2010 Conference Premier play-off final

The 2010 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2010 Blue Square Premier play-off final for sponsorship purposes, was a football match between Oxford United and York City on 16 May 2010 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the eighth Conference Premier play-off final and the fourth to be played at Wembley Stadium. The 2010 Final set a new Conference Premier play-off final attendance record of 42,669 (158 more than the existing record set by Cambridge United and Exeter City two seasons before) with ticket sales suggesting Oxford brought over 33,000 of these.^[1][2]

2010 Conference Premier play-off final

Oxford United York City 3 1
Date	16 May 2010
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Michael Naylor
Attendance	42,669
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Oxford won the match 3–1 to secure promotion to League Two, thus returning to the Football League after a four-year absence.^[3]

Match

Details

Oxford United	3–1	York City
Green 15' Constable 20' Potter 90'	Report	Clarke 42' (o.g.)

16 May 2010

17:00 BST

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 42,669

Referee: Michael Naylor

Oxford United

York City

GK 21 Ryan Clarke RB 2 Damian Batt CB 6 Mark Creighton CB 14 Jake Wright LB 18 Anthony Tonkin RM 4 Dannie Bulman CM 7 Adam Chapman (Man of the Match[4])  87' LM 11 Simon Clist FW 10 Jack Midson  79' FW 9 James Constable (c) FW 24 Matt Green  68' Substitutes: GK 1 Billy Turley DF 3 Kevin Sandwith MF 15 Alfie Potter  68' DF 16 Rhys Day  87' MF 20 Sam Deering  79' Manager: Chris Wilder

GK 24 Michael Ingham (c) RB 2 Ben Purkiss CB 5 David McGurk CB 26 Luke Graham LB 3 James Meredith RM 12 Alex Lawless CM 14 Neil Barrett  81' CM 17 Levi Mackin LM 23 Chris Carruthers  73' FW 16 Richard Brodie FW 15 Michael Rankine  70' Substitutes: GK 13 Josh Mimms FW 9 Michael Gash  70' DF 6 Daniel Parslow DF 21 Djoumin Sangaré  81' MF 28 Courtney Pitt  73' Manager: Martin Foyle