2016 FA Trophy final

The 2015–16 FA Trophy Final was the 47th final of the FA Trophy. The match was contested by FC Halifax Town and Grimsby Town. Grimsby Town were beaten finalists in 2013, but it was FC Halifax Town's first final and their first visit to Wembley Stadium. For the first time the final of the FA Vase was played on the same day at the same venue, contested by Hereford and Morpeth Town.^[1] Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.^[2]

2016 FA Trophy Final

Event	2015–16 FA Trophy
FC Halifax Town Grimsby Town 1 0
Date	22 May 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Nicky Wroe (FC Halifax Town)
Referee	Lee Mason (Lancashire)
Attendance	46,781 (including FA Vase Final)
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FC Halifax Town defeated Tamworth, Barrow, Chester, Gateshead and Nantwich Town en route to the final.

Grimsby Town defeated Solihull Moors, Weston-super-Mare, Havant & Waterlooville, Woking, and Bognor Regis Town en route to the final.

FC Halifax Town won the match 1–0 thanks to a goal from Scott McManus after 48 minutes.^[3]

Route to the final

FC Halifax Town

FC Halifax Town v Tamworth

15 December 2015 1R	FC Halifax Town	5–0	Tamworth	Halifax
19:45 GMT	James 12', 87' McDonald 28' Wroe 57' Hughes 73'	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 439 Referee: Paul Marsden (Lancashire)

FC Halifax Town v Barrow

19 January 2016 2R	FC Halifax Town	1–0	Barrow	Halifax
19:45 GMT	Tuton 68'	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 673 Referee: Joseph Johnson (Merseyside)

FC Halifax Town v Chester

10 February 2016 3R	FC Halifax Town	1–0	Chester	Halifax
19:45 GMT	Burrow 45+2'	Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 878 Referee: Michael Salisbury (Lancashire)

FC Halifax Town v Gateshead

27 February 2016 QF	FC Halifax Town	0–0	Gateshead	Halifax
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 1,431 Referee: Steve Rushton (Staffordshire)

Gateshead v FC Halifax Town

2 March 2016 QFR	Gateshead	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	FC Halifax Town	Gateshead
19:45 GMT	Gillies 3', 105' Bowman 50'	Report	James 22' Hughes 90+2' McDonald 93'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 724 Referee: Ryan Johnson (Greater Manchester)
	Penalties
	Hamilton Gillies McLaughlin Johnson Shaw Clark		Burrow Wroe James McManus McDonald Brown

Nantwich Town v FC Halifax Town

12 March 2016 SF 1	Nantwich Town	2–4	FC Halifax Town	Nantwich
15:15 GMT	Cooke 43' Kosylo 77'	Report	McManus 3' Fairhurst 21' Burrow 46', 61' (pen.)	Stadium: The Weaver Stadium Attendance: 2,078 Referee: Graham Salisbury (Lancashire)

FC Halifax Town v Nantwich Town

19 March 2016 SF 2	FC Halifax Town	2–2 (6–4 agg.)	Nantwich Town	Halifax
15:00 GMT	Burrow 3' 44' White 89' (o.g.)	Report	Shotton 10' Bailey 31'	Stadium: The Shay Attendance: 3,009 Referee: Peter Bankes (Merseyside)

Grimsby Town

Grimsby Town v Solihull Moors

12 December 2015 1R	Grimsby Town	1–1	Solihull Moors	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Alabi 66'	Report	Brown 14'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,071 Referee: David Rock (Hertfordshire)

Solihull Moors v Grimsby Town

22 December 2015 1RR	Solihull Moors	2–3	Grimsby Town	Solihull
19:45 GMT	Armson 62' Asante 80' (pen.)	Report	Bogle 64' Alabi 66' (pen.) Mackreth 68'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 479 Referee: Derek Eaton (Gloucestershire)

Grimsby Town v Weston-super-Mare

16 January 2016 2R	Grimsby Town	3–1	Weston-super-Mare	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Henderson 12' Bogle 45' Pittman 61'	Report	Grubb 22'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,230 Referee: Ollie Yates (Staffordshire)

Grimsby Town v Havant & Waterlooville

6 February 2016 3R	Grimsby Town	3–0	Havant & Waterlooville	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Pittman 73' Nolan 87' Swallow 89' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,613 Referee: Adrian Holmes (West Yorkshire)

Grimsby Town v Woking

27 February 2016 QF	Grimsby Town	2–0	Woking	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Arnold 10', 35'	Report		Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 1,675 Referee: Martin Coy (Durham)

Bognor Regis Town v Grimsby Town

12 March 2016 SF 1	Bognor Regis Town	0–1	Grimsby Town	Bognor Regis
15:00 GMT		Report	Arnold 75'	Stadium: Nyewood Lane Attendance: 2,629 Referee: Simon Hooper (Wiltshire)

Grimsby Town v Bognor Regis Town

19 March 2016 SF 2	Grimsby Town	2–1 (3–1 agg.)	Bognor Regis Town	Cleethorpes
15:00 GMT	Amond 8' (pen.), 78'	Report	Beck 31'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 2,477 Referee: Mark Heywood (Cheshire)

Match

Details

FC Halifax Town	1–0	Grimsby Town
McManus 48'	Report

22 May 2016

16:15 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 46,781 (including FA Vase Final)

Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)

FC Halifax Town

Grimsby Town

GK 23 Sam Johnson RB 2 James Bolton CB 14 Matty Brown CB 15 Kevin Roberts CB 6 Hamza Bencherif LB 3 Scott McManus  74' CM 16 Jake Hibbs CM 35 Nicky Wroe (c) RW 17 Josh Macdonald  62' LW 12 Richard Peniket  85' CF 9 Jordan Burrow Substitutes: GK 1 Jordan Porter MF 4 Kingsley James  74' MF 11 Sam Walker  62' MF 24 Connor Hughes  85' FW 40 Shaq McDonald Manager: Jim Harvey

GK 1 James McKeown RB 2 Richard Tait  81' CB 5 Shaun Pearson CB 22 Aristote Nsiala LB 3 Gregor Robertson RM 31 Jon Nolan  54' CM 8 Craig Disley (c) CM 16 Craig Clay  62' LM 11 Andy Monkhouse  68' RS 9 Omar Bogle LS 10 Pádraig Amond Substitutes: DF 6 Josh Gowling DF 23 Danny East  81' MF 17 Josh Venney MF 20 Nathan Arnold  62' FW 18 Jon-Paul Pittman  68' Manager: Paul Hurst

Man of the match Nicky Wroe (FC Halifax Town) Match officials Assistant referees: Adam Nunn (Wiltshire) Matthew Wilkes (West Midlands) Fourth official: Ross Joyce (Cleveland)

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. Announcement on the FA website
2. "Tickets on sale for FA Non-League Finals Day at Wembley". The Football Association. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
3. "Scott McManus strikes for Halifax to beat Grimsby in FA Trophy final". The Guardian. London. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2016.