2016 National League play-off Final
# 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 into the Football League after a six-year absence.

## Match

### Details

| Forest Green Rovers | Grimsby Town |
| - | - |

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 ||||

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: |||
