2007 Football League Two play-off Final

The 2007 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2007, at the end of the 2006–07 season. It was the third League Two play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding, the 21st play-off final in all at the fourth level of English football and the first play-off match to take place at the rebuilt Wembley. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One, and was contested by Bristol Rovers, who had finished sixth during the league season, and Shrewsbury Town, who had finished seventh.

2007 Football League Two play-off Final
Bristol Rovers Shrewsbury Town
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Date26 May 2007
VenueWembley Stadium, London
RefereeMike Jones
Attendance61,589

Shrewsbury opened the scoring through Stewart Drummond, but two goals from Richard Walker and one from Sammy Igoe gave Bristol Rovers a 3–1 victory. By winning the play-off final, Rovers returned to the third level of English football after an absence of six seasons. The teams reached the final by defeating Lincoln City and Milton Keynes Dons respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. The crowd of 61,589 is a record crowd for a fixture played at the fourth tier of English football.

Route to the final
See also: 2006–07 Football League
2006–07 Football League Two:
final table, leading positions
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1.Walsall46251407663489
2.Hartlepool United46261010654088
3.Swindon Town46251011583885
4.Milton Keynes Dons46250912765884
5.Lincoln City46211114705974
6.Bristol Rovers46201214494272
7.Shrewsbury Town46181711684671
Pos=Position P=Games played W=Wins D=Draws
L=Losses F=Goals for A=Goals against Pts=Points

Bristol Rovers finished the season in sixth place in League Two, 13 points short of the automatic promotion places and one point ahead of Shrewsbury Town in seventh.[1]

Match

Details
Bristol Rovers3–1Shrewsbury Town
Walker  21', 35'
Igoe  90'		 (Report) Drummond  3'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 61,589
Referee: Mike Jones
Bristol Rovers
Shrewsbury Town
GK1Steve Phillips
RB2Ryan Green
CB6Steve Elliott
CB15Byron Anthony
LB11Chris Carruthers
RM4Sammy Igoe
CM7Stuart Campbell (c)
CM20Craig Disley
LM26Lewis Haldane 64'
CF9Rickie Lambert
CF10Richard Walker
Substitutes:
GK31Mike Green
DF17Andy Sandell
DF32Aaron Lescott
MF22Chris Lines
FW27Sean Rigg 74'
Manager:
Paul Trollope
GK21Chris Mackenzie
RB12Ben Herd 84'
CB5Richard Hope (c)
CB8Kelvin Langmead
LB23Marc Tierney 89'
RM10Derek Asamoah
CM2Danny Hall
CM4Stewart Drummond
LM3Neil Ashton
CF9Andy Cooke 73'
CF24Michael Symes 80'
Substitutes:
GK1Ryan Esson
DF28Sagi Burton 84'
MF18Steve Leslie
MF22Chris Humphrey 73'
FW29Leo Fortune-West 80'
Manager:
Gary Peters

See also
Sammy Igoe rolls in Bristol Rovers' third goal to seal their promotion to League One.

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