2019 FA Vase Final

2019 FA Vase Final

Chertsey Town Cray Valley Paper Mills 3 1
After extra time
Event	2018–19 FA Vase
Date	19 May 2019
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Ross Joyce
Attendance	42,962
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The 2019 FA Vase Final was the 45th 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 Chertsey Town, of the Combined Counties Premier Division, and Cray Valley Paper Mills, of the Southern Counties East Premier Division. This is the first time both teams had reached the final and the first visit to Wembley Stadium for both sides. The final of the FA Trophy will played on the same day at the same venue for the fourth year running, as part of the FA's Non-League Finals Day. Both matches will be televised in the UK on BT Sport.

Chertsey Town began their campaign in the first qualifying round, with a victory over Woodley United. They proceeded to defeat Tadley Calleva, Flackwell Heath, Horndean, Redbridge, St. Austell, Irlam and West Auckland Town en route to the semi-final where they faced Northwich Victoria. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg, Chertsey Town drew 0–0 after extra time in the second leg before winning 5–3 on penalties, securing a place in the final.

Cray Valley Paper Mills also began their campaign in the first qualifying round, where they defeated Sutton Athletic. Victories over Hailsham Town, St. Panteleimon, Badshot Lea, Sheppey United, Baffins Milton Rovers, Abbey Rangers and Willand Rovers saw them reach the semi-final where they faced Canterbury City. Cray Valley Paper Mills won the round 2–1 on aggregate after winning the first leg 1–0, and a 1–1 draw in the second leg.

Route to the final

Chertsey Town

First Round Qualifying 1 September 2018	Chertsey Town	4–2	Woodley United	Chertsey
				Stadium: Alwyns Lane Attendance: 92

Second Round Qualifying 15 September 2018	Tadley Calleva	0–1	Chertsey Town	Tadley
				Stadium: Barlows Park Attendance: 148

First Round 13 October 2018	Chertsey Town	6–1	Flackwell Heath	Chertsey
				Stadium: Alwyns Lane Attendance: 167

Second Round 3 November 2018	Chertsey Town	2–0	Horndean	Chertsey
				Stadium: Alwyns Lane Attendance: 169

Third Round 8 December 2018	Redbridge	0–5	Chertsey Town	Barkingside
				Stadium: Oakside Stadium Attendance: 68

Fourth Round 5 January 2019	Chertsey Town	5–0	St. Austell	Chertsey
				Stadium: Alwyns Lane Attendance: 501

Fifth Round 9 February 2019	Irlam	0–2	Chertsey Town	Irlam
				Stadium: Silver Street Attendance: 449

Quarter-Final 23 February 2019	West Auckland Town	0–2	Chertsey Town	West Auckland
				Stadium: Darlington Road Attendance: 738

Semi-Final 1st Leg 16 March 2019	Northwich Victoria	P–P	Chertsey Town	Wincham
				Stadium: Wincham Park

Semi-Final 1st Leg 24 March 2019	Northwich Victoria	1–1	Chertsey Town	Wincham
	Whyte  72'		Brown  40'	Stadium: Wincham Park Attendance: 1,288 Referee: James Oldham

Semi-Final 2nd Leg 30 March 2019	Chertsey Town	0–0 (1–1 agg.) (5–3 pen)	Northwich Victoria	Chertsey
15:00				Stadium: Alwyns Lane Attendance: 1,680 Referee: Savvas Yianni
	Penalties
	Baxter Guentchev Taylor Crossley Murphy		Craig Winder Matthews Doran

Cray Valley Paper Mills

First Round Qualifying 1 September 2018	Sutton Athletic	1–2	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Sutton-at-Hone
				Stadium: London Hire Stadium Attendance: 60

Second Round Qualifying 16 September 2018	Cray Valley Paper Mills	2–0	Hailsham Town	Eltham
				Stadium: Badgers Sports Ground Attendance: 106

First Round 13 October 2018	St. Panteleimon	A–A	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Greenford
				Stadium: Berkeley Fields Attendance: 50

First Round 17 October 2018	St. Panteleimon	1–3	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Greenford
				Stadium: Berkeley Fields Attendance: 56

Second Round 4 November 2018	Badshot Lea	0–7	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Badshot Lea
				Stadium: Krooner Park Attendance: 54

Third Round 1 December 2018	Sheppey United	0–4	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Isle of Sheppey
				Stadium: The Havill Stadium - Holm Park Attendance: 202

Fourth Round 5 January 2019	Cray Valley Paper Mills	3–1	Baffins Milton Rovers	Eltham
				Stadium: Badgers Sports Ground Attendance: 139

Fifth Round 2 February 2019	Cray Valley Paper Mills	3–1	Abbey Rangers	Eltham
				Stadium: Badgers Sports Ground Attendance: 217

Quarter-Final 23 February 2019	Willand Rovers	1–3	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Willand
				Stadium: Stan Robinson Stadium Attendance: 758

Semi-Final 1st Leg 17 March 2019	Cray Valley Paper Mills	1–0	Canterbury City	Eltham
				Stadium: Badgers Sports Ground Attendance: 663

Semi-Final 2nd Leg 23 March 2019	Canterbury City	1–1 (1–2 agg.)	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Faversham
	Sayer  90'		Tomlin  71'	Stadium: Salters Lane Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Josh Smith

Match

Details

19 May 2018 12:15 BST	Chertsey Town	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Cray Valley Paper Mills	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 42,962 Referee: Ross Joyce
	Flegg  39' Baxter  105' (p) Rowe  117'	Report	Tomlin  36'

GK 1 Nick Jupp DF 3 Mason Welch-Turner DF 5 Michael Peacock DF 6 Quincy Rowe DF 18 Sam Flegg MF 4 Kevin Maclaren (c) 79' MF 7 Lyubomir Genchev MF 11 Dale Binns 97' FW 9 Jake Baxter 118' FW 10 Sam Murphy FW 14 Lewis Driver 83' Substitutes: GK 13 Lewis Gallifent DF 2 Lewis Jackson 97' DF 15 Michael Kinsella DF 16 Danny Bennell MF 8 Dave Taylor 79' MF 17 Andy Crossley 83' FW 12 John Pomroy 118' Manager: Dave Anderson

GK 1 Andy Walker (c) CB 6 Cem Tumkaya 106' CB 5 Ashley Sains 111' CB 4 Liam Hickey RWB 23 Denzel Gayle LWB 3 Danny Smith RM 7 Anthony Edgar CM 8 Paul Semakula LM 11 Ryan Flack 72' ST 10 Kevin Lisbie 100' ST 9 Gavin Tomlin Substitutes: GK 21 Deren Ibrahim DF 2 Brad Potter 106' DF 29 Lea Dawson MF 12 Tyler Myers MF 18 Josh James 72' MF 27 Francis Babalola 100' FW 33 Calum Willock 111' Manager: Kevin Watson

Man of the match: Match officials Assistant referees: Rob Smith & Matthew Lee Forth official: Thomas Brammall

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Fourth substitute allowed in extra-time.