2013 FA Trophy Final

2013 FA Trophy Final
Event 2012–13 FA Trophy
Grimsby Town Wrexham
England Wales
1 1
Wrexham won 4–1 on penalties
Date 24 March 2013
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Andy Morrell
Referee Jonathan Moss
Attendance 35,266

The 2013 FA Trophy Final was the 44th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The match was contested between Grimsby Town and Wrexham. Neither team had been in the final before and it was Wrexham's first visit to Wembley stadium in their 149-year history. [1]

Grimsby Town defeated Buxton, Havant & Waterlooville, Welling United, Luton Town and Dartford en route to the Final. [1]

Wrexham defeated Rushall Olympic, Solihull Moors, Sutton United, Southport and Gainsborough Trinity en route to the Final. [1]

Overview

The final of the 2013 FA Trophy played between Wrexham and Grimsby Town ended with the former team winning over the latter 4–1 in a penalty shoot-out with both the teams having drawn in the normal time of 90 minutes. Grimsby Town led over Wrexham with a solitary goal scored by Andy Cook in the 71st minute, but Wrexham equalised as captain Keates was fouled inside the box and Kevin Thornton scored the resulting penalty spot-kick. In the ensuing extra time both the teams failed to score leading to a penalty shoot-out. The spot kicks from Adrian Cieslewicz, Danny Wright, Chris Westwood and finally Johnny Hunt, led to Wrexham's victory. [2] [3]

Match

Details

Grimsby Town England 1–1 (a.e.t.) Wales Wrexham
Cook  70' Report Thornton  81' (pen.)
Penalties
Hatton
Brodie
Colbeck 		1–4 Cieslewicz
D. Wright
Westwood
Hunt
Attendance: 35,266
Referee: Jonathan Moss
Grimsby Town
Wrexham
GK13Republic of Ireland James McKeown
RB2England Sam Hatton
LB3England Aswad Thomas
CB5England Shaun Pearson
CB6England Ian Miller
RM7England Joe Colbeck
CM8England Craig Disley (c)
CM11England Frankie Artus
FW12England Andy Cook
FW25England Ross Hannah 56'
LM26England Marcus Marshall 86'
Substitutes:
DF19England Bradley Wood
MF15Republic of Ireland Jamie Devitt
MF21Albania Andi Thanoj 56'
FW14England Richard Brodie 86'
FW28England Lenell John-Lewis
Manager:
England Rob Scott & Paul Hurst
GK24Wales Chris Maxwell
RB2England Stephen Wright
CB23England Chris Westwood
CB6England Martin RileyYellow card 58'
LB16England Johnny Hunt
CM8England Jay Harris
CM12England Dean Keates (c)
CM29Republic of Ireland Kevin Thornton 89'
FW9England Danny Wright
FW11England Andy Morrell 61'
FW10England Brett Ormerod 77'
Substitutes:
GK13England Andy Coughlin
MF14England Joe Clarke 89'
MF17England Glen Little
FW7Poland Adrian Cieslewicz 61'
FW15Wales Robert Ogleby 77'
Manager:
England Andy Morrell

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kent, David (24 March 2013). "Wrexham lift FA Trophy after toppling Grimsby in Wembley thriller". Daily Mail. London: Daily Mail and General Trust. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "FA Carlsberg Trophy Final". Wembley. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. ↑ King, Ian. "The 2013 FA Trophy Final: Grimsby Town vs Wrexham". twohundredpercent.net. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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