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

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

the Football Association The Football Association (also known as 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 ...

'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 Isl ...

. 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. As of the 2022–23 season, the team compete in the National League, at the fifth tier of the English football league ...

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

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

for the first time, who defeated

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

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

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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

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teams join those from lower reaches of the

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. , valign="top", † – After

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fa Trophy 2012-13 2012-13 2012–13 domestic association football cups 2012–13 in English football