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2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final

2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final

2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Date 11 May 2002
Venue Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee Graham Laws
Attendance 42,523
2001
2003

The 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Millennium Stadium on 11 May 2002, at the end of the 2001–02 season. It was the 16th play-off final in all at the third level of English football. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from Division Two to Division One, and was contested by Brentford, who had finished third during the league season, and Stoke City, who had finished fifth. Stoke won the encounter 2–0 and thus gained promotion thanks to goals from Deon Burton and an own goal from Ben Burgess.

Match details

11 May 2002
15:00
Brentford 0 – 2 Stoke City Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 42,523
Referee: Graham Laws
Burton Goal 16'
Burgess Goal 45' (o.g.)
Brentford
Stoke City
Brentford:
GK 13 England Paul Smith
DF 3 England Ijah Anderson
DF 4 Iceland Ívar Ingimarsson
DF 5 England Darren Powell
DF 12 England Michael Dobson
MF 7 England Paul Evans
MF 11 Republic of Ireland Martin Rowlands Substituted off in the 78th minute 78'
MF 32 England Steve Sidwell
MF 28 Republic of Ireland Stephen Hunt
FW 30 England Ben Burgess Substituted off in the 70th minute 70'
FW 9 Ghana Lloyd Owusu
Substitutes:
GK 1 Iceland Ólafur Gottskálksson
DF 2 England Danny Boxall
MF 20 Republic of Ireland Kevin O'Connor Substituted on in the 78th minute 78'
MF 23 England David Theobald
FW 17 Barbados Mark McCammon Substituted on in the 70th minute 70'
Manager:
England Steve Coppell
Stoke City:
GK 14 England Neil Cutler
DF 3 Republic of Ireland Clive Clarke
DF 4 Scotland Peter Handyside
DF 5 Belarus Sergei Shtanyuk
DF 12 England Wayne Thomas
MF 7 Iceland Bjarni Guðjónsson
MF 17 Republic of Ireland James O'Connor
MF 29 England Tony Dinning Substituted off in the 85th minute 85'
MF 22 Iceland Arnar Gunnlaugsson Substituted off in the 74th minute 74'
FW 15 Scotland Chris Iwelumo Substituted off in the 57th minute 57'
FW 35 Jamaica Deon Burton
Substitutes:
GK 33 Finland Jani Viander
DF 36 England Ian Brightwell Substituted on in the 85th minute 85'
MF 27 Belgium Jurgen Vandeurzen Substituted on in the 74th minute 74'
FW 8 England Andy Cooke Substituted on in the 57th minute 57'
FW 9 Guinea Souleymane Oulare
Manager:
Iceland Gudjon Thordarson

MATCH RULES

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

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