1992 Football League Second Division play-off final

1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final

Blackburn Rovers Leicester City 1 0
Date	25 May 1992
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	George Courtney
Attendance	68,147

The 1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final was contested by Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City at Wembley Stadium, London. Blackburn Rovers won the match 1–0 with a Mike Newell penalty.

Summary

Mike Newell converted the decisive penalty after David Speedie was adjudged to have been tugged by Steve Walsh on the stroke of half-time. Newell later missed a penalty in the second half after Mark Atkins was brought down by Leicester goalkeeper Carl Muggleton.

Rovers returned to the top flight of English football after a 26 year absence and became founder members of the newly-formed Premier League.

Match details

25 May 1992

15:00 BST

Blackburn Rovers	1 – 0	Leicester City
Newell 45' (pen.)

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 68,147

Referee: George Courtney

BLACKBURN ROVERS: GK 1 Bobby Mimms RB 2 David May LB 3 Alan Wright CM 4 Gordon Cowans CB 5 Colin Hendry CB 6 Kevin Moran (c) RM 7 Chris Price CM 8 Mark Atkins FW 9 David Speedie FW 10 Mike Newell LM 11 Scott Sellars  84' Substitutes: MF 12 Lee Richardson  84' FW 14 Roy Wegerle Manager: Kenny Dalglish

LEICESTER CITY: GK 1 Carl Muggleton RB 2 Gary Mills (c) LB 3 Mike Whitlow CB 4 Colin Hill CB 5 Steve Walsh CB 6 Tony James  67' RM 7 Simon Grayson CM 8 Steve Thompson FW 9 Ian Ormondroyd FW 10 Kevin Russell LM 11 Tommy Wright Substitutes: MF 12 David Oldfield FW 14 Phil Gee  67' Manager: Brian Little

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions.

Road to Wembley

Blackburn Rovers

First Leg Blackburn Rovers 4–2 Derby County Second Leg Derby County 2–1 Blackburn Rovers

Leicester City

First Leg Cambridge United 1–1 Leicester City Second Leg Leicester City 5–0 Cambridge United