F.A. Vase 1981-82
This was the year of the underdog. Village sides Forest Green Rovers and
Rainworth Miners Welfare battled through to the Wembley final, where the
Gloucestershire side prevailed by 3-0. From then, Forest Green went from
strength to strength, reaching the Football Conference and making the F.A.
Trophy final.
Second Round
- Eppleton Colliery Welfare 1-0 Thackley
- Ryhope Colliery Welfare 0-2 Blue Star
- Peterlee Newtown 4-1 Leeds Ashley Road
- Bedlington Terriers 3-0 Whickham
- Ossett Albion 2-1 Heaton Stannington
- Chester-le-Street Town 1-3 Guisborough Town
- Padiham 1-0 Brandon United
- Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 3-1 Guiseley
- Hoylake Athletic 1-1 Maghull (@ Maghull)
- Wren Rovers 5-4 Congleton Town
- Irlam Town 2-0 Blackpool Rangers (@ Marine)
- Salford 1-2 Frecheville Community
- Glossop 0-1 Waterloo Dock
- Warrington Town 0-0 Hallam
- Appleby Frodingham 2-0 Clipstone Welfare
- Staveley Works 2-1 Lincoln United (@ Lincoln United)
- Rainworth Miners Welfare 2-1 North Ferriby United
- Winterton Rangers 1-2 Skegness Town
- Walsall Sportsco 1-1 Blakenall (@ Walsall Wood)
- Middlewich Athletic 2-1 Shepshed Charterhouse
- Newhall United 0-3 West Midlands Police (@ Burton Albion)
- Kimberley Town 1-6 Willenhall Town (@ Eastwood Town)
- Northfield Town 1-2 Wednesfield Social
- Shifnal Town 4-1 Friar Lane Old Boys
- Desborough Town 0-6 Halesowen Town
- Long Eaton Grange 3-2 Wigston Fields
- Knowle 2-1 Wisbech Town
- Hinckley Athletic 1-1 Rushden Town
- Wroxham 0-2 Wivenhoe Town
- Great Yarmouth Town 1-1 Irthlingborough Diamonds (Great Yarmouth expelled, ineligble player)
- Harwich & Parkeston 9-0 Watton United
- Gorleston 2-1 Stamford
- Rainham Town 3-1 Haringey Borough
- Tiptree United 2-0 Kempston Rovers
- Ford United 3-3 Felixstowe Town
- Arlesey Town 2-0 Basildon United
- Woodford Town 0-1 Barton Rovers
- Ampthill Town 4-2 East Ham United
- Buckingham Town 4-3 Berkhamsted Town
- Kingsbury Town 0-2 Cheshunt
- Flackwell Heath 0-0 Hemel Hempstead
- Harpenden Town 2-4 Grays Athletic
- Horsham 3-0 Beckton United
- Erith & Belvedere 0-1 Leyton-Wingate
- Whyteleafe 4-0 Eastbourne Town
- Whitstable Town 4-1 Alma Swanley (@ Canterbury City)
- Chobham 1-2 Eastbourne United
- Redhill 2-1 Cray Wanderers
- Merstham 1-2 Marlow (@ Marlow)
- Southwick 0-2 Molesey
- Three Bridges 4-1 Ash United
- Ruislip Manor 3-1 Malden Vale
- Sholing Sports 2-0 Harefield United
- Southall 0-0 Burnham
- Melksham Town 0-0 Newport I O W
- Pagham 1-2 Windsor & Eton
- Brockenhurst 1-0 Yate Town
- Swanage Town & Herston 0-2 Newbury Town
- Forest Green Rovers 4-1 Chippenham Town
- Shortwood United 4-2 Hungerford Town
- Chipping Norton Town 0-1 Odd Down
- Immediate Bristol St George 1-4 Almondsbury Greenway
- Port of Bristol 1-3 Paulton Rovers
- Newquay 1-4 Devizes Town
Second Round Replays
- Maghull 2-0 Hoylake Athletic
- Hallam 1-0 Warrington Town
- Blakenall 0-2 Walsall Sportsco
- Rushden Town 1-2 Hinckley Athletic
- Felixstowe Town 2-3 Ford United
- Burnham 0-1 Southall
- Newport I O W 0-1 Melksham Town
Third Round
- Padiham 0-0 Ossett Albion
- Peterlee Newtown 3-4 Guisborough Town
- Blue Star 3-0 Eppleton Colliery Welfare
- Bedlington Terriers 1-3 Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star (@ Seaham)
- Hallam 3-1 Wren Rovers
- Frecheville Community 2-1 Waterloo Dock
- Irlam Town 2-0 Maghull
- Rainworth Miners Welfare 4-1 Appleby Frodingham
- Staveley Works 0-1 Skegness Town (@ Eastwood Town)
- Shifnal Town 5-3 Hinckley Athletic
- Middlewich Athletic 3-2 Walsall Sportsco (@ Winsford United)
- Knowle 3-1 Halesowen Town
- Wednesfield Social 0-2 Willenhall Town (@ Willenhall Town)
- West Midlands Police 4-3 Long Eaton Grange (@ Burton Albion)
- Ford United 2-2 Barton Rovers
- Grays Athletic 2-1 Arlesey Town
- Harwich & Parkeston 0-1 Gorleston
- Buckingham Town 2-1 Wivenhoe Town
- Hemel Hempstead 3-2 Rainham Town
- Cheshunt 1-0 Tiptree United
- Irthlingborough Diamonds 2-1 Ampthill Town
- Marlow 3-4 Windsor & Eton
- Leyton-Wingate 8-0 Horsham
- Southall 4-0 Ruislip Manor
- Redhill 1-0 Whitstable Town
- Whyteleafe 0-1 Sholing Sports
- Three Bridges 3-1 Eastbourne United (@ Eastbourne United)
- Molesey 4-1 Melksham Town
- Paulton Rovers 1-3 Odd Down
- Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Almondsbury Greenway
- Newbury Town 0-1 Brockenhurst
- Shortwood United 3-1 Devizes Town
Third Round Replays
- Ossett Albion 1-1 Padiham
- Barton Rovers 4-1 Ford United
Third Round Second Replay
- Padiham 1-3 Ossett Albion
Fourth Round
- Blue Star 2-1 Ossett Albion
- Seaham Colliery Welfare Red Star 0-1 Guisborough Town
- Irlam Town 2-1 Hallam
- Rainworth Miners Welfare 1-0 Frecheville Community
- West Midlands Police 1-3 Skegness Town
- Knowle 4-1 Middlewich Athletic
- Willenhall Town 0-0 Shifnal Town
- Buckingham Town 3-1 Grays Athletic
- Irthlingborough Diamonds 2-0 Gorleston
- Southall 1-2 Three Bridges
- Hemel Hempstead 2-1 Redhill
- Windsor & Eton 0-1 Cheshunt
- Leyton-Wingate 0-2 Barton Rovers
- Shortwood United 2-0 Sholing Sports
- Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Odd Down
- Brockenhurst 1-1 Molesey
Fourth Round Replays
- Shifnal Town 0-1 Willenhall Town
Fifth Round
- Willenhall Town 1-0 Irlam Town
- Rainworth Miners Welfare 1-0 Skegness Town
- Guisborough Town 0-1 Blue Star
- Molesey 2-1 Three Bridges
- Barton Rovers 2-1 Knowle
- Shortwood United 0-1 Forest Green Rovers
- Irthlingborough Diamonds 2-1 Buckingham Town
- Hemel Hempstead 1-3 Cheshunt
Quarter Finals
- Blue Star 1-1 Cheshunt
- Molesey 0-1 Rainworth Miners Welfare
- Willenhall Town 1-2 Forest Green Rovers
- Irthlingborough Diamonds 1-1 Barton Rovers
Quarter Final Replays
- Barton Rovers 1-0 Irthlingborough Diamonds
Semi-Finals (Two legs)
- Barton Rovers 0-0 Rainworth Miners Welfare
- Rainworth Miners Welfare 2-1 Barton Rovers
Rainworth Miners Welfare won 2-1 on aggregate
- Blue Star 1-4 Forest Green Rovers
- Forest Green Rovers 0-1 Blue Star
Forest Green Rovers won 4-2 on aggregate
Final (@ Wembley Stadium)
- Forest Green Rovers 3-0 Rainworth Miners Welfare
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