en 2021 FA Trophy final

2021 FA Trophy Final
	Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2020–21 FA Trophy
Date	22 May 2021
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Liam Nash
Referee	Tony Harrington
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The 2021 FA Trophy final was an association football match played between Hereford and Hornchurch at Wembley Stadium, London, England on 22 May 2021.^[2] It was the final match of the 2020–21 FA Trophy, the 52nd season of the FA Trophy. Hornchurch won the match 3–1, securing their maiden FA Trophy.^[3]

Hornchurch's season in the Isthmian League Premier Division was suspended in November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and they were unable to play any league football. During this time they were financially supported by West Ham United chairman, David Sullivan who once lived in Hornchurch.^[4] Likewise Hereford's season in the National League North had been declared null and void on 18 February 2021, having played their last league fixture of the season two days prior.^[5]

Route to the Final

Hereford

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) Second Round	Hereford	3–0	St Neots Town	Hereford
19:45 GMT	Grimes 17' Finn 25' John-Lewis 66'			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 285

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) Third Round	Nantwich Town	0–1	Hereford	Nantwich
15:00 GMT			John-Lewis	Stadium: Weaver Stadium Attendance: 433

19 January 2021 (2021-01-19) Fourth Round	Stamford	0–2	Hereford	Stamford
19:45 GMT			Owen-Evans 10', 75'	Stadium: Zeeco Stadium Attendance: 0

6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) Fifth Round	Hereford	1–0	Leamington	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Camwell 4'			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 0

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) Quarter-Final	Aldershot Town	1–1 (3–5 p)	Hereford	Aldershot
15:00 GMT	Rees 90+3'		Bakare 6'	Stadium: EBB Stadium Attendance: 0
	Penalties
	Whittingham Miller Rees Bettamer		Owen-Evans Bakare Grimes Lloyd Haines

27 March 2021 (2021-03-27) Semi-Final	Hereford	1–0	Woking	Hereford
15:00 GMT	Butlin 21'			Stadium: Edgar Street Attendance: 0

Hornchurch

31 October 2020 (2020-10-31) Third Qualifying Round	Bowers & Pitsea	1–3	Hornchurch	Pitsea
15:00 GMT	Albon 15' (pen.)		Osborn 66' Brown 68' Ruff 90+3'	Stadium: Gun Meadow Stadium Attendance: 260

8 December 2020 (2020-12-08) First Round	Hornchurch	4–1	Wingate & Finchley	Upminster
19:45 GMT	Muldoon 13' Ruff 37' Higgins 56' Nash 88'		Tejan-Sie 16'	Stadium: Hornchurch Stadium Attendance: 208

15 December 2020 (2020-12-15) Second Round	Tonbridge Angels	0–1	Hornchurch	Tonbridge
19:45 GMT			Christou 90'	Stadium: Longmead Stadium Attendance: 0

19 December 2020 (2020-12-19) Third Round	Dulwich Hamlet	1–2	Hornchurch	East Dulwich
15:00 GMT	Ming 16' (pen.)		Higgins 26' (pen.) Ruff 86'	Stadium: Champion Hill Attendance: 0

16 January 2021 (2021-01-16) Fourth Round	Hornchurch	1–1 (3–0 p)	King's Lynn Town	Upminster
15:00 GMT	Nash 52'		Mitchell 18'	Stadium: Hornchurch Stadium Attendance: 0
	Penalties
	Clark Brown Higgins		Marriott Gash King

6 February 2021 (2021-02-06) Fifth Round	Hornchurch	5–4	Maidstone United	Upminster
15:00 GMT	Higgins 13', 58' Winn 41' Ellul 65' (o.g.) Nash 90+7'		Christou 16' (o.g.) Porter 29', 59' Rendell 71'	Stadium: Hornchurch Stadium Attendance: 0

27 February 2021 (2021-02-27) Quarter Final	Darlington	1–2	Hornchurch	Darlington
15:00 GMT	Sousa 45+2'		Nash 26' Higgins 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Blackwell Meadows Attendance: 0

27 March 2021 Semi-Final	Notts County (5)	3–3 (4–5 p)	Hornchurch (7)	Nottingham
15:00	Wootton 10' Rodrigues 42' Sam 78'		Spence 38' Nash 45+3', 90+1'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 0
	Penalties
	Wootton O'Brien Reeves Knowles Sam		Clark Nash Muldoon Hayles Dickson

Match

Details

22 May 2021

16:15 BST

Hereford	1–3	Hornchurch
Owen-Evans 13'	Report	Hayles 40' Ruff 75' Nash 86', 87' Brown 90+5' Parcell 90+5'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Tony Harrington

Hereford

Hornchurch


GK	20	Brandon Hall
RB	2	Jared Hodgkiss (c)
CB	6	Jamie Grimes
CB	3	Luke Haines
LB	33	Lewis Butroid
RM	11	Kyle Finn	88'
CM	10	Tom Owen-Evans
CM	17	Ryan Lloyd
LM	7	Chris Camwell	74'
CF	8	Joey Butlin
CF	25	Michael Bakare	90'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Paul White
DF	4	Ben Pollock
DF	12	Kennedy Digie
DF	24	Dylan Jones
MF	16	James McQuilkin	74'
MF	18	Yan Klukowski	90'
MF	34	Maziar Kouhyar	88'
Manager:
Josh Gowling


GK	24	Joe Wright
DF	2	Mickey Parcell	90+5'
DF	3	Remi Sutton
DF	5	Rickie Hayles	40'
DF	6	Ollie Muldoon
MF	4	Jordan Clark
MF	7	Joe Christou
MF	8	Lewwis Spence (c)		59'
MF	11	Ellis Brown
FW	9	Sam Higgins		60'
FW	10	Liam Nash	87'	90+1'
Substitutes:
GK	3	Finley Thackway
DF	20	Nathan Cooper
MF	16	Charlie Ruff		59'
MF	17	Sak Hassan
FW	12	Charlie Stimson		90+1'
FW	14	Ronnie Winn
FW	19	Chris Dickson		60'
Manager:
Mark Stimson

References

^ "Hereford FC 1 Hornchurch 3 FA Trophy final minute by minute updates". Hereford Times.
^ Association, The Football. "Buildbase FA Trophy and Vase 2020 and 2021 Finals scheduled for Wembley". www.thefa.com.
^ Association, The Football. "Urchins clinch dramatic FA Trophy triumph". www.thefa.com.
^ "West Ham United congratulate Wembley-bound Hornchurch FC". West Ham United FC. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "National League Statement | Outcome of Written Resolutions - The Vanarama National League". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

Notes

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[1] "Hereford FC 1 Hornchurch 3 FA Trophy final minute by minute updates". Hereford Times.

[2] Association, The Football. "Buildbase FA Trophy and Vase 2020 and 2021 Finals scheduled for Wembley". www.thefa.com.

[3] Association, The Football. "Urchins clinch dramatic FA Trophy triumph". www.thefa.com.

[4] "West Ham United congratulate Wembley-bound Hornchurch FC". West Ham United FC. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[5] "National League Statement | Outcome of Written Resolutions - The Vanarama National League". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

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