2016 Football League Two play-off final

2016 Football League Two play-off Final

Event	2015–16 Football League Two
AFC Wimbledon Plymouth Argyle 2 0
Date	30 May 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match	Lyle Taylor
Referee	Iain Williamson
Attendance	57,956

The 2016 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match contested between AFC Wimbledon and Plymouth Argyle. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 2016. The winner, AFC Wimbledon, was promoted to League One.

This was Wimbledon's second national play-off final win in five years. They had won the Conference National (now National League) play-off final in 2011 over Luton, but the match had to be played at the City of Manchester Stadium due to the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final taking place at Wembley.

Route to the final

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Two

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

Plymouth Argyle				Round	AFC Wimbledon
League Two 5th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 4 Accrington Stanley 46 85 5 Plymouth Argyle 46 81 6 Portsmouth 46 78 7 AFC Wimbledon 46 75 Full results list				League Two	League Two 7th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 4 Accrington Stanley 46 85 5 Plymouth Argyle 46 81 6 Portsmouth 46 78 7 AFC Wimbledon 46 75 Full results list
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-offs	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Portsmouth	3–2	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Accrington Stanley	3–2	1–0 (H)	2–2 (A)

Match

Details

30 May 2016

15:00

AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Plymouth Argyle
Taylor 78' Akinfenwa 90+10' (pen.)	Report

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 57,956

Referee: Iain Williamson

AFC Wimbledon

Plymouth Argyle

GK 29 Kelle Roos RB 2 Barry Fuller (c) CB 6 Paul Robinson CB 32 Darius Charles  67' LB 3 Callum Kennedy RM 18 Connor Smith  69' CM 4 Dannie Bulman CM 8 Jake Reeves LM 17 Andy Barcham CF 9 Tom Elliott  77' CF 33 Lyle Taylor  79'  90+7' Substitutes: GK 1 James Shea DF 20 Ryan Sweeney DF 12 Jonathan Meades  69' MF 11 Sean Rigg FW 14 Ade Azeez  90+7' FW 39 Rhys Murphy FW 10 Adebayo Akinfenwa  90+11'  77' Manager: Neal Ardley

GK 23 Luke McCormick RB 2 Kelvin Mellor CB 5 Curtis Nelson (c) CB 6 Peter Hartley  86' LB 3 Gary Sawyer DM 4 Carl McHugh DM 20 Hiram Boateng RW 14 Jake Jervis  68' AM 10 Graham Carey LW 11 Gregg Wylde  62'  82' CF 19 Jamille Matt Substitutes: GK 31 Vincent Dorel DF 28 Jordon Forster  86' DF 16 Ben Purrington MF 32 Jordan Houghton FW 27 Craig Tanner  68' FW 15 Tyler Harvey FW 9 Reuben Reid  82' Manager: Derek Adams

Post match

The scorer of Wimbledon's second goal, Adebayo Akinfenwa revealed shortly after the end of the game that he had been released by the club and that he was looking for a new club.