2005 Football League Two play-off Final

The 2005 Football League Two Play-off Final was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium

Millennium Stadium

The Millennium Stadium is the national stadium of Wales, located in the capital, Cardiff. It is the home of the Wales national rugby union team and also frequently stages games of the Wales national football team, but is also host to many other large scale events, such as the Super Special Stage...

, Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, on 28 May 2005 at the end of the 2004–05 season. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

from League Two

Football League Two

Football League Two is the third-highest division of The Football League and fourth-highest division overall in the English football league system....

to League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

. It was contested by Southend United

Southend United F.C.

Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...

, who finished fourth in the league table, and Lincoln City

Lincoln City F.C.

Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....

, who finished sixth. The teams reached the final by defeating Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield Town F.C.

Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...

and Northampton Town

Northampton Town F.C.

Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...

respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.

Southend United overcame Northampton Town 1–0 on aggregate to get to this stage; drawing the first leg 0–0 at Sixfields

Sixfields Stadium

Sixfields Stadium is a 7,653-capacity all-seater sports stadium in Northampton, England. It has been the home ground of Northampton Town Football Club following their move from the County Ground in October 1994....

before winning the second leg 1–0 at Roots Hall

Roots Hall

Roots Hall is a multi-use sports stadium in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, primarily used for football games and is the home of the Football League Two club Southend United. With a capacity of 12,392 Roots Hall is the largest football stadium in Essex, and is the current venue for the final of...

. Whilst Lincoln City got past Macclesfield Town 2–1 on aggregate; winning the first leg 1–0 at Sincil Bank

Sincil Bank

Sincil Bank is a football stadium in Lincoln, England and has been the home of Lincoln City since 1895. Previously, Lincoln City had played at the nearby John O'Gaunts ground since the club's 1884 inception. Sincil Bank has an overall capacity of 10,120 and is colloquially known to fans as "The...

before drawing the second leg 1–1 at Moss Rose

Moss Rose

Moss Rose is a multi-purpose stadium in Macclesfield, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Macclesfield Town F.C....

. The winning goals were scored by Freddy Eastwood

Freddy Eastwood

Freddy Eastwood is an English-born footballer, currently playing for Coventry City. He is a Welsh International, eligible to play for the Wales national football team as his maternal grandfather was born in Llanelli, Wales...

and Duncan Jupp

Duncan Jupp

Duncan Alan Jupp is a professional footballer currently playing for Bognor Regis Town.Jupp began his career as a trainee with Fulham where he made more than 100 appearances before he moved toWimbledon for £200,000...

, after extra time, to take Southend United

Southend United F.C.

back to the third-tier of English football

Football in England

Association football is a national sport in England, where the first modern set of rules for the code were established in 1863, which were a major influence on the development of the modern Laws of the Game...

Route to the final

Southend United			Round	Lincoln City
Opponent	Result	Legs	Semi-finals	Opponent	Result	Legs
Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...	1–0	0–0 away; 1–0 home		Macclesfield Town Macclesfield Town F.C. Macclesfield Town Football Club is an English football team. The club was formed in 1874 and is based in the town of Macclesfield in Cheshire. The team play its home games at the 6,355 capacity Moss Rose stadium...	2–1	1–0 home; 1–1 away

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SOUTHEND UNITED:
GK	13	Darryl Flahavan Darryl Flahavan Darryl James Flahavan [fla-haa-van] is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bournemouth. He most recently played for Portsmouth...
RB	2	Duncan Jupp Duncan Jupp Duncan Alan Jupp is a professional footballer currently playing for Bognor Regis Town.Jupp began his career as a trainee with Fulham where he made more than 100 appearances before he moved toWimbledon for £200,000...
CB	15	Spencer Prior Spencer Prior Spencer Justin Prior is an English former footballer. He was a central defender who retired at the end of the 2006-07 season, finishing his career with hometown club Southend United, where he began his career...
CB	6	Adam Barrett Adam Barrett Adam Nicholas Barrett is an English footballer who plays for Football League One club Bournemouth as a defender, having previously played for Leyton Orient, Plymouth Argyle, Mansfield Town, Bristol Rovers, Southend United and Crystal Palace.-Career:Barrett went to school at Belfairs High School in...
LB	18	Che Wilson Che Wilson Che Christian Aaron Clay Wilson is a retired English professional footballer. He was last attached to New Zealand side Richmond Athletic, before returning to England.-Career:...
RM	10	Carl Pettefer Carl Pettefer Carl James Pettefer is an English footballer, who currently plays for AFC Totton. He began his career at Portsmouth FC, signing his professional papers with then manager Alan Ball in August 1999 when aged 17. He made his full debut for Portsmouth against West Bromwich Albion F.C...
CM	8	Kevin Maher Kevin Maher Kevin Andrew Maher is an English-born Republic of Ireland footballer who plays for Dagenham & Redbridge. He predominantly plays as a central midfielder.- Southend United :... (c)
CM	9	Mark Bentley Mark Bentley Mark James Bentley is an English footballer, who currently plays for Hayes & Yeading United. Bentley is a midfielder.-Career:...

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Nicky Nicolau

Nicky George Nicolau is a footballer who plays for Lincoln City as a midfielder.-Early career:Born in Camden Town, Greater London, Nicolau started his career with Arsenal, winning the FA Youth Cup in 2001, but never broke into the first team after spending 10 years at the club-Career:On 25 March...

FW 23

Freddy Eastwood

FW 14

Wayne Gray Substitutes: GK 1

Bart Griemink

Bart Griemink is a former Dutch professional football goalkeeper.He has played in the Football League with Birmingham City, Barnsley, Peterborough United, Swindon Town and Southend United. He then played for Boston Town in the United Counties League for two seasons.-External links:*...

DF 5

Andy Edwards

Andy Edwards (footballer)

Andy Edwards is a retired professional footballer and current youth team manager at Leyton Orient.During his career he has played for a number of clubs, including Grays Athletic, Southend United, Rushden & Diamonds, Peterborough United and Birmingham City...

MF 7

Mark Gower

Mark Gower is an English footballer who plays for Swansea City. He joined Swansea from Southend United in the summer of 2008. He also played for the England schoolboys team.-Career:...

MF 29

Luke Guttridge

Luke Horace Guttridge is an English footballer, who signed for Aldershot Town in July 2010, after being released by Northampton Town.-Torquay United:...

FW 11

Lawrie Dudfield

Lawrie Dudfield is an English former professional footballer. He is currently manager of Quorn. He played for many clubs, including Kettering Town, Leicester City, Hull City, Northampton Town, Notts County, Southend United and Boston United, and had loan spells with Lincoln City and Chesterfield...

Manager:

Steve Tilson

Stephen Brian "Steve" Tilson is an English football manager and former player. He is best known for his time in charge of Southend United...

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LINCOLN CITY:
GK	1	Alan Marriott Alan Marriott Alan Marriott is an English footballer, currently playing for Mansfield Town-Early career:Marriott began his career at Tottenham Hotspur, signing a professional contract in the summer of 1997 following the completion of his two-year youth training scheme.Released by Spurs at the completion of the...
WB	17	Gareth McAuley Gareth McAuley Gareth Gerald McAuley is a Northern Ireland footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a defender.-Early career:...
CB	23	Jamie McCombe Jamie McCombe Jamie Paul McCombe is an English football defender who currently plays for Huddersfield Town in Football League One, although as of 24 November 2011, he is on loan at fellow League One side Preston North End....
CB	5	Paul Morgan Paul Morgan (footballer) Paul Mark Thomas Morgan is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays as a defender for Macclesfield Town.-Preston North End:... (c)
CB	4	Ben Futcher Ben Futcher Benjamin Paul "Ben" Futcher is an English professional footballer currently playing for Mansfield Town on loan from Bury. He notably played for Lincoln City between 2002 and 2005 where he played in two play-off finals...

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Kevin Sandwith

Kevin Sandwith is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity....

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Richard Butcher
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|CM ||11 ||

Peter Gain

Peter Thomas Gain is an English-born Irish footballer for League Two side Dagenham & Redbridge. He has previously played for Lincoln City, Tottenham Hotspur and Peterborough United....

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|FW ||27||

Gary Taylor-Fletcher

Gary Taylor-Fletcher is an English footballer. He plays for Blackpool and is a midfielder who can also play as a forward...

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|FW ||9 ||

Simon Yeo

Simon John Yeo is a former English footballer.-Army career:After leaving school, Yeo began a two-year YTS as a carpet fitter before, in May 1992, joining the army with the 22nd Regiment...

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|FW ||30||

Francis Green || ||
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|GK ||13||

Simon Rayner

Simon Christopher Rayner is a Canadian football goalkeeper, currently signed to Three Bridges F.C. in the Sussex County League Division One.-Early career:...

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|DF ||2||

Lee Beevers

Lee Beevers is a Wales Under-21 international footballer, currently playing for Walsall following spells with Ipswich Town, Boston United, Lincoln City and Colchester United.-Ipswich Town:...

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Matt Bloomer || ||
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|MF ||16||

Ritchie Hanlon

Richard Kenneth "Ritchie" Hanlon is a retired English footballer, who played as a midfielder. He played in the Football League with Southend United, Peterborough United, Rushden & Diamonds and Lincoln City. Hanlon also played non-League football with Welling United, Stevenage Borough, Weymouth and...

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|FW ||7||

Derek Asamoah

Derek Asamoah is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a forward for K-League club Pohang Steelers in South Korea and the Ghana national team.Asamoah is a forward, known for his pace and dribbling ability...

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Keith Alexander

Keith Alexander (footballer)

Keith Alexander was a Saint Lucian footballer and manager. Born in Nottingham, England, he was the manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town at the time of his death, in a career that included international appearances for Saint Lucia. Alexander played for a whole host of lower league football...

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MATCH RULES

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

External links

Soccerbase match statistics

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Route to the final

Match details

See also

External links