2007 Football League One play-off Final

2007 Football League One play-off Final
Yeovil Town Blackpool
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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

2006–07 Football League One:
final table, leading positions
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1.Scunthorpe United4626137733591
2.Bristol City46251011633985
3.Blackpool46241111764983
4.Nottingham Forest46231310654182
5.Yeovil Town46231013553979
6.Oldham Athletic46211213694775
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.[1]

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

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: N. Swarbrick

Yeovil Town 5–4 Nottingham Forest on aggregate.

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, London
Attendance: 59,313
Referee: Andy D'Urso (Essex)
Yeovil Town
Blackpool
YEOVIL:
GK 1 England Steve Mildenhall
RB 16 England Andy Lindegaard  77'
CB 6 England Terrell Forbes
CB 5 Australia Scott Guyett
LB 3 Wales Nathan Jones (c)
RM 10 England Wayne Gray
CM 11England Chris Cohen  40'
CM 8England Anthony Barry
LM 9Wales Arron Davies
ST 24 England Lee Morris  72'
ST 29England Marcus Stewart
Substitutes:
DF 4England Terry Skiverton
DF 24 England Mark Lynch  77'
MF 32England Matthew Rose
MF 14Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Paul Kalala  40'
FW 30England Darryl Knights  73'
Manager:
England Russell Slade
BLACKPOOL:
GK 1England Paul Rachubka
RB 25 England Shaun Barker
CB 5 England Michael Jackson (c)
CB 29 England Ian Evatt
LB 6 England Robbie Williams
RM 8England Adrian Forbes  78'
CM 26Faroe Islands Claus Bech Jørgensen
CM 4England Keith Southern
LM 27Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan  86'
CF 7Scotland Keigan Parker
CF 18England Andy Morrell
Substitutes:
DF 2 England Danny Coid
MF 20England David Fox  78'
MF 30England Simon Gillett  89'
FW 10England Scott Vernon  86'
FW 28Republic of Ireland Ben Burgess
Manager:
England Simon Grayson

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Final 2006/2007 Football League One Table". soccerbase.com. Racing Post. Retrieved 25 May 2009.

External links

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