The 2007 Football League One play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium

The original Wembley Stadium, officially known as the Empire Stadium, was a football stadium in Wembley, a suburb of north-west London, standing on the site now occupied by the new Wembley Stadium that opened in 2007...

 on 27 May 2007, at the end of the 2006–07 season. It was the third League One play-off

Football League One play-offs

The Football League One Playoffs are a series of playoff matches, contested by the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th in the NPower Football League One table to determine the third spot for promotion to the second tier of English football, the Championship....

 final since the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

'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

Promotion and relegation

In many sports leagues around the world, promotion and relegation is a process that takes place at the end of each season. Through it, teams are transferred between divisions based on their performance that season...

 from League One

Football League One

Football League One is the second-highest division of The Football League and third-highest division overall in the English football league system....

 to the Championship

Football League Championship

The Football League Championship is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League...

, and was contested by Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

, who had finished third during the league season, and Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic A.F.C.

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...

 and Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

 respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Robbie Williams and Keigan Parker

Keigan Parker

Keigan Parker is a Scottish footballer who plays for non-league A.F.C. Fylde.-St. Johnstone:Parker, a striker, started his career with Scottish club St. Johnstone, where he made a promising start to his career and was being tipped by many to have a big future. While at St. Johnstone, he gained...

 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 United Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....	46	26	13	7	73	35	91
2.	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	46	25	10	11	63	39	85
3.	Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...	46	24	11	11	76	49	83
4.	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	46	23	13	10	65	41	82
5.	Yeovil Town Yeovil Town F.C. Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...	46	23	10	13	55	39	79
6.	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C. Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...	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

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

 finished the season in third place in League One, eight points behind champions Scunthorpe United

Scunthorpe United F.C.

Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....

 and two points behind runners-up Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

. Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

 finished fifth, four points behind Blackpool and three behind fourth-placed Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

.

First leg

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Second leg

Yeovil Town 5–4 Nottingham Forest on aggregate.
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Blackpool 5–2 Oldham Athletic on aggregate.

Match details

EWLINE| YEOVIL: GK 1   Steve Mildenhall Steve Mildenhall Stephen James "Steve" Mildenhall is an English professional football goalkeeper, currently playing for Millwall in the Championship.-Career:... RB 16   Andy Lindegaard Andy Lindegaard Andrew Rindom "Andy" Lindegaard is an English footballer who is most famous for his time at Yeovil Town. He played as a defender, but was used in most positions on the pitch....   CB 6   Terrell Forbes Terrell Forbes Terrell Dishan Forbes is an English professional footballer who plays for Leyton Orient. He was a member of the West Ham United 1999 FA Youth Cup winning team and gained promotion from Division Two with Queens Park Rangers in 2004.-Club career:Forbes was born in Southwark, London in 1981 and began... CB 5   Scott Guyett Scott Guyett Scott Barry Guyett is an Australian professional football defender. Although born in England, he is of Australian nationality, having spent most of his childhood there and been on the books of Brisbane City.... LB 3   Nathan Jones (c) RM 10   Wayne Gray CM 11   Chris Cohen Chris Cohen Christopher 'Chris' David Cohen is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Nottingham Forest. Notionally a midfielder, able to operate equally at centre-midfield or left-midfield, he has also been employed for periods as an emergency left-back...   CM 8   Anthony Barry Anthony Barry (footballer) Anthony Jonathan Barry is an English footballer who plays for Fleetwood Town as a midfielder.-Career:He signed for Everton as a trainee and when released signed up with Coventry City where he was a regular in the reserves... LM 9   Arron Davies Arron Davies Arron Rhys Davies is a Welsh international footballer who currently plays for Northampton Town.-Southampton:Davies was brought up in Llantwit Major, where he attended Llantwit Major Comprehensive School.... ST 24   Lee Morris Lee Morris (footballer) Lee Morris is a professional footballer, was player-coach at Eastwood Town, but on 19 October 2011 Solihull Moors F.C. announced they had signed him as a player....   ST 29   Marcus Stewart Marcus Stewart William Marcus Paul Tubb) known as Marcus Stewart is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward from 1991 until 2011... Substitutes: DF 4   Terry Skiverton Terry Skiverton Terence "Terry" John Skiverton is a former English footballer who enjoyed a long playing career at Yeovil Town for 11 years, appearing 382 times in all competitions, before becoming their current manager.... DF 24   Mark Lynch  MF 32   Matthew Rose Matthew Rose (footballer) Matthew Rose, , is a former English professional footballer who currently is working as a Financial Advisor.... MF 14   Jean-Paul Kalala  FW 30   Darryl Knights Darryl Knights Darryl James Knights is an English professional footballer who plays for as a striker.-Career:Born in Ipswich, Knights was a product of the youth system at Ipswich Town and played for England at youth and Under-17 level. He made his debut for the club as a 16 year old in November 2004 but did not...   Manager:   Russell Slade Russell Slade Russell Slade is an English football manager currently in charge of League One side Leyton Orient.-Notts County:Slade was assistant manager to Mick Walker at Notts County, and took over as caretaker manager when Walker was sacked in September 1994. When County appointed Howard Kendall as manager...

EWLINE| BLACKPOOL: GK 1   Paul Rachubka Paul Rachubka Paul Stephen Rachubka is an American-English professional Association football goalkeeper who plays for Leeds United after joining the club from Blackpool .... RB 25   Shaun Barker Shaun Barker Shaun Barker is an English footballer who plays for Derby County as a defender, where he is also captain.-Rotherham United:...   CB 5   Michael Jackson Michael Jackson (footballer) Michael James Jackson is a retired English professional football defender.-Career:Jackson started his career as a trainee at Crewe Alexandra in 1992. During his development at Crewe, Jackson went on to play for his home town club Runcorn FC, during a loan spell and played several key games for...  (c) CB 29   Ian Evatt Ian Evatt Ian Ross Evatt is an English footballer who currently plays for Blackpool.He began his professional career in 1999 at Derby County and has also played for Northampton Town , Chesterfield and Queens Park Rangers.-Early life:... LB 6   Robbie Williams RM 8   Adrian Forbes Adrian Forbes Adrian Emmanuel Forbes is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Isthmian League Premier Division side Lowestoft Town. His primary position is as a right midfielder, but he also capable of playing as a forward... CM 26   Claus Bech Jørgensen Claus Bech Jørgensen Claus Bech Jørgensen is a Danish-born Faroese international footballer currently without a team following his release from Tamworth on 11 August 2010.... CM 4   Keith Southern Keith Southern Keith William Southern is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackpool. He is a central midfielder and is the longest-serving player currently at Bloomfield Road.-Early career: Everton and loan move to Blackpool:... LM 27   Wes Hoolahan Wes Hoolahan Wesley "Wes" Hoolahan is an Irish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for English Premier League club Norwich City.-Early career:...   CF 7   Keigan Parker Keigan Parker Keigan Parker is a Scottish footballer who plays for non-league A.F.C. Fylde.-St. Johnstone:Parker, a striker, started his career with Scottish club St. Johnstone, where he made a promising start to his career and was being tipped by many to have a big future. While at St. Johnstone, he gained... CF 18   Andy Morrell Andy Morrell Andrew Jonathan "Andy" Morrell is an English footballer who is currently player-manager of Wrexham. Initially handed the role on an interim basis after Dean Saunders left to manage Doncaster Rovers, Morrell was given the job until the end of the season after a run of seven wins in nine... Substitutes: DF 2   Danny Coid Danny Coid Daniel John "Danny" Coid is an English professional footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley.-Blackpool:Born in Liverpool, Merseyside, Coid started his career with Blackpool in 1995, when he was in the youth team. He was then a trainee before signing his first professional contract in 1998... MF 20   David Fox David Fox (footballer) David Lee Fox is an English professional footballer who currently plays for Norwich City, having signed from Colchester United on 4 June 2010....   MF 30   Simon Gillett Simon Gillett Simon James Gillett is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Doncaster Rovers.-Career:From August 2006, he spent three months on loan to Blackpool. It was with the Fylde Coast club that he scored his first league goal, on 12 September, in a 1–1 draw with Chesterfield at Bloomfield Road...   FW 10   Scott Vernon Scott Vernon Scott Malcolm Vernon is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen.-Early career:...   FW 28 Ben Burgess Ben Burgess Benjamin Kieron "Ben" Burgess is an English-born Irish footballer who currently plays for Notts County. He has been capped twice by the Republic of Ireland at Under-21 level.-Early career:... Manager:   Simon Grayson Simon Grayson Simon Nicholas Grayson is a retired English footballer and current manager of Leeds United. He is the elder brother of cricketer Paul 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

• 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final
  2007 Football League Championship play-off final
  The 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final, also known as the 2007 Coca-Cola Championship play-off Final due to sponsorship from Coca-Cola, was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 28 May 2007, at the end of the 2006–07 season...
  
  
• 2007 Football League Two play-off Final
  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...
  
  
• 2007 Conference National play-off Final

External links

• Soccerbase match statistics