2016 National League play-off final

The 2016 National League play-off final, known as the 2016 Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship purposes, was an association football match between Forest Green Rovers and Grimsby Town on 15 May 2016 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the 14th National League play-off final, the first under the name National League and the ninth to be played at Wembley. Grimsby won the match 3–1 to earn promotion into League Two, returning to the Football League after a six-year absence.^[1]

2016 National League play-off final

The match programme cover
Event	2015–16 National League
Forest Green Rovers Grimsby Town 1 3
Date	15 May 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Robert Jones
Attendance	17,198
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Match

Details

15 May 2016 (2016-05-15)

16:00 BST

Forest Green Rovers	1–3	Grimsby Town
Marsh-Brown 60'	Report	Bogle 42', 43' Arnold 90+4'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 17,198

Referee: Robert Jones

Forest Green Rovers

Grimsby Town

GK 1 Steve Arnold RB 6 Dale Bennett CB 16 Aarran Racine (c) CB 4 Charlie Clough LB 27 Ben Jefford  71' RM 9 Keanu Marsh-Brown CM 24 Darren Carter CM 2 David Pipe LM 11 Elliott Frear FW 17 Kurtis Guthrie  77' FW 26 Brett Williams  45' Substitutes: GK 23 Jonny Maxted DF 3 James Jennings  71' MF 7 Anthony Jeffrey  77' MF 12 Clovis Kamdjo FW 20 Jon Parkin  45' Manager: Scott Bartlett

GK 1 James McKeown RB 2 Richard Tait CB 22 Aristote Nsiala CB 6 Josh Gowling LB 3 Gregor Robertson RM 20 Nathan Arnold  90+6' CM 8 Craig Disley CM 16 Craig Clay LM 31 Jon Nolan FW 9 Omar Bogle  89' FW 10 Pádraig Amond  80' Substitutes: DF 5 Shaun Pearson  90+6' DF 23 Danny East MF 14 Marcus Marshall FW 18 Jon-Paul Pittman  80' FW 35 Patrick Hoban  89' Manager: Paul Hurst

Statistics

Statistic	Forest Green Rovers	Grimsby Town
Goals scored	1	3
Possession	35%	65%
Shots	12	14
Shots on target	4	10
Corner kicks	6	1
Fouls	18	8
Yellow cards	1	0
Red cards	0	0
Source:[1]