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Football tournament season
The 2010–11 FA Trophy is the 41st season of the FA Trophy , the Football Association 's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system . A total of 266 clubs have entered the competition.[1] This was reduced to 265 when Ilkeston Town withdrew after the club was wound up.[2]
Calendar
Round
Date
Matches
Clubs
New entries this round
Prize money
Preliminary Round
2 October 2010
54
265 → 211
108
£2,000
First Round Qualifying
16 October 2010
72
211 → 139
90
£2,200
Second Round Qualifying
30 October 2010
36
139 → 103
none
£3,000
Third Round Qualifying
20 November 2010
39
103 → 64
43
£4,000
First Round
11 December 2010
32
64 → 32
24
£5,000
Second Round
15 January 2011
16
32 → 16
none
£6,000
Third Round
5 February 2011
8
16 → 8
none
£7,000
Fourth Round
26 February 2011
4
8 → 4
none
£8,000
Semi-finals
12 March and 19 March 2011
2
4 → 2
none
£16,000
Final
7 May 2011
1
2 → 1
none
£50,000 (winners), £25,000 (runners up)
Preliminary round
† – After extra time
First Round Qualifying
† – After extra time
Second Round Qualifying
† – After extra time
Third Round Qualifying
This round is the first in which Conference North and South teams join the competition. After Ilkeston Town folded, Redditch United received a bye to the first round.[3]
First Round
This round is the first in which Conference National teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System .
The Curzon Ashton vs. Altrincham match on 11 December 2010 was abandoned at half time due to a power failure with the score 2–1 in favour of Curzon Ashton.[4] The re-scheduled game on 14 December 2010 finished 2–0 to Altrincham.[5]
† – After extra time
Second Round
† – After extra time
Third Round
Fourth Round
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Mansfield Town win 2–1 on aggregate
Darlington win 3–2 on aggregate
References
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 )
Essex Senior League (level 9 only )
Hellenic League (Premier , One East , One West )
Kent League (level 9 only )
Midland Alliance (level 9 only )
Midland Combination (level 10 only )
North West Counties League (Premier , One )
Northern Counties East League (Premier , One )
Northern League (One , Two )
South West Peninsula League (level 10 only )
Spartan South Midlands League (Premier , One )
Sussex County League (One , Two )
United Counties League (Premier , One )
Wessex League (Premier , One )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 10 only )
Western League (Premier , One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
Youth competitions
Women's competitions