2017 EFL League One play-off Final

2017 EFL League One play-off final
Millwall players celebrate promotion.
Event 2016–17 EFL League One
Bradford City Millwall
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Date 20 May 2017
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Steve Morison
Referee Simon Hooper[1]
Attendance 53,320

The 2017 EFL League One play-off Final was a football match contested between Bradford City and Millwall. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 20 May 2017 and was won 1–0 by Millwall, the only goal scored by Steve Morison in the 85th minute.[2] Millwall were promoted to the Championship for the 2017–18 season. The match saw the first-ever pitch invasion at the new Wembley Stadium.[3]

Route to the final

Millwall qualified for the final by beating Scunthorpe United 3–2 on aggregate over two legs. The first leg on 4 May at The Den finished 0–0.[4] The second leg, on 7 May, resulted on a 3–2 win for Millwall with goals from Lee Gregory and two from Steve Morison for Millwall and Ivan Toney and Stephen Dawson for Scunthorpe.[5]

Bradford City beat Fleetwood Town 1–0 to reach the final.[6] The only goal over two legs, came at Bradford's Valley Parade on 4 May and was scored by Rory McArdle[7]

League One semi-finals

First leg
Millwall 0–0 Scunthorpe United
Report
The Den, London
Attendance: 12,568
Referee: Andrew Madley
Bradford City 1–0 Fleetwood Town
McArdle  77' Report
Attendance: 15,696
Referee: Oliver Langford
Second leg
Scunthorpe United 2–3 Millwall
Toney  19'
Dawson  81'		 Report Morison  45', 58'
Gregory  52'
Attendance: 7,190
Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Millwall won 3–2 on aggregate.

Fleetwood Town 0–0 Bradford City
Report
Attendance: 5,076
Referee: David Coote

Bradford City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Pre-match

Bradford City were allocated 38,000 tickets for the game. Millwall's allocation was 37,623.[8][9]

Match

Details

Bradford City 0–1 Millwall
Report Morison  85'
Attendance: 53,320
Referee: Simon Hooper
Bradford City
Millwall
GK1Colin Doyle
RB29Tony McMahon
CB23Rory McArdle
CB22Nathaniel Knight-Percival
LB3James Meredith Yellow card 76'
RM7Mark Marshall
CM14Josh Cullen
CM6Romain Vincelot (c)
LM4Nicky Law  74'
RS10Billy Clarke  74'
LS9Charlie Wyke
Substitutes:
GK13Rouven Sattelmaier
DF2Stephen Darby
DF26Matthew Kilgallon
MF8Timothée Dieng  74'
FW11Jordy Hiwula
FW18Alex Gilliead
FW19Alex Jones  74'
Manager:
Stuart McCall
GK1Jordan Archer
RB12Mahlon Romeo
CB4Shaun Hutchinson
CB17Byron Webster
LB5Tony Craig (c)
RM14Jed Wallace  89'
CM26Jimmy Abdou
CM6Shaun Williams
LM22Aiden O'Brien Yellow card 58'  70'
RS9Lee Gregory  90+1'
LS20Steve Morison  85'
Substitutes:
GK31Tom King
DF24Jake Cooper
MF7David Worrall
MF8Ben Thompson
MF10Fred Onyedinma  89'
MF16Calum Butcher  90+1'
MF18Shane Ferguson  70'
Manager:
Neil Harris

Post-match

The first pitch invasion at the new Wembley stadium by Millwall fans, May 2017.[3]

At the end of the game Millwall fans invaded the pitch confronting Bradford City manager, Stuart McCall. McCall said, "Wembley have to learn from this. Everyone in the place knew they were coming on. I was close to clocking a couple,"[10] The Metropolitan Police made 12 arrests.[11] After the game, supporters of both clubs were seen fighting and throwing traffic cones. A supporter was also seen to be punched and kicked while on the ground.[12] A spokesman for the English Football League called the invasion "completely unacceptable".[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Sky Bet League One Play-off Final: Simon Hooper to referee final". English Football League. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bradford City 0–1 Millwall". BBC Sport. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Millwall chairman John Berylson absolves pitch invaders after Wembley's £250,000 security failed to contain them". Daily Mirror. London. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Millwall 0–0 Scunthorpe United". BBC Sport. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Scunthorpe United 2–3 Millwall (agg: 2–3)". BBC Sport. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "How Bradford & Millwall reached the League One play-off final". BBC Sport. 7 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bradford City 1–0 Fleetwood Town". BBC Sport. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tickets for Bradford City's Wembley final on sale now". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Millwall find out ticket allocation for play-off final". News at Den. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Stuart McCall: Bradford City boss 'close to hitting' Millwall fans who invaded pitch". BBC Sport. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bradford City 0 Millwall 1: Steve Morison claims pitch-invading fans 'ruined' play-off heroics". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "VIDEO: Millwall fans throw traffic cones and punches after beating Bradford". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  13. ↑ "Millwall: EFL calls Wembley pitch invasion 'completely unacceptable'". BBC Sport. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
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