2010 Conference National play-off Final

The 2010 Conference National play-off Final, known as the 2010 Blue Square Premier play-off Final for sponsorship purposes, was a football match between Oxford United

Oxford United F.C.

Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...

and York City

York City F.C.

York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...

on 16 May 2010 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...

in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. It was the eighth Conference National play-off Final and the fourth to be played at Wembley. The 2010 Final set a new Conference National play-off Final attendance record of 42,669 (158 more than the existing record set by Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...

and Exeter City two seasons before) with ticket sales suggesting Oxford United

Oxford United F.C.

brought over 33,000 of these.

Oxford won the match 3–1 to secure promotion to Football 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....

, thus returning to the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

after a four-year absence.

Match details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	OXFORD UNITED:
GK	21	Ryan Clarke Ryan Clarke Ryan James Clarke is an English footballer who plays for Oxford United as a goalkeeper. He previously trained with the England under-18 squad in La Manga.-Bristol Rovers:...
RB	2	Damien Batt Damien Batt Damien Alexander Nathaniel Batt is an English football defender currently playing for Oxford United. His brother, Shaun, is also a professional footballer....
CB	6	Mark Creighton Mark Creighton Mark Adam Creighton is an English footballer who plays for Wrexham as a defender.-Career:Mark Creighton began his career at Kidderminster Harriers before spending a number of years moving between non-league, amateur clubs in the Midlands such as Moor Green, Paget Rangers and Halesowen Town.He...
CB	14	Jake Wright Jake Wright Jake Maxwell Wright is an English footballer who plays for Oxford United, a club he captains. He started his career with Bradford City, but played only one senior game for them, before he joined Halifax Town where he had previously spent a loan spell...
LB	18	Anthony Tonkin Anthony Tonkin Anthony Tonkin is an English footballer who plays for Oxford United as a defender.-Career:Born in Penzance, Tonkin began his career at Yeovil Town in 1999; he made 95 appearances and scored one goal in three years at the club...
RM	4	Dannie Bulman Dannie Bulman Dannie Mark Bulman is an English footballer who plays for Crawley Town as a midfielder.-Career:Born in Ashford, Surrey, Bulman joined Crawley Town after signing from Stevenage Borough in 2006. He joined Oxford United in May 2009 and joined Crawley Town on loan in September 2010 after winning...
CM	7	Adam Chapman Adam Chapman Adam Chapman is a Northern Irish footballer who currently plays for Oxford United.-Playing career:Chapman was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Scouted by Sheffield United as a youngster, he went on to sign a professional deal with the club in the summer of 2007. He established himself as a...
LM	11	Simon Clist Simon Clist Simon James Clist is an English footballer who plays for Hereford United as a midfielder.-Career:...
FW	10	Jack Midson Jack Midson Jack William Midson is an English footballer who plays for AFC Wimbledon as a striker.-Semi-professional:Midson was a tennis and football coach in Cambridgeshire and Enfield as well as semi-professional footballer...
FW	9	James Constable James Constable James Ashley Constable is an English footballer who plays for Oxford United as a striker.Constable started his career with the Cirencester Town youth system, before breaking into the first team during the 2002–03 season. He moved to Chippenham Town in 2003, before signing for Walsall in the... (c)
FW	24	Matt Green Matt Green (footballer) Matthew James "Matt" Green is an English footballer who plays for Mansfield Town, on loan until 31 December 2011 from Oxford United, as a striker.-Career:...
Substitutes:
GK	1	Billy Turley Billy Turley William Lee "Billy" Turley is an English football goalkeeper who is currently playing at Southern League Premier Division side Brackley Town.- Career :...
DF	3	Kevin Sandwith Kevin Sandwith Kevin Sandwith is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender and midfielder for Conference North side Gainsborough Trinity....
MF	15	Alfie Potter Alfie Potter Alfie James Potter is an English footballer who plays for Oxford United.-Career:Potter came through the youth team ranks at Peterborough United, after being released by Wimbledon at the age of 14, then by Millwall aged 17...
DF	16	Rhys Day Rhys Day Rhys Day is a Welsh footballer who plays for Mansfield Town.Day mainly plays as a central defender, and has been capped several times for the Wales under-21 team.-Career:...
MF	20	Sam Deering Sam Deering Sam Deering is an English footballer who plays for Barnet as a midfielder.-Playing career:Deering spent time as a youth team player with Chelsea and Charlton Athletic before joining Oxford United's academy in 2006....
Manager:
Chris Wilder Chris Wilder Christopher John "Chris" Wilder is an English former footballer, and current manager of Oxford United.Previously, he was the last manager of Halifax Town F.C., becoming their manager in July 2002 just after relegation from the Football League and remaining there until June 2008, when the club was...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> YORK CITY: | GK 24

Michael Ingham

Michael Ingham (footballer)

Michael Gerard Ingham is a footballer who plays for York City as a goalkeeper.Ingham started his career with Northern Irish side Cliftonville before moving to England with Sunderland in the FA Premier League in 1999. He was loaned out by the club on eight occasions before eventually joining former...

Ben Purkiss

Benjamin John 'Ben' Purkiss is an English footballer who plays for Oxford United as a defender.-Sheffield United:Born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Purkiss progressed through the Sheffield United youth system and was included in the first team for the 2003–04 season.-Gainsborough Trinity:He was...

CB 5

David McGurk

David Michael McGurk is an English footballer who plays for York City as a defender.McGurk started his career with the Darlington youth system and broke into the first team during the 2001–02 season. He was eventually loaned out to York City in the Conference National in 2004...

CB 26

Luke Graham

Luke Graham is a footballer who plays for Forest Green Rovers as a defender.-Club career:Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Graham started his career with Northampton Town in their youth system. He was on loan at Billericay Town from November 2003 to February 2004, making nine appearances and...

LB 3

James Meredith

James Meredith (footballer)

James Gregory Meredith is an Australian footballer who plays for York City as a defender.Meredith started his career with the Derby County youth system in 2004, signing a professional contract in 2006. He was loaned out to Cambridge United and Chesterfield before moving to the Republic of Ireland...

RM 12

Alex Lawless

Alexander Graham "Alex" Lawless is a Welsh footballer who plays for Luton Town as a midfielder.Lawless began his career with the Cardiff City youth system before playing for Welsh Football League team Ton Pentre. He joined FA Premier League team Fulham in 2003 and he was released in 2005...

CM 14

Neil Barrett

Neil William Barrett is an English footballer who plays for Ebbsfleet United as a midfielder.Barrett started his career in the youth system of Chelsea, before joining Portsmouth in 2001. He made over 20 appearances in his first season with Portsmouth, but having not played over a season and a...

CM 17

Levi Mackin

Levi Alan Mackin is a footballer who plays for Alfreton Town as a midfielder.Mackin started his career with Wrexham in their youth system, before making his first team debut on the last day of the 2003–04 season. He made 11 appearances the following season and he signed his first professional...

LM 23

Chris Carruthers

Christopher Paul "Chris" Carruthers is an English footballer who plays for Gateshead as a defender or midfielder.Carruthers started his career with the Northampton Town youth system and he made his first team debut in 2001...

FW 16

Richard Brodie

Richard Brodie (footballer)

Richard Jon Brodie is an English footballer who plays for Fleetwood Town as a striker, on loan from Crawley Town.Brodie started his career with Whickham and, after being their top scorer in the 2005–06 season, moved to Newcastle Benfield in 2006...

FW 15

Michael Rankine

Michael Lee Rankine is an English footballer who plays for Aldershot Town as a striker.Rankine began his career with the Doncaster Rovers youth system, before playing for Armthorpe Welfare and Barrow in non-League football. He moved to Football League team Scunthorpe United in 2004 but after only...

Substitutes: GK 13

Josh Mimms FW 9

Michael Gash DF 6

Danny Parslow DF 21

Djoumin Sangare

Djoumin Sangare , also known as Jimmy Sangare, is a French footballer who plays for Kettering Town as a defender.-Career:...

MF 28

Courtney Pitt

Courtney Leon Pitt is an English footballer who plays for AFC Telford United as a midfielder. He previously played for Portsmouth, Luton Town, Coventry City, Oxford United, Boston United, Cambridge United, York City and Weymouth....

Manager:

Martin Foyle

Martin John Foyle is an English former footballer, turned football manager. In his 20 year playing career he played 533 League games, scoring 155 goals...

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