1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final

1995 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Huddersfield Town Bristol Rovers
2 1
Date 28 May 1995
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Clive Wilkes (Gloucester)
Attendance 59,175

The 1995 Football League Second Division play-off final was a football match played at on 28 May 1995, to determine the second and final team to gain promotion from the Second Division to the First Division of The Football League in the 1994–95 season (due to the reduction of the Premier League from 22 to 20 teams, only one automatic promotion place was available). Huddersfield Town faced Bristol Rovers. It was the sixth Second Division play-off final to be decided at Wembley Stadium.

Huddersfield Town finally won at Wembley after the 1928, 1930, 1938 FA Cup Finals and 1994 Football League Trophy Final losses.

Match details

Huddersfield Town
Bristol Rovers
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (4-4-2):
GK 1 England Steve Francis
DF 2 England Simon Trevitt  56'
DF 3 Scotland Tom Cowan
MF 4 England Darren Bullock
DF 5 England Lee Sinnott (c)
DF 6 Republic of Ireland Pat Scully
MF 7 England Chris Billy
MF 8 England Lee Duxbury
FW 9England Andy Booth
FW 10England Ronnie Jepson
MF 11 England Gary Crosby  80'
Substitutes:
FW 12England Iain Dunn  80'
GK 13England Kevin Blackwell
DF 14England Jon Dyson  56'
Manager:
England Neil Warnock
BRISTOL ROVERS (4-4-2):
GK 1 England Brian Parkin
DF 2 England David Pritchard
DF 3 England Andy Gurney
FW 4 England Marcus Stewart
DF 5 England Billy Clark
DF 6 England Andy Tillson (c)
MF 7 England Worrell Sterling
MF 8 England Paul Miller
FW 9 Wales Gareth Taylor  80'
MF 10England Justin Skinner
MF 11England Justin Channing  84'
Substitutes:
MF 12Wales Marcus Browning  80'
GK 13England Andy Collett
MF 14England Lee Archer  84'
Manager:
England John Ward

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 2 substitutions.

References

    This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/3/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.