Football tournament season
The 2018–19 FA Trophy (known for sponsorship reasons as the Buildbase FA Trophy) is the 50th season of the FA Trophy , an annual football competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English National League System .
The calendar for the 2018–19 Buildbase FA Trophy, as announced by The Football Association .
Round
Main Date
Number of Fixtures
Clubs Remaining
New Entries This Round
Prize Money
Extra preliminary round
29 September 2018
27
295 → 268
54
£ 2,000
Preliminary round
13 October 2018
56
268 → 212
85
£ 3,000
First round qualifying
27 October 2018
72
212 → 140
88
£ 3,250
Second round qualifying
10 November 2018
36
140 → 104
0
£ 4,000
Third round qualifying
24 November 2018
40
104 → 64
44
£ 5,000
First round proper
15 December 2018
32
64 → 32
24
£ 6,000
Second round proper
12 January 2019
16
32 → 16
0
£ 7,000
Third round proper
2 February 2019
8
16 → 8
0
£ 8,000
Fourth round proper
23 February 2019
4
8 → 4
0
£ 10,000
Semi-finals
16 and 23 March 2019
2
4 → 2
0
£ 20,000
Final
19 May 2019
1
2 → 1
0
Runners-up £ 30,000 Winners £ 60,000
One team at Level 8 did not enter (Guernsey ). This was the first year to have an extra preliminary round, due to the increase from 72 to 88 teams in the Level 7 leagues.
First round qualifying [ edit ]
Second round qualifying [ edit ]
Third round qualifying [ edit ]
Second round proper [ edit ]
Following their victory over Weymouth , Ramsbottom United are the lowest-ranked team still in the competition, and the only team left from the eighth tier of English football.
Fourth round proper [ edit ]
Leyton Orient won 3–1 on aggregate
AFC Fylde won 3–2 on aggregate
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Levels 5–6 Levels 7–8 Levels 9–10
Combined Counties League (Premier , One )
East Midlands Counties League (level 10 only )
Eastern Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Midland League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
North West Counties League (Premier , One North , One South )
Southern Combination League (Premier , One )
Southern Counties East League (Premier , One )
South West Peninsula League Premier Division (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
Western League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Cup competitions
Youth competitions