2008 Football League One play-off Final

2008 Football League One play-off Final
Date 25 May 2008
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance 75,132

The 2008 Football League One play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2008, at the end of the 2007–08 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from League One to the Championship, and was contested by Doncaster Rovers, who had finished third during the league season, and Leeds United, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Southend United and Carlisle United respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.

Over 200,000 Leeds United fans applied for tickets but the club were only given the 43,700 that they eventually took to the game.

Match details

25 May 2008
15:00
Doncaster Rovers 1 – 0 Leeds United
Hayter  48' (Report)
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,132
Doncaster Rovers
Leeds United
Doncaster Rovers:
GK 1Scotland Neil Sullivan
DF 2England James O'Connor
DF 21England Sam Hird
DF 22England Matt Mills
DF 3 Wales Gareth Roberts
MF20Republic of Ireland Paul Green
MF8Wales Brian Stock
MF 19 England Richie Wellens  71'
MF 26 England James Coppinger  86'
FW 23Wales Jason Price  80'
FW12 England James Hayter
Substitutes:
FW 9 Barbados Mark McCammon  71'
GK 13 England Ben Smith
DF 11England Adam Lockwood  80'
FW 10Wales Gareth Taylor
MF 7England Lewis Guy  86'
Manager:
Republic of Ireland Sean O'Driscoll
Leeds United:
GK 1 Denmark Casper Ankergren
DF2England Frazer Richardson
DF 16England Bradley Johnson
DF 3 England Paul Huntington
DF 33 Slovakia Ľubomír Michalík
MF 37 Australia Neil Kilkenny
MF 14 England Jonny Howson
MF 4Republic of Ireland Jonathan Douglas
MF 7England David Prutton  69'
FW 9 England Jermaine Beckford
FW 38Scotland Dougie Freedman  77'
Substitutes:
FW 20Democratic Republic of the Congo Trésor Kandol  69'
MF 22 England Andrew Hughes  77'
DF 32Republic of Ireland Alan Sheehan
GK 25England David Lucas
DF 5Angola Rui Marques
Manager:
Scotland Gary McAllister

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • 5 named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Attendance: 75,132 (24,400 Doncaster, 7,000 Executive, Hospitality and Neutral etc., 43,700 Leeds).

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