odd Down
Appledore/B A A C 0-1 Paulton Rovers
Ilminster Town 1-0 Peasedown Athletic
Newquay 2-0 Torrington
Ottery St Mary 0-6 Wadebridge Town
Preliminary Round Replays
Brandon United 1-1 Smith's Dock
Harrogate Town 2-2 Nunthotpe Athletic
Clay Cross Works 3-2 Hall Road Rangers
Wednesfield Social 1-0 Bridgnorth Town
V S Rugby 2-1 Boldmere St Michaels
Wroxham 3-0 Diss Town
Wisbech Town 4-0 Brantham Athletic
Harpenden Town 1-1 Selby
Tunbridge Wells 2-1 Bexhill Town
Whitstable Town 2-0 Horley Town
Hastings Town 2-3 Horsham
Littlehampton Town 2-4 Ash United
Eton Manor 1-0 Beckenham Town
Imperial Bristol 4-2 Lydney Town
Robinsons D R G 0-1 Yate Town
Backwell United 1-0 Sharpness
Preliminary Round Second Replays
Brandon United 3-2 Smith's Dock
Nunthrope Athletic 0-1 Harrogate Town
Harpenden Town 4-2 Selby
First Round
Bedlington Terriers 1-0 Appleby
Brandon United 4-2 Ryhope Colliery Welfare
High Pit Social 0-2 Chester-le-Street Town
Gretna 2-3 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star
Heaton Stannington 2-0 Percy Main
Redcar Albion 1-2 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
Roker 1-2 Ryhope Community Association
Peterlee Newtown 2-1 Nunthorpe Athletic
Pickering Town 0-0 Salford
Padiham 1-0 Norton Woodseats
Thackley 0-0 Tadcaster Albion
Blackpool Rangers 1-0 Atherton Collieries
Ossett Albion 4-1 Kiveton Park
Irlam Town 2-0 Dalton United
Leeds Ashley Road 5-2 Pilkington Recreation
Wren Rovers 2-1 Prescot B I
Brook Sports 1-1 Maghull
Hoylake Athletic 1-0 Yorkshire Amateur
Appleby Frodingham 2-1 Hall Road Rangers
Bentley Victoria 1-1 Clipstone Welfare
Staveley Works 8-3 Brigg Town
North Ferriby United 7-0 Fryston Colliery Welfare
winterton Rangers 0-0 Ashby Institute
Rainworth Miners Welfare 3-2 Hatfield Main
Waterloo Dock 3-0 Stork
Chadderton 0-1 Middlewich Athletic
Glossop 1-0 Lytham
Linotype 0-1 Warrington Town
Shifnal Town 4-2 Eastwood Hanley
Stapenhill 3-3 Wednesfield Social
Hinckley Athletic 2-0 Bourne Town
Long Eaton Grange 2-1 Walsall Wood
Walsall Sportsco 2-0 Arnold Kingswell
Blakenall 4-0 Hinckley Town
Coventry Sporting 0-2 Kimberley Town
Knowle 6-0 Thringstone Miners Welfare
Halesowen Town 2-1 Oldbury United
Racing Club Warwick 2-4 Newhall United
Desborough Town 4-0 Solihull Borough
V S Rugby 0-2 Northfield Town
Malvern Town 1-2 West Midlands Police
Buckingham Town 3-2 Wilton Rovers
Gorleston 4-1 Holbeach United
Wroxham 2-1 March Town United
Great Yarmouth Town 6-1 Hadleigh United
Wivenhoe Town 2-1 Haverhill Rovers
Watton United 4-0 Ely City
Tiptree United 2-1 Heybridge Swifts
Wisbech Town 1-0 Soham Town Rangers
Bungay Town 3-9 Harwich & Parkeston
Letchworth Garden City 1-2 Arlesey Town
Braintree 3-5 Felixstowe Town
Barton Rovers 3-1 Stansted
Harpenden Town 2-1 Edgware
Bowers United 0-4 Ampthill Town
Hemel Hempstead 2-0 Barkingside
Royston Town 1-2 Rainham Town
Witham Town 0-0 Kingsbury Town
Haringey Borough 3-1 Shillington
Beckton United 3-1 Canvey Island
Ford United 2-1 Old Esthameians
Woodford Town 6-3 Stotfold
Amersham Town 4-4 Harefield United
Egham Town 0-2 Flackwell Heath
Ruislip Manor 3-1 Corinthian-Casuals
Erith & Belvedere 2-1 Eton Manor
Uxbridge 0-1 Chipping Norton Town
Didcot Town 0-1 Berkhamsted Town
Whyteleafe 2-1 Amersham Town
Swanley Town 0-1 Eastbourne Town
Eastbourne United 2-1 East Grinstead Town
Peacehaven & Telscombe 1-3 Whitstable Town
Ringmer 0-1 Merstham
Dorking Town 0-2 Southwick
Chobham 2-1 Tunbridge Wells
Horsham 2-1 Banstead Athletic
Redhill 1-1 Burgess Hill Town
Three Bridges 1-0 Welling United
Southall 2-0 Chertsey Town
Shoreham 2-2 Pagham
Chichester City 1-1 Ash United
Marlow 2-1 Bracknell Town
First Tower United 0-1 Sholing Sports
Brockenhurst 2-1 Arundel
Newport I O W 2-1 A F C Totton
Swanage Town & Herston 1-0 Amesbury
Melksham Town 2-0 Portway Bristol
Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Ledbury Town
Chippenham Town 2-0 Imperial Bristol
Port of Bristol 2-1 Clanfield
Yate Town 2-1 Larkhall Athletic
Bristol Manor Farm 0-0 Immediate Bristol St George
Odd Down 4-3 Backwell United
Penhill 0-1 Shortwood United
Paulton Rovers 2-1 Ilminster Town
Newquay 1-0 Wadebridge Town
First Round Replays
Salford 2-1 Pickering Town
Tadcaster Albion 0-2 Thackley
Maghull 2-1 Brook Sports
Clipstone Welfare 3-2 Bentley Victoria
Wednesfield Social 2-1 Stapenhill
Kingsbury Town 1-0 Witham Town
Harefield United 5-2 Amersham Town
Burgess Hill Town 0-1 Redhill
Ash United 3-1 Chichester City
Immediate Bristol St George 2-1 Bristol Manor Farm
Second Round
Eppleton Colliery Welfare 1-0 Thackley
Ryhope Colliery Welfare 0-2 Blue Star
Peterlee Newtown 4-1 Leeds Ashley Road
Bedlington Terriers 3-0 Whickham
Ossett Albion 2-1 Heaton Stannington
Chester-le-Street Town 1-3 Guisborough Town
Padiham 1-0 Brandon United
Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 3-1 Guiseley
Hoylake Athletic 1-1 Maghull (@ Maghull)
Wren Rovers 5-4 Congleton Town
Irlam Town 2-0 Blackpool Rangers (@ Marine)
Salford 1-2 Frecheville Community
Glossop 0-1 Waterloo Dock
Warrington Town 0-0 Hallam
Appleby Frodingham 2-0 Clipstone Welfare
Staveley Works 2-1 Lincoln United (@ Lincoln United)
Rainworth Miners Welfare 2-1 North Ferriby United
Winterton Rangers 1-2 Skegness Town
Walsall Sportsco 1-1 Blakenall (@ Walsall Wood)
Middlewich Athletic 2-1 Shepshed Charterhouse
Newhall United 0-3 West Midlands Police (@ Burton Albion)
Kimberley Town 1-6 Willenhall Town (@ Eastwood Town)
Northfield Town 1-2 Wednesfield Social
Shifnal Town 4-1 Friar Lane Old Boys
Desborough Town 0-6 Halesowen Town
Long Eaton Grange 3-2 Wigston Fields
Knowle 2-1 Wisbech Town
Hinckley Athletic 1-1 Rushden Town
Wroxham 0-2 Wivenhoe Town
Great Yarmouth Town 1-1 Irthlingborough Diamonds (Great Yarmouth expelled, ineligble player)
Harwich & Parkeston 9-0 Watton United
Gorleston 2-1 Stamford
Rainham Town 3-1 Haringey Borough
Tiptree United 2-0 Kempston Rovers
Ford United 3-3 Felixstowe Town
Arlesey Town 2-0 Basildon United
Woodford Town 0-1 Barton Rovers
Ampthill Town 4-2 East Ham United
Buckingham Town 4-3 Berkhamsted Town
Kingsbury Town 0-2 Cheshunt
Flackwell Heath 0-0 Hemel Hempstead
Harpenden Town 2-4 Grays Athletic
Horsham 3-0 Beckton United
Erith & Belvedere 0-1 Leyton-Wingate
Whyteleafe 4-0 Eastbourne Town
Whitstable Town 4-1 Alma Swanley (@ Canterbury City)
Chobham 1-2 Eastbourne United
Redhill 2-1 Cray Wanderers
Merstham 1-2 Marlow (@ Marlow)
Southwick 0-2 Molesey
Three Bridges 4-1 Ash United
Ruislip Manor 3-1 Malden Vale
Sholing Sports 2-0 Harefield United
Southall 0-0 Burnham
Melksham Town 0-0 Newport I O W
Pagham 1-2 Windsor & Eton
Brockenhurst 1-0 Yate Town
Swanage Town & Herston 0-2 Newbury Town
Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Chippenham Town
Shortwood United 4-2 Hungerford Town
Chipping Norton Town 0-1 Odd Down
Immediate Bristol St George 1-4 Almondsbury Greenway
Port of Bristol 1-3 Paulton Rovers
Newquay 1-4 Devizes Town
Second Round Replays
Maghull 2-0 Hoylake Athletic
Hallam 1-0 Warrington Town
Blakenall 0-2 Walsall Sportsco
Rushden Town 1-2 Hinckley Athletic
Felixstowe Town 2-3 Ford United
Burnham 0-1 Southall
Newport I O W 0-1 Melksham Town
Third Round
Padiham 0-0 Ossett Albion
Peterlee Newtown 3-4 Guisborough Town
Blue Star 3-0 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
Bedlington Terriers 1-3 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star (@ Seaham)
Hallam 3-1 Wren Rovers
Frecheville Community 2-1 Waterloo Dock
Irlam Town 2-0 Maghull
Rainworth Miners Welfare 4-1 Appleby Frodingham
Staveley Works 0-1 Skegness Town (@ Eastwood Town)
