2009 Conference Premier play-off final

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2009 Conference Premier play-off final
Date17 May 2009
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeG Sutton
Attendance35,089
2008
2010

The 2009 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2009 Blue Square Premier play-off final for sponsorship purposes, was a football match between Cambridge United and Torquay United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the seventh Conference Premier play-off final and the third to be played at Wembley Stadium.

Torquay won the match 2–0 to secure promotion to League Two, thus returning to The Football League after a two-year absence. Following their victory, Torquay United announced an open-top bus parade which took place on Thursday 21 May.[1]

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

Cambridge United0–2Torquay United
Report Hargreaves 35'
Sills 75'
Attendance: 35,089
Referee: Gary Sutton (Lincolnshire)
GK 20 Adam Bartlett
RB 2 Dan Gleeson
CB 5 Phil Bolland
CB 6 Wayne Hatswell
LB 3 Anthony Tonkin
RM 18 Robbie Willmott downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 15 Paul Carden downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 25 Jai Reason
LM 11 Courtney Pitt downward-facing red arrow 61'
CF 9 Scott Rendell
CF 27 Lee Phillips
Substitutes:
MF 4 Daryl McMahon
MF 8 Andy Parkinson upward-facing green arrow 61'
MF 10 Jon Challinor upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 21 Chris Holroyd upward-facing green arrow 80'
FW 28 Danny Crow
Manager:
Gary Brabin
GK 1 Michael Poke
RB 7 Lee Mansell
CB 6 Chris Todd
CB 5 Chris Robertson
LB 3 Kevin Nicholson
RM 15 Wayne Carlisle downward-facing red arrow 90'
CM 11 Nicky Wroe
CM 14 Chris Hargreaves
LM 19 Danny Stevens downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 8 Tim Sills
CF 9 Elliot Benyon downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK 23 Martin Rice
MF 12 Tyrone Thompson upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 16 Lee Hodges upward-facing green arrow 84'
MF 18 Mustapha Carayol upward-facing green arrow 90'
FW 17 Matt Green
Manager:
Paul Buckle

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Torquay plan open-top bus parade". BBC Sport. 19 May 2009. Retrieved 19 May 2009.