2008 Conference Premier play-off final

2008 Conference Premier play-off final

Cambridge United Exeter City 0 1
Date	18 May 2008
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
Attendance	42,511

The 2008 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2008 Blue Square Premier play-off final for sponsorship purposes, took place on 18 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was contested between Cambridge United and Exeter City, with Exeter winning 1–0 and securing their return to the Football League after five years' absence.

This was the third successive conference play-off final for Adam Stansfield, and the second one in which he featured for the winning team.

Match

Details

18 May 2008

16:00 BST

Cambridge United	0–1	Exeter City
	Report	Edwards 22'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 42,511

Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)

Cambridge Utd

Exeter City

GK 1 Danny Potter RB 7 Dan Gleeson  75' CB 5 Mark Peters CB 6 Mark Albrighton LB 27 Wayne Hatswell RM 8 Rob Wolleaston CM 4 Danny Brown  67' CM 15 Paul Carden LM 11 Courtney Pitt CF 10 Lee Boylan  70' CF 28 Lee McEvilly Substitutes: DF 3 Stephen Reed  67' DF 21 Michael Morrison FW 17 Mark Beesley FW 19 Leo Fortune-West  75' FW 39 Magno Vieira  70' Manager: Jimmy Quinn

GK 27 Paul Jones RB 2 Steve Tully CB 5 Danny Seaborne (c) CB 16 Matt Taylor LB 3 George Friend CM 4 Matthew Gill CM 15 Rob Edwards CM 28 Ryan Harley RF 20 Richard Logan CF 9 Adam Stansfield  84' LF 21 Dean Moxey Substitutes: GK 1 Andy Marriott MF 10 Wayne Carlisle MF 11 Lee Elam MF 14 Bertie Cozic FW 32 Ben Watson  84' Manager: Paul Tisdale

Match rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions.