2004 Football League First Division play-off Final

The 2004 Football League First Division play-off Final was contested by Crystal Palace and West Ham United at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. Crystal Palace won 1–0, with a goal from Neil Shipperley.[1]

2004 Football League First Division play-off Final

Crystal Palace West Ham United 1 0
Date	29 May 2004
Venue	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Match

Details

29 May 2004
15:00 BST

Crystal Palace	1–0	West Ham United
Shipperley  61'	Report

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 72,523

Referee: Graham Poll (Hertfordshire)

GK 27 Nico Vaesen RB 4 Danny Butterfield  69' CB 6 Tony Popovic CB 24 Mikele Leigertwood LB 3 Danny Granville RM 22 Wayne Routledge CM 15 Aki Riihilahti CM 10 Shaun Derry LM 17 Michael Hughes CF 11 Neil Shipperley (captain) CF 8 Andrew Johnson Substitutes: GK 13 Cédric Berthelin DF 32 Darren Powell  69' MF 14 Ben Watson MF 16 Tommy Black FW 9 Dougie Freedman Manager: Iain Dowie

GK 32 Stephen Bywater RB 2 Tomáš Řepka CB 7 Christian Dailly (captain) CB 22 Andy Melville LB 17 Hayden Mullins RM 10 Marlon Harewood  68' CM 6 Michael Carrick CM 11 Steve Lomas LM 12 Matthew Etherington CF 25 Bobby Zamora  68' CF 8 David Connolly  74' Substitutes: GK 30 Pavel Srníček DF 3 Rufus Brevett MF 4 Don Hutchison  74' MF 20 Nigel Reo-Coker  68' FW 29 Brian Deane  68' Manager: Alan Pardew

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.

Statistics

	Crystal Palace	West Ham United
Total shots	12	10
Shots on target	8	4
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	4	9
Fouls committed	17	10
Offsides	2	6
Yellow cards	3	4
Red cards	0	0

Source: ESPN[2]

References

1. "Crystal Palace 1–0 West Ham". BBC Sport. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
2. "Neil Shipperley fires Palace back to the Premiership". ESPN Soccernet. 29 May 2004. Retrieved 20 May 2012.