2001 Football League First Division play-off Final

The 2001 Football League First Division play-off Final was contested by Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

and Preston North End

Preston North End F.C.

Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...

. Bolton won the match 3–0, taking them back to the Premier League. Bolton (as of 2010–11 season) have stayed in the top flight since.

Details


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	Bolton Wanderers:
GK		Matthew Clarke Matthew Clarke Matthew Clarke is a former professional Australian rules footballer whose career in the Australian Football League spanned four clubs and a total of 258 games between 1993 and 2007...
RB		Guðni Bergsson Guðni Bergsson Guðni Bergsson , is a former Icelandic football player who is best known for his time spent with Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:...
CB		Colin Hendry Colin Hendry Edward Colin Hendry is a retired Scottish footballer and manager, who played as a defender. Hendry started his career with Dundee in 1983 and spent spells at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Rangers, Coventry City, Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool...
CB		Anthony Barness Anthony Barness Anthony Barness is a defender, currently playing for Lewes.-Biography:Barness started out as a trainee for Charlton Athletic. It is to be noted that in his first spell at Charlton he scored Charlton's opening riposte after going 3-0 down at Newcastle, this strike was the goal of the match...
LB		Simon Charlton Simon Charlton Simon Thomas Charlton is an English former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing for Huddersfield Town, Southampton, Birmingham City, Bolton Wanderers, Norwich City and Oldham Athletic. He played most frequently as a left back, but could...
RM		Per Frandsen Per Frandsen Per Frandsen is a Danish former professional football player, who won the 1995 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfielder for Bolton Wanderers in England...
CM		Gareth Farrelly Gareth Farrelly Gareth Farrelly is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Warrington Town and Paul Hastings FC ....
CM		Kevin Nolan Kevin Nolan Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan is an English professional footballer who plays for and is the current club captain of West Ham United in the Football League Championship. An attacking midfielder, he has represented England at under-21 level....
LM		Ricardo Gardner Ricardo Gardner Ricardo Gardner is a Jamaican footballer who currently plays for Bolton Wanderers. He is naturally a left winger but can also play in the centre of midfield or at left wingback.-Early career:...
CF		Dean Holdsworth Dean Holdsworth Dean Christopher Holdsworth is an English former professional football player, now manager. As a striker he scored 193 goals in 610 league games over a 22 year career. Despite playing for 16 clubs in 19 spells the majority of his goals and appearances came at Brentford, Wimbledon, and Bolton...
LW		Bo Hansen Bo Hansen Bo Jannik Nyby Hansen is a Danish former football player in the striker position. He scored 52 goals in 143 games for Danish club Brøndby IF and 16 goals in 119 games for English club Bolton Wanderers. Hansen has played one game for the Denmark national football team.-Biography:Hansen started his...
Substitutes:
DF		Robbie Elliott Robbie Elliott Robert James "Robbie" Elliott is an English former football left back who is currently the strength coach for the United States U-20 men's football team....
DF		Mike Whitlow Mike Whitlow Michael William Whitlow is a former professional footballer, who now works as the Head Coach of Youth for Burton Albion....
FW		Michael Ricketts Michael Ricketts Michael Barrington Ricketts is an English football player who was released by Tranmere Rovers in February 2010. He played as a striker and he has been capped once by England in a friendly against the Netherlands in 2002.-Early career:...
GK		Steven Banks Steven Banks Steven Banks is an American musician, comedian, actor, mime and writer of television, plays, books and cartoons, including SpongeBob SquarePants.Banks attended Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus clown college...
DF		Ian Marshall Ian Marshall Ian Paul Marshall is a former professional footballer.-Career:Marshall made his name playing as a defender and striker for Oldham Athletic but started his career as an apprentice with hometown club Everton...
Manager:
Sam Allardyce Sam Allardyce Samuel "Sam" Allardyce , nicknamed "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player. In June 2011 he was appointed as manager of West Ham United....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> Preston North End: | GK

David Lucas

David Lucas is the name of:* David Lucas , American rock and roll producer and jingle writer* David Lucas , English cricketer who plays for Worcestershire* David Lucas , English footballer...

Graham Alexander

Graham Alexander is a Scottish international footballer who plays for Preston North End. He is naturally a right back, but has recently been deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on in his career with Scunthorpe. He is currently the third oldest player to score in Premier League history...

Robert Edwards

Robert Edwards may refer to:In sport:* Robert Edwards , American Football player for the New England Patriots and Toronto Argonauts...

Colin Murdock

Colin Murdock is a Northern Irish former footballer.He is currently a trainee solicitor at Manchester law firm George Davies LLP...

Ryan Kidd RM

Sean Gregan

Sean Matthew Gregan is an English professional footballer. A defender, he has played in all of the top four leagues in England.- Early career :...

Simon Rankine CM

Paul McKenna

Paul McKenna is an English hypnotist and self-improvement author.McKenna has written and produced books and multimedia products, hosted self-improvement television shows and presents seminars in hypnosis, neuro-linguistic programming, weight loss and motivation.-Career:Paul McKenna started in...

LM Jon Macken

Jon Macken

Jonathan Paul "Jon" Macken is an English-born Irish footballer who plays as a striker and currently plays for League One Walsall...

David Healy

David Healy (footballer)

David Jonathan Healy, MBE is a Northern Ireland international footballer who plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League champions Rangers...

Lee Cartwright

Lee Cartwright is a footballer playing for Hyde United in the Conference North who made his mark as a midfielder with Preston North End.-Early years:...

Substitutes: FW

Richard Cresswell

Richard Paul Wesley Cresswell is an English footballer who plays for Sheffield United. Cresswell is a centre-forward who has adapted to life as a left midfielder.-Early career:...

Iain Anderson

Iain Stuart Anderson is a former English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1978 to 1987 and for Boland, South Africa in 1983/84....

Teuvo Moilanen

Teuvo Moilanen is a former Finnish football goalkeeper. He has represented Ilves, FF Jaro and FC KooTeePee in the Finnish top division Veikkausliiga. His later clubs include Preston North End and Heart of Midlothian F.C. and brief loan spells in Scarborough F.C. and Darlington F.C...

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (footballer)

Michael James Jackson is a retired English professional football defender.-Career:Jackson started his career as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra in 1992. During his development at Crewe, Jackson went on to play for his home town club Runcorn FC, during a loan spell and played several key games for...

MF Brian Barry-Murphy

Brian Barry-Murphy

Brian Barry-Murphy is an Irish professional footballer for Rochdale in England's League One.-Playing career:He has previously played for Cork City, Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday as well as representing the Republic of Ireland at Under 21 level...

Manager:

David Moyes

David William Moyes is an association football manager and former player, currently managing English Premier League club Everton. He was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers Association Manager of the Year...

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.

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