2008 FA Trophy Final

2008 FA Trophy Final
Event	2007–08 FA Trophy
Date	10 May 2008
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Chris McPhee
Referee	Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)
Attendance	40,186
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The 2008 FA Trophy Final was the 39th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United on 10 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London.

Ebbsfleet United won the match 1–0 to win the competition for the first time in their history.^[1]

Martin Atkinson was the referee.

Match[]

Details[]

10 May 2008

14:30 BST

Ebbsfleet United	1–0	Torquay United
McPhee 45'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 40,186

Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)

Ebbsfleet United

Torquay United



GK	1	Lance Cronin
RB	2	Peter Hawkins
CB	3	Sacha Opinel
CB	5	James Smith
LB	6	Paul McCarthy (c)
RM	8	Stacy Long	84'
CM	12	Chris McPhee
CM	14	Neil Barrett
LM	25	Michael Bostwick
FW	19	John Akinde
FW	14	Luke Moore
Substitutes:
GK	21	Sam Mott
DF	4	Gary MacDonald	84'
DF	4	Mark Ricketts
MF	17	George Purcell
FW	10	Chukki Eribenne
Manager:
Liam Daish



GK	21	Martin Rice
RB	3	Kevin Nicholson (c)
CB	4	Steve Woods
CB	6	Chris Todd
LB	7	Lee Mansell
RM	8	Tim Sills	88'
CM	10	Lee Phillips	46'
CM	14	Chris Hargreaves
LM	20	Roscoe D'Sane	66'
FW	24	Steve Adams
FW	26	Chris Zebroski
Substitutes:
DF	5	Chris Robertson
MF	11	Kevin Hill	88'
MF	16	Matthew Hockley
MF	19	Danny Stevens	46'
FW	9	Elliot Benyon	66'
Manager:
Paul Buckle

References[]

^ "Ebbsfleet United 1–0 Torquay United". BBC Sport. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

[Ebbsfleet_United_1-0_Torquay_United-1] "Ebbsfleet United 1–0 Torquay United". BBC Sport. 10 May 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2010.

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