2017 FA Vase Final

2017 FA Vase Final
Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event 2016–17 FA Vase
Date 21 May 2017
Venue Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London
Referee Darren England
Attendance 38,224 (including FA Trophy Final)

The 2016–17 FA Vase Final was the 43rd 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 Cleethorpes Town and South Shields. This was first time both teams had reached the final and their first visit to Wembley Stadium. The final of the FA Trophy 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.

Cleethorpes Town defeated AFC Emley, Bootle, Billingham Town, Atherton Collieries, Southall and Bromsgrove Sporting en route to the final.

South Shields defeated Esh Winning, Runcorn Linnets, Marske United, Staveley Miners Welfare, last season's champions Morpeth Town, Team Solent, Newport Pagnell Town and Coleshill Town en route to the final.

Route to the final

Cleethorpes Town

South Shields

* – Match abandoned after floodlight failure in the 81st minute (2–4) – rematch moved to Morpeth Town

Match

Details

Cleethorpes Town 0–4 South Shields
Finnigan  43' (pen)
Morse  80'
Foley  86'  89'
Referee: Darren England
GK1Liam Higton
DF2Tim Lowe
DF5Matt Bloomer
DF6Matty Coleman 70'
DF3Peter Winn
MF7Liam DavisYellow card 19' 73'
MF4Liam Dickens
MF8Alex Flett (c)
MF11Jonathan Oglesby
FW9Marc Cooper 61'
FW10Brody Robertson
Substitutes:
MF12Luck Mascall 70'
MF14Jack Richardson 73'
FW15Andy Taylor 61'
FW16Gary King
DF17Kieran Wressel
Manager: Marcus Newell
GK1Liam Connell
DF12Alex Nicholson
DF5Dillon Morse 80'
DF4Jon Shaw
DF3Darren Lough
MF19Andrew Stephenson 55'
MF6Julio Arca (c)
MF8Wayne Phillips 83'
FW9Gavin CogdonYellow card 69'
FW21Carl Finnigan 43' (pen) 70'
FW11David Foley 86' 89'
Substitutes:
MF7Robert Briggs 55'
MF10Michael Richardson 70'
DF16Louis Storey
DF17Barrie Smith 83'
DF20Darren Holden
Joint-Managers:
Graham Fenton
Lee Picton

Man of the match

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.
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