2003 FA Trophy final explained

2003 FA Trophy Final
Event:	2002–03 FA Trophy
Team1:	Burscough
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Tamworth
Team2score:	1
Stadium:	Villa Park
City:	Birmingham
Man Of The Match1a:	Gary Martindale (Burscough)
Referee:	Uriah Rennie (South Yorkshire)
Attendance:	14,296
Weather:	Rain 16°C^[1]
Previous:	2002
Next:	2004

The 2003 FA Trophy Final was the 34th final of The Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Burscough and Tamworth on 18 May 2003 at Villa Park in Birmingham.

Burscough won the match 2–1 to win the competition for the first time in their history.^[2]

Road to Villa Park

See also: 2002–03 FA Trophy.

Burscough

Round	Opposition	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"	1st Replay	Marine (h) Marine (a)	0–0 1–3 (a.e.t.)
scope=row style="text-align:center"	2nd Replay	Harrogate Town (a) Harrogate Town (h)	2–2 3–2
scope=row style="text-align:center"	3rd	Ilkeston Town (a)	0–3
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4th Replay	Alfreton Town (a) Alfreton Town (h)	1–1 2–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5th	Wakefield & Emley (h)	5–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"	6th	Yeovil Town (a)	2–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"	SF	Aylesbury United (a) Aylesbury United (h)	1–1 1–0
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Tamworth

As Tamworth were a Southern Football League club (they won the league in 2003 and secured promotion to the Football Conference),^[3] they entered the competition in the second round. Tamworth's cup run started with a home tie against their league rivals, Accrington Stanley. They went on to win the game 4–1. In the third round, the team was drawn at home against local rivals Nuneaton Borough, in which they won the game 3–0.

Round	Opposition	Score
scope=row style="text-align:center"	2nd	Accrington Stanley (h)	4–1
scope=row style="text-align:center"	3rd	Nuneaton Borough (h)	3–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"	4th	Stevenage Borough (h)	3–0
scope=row style="text-align:center"	5th	Margate (a)	0–2
scope=row style="text-align:center"	SF	Havant & Waterlooville (h) Havant & Waterlooville (a)	1–0 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Key: (h) = Home venue; (a) = Away venue; (n) = Neutral venue.

Match

Details

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Matt Taylor RB 6 Carl MacAuley CB 5 Joe Taylor CB 6 LB 8 Ryan Bowen RM 14 Mark Byrne CM 10 John Norman CM 15 Paul Burns LM 7 John Lawless RF 11 LF 10 Peter Wright (c) Substitutes: MF 3 John Bluck FW 12 Kris McHale GK 13 Gary Maguire MF 16 Marvin Molyneux DF 17 Michael White Player-manager: Shaun Teale

width=25 ! width=25 GK 1 Darren Acton RB 2 Rob Warner CB 4 Dave Robinson CB 5 LB 3 Richard Follett RM 7 Nick Colley CM 11 Brian McGorry CM 6 Mark Cooper (c) LM 8 Steve Evans RF 14 LF 10 Substitutes: FW 9 Mark Hallam MF 12 DF 15 Darren Grocutt MF 16 Paul Hatton GK 19 Neil Barnes Manager: Darron Gee

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Match officials Assistant referees: Rob Lewis Mr S J Turner Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg Man of the match Gary Martindale (Burscough)

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Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Notes

A. Clubs competing in the Northern/Southern Football League Premier Division, receive a bye to the second round.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground.
2. News: Burscough claim Trophy . 18 May 2003 . . 18 May 2003.
3. Web site: Football Club History Database – Tamworth. fchd.info. 9 April 2023.