2007 Football League One play-off final

2007 Football League One play-off Final

Yeovil Town Blackpool 0 2
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

See also: 2006–07 Football League

2006–07 Football League One:
final table, leading positions

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1.	Scunthorpe United	46	26	13	07	73	35	91
2.	Bristol City	46	25	10	11	63	39	85
3.	Blackpool	46	24	11	11	76	49	83
4.	Nottingham Forest	46	23	13	10	65	41	82
5.	Yeovil Town	46	23	10	13	55	39	79
6.	Oldham Athletic	46	21	12	13	69	47	75
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.

First leg

11 May 2007

19:45 BST

Yeovil Town	0–2	Nottingham Forest
	(Report)	23' (pen.) Commons 90' (pen.) Perch

Huish Park, Yeovil

Attendance: 8,935

Referee: N. Miller

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13 May 2007

17:30 BST

Oldham Athletic	1–2	Blackpool
Liddell 75' (pen.)	(Report)	52' Barker 87' Hoolahan

Boundary Park, Oldham

Attendance: 12,154

Referee: I. Williamson

Second leg

18 May 2007

19:45 BST

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

The City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 27, 819

Referee: G. Poll

Yeovil Town 5–4 Nottingham Forest on aggregate.

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19 May 2007

12:00 BST

Blackpool	3–1	Oldham Athletic
Southern 28' Morell 75' Parker 90'	(Report)	83' Wolfenden

Bloomfield Road, Blackpool

Attendance: 9,453

Referee: L. Probert

Blackpool 5–2 Oldham Athletic on aggregate.

Match

Details

27 May 2007
15:00 BST

Yeovil Town	0–2	Blackpool
	(Report)	Williams 43' Parker 52'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 59,313

Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)

Yeovil Town

Blackpool

GK 1 Steve Mildenhall RB 16 Andy Lindegaard  77' CB 6 Terrell Forbes CB 5 Scott Guyett LB 3 Nathan Jones (c) RM 10 Wayne Gray CM 11 Chris Cohen  40' CM 8 Anthony Barry LM 9 Arron Davies ST 24 Lee Morris  72' ST 29 Marcus Stewart Substitutes: DF 4 Terry Skiverton DF 24 Mark Lynch  77' MF 32 Matthew Rose MF 14 Jean-Paul Kalala  40' FW 30 Darryl Knights  73' Manager: Russell Slade

GK 1 Paul Rachubka RB 25 Shaun Barker CB 5 Michael Jackson (c) CB 29 Ian Evatt LB 6 Robbie Williams RM 8 Adrian Forbes  78' CM 26 Claus Bech Jørgensen CM 4 Keith Southern LM 27 Wes Hoolahan  86' CF 7 Keigan Parker CF 18 Andy Morrell Substitutes: DF 2 Danny Coid MF 20 David Fox  78' MF 30 Simon Gillett  89' FW 10 Scott Vernon  86' FW 28 Ben 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

• 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final
• 2007 Football League Two play-off Final
• 2007 Conference National play-off Final

External links

• Soccerbase match statistics