2012 Football League Championship play-off Final

2012 Football League Championship play-off Final
Event 2011–12 Football League Championship
Blackpool West Ham United
1 2
Date 19 May 2012
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match James Tomkins (West Ham)[1]
Referee Howard Webb[2]
Attendance 78,523[3]

The 2012 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between West Ham United and Blackpool on 19 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third team to be promoted from the Championship to the Premier League for the 2012–13 season.[4] Under Championship play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals.

Route to the final

The two-legged semi-finals will determine the competitors in the final.

First legs

Cardiff City 0–2 West Ham United
Report Collison  9', 41'
Attendance: 23,029
Blackpool 1–0 Birmingham City
Davies  45' (o.g.) Report
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
Attendance: 13,832
Referee: Mark Halsey

Second legs

West Ham United 3–0 Cardiff City
Nolan  15'
Vaz Tê  40'
Maynard  90'		 Report
Attendance: 34,682
Referee: Mike Dean

West Ham United won 5–0 on aggregate.

Birmingham City 2–2 Blackpool
Žigić  64'
Davies  73'		 Report Dobbie  45'
M. Phillips  48'
St Andrew's, Birmingham
Attendance: 28,483
Referee: Chris Foy

Blackpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

Match

Details

Blackpool 1–2 West Ham United
Ince  48' Report Cole  35'
Vaz Tê  87'
Attendance: 78,523[3]
Blackpool
West Ham United
GK1Matt Gilks
DF5Neal Eardley
DF6Ian Evatt
DF15Alex Baptiste
DF3Stephen Crainey
MF23Matt Phillips
MF16Barry Ferguson (c)
MF31Ángel Martínez 90'
FW7Stephen Dobbie 90'
FW9Kevin Phillips 71'
FW36Tom Ince
Substitutes:
DF20Craig Cathcart
MF4Keith Southern
MF14Ludovic Sylvestre 71'
MF32Nouha Dicko 90'
FW35Roman Bednář 90'
Manager:
Ian Holloway
GK1Robert Green
DF20Guy Demel 57'
DF2Winston Reid
DF5James Tomkins
DF14Matthew Taylor
MF10Jack Collison
MF16Mark Noble
MF4Kevin Nolan (c)
MF32Gary O'Neil 53'
FW9Carlton Cole
FW12Ricardo Vaz TêYellow card 89'
Substitutes:
GK13Stephen Henderson
DF3George McCartney 53'
DF18Julien Faubert 57'
MF22Henri Lansbury
FW8Nicky Maynard
Manager:
Sam Allardyce

Man of the Match:
James Tomkins (West Ham United)[1]

Assistant referees:
Peter Kirkup[2]
Mike Mullarkey[2]
Fourth official:
Kevin Friend[2]
Reserve Assistant Referee:
Sian Massey[2]

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.

Statistics

Blackpool West Ham United
Total shots1412
Shots on target74
Ball possession52%48%
Corner kicks45
Fouls committed68
Offsides35
Yellow cards01
Red cards00

Source: BBC Sport[3]

A panorama of Wembley before the final

References

  1. 1 2 "Tonks' final flourish". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Match Official Appointments". The Football League. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Fletcher, Paul (19 May 2012). "West Ham clinch Premier League return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "npower Championship Play-off dates confirmed". The Football League. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
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