2017 FA Trophy final

2017 FA Trophy Final
Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event2016–17 FA Trophy
Macclesfield Town York City
2 3
Date21 May 2017
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereePaul Tierney (Lancashire)
Attendance38,224 (including FA Vase Final)
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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 39' [1] James 61' Stadium: Moss Lane
Attendance: 717
Referee: Mr Andrew Miller
4 January 2017 1RR Macclesfield Town 2–1 Altrincham Macclesfield
19:45 Whitaker 49'
Rowe 83'		 [2] Cain 25' Stadium: Moss Rose
Attendance: 548
Referee: Mr Joe Johnson
14 January 2017 2R AFC Sudbury 1–3 Macclesfield Town Sudbury
15:00 Wales 88' [3] Browne 23'
Dudley 32'
Sampson 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 54' Hughes 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 53'
Connolly 69'		 Angol 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 13'
O. Norburn 45+1'		 J. Parkin 8'
V. Oliver 22'
A. Connolly 86'
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 downward-facing red arrow 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 downward-facing red arrow 89'
MF 16 England Mitch Hancox downward-facing red arrow 87'
FW 9 England Chris Holroyd
Substitutes:
GK 13 England Craig Ross
DF 6 England John McCombe upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 30 England Luke Summerfield upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 8 England Danny Whitehead
FW 29 England Anthony Dudley upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
England John Askey
GK 28 Wales Kyle Letheren
DF 36 Wales Daniel Parslow
DF 10 England Yan Klukowski downward-facing red arrow 46'
DF 37 Algeria Hamza Bencherif
MF 8 England Simon Heslop (c)
MF 33 England Sean Newton
MF 17 England Asa Hall downward-facing red arrow 69'
MF 35 England Danny Holmes downward-facing red arrow 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 upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 34 Portugal Adriano Moke upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 12 Scotland Aidan Connolly upward-facing green arrow 69'
FW 21 England Scott Fenwick
Manager:
England Gary Mills

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.

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.