2017 National League play-off final

The 2017 National League play-off final , known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was held on 14 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium and contested between Forest Green Rovers and Tranmere Rovers at the end of the 2016–17 National League season. It was the 15th National League play-off final, the second under the name National League and the tenth to be played at Wembley. Forest Green Rovers won the match 3–1 to earn promotion to the English Football League for the first time in their history.^[1]

14 May 2017 (2017-05-14)

15:00 BST

Forest Green Rovers	3–1	Tranmere Rovers
Woolery 12', 44' Doidge 41'	Report	Jennings 22'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 18,801

Referee: Anthony Backhouse

Forest Green Rovers

Tranmere Rovers

GK 23 Sam Russell RB 6 Dale Bennett  74' CB 5 Mark Ellis CB 16 Ethan Pinnock LB 3 Manny Monthé RM 7 Keanu Marsh-Brown  61' CM 4 Drissa Traoré  81' CM 20 Charlie Cooper  67' CM 15 Liam Noble  90+1' LM 14 Kaiyne Woolery FW 9 Christian Doidge  76' Substitutes: DF 2 Curtis Tilt MF 8 Sam Wedgbury  81' MF 11 Omar Bugiel MF 17 Daniel Wishart  61' FW 18 Shamir Mullings  76' Manager: Mark Cooper

GK 1 Scott Davies RB 22 Adam Buxton  63' CB 5 Steve McNulty CB 6 Michael Ihiekwe LB 3 Liam Ridehalgh RM 10 James Norwood CM 20 Lois Maynard CM 24 Jeff Hughes LM 19 Andy Mangan  53' CF 11 Connor Jennings  61' CF 23 Cole Stockton Substitutes: GK 13 Iain Turner DF 28 Evan Gumbs FW 9 Andy Cook  61' FW 16 Jack Dunn  53' FW 39 Aaron Collins Manager: Micky Mellon