Freddy Hall became the latest player from Bermuda to make an appearance at Wembley Stadium, though the goalkeeper spent the entire match sitting on the substitute’s bench in Burton Albion’s Sky Bet League Two play-off final 1-0 defeat by Fleetwood Town on Monday.

Hall, trying to relaunch his professional career back in England following a stint in Major League Soccer with Toronto FC, watched as Fleetwood scored the winner from a 35 yard free kick in the 75th minute when goalkeeper Dean Lyness was beaten by the flight of the ball.

Joy at being at Wembley was soured by the defeat for Hall and his Burton team-mates. Hall joins Shaun Goater, Kyle Lightbourne and Nahki Wells among the Bermudians to have reached a Wembley final with their clubs.

“It was definitely a nice experience, it’s a great stadium,” Hall said. “It was 14,000, a good crowd, pretty loud and a good group of fans came down for the match.

“I think, hands down, it is one of the best stadiums. I played in some nice stadiums in the MLS, but Wembley is unbelievable. Everybody was hurt by the result, everybody was pushing for promotion.

“It’s a great group of guys, team spirit was real high and we were definitely gutted that we lost in the final at Wembley.”

Lyness had to be consoled by his Gary Rowett, the Burton manager, after the game.

“I told him to get his chin up,” Rowett said. “Unfortunately, sometimes a mistake dictates a result, we’ve seen it in the play-off games and in the Champions League final.

“I can’t be disappointed with him, he’ll be disappointed enough for himself. Maybe he took his eye off it, but I’m not going to berate my keeper. I can’t be downbeat after the season we’ve had. I’d have rather lost here at Wembley than at Southend last week. And we were in the wrong dressing room. Apparently, all three losing finalists were in the home dressing room, so I’m blaming whoever makes that decision.”

Hall is hoping to secure a contract with the club for next season, having joined them a couple of months ago. The former St George’s goalkeeper has a slight advantage, age-wise, over outfield players, although opportunities are more limited for goalkeepers.

Hall was the third-choice goalkeeper at Burton Albion but was named in the squad for the final after the loan period of Robert Lainton, from Bury, ended this month.

“We are in talks to see if we can get to a common ground, if not I’ve got other opportunities and I’ll see what happens,” said Hall, whose chances have been limited with two goalkeepers ahead of him.

Hall is due back in Bermuda this week for a break and hopes to have his situation sorted out before he returns to England.

“That’s a good thing about being a goalkeeper, you can play until your late thirties, so I’ve got plenty of years left,” the 29-year-old said. “I’ll have a couple of weeks’ vacation, then I’m back out.”