The 2023 FA Trophy final was an
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
match played at
Wembley Stadium
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, London, on 21 May 2023. It was contested between
FC Halifax Town
FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 seaso ...
and
Gateshead. It was Halifax's second final following their victory in
2016 which was their only previous visit to the national stadium, and Gateshead's first FA Trophy final and first visit to Wembley since
2014
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. Halifax defeated Gateshead 1–0 to win their second title.
FC Halifax Town
FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in and play at the Shay. They replaced Halifax Town A.F.C., which went into administration in the 2007–08 seaso ...
defeated
Guiseley
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It sits ...
,
Harrow Borough
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,
Maidenhead United
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,
Aldershot Town
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, and
Altrincham
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en route to the final.
Gateshead defeated
Gloucester City,
Oldham Athletic
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,
Banbury United
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History
The club was established in 1931 as Spencer Sports Club, a works team of the ...
,
Farsley Celtic
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Barnet
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en route to the final.
As part of Non-League Finals Day, the final of the
FA Vase
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was played on the same day at the same venue. Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.
Route to the Final
FC Halifax Town
Gateshead
Match
Details
References
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