2019 FA Vase Final

2019 FA Vase Final

Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2018–19 FA Vase
Chertsey Town Cray Valley Paper Mills 3 1
After extra time
Date	19 May 2019 (2019-05-19)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance	42,962
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The 2019 FA Vase Final was the 45th final of the Football Association's cup competition for teams at levels 9–11 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Chertsey Town, of the Combined Counties Premier Division, and Cray Valley Paper Mills, of the Southern Counties East Premier Division. This was the first time both teams had reached the final and the first visit to Wembley Stadium for both sides. The final of the FA Trophy was played on the same day at the same venue for the fourth year running, as part of the FA's Non-League Finals Day.^[1] Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.

Chertsey Town began their campaign in the first qualifying round, with a victory over Woodley United. They proceeded to defeat Tadley Calleva, Flackwell Heath, Horndean, Redbridge, St. Austell, Irlam and West Auckland Town en route to the semi-final where they faced Northwich Victoria. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg, Chertsey Town drew 0–0 after extra time in the second leg before winning 5–3 on penalties, securing a place in the final.

Cray Valley Paper Mills also began their campaign in the first qualifying round, where they defeated Sutton Athletic. Victories over Hailsham Town, St. Panteleimon, Badshot Lea, Sheppey United, Baffins Milton Rovers, Abbey Rangers and Willand Rovers saw them reach the semi-final where they faced Canterbury City. Cray Valley Paper Mills won the round 2–1 on aggregate after winning the first leg 1–0, and a 1–1 draw in the second leg.

Route to the final[]

Chertsey Town[]

Cray Valley Paper Mills[]

Match[]

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GK 1 Nick Jupp DF 3 Mason Welch-Turner DF 5 Michael Peacock DF 6 Quincy Rowe DF 18 Sam Flegg MF 4 Kevin Maclaren (c)  79' MF 7 Lyubomir Genchev MF 11 Dale Binns  97' FW 9 Jake Baxter  118' FW 10 Sam Murphy FW 14 Lewis Driver  83' Substitutes: GK 13 Lewis Gallifent DF 2 Lewis Jackson  97' DF 15 Michael Kinsella DF 16 Danny Bennell MF 8 Dave Taylor  79' MF 17 Andy Crossley  83' FW 12 John Pomroy  118' Manager: Dave Anderson

GK 1 Andy Walker (c) CB 6 Cem Tumkaya  106' CB 5 Ashley Sains  111' CB 4 Liam Hickey RWB 23 Denzel Gayle LWB 3 Danny Smith RM 7 Anthony Edgar CM 8 Paul Semakula LM 11 Ryan Flack  72' ST 10 Kevin Lisbie  100' ST 9 Gavin Tomlin Substitutes: GK 21 Deren Ibrahim DF 2 Brad Potter  106' DF 29 Lea Dawson MF 12 Tyler Myers MF 18 Josh James  72' MF 27 Francis Babalola  100' FW 33 Calum Willock  111' Manager: Kevin Watson

Man of the match: Match officials Assistant referees: Rob Smith & Matthew Lee Fourth official: Thomas Brammall

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Fourth substitute allowed in extra-time.

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