2015 Football League One play-off Final

2015 Football League One play-off final
Event 2014–15 Football League One
Preston North End Swindon Town
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Date 24 May 2015
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Jermaine Beckford[1]
Referee Andrew Madley
Attendance 48,236

The 2015 Football League One play-off final was a football match contested by Preston North End and Swindon Town on Sunday 24 May 2015 at Wembley Stadium. The winner, Preston North End, became the third and final team to be promoted from League One to the Championship for the 2015–16 season. It was the first time that Preston have ever been promoted through the play-offs in 10 attempts.

Route to the final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Preston North End 46251477940+3989
4Swindon Town 462310137657+1979
5Sheffield United 461914136653+1371
6Chesterfield 461912156855+1369

Semi-finals

First leg

Chesterfield 0–1 Preston North End
BBC Report Beckford  6'
Attendance: 8,409
Referee: Mark Haywood
Sheffield United 1–2 Swindon Town
Freeman  19' BBC Report Ricketts  51'
Byrne  90+4'
Attendance: 20,890
Referee: Darren Bond

Second leg

Preston North End 3–0 Chesterfield
Beckford  38', 87'
Garner  62' (pen.)		 BBC Report
Attendance: 15,641
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Preston North End won 4–0 on aggregate.

Swindon Town 5–5 Sheffield United
Gladwin  4', 10'
Smith  18', 59'
Obika  84'		 BBC Report Thompson  19' (o.g.)
Basham  38'
Davies  65'
Done 88'
Adams  90'
Attendance: 13,065
Referee: Keith Hill

Swindon Town won 7–6 on aggregate.

Match

Details

Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town
Beckford  3', 44', 57'
Huntington  13'		 BBC Report
Attendance: 48,236
Referee: Andrew Madley
Preston North End
Swindon Town
GK34Sam Johnstone
RB5Tom Clarke
CB6Bailey Wright
CB23Paul Huntington
LB15Calum Woods
DM19John Welsh
CM8Neil Kilkenny
CM24Daniel Johnson
AM12Paul Gallagher 37'
CF10Jermaine Beckford 68'
CF14Joe Garner
Substitutes:
GK21Thorsten Stuckmann
DF3Scott Laird
MF7Chris Humphrey
MF17Kyel Reid
MF31Alan Browne 37'
FW9Kevin Davies 68'
FW25Jordan Hugill
Manager:
Simon Grayson
GK1Wes Foderingham
CB5Jack Stephens
CB2Nathan Thompson 5'
CB6Jordan Turnbull
RM3Nathan Byrne
CM4Massimo Luongo
CM8Yaser Kasim
CM7Ben Gladwin 58'
LM15Harry Toffolo 66'
CF9Michael Smith
CF20Jonathan Obika
Substitutes:
GK25Tyrell Belford
DF29Raphael Rossi Branco
DF36Sam Ricketts 5'
MF19Louis Thompson 58'
MF26Anton Rodgers
FW10Andy Williams 66'
FW24Jermaine Hylton
Manager:
Mark Cooper

References

  1. ↑ "Preston manager Simon Grayson hails Jermaine Beckford after hat-trick in League One play-off final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
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