2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final

2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final
Huddersfield Town won 41 on penalties
Date 31 May 2004
Venue Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee Mark Clattenburg (Durham)
Attendance 37,218

The 2004 Football League Third Division play-off Final was a football match played at Millennium Stadium on 31 May 2004, at the end of the 2003–04 season. It was the eighteenth play-off final to be played at the fourth level of English football. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division, and was contested by Huddersfield Town, who had finished fourth during the league season, and Mansfield Town, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Lincoln City and Northampton Town respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.

Match details

Huddersfield Town
Mansfield Town
HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (3-5-2):
GK 29England Paul Rachubka
DF 27England David Mirfin
DF 16Nigeria Efe Sodje  65'
DF 5 England Steve Yates
MF 24England Anthony Lloyd  112'
MF 8 England Tony Carss
MF 18England Jon Worthington  85'
MF 11England Danny Schofield
MF 21England Andy Holdsworth
FW 23England Andy Booth
FW 9 Poland Paweł Abbott  91'
Substitutes:
GK 13England Phil Senior
DF 3 England Rob Edwards  112'
DF 20England Nat Brown
MF 4 Wales Lee Fowler  85'
FW 31Republic of Ireland John McAliskey  91'
Manager:
England Peter Jackson
MANSFIELD TOWN (4-4-1-1):
GK 1 England Kevin Pilkington
DF 12England Bobby Hassell  90'
DF 5 Wales Rhys Day
DF 15England Alex Baptiste
DF 3 England Adam Eaton  63'
MF 7 Republic of Ireland Liam Lawrence
MF 4 England Tom Curtis
MF 24Jamaica Lee Williamson  98'
MF 11England Wayne Corden
FW 8 England Craig Disley  60'
FW 20Montserrat Junior Mendes  69'
Substitutes:
GK 40England James Coates
DF 25England David Artell
MF 14England Neil MacKenzie  98'
FW 30Benin Laurent D'Jaffo  69'
FW 9Republic of Ireland Colin Larkin  60'
Manager:
England Keith Curle

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

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