2021 FA Trophy final

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]

2021 FA Trophy Final

Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2020–21 FA Trophy
Hereford Hornchurch 1 3
Date	22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Liam Nash[1]
Referee	Tony Harrington
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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

Hereford v St Neots Town

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

Nantwich Town v Hereford

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

Stamford v Hereford

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

Hereford v Leamington

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

Aldershot Town v Hereford

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

Hereford v Woking

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

Hornchurch

Bowers & Pitsea v 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

Hornchurch v Wingate & Finchley

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

Tonbridge Angels v Hornchurch

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

Dulwich Hamlet v Hornchurch

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

Hornchurch v King's Lynn Town

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

Hornchurch v Maidstone United

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

Darlington v Hornchurch

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

Notts County (5) v Hornchurch (7)

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

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

22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)

16:15 BST

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