1995 Football League First Division play-off Final

1995 Football League Division One play-off Final
Bolton Wanderers Reading
4 3
After Extra Time (Score after 90 minutes 2-2)
Date 29 May 1995
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Peter Foakes
Attendance 64,107

The 1995 Football League Division One play-off Final was an epic contest between Bolton Wanderers and Reading at Wembley Stadium, London. Bolton Wanderers won the match 4-3, after extra time.

Background

The Premier League was going to be made smaller, so only two clubs went up and four would go down to Division Two. Reading had only just gone up, as champions, from Division Two the year before. Bolton had only finished 14th in Division One. Middlesbrough was the side to go up as First Division Champions.

Route to the Final

Match Summary

Reading went 1-0 up after four minutes, Nogan with the goal. Williams made it 2-0 within 12 minutes. Lovell missed a penalty for Reading on 34 minutes, and that was the turning point. Bolton scored a 75th-minute goal to give them hope and with four minutes to go, De Freitas scored the leveler for Wanderers. Bolton went 3-2 up in extra time, Paatelainen scored on 105 minutes, De Freitas scored Wanderers' 4th goal on 118, while Reading player-manager Quinn scored a late goal.[2]

Match details

29 May 1995
13:30
Bolton Wanderers 4 - 3 (a.e.t.) Reading
Coyle  75'
de Freitas  86', 118'
Paatelainen  105' 		(Report) Nogan  4'
Williams  12'
Quinn  119'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 64,107
Referee: Peter Foakes (Clacton-on-Sea).
Bolton Wanderers
Reading
Bolton Wanderers:
GK 1England Keith Branagan
DF 2England Scott Green
DF 3England Jimmy Phillips
DF 5 Iceland Guðni Bergsson
DF6England Alan Stubbs
MF7England Neil McDonald  46'
MF 4Republic of Ireland Jason McAteer
MF 10 Finland Mixu Paatelainen
MF11 England Alan Thompson
FW 8 Republic of Ireland Owen Coyle
FW 9Scotland John McGinlay
Substitutes:
GK 12England Peter Shilton
DF 14 England John Dreyer
FW 15 Suriname Fabian de Freitas  46'
Manager:
Scotland Bruce Rioch
Reading:
GK 1 England Shaka Hislop
RWB2Australia Andy Bernal  67'
DF 4England Keith McPherson
DF 6 Poland Dariusz Wdowczyk
DF 5 Wales Adrian Williams
LWB 3 England Simon Osborn
MF 8 England Mick Gooding
MF 7England Michael Gilkes
MF 11England Scott Taylor
FW 9 Wales Lee Nogan  62'
FW 10Australia Stuart Lovell
Substitutes:
GK 15England Simon Sheppard
DF 14Wales Jeff Hopkins  67'
FW 12Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn  62'
Manager:
Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn & England Mick Gooding

MATCH RULES

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

Post Match

Wanderers were relegated from the Premier League after one season, but would eventually enjoy an uninterrupted 11-year stay between 2001 and 2012. Reading were promoted as First Division Champions in 2006 and remained in the Premier League for two seasons before being relegated, but went on to win promotion once more in 2012 (again as champions of the second tier Championship division) in the same season as Bolton were relegated. However, they only lasted one season before being relegated back to the Championship in 2013.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.reading-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlgt.asp?divno=13&ssnno=124 Royals Mad shows the table and play-off results. Accessed 2009-05-04. Archived 2009-05-11.
  2. ↑ http://www.royals.org/matdoc/290595.html Hob Nob. Accessed 2009-05-04. Archived 2009-05-11.
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