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color:inherit; display: table;" width="100%" class="nowraplinks"> <tbody><tr> <th width="50%" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></th> <th width="50%" style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></th> </tr><tr> <th style="text-align:center"></th> <th style="text-align:center"></th> </tr><tr> <th style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%">0</th> <th style="font-size:300%; text-align:center; line-height:100%">2</th> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">27 May 2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Venue</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">Referee</a></th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><a href="/wiki/Craig_Pawson" title="Craig Pawson">Craig Pawson</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">24,029</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Weather</th><td class="infobox-data">Hot</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><div style="float: left;">← <a href="/wiki/2011_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2011 Football League Two play-off final">2011</a> </div><div style="float: right;"><a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2013 Football League Two play-off final">2013</a> → </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2012 Football League Two play-off final</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> match played on 27 May 2012 at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a>, London, between <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a>. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> from <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">Football League Two</a>, English football's fourth tier, to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">Football League One</a>. The top three teams of the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Two" title="2011–12 Football League Two">2011–12 Football League Two</a> season gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from fourth to seventh in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Football_League_One" title="2012–13 Football League One">2012–13 season</a> in League One. Cheltenham Town finished in sixth place while Crewe Alexandra ended the season in seventh position. <a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> and <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> were the losing semi-finalists, being defeated by Crewe and Cheltenham respectively. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">referee</a> for the match was <a href="/wiki/Craig_Pawson" title="Craig Pawson">Craig Pawson</a> which kicked off around 3<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. in front of a crowd of 24,029. In the 15th minute, <a href="/wiki/Nick_Powell" title="Nick Powell">Nick Powell</a> scored to put Crewe 1–0 ahead: <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Mellor" title="Kelvin Mellor">Kelvin Mellor</a> found Powell, who beat a defender by flicking the ball up before striking a <a href="/wiki/Volley_(association_football)" title="Volley (association football)">volley</a> into the Cheltenham net from around 20 yards (18 m). <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Goulding" title="Jeff Goulding">Jeff Goulding</a>'s long-range shot then struck the Crewe crossbar before rebounding to <a href="/wiki/Ben_Burgess" title="Ben Burgess">Ben Burgess</a> who missed the target. In the 25th minute, Goulding struck Burgess' flick-on into the Crewe net but the goal was disallowed for <a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">offside</a>. <a href="/wiki/Byron_Moore" title="Byron Moore">Byron Moore</a>'s 81st minute shot was just wide of the Cheltenham's right-hand goalpost but a minute later his shot into the bottom-corner of the net after exchanged passes with <a href="/wiki/A-Jay_Leitch-Smith" title="A-Jay Leitch-Smith">A-Jay Leitch-Smith</a> made it 2–0. Crewe won the match and gained promotion to League One. </p><p>Crewe ended their <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">following season</a> in thirteenth position in the League One table. Cheltenham finished in fifth place in League Two in their <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cheltenham_Town_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Cheltenham Town F.C. season">next season</a> and qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_play-offs" title="2013 Football League play-offs">play-offs</a> where they lost in the semi-finals to <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route_to_the_final">Route to the final</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_final&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Route to the final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Two" title="2011–12 Football League Two">2011–12 Football League Two</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1034237262">.mw-parser-output .stack{box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .stack>div{margin:1px;overflow:hidden}@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-left{float:left;clear:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-clear-right{float:right;clear:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-left{float:left}.mw-parser-output .stack-right{float:right}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-left{float:left;clear:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-clear-right{float:right;clear:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-left{float:left;margin-right:1em}.mw-parser-output .stack-margin-right{float:right;margin-left:1em}}</style><div class="stack mw-stack stack-margin-clear-right"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1011077906">.mw-parser-output .sports-table-notes{font-size:90%;margin-bottom:0.5em}</style> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <caption>Football League Two final table, leading positions<sup id="cite_ref-soccerway_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccerway-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr> </th> <th scope="col">Team </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals for">GF</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goals against">GA</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Goal difference">GD</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" width="28"><abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">1 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">29 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">75 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">32 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+43 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">93 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">2 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">26 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">10 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">41 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+25 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">88 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">3 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">76 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">54 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+22 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">84 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">4 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">25 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">13 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">48 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+29 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">83 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">5 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">11 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">63 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+13 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">81 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">6 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a></b> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">23 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">8 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">15 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">66 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">50 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+16 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">77 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">7 </td> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left; white-space:nowrap;font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;"><b><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a></b> </th> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">46 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">20 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">12 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">14 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">67 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">59 </td> <td style="font-weight: normal;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">+8 </td> <td style="font-weight: bold;background-color:transparent; color: inherit;">72 </td></tr></tbody></table><div class="sports-table-notes"></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town_F.C." title="Cheltenham Town F.C.">Cheltenham Town</a> finished the regular <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Football_League_Two" title="2011–12 Football League Two">2011–12 season</a> in sixth place in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_Two" title="EFL League Two">Football League Two</a>, the fourth tier of the <a href="/wiki/English_football_league_system" title="English football league system">English football league system</a>, one position ahead of <a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Crewe Alexandra</a>. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for <a href="/wiki/Promotion_and_relegation" title="Promotion and relegation">promotion</a> to <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">Football League One</a> and instead took part in the <a href="/wiki/2012_Football_League_play-offs" title="2012 Football League play-offs">play-offs</a> to determine the fourth promoted team. Cheltenham Town finished seven points behind <a href="/wiki/Crawley_Town_F.C." title="Crawley Town F.C.">Crawley Town</a> (who were promoted in third place), eleven behind <a href="/wiki/Shrewsbury_Town_F.C." title="Shrewsbury Town F.C.">Shrewsbury Town</a> (who were promoted in second place), and sixteen behind league winners <a href="/wiki/Swindon_Town_F.C." title="Swindon Town F.C.">Swindon Town</a>. Crewe Alexandra ended the season one place and five points behind Cheltenham Town.<sup id="cite_ref-soccerway_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-soccerway-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crewe Alexandra had lost the first four games of their season and were fifteenth in the league at its mid-point before going on a thirteen-match unbeaten run to qualify for the play-offs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2011, <a href="/wiki/Dario_Gradi" title="Dario Gradi">Dario Gradi</a> was replaced after 1,353 games as Crewe's <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis_(footballer,_born_1965)" title="Steve Davis (footballer, born 1965)">Steve Davis</a> with the club in 18th position.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crewe Alexandra's opposition in the play-off semi-final was <a href="/wiki/Southend_United_F.C." title="Southend United F.C.">Southend United</a> with the first match of the <a href="/wiki/Two-legged_tie" title="Two-legged tie">two-legged tie</a> being played at <a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a> on 12 May 2012. After a goalless first half, <a href="/wiki/Adam_Dugdale" title="Adam Dugdale">Adam Dugdale</a> scored a <a href="/wiki/Header_(association_football)" title="Header (association football)">header</a> from a <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Westwood_(footballer,_born_1990)" title="Ashley Westwood (footballer, born 1990)">Ashley Westwood</a> <a href="/wiki/Free_kick_(association_football)" title="Free kick (association football)">free kick</a> early in the second half. Despite Southend having chances to score, the match ended 1–0 to Crewe.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second leg of the play-off semi-final took place four days later at <a href="/wiki/Roots_Hall" title="Roots Hall">Roots Hall</a> in Southend-on-Sea. <a href="/wiki/A-Jay_Leitch-Smith" title="A-Jay Leitch-Smith">A-Jay Leitch-Smith</a> put Crewe into the lead in the first half after striking a shot past <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Belford" title="Cameron Belford">Cameron Belford</a>. <a href="/wiki/Freddy_Eastwood" title="Freddy Eastwood">Freddy Eastwood</a> then saw his goal disallowed after he was adjudged to have been <a href="/wiki/Offside_(association_football)" title="Offside (association football)">offside</a>. Both he and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Timlin" title="Michael Timlin">Michael Timlin</a> then struck the Crewe goalposts with shots before <a href="/wiki/Neil_Harris_(footballer,_born_1977)" title="Neil Harris (footballer, born 1977)">Neil Harris</a> scored from a <a href="/wiki/Chris_Barker" title="Chris Barker">Chris Barker</a> cross to level the game. <a href="/wiki/Max_Clayton" title="Max Clayton">Max Clayton</a> made it 2–1 to Crewe before Barker himself scored. The game ended 2–2 and Crewe progressed to the final 3–2 <a href="/wiki/Aggregate_score" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggregate score">on aggregate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The second play-off semi-final saw Cheltenham Town face <a href="/wiki/Torquay_United_F.C." title="Torquay United F.C.">Torquay United</a> and the first leg took place at <a href="/wiki/Whaddon_Road" title="Whaddon Road">Whaddon Road</a> in Cheltenham on 13 May 2012. <a href="/wiki/Jermaine_McGlashan" title="Jermaine McGlashan">Jermaine McGlashan</a> put the home side ahead in the first half with a cross-cum-shot which went in off the post. <a href="/wiki/Ben_Burgess" title="Ben Burgess">Ben Burgess</a> then doubled his side's lead in the second half, heading past <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Olejnik" title="Bobby Olejnik">Bobby Olejnik</a> in the Torquay goal from a McGlashan cross. Torquay's closest chance came when <a href="/wiki/Ryan_Jarvis" title="Ryan Jarvis">Ryan Jarvis</a> struck the Cheltenham crossbar with a header, but the match ended 2–0.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second semi-final leg took place at <a href="/wiki/Plainmoor" title="Plainmoor">Plainmoor</a> in Torquay four days later. After a goalless first half, McGlashan extended Cheltenham's aggregate lead with a strike in the 75th minute after a <a href="/wiki/Kaid_Mohamed" title="Kaid Mohamed">Kaid Mohamed</a> pass. <a href="/wiki/Taiwo_Atieno" title="Taiwo Atieno">Taiwo Atieno</a> reduced the deficit for Torquay when he headed in <a href="/wiki/Eunan_O%27Kane" title="Eunan O'Kane">Eunan O'Kane</a>'s corner. <a href="/wiki/Marlon_Pack" title="Marlon Pack">Marlon Pack</a> then extended Cheltenham's lead with a 25-yard (23 m) free kick, and his team ended 4–1 aggregate winners, progressing to Wembley for the final.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Match">Match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_final&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_final&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cheltenham had played in two fourth tier play-off finals before 2012, winning them both. In 2002, they faced <a href="/wiki/Rushden_%26_Diamonds_F.C." title="Rushden & Diamonds F.C.">Rushden & Diamonds</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2002 Football League Third Division play-off final">Third Division play-off final</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Millennium_Stadium" title="Millennium Stadium">Millennium Stadium</a>, winning 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four years later, Cheltenham secured promotion from the third tier of English football through the play-offs for a second time, beating <a href="/wiki/Grimsby_Town_F.C." title="Grimsby Town F.C.">Grimsby Town</a> 1–0 in <a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2006 Football League Two play-off final">the final</a> in Cardiff.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crewe had also appeared in two play-offs finals previously, both at the <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium_(1923)" title="Wembley Stadium (1923)">old Wembley Stadium</a>. They lost the <a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1993 Football League Third Division play-off final">1993 Football League Third Division play-off final</a> against <a href="/wiki/York_City_F.C." title="York City F.C.">York City</a> in a <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shootout" title="Penalty shootout">penalty shootout</a>, and defeated <a href="/wiki/Brentford_F.C." title="Brentford F.C.">Brentford</a> 1–0 in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1997 Football League Second Division play-off final">1997 Football League Second Division play-off final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both Cheltenham and Crewe had played in the fourth tier of English football since they were relegated in the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Football_League_One" title="2008–09 Football League One">2008–09 season</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crewe won both matches played between the sides during the regular season, with a 1–0 victory at Whaddon Road in October 2011 followed by a 1–0 win at Gresty Road the following April.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nick_Powell" title="Nick Powell">Nick Powell</a> was Crewe's top scorer for the season with 14 goals (all in the league),<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Duffy" title="Darryl Duffy">Darryl Duffy</a> led the scoring charts for Cheltenham with 13 (11 in the league and 2 in the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_FA_Cup" title="2011–12 FA Cup">FA Cup</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crewe's manager Davis believed the contest would be even: "There's no favourites. If anything they'd be, as they finished above us. But the fact that they won more games than us doesn't count for anything now."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Referee_(association_football)" title="Referee (association football)">referee</a> for the match was <a href="/wiki/Craig_Pawson" title="Craig Pawson">Craig Pawson</a> who was <a href="/wiki/Assistant_referee_(association_football)" title="Assistant referee (association football)">assisted</a> by Steve Bratt and John Brooks. The <a href="/wiki/Fourth_official" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth official">fourth official</a> was Nigel Miller while David Rock was the reserve assistant referee.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crewe made one change to their line-up from the play-off semi-final second leg with <a href="/wiki/Luke_Murphy" title="Luke Murphy">Luke Murphy</a> replacing <a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a> having recovered from a groin injury. Cheltenham made two changes: <a href="/wiki/Keith_Lowe_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Keith Lowe (footballer)">Keith Lowe</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_Spencer_(footballer,_born_1985)" title="James Spencer (footballer, born 1985)">James Spencer</a> were dropped from the Cheltenham side and were replaced by <a href="/wiki/Luke_Garbutt" title="Luke Garbutt">Luke Garbutt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Goulding" title="Jeff Goulding">Jeff Goulding</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-telerep_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telerep-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both sides adopted a <a href="/wiki/Formation_(association_football)#4–4–2" title="Formation (association football)">4–4–2 formation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-timesrep_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesrep-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> the match was played in "blistering temperatures".<sup id="cite_ref-telerep_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telerep-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_final&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Moore,_Byron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Byron Moore" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Moore%2C_Byron.jpg/220px-Moore%2C_Byron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Moore%2C_Byron.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></a><figcaption>Byron Moore <i>(pictured in 2010)</i> scored Crewe's second goal.</figcaption></figure> <p>The match kicked off around 3<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. on 27 May 2012 in front of a crowd of 24,029.<sup id="cite_ref-elevrep_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elevrep-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first shot of the match came in the third minute from Cheltenham's Mohamed but it was wide of the Crewe goal. Seven minutes later, Powell won the ball and passed to Murphy whose shot from the edge of the <a href="/wiki/Penalty_area" title="Penalty area">penalty area</a> was saved by <a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(footballer,_born_April_1985)" title="Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985)">Scott Brown</a> in the Cheltenham goal, before Leitch-Smith struck the ball wide of the goalpost. In the 12th minute McGlashan's strike was saved by Crewe goalkeeper <a href="/wiki/Steve_Phillips_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1978)">Steve Phillips</a>. Three minutes later Powell scored to put Crewe 1–0 ahead: <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Mellor" title="Kelvin Mellor">Kelvin Mellor</a> found Powell, who beat a defender by flicking the ball up before striking a <a href="/wiki/Volley_(association_football)" title="Volley (association football)">volley</a> into the Cheltenham net from around 20 yards (18 m). Goulding's long-range shot then struck the Crewe crossbar before rebounding to Burgess who missed the target. In the 25th minute, Goulding struck Burgess' flick-on into the Crewe net but the goal was disallowed for offside. Mohamed's 27th minute shot went high over the Crewe goal before Goulding's strike was over the bar six minutes later. Powell then struck a shot from distance wide of the goal in the 36th minute before Mellor's close-range header went over Cheltenham's crossbar five minutes later. Phillips then saved from a Goulding header before the referee blew the whistle for half-time with Crewe leading 1–0.<sup id="cite_ref-telerep_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telerep-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcasit_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcasit-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neither side made any change to their personnel during the interval. Six minutes into the second half, Pack's 20-yard (18 m) low strike was just wide of the Crewe goal. A mistake from Dugdale saw Mohamed run through on goal in the 54th minute, but Phillips made the save. A free kick from Westwood in the 71st minute found Dugdale in the Cheltenham penalty area but his control was poor and allowed Brown to block his shot. In the 75th minute, Cheltenham made their first <a href="/wiki/Substitute_(association_football)" title="Substitute (association football)">substitution</a> of the match with Duffy coming on to replace Goulding. Pack's long-range strike then went of Crewe's goal before Powell was substituted for Clayton. <a href="/wiki/Byron_Moore" title="Byron Moore">Byron Moore</a>'s 81st minute shot was just wide of the Cheltenham's right-hand goalpost but a minute later his shot into the bottom-corner of the net after exchanged passes with Leitch-Smith made it 2–0. In the 83rd minute, Cheltenham made a double-substitution, with <a href="/wiki/Russell_Penn" title="Russell Penn">Russell Penn</a> and Spencer coming on for Pack and Burgess. Soon after <a href="/wiki/Carl_Martin" title="Carl Martin">Carl Martin</a> came on for Leitch-Smith before Brown made saves from both Moore and Clayton. Deep into stoppage time, Bell came on for Moore and the final whistle was blown, Crewe winning 2–0 and gaining promotion to League One.<sup id="cite_ref-telerep_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telerep-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbcasit_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcasit-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Details">Details</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_final&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r997937747">.mw-parser-output .footballbox{clear:both;overflow:auto}.mw-parser-output .footballbox tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000000;color:inherit;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/100px-Kit_shorts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="36" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/150px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Kit_shorts.svg/200px-Kit_shorts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></span></span></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px; background-color: #000000;color:inherit;"></div> <div style="position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 95px; width: 100px; height: 40px;"><span class="mw-default-size mw-valign-top" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/100px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/150px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Kit_socks_long.svg/200px-Kit_socks_long.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div> </div> <div style="padding-top: 0.6em; text-align: center;"><b>Crewe Alexandra</b></div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"> <table style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Cheltenham Town:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="25"></th> <th width="25"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>GK</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Scott_Brown_(footballer,_born_April_1985)" title="Scott Brown (footballer, born April 1985)">Scott Brown</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>22</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sido_Jombati" title="Sido Jombati">Sido Jombati</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennett_(footballer,_born_1981)" title="Alan Bennett (footballer, born 1981)">Alan Bennett</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Elliott_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Steve Elliott (footballer, born 1978)">Steve Elliott</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Garbutt" title="Luke Garbutt">Luke Garbutt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>20</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jermaine_McGlashan" title="Jermaine McGlashan">Jermaine McGlashan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marlon_Pack" title="Marlon Pack">Marlon Pack</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted off"><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">75<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>29</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ben_Burgess" title="Ben Burgess">Ben Burgess</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted off"><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">84<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Substitutes:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Keith_Lowe_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Keith Lowe (footballer)">Keith Lowe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brian_Smikle" title="Brian Smikle">Brian Smikle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>16</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Russell_Penn" title="Russell Penn">Russell Penn</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted in"><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">84<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>9</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darryl_Duffy" title="Darryl Duffy">Darryl Duffy</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted in"><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">75<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>14</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Spencer_(footballer)" title="Jimmy Spencer (footballer)">Jimmy Spencer</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted in"><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">84<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Manager:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Yates_(footballer)" title="Mark Yates (footballer)">Mark Yates</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Crewe Alexandra:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th width="25"></th> <th width="25"> </th></tr> <tr> <td>GK</td> <td><b>1</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Steve_Phillips_(footballer,_born_1978)" title="Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1978)">Steve Phillips</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>3</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harry_Davis_(footballer,_born_1991)" title="Harry Davis (footballer, born 1991)">Harry Davis</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>5</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Artell" title="David Artell">David Artell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Adam_Dugdale" title="Adam Dugdale">Adam Dugdale</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>17</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kelvin_Mellor" title="Kelvin Mellor">Kelvin Mellor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>11</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Byron_Moore" title="Byron Moore">Byron Moore</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted off"><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">90+7<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>4</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Westwood_(footballer,_born_1990)" title="Ashley Westwood (footballer, born 1990)">Ashley Westwood</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>8</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luke_Murphy" title="Luke Murphy">Luke Murphy</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>2</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matt_Tootle" title="Matt Tootle">Matt Tootle</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>10</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/A-Jay_Leitch-Smith" title="A-Jay Leitch-Smith">A-Jay Leitch-Smith</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted off"><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">85<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>25</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nick_Powell" title="Nick Powell">Nick Powell</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted off"><img alt="downward-facing red arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/10px-Sub_off.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/15px-Sub_off.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Sub_off.svg/20px-Sub_off.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">80<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Substitutes:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>GK</td> <td><b>13</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alan_Martin_(footballer,_born_1989)" title="Alan Martin (footballer, born 1989)">Alan Martin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>DF</td> <td><b>15</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Martin" title="Carl Martin">Carl Martin</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted in"><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">85<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MF</td> <td><b>7</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lee_Bell" title="Lee Bell">Lee Bell</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted in"><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">90+7<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>19</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Max_Clayton" title="Max Clayton">Max Clayton</a></td> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Substituted in"><img alt="upward-facing green arrow" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/10px-Sub_on.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/15px-Sub_on.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Sub_on.svg/20px-Sub_on.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> <span style="vertical-align: middle;">80<span class="nowrap">'</span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>FW</td> <td><b>34</b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bodin" title="Billy Bodin">Billy Bodin</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><b>Manager:</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Davis_(footballer,_born_1965)" title="Steve Davis (footballer, born 1965)">Steve Davis</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table width="100%" style="font-size: 90%"> <tbody><tr> <td> <p><b>Assistant referees:</b> <br />Steve Bratt <br />John Brooks <br /><b>Fourth official:</b> <br />Nigel Miller <br /><b>Reserve Assistant Referee:</b> <br />David Rock </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nick_Powell_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Nick Powell" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Nick_Powell_%28Cropped%29.jpg/170px-Nick_Powell_%28Cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="315" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Nick_Powell_%28Cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="212" data-file-height="393" /></a><figcaption>Nick Powell <i>pictured playing for Manchester United</i> scored the opening goal for Crewe.</figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center"> <caption>Statistics<sup id="cite_ref-bbcasit_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcasit-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" width="100"> </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Cheltenham Town </th> <th scope="col" width="70">Crewe Alexandra </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Goals </th> <td>0 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Disallowed goals </th> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Total shots </th> <td>20 </td> <td>16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Shots on target </th> <td>5 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ball possession </th> <td>47% </td> <td>53% </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Corner kicks </th> <td>8 </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Fouls committed </th> <td>11 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Offsides </th> <td>7 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Yellow cards </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Red cards </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-match">Post-match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Football_League_Two_play-off_final&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Post-match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Davis, the winning manager, recalled his chairman's instruction after taking over in November 2011: "Get us out of the bottom six. Just get us safe."<sup id="cite_ref-guardrep_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardrep-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His counterpart Yates was proud of his side: "They've been brilliant<span class="nowrap"> </span>... Today was just one step too far."<sup id="cite_ref-guardrep_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardrep-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speaking of Powell's goal, he said: "It was a wonder strike from a prodigious talent and we couldn't do much about that one".<sup id="cite_ref-timesrep_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timesrep-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Powell signed for Manchester United two weeks after the final.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The defeat was Cheltenham's first in the play-offs, having won five and drawn three of their previous post-season matches.<sup id="cite_ref-bbcasit_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbcasit-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Crewe ended their <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">following season</a> in thirteenth position in the League One table.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cheltenham finished in fifth place in League Two in their <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Cheltenham_Town_F.C._season" title="2012–13 Cheltenham Town F.C. season">next season</a> and qualified for the <a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_play-offs" title="2013 Football League play-offs">play-offs</a> where they lost in the semi-finals to <a href="/wiki/Northampton_Town_F.C." title="Northampton Town F.C.">Northampton Town</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span 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href="/wiki/2019_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2019 English Football League play-offs">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2020 English Football League play-offs">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2021 English Football League play-offs">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2022 English Football League play-offs">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2023 English Football League play-offs">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_English_Football_League_play-offs" title="2024 English Football League play-offs">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Championship</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1987 Football League Second Division play-off final">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1988 Football League Second Division play-off final">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1989 Football League Second Division play-off final">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1990 Football League Second Division play-off final">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1991 Football League Second Division play-off final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1992 Football League Second Division play-off final">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1993 Football League First Division play-off final">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1994 Football League First Division play-off final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1995 Football League First Division play-off final">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1996 Football League First Division play-off final">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1997 Football League First Division play-off final">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1998 Football League First Division play-off final">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="1999 Football League First Division play-off final">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2000 Football League First Division play-off final">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2001 Football League First Division play-off final">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2002 Football League First Division play-off final">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2003 Football League First Division play-off final">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Football_League_First_Division_play-off_final" title="2004 Football League First Division play-off final">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2005 Football League Championship play-off final">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2006 Football League Championship play-off final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2007 Football League Championship play-off final">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2008 Football League Championship play-off final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2009 Football League Championship play-off final">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2010 Football League Championship play-off final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2011 Football League Championship play-off final">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2012 Football League Championship play-off final">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2013 Football League Championship play-off final">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2014 Football League Championship play-off final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2015 Football League Championship play-off final">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Football_League_Championship_play-off_final" title="2016 Football League Championship play-off final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2017 EFL Championship play-off final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2018 EFL Championship play-off final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2019 EFL Championship play-off final">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2020 EFL Championship play-off final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2021 EFL Championship play-off final">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2022 EFL Championship play-off final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2023 EFL Championship play-off final">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_EFL_Championship_play-off_final" title="2024 EFL Championship play-off final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League One</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1987 Football League Third Division play-off final">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1988 Football League Third Division play-off final">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1989 Football League Third Division play-off final">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1990 Football League Third Division play-off final">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1991 Football League Third Division play-off final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1992 Football League Third Division play-off final">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1993 Football League Second Division play-off final">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1994 Football League Second Division play-off final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1995 Football League Second Division play-off final">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1996 Football League Second Division play-off final">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1997 Football League Second Division play-off final">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1998 Football League Second Division play-off final">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="1999 Football League Second Division play-off final">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="2000 Football League Second Division play-off final">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="2001 Football League Second Division play-off final">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="2002 Football League Second Division play-off final">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="2003 Football League Second Division play-off final">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Football_League_Second_Division_play-off_final" title="2004 Football League Second Division play-off final">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2005 Football League One play-off final">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2006 Football League One play-off final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2007 Football League One play-off final">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2008 Football League One play-off final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2009 Football League One play-off final">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2010 Football League One play-off final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2011 Football League One play-off final">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2012 Football League One play-off final">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2013 Football League One play-off final">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2014 Football League One play-off final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2015 Football League One play-off final">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Football_League_One_play-off_final" title="2016 Football League One play-off final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2017 EFL League One play-off final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2018 EFL League One play-off final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2019 EFL League One play-off final">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2020 EFL League One play-off final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2021 EFL League One play-off final">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2022 EFL League One play-off final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2023 EFL League One play-off final">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_EFL_League_One_play-off_final" title="2024 EFL League One play-off final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">League Two</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1987_Football_League_Fourth_Division_play-off_final" title="1987 Football League Fourth Division play-off final">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Football_League_Fourth_Division_play-off_final" title="1988 Football League Fourth Division play-off final">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Football_League_Fourth_Division_play-off_final" title="1989 Football League Fourth Division play-off final">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Football_League_Fourth_Division_play-off_final" title="1990 Football League Fourth Division play-off final">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Football_League_Fourth_Division_play-off_final" title="1991 Football League Fourth Division play-off final">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Football_League_Fourth_Division_play-off_final" title="1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off final">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1993 Football League Third Division play-off final">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1994 Football League Third Division play-off final">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1995 Football League Third Division play-off final">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1996 Football League Third Division play-off final">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1997 Football League Third Division play-off final">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1998 Football League Third Division play-off final">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="1999 Football League Third Division play-off final">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2000 Football League Third Division play-off final">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2001 Football League Third Division play-off final">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2002 Football League Third Division play-off final">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2003 Football League Third Division play-off final">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Football_League_Third_Division_play-off_final" title="2004 Football League Third Division play-off final">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2005 Football League Two play-off final">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2006 Football League Two play-off final">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2007 Football League Two play-off final">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2008 Football League Two play-off final">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2009 Football League Two play-off final">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2010 Football League Two play-off final">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2011 Football League Two play-off final">2011</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2013 Football League Two play-off final">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2014 Football League Two play-off final">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2015 Football League Two play-off final">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Football_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2016 Football League Two play-off final">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2017 EFL League Two play-off final">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2018 EFL League Two play-off final">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2019 EFL League Two play-off final">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2020 EFL League Two play-off final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2021 EFL League Two play-off final">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2022 EFL League Two play-off final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2023 EFL League Two play-off final">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final" title="2024 EFL League Two play-off final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> 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Alexandra Football Club</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#fff; background:#d00"><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra F.C."><span style="color:white;">The club</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._players" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._managers" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. managers">Managers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._Academy" title="Crewe Alexandra F.C. Academy">Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._seasons" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._records_and_statistics" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics">Records and statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crewe_Alexandra_L.F.C." title="Crewe Alexandra L.F.C.">Women's team</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#fff; background:#d00">Grounds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexandra_Recreation_Ground" title="Alexandra Recreation Ground">Alexandra Recreation Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gresty_Road" title="Gresty Road">Gresty Road</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#fff; background:#d00">Matches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Moon_(1934_song)#Homage" title="Blue Moon (1934 song)">Blue Moon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Rowlinson" title="Norman Rowlinson">Norman Rowlinson (chairman 1964–1988)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bowler_(businessman)" title="John Bowler (businessman)">John Bowler (chairman 1988–2021)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_cases_at_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C." title="Sexual abuse cases at Crewe Alexandra F.C.">Sexual abuse scandal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:#fff; background:#d00"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._seasons" title="List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. seasons"><span style="color:white;">Seasons</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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season">1997–98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998%E2%80%9399_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="1998–99 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">1998–99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="1999–2000 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">1999–2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000%E2%80%9301_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2000–01 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2000–01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001%E2%80%9302_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2001–02 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2001–02</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002%E2%80%9303_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2002–03 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2002–03</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%9304_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2003–04 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2003–04</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004%E2%80%9305_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2004–05 Crewe Alexandra F.C. season">2004–05</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%9306_Crewe_Alexandra_F.C._season" title="2005–06 Crewe Alexandra 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