2023 FA Trophy final

2023 FA Trophy final
	Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2022–23 FA Trophy
Date	21 May 2023
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Darren England
Attendance	27,374

The 2023 FA Trophy final was an association football match played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 21 May 2023. It was contested between FC Halifax Town and Gateshead.^[1] 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. Halifax defeated Gateshead 1–0 to win their second title.

FC Halifax Town defeated Guiseley, Harrow Borough, Maidenhead United, Aldershot Town, and Altrincham en route to the final. Gateshead defeated Gloucester City, Oldham Athletic, Banbury United, Farsley Celtic and Barnet en route to the final.

As part of Non-League Finals Day, the final of the FA Vase was played on the same day at the same venue. Both matches were televised in the UK on BT Sport.^[2]

Route to the Final

FC Halifax Town

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) 3R	Guiseley	0–1	FC Halifax Town	Guiseley
19:45 GMT		Report	Arthur 19'	Stadium: Nethermoor Park Attendance: 682

31 January 2023 (2023-01-31) 4R	Harrow Borough	2–2 (5–6 p)	FC Halifax Town	Harrow
19:45 GMT	Moore 66', 90+4'	Report	Harker 44', 86'	Stadium: Earlsmead Stadium Attendance: 293
	Penalties
	Leonard Adenola Biler Moore Assidjo Williams Bloom		Senior Harker Dieseruvwe Alli Clarke Stott Keane

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 5R	Maidenhead United	0–0 (4–5 p)	FC Halifax Town	Maidenhead
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: York Road
	Penalties
	De Havilland Barratt Ferdinand Nathaniel-George McCoulsky		Dieseruvwe Harker Stott Alli Slew

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) QF	Aldershot Town	0–2	FC Halifax Town	Aldershot
15:00 GMT		Report	Alli 12' Gilmour 89'	Stadium: Recreation Ground Attendance: 2,108

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) SF	Altrincham	1–1 (2–3 p)	FC Halifax Town	Altrincham
15:00 BST	Hulme 45'	Report	Alli 90+5'	Stadium: Moss Lane Attendance: 4,771
	Penalties
	Osborne Hugill Jones Oyedele Sinclair		Senior Summerfield Stott Dieseruvwe

Gateshead

20 December 2022 (2022-12-20) 3R	Gateshead	5–1	Gloucester City	Gateshead
19:45 GMT	Bailey 20', 26' Ward 37' Jarvis 42' Elliott 65'	Report	Obadeyi 78'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 253

14 January 2023 (2023-01-14) 4R	Oldham Athletic	1–3	Gateshead	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Clarke 35' 87'	Report	Conteh 13' Tinkler 86' Olley 89'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 2,228
Note: Tie was switched due to floodlight maintenance at Gateshead International Stadium^[3]

11 February 2023 (2023-02-11) 5R	Banbury United	0–1	Gateshead	Banbury
15:00 GMT	Williams 90+6'	Report	Harris 12' Magnay 90+6'	Stadium: Spencer Stadium Attendance: 840

11 March 2023 (2023-03-11) QF	Gateshead	0–0 (4–2 p)	Farsley Celtic	Gateshead
15:00 GMT		Report		Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 1,119
	Penalties
	Campbell Martin Ward Storey Conteh		Mulhern Clayton Johnson Scales

1 April 2023 (2023-04-01) SF	Gateshead	3–3 (4–1 p)	Barnet	Gateshead
15:00 BST	Campbell 4' Storey 24' Olley 37'	Report	Fernandez 40' Pritchard 80', 90+12'	Stadium: Gateshead International Stadium Attendance: 2,897
	Penalties
	Campbell Ward Olley Storey		Pritchard Kabamba De Havilland

Match

Details

21 May 2023

16:15 BST

FC Halifax Town	1–0	Gateshead
Cooke 44'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 27,374

Referee: Darren England


GK	1	Sam Johnson
RB	2	Tylor Golden
CB	5	Jesse Debrah	62'
CB	6	Jamie Stott
CB	3	Jack Senior (c)
LB	18	Angelo Cappello	73'
CM	14	Jack Hunter
CM	20	Harvey Gilmour
AM	19	Jamie Cooke	90'
AM	21	Millenic Alli
CF	17	Rob Harker
Substitutes:
DF	15	Tom Clarke
DF	39	Frankie Sinfield
MF	4	Luke Summerfield	62'
MF	10	Matt Warburton	73'
MF	37	Ted Lavelle
FW	28	Max Wright	90'
FW	29	Fidel O'Rourke
Manager:
Chris Millington


GK	31	James Montgomery
RB	2	Robbie Tinkler
CB	5	Kenton Richardson 82'
CB	6	Louis Storey
LB	32	Carl Magnay
CM	42	Kamil Conteh
CM	8	Owen Bailey
CM	10	Greg Olley (c)
FW	11	Adam Campbell
FW	15	Aaron Martin 84'
FW	12	Dan Ward
Substitutes:
GK	1	Filip Marschall
GK	45	Mauro Asikaogu
MF	38	Dylan Archer
MF	40	Ben Franklin
FW	19	Will Harris 82'
FW	27	Lewis Knight
FW	39	Oli Thompson 84'
Manager:
Mike Williamson

References

^ "Gateshead to face FC Halifax in FA Trophy final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ "BT Sport to show FA Trophy and FA Vase finals on Non-League Finals Day at Wembley". BT Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
^ "FA Trophy Tie Switched To Boundary Park". Oldham Athletic FC. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[1] "Gateshead to face FC Halifax in FA Trophy final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 April 2023.

[2] "BT Sport to show FA Trophy and FA Vase finals on Non-League Finals Day at Wembley". BT Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

[3] "FA Trophy Tie Switched To Boundary Park". Oldham Athletic FC. Retrieved 6 April 2023.

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FC Halifax Town
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Matches	2016 FA Trophy final
See also	Halifax Town A.F.C.

Gateshead Football Club
The club	Seasons Gateshead International Stadium
Matches	2014 Conference Premier play-off final 2024 FA Trophy final