1994 Football League First Division play-off Final

The 1994 Football League First Division play-off Final was contested by Leicester City and Derby County at Wembley Stadium, London. Leicester City won the match by a scoreline of two goals to one, with Steve Walsh scoring both of their goals.

1994 Football League First Division play-off Final
Leicester City Derby County
2 1
Date30 May 1994
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeRoger Milford (Bristol)
Attendance73,671

Summary

This was Leicester's third consecutive play-off final, having lost to Blackburn Rovers and Swindon Town in 1992 and 1993 respectively, and they again went behind thanks to a goal by Tommy Johnson on 28 minutes getting on the end of a Paul Simpson half-volley pass. However, Leicester pulled level four minutes from half-time after Gary Coatsworth's hanging cross was converted by Steve Walsh, despite the best efforts of Derby defender Paul Williams to clear the ball off the line. The goal proved controversial though, with Derby claiming goalkeeper Martin Taylor had been impeded by Foxes' striker Iwan Roberts. The game went on, with Derby largely dominating, and Leicester captain Simon Grayson was lucky not to be sent off on 60 minutes for a professional foul. However, Derby couldn't find a way through Leicester's five-man defence, and in the end, were made to pay for their inability to find the back of the net, as with six minutes left to play and extra-time looming, Ian Ormondroyd headed at Derby keeper Taylor from a Simon Grayson cross, only for Taylor to parry and Walsh to poke the rebound into the empty net, securing his and Leicester's second goal of the match, which ultimately proved to be the winner. The victory was Leicester's first at Wembley in 7 attempts.[1]

Match details
Leicester City2–1Derby County
Walsh  41', 84' Report Johnson  28'
Attendance: 73,671
LEICESTER CITY:
GK1Gavin Ward
SW6Gary Coatsworth 68'
RB2Simon Grayson (c)
CB5Brian Carey
CB4Jimmy Willis
LB3Mike Whitlow
CM7Mark Blake
CM8Colin Gibson
CF9Steve Walsh
CF10Iwan Roberts 56'
CF11Ian Ormondroyd
Substitutes:
FW12Julian Joachim 56'
MF14Steve Thompson 68'
GK15Kevin Poole
Manager:
Brian Little
DERBY COUNTY:
GK1Martin Taylor
RB2Gary Charles
CB5Craig Short
CB6Paul Williams
LB3Michael Forsyth 87'
RM7John Harkes
CM4Gordon Cowans
CM8Mark Pembridge
LM11Paul Simpson
CF9Marco Gabbiadini
CF10Tommy Johnson
Substitutes:
CF12Paul Kitson 87'
GK13Steve Sutton
MF14Jason Kavanagh
Manager:
Roy McFarland

MATCH RULES

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

Road to Wembley

Leicester City
First LegTranmere Rovers0–0Leicester City
Second LegLeicester City2–1Tranmere Rovers

Derby County
First LegDerby County2–0Millwall
Second LegMillwall1–3Derby County
gollark: 2576 glowstone. Wonderful.
gollark: (glowstone COOLERS - much more raw glowstone)
gollark: 184 glowstone!
gollark: Vertically extending the design has allowed for crazy, crazy expense, 28kRF/t running on LEN-236 Oxide, and 933.3% efficiency.
gollark: Well, yes, it's symmetrical in 2D, not 3D.

References
  1. Shaw, Phil (31 May 1994). "The Independent – Football / Play-Offs: Leicester ride their luck into Premiership: Walsh proves a Wembley winner as Derby squander their chances in First Division play-offs final". London. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.