2015 FA Vase Final

2015 FA Vase Final
Event 2014–15 FA Vase
Glossop North End North Shields
1 2
Date 9 May 2015
Venue Wembley Stadium, London

The 2014–15 FA Vase Final was the 41st 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 North Shields, of the Northern League Division 1 (level 9), and Glossop North End, of the North West Counties League Premier Division (level 9). North Shields won the final 2-1 after extra time.

Route to the Final

With a maximum of 9 rounds needed to reach the Final, North Shields played in every round.[1] They played five away ties and three home ties plus the semi-final round, winning each round without need of a replay.[2] Glossop on the other hand only played in seven of the rounds, receiving a bye into the First Round Proper. They were drawn with four away ties and two home ties, although both later rounds required a replay to decide the winner.[3]

This was North Shields' first visit to Wembley since 1969 when they won the FA Amateur Cup final. In comparison, Glossop were visiting the home of football for the second time in six years, having lost the 2009 FA Vase Final to another Northern League team, Whitley Bay.

Build up

After a meeting at Wembley Stadium the week after the semi-finals, where both teams met with The Football Association to decide the choice of dressing rooms, the kit selections and TV rights, tickets for the final were released on sale on 1 April 2015, with Glossop and North Shields expecting to sell thousands of tickets compared with an average home crowds of 340 and 322 respectively.[4]

In the week before the final, Glossop trained at Everton's Finch Farm on the Sunday and at Arsenal's Training Centre on the Friday before the final. Glossop set up a club shop in their town to sell Wembley merchandise.

Match

Details

Glossop North End 1–2 (a.e.t.) North Shields
Tom Bailey  55' report
report
report		 Gareth Bainbridge  80'
Adam Forster  95'
Attendance: 9,674


GK1Greg Hall
DF2Michael Bowler
DF3Matt Russell
DF4Kelvin Lugsden
DF5Dave Young (c)
MF6Martin Parker
MF7Lee Blackshaw 69'
MF18Sam HareYellow card 50' 82'
FW9Tom Bailey
MF10Kieran Lugsden
MF11Eddie Moran 61'
Substitutes:
12Daniel White 61'
14Ben Richardson
15Sam Hind 82'
16Sam Grimshaw 69'
17Richard Gresty
Manager:
Chris Willcock
GK19Christopher Bannon
DF22Stuart Donnison
DF3John Grey
DF5John Parker
DF6Kevin Hughes (c)
MF4Michael McKeown
MF10Ben RichardsonYellow card 90+5'
MF7Denver Morris
FW11Dean Holmes 69'
FW17James Luccock 59'
MF19Gareth Bainbridge 106'
Substitutes:
2Curtis Coppen
8Kieran Wrightson 106'
12Marc Lancaster
14Adam Forster 69'
20Ryan Carr 59'
Manager:
Graham Fenton

Man of the match

  • Denver Morris

Match officials

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. ↑ "North Shields in good North East company". www.chroniclelive.co.uk. chronicle live. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "North Shields reach FA Vase final". www.thefa.com. The Football Association. 28 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Glossop reach FA Vase final". www.thefa.com. The Football Association. 28 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Teams are drawn for the final". www.thefa.com. football association. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
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