1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final

1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final

Crewe Alexandra Brentford 1 0
Date	25 May 1997
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Danny Murphy (Crewe)
Referee	Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)
Attendance	34,149

The 1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1997, at the end of the 1996–97 season. It was the 11th play-off final in all at the third level of English football. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from Division Two to Division One, and was contested by Brentford, who had finished fourth during the league season, and Crewe Alexandra, who had finished sixth. Shaun Smith scored the only goal of the game to give Crewe a 1-0 victory.

Match details

Crewe Alexandra v Brentford

25 May 1997 15:00 BST

Crewe Alexandra	1–0	Brentford
Smith  34'	Report

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 34,149 Referee: Uriah Rennie (Sheffield)

Crewe

Brentford

Crewe Alexandra: GK 1 Jason Kearton RB 2 Lee Unsworth LB 3 Shaun Smith CB 4 Ashley Westwood CB 5 Steve Macauley CM 6 Phil Charnock  88' CM 7 Gareth Whalley RW 8 Colin Little CF 9 Dele Adebola AM 10 Danny Murphy  86' LW 11 Mark Rivers  69' Substitutes: DF Chris Lightfoot  88' MF Steve Garvey  69' MF Seth Johnson  86' Manager: Dario Gradi

Brentford: GK 1 Kevin Dearden RB 2 Gus Hurdle  75' LB 3 Ijah Anderson CM 4 Carl Hutchings CB 5 Jamie Bates CB 6 David McGhee CF 7 Carl Asaba CM 8 Paul Smith CF 9 Marcus Bent  46' CM 10 Brian Statham  73' CF 11 Robert Taylor Substitutes: GK Tamer Fernandes DF Barry Ashby  75' MF Scott Canham  46' Manager: David Webb

MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. 3 named substitutes. Maximum of 3 substitutions.

References

External links

• Soccerbase match report