2016 FA Trophy Final

2016 FA Trophy Final
Event	2015–16 FA Trophy
Date	22 May 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Nicky Wroe (FC Halifax Town)
Referee	Lee Mason (Lancashire)
Attendance	46,781 (including FA Vase Final)
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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]

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)

2 March 2016 QFR	Gateshead	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	FC Halifax Town	Gateshead
19:45 GMT	Gillies 3', 105' Bowman 50'	Report	James 22' Hughes 90+2' McDonald 93'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 724 Referee: Ryan Johnson (Greater Manchester)
	Penalties
	Hamilton Gillies McLaughlin Johnson Shaw Clark		Burrow Wroe James McManus McDonald Brown

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[]

22 May 2016

16:15 BST

FC Halifax Town	1–0	Grimsby Town
McManus 48'	https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/22/fc-halifax-town-grimsby-town-fa-trophy-final-match-report Report]

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 46,781 (including FA Vase Final)

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

FC Halifax Town

Grimsby Town


GK	23	Sam Johnson
RB	2	James Bolton
CB	14	Matty Brown
CB	15	Kevin Roberts
CB	6	Hamza Bencherif
LB	3	Scott McManus	74'
CM	16	Jake Hibbs
CM	35	Nicky Wroe (c)
RW	17	Josh Macdonald	62'
LW	12	Richard Peniket	85'
CF	9	Jordan Burrow
Substitutes:
GK	1	Jordan Porter
MF	4	Kingsley James	74'
MF	11	Sam Walker	62'
MF	24	Connor Hughes	85'
FW	40	Shaq McDonald
Manager:
Jim Harvey


GK	1	James McKeown
RB	2	Richard Tait		81'
CB	5	Shaun Pearson
CB	22	Aristote Nsiala
LB	3	Gregor Robertson
RM	31	Jon Nolan	54'
CM	8	Craig Disley (c)
CM	16	Craig Clay		62'
LM	11	Andy Monkhouse		68'
RS	9	Omar Bogle
LS	10	Pádraig Amond
Substitutes:
DF	6	Josh Gowling
DF	23	Danny East		81'
MF	17	Josh Venney
MF	20	Nathan Arnold		62'
FW	18	Jon-Paul Pittman		68'
Manager:
Paul Hurst

Man of the match

Nicky Wroe (FC Halifax Town)

Match officials

Assistant referees:
- Adam Nunn (Wiltshire)
- Matthew Wilkes (West Midlands)
Fourth official: Ross Joyce (Cleveland)

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[]

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

[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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