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
4 0
Date 24 May 2015
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Jermaine Beckford[1]
Referee Andrew Madley
Attendance 48,236 (25,177 Preston) (23,059 Swindon)

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 Football League One to the Football League 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

7 May 2015
19:45
Chesterfield 0–1 Preston North End
BBC Report Beckford  6'
Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
Attendance: 8,409
Referee: Mark Haywood

7 May 2015
19:45
Sheffield United 1–2 Swindon Town
Freeman  19' BBC Report Ricketts  51'
Byrne  90+4'
Bramall Lane, Sheffield
Attendance: 20,890
Referee: Darren Bond

Second leg

10 May 2015
12:15
Preston North End 3–0 Chesterfield
Beckford  38', 87'
Garner  62' (pen.) 		BBC Report
Deepdale, Preston
Attendance: 15,641
Referee: Andy D'Urso

Preston North End won 4–0 on aggregate.

11 May 2015
19:45
Swindon Town 5–5 Sheffield United
Gladwin  4', 10'
Smith  18', 59'
Obika  84' 		BBC Report Thompson o.g.  19'
Basham  38'
Davies  65'
Done 88'
Adams  90'
County Ground, Swindon
Attendance: 13,065
Referee: Keith Hill

Swindon Town won 7–6 on aggregate.

Match

24 May 2015
17:30
Preston North End 4–0 Swindon Town
Beckford  3'  44'  57'
Huntington  13' 		BBC Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 48,236
Referee: Andrew Madley
Preston North End
Swindon Town
GK 34 England Sam Johnstone
RB 5 England Tom Clarke
CB 6 Australia Bailey Wright
CB 23 England Paul Huntington
LB 15 England Calum Woods
DM 19 England John Welsh
CM 8 Australia Neil Kilkenny
CM 24 Jamaica Daniel Johnson
AM 12 Scotland Paul Gallagher  37'
CF 10 Jamaica Jermaine Beckford  68'
CF 14 England Joe Garner
Substitutes:
GK 21 Germany Thorsten Stuckmann
DF 3 England Scott Laird
MF 7 Jamaica Chris Humphrey
MF 17 England Kyel Reid
MF 31 Republic of Ireland Alan Browne  37'
FW 9 England Kevin Davies  68'
FW 25 England Jordan Hugill
Manager:
England Simon Grayson
GK 1England Wes Foderingham
CB 5England Jack Stephens
CB 2England Nathan Thompson  5'
CB 6England Jordan Turnbull
RM 3England Nathan Byrne
CM 4Australia Massimo Luongo
CM 8Iraq Yaser Kasim
CM 7England Ben Gladwin  58'
LM 15England Harry Toffolo  66'
CF 9England Michael Smith
CF 20England Jonathan Obika
Substitutes:
GK 25England Tyrell Belford
DF 29Brazil Raphael Rossi Branco
DF 36Wales Sam Ricketts  5'
MF 19Wales Louis Thompson  58'
MF 26England Anton Rodgers
FW 10England Andy Williams  66'
FW 24England Jermaine Hylton
Manager:
England 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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