2016 FA Trophy Final

The 2015–16 FA Trophy Final was the 47th final of the FA Trophy. The match was contested by FC Halifax Town and Grimsby Town. Grimsby Town were beaten finalists in 2013, but it was FC Halifax Town's first final and their first visit to Wembley Stadium. For the first time the final of the FA Vase was played on the same day at the same venue, contested by Hereford and Morpeth Town.[1] Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.[2]

2016 FA Trophy Final
Event2015–16 FA Trophy
Date22 May 2016
VenueWembley Stadium, London
Man of the MatchNicky Wroe (FC Halifax Town)
RefereeLee Mason (Lancashire)
Attendance46,781 (including FA Vase Final)

FC Halifax Town defeated Tamworth, Barrow, Chester, Gateshead and Nantwich Town en route to the final.

Grimsby Town defeated Solihull Moors, Weston-super-Mare, Havant & Waterlooville, Woking, and Bognor Regis Town en route to the final.

FC Halifax Town won the match 1–0 thanks to a goal from Scott McManus after 48 minutes.[3]

Route to the final

FC Halifax Town

15 December 2015 1R FC Halifax Town 5–0 Tamworth Halifax
19:45 GMT James 12', 87'
McDonald 28'
Wroe 57'
Hughes 73'
Report Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 439
Referee: Paul Marsden (Lancashire)
19 January 2016 2R FC Halifax Town 1–0 Barrow Halifax
19:45 GMT Tuton 68' Report Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 673
Referee: Joseph Johnson (Merseyside)
10 February 2016 3R FC Halifax Town 1–0 Chester Halifax
19:45 GMT Burrow 45+2' Report Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 878
Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)
27 February 2016 QF FC Halifax Town 0–0 Gateshead Halifax
15:00 GMT Report Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 1,431
Referee: Steve Rushton (Staffordshire)
12 March 2016 SF 1 Nantwich Town 2–4 FC Halifax Town Nantwich
15:15 GMT Cooke 43'
Kosylo 77'
Report McManus 3'
Fairhurst 21'
Burrow 46', 61' (pen.)
Stadium: The Weaver Stadium
Attendance: 2,078
Referee: Graham Salisbury (Lancashire)
19 March 2016 SF 2 FC Halifax Town 2–2
(6–4 agg.)
Nantwich Town Halifax
15:00 GMT Burrow 3' 44'
White 89' (o.g.)
Report Shotton 10'
Bailey 31'
Stadium: The Shay
Attendance: 3,009
Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

Grimsby Town

12 December 2015 1R Grimsby Town 1–1 Solihull Moors Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Alabi 66' Report Brown 14' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,071
Referee: David Rock (Hertfordshire)
22 December 2015 1RR Solihull Moors 2–3 Grimsby Town Solihull
19:45 GMT Armson 62'
Asante 80' (pen.)
Report Bogle 64'
Alabi 66' (pen.)
Mackreth 68'
Stadium: Damson Park
Attendance: 479
Referee: Derek Eaton (Gloucestershire)
16 January 2016 2R Grimsby Town 3–1 Weston-super-Mare Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Henderson 12'
Bogle 45'
Pittman 61'
Report Grubb 22' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,230
Referee: Ollie Yates (Staffordshire)
6 February 2016 3R Grimsby Town 3–0 Havant & Waterlooville Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Pittman 73'
Nolan 87'
Swallow 89' (o.g.)
Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,613
Referee: Adrian Holmes (West Yorkshire)
27 February 2016 QF Grimsby Town 2–0 Woking Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Arnold 10', 35' Report Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 1,675
Referee: Martin Coy (Durham)
12 March 2016 SF 1 Bognor Regis Town 0–1 Grimsby Town Bognor Regis
15:00 GMT Report Arnold 75' Stadium: Nyewood Lane
Attendance: 2,629
Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)
19 March 2016 SF 2 Grimsby Town 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
Bognor Regis Town Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT Amond 8' (pen.), 78' Report Beck 31' Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 2,477
Referee: Mark Heywood (Cheshire)

Match

Details

FC Halifax Town
Grimsby Town
GK23 Sam Johnson
RB2 James Bolton
CB14 Matty Brown
CB15 Kevin Roberts
CB6 Hamza Bencherif
LB3 Scott McManus 74'
CM16 Jake Hibbs
CM35 Nicky Wroe (c)
RW17 Josh Macdonald 62'
LW12 Richard Peniket 85'
CF9 Jordan Burrow
Substitutes:
GK1 Jordan Porter
MF4 Kingsley James 74'
MF11 Sam Walker 62'
MF24 Connor Hughes 85'
FW40 Shaq McDonald
Manager:
Jim Harvey
GK1 James McKeown
RB2 Richard Tait 81'
CB5 Shaun Pearson
CB22 Aristote Nsiala
LB3 Gregor Robertson
RM31 Jon Nolan 54'
CM8 Craig Disley (c)
CM16 Craig Clay 62'
LM11 Andy Monkhouse 68'
RS9 Omar Bogle
LS10 Pádraig Amond
Substitutes:
DF6 Josh Gowling
DF23 Danny East 81'
MF17 Josh Venney
MF20 Nathan Arnold 62'
FW18 Jon-Paul Pittman 68'
Manager:
Paul Hurst

Man of the match

Match officials

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. Announcement on the FA website
  2. "Tickets on sale for FA Non-League Finals Day at Wembley". The Football Association. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. "Scott McManus strikes for Halifax to beat Grimsby in FA Trophy final". The Guardian. London. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.
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