| FA Challenge Trophy | |||
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| Country | England Wales |
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| Teams | 258 | ||
| Champions | Ebbsfleet United | ||
| Runner-up | Torquay United | ||
| Matches played | 257 | ||
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The 2007–08 FA Trophy was the 38th season of the FA's cup competition for teams at levels 5-8 of the English football league system. 258 teams were entered for the competition.
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| Round | Date | Matches | Clubs | New entries this round | Prize money |
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| Preliminary Round | 6 October 2007 | 46 | 258 → 212 | 92 | £1,000 |
| First Round Qualifying | 20 October 2007 | 72 | 212 → 140 | 66 | £1,500 |
| Second Round Qualifying | 3 November 2007 | 36 | 140 → 104 | none | £2,000 |
| Third Round Qualifying | 24 November 2007 | 40 | 104 → 64 | 44 | £3,000 |
| First Round | 15 December 2007 | 32 | 64 → 32 | 24 | £4,000 |
| Second Round | 12 January 2008 | 16 | 32 → 16 | none | £5,000 |
| Third Round | 2 February 2008 | 8 | 16 → 8 | none | £6,000 |
| Fourth Round | 23 February 2008 | 4 | 8 → 4 | none | £8,000 |
| Semi-finals | 8 March and 15 March 2008 | 2 | 4 → 2 | none | £16,000 |
| Final | 10 May 2008 | 1 | 2 → 1 | none | £50,000 |
This round is the first in which Conference National teams join those from lower reaches of the National League System.
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| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team | Attendance |
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| 1 | Ebbsfleet United | 1 – 0 | Weymouth | 818 |
| 2 | Burton Albion | 1 – 1 | Histon | 1,769 |
| replay | Histon | 0 – 1 | Burton Albion | 564 |
| 3 | Aldershot Town | 3 – 0 | Braintree Town | 1,772 |
| 4 | Farsley Celtic | 0 – 2 | York City | 952 |
| 5 | Stafford Rangers | 2 – 2 | Tamworth | 1,025 |
| replay | Tamworth | 2 – 1 | Stafford Rangers | 571 |
| 6 | Crawley Town | 8 – 0 | Droylsden | 937 |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 0 – 2 | Torquay United | 4,085 |
| 8 | Halifax Town | 0 – 2 | Rushden & Diamonds | 1,384 |
| 2008-02-23 15:00 |
Tamworth | 1 - 2 | Aldershot Town | The Lamb Ground, Tamworth Attendance: 1,204 Referee: David Richard |
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| Sheridan 82' | (Report) | Winfield 81' Hudson 90' |
| 2008-02-23 15:00 |
Rushden & Diamonds | 0 - 1 | York City | Nene Park, Irthlingborough Attendance: 1,626 Referee: N Kinseley (Essex) |
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| (Report) | Parslow 14' |
| 2008-02-23 15:00 |
Torquay United | 4 - 1 | Crawley Town | Plainmoor, Torquay Attendance: 2,301 Referee: James Linnington (Newport, Isle of Wight) |
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| D'Sane 19' Mohamed 59' Mohamed 66' Phillips 66' |
(Report) | Cook (pen) 87' |
| 2008-02-23 15:00 |
Burton Albion | 0 - 0 | Ebbsfleet United | Pirelli Stadium, Burton upon Trent Attendance: 2,103 Referee: Chris Pawson (Sheffield) |
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| (Report) |
| 2008-02-25 19:45 |
Ebbsfleet United | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) |
Burton Albion | Stonebridge Road, Northfleet Attendance: 841 Referee: James Linnington (Newport, Isle of Wight) |
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| Stacy Long 116' | (Report) |
| 7 March 2008 19:45 |
Torquay United | 2 - 0 | York City | Plainmoor, Torquay Attendance: 2,286 |
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| Sills 5' Phillips 46' |
(Report) |
| 8 March 2008 12:00 |
Ebbsfleet United | 3 - 1 | Aldershot Town | Stonebridge Road, Northfleet Attendance: 2,483 |
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| McPhee 6' McPhee 37' McCarthy 78' |
(Report) | Mendes 76' |
| 15 March 2008 15:00 |
Aldershot Town | 1 - 1 | Ebbsfleet United | Recreation Ground, Aldershot Attendance: 4,344 |
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| Mendes 61' | (Report) | Bostwick 90' |
Ebbsfleet United win 4–2 on aggregate
| 15 March 2008 15:00 |
York City | 1 - 0 | Torquay United | Kit Kat Crescent, York Attendance: 3,625 |
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| Todd 64' (o.g.) | (Report) |
Torquay United win 2–1 on aggregate
| 2008-05-10 14:30 |
Ebbsfleet United | 1 - 0 | Torquay United | Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 40,186 Referee: Martin Atkinson |
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| McPhee 45' | (Report) |
The Starting Teams were:
Torquay United; 21 Martin Rice, 3 Kevin Nicholson, 4 Steve Woods (c), 6 Chris Todd, 7 Lee Mansell, 8 Tim Sills, (11 Kevin Hill 89mins) 10 Lee Phillips (19 Danny Stevens 46mins) 14 Chris Hargreaves, 20 Roscoe D'Sane (9 Elliot Benyon 66mins) 24 Steve Adams, 26 Chris Zebroski. Subs Not Used 5 Chris Robertson, 16 Matt Hockley.
Ebbsfleet United; 1 Lance Cronin, 2 Peter Hawkins, 3 Sacha Opinel, 5 James Smith, 6 Paul McCarthy (c), 8 Stacy Long (4 Gary McDonald 84mins) 12 Chris McPhee, 14 Neil Barrett, 18 Luke Moore, 19 John Akinde, 25 Micheal Bostwick. Substitutes 21 Sam Mott, 10 Chukki Erribenne, 15 Mark Ricketts, 17 George Purcell.
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