The Last FA Trophy Results FA trophy results pay off the winners. The leading Southern and Northern Premier League teams formed the new Alliance Premier League in 1979. Teams from this league dominated the Trophy during the 1980s. In the 1980–81 seasons Bishop's Stortford of the comparatively lowly Isthmian League First Division entered at the preliminary round and won twelve matches to reach the final where they defeated Sutton United. Telford United's win in 1989 made them the second team to win the Trophy three times. Three more teams claimed multiple wins between 1990 and 2000. Former Northern Ireland international Martin O'Neill led Wycombe Wanderers to two wins in his first managerial role. All is within the space of seven years. Mark Stimson became the first man to manage the Trophy-winning team in three successive seasons after Chapple's period of success. He led Grays Athletic to victory in 2005 and 2006 then and repeated the feat in 2007.
The competition is a knockout tournament with pairings drawn at random. The qualifying round draws and the 1st Round proper draw are regionalized to reduce teams' travel costs. There is a replay usually at the ground of the team which played away from home for the first game if a match (other than the semi-final or final) is drawn. Drawn replays are now settled with extra time and penalty shootouts though in the past further replays were possible We can see List of FA Trophy finals for a full list of FA Trophy winners and runners-up. In 1985 Wealdstone became the first team to win the "Non-League Double" of FA Trophy and Football
Conference championship although in the pre-Conference era both Macclesfield Town and Stafford Rangers had done the double of Northern Premier League championship and FA Trophy in 1970 and 1972 respectively. And Colchester United in 1992 and Wycombe Wanderers in 1993 have equaled Wealdstone's achievement.