1987–88 FA Trophy
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = FA Trophy
| year = 1987-88
| other_titles = FA Challenge Trophy
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| country = England
Wales
| num_teams = 192
| winners = Enfield
| second = Telford United
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| prev_season = 1986-87
| next_season = 1988-89
|}}
The 1987–88 FA Trophy was the nineteenth season of the FA Trophy.
First qualifying round
=Ties=
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| width=20 | Tie
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|---|
| 1
| Alfreton Town | 1-1 | Gretna |
| 2
| Goole Town | 0-4 | Mossley |
| 3
| Workington | 0-3 | Brandon United |
| 4
| Beach Rovers | 1-3 | Shildon |
| 5
| Horwich R M I | 1-2 | South Liverpool |
| 6
| Beach Rovers | 0-0 | Shildon |
| 7
| Penrith | 0-2 | Worksop Town |
| 8
| Radcliffe Borough | 1-4 | Tow Law Town |
| 9
| Billingham Synthonia | 3-1 | Ryhope Community Association |
| 10
| Easington Colliery | 0-0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 11
| Netherfield | 0-0 | Consett |
| 12
| Bedlington Terriers | 1-2 | Guisborough Town |
| 13
| Peterlee Newtown | 2-3 | Accrington Stanley |
| 14
| Chester-le-Street Town | 0-1 | Chorley |
| 15
| Bedworth United | 0-0 | Hednesford Town |
| 16
| Sutton Coldfield Town | 4-2 | Congleton Town |
| 17
| Winsford United | 2-2 | Witton Albion |
| 18
| Dudley Town | 0-2 | Matlock Town |
| 19
| Wolverton Town | 0-5 | Buxton |
| 20
| Moor Green | 2-0 | Halesowen Town |
| 21
| Grantham | 1-2 | Alvechurch |
| 22
| Eastwood Town | 4-1 | Colwyn Bay |
| 23
| Willenhall Town | 3-1 | Sutton Town |
| 24
| Shepshed Charterhouse | 0-1 | Redditch United |
| 25
| Stourbridge | 0-0 | Coventry Sporting |
| 26
| Leamington | 0-1 | Leicester United |
| 27
| V S Rugby | 2-0 | Chatham Town |
| 28
| King's Lynn | 1-1 | Leyton Wingate |
| 29
| Wellingborough Town | 1-2 | Billericay Town |
| 30
| Burnham | 0-1 | Hampton |
| 31
| Kingstonian | 3-0 | Uxbridge |
| 32
| Carshalton Athletic | 5-3 | Dunstable |
| 33
| Stevenage Borough | 2-0 | Wembley |
| 34
| Tilbury | 3-1 | Hayes |
| 35
| Basildon United | 1-2 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 36
| Cambridge City | 3-0 | Walthamstow Avenue |
| 37
| St Albans City | 0-2 | Bromley |
| 38
| Banbury United | 3-1 | Chesham United |
| 39
| Finchley | 1-1 | Hitchin Town |
| 40
| Boreham Wood | 2-4 | Kingsbury Town |
| 41
| Basingstoke Town | 0-0 | Folkestone |
| 42
| Southwick | 3-1 | Canterbury City |
| 43
| Tonbridge A F C | 2-2 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 44
| Dover | 1-1 | Leytonstone-Ilford |
| 45
| Woking | 2-1 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 46
| Walton & Hersham | 0-0 | Farnborough Town |
| 47
| Erith & Belvedere | 0-1 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 48
| Epsom & Ewell | 0-0 | Bracknell Town |
| 49
| Thanet United | 1-0 | Staines Town |
| 50
| Marlow | 4-1 | Maidenhead United |
| 51
| Sheppey United | 0-0 | Croydon |
| 52
| Leatherhead | 4-2 | Lewes |
| 53
| Barry Town | 6-0 | Llanelli |
| 54
| Taunton Town | 1-4 | Cwmbran Town |
| 55
| Waterlooville | 4-1 | Weston super Mare |
| 56
| Forest Green Rovers | 3-0 | Minehead |
| 57
| Worcester City | 2-0 | Bideford |
| 58
| Witney Town | 2-0 | Gosport Borough |
| 59
| Gloucester City | 3-0 | Andover |
| 60
| Frome Town | 0-1 | Clandown |
| 61
| Trowbridge Town | 2-2 | Ton Pentre |
| 62
| Poole Town | 1-0 | Oxford City |
| 63
| Salisbury | 1-0 | Dorchester Town |
| 64
| Maesteg Park | 2-2 | Melksham Town |
=Replays=
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| 1
| Gretna | 2-4 | Alfreton Town |
| 10
| Stalybridge Celtic | 2-0 | Easington Colliery |
| 11
| Consett | 1-1 | Netherfield |
| 15
| Hednesford Town | 1-0 | Bedworth United |
| 17
| Witton Albion | 2-1 | Winsford United |
| 25
| Coventry Sporting | 1-3 | Stourbridge |
| 28
| Beach Rovers | 1-0 | Shildon |
| 39
| Hitchin Town | 2-0 | Finchley |
| 41
| Folkestone | 2-3 | Basingstoke Town |
| 43
| Tooting & Mitcham United | 3-1 | Tonbridge A F C |
| 44
| Leytonstone-Ilford | 4-3 | Dover |
| 46
| Farnborough Town | 0-0 | Walton & Hersham |
| 48
| Bracknell Town | 0-2 | Epsom & Ewell |
| 51
| Croydon | 1-0 | Sheppey United |
| 61
| Ton Pentre | 2-3 | Trowbridge Town |
| 64
| Melksham Town | 4-0 | Maesteg Park |
=2nd replays=
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| width=20 | Tie
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| 11
| Consett | 1-0 | Netherfield |
| 46
| Walton & Hersham | 1-1 | Farnborough Town |
=3rd replay=
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| 46
| Farnborough Town | 1-0 | Walton & Hersham |
Second qualifying round
=Ties=
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| 1
| Worksop Town | 0-0 | South Liverpool |
| 2
| Stalybridge Celtic | 3-0 | Consett |
| 3
| Chorley | 2-3 | Brandon United |
| 4
| Crook Town | 3-7 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 5
| North Shields | 3-1 | Accrington Stanley |
| 6
| Guisborough Town | 4-1 | Tow Law Town |
| 7
| Alfreton Town | 3-0 | Mossley |
| 8
| Redditch United | 2-0 | Willenhall Town |
| 9
| Witton Albion | 5-0 | Eastwood Town |
| 10
| Leicester United | 0-4 | Alvechurch |
| 11
| Buxton | 3-1 | Hednesford Town |
| 12
| Stourbridge | 1-0 | Moor Green |
| 13
| Sutton Coldfield Town | 1-1 | Matlock Town |
| 14
| Stevenage Borough | 2-0 | Kingstonian |
| 15
| Cambridge City | 6-2 | Bromley |
| 16
| Kingsbury Town | 3-1 | Billericay Town |
| 17
| Hampton | 2-2 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 18
| Carshalton Athletic | 1-2 | Hitchin Town |
| 19
| Banbury United | 0-0 | Tilbury |
| 20
| V S Rugby | 2-3 | Leyton-Wingate |
| 21
| Marlow | 0-0 | Thanet United |
| 22
| Tooting & Mitcham United | 1-0 | Epsom & Ewell |
| 23
| Leatherhead | 0-1 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 24
| Woking | 2-1 | Basingstoke Town |
| 25
| Croydon | 1-3 | Farnborough Town |
| 26
| Southwick | 0-4 | Leytonstone Ilford |
| 27
| Poole Town | 3-0 | Trowbridge Town |
| 28
| Waterlooville | 3-1 | Clandown |
| 29
| Melksham Town | 0-2 | Gloucester City |
| 30
| Worcester City | 2-1 | Barry Town |
| 31
| Salisbury | 1-2 | Witney Town |
| 32
| Cwmbran Town | 1-2 | Forest Green Rovers |
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| 1
| South Liverpool | 4-1 | Worksop Town |
| 13
| Matlock Town | 2-2 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
| 17
| Gravesend & Northfleet | 1-2 | Hampton |
| 19
| Tilbury | 1-2 | Banbury United |
| 21
| Thanet United | 0-1 | Marlow |
=2nd replay=
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| 13
| Matlock Town | 0-1 | Sutton Coldfield Town |
Third qualifying round
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| 1
| Spennymoor United | 0-0 | Whitley Bay |
| 2
| Whitby Town | 7-1 | North Shields |
| 3
| Newcastle Blue Star | 2-0 | Billingham Synthonia |
| 4
| South Bank | 2-1 | Guisborough Town |
| 5
| Southport | 0-2 | Gateshead |
| 6
| Brandon United | 1-2 | South Liverpool |
| 7
| Morecambe | 2-4 | Barrow |
| 8
| Stalybridge Celtic | 0-1 | Frickley Athletic |
| 9
| Witton Albion | 2-0 | Matlock Town |
| 10
| Stourbridge | 1-2 | Rhyl |
| 11
| Leek Town | 0-1 | Hyde United |
| 12
| Redditch United | 1-1 | Northwich Victoria |
| 13
| Caernarfon Town | 1-0 | Alfreton Town |
| 14
| Buxton | 4-1 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 15
| Leyton Wingate | 3-1 | Leytonstone-Ilford |
| 16
| Farnborough Town | 3-1 | Hitchin Town |
| 17
| Cambridge City | 2-1 | Stevenage Borough |
| 18
| Hampton | 1-2 | Crawley Town |
| 19
| Grays Athletic | 0-2 | Welling United |
| 20
| Worthing | 2-0 | Chelmsford City |
| 21
| Hendon | 3-1 | Woking |
| 22
| Marlow | 1-0 | Alvechurch |
| 23
| Dulwich Hamlet | 1-2 | Harrow Borough |
| 24
| Banbury United | 3-2 | Barking |
| 25
| Tooting & Mitcham United | 4-0 | Kingsbury Town |
| 26
| Ashford Town (Kent) | 1-2 | Aylesbury United |
| 27
| Gloucester City | 4-0 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 28
| Witney Town | 2-4 | Wokingham Town |
| 29
| Slough Town | 3-3 | Saltash United |
| 30
| Waterlooville | 0-2 | Windsor & Eton |
| 31
| Bridgend Town | 0-6 | Poole Town |
| 32
| Worcester City | 0-1 | Merthyr Tydfil |
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| 1
| Whitley Bay | 1-1 | Spennymoor United |
| 12
| Northwich Victoria | 4-1 | Redditch United |
| 29
| Saltash United | 2-4 | Slough Town |
=2nd replay=
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| 1
| Spennymoor United | 3-1 | Whitley Bay |
1st round
=Ties=
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| 1
| Kidderminster Harriers | 1-1 | Frickley Athletic |
| 2
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 2-2 | Blyth Spartans |
| 3
| Newcastle Blue Star | 0-3 | Rhyl |
| 4
| South Liverpool | 1-1 | Lincoln City |
| 5
| Gateshead | 0-0 | Corby Town |
| 6
| Burton Albion | 0-0 | Barrow |
| 7
| Nuneaton Borough | 1-1 | Marine |
| 8
| Bangor City | 2-2 | Boston United |
| 9
| Caernarfon Town | 1-1 | Stafford Rangers |
| 10
| Hyde United | 0-1 | Altrincham |
| 11
| Buxton | 2-4 | Telford United |
| 12
| Witton Albion | 2-1 | Whitby Town |
| 13
| Runcorn | 2-0 | Northwich Victoria |
| 14
| South Bank | 0-0 | Spennymoor United |
| 15
| Macclesfield Town | 2-1 | Bishop Auckland |
| 16
| Welling United | 1-6 | Leyton Wingate |
| 17
| Fareham Town | 0-2 | Hendon |
| 18
| Fisher Athletic | 2-0 | Marlow |
| 19
| Enfield | 4-2 | Worthing |
| 20
| Slough Town | 3-1 | Dagenham |
| 21
| Windsor & Eton | 1-1 | Barnet |
| 22
| Gloucester City | 1-3 | Yeovil Town |
| 23
| Farnborough Town | 0-2 | Crawley Town |
| 24
| Sutton United | 0-2 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 25
| Cambridge City | 2-1 | Poole Town |
| 26
| Aylesbury United | 1-1 | Kettering Town |
| 27
| Banbury United | 2-2 | Wealdstone |
| 28
| Wokingham Town | 4-0 | Tooting & Mitcham United |
| 29
| Bath City | 2-1 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 30
| Harrow Borough | 1-1 | Weymouth |
| 31
| Maidstone United | 5-1 | Dartford |
| 32
| Wycombe Wanderers | 2-3 | Cheltenham Town |
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| 1
| Frickley Athletic | 1-3 | Kidderminster Harriers |
| 2
| Blyth Spartans | 2-2 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 4
| Lincoln City | 2-2 | South Liverpool |
| 5
| Corby Town | 0-2 | Gateshead |
| 6
| Barrow | 3-0 | Burton Albion |
| 7
| Marine | 2-1 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 8
| Boston United | 0-0 | Bangor City |
| 9
| Stafford Rangers | 1-0 | Caernarfon Town |
| 14
| Spennymoor United | 1-0 | South Bank |
| 21
| Barnet | 2-1 | Windsor & Eton |
| 26
| Kettering Town | 5-1 | Aylesbury United |
| 27
| Wealdstone | 1-0 | Banbury United |
| 30
| Weymouth | 1-2 | Harrow Borough |
=2nd replays=
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| 2
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 3-2 | Blyth Spartans |
| 4
| Lincoln City | 3-1 | South Liverpool |
| 8
| Boston United | 2-1 | Bangor City |
2nd round
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| 1
| Kidderminster Harriers | 0-2 | Runcorn |
| 2
| Lincoln City | 2-1 | Cambridge City |
| 3
| Rhyl | 0-2 | Macclesfield Town |
| 4
| Cheltenham Town | 2-0 | Crawley Town |
| 5
| Hendon | 1-1 | Barrow |
| 6
| Fisher Athletic | 2-1 | Slough Town |
| 7
| Spennymoor United | 1-0 | Harrow Borough |
| 8
| Gateshead | 0-4 | Wokingham Town |
| 9
| Enfield | 3-1 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 10
| Leyton Wingate | 5-2 | Boston United |
| 11
| Witton Albion | 3-1 | Yeovil Town |
| 12
| Bath City | 0-2 | Stafford Rangers |
| 13
| Marine | 0-4 | Maidstone United |
| 14
| Wealdstone | 0-3 | Telford United |
| 15
| Barnet | 0-0 | Bromsgove Rovers |
| 16
| Altrincham | 1-1 | Kettering Town |
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| 5
| Barrow | 2-1 | Hendon |
| 15
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 3-1 | Barnet |
| 16
| Kettering Town | 2-3 | Altrincham |
3rd round
=Ties=
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| 1
| Wokingham Town | 3-0 | Spennymoor United |
| 2
| Altrincham | 1-1 | Fisher Athletic |
| 3
| Runcorn | 0-1 | Barrow |
| 4
| Cheltenham Town | 2-1 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 5
| Leyton Wingate | 1-2 | Macclesfield Town |
| 6
| Lincoln City | 2-1 | Maidstone United |
| 7
| Witton Albion | 1-2 | Enfield |
| 8
| Telford United | 1-1 | Stafford Rangers |
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| 2
| Fisher Athletic | 0-0 | Altrincham |
| 8
| Stafford Rangers | 2-3 | Telford United |
=2nd replay=
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| 2
| Fisher Athletic | 1-1 | Altrincham |
=3rd replay=
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| 2
| Altrincham | 1-0 | Fisher Athletic |
4th round
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| 1
| Enfield | 1-0 | Lincoln City |
| 2
| Wokingham Town | 2-0 | Macclesfield Town |
| 3
| Cheltenham Town | 2-4 | Telford United |
| 4
| Altrincham | 0-0 | Barrow |
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| 4
| Barrow | 2-1 | Altrincham |
Semi finals
=First leg=
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| 1
| Barrow | 1-2 | Enfield |
| 2
| Telford United | 2-0 | Wokingham Town |
=Second leg=
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| 1
| Enfield | 0-1 | Barrow | 2-2 |
| 2
| Wokingham Town | 0-1 | Telford United | 0-3 |
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| 1
| Barrow | 1-1 | Enfield |
=2nd replay=
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| 1
| Barrow | 0-1 | Enfield |
Final
=Tie=
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| Enfield
| 0-0 | Telford United |
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| Enfield
| 3-2 | Telford United |
References
=General=
- [https://www.fchd.info/cups/fatrophy1987-88.htm Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 1987-88]