2014 Conference Premier play-off final

The 2014 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2014 Skrill Premier play-off final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Cambridge United and Gateshead on 18 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium in London.^[1] It was the twelfth Conference Premier play-off final.

2014 Conference Premier play-off final

Wembley Stadium hosted the final
Event	2013–14 Football Conference
Cambridge United Gateshead 2 1
Date	18 May 2014 (2014-05-18)
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Ryan Donaldson (Cambridge United)
Referee	Peter Bankes
Attendance	19,613
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Cambridge secured a place in the final after beating F.C. Halifax Town 2–1 on aggregate.^[2] Gateshead's place was secured after beating Grimsby Town 4–2 over two legs.^[3] This was Cambridge United's 3rd Conference play-off final after losing in 2008 and 2009 and Gateshead's first ever Conference play-off final and their first ever visit to Wembley Stadium.

Cambridge United won the game 2–1 and were promoted to the 2014–15 Football League Two.

Route to the final

Main article: 2013–14 Football Conference § Conference Premier

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
2	Cambridge United	46	23	13	10	72	35	+37	82
3	Gateshead	46	22	13	11	72	50	+22	79
4	Grimsby Town	46	22	12	12	65	46	+19	78
5	F.C. Halifax Town	46	22	11	13	85	58	+27	77

Semi-finals

First leg

F.C. Halifax Town v Cambridge United

30 April 2014	F.C. Halifax Town	1–0	Cambridge United	The Shay, Halifax
19:45	Gregory 83' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,668 Referee: Simon Bennett

Grimsby Town v Gateshead

1 May 2014	Grimsby Town	1–1	Gateshead	Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
19:45	Disley 24'	Report	Larkin 7'	Attendance: 5,234 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Second leg

Cambridge United v F.C. Halifax Town

4 May 2014	Cambridge United	2–0 (2–1 agg.)	F.C. Halifax Town	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
13:30	Sam-Yorke 11', 38'	Report		Attendance: 6,262 Referee: Darren Handley

Gateshead v Grimsby Town

4 May 2014	Gateshead	3–1 (4–2 agg.)	Grimsby Town	Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead
16:30	Marwood 22', 84' O'Donnell 90+4'	Report	Disley 60'	Attendance: 8,144 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Match

Details

18 May 2014

16:00 BST

Cambridge United	2–1	Gateshead
Hughes 51' Donaldson 71'	BBC Report	Lester 80'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 19,613

Referee: Peter Banks

Cambridge United

Gateshead

GK 25 Adam Smith RB 2 Kevin Roberts CB 6 Ian Miller (c) CB 4 Josh Coulson LB 3 Greg Taylor CM 8 Tom Champion  20' CM 18 Luke Berry  66' RM 7 Ryan Donaldson LS 10 Tom Elliott  77' RS 19 Delano Sam-Yorke  46' LM 17 Liam Hughes Substitutes: DF 5 Tom Bonner MF 11 Harrison Dunk  46' MF 22 Luke Chadwick  66' MF 23 Ashley Chambers FW 9 Adam Cunnington  77' Manager: Richard Money

GK 1 Adam Bartlett RB 16 Craig Baxter CB 5 James Curtis CB 6 Ben Clark (c)  70' LB 2 Carl Magnay CM 4 Jamie Chandler  69' CM 8 Phil Turnbull CM 29 John Oster  23' RW 25 Marcus Maddison  7'  58' ST 18 James Marwood LW 7 Colin Larkin  58' Substitutes: MF 17 Josh Walker MF 21 Rob Ramshaw MF 38 JJ O'Donnell  58' FW 9 Liam Hatch  58' FW 19 Jack Lester  69' Manager: Gary Mills

Man of the match: Ryan Donaldson (Cambridge United)[4] Match officials: Referee: Peter Bankes Assistant referees:[citation needed] Jake Collin (Liverpool) Mick McDonough (Northumberland) Fourth official: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire) Reserve official: Simon Bennett (Staffordshire)

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.