2007 Football League One play-off Final

2007 Football League One play-off Final
Yeovil Town Blackpool
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Date 27 May 2007
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Andy D'Urso (Essex)
Attendance 59,313

The 2007 Football League One play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 2007, at the end of the 2006–07 season. It was the third League One play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding, the 21st play-off final in all at the third level of English football, and the first of these matches to take place at the rebuilt Wembley. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from League One to the Championship, and was contested by Blackpool, who had finished third during the league season, and Yeovil Town, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Oldham Athletic and Nottingham Forest respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Robbie Williams and Keigan Parker scored the goals that gave Blackpool a 2–0 victory in the final.

Route to the final

2006–07 Football League One:
final table, leading positions
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1.Scunthorpe United4626137733591
2.Bristol City46251011633985
3.Blackpool46241111764983
4.Nottingham Forest46231310654182
5.Yeovil Town46231013553979
6.Oldham Athletic46211213694775
Pos=Position P=Games played W=Wins D=Draws
L=Losses F=Goals for A=Goals against Pts=Points

Blackpool finished the season in third place in League One, eight points behind champions Scunthorpe United and two points behind runners-up Bristol City. Yeovil Town finished fifth, four points behind Blackpool and three behind fourth-placed Nottingham Forest.[1]

First leg

Yeovil Town 0–2 Nottingham Forest
(Report)  23' (pen.) Commons
 90' (pen.) Perch
Attendance: 8,935
Referee: N. Miller
Oldham Athletic 1–2 Blackpool
Liddell  75' (pen.) (Report)  52' Barker
 87' Hoolahan
Attendance: 12,154
Referee: I. Williamson

Second leg

Nottingham Forest 2–5
(a.e.t.)		 Yeovil Town
Dobie  47'
Gary Holt  93'		 (Report)  22',  109' Davies
 82' Wright (o.g.)
 87' Stewart
 92' Morris
Attendance: 27, 819
Referee: G. Poll

Yeovil Town 5–4 Nottingham Forest on aggregate.

Blackpool 3–1 Oldham Athletic
Southern  28'
Morell  75'
Parker  90'		 (Report)  83' Wolfenden
Attendance: 9,453
Referee: L. Probert

Blackpool 5–2 Oldham Athletic on aggregate.

Match

Details

Yeovil Town 0–2 Blackpool
(Report) Williams  43'
Parker  52'
Attendance: 59,313
Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)
Yeovil Town
Blackpool
GK1Steve Mildenhall
RB16Andy Lindegaard 77'
CB6Terrell Forbes
CB5Scott Guyett
LB3Nathan Jones (c)
RM10Wayne Gray
CM11Chris Cohen 40'
CM8Anthony Barry
LM9Arron Davies
ST24Lee MorrisYellow card 72'
ST29Marcus Stewart
Substitutes:
DF4Terry Skiverton
DF24Mark Lynch 77'
MF32Matthew Rose
MF14Jean-Paul Kalala 40'
FW30Darryl Knights 73'
Manager:
Russell Slade
GK1Paul Rachubka
RB25Shaun BarkerYellow card
CB5Michael Jackson (c)
CB29Ian Evatt
LB6Robbie Williams
RM8Adrian Forbes 78'
CM26Claus Bech Jørgensen
CM4Keith Southern
LM27Wes Hoolahan 86'
CF7Keigan Parker
CF18Andy Morrell
Substitutes:
DF2Danny Coid
MF20David Fox 78'
MF30Simon Gillett 89'
FW10Scott Vernon 86'
FW28Ben Burgess
Manager:
Simon Grayson

Match rules:

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Final 2006/2007 Football League One Table". Soccerbase. Racing Post. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
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