2017 FA Trophy final

2017 FA Trophy Final
	Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2016–17 FA Trophy
Date	21 May 2017
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
Attendance	38,224 (including FA Vase Final)
	← 2016 2018 →

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

21 May 2017

16:15 BST

Macclesfield Town	2–3	York City
R. Browne 13' O. Norburn 45+1'		J. Parkin 8' V. Oliver 22' A. Connolly 86'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 38,224

Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)


GK	22	Scott Flinders
DF	2	Andy Halls (c)
DF	5	George Pilkington
DF	4	Neill Byrne	67'
DF	3	David Fitzpatrick
MF	14	Kingsley James
MF	7	Rhys Browne
MF	23	Danny Whitaker
MF	15	Oliver Norburn	89'
MF	16	Mitch Hancox	87'
FW	9	Chris Holroyd
Substitutes:
GK	13	Craig Ross
DF	6	John McCombe	67'
MF	30	Luke Summerfield	87'
FW	8	Danny Whitehead
FW	29	Anthony Dudley	89'
Manager: John Askey


GK	28	Kyle Letheren
DF	36	Daniel Parslow
DF	10	Yan Klukowski	46'
DF	37	Hamza Bencherif
MF	8	Simon Heslop (c)
MF	33	Sean Newton
MF	17	Asa Hall	69'
MF	35	Danny Holmes	75'
MF	9	Amari Morgan-Smith
FW	29	Vadaine Oliver
FW	31	Jon Parkin
Substitutes:
GK	13	Luke Simpson
DF	2	Shaun Rooney	75'
MF	34	Adriano Moke	46'
FW	12	Aidan Connolly	69'
FW	21	Scott Fenwick
Manager: Gary Mills

Man of the match

Sean Newton (York City)

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

^ "FA Trophy final 2017: York want Wembley win after relegation blow". BBC Sport. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
^ "FA Trophy final - Macclesfield Town v York City". BBC Sport. 21 May 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

[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.

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