2017 FA Trophy Final

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2017 FA Trophy Final
Wembley Stadium interior.jpg
Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event2016–17 FA Trophy
Date21 May 2017
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereePaul Tierney (Lancashire)
Attendance38,224 (including FA Vase Final)
2016
2018

The 2016–17 FA Trophy Final was the 48th final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Macclesfield Town and York City. The final of the FA Vase was played on the same day at the same venue for the second year running. Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport. York City won the final 3-2 and became the second club in as many seasons, after Halifax in 2016, to get relegated from the National League and then win the FA Trophy in the same season.[1][2]

Macclesfield Town defeated Altrincham, AFC Sudbury, Forest Green Rovers, Dulwich Hamlet and Tranmere Rovers en route to the final.

York City defeated Worcester City, Harlow Town, Nuneaton Town, Brackley Town and Lincoln City en route to the final.

Route to the final[]

Macclesfield Town[]

20 December 2016 1R Altrincham 1–1 Macclesfield Town Altrincham
19:45 Miller Goal 39' [1] James Goal 61' Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 717
Referee: Mr Andrew Miller
4 January 2017 1RR Macclesfield Town 2–1 Altrincham Macclesfield
19:45 Whitaker Goal 49'
Rowe Goal 83'
[2] Cain Goal 25' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 548
Referee: Mr Joe Johnson
14 January 2017 2R AFC Sudbury 1–3 Macclesfield Town Sudbury
15:00 Wales Goal 88' [3] Browne Goal 23'
Dudley Goal 32'
Sampson Goal 84'
Stadium: King's Marsh
Attendance: 505
4 February 2017 3R Macclesfield Town 1–0 Forest Green Rovers Macclesfield
15:00 Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 967
25 February 2017 4R Dulwich Hamlet 2–2 Macclesfield Town East Dulwich
15:00 Stadium: Champion Hill
Attendance: 2,834
7 March 2017 4RR Macclesfield Town 2–0 Dulwich Hamlet Macclesfield
Stadium: Moss Rose
11 March 2017 SF 1st Macclesfield Town 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Macclesfield
Norburn Goal 54' Hughes Goal 2' (pen.) Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 2,358
14 March 2017 SF 2nd Tranmere Rovers 0–1
(1–2 agg.)
Macclesfield Town Birkenhead
Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,100

York City[]

10 December 2016 1R York City 3–1 Worcester City York
15:00 [4] Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 1,033
14 January 2017 2R Harlow Town 1–2 York City Harlow
Stadium: Barrows Farm Stadium
Attendance: 816
4 February 2017 3R Nuneaton Town 0–3 York City Nuneaton
Stadium: Liberty Way
Attendance: 687
25 February 2017 4R York City 1–0 Brackley Town York
Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 1,994
14 March 2017 SF 1st York City 2–1 Lincoln City York
Oliver Goal 53'
Connolly Goal 69'
Angol Goal 14' (pen.) Stadium: Bootham Crescent
Attendance: 3,294
18 March 2017 SF 2nd Lincoln City 1–1
(2–3 agg.)
York City Lincoln
Stadium: Sincil Bank
Attendance: 8,409

Match[]

Details[]

Macclesfield Town2–3York City
R. Browne Goal 13'
O. Norburn Goal 45+1'
J. Parkin Goal 8'
V. Oliver Goal 22'
A. Connolly Goal 86'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 38,224
GK 22 England Scott Flinders
DF 2 England Andy Halls (c)
DF 5 England George Pilkington
DF 4 Republic of Ireland Neill Byrne Substituted off 67'
DF 3 England David Fitzpatrick
MF 14 England Kingsley James
MF 7 Antigua and Barbuda Rhys Browne
MF 23 England Danny Whitaker
MF 15 England Oliver Norburn Substituted off 89'
MF 16 England Mitch Hancox Substituted off 87'
FW 9 England Chris Holroyd
Substitutes:
GK 13 England Craig Ross
DF 6 England John McCombe Substituted in 67'
MF 30 England Luke Summerfield Substituted in 87'
FW 8 England Danny Whitehead
FW 29 England Anthony Dudley Substituted in 89'
Manager:
England John Askey
GK 28 Wales Kyle Letheren
DF 36 Wales Daniel Parslow
DF 10 England Yan Klukowski Substituted off 46'
DF 37 Algeria Hamza Bencherif
MF 8 England Simon Heslop (c)
MF 33 England Sean Newton
MF 17 England Asa Hall Substituted off 69'
MF 35 England Danny Holmes Substituted off 75'
MF 9 England Amari Morgan-Smith
FW 29 England Vadaine Oliver
FW 31 England Jon Parkin
Substitutes:
GK 13 England Luke Simpson
DF 2 Scotland Shaun Rooney Substituted in 75'
MF 34 Portugal Adriano Moke Substituted in 46'
FW 12 Scotland Aidan Connolly Substituted in 69'
FW 21 England Scott Fenwick
Manager:
England Gary Mills

Man of the match

  • Sean Newton (York City)

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:

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. ^ "FA Trophy final 2017: York want Wembley win after relegation blow". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
  2. ^ "FA Trophy final - Macclesfield Town v York City". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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