2008 Football League One play-off Final

The 2008 Football League One play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

on 25 May 2008, at the end of the 2007–08 season. The match determined the third 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 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....

to the Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

, and was contested by Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...

, who had finished third during the league season, and Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating 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...

and Carlisle United

Carlisle United F.C.

Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Doncaster Rovers:
GK	1	Neil Sullivan Neil Sullivan Neil Sullivan is an English-born Scottish ex-international professional Association footballer. A goalkeeper, Sullivan currently plays for Doncaster Rovers after signing on a permanent basis from Leeds United at the end of the 2006–07 season, following two loan moves to Doncaster...
DF	2	James O'Connor James O'Connor (footballer born 1984) James Francis Edward O'Connor is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Doncaster Rovers....
DF	21	Sam Hird Sam Hird Adrian Samuel "Sam" Hird is an English footballer, currently playing for Doncaster Rovers.-Career:...
DF	22	Matthew Mills Matthew Mills Matthew Claude "Matt" Mills is an English footballer who currently plays for and is the current captain of Leicester City in the Npower Championship.-Southampton and Manchester City:...
DF	3	Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts (footballer) Gareth Wyn Roberts is a Welsh international footballer who plays for Derby County, where he plays as a left-back...
MF	20	Paul Green Paul Green (footballer born 1983) Paul Jason Green is an English-born Irish professional footballer who plays for Football League Championship side Derby County...
MF	8	Brian Stock Brian Stock Brian Benjamin Stock is a Wales international footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Doncaster Rovers. He is known for his vision, awareness, and his play-making and passing ability.-Bournemouth:...
MF	19	Richie Wellens Richie Wellens Richard Paul "Richie" Wellens is an English footballer currently playing as a midfielder for Leicester City.-Manchester United:...
MF	26	James Coppinger James Coppinger James Coppinger is an English professional footballer who currently plays as an attacking midfielder for Doncaster Rovers.-Early career:...
FW	23	Jason Price Jason Price Jason Jeffrey Price is a Welsh footballer. He can play as a right sided midfielder or as a forward. He currently plays for Morecambe-Career:Price enjoyed spells with Swansea City, Brentford, Tranmere Rovers and Hull City....
FW	12	James Hayter James Hayter (footballer) James Edward Hayter is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Doncaster Rovers.-Bournemouth:...
Substitutes:
FW	9	Mark McCammon Mark McCammon Mark Jason McCammon is an English-born Barbadian international football striker.Starting his career with Cambridge United in 1997, two years later he moved on to Charlton Athletic. In 2000 he was loaned out to Swindon Town, before signing with Brentford. He found regular football at Brentford,...
GK	13	Ben Smith Ben Smith Benjamin Francis Smith is an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.-Leicestershire:...
DF	11	Adam Lockwood Adam Lockwood Adam Brian Lockwood is an English football defender, currently playing for Doncaster Rovers.Lockwood began his career as a trainee with Reading, after being released as a youth player by Leeds United...
FW	10	Gareth Taylor Gareth Taylor Gareth Keith Taylor is a Welsh former footballer who is now working as a coach at Premier League club Manchester City....
MF	7	Lewis Guy Lewis Guy Lewis Brett Guy is an English footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently playing for Milton Keynes Dons after joining them on a two year deal on 19 May 2010. Having started his career at Newcastle United, Guy joined Doncaster on loan during the 2004–05 season...
Manager:
Sean O'Driscoll Sean O'Driscoll Sean Michael O'Driscoll is an English-Irish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having been relieved of his duties as manager of Doncaster Rovers in September 2011. He joined Doncaster in September 2006 following Dave Penney's departure. He was previously manager at...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> Leeds United: | GK 1

Casper Ankergren

Casper Ankergren is a Danish professional football goalkeeper currently playing for English team Brighton & Hove Albion...

DF 2

Frazer Richardson

Frazer Richardson is an English professional footballer who plays for Southampton. He had been Leeds' longest-serving player, and in 2009 was the only member of the Leeds squad who was with the club when relegated from the Premiership in 2004.- Leeds United :Richardson made his Leeds debut as a...

DF 16

Bradley Johnson

Bradley Paul Johnson is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwich City. His primary position is a central midfielder, but he can also play as a left winger and as a left back.-Club career:...

DF 3

Paul Huntington

Paul Huntington is an English professional footballer. He plays primarily in the centre half position and currently plays for Yeovil Town.-Newcastle United:...

DF 33

Ľubomír Michalík

Lubomír Michalík

Ľubomír Michalík is a Slovakian footballer who plays as a centre back for Carlisle United and the Slovakian national team.-Bolton Wanderers:...

MF 37

Neil Kilkenny

Neil Martin Kilkenny is an English-born Australian football player who plays for Bristol City as a midfielder. He is a member of the Australia national team.-Early life and career:...

MF 14

Jonny Howson MF 4 Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas

Jonathan Douglas is an Irish football player who currently plays for Brentford. Douglas made his debut in the League of Ireland for Monaghan United aged 16...

MF 7

David Prutton

David Thomas Michael Prutton is an English footballer, currently playing for Sheffield Wednesday after leaving Swindon Town, having previously played for Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Leeds United, as well as representing England at Under 21 level 25 times.- Nottingham Forest :Prutton was...

FW 9

Jermaine Beckford

Jermaine Paul Alexander Beckford is an English footballer who plays for Leicester City as a striker. He started his career as a trainee at Chelsea...

FW 38

Dougie Freedman

Douglas "Dougie" Freedman is a Scottish former professional football player who played as a striker. He is currently manager at Championship club Crystal Palace, where he spent ten of his sixteen years as a player.-Barnet:...

Substitutes: FW 20

Trésor Kandol

Tresor Kandol

Trésor Osmar Kandol is a Congolese international footballer. He is currently a free agent after being released by Spanish second division club Albacete. Before playing for Albacete he played for Barnet, Chesham United, Darlington, Dagenham & Redbridge, Thurrock, Bournemouth, Cambridge United,...

MF 22

Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes (footballer)

Andrew John Hughes is an English footballer, currently playing for Charlton Athletic in League One of the English Football League. Known for his versatility, his main position is as a central midfielder, but he has also played regularly at fullback during his career...

DF 32 Alan Sheehan

Alan Sheehan

Alan Michael Anthony Sheehan is an Irish footballer who plays for Notts County as a defender. His position is mainly recognised as an attacking left back and he is a former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international...

GK 25

David Lucas

David Lucas (footballer)

David Anthony Lucas is an English footballer who plays for Rochdale as a player/coach.-Preston North End:As a young goalkeeper, Lucas started his career at Preston North End. He went on to spend nearly ten years as a professional at the Lancashire club, punctuated by loan appearances for...

DF 5

Rui Marques

Manuel Rui Marques is an Angolan football defender and first choice centre-back for the Angolan national side. Although born in Angola, Marques moved to Portugal as a child. Marques is currently unattached after being released by Leeds....

Manager:

Gary McAllister

Gary McAllister MBE is a Scottish former professional footballer.McAllister played primarily as a midfielder, in a successful career spanning over nineteen years. He started his career at local side Motherwell before moving south of the border to Leicester City at the age of 20...

MATCH RULES

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

Attendance: 75,132 (24,400 Doncaster, 7,000 Executive, Hospitality and Neutral etc, 43,700 Leeds).

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