2008 FA Trophy Final

2008 FA Trophy Final
Event 2007–08 FA Trophy
Report
Date 10 May 2008
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Chris McPhee
Referee Martin Atkinson
Attendance 40,186
2007
2009

The 2008 FA Trophy Final was the 39th final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5-8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United on 10 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London.

Ebbsfleet United won the match 1–0 to win the competition for the first time in their history.[1]

Match details

10 May 2008
14:30 BST
Ebbsfleet United 1 – 0 Torquay United Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 40,186
Referee: Martin Atkinson
McPhee  45' Report
Ebbsfleet United
Torquay United
EBBSFLEET UNITED:
GK 1 Lance Cronin
RB 2 Peter Hawkins
CB 3 Sacha Opinel
CB 5 James Smith
LB 6 Paul McCarthy (c)
RM 8 Stacy Long 84'
CM 12 Chris McPhee
CM 14 Neil Barrett
LM 25 Michael Bostwick
FW 19 John Akinde
FW 14 Luke Moore
Substitutes:
GK 21 Sam Mott
DF 4 Gary MacDonald 84'
DF 4 Mark Ricketts
MF 17 George Purcell
FW 10 Chukki Eribenne
Manager:
Liam Daish
TORQUAY UNITED:
GK 21 Martin Rice
RB 3 Kevin Nicholson (c)
CB 4 Steve Woods
CB 6 Chris Todd
LB 7 Lee Mansell
RM 8 Tim Sills 88'
CM 10 Lee Phillips 46'
CM 14 Chris Hargreaves
LM 20 Roscoe D'Sane 66'
FW 24 Steve Adams
FW 26 Chris Zebroski
Substitutes:
DF 5 Chris Robertson
MF 11 Kevin Hill 88'
MF 16 Matthew Hockley
MF 19 Danny Stevens 46'
FW 9 Elliot Benyon 66'
Manager:
Paul Buckle

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