2012 Football League Two play-off Final

2012 Football League Two play-off final
Event 2011–12 Football League Two
Cheltenham Town Crewe Alexandra
0 2
Date 27 May 2012
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Craig Pawson[1]
Attendance 24,029[2]

The 2012 Football League Two play-off final was a football match contested by Cheltenham Town and Crewe Alexandra on 27 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium to decide the fourth team to be promoted from the League Two to the League One for the 2012–13 season.[3]

Under League Two play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over the two-legged semi-finals contested between the teams finishing between third and seventh in the league table.

In this game Nick Powell scored after 15 minutes and Byron Moore scored after 82 minutes to secure the game for Crewe Alexandra. The game finished 2-0 and Crewe were promoted to the Football League Division 1

Match

Details

27 May 2012
15:00 BST
Cheltenham Town 0–2 Crewe Alexandra
Report Powell  15'
Moore  82'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 24,029[2]
Referee: Craig Pawson[1]
Cheltenham Town:
GK 1England Scott Brown
DF 22Portugal Sido Jombati
DF 15Republic of Ireland Alan Bennett
DF 6England Steve Elliott
DF 19England Luke Garbutt
MF 20England Jermaine McGlashan
MF 7England Marlon Pack  84'
MF 25England Luke Summerfield
MF 23Wales Kaid Mohamed
FW 10England Jeff Goulding  75'
FW 29Republic of Ireland Ben Burgess  84'
Substitutes:
DF 2England Keith Lowe
MF 11England Brian Smikle
MF 16England Russell Penn  84'
FW 9Scotland Darryl Duffy  75'
FW 14England Jimmy Spencer  84'
Manager:
England Mark Yates
Crewe Alexandra:
GK 1England Steve Phillips
DF 3England Harry Davis
DF 5England David Artell
DF 6England Adam Dugdale
DF 17England Kelvin Mellor
MF 11England Byron Moore  90+7'
MF 4England Ashley Westwood
MF 8England Luke Murphy
MF 2England Matthew Tootle
FW 10England AJ Leitch-Smith  85'
FW 25England Nick Powell  80'
Substitutes:
GK 13Scotland Alan Martin
DF 15England Carl Martin  85'
MF 7England Lee Bell  90+7'
FW 19England Max Clayton  80'
FW 34Wales Billy Bodin
Manager:
England Steve Davis

Assistant referees:
Steve Bratt[1]
John Brooks[1]
Fourth official:
Nigel Miller[1]
Reserve Assistant Referee:
David Rock[1]

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Cheltenham Crewe
Goals 0 2
Disallowed goals 1 0
Total shots 20 16
Shots on target 5 5
Ball possession 47% 53%
Corner kicks 8 6
Fouls committed 11 8
Offsides 7 4
Yellow cards 0 0
Red cards 0 0

Source: BBC Sport[2]

Previous play-off appearances

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Match Official Appointments". Football League. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Begley, Emlyn (27 May 2012). "Crewe are promoted". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
  3. ↑ Football League Key Dates
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