The 2015–16 FA Vase Final was the 42nd 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 Hereford F.C. of the Midland Football League Premier Division (level 9) and Morpeth Town AFC of the Northern Football League Division One (level 9). For the first time ever the final of the FA Trophy was played on the same day at the same venue.[1] Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.[2]

2016 FA Vase Final
Event2015–16 FA Vase
Date22 May 2016
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeStuart Attwell
Attendance46,781
2015
2017

Morpeth Town AFC won the game 4–1.


Match edit

Details edit

Hereford1–4Morpeth Town
Purdie   2' Report Swailes   34'
Carr   47'
Taylor   59'
Bell   90'
Attendance: 46,781
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GK 1   Martin Horsell
RB 2   Jimmy Oates
CB 5   Ryan Green
CB 14   Jamie Willets   70'
LB 3   Joel Edwards (c)
RM 17   Sirdic Grant
CM 4   Rob Purdie
CM 8   Aaron Birch
LM 16   Joe Tumelty   55'
CF 10   Pablo Haysham
CF 11   Mike Symons
Substitutes:
DF 6   Nathan Summers
MF 7   Mustapha Bundu   55'
FW 9   John Mills   70'
MF 12   Dylan Bonella
MF 18   Ross Staley
Manager:   Peter Beadle
GK 1   Karl Dryden
DF 2   Stephen Forster
DF 3   James Novak
MF 4   Ben Sayer
DF 5   Chris Swailes
DF 6   Michael Hall
MF 7   Sean Taylor   79'
MF 8   Keith Graydon (c)
FW 9   Luke Carr   89'
FW 10   Michael Chilton   69'
MF 16   Jordan Fry
Substitutes:
MF 14   Shaun Bell   89'
FW 15   Steven Anderson Jr.   69'
GK 19   Niall Harrison
FW 20   Dale Pearson
DF 25   Damien Mullen   79'
Manager:   Nick Gray and Dave Malone

Man of the match

  • Chris Swailes

Match officials

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 edit

  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.