2001 Football League First Division play-off final

2001 Football League First Division play-off Final

Bolton Wanderers Preston North End 3 0
Date	28 May 2001
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee	Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)
Attendance	54,328

The 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final was contested by Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End. Bolton won the match 3–0, taking them back to the Premier League. Bolton would remain in the top flight for the next eleven seasons.

Details

28 May 2001

15:00 BST

Bolton Wanderers	3–0	Preston North End
Farrelly 17' Ricketts 89' Gardner 90'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 54,328

Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)

Bolton Wanderers: GK 21 Matt Clarke RB 24 Anthony Barness CB 4 Guðni Bergsson CB 30 Colin Hendry LB 25 Simon Charlton RM 15 Kevin Nolan CM 8 Per Frandsen  79' CM 14 Gareth Farrelly LM 11 Ricardo Gardner CF 10 Dean Holdsworth  89' CF 9 Bo Hansen  70' Substitutes: MF 7 Robbie Elliott  79' DF 3 Mike Whitlow  89' FW 17 Michael Ricketts  70' GK 1 Steve Banks DF 28 Ian Marshall Manager: Sam Allardyce

Preston North End: GK 1 David Lucas RB 2 Graham Alexander CB 14 Colin Murdock CB 4 Ryan Kidd LB 15 Rob Edwards RM 7 Lee Cartwright CM 8 Mark Rankine CM 6 Sean Gregan  82' LM 16 Paul McKenna CF 11 David Healy CF 17 Jon Macken  66' Substitutes: FW 25 Richard Cresswell  82' MF 31 Iain Anderson  66' GK 21 Tepi Moilanen DF 5 Michael Jackson MF 28 Brian Barry-Murphy Manager: David Moyes

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.