1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final

1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Blackburn Rovers Leicester City
1 0
Date 25 May 1992
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee George Courtney
Attendance 68,147

The 1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium, London. Blackburn Rovers won the match 1–0 with a Mike Newell penalty.

Summary

Mike Newell converted the decisive penalty after David Speedie was adjudged to have been tugged by Steve Walsh on the stroke of half-time. Newell later missed a penalty in the second half after Mark Atkins was brought down by Leicester goalkeeper Carl Muggleton.

Rovers returned to the top flight of English football after a 26 year absence and became founder members of the newly-formed Premier League.

Match details

Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Leicester City
Newell  45' (pen.)
Attendance: 68,147
BLACKBURN ROVERS:
GK1England Bobby Mimms
RB2England David May
LB3England Alan Wright
CM4England Gordon Cowans
CB5Scotland Colin Hendry
CB6Republic of Ireland Kevin Moran (c)
RM7England Chris Price
CM8England Mark Atkins
FW9Scotland David Speedie
FW10England Mike Newell
LM11England Scott Sellars 84'
Substitutes:
MF12England Lee Richardson 84'
FW14United States Roy Wegerle
Manager:
Scotland Kenny Dalglish
LEICESTER CITY:
GK1England Carl MuggletonYellow card
RB2England Gary Mills (c)
LB3England Mike Whitlow
CB4Northern Ireland Colin Hill
CB5England Steve Walsh
CB6England Tony James 67'
RM7England Simon Grayson
CM8England Steve Thompson
FW9England Ian Ormondroyd
FW10England Kevin Russell
LM11Scotland Tommy Wright
Substitutes:
MF12England David Oldfield
FW14England Phil Gee 67'
Manager:
England Brian Little

MATCH RULES

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

Road to Wembley

Blackburn Rovers

First LegBlackburn Rovers4–2Derby County
Second LegDerby County2–1Blackburn Rovers

Leicester City

First LegCambridge United1–1Leicester City
Second LegLeicester City5–0Cambridge United

References

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