2025 FA Vase final

2025 FA Vase final
	Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2024–25 FA Vase
	After extra time
Date	11 May 2025
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Harvey Smith (Whitstable Town)
Referee	Ruebyn Ricardo (Leicestershire and Rutland)
Attendance	38,600
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The 2025 FA Vase final was the 51st 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 AFC Whyteleafe of the Combined Counties Football League and Whitstable Town of the Southern Counties East Football League. Both clubs were appearing in their first final.

As part of Non-League Finals Day, the FA Trophy final was played on the same day at the same venue.^[2] The match was televised on TNT Sports 4 and available for streaming on Discovery+.^[3]

Route to the final

AFC Whyteleafe

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) Second Qualifying Round	AFC Whyteleafe	1–0	Soul Tower Hamlets	Whyteleafe
15:00 BST	Ward 73'			Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 152

19 October 2024 (2024-10-19) First Round	AFC Whyteleafe	4–0	Saltdean United	Whyteleafe
15:00 BST	Watson 22' Mico 68' Delgado-Hibbert 84' Negassi 90+1'			Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 209

9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) Second Round	AFC Whyteleafe	3–1	Harefield United	Whyteleafe
15:00 GMT	Mico 72' Watson 76' (pen.) Johnson-Palmer 82'		Farhall 6'	Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 169

7 December 2024 (2024-12-07) Third Round	AFC Whyteleafe	3–1	Tadley Calleva	Whyteleafe
15:00 GMT	Mico 45' Watson 83' (pen.) Gondoh 90+3'		Rodgers 8'	Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 154

11 January 2025 (2025-01-11) Fourth Round	AFC Whyteleafe	5–0	Dereham Town	Whyteleafe
15:00 GMT	Mascoll 5', 23' Bennett 66' Melanson 72' (o.g.) Watson 79'			Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 458

1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) Fifth Round	AFC Whyteleafe	1–0	Egham Town	Whyteleafe
15:00 GMT	Watson 49'			Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 773

1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) Quarter-Final	AFC Whyteleafe	1–0	Bourne Town	Whyteleafe
15:00 GMT	Mico 8'			Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 1,540

29 March 2025 (2025-03-29) Semi-Final First Leg	AFC Whyteleafe	3–1	Andover New Street	Whyteleafe
15:00 GMT	Bennett 22', 90+10' Mico 26'		Postance 66'	Stadium: Church Road Attendance: 2,000

5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) Semi-Final Second Leg	Andover New Street	0–1 (1–4 agg.)	AFC Whyteleafe	Charlton, Hampshire
15:00 BST			Bennett 5'	Stadium: Foxcotte Park Attendance: 1,350

Whitstable Town

24 August 2024 (2024-08-24) First Qualifying Round	Corinthian-Casuals	1–4	Whitstable Town	Tolworth
15:00 BST	Murad 21'	Report	Oliver 55' Smith 80', 88', 93'	Stadium: King George's Field Attendance: 143

21 September 2024 (2024-09-21) Second Qualifying Round	Whitstable Town	1–0	Hollands & Blair	Whitstable
15:00 BST	West 45'	Report		Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 267

19 October 2024 (2024-10-19) First Round	Whitstable Town	1–0	Virginia Water	Whitstable
15:00 BST	Oliver 9'	Report		Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 365

9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) Second Round	Whitstable Town	2–1	Lydd Town	Whitstable
15:00 GMT	H. Smith 58' R. Smith 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Astle 68'	Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 401

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) Third Round	Whitstable Town	2–1	Jersey Bulls	Whitstable
12:30 GMT	Oliver 84' (pen.) Grierson 86'	Report	Lekimamati 13'	Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 367

18 January 2025 (2025-01-18) Fourth Round	Walsham-le-Willows	1–1 (2–3 p)	Whitstable Town	Walsham le Willows
15:00 GMT	Garcia 87'	Report	Sithole 48'	Stadium: Summer Road Attendance: 267

1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) Fifth Round	Whitstable Town	2–1	Fleet Town	Whitstable
15:00 GMT	Boulton 48' Dalton 56'	Report	Stepney 73'	Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 1,121

1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) Quarter-Final	Whitstable Town	3–2	Whitchurch Alport	Whitstable
15:00 GMT	Sithole 20' Jeche 72' Smith 90+1'	Report	Knowles 9' Bower 18'	Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 2,656

29 March 2025 (2025-03-29) Semi-Final First Leg	Whitstable Town	2–0	Hartpury University	Whitstable
15:00 GMT	Jeche 11' O'Mara 69'	Report		Stadium: The Belmont Ground Attendance: 2,905

6 April 2025 (2025-04-06) Semi-Final Second Leg	Hartpury University	0–0 (0–2 agg.)	Whitstable Town	Hartpury
15:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Harpury University Stadium Attendance: 905

Match

Details

11 May 2025

12:15 BST

AFC Whyteleafe	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Whitstable Town
Bennett 17'	Report	Smith 52' Sithole 100'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 38,600

Referee: Ruebyn Ricardo (Leicestershire and Rutland)

Man of the Match:
Harvey Smith (Whitstable Town)

Assistant referees:^[1]
Emily Carney (Lancashire)
David Harrison (Essex)
Fourth official:^[1]
Zac Kennard-Kettle (Northumberland)

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes.
Maximum of five substitutions.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "The match officials for all of our 2025 FA competition finals have been appointed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
^ "This weekend saw the key semi-final showdowns in the Isuzu FA Vase and Trophy". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
^ "The Isuzu FA Trophy and FA Vase Finals are set to be broadcast live on TNT Sports". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

[officials-1] "The match officials for all of our 2025 FA competition finals have been appointed". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.

[2] "This weekend saw the key semi-final showdowns in the Isuzu FA Vase and Trophy". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

[3] "The Isuzu FA Trophy and FA Vase Finals are set to be broadcast live on TNT Sports". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.

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