2007 Football League Two play-off Final

2007 Football League Two play-off Final
Bristol Rovers Shrewsbury Town
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Date 26 May 2007
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

2006–07 Football League Two:
final table, leading positions
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1.Walsall4625147663489
2.Hartlepool United46261010654088
3.Swindon Town46251011583885
4.Milton Keynes Dons4625912765884
5.Lincoln City46211114705974
6.Bristol Rovers46201214494272
7.Shrewsbury Town46181711684671
Pos=Position P=Games played W=Wins D=Draws
L=Losses F=Goals for A=Goals against Pts=Points

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

26 May 2007
15:00 BST
Bristol Rovers 3 – 1 Shrewsbury Town
Walker  21'
Walker  35'
Igoe  90'		 (Report) Drummond  3'
Wembley, London
Attendance: 61,589
Referee: Mike Jones
Bristol Rovers
Shrewsbury Town
BRISTOL ROVERS:
GK 1 England Steve Phillips
RB 2 Wales Ryan Green
CB 6 England Steve Elliot
CB 15 Wales Byron Anthony
LB 11 England Chris Carruthers
RM 4 England Sammy Igoe
CM 7 England Stuart Campbell (c)
CM 20 England Craig Disley
LM 26 England Lewis Haldane  64'
CF 9 England Rickie Lambert
CF 10 England Richard Walker
Substitutes:
GK 31 England Mike Green
DF 17 England Andy Sandell
DF 32 England Aaron Lescott
MF 19 England Chris Lines
FW 22 England Sean Rigg  74'
Manager:
Wales Paul Trollope
SHREWSBURY TOWN:
GK 21 England Chris Mackenzie
RB 12 England Ben Herd  84'
CB 5 England Richard Hope (c)
CB 8 England Kelvin Langmead
LB 23 England Marc Tierney Red card 89'
RM 10 Ghana Derek Asamoah
CM 2 England Danny Hall
CM 4 England Stewart Drummond
LM 3 England Neil Ashton
CF 9 England Andy Cooke  73'
CF 24 England Michael Symes  80'
Substitutes:
GK 1 Scotland Ryan Esson
DF 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis Sagi Burton  84'
MF 18 Scotland Steve Leslie
MF 22 Jamaica Chris Humphrey  73'
FW 29 England Leo Fortune-West  80'
Manager:
England Gary Peters

See also

Sammy Igoe rolls in Bristol Rovers' third goal to seal their promotion to League One.

References

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

External links

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