1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final

1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Crewe Alexandra Brentford
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Date 25 May 1997
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Danny Murphy (Crewe)
Referee Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)
Attendance 34,149

The 1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1997, at the end of the 1996–97 season. It was the 11th 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 fourth during the league season, and Crewe Alexandra, who had finished sixth. Shaun Smith scored the only goal of the game to give Crewe a 1-0 victory.

Match details

25 May 1997
15:00 BST
Crewe Alexandra 1–0 Brentford
Smith  34' Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 34,149
Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)
Crewe
Brentford
Crewe Alexandra:
GK 1Australia Jason Kearton
RB 2England Lee Unsworth
LB 3England Shaun Smith
CB 4England Ashley Westwood
CB 5 England Steve Macauley
CM 6England Phil Charnock  88'
CM 7Republic of Ireland Gareth Whalley
RW 8 England Colin Little
CF 9 Nigeria Dele Adebola
AM 10England Danny Murphy  86'
LW 11 England Mark Rivers  69'
Substitutes:
DF England Chris Lightfoot  88'
MF England Steve Garvey  69'
MF England Seth Johnson  86'
Manager:
England Dario Gradi
Brentford:
GK 1 England Kevin Dearden
RB 2Barbados Gus Hurdle  75'
LB 3England Ijah Anderson
CM 4 England Carl Hutchings
CB 5 England Jamie Bates
CB 6 England David McGhee
CF 7 England Carl Asaba
CM 8England Paul Smith
CF 9England Marcus Bent  46'
CM 10 England Brian Statham Red card 73'
CF 11England Robert Taylor
Substitutes:
GK England Tamer Fernandes
DF England Barry Ashby  75'
MF England Scott Canham  46'
Manager:
England David Webb

MATCH RULES

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

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