2003–04 FA Trophy
{{Infobox football tournament season
| title = FA Trophy
| year = 2003–04
| other_titles = FA Challenge Trophy
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| country = England
Wales
| num_teams = 205
| champions = Hednesford Town
| runner-up = Canvey Island
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| prevseason = 2002–03
| nextseason = 2004–05
|}}
The 2003–04 FA Trophy was the thirty-second season of the FA Trophy.
Preliminary round
=Ties=
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| 1
| 3–1 |
| 2
| Aveley | 1–2 |
| 3
| 4–3 |
| 4
| Bashley | 2–2 | Marlow |
| 5
| 0–3 |
| 6
| 0–3 |
| 7
| 4–2 |
| 8
| 4–2 | Croydon |
| 9
| 3–1 |
| 10
| Burnham | 1–2 | Stamford |
| 11
| 0–2 | Worthing |
| 12
| Chorley | 1–2 |
| 13
| Cinderford Town | 1–1 | Yate Town |
| 14
| Corinthian-Casuals | 0–2 | King's Lynn |
| 15
| Dulwich Hamlet | 2–0 | Cheshunt |
| 16
| Dunstable Town | 1–2 | Lewes |
| 17
| Eastleigh | 3–0 | Great Wakering Rovers |
| 18
| Enfield | 7–3 | Epsom & Ewell |
| 19
| Fisher Athletic London | 1–1 | Horsham |
| 20
| Gateshead | 1–0 | Kendal Town |
| 21
| Gloucester City | 2–0 | Evesham United |
| 22
| Guiseley | 7–1 | Kidsgrove Athletic |
| 23
| Halesowen Town | 4–3 | Stourport Swifts |
| 24
| Hastings United | 3–4 | Yeading |
| 25
| Hemel Hempstead Town | 3–2 | Metropolitan Police |
| 26
| Ilkeston Town | 1–2 | Bridlington Town |
| 27
| Leatherhead | 1–3 | Wealdstone |
| 28
| Leyton | 3–3 | Molesey |
| 29
| Lincoln United | 0–0 | Workington |
| 30
| Mangotsfield United w/o-scr Atherstone United | | |
| 31
| Matlock Town | 2–0 | Ossett Town |
| 32
| North Ferriby United | 3–2 | Hyde United |
| 33
| Oxford City | 1–4 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 34
| Prescot Cables | 2–1 | Belper Town |
| 35
| Rossendale United | 1–0 | Colwyn Bay |
| 36
| Salisbury City | 0–1 | Clevedon Town |
| 37
| Shepshed Dynamo | 0–0 | Solihull Borough |
| 38
| Staines Town | 3–0 | Barking & East Ham United |
| 39
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 2–1 | Leek Town |
| 40
| Taunton Town | 3–1 | Corby Town |
| 41
| Team Bath | 2–0 | Banbury United |
| 42
| Tooting & Mitcham United | 1–2 | Sittingbourne |
| 43
| Uxbridge | 3–3 | Harlow Town |
| 44
| Waltham Forest | 1–2 | Boreham Wood |
| 45
| Whyteleafe | 2–1 | Egham Town |
| 46
| Windsor & Eton | 2–1 | Chatham Town |
| 47
| Wingate & Finchley | 2–1 | Walton & Hersham |
| 48
| Wivenhoe Town | 3–1 | Newport I O W |
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| 4
| Marlow | 3–1 | Bashley |
| 13
| Yate Town | 1–3 | Cinderford Town |
| 19
| Horsham | 1–3 | Fisher Athletic London |
| 28
| Molesey | 3–4 | Leyton |
| 29
| Workington | 1–0 | Lincoln United |
| 37
| Solihull Borough | 2–1 | Shepshed Dynamo |
| 43
| Harlow Town | 0–1 | Uxbridge |
1st round
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| 1
| Alfreton Town | 0–0 | Prescot Cables |
| 2
| Arlesey Town | 1–1 | Hampton & Richmond Borough |
| 3
| Ashton United | 1–1 | Lancaster City |
| 4
| Aylesbury United | 1–1 | Banstead Athletic |
| 5
| Barton Rovers | 0–0 | Ford United |
| 6
| Billericay Town | 4–3 | Tilbury |
| 7
| Boreham Wood | 1–0 | Bracknell Town |
| 8
| Braintree Town | 0–3 | Harrow Borough |
| 9
| Burgess Hill Town | 2–0 | Sittingbourne |
| 10
| Carshalton Athletic | 3–1 | Bromley |
| 11
| Clevedon Town | 0–3 | Taunton Town |
| 12
| Dartford | 2–2 | Ashford Town (Middlesex) |
| 13
| Dulwich Hamlet | 1–1 | Yeading |
| 14
| Eastbourne Borough | 1–2 | Welling United |
| 15
| Erith & Belvedere | 1–2 | Eastleigh |
| 16
| Folkestone Invicta | 4–1 | Hemel Hempstead Town |
| 17
| Frickley Athletic | 5–1 | Radcliffe Borough |
| 18
| Gateshead | 1–2 | Altrincham |
| 19
| Grays Athletic | 2–2 | Fisher Athletic London |
| 20
| Gresley Rovers | 1–0 | Matlock Town |
| 21
| Guiseley | 2–0 | Gainsborough Trinity |
| 22
| Heybridge Swifts | 0–1 | Histon |
| 23
| King's Lynn | 3–1 | Thame United |
| 24
| Kingstonian | 2–0 | Stamford |
| 25
| Lewes | 4–2 | Northwood |
| 26
| Leyton | 1–5 | Dorchester Town |
| 27
| Mangotsfield United | 1–3 | Bath City |
| 28
| Marine | 1–0 | Bamber Bridge |
| 29
| Moor Green | 2–3 | Cinderford Town |
| 30
| Redditch United | 6–2 | Cirencester Town |
| 31
| Rossendale United | 2–0 | Bridlington Town |
| 32
| Rothwell Town | 1–1 | Gloucester City |
| 33
| Rugby United | 0–0 | Hinckley United |
| 34
| Runcorn F C Halton | 7–0 | Bishop Auckland |
| 35
| Shepshed Dynamo | 0–1 | Hednesford Town |
| 36
| Slough Town | 2–2 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 37
| Staines Town | 2–0 | Croydon Athletic |
| 38
| Stocksbridge Park Steels | 2–1 | North Ferriby United |
| 39
| Swindon Supermarine | 3–2 | Grantham Town |
| 40
| Team Bath | 0–0 | Halesowen Town |
| 41
| Tonbridge Angels | 1–3 | Marlow |
| 42
| Uxbridge | 0–1 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 43
| Wakefield & Emley | 1–2 | Blyth Spartans |
| 44
| Wealdstone | 5–0 | East Thurrock United |
| 45
| Weston-super-Mare | 1–1 | Bromsgrove Rovers |
| 46
| Weymouth | 5–2 | Merthyr Tydfil |
| 47
| Whyteleafe | 1–1 | Ashford Town (Kent) |
| 48
| Windsor & Eton | 2–2 | Enfield |
| 49
| Wingate & Finchley | 0–2 | Hornchurch |
| 50
| Wivenhoe Town | 0–0 | Hitchin Town |
| 51
| Workington | 0–3 | Spennymoor United |
| 52
| Worthing | 0–0 | Cambridge City |
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| 1
| Prescot Cables | 1–4 | Alfreton Town |
| 2
| Hampton & Richmond Borough | 0–2 | Arlesey Town |
| 3
| Lancaster City | 3–2 | Ashton United |
| 4
| Banstead Athletic | 0–1 | Aylesbury United |
| 5
| Ford United | 1–0 | Barton Rovers |
| 12
| Ashford Town (Middlesex) | 2–1 | Dartford |
| 13
| Yeading | 5–0 | Dulwich Hamlet |
| 19
| Fisher Athletic London | 0–3 | Grays Athletic |
| 32
| Gloucester City | 4–1 | Rothwell Town |
| 33
| Hinckley United | 3–2 | Rugby United |
| 36
| Bishop's Stortford | 2–1 | Slough Town |
| 40
| Halesowen Town | 3–2 | Team Bath |
| 45
| Bromsgrove Rovers | 0–3 | Weston-super-Mare |
| 47
| Ashford Town (Kent) | 1–2 | Whyteleafe |
| 48
| Enfield | 0–3 | Windsor & Eton |
| 50
| Hitchin Town | 4–2 | Wivenhoe Town |
| 52
| Cambridge City | 2–3 | Worthing |
2nd round
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| 1
| Alfreton Town | 1–1 | Vauxhall Motors |
| 2
| Altrincham | 1–0 | Southport |
| 3
| Aylesbury United | 2–2 | Grays Athletic |
| 4
| Bath City | 2–1 | Gloucester City |
| 5
| Billericay Town | 0–2 | King's Lynn |
| 6
| Blyth Spartans | 4–2 | Stocksbridge Park Steels |
| 7
| Boreham Wood | 1–2 | Arlesey Town |
| 8
| Burgess Hill Town | 1–2 | Staines Town |
| 9
| Carshalton Athletic | 2–2 | Thurrock |
| 10
| Chippenham Town | 1–1 | Basingstoke Town |
| 11
| Cinderford Town | 3–3 | Lewes |
| 12
| Dorchester Town | 3–0 | Harrow Borough |
| 13
| Eastleigh | 1–4 | Histon |
| 14
| Ford United | 4–1 | Chelmsford City |
| 15
| Gresley Rovers | 3–2 | Hinckley United |
| 16
| Halesowen Town | 1–3 | Hayes |
| 17
| Harrogate Town | 2–2 | Barrow |
| 18
| Havant & Waterlooville | 2–2 | Folkestone Invicta |
| 19
| Hendon | 1–1 | Kettering Town |
| 20
| Hornchurch | 1–0 | Newport County |
| 21
| Hucknall Town | 2–1 | Nuneaton Borough |
| 22
| Kingstonian | 0–2 | Bishop's Stortford |
| 23
| Lancaster City | 1–1 | Hednesford Town |
| 24
| Marine | 2–0 | Worcester City |
| 25
| Marlow | 3–0 | Tiverton Town |
| 26
| Redditch United | 0–3 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| 27
| Rossendale United | 0–0 | Guiseley |
| 28
| Runcorn F C Halton | 3–2 | Frickley Athletic |
| 29
| St Albans City | 0–0 | Crawley Town |
| 30
| Stafford Rangers | 2–1 | Spennymoor United |
| 31
| Sutton United | 2–0 | Bedford Town |
| 32
| Swindon Supermarine | 3–3 | Maidenhead United |
| 33
| Taunton Town | 3–3 | Yeading |
| 34
| Wealdstone | 1–0 | Hitchin Town |
| 35
| Welling United | 0–1 | Dover Athletic |
| 36
| Weston-super-Mare | 1–0 | Bognor Regis Town |
| 37
| Weymouth | 3–3 | Ashford Town (Middlesex) |
| 38
| Whitby Town | 1–1 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 39
| Whyteleafe | 0–4 | Worthing |
| 40
| Windsor & Eton | 1–3 | Canvey Island |
| 41
| Worksop Town | 1–0 | Droylsden |
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| 1
| Vauxhall Motors | 2–4 | Alfreton Town |
| 3
| Grays Athletic | 0–1 | Aylesbury United |
| 9
| Thurrock | 1–0 | Carshalton Athletic |
| 10
| Basingstoke Town | 1–0 | Chippenham Town |
| 11
| Lewes | 4–3 | Cinderford Town |
| 17
| Barrow | 4–2 | Harrogate Town |
| 18
| Folkestone Invicta | 1–0 | Havant & Waterlooville |
| 19
| Kettering Town | 2–2 | Hendon |
| !colspan="5"|(Kettering won 5–4 on penalties) |
| 23
| Hednesford Town | 1–0 | Lancaster City |
| 27
| Guiseley | 2–0 | Rossendale United |
| 29
| Crawley Town | 4–1 | St Albans City |
| 32
| Maidenhead United | 2–1 | Swindon Supermarine |
| 33
| Yeading | 1–3 | Taunton Town |
| 37
| Ashford Town (Middlesex) | 1–3 | Weymouth |
| 38
| Bradford Park Avenue | 1–0 | Whitby Town |
3rd round
Burscough as title holders and teams from Football Conference entered in this round
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| 1
| Altrincham | 2–1 | Runcorn F C Halton |
| 2
| Barnet | 3–2 | Dover Athletic |
| !colspan="5"|(Barnet removed, ineligible player) |
| 3
| Bishop's Stortford | 2–4 | Aldershot Town |
| 4
| Blyth Spartans | 1–0 | Barrow |
| 5
| Burscough | 0–1 | Tamworth |
| 6
| Burton Albion | 4–2 | Accrington Stanley |
| 7
| Canvey Island | 6–0 | Farnborough Town |
| 8
| Chester City | 1–2 | Halifax Town |
| 9
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 0–0 | Crawley Town |
| 10
| Dorchester Town | 2–2 | Margate |
| 11
| Exeter City | 3–2 | Hereford United |
| 12
| Folkestone Invicta | 1–3 | Stevenage Borough |
| 13
| Forest Green Rovers | 4–0 | Sutton United |
| 14
| Gravesend & Northfleet | 2–2 | Weston-super-Mare |
| 15
| Guiseley | 0–2 | Worksop Town |
| 16
| Hayes | 2–2 | Arlesey Town |
| 17
| Hednesford Town | 2–0 | Gresley Rovers |
| 18
| Histon | 1–3 | Maidenhead United |
| 19
| Hornchurch | 2–0 | Aylesbury United |
| 20
| Hucknall Town | 1–0 | Bradford Park Avenue |
| 21
| Kettering Town | 0–0 | Woking |
| 22
| King's Lynn | 3–1 | Basingstoke Town |
| 23
| Leigh R M I | 1–1 | Stalybridge Celtic |
| !colspan="5"|(Leigh removed, ineligible player) |
| 24
| Lewes | 5–8 | Weymouth |
| 25
| Marine | 1–0 | Northwich Victoria |
| 26
| Marlow | 3–1 | Ford United |
| 27
| Scarborough | 1–2 | Stafford Rangers |
| 28
| Shrewsbury Town | 2–0 | Morecambe |
| 29
| Staines Town | 1–0 | Bath City |
| 30
| Telford United | 2–0 | Alfreton Town |
| 31
| Wealdstone | 3–2 | Thurrock |
| 32
| Worthing | 3–0 | Taunton Town |
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| 9
| Crawley Town | 1–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 10
| Margate | 2–0 | Dorchester Town |
| 14
| Weston-super-Mare | 1–0 | Gravesend & Northfleet |
| 16
| Arlesey Town | 1–1 | Hayes |
| !colspan="5"|(Arlesey Town won 4–3 on penalties) |
| 21
| Woking | 2–3 | Kettering Town |
4th round
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| 1
| Blyth Spartans | 1–3 | Aldershot Town |
| 2
| Burton Albion | 1–1 | Kettering Town |
| 3
| Dagenham & Redbridge | 3–3 | Arlesey Town |
| 4
| Forest Green Rovers | 3–3 | Dover Athletic |
| 5
| Halifax Town | 1–1 | Staines Town |
| 6
| Hednesford Town | 1–1 | Worthing |
| 7
| Hornchurch | 1–0 | Stevenage Borough |
| 8
| King's Lynn | 0–3 | Exeter City |
| 9
| Maidenhead United | 5–1 | Wealdstone |
| 10
| Margate | 2–0 | Worksop Town |
| 11
| Marlow | 0–4 | Tamworth |
| 12
| Shrewsbury Town | 2–1 | Hucknall Town |
| 13
| Stafford Rangers | 0–2 | Canvey Island |
| 14
| Stalybridge Celtic | 1–1 | Marine |
| 15
| Telford United | 4–2 | Weston-super-Mare |
| 16
| Weymouth | 0–2 | Altrincham |
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| 2
| Kettering Town | 1–2 | Burton Albion |
| 3
| Arlesey Town | 4–2 | Dagenham & Redbridge |
| 4
| Dover Athletic | 2–1 | Forest Green Rovers |
| 5
| Staines Town | 2–3 | Halifax Town |
| 6
| Worthing | 1–2 | Hednesford Town |
| 14
| Marine | 0–1 | Stalybridge Celtic |
5th round
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| 1
| Aldershot Town | 1–1 | Tamworth |
| 2
| Altrincham | 0–1 | Shrewsbury Town |
| 3
| Exeter City | 3–0 | Arlesey Town |
| 4
| Halifax Town | 0–2 | Maidenhead United |
| 5
| Hednesford Town | 1–0 | Dover Athletic |
| 6
| Hornchurch | 2–1 | Burton Albion |
| 7
| Stalybridge Celtic | 0–0 | Canvey Island |
| 8
| Telford United | 3–0 | Margate |
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| 1
| Tamworth | 0–2 | Aldershot Town |
| 7
| Canvey Island | 4–0 | Stalybridge Celtic |
Quarter finals
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| 1
| Aldershot Town | 2–1 | Exeter City |
| 2
| Canvey Island | 4–0 | Maidenhead United |
| 3
| Hednesford Town | 3–1 | Hornchurch |
| 4
| Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Telford United |
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| 3
| Telford United | 2–1 | Shrewsbury Town |
Semi finals
=First leg=
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| 1
| Aldershot Town | 0–2 | Hednesford Town |
| 2
| Telford United | 0–0 | Canvey Island |
=Second leg=
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| 1
| Hednesford Town | 1–1 | Aldershot Town | 3–1 |
| 2
| Canvey Island | 1–1 | Telford United | 1–1 |
| !colspan="5"|(Canvey Island won 4–2 on penalties) |
Final
{{main|2004 FA Trophy Final}}
{{football box
| date = {{Start date|2004|05|23|df=y}}
| time = 16:00 BST
| team1 = Hednesford Town
| score = 3–2
| report = [https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/may/24/newsstory.sport Report]
| team2 = Canvey Island
| goals1 = Maguire {{goal|27}}
Hines {{goal|53}}
Brindley {{goal|86}}
| goals2 = Boylan {{goal|46}}
Brindley {{goal|47|o.g.}}
| stadium = Villa Park, Birmingham
| attendance = 6,635
| referee = Mike Dean
}}
References
=General=
- [https://www.fchd.info/cups/fatrophy2003-04.htm Football Club History Database: FA Trophy 2003–04]
=Specific=
{{FA Trophy seasons}}
{{2003–04 in English football}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2003-04 FA Trophy}}