2014 Florida elections, State elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed. Other candidates include Democrats George Sheldon, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and Families and Perry E. Thurston, Jr., Minority Leader of the Florida House of Representatives. Sheldon won the primary, but lost the general election to Bondi.


2014 Florida elections, State elections, State Commissioner of Agriculture
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed. Democrat Thad Hamilton, Broward County Soil and Water Conservation District supervisor and Independent candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture in 2010 won the Democratic primary unopposed. Putnam was re-elected to a second term.


2014 Florida elections, State elections, State Chief Financial Officer
Incumbent Republican Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater sought re-election and won the Republican primary unopposed. He faced Democrat Will Rankin, a former Ohio Treasury officer and businessman in the general election. Atwater was re-elected to a second term.


2014 Florida elections, State elections, Florida Senate
20 of the 40 seats in the Florida Senate were up for election. The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats.


2014 Florida elections, State elections, Florida House of Representatives
The Republican Party of Florida won a majority of seats.


2014 Florida elections, Federal elections, United States House of Representatives
All of Florida's twenty-seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Gwen Graham defeated incumbent Steve Southerland in Florida's 2nd congressional district. Carlos Curbelo defeated incumbent Joe Garcia in Florida's 26th congressional district. No other seats changed hand.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election
The 2014 Florida gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014 to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Florida.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election
The incumbent Republican, Rick Scott, ran for reelection. The Democratic nominee was former governor Charlie Crist, who was Scott's direct predecessor. Crist was elected governor as a Republican in 2006 but did not run for re-election in 2010, instead opting to run for Senate as an independent. Libertarian nominee Adrian Wyllie and several candidates with no party affiliation also ran. Political pundits considered the race a toss-up.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election
On Election Day, Scott defeated Crist, earning 48% of the vote. With a margin of 1%, this election was the closest race of the 2014 gubernatorial election cycle.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election, Democratic primary
In April 2010 and while still in office as Governor of Florida, Charlie Crist left the Republican Party to run for U.S. Senate as an Independent. He was defeated in the general election by Republican nominee Marco Rubio. In December 2012, Crist joined the Democratic Party.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Candidates
The following candidates appeared on the ballot for the general election:


2014 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
As of early June 2014, Scott had spent almost $13m since March on television advertisements attacking Charlie Crist, who then appeared the likely Democratic nominee. Although the ads resulted in a tightening of the race, this came about by decreasing Crist's favorability ratings. By contrast, Scott's favorability ratings did not increase. By late September, Scott's television ad spending had exceeded $35m and in mid-October it reached $56.5 million, compared to $26.5 million by Crist. On October 22 it was reported that Scott's total spending had exceeded $83 million and he announced that, having previously said he would not do so, he would be investing his own money into the campaign, speculated to be as much as $22 million.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Crist hoped to draw strong support from Florida's more than 1.6 million registered black voters, an effort that was challenging with regards to his previous political career as a Republican. A poll conducted in September 2014 by Quinnipiac University revealed his support among black voters was at 72 percent against Scott, which was below the 90 percent analysts believed he needed to win.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Scott and Crist met in a debate on October 15, held by the Florida Press Association at Broward College. The debate required candidates to receive at least 15% support in major polls to be included. This was allegedly increased from 10% after Wyllie met the initial criteria, but the Miami Herald reported that the threshold had been 15% since 2013. The decision has been criticised as "suppressing choice" and the Wyllie campaign has filed a lawsuit to be included in the debate. U.S. District Judge James I. Cohn dismissed the lawsuit. At this debate, Scott refused to take the stage for seven minutes because Crist had a small electric fan under his lectern. The incident was dubbed "fangate" by media sources such as Politico.


2014 Florida gubernatorial election, General election, Results
Scott defeated Crist by a slim margin garnering 48% percent of the vote to the former's 47%. With the loss, Crist became the first candidate in Florida history to lose statewide elections as a Democrat, as a Republican, and as an Independent.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election
A special election for Florida's 13th congressional district was held March 11, 2014, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives, following the death of incumbent Republican Congressman Bill Young on October 18, 2013. Primary elections were held on January 14, 2014. Young, who had already announced that he would not be running for re-election in 2014, was re-elected in 2012 with 57 percent of the vote. With 100% of the precincts reporting, David Jolly was declared the winner of the special election.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, Background
On October 9, 2013, Republican Bill Young, who had held this Tampa Bay-area district since 1971, announced that he would not run for re-election to a twenty-second term in 2014. He died 9 days later and this special election was called to fill his seat. Though Young had been re-elected by wide margins, the district in recent years had become competitive.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, Background
In the four most recent presidential elections, it was won by Al Gore over George W. Bush in 2000 51%-49%, by Bush with 51%-49% in 2004, by Barack Obama over John McCain 51%-47% and again carried by Obama in 2012 by a narrower 50%-49% over Mitt Romney. Given this, some political commentators and journalists viewed this election as a bellwether  for the fall 2014 elections. While discounting the idea of special elections as bellwethers, political scientists' agreed the result was a data point that public sentiment favored Republicans.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, General election, Candidates
One voter was confused by a website called "sinkforcongress2014" accepting donations to the National Republican Congressional Committee to defeat Sink and other Democrats, thinking it was a pro-Sink website. His $250 donation was refunded by the NRCC.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, General election, Debates
David Jolly, Lucas Overby, and Alex Sink, the three candidates appearing on the ballot for the special election, took part in a televised debate on February 3, 2014. Held at the Seminole Campus of St. Petersburg College and co-hosted by the Tampa Bay Times and Bay News 9, the event aired live on C-SPAN 3. Al Ruechel, Adam Smith, and Amy Hollyfield served as moderators. The debate can be viewed in its entirety


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, General election, Debates
A non-scientific poll conducted after the debate by Bay News 9 indicated that overall viewers felt David Jolly had won with 37% of the vote, followed by Alex Sink with 33% and Lucas Overby with 30%.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, General election, Campaign spending
During the campaign, the Center for Responsive Politics reported on February 13, 2014, that outside groups had spent $3.5 million on the election, with $2.6 million of that from groups that support Jolly. This makes it the most expensive election of the 2014 cycle so far and one of the most expensive special congressional elections in history.


2014 Florida's 13th congressional district special election, General election, Campaign spending
The Associated Press reports that $11 million total was spent as the Democratic Party poured money into the campaign in its final weeks. In the end, Sink outspent Jolly by 3 to 1 on television ads as well as outspending him overall.


2014 Florida's 19th congressional district special election
The 2014 special election for Florida's 19th congressional district was held on June 24, 2014, following party primary elections which were held on April 22. The election was held to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Trey Radel from the United States House of Representatives. Radel resigned on January 27, 2014, two months after he was arrested for possession of cocaine. Curt Clawson was elected as the new U.S. Representative.


2014 Florida's 19th congressional district special election, Background
On October 29, 2013, Radel was arrested in the District of Columbia for purchasing 3.5 grams (0.12 oz) of cocaine from an undercover officer. He did not inform House Republicans about the arrest. Less than a month later, Radel pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of possession of cocaine and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation. The charge "would have been a felony had it happened in his home state," according to Terry Miller, the Republican chairman in Lee County, Florida.


2014 Florida's 19th congressional district special election, Background
Radel announced that he would be taking a leave of absence from Congress to undergo addiction rehabilitation and that he would be donating his salary to charity during his absence. Following his announcement, the Republican Party of Florida and Governor Rick Scott called on Radel to "resign immediately" and "focus his attention on rehabilitation and his family". Radel returned to Congress in January 2014, vowing to continue to serve. The House Ethics Committee began an investigation. On January 27, he decided to announce his resignation, effective that evening. Scott set April 22 as the date for the primary election, and June 24 for the general election.


2014 Florida's 19th congressional district special election, Republican primary
The News-Press described the Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district—as "a decidedly negative affair, with hyperbolic accusations and character assassination floated freely in television ads, mailers and news stories bombarding Southwest Florida voters." With "no difference on the issues among the three major candidates", Benacquisto, Clawson and Kreegel all attacked each other, with Benacquisto attacked for being "liberal" and an ex-Democrat; Clawson as an uncaring businessman who laid off workers and drove his company into bankruptcy; and Kreegel as a "win-at-all-costs conniver" who violated election laws. Dreikorn, was considered to have little chance and largely refrained from attacking his fellow candidates, calling for an end to the "political infighting".


2014 Florida's 19th congressional district special election, Republican primary
In April 2014, Benacquisto, Dreikorn and Kreegel attacked Clawson over his links to convicted child molester Glen Borst, who was a childhood friend of Clawson and whose last known address was a house in Utah that Clawson owned. Clawson dismissed the attacks as "politically driven... that just couldn't be further from the truth" and the mother of Borst's victim asked them to stop, calling the politicization of the issue "disturb[ing] and disgust[ing]". Benacquisto, Dreikorn and Kreegel hosted a press conference on April 9 to demand answers from Clawson, who made an impromptu and surprise appearance. After Clawson made his case, all four candidates pledged to stop attacking each other.


2014 Food City 500
The 2014 Food City 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on March 16, 2014, at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. Contested over 503 laps – having been extended from the original distance of 500 laps in the prospect of a green–white–checker finish that ultimately did not occur due to weather – on the 0.533 miles (0.858 km) concrete oval, it was the fourth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season. Carl Edwards won the race, his first of the season, while teammate Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. finished second, while Aric Almirola, Tony Stewart, and Marcos Ambrose rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (10th), Austin Dillon (11th), and Justin Allgaier (17th).


2014 Food City 500, Previous week's race
On the final lap of the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ran out of gas exiting turn 2 and Brad Keselowski passed him to take the checkered flag. Keselowski praised his Team Penske organization, stating that they were "just doing everything so well right now", while also stating his pleasure with the victory and the added bonus of being a competitor in the Chase for the Sprint Cup later in the season, stating that he did not "have to hear all that crap all year long about not being in the Chase".


2014 Food City 500, Previous week's race
Earnhardt, Jr. was disappointed with the way that his race finished, describing running out of gas as "tough", while stating that he and his team "have got a good thing going, we've got to be positive. We've got to keep trying to win races. I know my fans are disappointed, but we got to stay positive".


2014 Food City 500, Report, Background
The track, Bristol Motor Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.533 miles (0.858 km) long. The track's turns are banked from twenty-four to thirty degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked from six to ten degrees. The back stretch also has banking from six to ten degrees. The track has a seating capacity of 160,000 people. The race consisted of 500 laps, equivalent to a race distance of 266.5 miles (428.9 km). The 2013 winner was Kasey Kahne.


2014 Food City 500, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the Food City 500 was released Monday, March 10 at 10:24 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-five drivers were entered for the race.


2014 Food City 500, Practice, First practice
Kurt Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 14.784 and a speed of 129.789 mph (208.875 km/h). His younger brother Kyle Busch was among four drivers who wrecked their primary cars during the session. Danica Patrick slid, hit the wall in turn 4, ricocheted into Parker Kligerman and sent him into the wall. Kyle Busch and Greg Biffle were involved in a similar situation in the same session, while Justin Allgaier bounced off the turn 1 wall, having believed he had blown a right-front tire.


2014 Food City 500, Qualifying
Denny Hamlin won the pole – the 18th of his Cup career – with a new track record time of 14.761 and a speed of 129.991 mph (209.200 km/h). Hamlin stated that his lap was "faster than I ever imagined going around this track" and that "every new rule change we have just makes these cars go a little bit faster". Brad Keselowski joined Hamlin on the front row, missing out on pole by 0.003 seconds. He started that "if you're fast, you're fast and it shows through", while also praising Hamlin's car as "fast". Championship leader Dale Earnhardt, Jr. could only qualify 14th, stating that he was "just too tight" on his opening run in qualifying, and that he also "kind of overshot the track a little bit".


2014 Food City 500, Practice (post-qualifying)
Ryan Newman was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 15.099 and a speed of 127.081 mph (204.517 km/h).


2014 Food City 500, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Casey Mears was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 15.240 and a speed of 125.906 mph (202.626 km/h). Landon Cassill broke the rear-end housing and hit the wall hard during the session. He was forced to roll out his backup car and started from the rear because the change took place after qualifying.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Start
The race was scheduled to start at 1:13 p.m. Eastern time, but was delayed for almost two hours by heavy rain. The race finally got underway at 3:00 p.m. when Denny Hamlin led the field to the green flag. Brad Keselowski took the lead on lap two, and it did not take long before he started lapping cars in typical Bristol fashion. Joey Logano used a lapped car as a pick to get ahead of Keselowski for the lead on lap 42, shortly prior to a scheduled competition caution on lap 51 due to the earlier showers.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Start
Jimmie Johnson took just two tires and exited pit road as the leader. His teammate Jeff Gordon was exiting his stall when David Ragan was coming into his; Ragan came down across Gordon and got turned around. The race restarted on lap 58, before another caution on lap 60, due to debris in turn 2.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Rain delay
The race restarted on lap 65 and Parker Kligerman got loose and turned sideways in turn 3 bringing out the third caution of the race. He apparently ran over a battery pack that came off a car well in front of him, while his hood pins were carrying what appeared to be toilet paper. Alex Bowman stalled on the apron in turn 1 and needed a push from one of the safety trucks to get back to pit road. It was discovered that the battery pack on the track belonged to his car.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Rain delay
The race restarted on lap 76 with Johnson still out front. He remained at the head of proceedings until lap 98, when Matt Kenseth took the lead. The right-front tire on Johnson's car started coming apart on lap 114. Unlike other short tracks Martinsville and Richmond, the right-side tires run with an inner-liner at Bristol, to prevent spinning after a tire blowout, and allowing the car to get to pit road to change the tire. As the incident occurred in green flag conditions, Johnson lost several laps.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Rain delay
He was somewhat saved by the fourth caution of the race on lap 118 when the rain returned. Joey Logano was the first car one lap down, but pitted several times due to a power steering issue and lost three laps under that caution. Kenseth and Kurt Busch traded the lead on pit road, but Kenseth led off pit road and retook the lead. The rain started off as a light drizzle, but then intensified and the race was red flagged on lap 125. The track was dried enough that the drivers were called back to their cars after an hour and eleven minutes. Unfortunately, the rain picked up again and delayed the race for another hour and 45 minutes.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Restart
After the second delay, the cars started rolling back onto the track. The race restarted on lap 137, and Kurt Busch took the lead on lap 153. The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 156 when Cole Whitt came across the nose of Danica Patrick and got turned into the wall on the front stretch. Whitt's car slid down the surface in turn 1 right in front of the leaders. Timmy Hill slammed into the back of Kenseth, while trying to slow down.


2014 Food City 500, Race, First half, Restart
The race restarted on lap 167, with Jamie McMurray and Kurt Busch swapping the lead over the next three laps, before McMurray held the lead to a second competition caution, on lap 187, due to the rain delay. Clint Bowyer stayed out when the leaders pitted and he assumed the lead, while Kyle Busch won the race off pit road.


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 193, and Kyle Busch took the lead from Bowyer, on lap 195. He held the lead for the next stint of the race, until Kasey Kahne took the lead on lap 268. Two laps later, Kyle Busch made an unscheduled stop after making contact with Dale Earnhardt, Jr. which he felt had caused a flat tire. The seventh caution of the race flew on lap 276 after Ryan Truex hit the wall in turn 2, after a right-front tire blowout.


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half
Kahne swapped the lead with Hamlin on pit road, but Kahne exited pit road as the leader. The race restarted on lap 285 and Kahne lost the lead to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth maintained the lead throughout the next stint, before the eighth caution of the race flew on lap 332 after Michael McDowell turned David Ragan exiting turn 4. Kenseth traded the lead with Hamlin on pit road, but left pit road as the leader.


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half
The race restarted on lap 339, and like the previous stint, Kenseth led throughout until the next caution flag – the ninth of the race – flew on lap 394 after Kyle Busch had a left-side tire go flat and spun out in turn 4, and was just clipped by his brother Kurt, which caused a similar puncture on his car. Travis Kvapil also hit the wall trying to avoid Kyle Busch.


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half
Once again, Kenseth and Hamlin traded the lead on pit road, but on this occasion, it was Kevin Harvick who would exit as the leader for the restart with 97 laps to go. The tenth caution of the race flew with 78 laps to go after Martin Truex, Jr. cut down his left-rear tire, spun through 360 degrees and came to a stop at the exit of turn 2. Carl Edwards chose not to pit and assumed the lead for the restart with 71 laps to go. The eleventh caution of the race flew with 50 laps to go after Harvick had a broken gear that sent his car into the wall hard in turn 1. Keselowski hit the back of McMurray as both were trying to avoid hitting Harvick.


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half, Final laps
The race restarted with 39 laps to go, with Edwards still at the head of the race, and remained so until the twelfth caution of the race flew with two laps to go after the manual override switch in the flag stand was activated, which turned on the caution lights. NASCAR vice-president of competition Robin Pemberton stated after the race that the organization "were scanning cars and spotters, and there's some of us in the tower that only heard it after the teams were talking about it because we were looking at other things around the racetrack".


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half, Final laps
He added that the situation was where NASCAR “learn a lot of lessons, and when we learn a lesson like this we'll go in and further investigate some things" and that "there's probably some things that we needed to do to better secure that area where the manual override is on the lights".


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half, Final laps
Just as the field was being lined up to restart the race, rain started to fall once again. After 503 laps, a two-hour delay to start the race, a three-hour delay at the quarter mark and multiple rain showers, NASCAR called the end of the race and Carl Edwards took the victory at Bristol Motor Speedway. Edwards described his race as "awesome", after troubles on the previous day, stating that his car was "terrible on Saturday, so I'm just glad we turned it around".


2014 Food City 500, Race, Second half, Final laps
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. scored his best career finish with a runner up spot, stating that he had "a lot of fun" and that his team was "just slowly working and getting better and better", as he continued to improve results in his second full season in the Sprint Cup Series. Aric Almirola also scored his best career finish, at the time of the race, in third place.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season
The Football Federation Tasmania 2014 season was the second season under the new competition format in Tasmania. The competition consists of three major divisions across the State of Tasmania, created from the teams in the previous structure. The overall champion for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2014.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 NPL Tasmania
The 2014 T-League season was played over 21 rounds, from March to August 2014.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 NPL Tasmania, Finals
The top 4 teams play a knock-out finals series called the Victory Cup, where the semi-final match-ups were randomly drawn.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian Premier Leagues, 2014 Northern Premier League
The 2014 Northern Premier League was the second edition of the new Northern Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (third level overall in Australia). 9 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds. No teams were promoted or relegated this season.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian Premier Leagues, 2014 Southern Premier League
The 2014 Southern Premier League was the second edition of the new Southern Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (third level overall in Australia). 6 teams competed, all playing each other four times for a total of 20 rounds. No teams were promoted or relegated this season.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League One, 2014 Northern League One
The 2014 Northern League One was the second edition of the new Tasmanian League One as the third level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (fourth level overall in Australia). 9 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches. No teams were promoted or relegated this season, although Prospect Knights withdrew.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League One, 2014 Southern League One
The 2014 Southern League One was the second edition of the new Tasmanian League One as the third level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (fourth level overall in Australia). 5 teams competed, all playing each other four times for a total of 16 matches. At the end of the season, three teams were promoted as the competition was restructured.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Two, 2014 Northern League Two
The 2014 Northern League Two was the second edition of the new Tasmanian League Two as the fourth level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (fifth level overall in Australia). 6 teams competed, all playing each other four times for a total of 20 matches. No teams were promoted or relegated this season.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Two, 2014 Northern League Two
NBTwo matches were postponed and subsequently could not be played.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Two, 2014 Southern League Two
The 2014 Southern League Two was the second edition of the new Tasmanian League Two as the fourth level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (fifth level overall in Australia). 6 teams competed, all playing each other four times for a total of 20 matches. No teams were promoted or relegated this season.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Two, 2014 Southern League Two
NBOne match was postponed and subsequently could not be played.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Three, 2014 Southern League Three
The 2014 Southern League Three was the second edition of the new Tasmanian League Three as the fifth level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (sixth level overall in Australia). 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice during a total of 22 rounds. Two teams withdrew during the season and several matches were washed out, leaving the teams with an uneven number of matches played.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Four, 2014 Southern League Four
The 2014 Southern League Four was the second edition of the new Tasmanian League Four as the sixth level domestic association football competition in Tasmania (seventh level overall in Australia). 11 teams competed, all playing a total of 22 matches. No teams were promoted or relegated this season.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Men's Competitions, 2014 Tasmanian League Four, 2014 Southern League Four
NBThis ladder lists three more losses than wins and one more goal conceded than scored, as well as Cygnet Town having an odd number of matches played.


2014 Football Federation Tasmania season, Cup Competitions
The Milan Lakoseljac Cup competition also served as the Tasmanian Preliminary Rounds for the 2014 FFA Cup. South Hobart entered at the Round of 32, where they were eliminated.


2014 Football Federation Victoria season
The 2014 Football Federation Victoria season was the first season under the new competition format for state-level football (soccer) in Victoria. The competition consists of seven divisions across the state of Victoria.


2014 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues Victoria
The 2014 National Premier Leagues Victoria season was played over 26 rounds, from March to September 2014. The overall premier of this division qualified for the 2014 National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues champion for 2014.


2014 Football Federation Victoria season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues Victoria 1
The 2014 National Premier Leagues Victoria 1 was played over 26 rounds, beginning on 14 March and concluding on 28 September 2014. The top two teams at the end of the season were promoted to National Premier Leagues Victoria. No teams were relegated as the league is set to expand to 20 teams and two parallel divisions for the next season.


2014 Football Federation Victoria season, Cup Competitions, 2014 Dockerty Cup
Football Victoria soccer clubs competed in 2014 for the Dockerty Cup. The tournament doubled as the Victorian Qualifying Rounds for the 2014 FFA Cup, with the top four clubs progressing to the Round of 32. A total of 191 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format.


2014 Football Federation Victoria season, Cup Competitions, 2014 Dockerty Cup
In addition to the two A-League clubs (Melbourne Victory and Melbourne City), the four semi-finalists (Bentleigh Greens, Melbourne Knights, St Albans Saints and South Springvale) competed in the final rounds of the 2014 FFA Cup.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final
The 2014 Football League Championship play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 24 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Derby County and Queens Park Rangers. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final
The top two teams of the 2013–14 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals;  Derby County ended the season in third place while Queens Park Rangers finished fourth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2014–15 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to £120 million to the successful team.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final
The 2014 final, refereed by Lee Mason, was watched by a crowd of more than 87,000 people in rainy conditions. Queens Park Rangers won 1–0, with the only goal of the game coming from Bobby Zamora in the last minute of the game. It was QPR's first appearance in a second tier play-off final, although they had lost in the League One playoffs to Cardiff City in the 2003 final.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final
Queens Park Rangers were relegated back to the Championship the following season, as they finished bottom of the Premier League. Derby finished the following season in eighth place in the Championship, missing out on play-offs by a single point.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final
Derby County finished the regular 2013–14 season in third place in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system, one place ahead of Queens Park Rangers (QPR). Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premier League and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Derby finished eight points behind Burnley (who were promoted in second place) and seventeen behind league winners Leicester City. QPR ended the season five points behind Derby.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final
Queens Park Rangers faced Wigan Athletic in their play-off semi-final, with the first leg taking place at the DW Stadium. Wigan were without their top scorer Nick Powell who was suffering from tonsillitis. It was a game with few chances and neither team really dominated: it ended goalless. The second leg was held at Loftus Road three days later. Wigan took the lead with an early goal from James Perch before Charlie Austin equalised from the penalty spot in the 73rd minute after Gary Caldwell fouled Junior Hoilett in the Wigan area. No further goals were scored in regular time so the game went into extra time. Austin scored his second and the winner in the 96th minute when his shot beat Scott Carson.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final
In the other play-off semi-final, Derby County's opponents were Brighton & Hove Albion, against whom they played the first leg at the Falmer Stadium. The home team took the lead after 18 minutes through Jesse Lingard but Derby equalised with a Chris Martin penalty awarded after Matthew Upson fouled Craig Forsyth. The winning goal for the visitors came in first-half injury time when Martin's shot rebounded off the bar, striking Brighton goalkeeper Tomasz Kuszczak on the back before crossing the line for an own goal.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Route to the final
In the return leg at Pride Park, Will Hughes scored Derby's first goal from a Jamie Ward cross and Martin doubled the lead early in the second half. A George Thorne volley made it 3–0 to the home side and Jeff Hendrick extended the lead from a Patrick Bamford pass, and although Brighton scored a consolation through Kazenga LuaLua, the match ended 4–1, and Derby progressed to the play-off final as 6–2 aggregate winners.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Derby's third Championship play-off final, having lost 2–1 against Leicester City in the 1994 final at the old Wembley Stadium, and winning 1–0 against West Bromwich Albion in the 2007 final. Queens Park Rangers were making their first appearance in a second tier play-off final, although they had played in the League One playoffs, losing out to Cardiff City in the 2003 final in extra time. During the regular season, both teams had won their home games against one another.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background
In November 2013, QPR won 2–1 at Loftus Road while Derby won the contest at Pride Park the following February. QPR's top scorer for the season was Austin, with 20 goals, while Martin scored more than any other player for Derby, also with 20. Derby midfielder Hughes had recently been named as the Football League Young Player of the Year at the Football League Awards.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background
Derby County fans were located in the West End of Wembley, with an allocation of 37,249, while QPR supporters were situated in the East End, with an allocation of 37,332. The final was refereed by Lee Mason, with assistant referees Darren England and John Brooks, while Jonathan Moss acted as fourth official. It was reported in the media and press that the match was worth up to £120 million to the winning club over three years through sponsorship and television deals.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Background
QPR's Benoît Assou-Ekotto was expected to be fit for the final having missed both semi-finals with a knee injury, and although Niko Kranjčar picked up a hamstring injury in the second leg of their semi-final, he was also available. The club's long-term injuries included Alejandro Faurlín, Jermaine Jenas and Matt Phillips. Derby's Craig Bryson was back in full training after a semi-final back injury, otherwise their squad was fully fit. Kranjčar was named in QPR's starting line-up but Assou-Ekotto missed out, while Derby's Bryson was on the bench.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half
Derby kicked the match off at around 3 p.m. in wet conditions in front of a crowd of 87,348. In the fourth minute, Derby's Johnny Russell beat two QPR players and passed to Hughes who was fouled by Gary O'Neil. The resulting free kick was defended by the QPR wall. Two minutes later QPR won a corner, which was cleared by Thorne away from Richard Dunne before Derby's Austin struck over the bar at the other end. In the 15th minute, Richard Keogh brought Austin down but Joey Barton's free kick came to nothing.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half
Subsequent shots from Kevin Doyle and Barton were both unsuccessful and on 24 minutes, Ward's cross was headed over by Forsyth. Three minutes later Derby's appeal for a penalty after Hughes went down in the QPR box was dismissed by the referee Mason. In the 29th minute another shot from Ward, this time from 25 yards, was deflected for a corner which was cleared by QPR. The first substitution of the game was forced upon the London club with Kranjčar suffering a hamstring injury.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, First half
He was replaced in the 33rd minute by Armand Traoré after Hughes' shot for Derby went over the bar. Robert Green made his first save of the afternoon, pushing Ward's curling direct free kick around the post, going on to catch Hughes' subsequent corner. After one minute of injury time, the referee brought the half to a close with the score at 0–0.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half
Queens Park Rangers started the second half and in the 51st minute, a Ward pass was put out for a corner by Dunne which was subsequently cleared by Danny Simpson. Two further corners followed but with no end product, as the game remained goalless. In the 57th minute, Doyle passed to Traore whose pull back found Austin who struck the ball wide of the post from 12 yards. It was Doyle's last involvement as he was then replaced by Bobby Zamora in QPR's second substitution of the afternoon.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half
In the 60th minute, O'Neil was shown a red card for fouling Russell as he was about to shoot. Soon after, to bolster the QPR midfield, Clint Hill was replaced by Karl Henry. Derby made their first substitutions of the game, with Bryson on for Hughes and Simon Dawkins replacing Russell. Two minutes later Bryson forced Green to make a low save, then Martin's shot from a Bryson pass needed the QPR goalkeeper to make a reaction save from the corner of the six-yard box.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Match, Second half
Hendrick drew another save from Green in the 75th minute, the rebound from Ward being blocked by teammate Martin. Another Hendrick shot in the 87th minute went straight to Green and in the last minute of regular time, QPR's Zamora curled a shot past Grant to make the score 1–0. Three minutes of injury were indicated, and in the last of those, Bamford came on for Ward and his attempted overhead kick was deflected behind by Barton. Derby goalkeeper Grant came up for the corner which was kicked out for a throw by Keogh, and a minute later the final whistle was blown, QPR winning the match 1–0.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match
The Derby manager Steve McClaren said "it was the cruellest game ever ... I've lost some games in my career but that is the cruellest." His counterpart, Harry Redknapp, remarked "it was an amazing finish to the game. We were hanging on really and looking to get to extra time ... And then Bobby sticks one in the top corner." The QPR midfielder Barton was gracious in victory, noting "I feel sorry for Derby, they played fantastic today and they deserved to win." The QPR defender Richard Dunne was named as man of the match.


2014 Football League Championship play-off Final, Post-match
QPR ended the following season at the foot of the Premier League table, eight points from safety and were relegated back to the Championship for the 2015–16 season. Derby finished the next season in eighth place, missing out on the 2015 Football League play-offs by a single point.


2014 Football League Cup Final
The 2014 Football League Cup Final was a football match that took place on 2 March 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 2013–14 Football League Cup, the 54th season of the Football League Cup, a football competition for the 92 teams in the Premier League and The Football League.


2014 Football League Cup Final
The match was contested by Premier League clubs Manchester City and Sunderland. Manchester City appeared in their fourth League Cup final, and made their sixth Wembley visit since 2011. Sunderland appeared in their second League Cup final, their first visit to Wembley since 1998 when they lost to Charlton Athletic in the First Division play-off final.


2014 Football League Cup Final
By winning the final, Manchester City would have qualified for the third qualifying round of the 2014–15 Europa League, but they qualified for the Champions League via their league position. Thus, the Europa League berth was given to Tottenham Hotspur, the team that finished sixth in the Premier League.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City began their League Cup campaign in the Third Round due to their involvement in the UEFA Champions League. In that round, they were drawn against Football League Championship team and FA Cup holders, Wigan Athletic, who had defeated them 1–0 in the previous season's FA Cup Final. This time, Manchester City won 5–0 at their City of Manchester Stadium, in a game played on 24 September 2013. Edin Džeko's goal, set up by a flick over the defence from Fernandinho, gave City a lead to take into the half-time interval. Debutant Stevan Jovetić then scored on the rebound in the 60th minute, after which Wigan collapsed, with Jesús Navas also scoring his first goal for the club, followed by Yaya Touré and a second goal for Jovetić to complete the scoring.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In the Fourth Round, Manchester City were drawn away to fellow Premier League team Newcastle United on 30 October 2013. With the scores level at 0–0 after 90 minutes, the tie went to extra time, where City managed to score twice – the first a tap-in for Álvaro Negredo, before James Milner played Džeko into space as he rounded the 'keeper for City's second.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
The Fifth Round saw Manchester City drawn away to Championship team Leicester City on 17 December 2013. With City coming off the back of a poor run of away form, they sought to take control of the game early and established a lead through Aleksandar Kolarov's free kick in the eighth minute. Two goals from Džeko gave City a strong lead by the hour mark, although a Lloyd Dyer goal restored some pride for the home team.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
In the two-legged semi-final, Manchester City were drawn with fellow Premier League team West Ham United, although the fixtures saw the two teams on opposite runs of form. While City had become a free-scoring unit, not having lost away in six weeks, West Ham came into the first leg on the back of a humiliating 5–0 defeat in the FA Cup against Championship team Nottingham Forest, in the Premier League relegation zone, and with their strikers struggling for goals. City, on the other hand, had recently regained second spot in the league, were still in all competitions and close to setting the record for the fewest games taken to 100 goals in all competitions in English top flight history, a landmark subsequently achieved between the two legs.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
The pace was set early in the first leg, as Touré lofted a ball from his own half all the way to Negredo in the London club's penalty area; the Spanish striker scored with a single touch, to give City the lead in the 12th minute. Negredo earned his second after playing a neat one-two with Džeko through West Ham's defence, while Touré dribbled half the length of the pitch to record his first of the game and give City a three-goal cushion at the half-way mark.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Negredo completed his hat-trick at the start of the second half after a series of passes in the West Ham area, while Džeko completed the rout with two goals in the final half-hour, both powerful placed shots resulting from crosses from the by-line. As a consequence of this result, West Ham United reduced children's ticket prices to the second leg at the Boleyn Ground.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City secured their place in the final after a 3–0 victory in the second leg at Upton Park on 21 January 2014. Seeking to take any bite out of the game, City put the result out of question with a third-minute goal from Negredo, before Sergio Agüero, returning from injury in his first start since December, scored in the 24th minute to put them 8–0 up on aggregate.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
The game was sealed in the 59th minute as Negredo weaved through the Hammers' defence before clipping the ball over the keeper even as the angle appeared to have been narrowed too far. The goal meant Negredo and Džeko went into the final as the competition's joint top scorers on six goals each. The 9–0 aggregate victory was both a competition record for the highest winning margin in the semi-final (a record previously held by West Ham themselves), and a club record for the highest aggregate win in all competitions.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Sunderland
Sunderland made their way to the final after starting in the Second Round, as they were a Premier League team not involved in either the UEFA Champions League or the UEFA Europa League. In that round, they defeated Football League One side Milton Keynes Dons 4–2 at Sunderland's Stadium of Light. Trailing 2–0 with 15 minutes remaining, Jozy Altidore, Connor Wickham (2) and Adam Johnson scoring late goals to secure the win for Sunderland. In the Third Round, they drew League One side Peterborough United, whom they defeated 2–0 at the Stadium of Light. This game marked Kevin Ball's first win while in temporary charge of the Black Cats, following Paolo Di Canio's sacking. In the Fourth Round, Sunderland (now managed by Gus Poyet) defeated fellow Premier League team Southampton, again at the Stadium of Light, 2–1.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Sunderland
In the Fifth Round, they were drawn against fellow Premier League team Chelsea, once again at the Stadium of Light. The Black Cats found themselves 1–0 down after a Frank Lampard shot deflected in off Lee Cattermole a minute after half time. However, former Chelsea striker Fabio Borini equalised in the 88th minute to take the game to extra time. With penalties looming, Ki Sung-yueng scored two minutes from the final whistle to give Sunderland a 2–1 win and passage to the semi-finals.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Sunderland
In the semi-final, they were drawn with reigning Premier League champions Manchester United. In the first leg, the Black Cats battled to a 2–1 victory at the Stadium of Light; a Ryan Giggs own goal gave the home side the lead on the stroke of half time, Nemanja Vidić levelled for the visitors in the second half before Tom Cleverley fouled Adam Johnson in the box, and Borini converted the penalty. Almost 9,000 Sunderland fans travelled to Manchester for the second leg on 22 January, with the club providing free coaches for their supporters.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Sunderland
In the second leg at Old Trafford, Sunderland secured their place in the final in dramatic fashion. United led 1–0 after 90 minutes thanks to a headed goal from former Sunderland loanee Jonny Evans to take the tie to extra time. Due to the away goals rule becoming active, Sunderland needed to score to avoid elimination. In the 119th minute, a shot from Phil Bardsley (six years to the day after he joined Sunderland from United) was pushed into his own goal by United's goalkeeper David de Gea, sparking celebrations from the Sunderland players and fans.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Route to the final, Sunderland
However, United immediately attacked down the other end, where Javier Hernández scored to make the score 2–1 on the night and 3–3 on aggregate, sending the game to a penalty shoot-out, which Sunderland won 2–1. Vito Mannone saved two penalties, including the decisive one from Rafael, to send the Black Cats to the new Wembley for the first time.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Build-up
Sunderland were appearing in their first League Cup final since 1985, when they lost 1–0 to Norwich City.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Build-up
Each club received an allocation of 31,580 tickets for the match, priced between £40 and £100.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
Sunderland took the lead in the 10th minute, when a ball over the top from Adam Johnson found Fabio Borini, who held off the challenge of Vincent Kompany before slotting the ball into the bottom right corner of Costel Pantilimon's goal. Borini was played through again later in the first half, but Kompany made amends with a successful last-ditch sliding challenge. Sunderland held their lead until half time; however, they were undone by two City goals after the break.


2014 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
In the 55th minute, Yaya Touré curled the ball into the top-right corner of Vito Mannone's goal from 25 yards out, and almost immediately from kick off City attacked again, with Samir Nasri firing home from the outside of his boot from a deflected Aleksandar Kolarov cross, leaving Mannone standing. Sunderland pressed for an equaliser, with substitute Steven Fletcher wasting a last-minute chance by failing to control the ball, before Jesús Navas finished off a swift City counter-attack in stoppage time to seal their first League Cup win since 1976.


2014 Football League One play-off Final
The 2014 Football League One play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Leyton Orient and Rotherham United to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2013–14 Football League One season gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2014–15 season in the Championship.


2014 Football League One play-off Final
Rotherham were aiming for back-to-back promotions while Leyton Orient had played in the third tier of English football since 2006. The game was refereed by David Coote in front of a Wembley crowd of more than 43,000 spectators. Leyton Orient took the lead in first half with a strike from Moses Odubajo and doubled their advantage five minutes later through Dean Cox. Alex Revell then pulled one back for Rotherham ten minutes into the second half before scoring his second with a strike from distance. The game ended 2–2 and went into extra time. No further goals were scored so the match was decided using a penalty shootout. Rotherham's Lee Frecklington saw his shot saved before his goalkeeper Adam Collin denied both Mathieu Baudry and Chris Dagnall to ensure a 4–3 victory.


2014 Football League One play-off Final
Rotherham United ended the following season in 21st position in the Football League Championship, one place above the relegation zone. Leyton Orient finished their next season 23rd in League One, and were relegated to Football League Two for the 2015–16 season. Their manager Russell Slade resigned from the club in September 2014 with them in 17th position, to take over at Cardiff City.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final
Leyton Orient finished the regular 2013–14 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, one place ahead of Rotherham United. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Football League Championship and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Leyton Orient finished eight points behind Brentford (who were promoted in second place) and seventeen behind league winners Wolverhampton Wanderers. Rotherham ended the season on the same number of points as Leyton Orient but with inferior goal difference.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final
Rotherham's opponents for the play-off semi-final was Preston North End and the first leg was played at Deepdale in Preston. Alex Revell scored for the visitors mid-way through the first half after picking the ball up around half-way and ran the length of Preston's half to score past Declan Rudd. A 25-yard (23 m) volley from Joe Garner four minutes into the second half to equalise the match; Rotherham manager Steve Evans described it as the "goal of the century". No further goals were scored and the match ended 1–1.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final
The return leg took place at Rotherham's New York Stadium five days later. Paul Gallagher put Preston ahead from a free kick after sixteen minutes, but headed goals from Wes Thomas and Lee Frecklington made it 2–1 to Rotherham at half time. Kieran Agard scored mid-way through the second half and the match ended 3–1, with Rotherham progressing to the final with a 4–2 aggregate victory.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Route to the final
Leyton Orient faced Peterborough United in their play-off semi-final, with the first leg being played at London Road in Peterborough. Britt Assombalonga put the home team into the lead on 16 minutes after heading in a ball from Mark Little. Moses Odubajo equalised for Leyton Orient with 18 minutes of the game remaining, and the match ended 1–1. The return match was played three days later at Brisbane Road. After a goalless first half, Dean Cox put Leyton Orient ahead in the 60th minute with a volley after his initial shot was blocked. Chris Dagnall doubled the lead with two minutes of regular time remaining, before Conor Washington scored a consolation goal two minutes into stoppage time. The match ended 2–1 to Leyton Orient who qualified for the final with a 3–2 aggregate score.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background
Rotherham United had featured in one play-off final prior to 2014, losing the 2010 Football League Two play-off Final 3–2 to Dagenham & Redbridge at Wembley Stadium. This was Leyton Orient's fourth appearance in the final of the play-offs, although they had won just once, in the 1989 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final which was played over two legs against Wrexham. Orient's two defeats came in the 1999 Football League Third Division play-off Final against Scunthorpe United at the old Wembley Stadium and in the 2001 Football League Third Division play-off Final against Blackpool at the Millennium Stadium.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background
The Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade had play-off final experience when his Grimsby Town team were beaten by Cheltenham Town in the 2006 Football League Two play-off Final at the Millennium Stadium. He also lost at Wembley Stadium in the following season's Football League One play-off Final  as manager of Yeovil Town, who lost 2–0 against Blackpool.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background
During the regular season, Rotherham had lost their away match at Leyton Orient 1–0 in October 2013 but won their home match 2–1. The two clubs had faced each other in the play-offs previously, with Leyton Orient prevailing in the 1998–99 fourth tier play-off semi-final after a penalty shootout. Leyton Orient had played in League One since gaining promotion from the third tier in the 2005–06 season, while Rotherham United were seeking back-to-back promotions, having finished the 2012–13 season in second place in League One. Agard was Rotherham's highest scorer with 25 goals, while Dave Mooney was the top marksman for Leyton Orient with 19, followed by Kevin Lisbie on 16.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was David Coote, representing the Nottinghamshire County Football Association. He had officiated Rotherham's 1–0 home win against Port Vale the previous month and had sent off Rotherham defender Richard Smallwood. He also took charge of Leyton Orient's draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2013. Coote was assisted by Adam Nunn and Michael Salisbury, with Mick Russell acting as the fourth official.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Background
Leyton Orient named a squad for the final which was unchanged from their second leg semi-final play-off victory over Peterborough United, while Rotherham made one change, with Richard Brindley replacing Daniel Rowe on the bench. Both managers considered their opposition team to be the favourites to win the match, while bookmakers Betfair gave marginally shorter odds on Rotherham than Leyton Orient to take the victory.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, First half
The match kicked off in front of a Wembley Stadium crowd of 43,401 at around 3 p.m.  An early free kick from Ben Pringle after Frecklington was fouled was cleared by Leyton Orient. A minute later, Revell was brought down in the Rotherham box by Nathan Clarke but no penalty was awarded. In the 8th minute, the Rotherham goalkeeper Adam Collin took a free kick which Craig Morgan headed down to Thomas whose shot was gathered by Jamie Jones in the Leyton Orient goal. Rotherham continued to send in high balls into their opposition's area but to no avail.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, First half
On 31 minutes, Scott Cuthbert received the first yellow card of the game after a foul on Pringle. Three minutes later, Rotherham's Morgan was also booked for his foul on Lisbie. Dean Cox took the resulting free kick which Clarke headed out, only for Odubajo to strike the ball left-footed through a crowd of players into the roof of the Rotherham goal to put Leyton Orient into a 1–0 lead after 34 minutes. After scoring, he removed his shirt and was shown Leyton Orient's second yellow card of the afternoon for excessive celebration.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, First half
Five minutes later, a long ball was won by Mooney who lost control of it on the turn which allowed James Tavernier to head it clear only for Odubajo to take control of the ball. He took it to the byline and passed it across the six-yard box to for Cox to tap it in at the far post, doubling Leyton Orient's lead. Mathieu Baudry's header went over the crossbar two minutes later, and in stoppage time, Pringle's strike from outside the area was too high. The half finished with Leyton Orient holding a 2–0 lead.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Second half
No changes were made to either side during the half-time break, although Rotherham's assistant manager Paul Raynor was sent to the stands. The first chance of the second half fell to Tavernier whose direct free kick from 25 yards (23 m) cleared the Leyton Orient wall but also the crossbar. In the 52nd minute, a similar free kick from Pringle flew over the Rotherham goal. Two minutes later, Rotherham made their first substitution of the game, with Brindley coming on to replace Thomas. On 54 minutes, a foul by Clarke saw a free kick awarded.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Second half
Jones dropped the long ball and it fell to the former Leyton Orient player Revell who struck it into an empty net, halving Rotherham's deficit. Five minutes later, Revell doubled his tally from around 35 yards (32 m) and brought the game level at 2–2;  receiving the ball knocked down by Lisbie from a Pringle pass, he struck what Jonathan Liew of The Daily Telegraph described as a "remarkable volley that looped over Jones and into the net". On 64 minutes, Clarke was shown a yellow card for a foul.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Second half
In the 74th minute, Leyton Orient made their first substitution of the afternoon, Cox being replaced by Shaun Batt. Two minutes later, Dagnall came on for Lisbie who was injured in an earlier tackle, before Rotherham's Joe Skarz was substituted for Robert Milsom for Rotherham. Tavernier was booked in the 78th minute and three minutes later, Agard sliced his shot wide of the Leyton Orient goal. Pringle was then booked in the 87th minute for a foul on Batt  before both Agard and Tavernier missed with headers. Into stoppage time, Leyton Orient had a series of corners, none of which came to anything and the full-time whistle was blown with the game tied at 2–2.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Extra time and penalties
Both teams remained unchanged from the end of regular time, and three minutes into the first half of extra time, Mooney became the fourth Leyton Orient player to be booked after a foul on Frecklington. Two minutes later, Rotherham were denied a third goal when Jones tipped over a Cuthbert deflection from a Revell shot. Haris Vučkić, Rotherham's third and final substitute, came on to replace Revell in the last minute of the first half of extra time. Mooney was taken off at the start of the second half of extra time, with John Lundstram coming on. In a half of few chances, both sides saw shots blocked but no clear opportunities to score, and extra time ended 2–2, sending the final to a penalty shootout.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Match, Extra time and penalties
Rotherham's Agard opened the shootout, scoring down the centre, with Lloyd James equalising with a strike into the top-right corner of the net. Frecklington's attempt was saved by Jones down to his left before Lundstram put Leyton Orient into a 2–1 lead with a high shot to the middle of the goal. Pringle then levelled the score before Clarke's strike into the bottom right-hand corner of the net once again saw Leyton Orient lead. Tavernier then scored in the top-left corner before Baudry saw his shot saved by Collins, with the score at 3–3 after four rounds of penalties. Smallwood's right-footed shot into the bottom-left corner put Rotherham ahead before Dagnall's strike down the centre was saved, and the penalty shootout ended 4–3 to Rotherham United.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match
Smallwood, on loan from Middlesbrough and scorer of the winning penalty, confessed that not only had he never visited Wembley Stadium prior to the final, he had "never taken a senior-level penalty before play-off final shootout winner". The Leyton Orient owner Barry Hearn stated that he would honour his promise to take his players to Las Vegas the week after the final, with Slade saying it could be "just the tonic they need".


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match
He went on to relate that Brentford had lost last year's final and then went on to win automatic promotion the following season and that would "be their model for success now". The Rotherham manager Evans dedicated the victory to two ill family members and recounted: "All season the boys have continued to fight adversity ... You need to retain that inner belief".


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match
Asked how he encouraged the Rotherham second half performance, Evans said: "I just spoke to them about what it meant to them, to their families, their children, their mums and dads – about how they would feel looking back on this day when they are grandads." Slade was named joint manager of the season for League One, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers' Kenny Jackett.


2014 Football League One play-off Final, Post-match
Rotherham United ended the following season in 21st position in the Football League Championship, one place and five points above the relegation zone. Leyton Orient finished their next season 23rd in League One, and were relegated to Football League Two for the 2015–16 season. Slade had resigned from the club in September 2014 with them in 17th position, to take over at Cardiff City after Leyton Orient had refused permission for the Welsh club to talk to him.


2014 Football League Trophy Final
The 2014 Football League Trophy Final was the 31st final of the domestic cup involving League One and League Two teams. The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 March 2014 and saw Peterborough United beat Chesterfield 3–1, with Josh McQuoid, Shaun Brisley, Eoin Doyle and Britt Assombalonga all scoring goals. 35,663 spectators attended the match and Andy D'Urso was the referee.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final
The 2014 Football League Two play-off Final was an association football match played on 26 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Burton Albion and Fleetwood Town. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two, English football's fourth tier, to Football League One. The top three teams of the 2013–14 Football League Two season gained automatic promotion to League One, while the teams 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 2014–15 season in League One. Fleetwood Town finished in fourth place while Burton Albion ended the season in sixth position. Southend United and York City were the losing semi-finalists, being defeated by Burton and Fleetwood respectively.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final
The final was played in front of 14,007 spectators and was refereed by Michael Naylor. After a goalless first half, the deadlock was broken in the 75th minute after an error from Burton's goalkeeper Dean Lyness who failed to stop Antoni Sarcevic's long-range free kick. The match ended 1–0 to Fleetwood, who were promoted to the third tier of English football for the first time in their history.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final
Fleetwood ended their following season in tenth position in League One, six points below the play-offs. Burton finished the next season as champions of League Two, five points ahead of second-placed Shrewsbury Town, and were promoted to League One for the 2015–16 season.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final
Fleetwood Town finished the regular 2013–14 season in fourth place in Football League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, two places ahead of Burton Albion. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to Football League One and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Fleetwood Town finished five points behind Rochdale and Scunthorpe United (who were promoted in third and second place respectively), and eight behind league winners Chesterfield. Burton Albion ended the season two places and four points behind Fleetwood.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final
Burton's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Southend United with the first match of the two-legged tie being held at the Pirelli Stadium  in Burton upon Trent on 11 May 2014. Adam McGurk put the home side ahead just before half-time as he lobbed the Southend goalkeeper Daniel Bentley. On the hour mark, Ian Sharps was dismissed after being shown a second yellow card, forcing Burton to play the last 30 minutes with ten men. Despite late chances for the visitors, Burton held on for a 1–0 victory.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final
The second leg of the play-off semi-final was held at Roots Hall in Southend six days later. Midway through the first half, Burton extended their aggregate lead when Marcus Holness scored with a header from a Chris Hussey free kick. Ryan Leonard then reduced the deficit with an overhead kick before Anthony Straker's headed goal made it 2–1 to Southend at half-time. McGurk scored from a Hussey free kick midway through the second half to make it 2–2 on the day, with Burton progressing to the final with a 3–2 aggregate victory.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final
Fleetwood faced York City in the other play-off semi-final, with the first leg taking place at Bootham Crescent in York on 12 May 2014, having been delayed by a day because of a waterlogged pitch. The first half was short on chances and ended goalless. Five minutes after half-time Matty Blair put Fleetwood ahead from close range after Antoni Sarcevic had seen his shot blocked on the line. Iain Hume missed a chance to double the lead and the match ended 1–0 to the visitors.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Route to the final
The second leg of the play-off semi-final took place at Highbury Stadium in Fleetwood four days later. The home goalkeeper Chris Maxwell made saves from both Michael Coulson and Keith Lowe while Nick Pope, his opposite number, denied Sarcevic. The match ended goalless and Fleetwood qualified for the final, winning 1–0 on aggregate.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background
Of the finalists, only Burton had participated in the play-offs prior to 2014 when they took part in them the previous season. There, they had been knocked out at the semi-final stage by Bradford City 5–4 on aggregate. Fleetwood's last visit to Wembley was for the 1985 FA Vase Final which they lost against Halesowen Town while Burton had featured at the national stadium in the 1987 FA Trophy Final which ended in a 0–0 draw with Kidderminster Harriers. Both teams were aiming for promotion to the third tier of English football for the first time in either club's histories. Burton had played in the fourth tier since they gained promotion from the Football Conference in the 2008–09 season. Fleetwood were promoted to League Two after winning the Football Conference in the 2011–12 season.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background
The play-off final was the fifth meeting between the clubs during the season. In the two league matches, both sides won their away games, with Burton winning 3–2 at the Highbury Stadium in August 2013 and Fleetwood securing a 4–2 victory at the Pirelli Stadium the following January. The teams were also drawn against one another in the second round of the 2013–14 FA Cup: the tie, played in Fleetwood in December 2013, was a 1–1, with Burton winning the replay 1–0 ten days later. Fleetwood's top scorer during the regular season was Sarcevic who had scored thirteen goals, all in the league. Billy Kee was the leading scorer for Burton, with fourteen goals (twelve in the league and two in the FA Cup).


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Background
Kee's wife was in labour during the game and Kee himself said that should he score during the final, that "Wembley" would form part of the baby's name. Fleetwood went into the match as slight favourites, according to bookmakers. Burton, who wore yellow and black kit, adopted a 4–4–2 formation while Fleetwood, in red and white, played as a 4–4–2 diamond. The referee for the game was Michael Naylor.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary
Burton kicked off the match in front of 14,007 spectators at around 3 p.m. on 26 May 2014. Within a minute, a high free kick from McGurk found Kee in the Fleetwood penalty area but his header was saved by Maxwell. David Ball's shot was then kept out by Dean Lyness who made a clearance from the subsequent corner. In the 11th minute, Kees was fouled by Mark Roberts but Alex MacDonald's low free-kick was cleared. Nathan Pond then sent a header over the Burton crossbar from a Fleetwood corner.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary
Two penalty appeals were turned down by the referee in the 16th minute when both Blair and Ball fell under challenge in the Burton area. Three minutes later, a curling shot from McGurk went high and wide of the Fleetwood goal, before his shot from around 25 yards (23 m) went wide of the post. Robbie Weir then struck the ball straight at Maxwell who gathered it. On 29 minutes, Roberts passed to Ball whose shot was off-target. With three minutes of the half remaining, Sarcevic was fouled but the subsequent free kick was cleared by the Burton defence. The referee brought the half to a close with the score 0–0.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary
Neither side made any changes to their personnel during the half-time break and the second half was kicked off by Fleetwood. A minute in, a header from Hume fell to Ball whose attempted chip was caught by Lyness. In the 54th minute, Kee passed to Lee Bell whose low shot was caught in the Fleetwood goal by Maxwell. Hussey's shot two minutes later failed to trouble Maxwell before Sarcevic's shot went wide of the Burton goal.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary
In the 64th minute, Burton made the first substitution of the game with Zander Diamond coming on to replace Holness who appeared to be suffering from a hamstring injury. In the 70th minute MacDonald's strike from 30 yards (27 m) took a deflection before going out for a corner which Shane Cansdell-Sherriff narrowly missed with a header. Three minutes later, Burton made their second change of the game, with Zeli Ismail coming on to replace MacDonald. Jon Parkin then replaced Blair in Fleetwood's first substitution of the afternoon.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Match, Summary
With fifteen minutes of the game remaining, Fleetwood took the lead:  Lyness came out to punch clear Sarcevic's 35-yard (32 m) free kick but the ball flew over the goalkeeper and into the Burton goal. In the 78th minute, Burton made their final substitution of the game with Matt Palmer coming on for Bell. Despite late pressure from Burton, they failed to score and the match ended 1–0 to Fleetwood.


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match
The Fleetwood manager Graham Alexander said "I'm just pleased for my players. They have worked so hard. I'm chuffed to bits. The whole club deserves this". His opposite number Gary Rowett noted that "I wanted the players to watch Fleetwood pick up the trophy so they felt the hurt. We now have two choices: sit and sulk or use it positively ... One or two players just felt the occasion too much."


2014 Football League Two play-off Final, Post-match
Fleetwood ended their following season in tenth position in League One, six points below the play-offs. Burton finished the next season as champions of League Two, five points ahead of second-placed Shrewsbury Town, and were promoted to League One for the 2015–16 season.


2014 Football League play-offs
The Football League play-offs for the 2013–14 season were held in May 2014 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London.


2014 Football League play-offs
The play-offs began at the semi-final stage with all semi-finals being played over two legs, contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One and the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th-placed teams in the League Two table. The winners of the semi-finals then advanced to the finals, with the winner of the final gaining promotion for the following season.


2014 Football League play-offs, Background
The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.


2014 Football NSW season
The Football NSW 2014 season was the second season under the new competition format for state-level football (soccer) in New South Wales. The competition consisted of four divisions across the State of New South Wales. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2014.


2014 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier League NSW Men's 1
The National Premier League New South Wales 2014 season was played over 22 rounds, from March to August 2014.


2014 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier League NSW Men's 2
The 2014 National Premier League NSW Men's 2 was the second edition of the new NPL NSW 2 as the second level domestic association football competition in New South Wales. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds, with the top team at the end of the year being promoted to the NPL NSW Men's 1 competition.


2014 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2014 NSW State League Division 1
The 2014 NSW State League Division 1 was the second edition of the State League to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 12 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 22 rounds.


2014 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2014 NSW State League Division 1
NBThe final round match between Northbridge FC and Inter Lions was not played, as it had been postponed and had no effect on the finals series.


2014 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2014 NSW State League Division 2
The 2014 NSW State League Division 2 was the second edition of the State League to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 9 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 16 matches.


2014 Football NSW season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier League NSW Women's 1
The 2014 National Premier League NSW Women's 1 was the first edition of the new NPL NSW Women's competition to be incorporated under the National Premier Leagues banner. 9 teams competed, all playing each other three times for a total of 27 rounds.


2014 Football NSW season, 2014 Waratah Cup
Football NSW soccer clubs competed in 2014 for the Waratah Cup. The tournament doubled as the NSW qualifier for the 2014 FFA Cup, with the top seven clubs progressing to the Round of 32. 100 clubs entered the qualifying phase, with the clubs entering in a staggered format (with NPL and NPL 2 clubs seeded to a later round). The four quarter-final winners were randomly drawn  to create the semi final fixtures of the competition.


2014 Football NSW season, 2014 Waratah Cup
The competition was won by Blacktown City, their 4th title, defeating Manly United by six goals to two.


2014 Football NSW season, 2014 Waratah Cup
In addition to the three A-League clubs (Central Coast Mariners, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers), seven qualifiers (Blacktown City, Hakoah Sydney City East, Manly United, Parramatta FC, Sydney Olympic, Sydney United 58 and South Coast Wolves) competed in the final rounds of the 2014 FFA Cup. Of these qualifying clubs, only Sydney Olympic and Sydney United 58 progressed to the Round of 16.


2014 Football West season
The 2014 Football West season was the first season under the new competition format in Western Australia. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2014.


2014 Football West season, League tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues WA
The 2014 National Premier Leagues season was the second season of the new national structure, and the first season with Western Australia participating. The highest division in WA replaced the previous Football West Premier League competition, which has been run in one form or another for over a century. The overall premier for the new structure qualifies for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2014.


2014 Football West season, League tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues WA
It was played over 22 rounds as a full double round robin from March to August 2014.


2014 Football West season, League tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues WA
A relegation system for the lowest team to the State League Division 1 was introduced after the 2015 season, and was subject to whether the top team from the State League Division 1 met certain NPL Eligibility Criteria.


2014 Football West season, League tables, 2014 WA State League Division 1
The 2014 WA State League Division 1 season, known as the All Flags State League Division 1 for sponsorship reasons, was the second level domestic football competition in Western Australia.


2014 Football West season, League tables, 2014 WA State League Division 2
The 2014 WA State League Division 2 season, known as the All Flags State League Division 2 for sponsorship reasons, was the third level domestic football competition in Western Australia. Joondalup United finished the season undefeated.


2014 Football West season, League tables, 2014 Women's State League Premier Division
The highest tier domestic football competition in Western Australia is known as the BankWest Women's State League Premier Division for sponsorship reasons. The 8 teams play each other three times, for a total of 21 rounds, and with a promotion/relegation system for the bottom team with the State League Division 1. Northern Redbacks won the Women's State Cup.


2014 Football West season, 2014 Cool Ridge Cup
Western Australian soccer clubs competed in 2014 for the Football West State Cup, known that year as the Cool Ridge Cup for sponsorship reasons. Clubs entered from the newly formed National Premier Leagues WA, the two divisions of the State League, as well as a limited number of teams from various divisions of the 2014 Sunday League competition.


2014 Football West season, 2014 Cool Ridge Cup
This knockout competition was won by Bayswater City, their second title.


2014 Football West season, 2014 Cool Ridge Cup
The competition also served as Qualifying Rounds for the 2014 FFA Cup. In addition to the A-League club Perth Glory, the two finalists – Bayswater City and Stirling Lions – qualified for the final rounds of the 2014 FFA Cup, entering at the Round of 32.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400
The 2014 Ford EcoBoost 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on November 16, 2014, at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Florida. Contested over 267 laps, it was the 36th and final race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, and the tenth and final race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. This race marked the final NASCAR broadcast for ESPN, ending an eight-year stint covering the sport; as well as the final NASCAR broadcast for Allen Bestwick, who has covered the sport since 1986.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400
Next season he will remain with ESPN and ABC calling IndyCar races. Kevin Harvick held off Ryan Newman to score the victory and score his first ever championship. Chevrolet clinched its twelfth consecutive manufacturers championship. Newman was second while Brad Keselowski, Paul Menard, and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (13th), Justin Allgaier (15th), and Austin Dillon (25th).


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Previous week's race
Kevin Harvick dominated the Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500 to score the victory. "Wow. I guess that's what it feels like to hit a walkoff in extra innings. I mean this thing -- both races here -- has been bad to the bone," Harvick said after winning his fourth race at this 1-mile oval in the last five tries. Harvick would not have made the final four to race for the title without a win.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Previous week's race
I could tell that we were going to have to win because everybody was running in the front of the pack that we were racing against. I think this says a lot about our team. We had our backs against the wall. We're in victory lane and we get to go on."


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the IRL IndyCar Series, the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, and the Championship Cup Series. Since 2002, Homestead-Miami Speedway has hosted the final race of the season in all three of NASCAR's series: the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and the Camping World Truck Series.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
Ford Motor Company sponsors all three of the season-ending races; the races have the names Ford EcoBoost 400, Ford EcoBoost 300, and Ford EcoBoost 200, respectively, and the weekend is marketed as Ford Championship Weekend. The Nationwide Series (then known as the Busch Series) has held its season-ending races at Homestead since 1995.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
This was the final NASCAR race for driver Marcos Ambrose, who will be returning to V8 Supercars in his native Australia next season. It was also the final NASCAR race for crew chief Steve Letarte, who will be leaving Hendrick Motorsports, where he's worked at since he was 16, and moving to the broadcast booth for NBC Sports next season. After four decades of being a crew chief and winning races in four decades, Jimmy Fennig retired from the sport after the checked flag flew. “Racing is what makes him tick and the competition,’‘ Matt Kenseth said of Fennig.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
“It’s hard to argue that Jimmy isn’t one of the best crew chiefs in the garage. There’s not many people that have been in the sport as long as he has and remained relevant and competitive as long as he has. I’ll never forget when we won the Daytona 500 in 2012 and he was smiling and said, ‘The last time I was here was 25 years ago with Bobby Allison – that was the last time I won the Daytona 500.’


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Background
When you think about that and all the changes that this sport has had with technology and the cars and engineering and all that stuff compared to where we started, it really says something about somebody that’s still that competitive today.” “Jimmy somehow finds more time in the day and finds a way to work harder than almost anybody I’ve ever met," Carl Edwards said. "He cares as much or more about winning than anyone I’ve ever been around, so to me Jimmy has been a huge positive influence on me and my driving and he’s a friend.’’


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Brad Keselowski was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 30.167 and a speed of 179.004 mph (288.079 km/h). Jeff Gordon won the pole with a new track record time of 29.876 and a speed of 180.747 mph (290.884 km/h). “I'm really excited about the pole. I don't know that I've ever been on the pole here and to get the 200th for Hendrick is cool," said Gordon. I think the way we are looking at this weekend is we want to close out the season the absolute best we can.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
It has been a tremendous season. The No. 24 team has been incredible this year. We are disappointed that we aren't in this thing for the championship, but that's not going to stop us from trying to go out to win the pole and win the race." “This is going to be a race that you are going to go through some changing conditions,” said Kevin Harvick of the 400 miles that wait on Sunday. “Today was really about trying to get a solid starting spot. And we were able to do that with my Budweiser team.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Just really proud of my guys. We had a really good day today. Just got to keep doing what we have to do and see where it all falls on Sunday." “A buddy of mine once said it isn't where you start, it is where you stop. We have got half of them beat to start, we'll keep digging with the Caterpillar Chevrolet. We just struggled there a little bit." Ryan Newman said of his qualifying effort. Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 30.845 and a speed of 175.069 mph (281.746 km/h).


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Practice and qualifying
Brian Scott blew his engine early in the session and started from the rear since this change took place post-qualifying. Ryan Newman had to replace the front splitter after hitting a piece of debris. Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 30.822 and a speed of 175.200 mph (281.957 km/h).


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
The race was scheduled to begin at 3:17 p.m. Eastern time, but the cars didn't begin rolling off pit road until 3:19 p.m. The race started eight minutes late at 3:25 p.m. with Jeff Gordon leading the field to the green. With 22 entries in the field, Chevrolet clinched their 38th manufacturers championship and twelfth consecutive. "Winning the Manufacturers' championship is one of the goals we set at the beginning of every season," Jim Campbell, U.S. Vice President, Performance Vehicles and Motorsports, said.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
"This championship is the result of great teamwork by the owners, drivers, crew chiefs, crews and technical partners. Special thanks to the Chevrolet powertrain team, along with the engine shops at Hendrick Motorsports and Earnhardt-Childress Racing for delivering the right combination of power, fuel economy, and reliability throughout the entire season. Congratulations to everyone who has made this special achievement possible for Chevrolet." The first caution of the race flew on lap eleven for a cable coming off the catch fence near the start/finish line. Blake Koch stayed out to lead a lap before pitting.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
Kurt Busch beat Gordon off pit road to assume the lead. The race restarted on lap 15. Kevin Harvick pushed Gordon to the lead and then slingshotted around him to take the lead himself. Jeff Gordon took the lead back on lap 26. The second caution of the race flew on lap 58 after Brett Moffitt had smoke billowing from his car. The race restarted on lap 64 and Denny Hamlin shot to the lead. Gordon took the lead back from Hamlin on lap 66.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
The third caution of the race flew on lap 86 after Brett Moffitt slammed the wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 91. The fourth caution of the race flew on lap 116 after Alex Bowman scraped the wall in turn 2. Kyle Busch was running fifth when he broke the rear-end axle when his car was dropped off the jack. The race restarted on lap 121. Gordon and Harvick swapped the lead back and forth the next three laps until Kevin muscled his way to the lead on lap 124.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
The fifth caution of the race flew on lap 155 after A. J. Allmendinger slapped the wall in turn 3. Jeff Gordon retook the lead after beating off Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick off pit road. The race restarted on lap 161. The sixth caution of the race flew on lap 162 after Greg Biffle slammed the wall in turn 3. The race restarted on lap 166 and Denny Hamlin retook the lead. Tony Stewart, who was running 28th a lap down, took his car to the garage with 82 laps to go.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
This ended his streak of 15 consecutive seasons of winning at least one race. The seventh caution of the race flew with 74 laps to go when Marcos Ambrose, making his final NASCAR start, slammed the wall in turn 3. The race restarted with 69 laps to go. The eighth caution of the race flew with 61 laps to go after Trevor Bayne, in his final race with the Wood Brothers, blew a tire on the backstretch. The race restarted with 55 laps to go and Denny Hamlin took back the lead.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
Debris on the backstretch brought out the ninth caution of the race with 47 laps to go. Jeff Gordon beat Hamlin off pit road to retake the lead. The race restarted with 42 laps to go. The tenth caution of the race flew with 32 laps to go after A. J. Allmendinger slammed the wall rear first in turn 1. The race restarted with 25 laps to go. Debris in turn 2 brought out the eleventh caution with 20 laps to go. The race restarted with 15 laps to go and Denny Hamlin took back the lead.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
With 13 laps to go, J. J. Yeley and Blake Koch wrecked hard in turn 3. That brought out the twelfth caution. The race restarted with nine laps to go. Kevin Harvick took the lead with eight laps to go. Debris in turn 1 brought out the 13th caution of the race with six laps to go. The race restarted with three laps to go and Kevin Harvick took both the victory and the championship. “I was just holding the pedal down and hoping for the best,’’ Harvick said. "This new format has been so stressful.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race
I’m going to go sleep for a week. "’ “We didn't have quite enough,” Newman said. “That's disappointing, but like I said, it was an awesome team effort, and I think, again, this is a great racetrack to have a race like this, and I thought there was some amazing passing, and we don't get that at every racetrack.” Jeff Gordon's tenth-place finish moved him past Mark Martin for the second-most top ten finishes in NASCAR history.


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Report, Race, Post-race
During the race, NASCAR ordered Chad Knaus and members of Hendrick Motorsports to report to the NASCAR hauler after the race. Knaus will not face any penalties for putting in a wheel spacer. “It’s really not a big deal,’’ Robin Pemberton said. “We were trying to clarify what went on. I’m not going to get into the weeds on (the rule), but sometimes if you thought you had an issue with a wheel stud or something mechanical like that, you may need to put a spacer on to get some clean threads for the lug nuts. I have no idea (why they wanted it on), that’s not our question. It really is such a minute deal. It’s fine. Everything is good.’’


2014 Ford EcoBoost 400, Results, Race results
Notes regarding points (See Championship Points for explanation):nb - Driver and owner are not eligible for any of the three NASCAR bonus points (three for winning, one for leading a lap, one for leading the most laps) as they are a Championship Four driver and team. op - Driver did not declare for Sprint Cup Series driver points. Points listed are owner points only, used by NASCAR for bonus money programs and provisional starting positions.


2014 Fordham Rams football team
The 2014 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Joe Moorhead and played their home games at Coffey Field. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 11–3, 6–0 in Patriot League play to win the Patriot League championship. They received the Patriot's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated the Sacred Heart in the first round before losing in the second round to New Hampshire.


2014 Fordham Rams men's soccer team
The 2014 Fordham Rams men's soccer team represented the Fordham University during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season.


2014 Fordham Rams men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Forest Hills Drive
2014 Forest Hills Drive is the third studio album by American rapper J. Cole. It was released on December 9, 2014, by ByStorm Entertainment, Columbia Records, Dreamville Records and Roc Nation.


2014 Forest Hills Drive
Recording sessions took place over the whole year, while the production on the album was primarily handled by Cole himself, along with several others such as Illmind, Vinylz, Phonix Beats and Willie B. It was announced three weeks before its release and had very little marketing, with no singles or promotion taking place prior to its release. The album was supported by four singles: "Apparently", "Wet Dreamz", "No Role Modelz" and "Love Yourz".


2014 Forest Hills Drive
2014 Forest Hills Drive received generally positive reviews from critics who admired its ambitious concept, production and lyrics. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 353,000 copies in its first week. As of September 2015, the album has sold one million copies in the United States. The album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in May 2019.


2014 Forest Hills Drive
The album won Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards, and Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The single "Apparently" was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards.


2014 Forest Hills Drive, Background
The album's title is the address of a home in Fayetteville, North Carolina, where Cole lived from his early youth, until 2003. Cole lived at the property with his mother, his brother and his stepfather, and was the location where Cole wrote some of his earliest songs, and decided to pursue a career as a musician.