2017 FA Vase final

{{Infobox football match

| title = 2017 FA Vase Final

| image = Wembley Stadium interior.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Wembley Stadium hosted the final

| event = 2016–17 FA Vase

| team1 = Cleethorpes Town

| team1association =

| team1score = 0

| team2 = South Shields

| team2association =

| team2score = 4

| details =

| date = 21 May 2017

| stadium = Wembley Stadium

| city = Wembley, London

| man_of_the_match =

| referee = Darren England

| attendance = 38,224 (including FA Trophy Final)

| weather =

| previous = 2016

| next = 2018

}}

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.{{Cite web |date=2017-05-19 |title=Out gay footballer makes history |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2017/05/19/out-gay-footballer-makes-history-as-first-to-play-at-wembley-stadium/ |access-date=2022-05-27 |website=PinkNews }}

Route to the final

=Cleethorpes Town=

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|round = 2R

|date = 12 November 2016

|time = 15:00

|team1 = AFC Emley

|score = 1–2

|result = W

|report = [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cleethorpestown/teams/46369/match-centre/0-3571623]

|team2 = Cleethorpes Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Welfare Ground

|location = Emley

|attendance = 215

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 3R

|date = 3 December 2016

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Cleethorpes Town

|score = 2–1

|result = W

|report = [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cleethorpestown/teams/46369/match-centre/0-3583031]

|team2 = Bootle

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = The Bradley Football Development Centre

|location = Grimsby

|attendance = 196

|referee =

}}

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|round = 4R

|date = 7 January 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Billingham Town

|score = 1–2

|result = W

|report = [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cleethorpestown/teams/46369/match-centre/0-3586648]

|team2 = Cleethorpes Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bedford Terrace

|location = Billingham

|attendance = 364

|referee =

}}

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|round = 5R

|date = 28 January 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Cleethorpes Town

|score = 3–2

|result = W

|report = [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cleethorpestown/teams/46369/match-centre/0-3612784]

|team2 = Atherton Collieries

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = The Bradley Football Development Centre

|location = Grimsby

|attendance = 588

|referee =

}}

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|round = 6R

|date = 18 February 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Southall

|score = 2–5

|result = W

|report = [http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cleethorpestown/teams/46369/match-centre/0-3618862]

|team2 = Cleethorpes Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Reynolds Field

|location = Perivale

|attendance = 348

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = SF 1st

|date = 11 March 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Bromsgrove Sporting

|score = 1–1

|result = D

|report =

|team2 = Cleethorpes Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Victoria Ground

|location = Bromsgrove

|attendance = 3,349

|referee =

}}

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|round = SF 2nd

|date = 18 March 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Cleethorpes Town

|score = 1–0

|aggregatescore=2–1

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Bromsgrove Sporting

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = The Bradley Football Development Centre

|location = Grimsby

|attendance = 1,154

|referee =

}}

=South Shields=

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|round = 2RQ

|date = 17 October 2016

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Esh Winning

|score = 0–4

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = South Shields

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = West Terrace

|location = Esh Winning

|attendance = 266

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 1R

|date = 22 October 2016

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = 2–1

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Runcorn Linnets

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mariners Park

|location = South Shields

|attendance = 1,060

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 2R

|date = 12 November 2016

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = 2–0

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Marske United

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mariners Park

|location = South Shields

|attendance = 1,116

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 3R

|date = 3 December 2016

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = 3–0

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Staveley Miners Welfare

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mariners Park

|location = South Shields

|attendance = 808

|referee =

}}

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|round = 4R

|date = 7 January 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = A-A*

|result = V

|report =

|team2 = Morpeth Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mariners Park

|location = South Shields

|attendance = 1,545

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 4R

|date = 11 January 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = 4–0

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Morpeth Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Craik Park

|location = Morpeth

|attendance = 826

|referee =

}}

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|round = 5R

|date = 28 January 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Team Solent

|score = 2–5

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = South Shields

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Test Park Sports Ground

|location = Southampton

|attendance = 638

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = 6R

|date = 18 February 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = 6–1

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Newport Pagnell Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mariners Park

|location = South Shields

|attendance = 3,161

|referee =

}}

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|round = SF 1st

|date = 11 March 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Coleshill Town

|score = 1–2

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = South Shields

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Pack Meadow

|location = Coleshill

|attendance = 1,755

|referee =

}}

{{football box collapsible

|round = SF 2nd

|date = 18 March 2017

|time = 15:00

|team1 = South Shields

|score = 4–0

|aggregatescore=6–1

|result = W

|report =

|team2 = Coleshill Town

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Mariners Park

|location = South Shields

|attendance = 3,464

|referee =

}}

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

Match

=Details=

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|date=21 May 2017

|time= 12:15 BST

|team1=Cleethorpes Town

|score= 0–4

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|report= http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/may/21/cleethorpes-v-south-shields-210517

|team2=South Shields

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Finnigan {{goal|43|pen.}}
Morse {{goal|80}}
Foley {{goal|86||89}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=

|referee= Darren England

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GK	1	Liam Higton
DF	2	Tim Lowe
DF	5	Matt Bloomer
DF	6	Matty Coleman		{{suboff\|70}}
DF	3	Peter Winn
MF	7	Liam Davis	{{yel\|19}}	{{suboff\|73}}
MF	4	Liam Dickens
MF	8	Alex Flett (c)
MF	11	Jonathan Oglesby
FW	9	Marc Cooper		{{suboff\|61}}
FW	10	Brody Robertson
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MF	12	Luck Mascall		{{subon\|70}}
MF	14	Jack Richardson		{{subon\|73}}
FW	15	Andy Taylor		{{subon\|61}}
FW	16	Gary King
DF	17	Kieran Wressel
colspan=3\|Manager: Marcus Newell
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GK	1	Liam Connell
DF	12	Alex Nicholson
DF	5	Dillon Morse		{{goal\|80}}
DF	4	Jon Shaw
DF	3	Darren Lough
MF	19	Andrew Stephenson		{{suboff\|55}}
MF	6	Julio Arca (c)
MF	8	Wayne Phillips		{{suboff\|83}}
FW	9	Gavin Cogdon		{{yel\|69}}
FW	21	Carl Finnigan	{{goal\|43}} (pen)	{{suboff\|70}}
FW	11	David Foley	{{goal\|86}}	{{goal\|89}}
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MF	7	Robert Briggs		{{subon\|55}}
MF	10	Michael Richardson		{{subon\|70}}
DF	16	Louis Storey
DF	17	Barrie Smith		{{subon\|83}}
DF	20	Darren Holden
colspan=3\|Joint-Managers: Graham Fenton Lee Picton
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Man of the match:

Wayne Phillips

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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