2005 Football League Two play-off Final

2005 Football League Two Play-off Final
Southend United Lincoln City
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Date 28 May 2005
Venue Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Man of the Match Freddy Eastwood
Referee Martin Atkinson (Yorkshire)
Attendance 19,653
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The 2005 Football League Two Play-off Final was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 28 May 2005 at the end of the 2004–05 season. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One. It was contested by Southend United, who finished fourth in the league table, and Lincoln City, who finished sixth. The teams reached the final by defeating Macclesfield Town and Northampton Town respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.[1]

Southend United overcame Northampton Town 1–0 on aggregate to get to this stage; drawing the first leg 0–0 at Sixfields before winning the second leg 1–0 at Roots Hall. Whilst Lincoln City got past Macclesfield Town 2–1 on aggregate; winning the first leg 1–0 at Sincil Bank before drawing the second leg 1–1 at Moss Rose. The winning goals were scored by Freddy Eastwood and Duncan Jupp, after extra time, to take Southend United back to the third-tier of English football.[2]

Contents

Route to the final

For more details on this topic, see The Football League 2004–05.
Southend United Round Lincoln City
Opponent Result Legs Semi-finals Opponent Result Legs
Northampton Town 1–0 0–0 away; 1–0 home Macclesfield Town 2–1 1–0 home; 1–1 away

Match details

28 May 2005
15:00 BST
 Southend United 2 – 0 Lincoln City Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 19,653
Referee: Martin Atkinson (Yorkshire)
Eastwood  105'
Jupp  110'		 (Report)
Southend United
Lincoln City
SOUTHEND UNITED:
GK 13 Darryl Flahavan
RB 2 Duncan Jupp
CB 15 Spencer Prior
CB 6 Adam Barrett
LB 18 Che Wilson
RM 10 Carl Pettefer
CM 8 Kevin Maher (c)
CM 9 Mark Bentley
LM 3 Nicky Nicolau 119'
FW 23 Freddy Eastwood 118'
FW 14 Wayne Gray 81'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Bart Griemink
DF 5 Andy Edwards 118'
MF 7 Mark Gower 119'
MF 29 Luke Guttridge
FW 11 Lawrie Dudfield 81'
Manager:
Steve Tilson
LINCOLN CITY:
GK 1 Alan Marriott
WB 17 Gareth McAuley
CB 23 Jamie McCombe
CB 5 Paul Morgan (c)
CB 4 Ben Futcher
WB 3 Kevin Sandwith
CM 8 Richard Butcher
CM 11 Peter Gain
FW 27 Gary Taylor-Fletcher 94'
FW 9 Simon Yeo 90'
FW 30 Francis Green 105'
Substitutes:
GK 13 Simon Rayner
DF 2 Lee Beevers 105'
DF 14 Matt Bloomer 94'
MF 16 Ritchie Hanlon
FW 7 Derek Asamoah 90'
Manager:
Keith Alexander

MATCH RULES

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

See also

References

  1. ^ 2004-05 League Two Play-off's Soccerbase. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  2. ^ Eastwood Turns Dream Into Reality The Independent. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

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