| Rushden and Diamonds 2 | Peterborough Utd 1 |
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Basic Information
| Date | 26th July 2008. |
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| Stadium | Nene Park. |
| Competition | Maunsell Cup (final). |
| Attendance | 941. |
| Officials | Peter Walton. |
| Chris Knowles. | |
| Ian Rathborne. | |
| Nigel Field. |
Posh field a strong side at Rushden and Diamonds, but a poor performance sees the home side lift the Maunsell Cup. Despite a lively start and a few decent chances, Darren Ferguson’s men never look like winning. Former Posh trialist Daryl Clare has the ball in the net in the 42nd minute, only for linesman to unfairly raise his flag for offside. A few minutes later, however, Tommy Williams gifts Rushden the opportunity to take the lead, and Jon Challinor duly obliges from 30 yards. Dean Keates levels proceedings with an inch-perfect free-kick, but substitute Dean McDonald grabs the winner for the home side following a slip by Craig Morgan.
Teams
| Rushden and Diamonds | |
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| Management | |
| Garry Hill | |
| Starting line-up | |
| 1 | Alan Marriott |
| 2 | Curtis Osano |
| 3 | Gareth Jelleyman |
| 5 | Chris Hope |
| 7 | Jon Challinor  (-64') |
| 9 | Lee Phillips (-60') |
| 10 | Daryl Clare (-60') |
| 12 | Scott Mitchell (-89') |
| 15 | Lee Tomlin |
| 18 | Sagi Burton |
| 23 | Marcus Kelly |
| Substitutes | |
| 4 | Phil Gulliver (+89') |
| 6 | Dean McDonald (+60') |
| 14 | Michael Rankine (+60') |
| 24 | Michael Corcoran (+64') |
| - | Justyn Roberts (on trial) |
| Peterborough Utd | |
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| Management | |
| Darren Ferguson | |
| Kevin Russell (assistant) | |
| Starting line-up | |
| 1 | Joe Lewis |
| 2 | Russell Martin |
| 4 | Craig Morgan |
| 5 | Chris Westwood (-57') |
| 8 | Micah Hyde |
| 9 | Aaron McLean |
| 10 | George Boyd |
| 11 | Dean Keates |
| 12 | Craig Mackail-Smith (-76') |
| 18 | Chris Whelpdale (-57') |
| 21 | Tommy Williams (-57') |
| Substitutes | |
| 6 | Charlie Lee (+57') |
| 7 | Scott Rendell (+76') |
| 19 | Kieran Charnock (+57') |
| 20 | Alfie Potter |
| - | Danny Andrew (+57') |