2014 Conference Premier play-off Final

2014 Conference Premier play-off Final

Wembley Stadium will host the final
Event 2013–14 Football Conference
Date 18 May 2014
Venue Wembley, London
Man of the Match Ryan Donaldson (Cambridge United)
Referee Peter Banks
Attendance 19,613

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.

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.

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
2Cambridge United 462313107235+3782
3Gateshead 462213117250+2279
4Grimsby Town 462212126546+1978
5F.C. Halifax Town 462211138558+2777

Semi-finals

First leg
Second leg

Match details

18 May 2014
16:00 BST
Cambridge United 2–1 Gateshead
Hughes  51'
Donaldson  71' 		BBC Report Lester  80'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 19,613
Referee: Peter Banks
Cambridge United
Gateshead
GK 25 England Adam Smith
RB 2 England Kevin Roberts
CB 6 England Ian Miller (c)
CB 4 England Josh Coulson
LB 3 England Greg Taylor
RM 8 England Tom Champion  20'
CM 18 England Luke Berry  66'
CM 7 England Ryan Donaldson
LM 10 England Tom Elliott  77'
RS 19 England Delano Sam-Yorke  46'
LS 17 England Liam Hughes
Substitutes:
DF 5 Scotland Tom Bonner
MF 11 England Harrison Dunk  46'
MF 22 England Luke Chadwick  66'
MF 23 England Ashley Chambers
FW 9 England Adam Cunnington  77'
Manager:
England Richard Money
GK 1 England Adam Bartlett
RB 16 England Craig Baxter
CB 5 England James Curtis
CB 6 England Ben Clark (c)  70'
LB 2 Northern Ireland Carl Magnay
CM 4 England Jamie Chandler  69'
CM 8 England Phil Turnbull
CM 29 Wales John Oster  23'
RW 25 England Marcus Maddison  7'  58'
ST 18 England James Marwood
LW 7 Republic of Ireland Colin Larkin  58'
Substitutes:
MF 17 England Josh Walker
MF 21 England Rob Ramshaw
MF 38 England JJ O'Donnell  58'
FW 9 England Liam Hatch  58'
FW 19 England Jack Lester  69'
Manager:
England 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.

References

  1. ↑ "Football Conference Play-Off & Promotion Final Dates - 2013/2014". 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. 18 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.