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)
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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.

This match is notable in the history of English football, as it was the first time an openly gay male footballer had taken to the pitch at Wembley, with Cleethorpes Town player Liam Davis having come out two years prior.^[1]

Route to the final

Cleethorpes Town

12 November 2016 2R	AFC Emley	1–2	Cleethorpes Town	Emley
15:00		[1]		Stadium: Welfare Ground Attendance: 215

3 December 2016 3R	Cleethorpes Town	2–1	Bootle	Grimsby
15:00		[2]		Stadium: The Bradley Football Development Centre Attendance: 196

7 January 2017 4R	Billingham Town	1–2	Cleethorpes Town	Billingham
15:00		[3]		Stadium: Bedford Terrace Attendance: 364

28 January 2017 5R	Cleethorpes Town	3–2	Atherton Collieries	Grimsby
15:00		[4]		Stadium: The Bradley Football Development Centre Attendance: 588

18 February 2017 6R	Southall	2–5	Cleethorpes Town	Perivale
15:00		[5]		Stadium: Reynolds Field Attendance: 348

11 March 2017 SF 1st	Bromsgrove Sporting	1–1	Cleethorpes Town	Bromsgrove
15:00				Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 3,349

18 March 2017 SF 2nd	Cleethorpes Town	1–0 (2–1 agg.)	Bromsgrove Sporting	Grimsby
15:00				Stadium: The Bradley Football Development Centre Attendance: 1,154

South Shields

17 October 2016 2RQ	Esh Winning	0–4	South Shields	Esh Winning
15:00				Stadium: West Terrace Attendance: 266

22 October 2016 1R	South Shields	2–1	Runcorn Linnets	South Shields
15:00				Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 1,060

12 November 2016 2R	South Shields	2–0	Marske United	South Shields
15:00				Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 1,116

3 December 2016 3R	South Shields	3–0	Staveley Miners Welfare	South Shields
15:00				Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 808

7 January 2017 4R	South Shields	A-A*	Morpeth Town	South Shields
15:00				Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 1,545

11 January 2017 4R	South Shields	4–0	Morpeth Town	Morpeth
15:00				Stadium: Craik Park Attendance: 826

28 January 2017 5R	Team Solent	2–5	South Shields	Southampton
15:00				Stadium: Test Park Sports Ground Attendance: 638

18 February 2017 6R	South Shields	6–1	Newport Pagnell Town	South Shields
15:00				Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 3,161

11 March 2017 SF 1st	Coleshill Town	1–2	South Shields	Coleshill
15:00				Stadium: Pack Meadow Attendance: 1,755

18 March 2017 SF 2nd	South Shields	4–0 (6–1 agg.)	Coleshill Town	South Shields
15:00				Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 3,464

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

Match

Details

21 May 2017

12:15 BST

Cleethorpes Town	0–4	South Shields
	Report	Finnigan 43' (pen.) Morse 80' Foley 86', 89'

Wembley Stadium, London

Referee: Darren England


GK	1	Liam Higton
DF	2	Tim Lowe
DF	5	Matt Bloomer
DF	6	Matty Coleman		70'
DF	3	Peter Winn
MF	7	Liam Davis	19'	73'
MF	4	Liam Dickens
MF	8	Alex Flett (c)
MF	11	Jonathan Oglesby
FW	9	Marc Cooper		61'
FW	10	Brody Robertson
Substitutes:
MF	12	Luck Mascall		70'
MF	14	Jack Richardson		73'
FW	15	Andy Taylor		61'
FW	16	Gary King
DF	17	Kieran Wressel
Manager: Marcus Newell


GK	1	Liam Connell
DF	12	Alex Nicholson
DF	5	Dillon Morse		80'
DF	4	Jon Shaw
DF	3	Darren Lough
MF	19	Andrew Stephenson		55'
MF	6	Julio Arca (c)
MF	8	Wayne Phillips		83'
FW	9	Gavin Cogdon		69'
FW	21	Carl Finnigan	43' (pen)	70'
FW	11	David Foley	86'	89'
Substitutes:
MF	7	Robert Briggs		55'
MF	10	Michael Richardson		70'
DF	16	Louis Storey
DF	17	Barrie Smith		83'
DF	20	Darren Holden
Joint-Managers: Graham Fenton Lee Picton