2006 Football League Two play-off Final

The 2006 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff on 28 May 2006, at the end of the 2005–06 season. It was the second League Two play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding and the 20th play-off final in all at the fourth level of English football. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One, and was contested by Grimsby Town, who had finished fourth during the league season, and Cheltenham Town, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Lincoln City and Wycombe Wanderers respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Steve Guinan scored the only goal of the final to ensure Cheltenham's return to the third level of English football after an absence of three seasons.

2006 Football League Two play-off Final
Date28 May 2006
VenueMillennium Stadium, Cardiff
RefereePaul Taylor
Attendance29,196

Match

Details

Grimsby Town
Cheltenham Town
GK1Steve Mildenhall
RB20Gary Croft  75'
CB12Rob Jones
CB6Justin Whittle (c)
LB3Tom Newey
RM31Junior Mendes  83'
CM8Paul Bolland
CM32Curtis Woodhouse
LM11Andy Parkinson
FW9Michael Reddy  27'
FW19Gary Jones
Substitutes:
DF5Ben Futcher  75'
RM10Marc Goodfellow  83'
CM18Ciarán Toner
CM7Jean-Paul Kalala
FW15Gary Cohen  27'
Manager:
Russell Slade
GK1Shane Higgs
RB2Jerry Gill
CB4Shane Duff
CB19Craig Armstrong 27'
LB5Gavin Caines
RM18Ashley Vincent 77'
CM8John Finnigan(c)
CM7Brian Wilson 74'
LM11Grant McCann
CF9Steve Guinan
CF25Steven Gillespie 62'
Substitutes:
GK12Scott Brown
DF33Mickey Bell  74'
MF14Dave Bird
FW17Kayode Odejayi  62'
FW10Damian Spencer  77'
Manager:
John Ward

See also

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