1998 Football League Second Division play-off final

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1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Grimsby Town Northampton Town
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Date24 May 1998
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeTerry Heilbron
Attendance62,988
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The 1998 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London on 24 May 1998 at the end of the 1997–98 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from Second Division to the First Division, and was contested by Grimsby Town, who finished third during the league season, and Northampton Town, who finished fourth. The teams reached the final by defeating Fulham and Bristol Rovers respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.

Grimsby won the final 1–0 thanks to a goal from Kevin Donovan in the 20th minute to seal their place in the second tier of English football.[1][2] Grimsby had to wait 120 years to reach Wembley and before this game had won the Football League Trophy earlier on in the season.

Route to the final

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Grimsby Town 46 19 15 12 55 37 +18 72
4 Northampton Town 46 18 17 11 52 37 +15 71
5 Bristol Rovers 46 20 10 16 70 64 0+6 70
6 Fulham 46 20 10 16 60 43 +17 70

Semi-finals

First leg
Fulham1–1Grimsby Town
Beardsley 45' (pen) Report Smith 53'
Attendance: 13,954
Bristol Rovers3–1Northampton Town
Beadle 30' (pen.)
Bennett 37'
Hayles 46'		 Report Gayle 74'
Attendance: 9,173
Referee: Rob Harris
Second leg
Grimsby Town1–0Fulham
Donovan 81' Report
Attendance: 8,689
Referee: Clive Wilkes

Grimsby Town won 2–1 on aggregate.

Northampton Town3–0Bristol Rovers
Heggs 34'
Clarkson 61'
Warburton 77'		 Report
Attendance: 7,501
Referee: Mick Fletcher

Northampton Town won 4–3 on aggregate.

Match

Details

Grimsby Town1–0Northampton Town
Donovan 19' Report
Attendance: 62,988
GK Aidan Davison
DF John McDermott
DF Tony Gallimore Yellow card
DF Mark Lever
DF Peter Handyside
MF Wayne Burnett
MF Paul Groves
MF Kevin Donovan
MF David Smith downward-facing red arrow 66'
FW Jack Lester
FW Lee Nogan downward-facing red arrow 60'
Substitutes:
MF Kevin Jobling
MF Kingsley Black upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW Steve Livingstone upward-facing green arrow 60'
Manager:
Alan Buckley
GK Andy Woodman
DF Ian Clarkson
DF John Frain Yellow card
DF Colin Hill downward-facing red arrow 60'
DF Ian Sampson
DF Ray Warburton
MF Dean Peer
MF James Hunt
FW John Gayle downward-facing red arrow 56'
FW Chris Freestone
FW Carl Heggs
Substitutes:
MF Jason Dozzell
MF Ali Gibb upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW David Seal upward-facing green arrow 56'
Manager:
Ian Atkins

Match rules:

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Soccerbase football statistics". Soccerbase. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Grimsby bounce back to Division 1". BBC Sport. 24 May 1998. Retrieved 15 November 2013.

External links

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