2015 Football League Championship play-off Final

2015 Football League Championship play-off Final
Matchday programme cover
Event 2014–15 Football League Championship
Middlesbrough Norwich City
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Date 25 May 2015
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Mike Dean
Attendance 85,656

The 2015 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested by Norwich City and Middlesbrough on 25 May 2015 at Wembley Stadium.[1] The winner, Norwich City, gained promotion to the Premier League for the 2015–16 season.[2][3]

It was Norwich's second appearance in a play-off final, having played in the 2002 Football League First Division play-off Final losing to Birmingham City on penalties.[4] Described as "the richest game in football", victory in the game is worth an estimated £120m to the winning club.[5]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Middlesbrough Round Norwich
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Championship Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Championship 4th placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
3Norwich City 4686
4Middlesbrough 4685
5Brentford 4678
6Ipswich Town 4678

Full results list

 Final standings Championship 3rd placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
3Norwich City 4686
4Middlesbrough 4685
5Brentford 4678
6Ipswich Town 4678

Full results list

Brentford 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals Ipswich Town 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H)

Semi-finals

  Finalist win   Draw   Finalist loss   Upcoming fixture

First leg

Second leg

Pre-match

On 19 May Wembley Stadium apologised to Middlesbrough supporters for issuing tickets with the team's name misspelled as "Middlesborough".[6] Norwich City were allocated 38,888 tickets which were sold exclusively to season ticket holders and club members.[7]

Match

Details

Middlesbrough 0–2 Norwich City
Report Jerome  12'
Redmond  15'
Attendance: 85,656
Referee: Mike Dean
Middlesbrough[8]
Norwich City[8]
GK13Dimitrios Konstantopoulos
RB18Dean Whitehead 46'
CB4Daniel Ayala
CB6Ben Gibson
LB3George Friend
RM27Albert Adomah
CM7Grant Leadbitter (c)
CM8Adam Clayton
LM10Lee Tomlin
SS21Jelle VossenYellow card 56' 68'
CF23Patrick Bamford
Substitutes:
GK12Connor Ripley
DF29Fernando Amorebieta
DF39Jonathan Woodgate
MF20Adam Reach
MF24Emilio Nsue 46'
MF34Adam Forshaw
FW9Kike 68'
Manager:
Aitor Karanka
GK1John Ruddy
RB2Steven Whittaker
CB5Russell Martin (c)
CB30Sébastien Bassong
LB23Martin Olsson
DM27Alexander Tettey
RM22Nathan Redmond 87'
CM8Jonny HowsonYellow card 62'
CM14Wes Hoolahan 75'
LM4Bradley Johnson
CF10Cameron Jerome 74'
Substitutes:
GK26Declan Rudd
DF24Ryan Bennett
MF17Elliott Bennett
MF28Gary O'Neil 87'
MF41Graham Dorrans 75'
FW7Lewis Grabban 74'
FW11Gary Hooper
Manager:
Alex Neil
Match rules:
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. ↑ "Championship Play-off Final – Wembley Stadium". wembleystadium.com. The Football Association.
  2. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0 Norwich City 2: Cameron Jerome and Nathan Redmond fire Canaries to Premier League". The Daily Telegraph. London. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0–2 Norwich: Championship play-off final – as it happened". The Guardian. London. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Football League play-off schedule". Sporting Life. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Championship: Who will prevail in the play-offs?". BBC Sport. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wembley sorry for misspelling Middlesbrough play-off tickets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Norwich fans 'gutted' over Wembley match ticket sale decision". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Sky Bet Championship Play-off Final key information". The Football League.
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