2011 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs
Season 2010–11
Champions Swansea City
(Championship)
Peterborough United
(League One)
Stevenage
(League Two)
Matches played 15
Goals scored 37 (2.47 per match)
Biggest home win Swansea 3–1 Nottm Forest
(Championship)
Biggest away win Cardiff 0–3 Reading
(Championship)
Highest scoring Reading 2–4 Swansea
Huddersfield 3–3 Bournemouth
(6 goals)
Highest attendance 86,581 – Reading v Swansea
(Championship final)
Lowest attendance 4,130 – Torquay v Shrewsbury
(League Two semi-final)
Average attendance 20,733
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2012 →

The Football League play-offs for the 2010–11 season were held in May 2011. The Championship final took place at Wembley Stadium in London, but the League One and Two finals were held at Old Trafford in Manchester, due to a clash with the UEFA Champions League Final.

The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs, contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One and the 4th-, 5th-, 6th- and 7th-placed teams in the League Two table. The winners of the semi-finals went through to the finals, with the winner of the final gaining promotion for the following season.

The semi-final matches were played from 12 to 20 May 2011. The finals were held between 28 and 30 May 2011.[1]

Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Swansea City 46248146942+2780
4Cardiff City 462311127654+2280
5Reading 46201797751+2677
6Nottingham Forest 462015116950+1975

Semi-finals

First leg

13 May 2011
19:45
Reading 0–0 Cardiff City
Report
Madejski Stadium, Reading
Attendance: 21,485
Referee: Mark Halsey
Second leg

16 May 2011
19:45
Swansea City 3–1 Nottingham Forest
Britton  28'
Dobbie  33'
Pratley  90+3'		 Report Earnshaw  80'
Liberty Stadium, Swansea
Attendance: 19,816
Referee: Andre Marriner

Swansea City won 3–1 on aggregate.

17 May 2011
19:45
Cardiff City 0–3 Reading
Report Long  28', 45' (pen.)
McAnuff  84'
Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 24,081
Referee: Howard Webb

Reading won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

30 May 2011
15:00
Reading 2–4 Swansea City
Allen  49' (o.g.)
Mills  57'		 Report Sinclair  21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.)
Dobbie  40'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 86,581
Referee: Phil Dowd

League One

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Huddersfield Town 46251297748+2987
4Peterborough United 4623101310675+3179
5Milton Keynes Dons 46238156760+777
6Bournemouth 461914137554+2171

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 2011
12:45
Bournemouth 1–1 Huddersfield Town
McDermott  60' Report Kilbane  22'
Dean Court, Bournemouth
Attendance: 9,043
Referee: Mick Russell
Second leg

18 May 2011
19:45
Huddersfield Town 3–3 (a.e.t.) Bournemouth
Peltier  26'
Ward  45+2'
Kay  105+2'		 Report Lovell  44' (pen.), 63'
Ings  104'
  Penalties  
Novak
Ward
Kilbane
Kay 		4–2 Symes
Feeney
Robinson
Cooper
Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
Attendance: 16,444
Referee: Neil Swarbrick

Huddersfield Town 4–4 Bournemouth on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–2 on penalties.

19 May 2011
19:45
Peterborough United 2–0 Milton Keynes Dons
McCann  11'
Mackail-Smith  54'		 Report
London Road, Peterborough
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Colin Webster

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

League Two

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4Shrewsbury Town 462213117249+2379
5Accrington Stanley 46181997355+1873
6Stevenage 461815136245+1769
7Torquay United 461718117453+2168*

*Torquay deducted 1 point for fielding an unregistered player.

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 2011
17:45
Torquay United 2–0 Shrewsbury Town
Zebroski  29'
O'Kane  45+3'		 Report
Plainmoor, Torquay
Attendance: 4,130
Referee: Scott Mathieson

15 May 2011
19:45
Stevenage 2–0 Accrington Stanley
Long  24'
Byrom  45'		 Report
Broadhall Way, Stevenage
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Roger East
Second leg

20 May 2011
19:45
Shrewsbury Town 0–0 Torquay United
Report
Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury
Attendance: 8,452
Referee: Kevin Wright

Torquay United won 2–0 on aggregate.

20 May 2011
19:45
Accrington Stanley 0–1 Stevenage
Report Beardsley  90'
Crown Ground, Accrington
Attendance: 4,185
Referee: Russell Booth

Stevenage won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 2011
15:15
Stevenage 1–0 Torquay United
Mousinho  41' Report
Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 11,484
Referee: Darren Deadman

References

  1. ↑ "Play-off Semi Final Dates". The Football League. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

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