2007 Football League Two play-off Final
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| Date | 26 May 2007 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | Mike Jones | ||||||
| Attendance | 61,589 | ||||||
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.
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
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| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| 1. | Walsall | 46 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 66 | 34 | 89 |
| 2. | Hartlepool United | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 65 | 40 | 88 |
| 3. | Swindon Town | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 58 | 38 | 85 |
| 4. | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 25 | 9 | 12 | 76 | 58 | 84 |
| 5. | Lincoln City | 46 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 70 | 59 | 74 |
| 6. | Bristol Rovers | 46 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 42 | 72 |
| 7. | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 68 | 46 | 71 |
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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
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See also
- 2007 Football League Championship play-off Final
- 2007 Football League One play-off Final
- 2007 Conference National play-off Final
References
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