2014 Conference Premier play-off final

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2014 Conference Premier play-off final
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Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event 2013–14 Football Conference
Cambridge United Gateshead
21
Date18 May 2014 (2014-05-18)
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Ryan Donaldson
(Cambridge United)
Referee Peter Bankes
Attendance19,613
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The 2014 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2014 Skrill Premier play-off final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Cambridge United and Gateshead on 18 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium in London. [1] It was the twelfth Conference Premier play-off final.

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Cambridge secured a place in the final after beating F.C. Halifax Town 2–1 on aggregate. [2] Gateshead's place was secured after beating Grimsby Town 4–2 over two legs. [3] This was Cambridge United's 3rd Conference play-off final after losing in 2008 and 2009 and Gateshead's first ever Conference play-off final and their first ever visit to Wembley Stadium.

Cambridge United won the game 2–1 and were promoted to the 2014–15 Football League Two.

Route to the final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
2 Cambridge United 462313107235+3782
3 Gateshead 462213117250+2279
4 Grimsby Town 462212126546+1978
5 F.C. Halifax Town 462211138558+2777

Semi-finals

First leg
30 April 2014 F.C. Halifax Town 1–0 Cambridge United The Shay, Halifax
19:45 Gregory Soccerball shade.svg83' (pen.) Report Attendance: 3,668
Referee: Simon Bennett
1 May 2014 Grimsby Town 1–1 Gateshead Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
19:45 Disley Soccerball shade.svg24' Report Larkin Soccerball shade.svg7'Attendance: 5,234
Referee: Chris Kavanagh
Second leg
4 May 2014 Cambridge United 2–0
(2–1 agg.)		 F.C. Halifax Town Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
13:30 Sam-Yorke Soccerball shade.svg11', 38' Report Attendance: 6,262
Referee: Darren Handley
4 May 2014 Gateshead 3–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Grimsby Town Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
16:30 Marwood Soccerball shade.svg22', 84'
O'Donnell Soccerball shade.svg90+4'		 Report Disley Soccerball shade.svg60'Attendance: 8,144
Referee: Kevin Johnson

Match

Details

Cambridge United 2–1 Gateshead
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Donaldson Soccerball shade.svg71'		 BBC Report Lester Soccerball shade.svg80'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 19,613
Referee: Peter Banks
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Cambridge United
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Gateshead
GK25 Adam Smith
RB2 Kevin Roberts
CB6 Ian Miller (c)
CB4 Josh Coulson
LB3 Greg Taylor
CM8 Tom Champion Yellow card.svg 20'
CM18 Luke Berry Sub off.svg 66'
RM7 Ryan Donaldson
LS10 Tom Elliott Sub off.svg 77'
RS19 Delano Sam-Yorke Sub off.svg 46'
LM17 Liam Hughes
Substitutes:
DF5 Tom Bonner
MF11 Harrison Dunk Sub on.svg 46'
MF22 Luke Chadwick Sub on.svg 66'
MF23 Ashley Chambers
FW9 Adam Cunnington Sub on.svg 77'
Manager:
Richard Money
GK1 Adam Bartlett
RB16Craig Baxter
CB5James Curtis
CB6 Ben Clark (c)Yellow card.svg 70'
LB2 Carl Magnay
CM4 Jamie Chandler Sub off.svg 69'
CM8 Phil Turnbull
CM29 John Oster Yellow card.svg 23'
RW25 Marcus Maddison Yellow card.svg 7'Sub off.svg 58'
ST18 James Marwood
LW7 Colin Larkin Sub off.svg 58'
Substitutes:
MF17 Josh Walker
MF21Rob Ramshaw
MF38JJ O'DonnellSub on.svg 58'
FW9 Liam Hatch Sub on.svg 58'
FW19 Jack Lester Sub on.svg 69'
Manager:
Gary Mills

Man of the match:

Match officials:

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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Football Conference Play-off & Promotion Final Dates – 2013/2014". Football Conference. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cambridge United 2–0 Halifax Town (agg 2–1)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gateshead 3–1 Grimsby Town (agg 4–2)". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Conference play-off final: Cambridge United 2–1 Gateshead — as it happened". The Guardian. London. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
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