2015 Football League Championship play-off Final

2015 Football League Championship play-off final

Matchday programme cover.
Event 2014–15 Football League Championship
Middlesbrough Norwich City
0 2
Date 25 May 2015
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Referee Mike Dean
Attendance 85,656

The 2015 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match contested by Norwich City and Middlesbrough on 25 May 2015 at Wembley Stadium.[1] The winner, Norwich City, gained promotion to the Premier League for the 2015–16 season.[2][3]

It was Norwich's second appearance in a play-off final, having played in the 2002 Football League First Division play-off Final losing to Birmingham City on penalties.[4] Described as "the richest game in football", victory in the game is worth an estimated £120m to the winning club.[5]

Pre-match

On 19 May Wembley Stadium apologised to Middlesbrough supporters for issuing tickets with the team's name misspelled as "Middlesborough".[6] Norwich City were allocated 38,888 tickets which were sold exclusively to season ticket holders and club members.[7]

Teams

Team Previous appearances (bold indicates winners)
Middlesbrough 1988
Norwich City 2002

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

England Middlesbrough Round England Norwich
Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Championship Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
Championship 4th placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
3Norwich City 4686
4Middlesbrough 4685
5Brentford 4678
6Ipswich Town 4678

Full results list

 Final standings Championship 3rd placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
3Norwich City 4686
4Middlesbrough 4685
5Brentford 4678
6Ipswich Town 4678

Full results list

England Brentford 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Semi-finals England Ipswich Town 4–2 1–1 (A) 3–1 (H)

Semi-finals

  Finalist win   Draw   Finalist loss   Upcoming fixture

First leg

Second leg

Match

25 May 2015
15:00
Middlesbrough 0–2 Norwich City
Report Jerome  12'
Redmond  15'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 85,656
Referee: Mike Dean
Middlesbrough[8]
Norwich City[8]
GK 13 Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos
RB 18 England Dean Whitehead  46'
CB 4 Spain Daniel Ayala
CB 6 England Ben Gibson
LB 3 England George Friend
RM 27 Ghana Albert Adomah
CM 7 England Grant Leadbitter (c)
CM 8 England Adam Clayton
LM 10 England Lee Tomlin
SS 21 Belgium Jelle Vossen  56'  68'
CF 23 England Patrick Bamford
Substitutes:
GK 12 England Connor Ripley
DF 29 Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta
DF 39 England Jonathan Woodgate
MF 20 England Adam Reach
MF 24 Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue  46'
MF 34 England Adam Forshaw
FW 9 Spain Kike  68'
Manager:
Spain Aitor Karanka
GK 1 England John Ruddy
RB 2 Scotland Steven Whittaker
CB 5 Scotland Russell Martin (c)
CB 30 Cameroon Sébastien Bassong
LB 23 Sweden Martin Olsson
DM 27 Norway Alexander Tettey
RM 22 England Nathan Redmond  87'
CM 8 England Jonny Howson  62'
CM 14 Republic of Ireland Wes Hoolahan  75'
LM 4 England Bradley Johnson
CF 10 England Cameron Jerome  74'
Substitutes:
GK 26 England Declan Rudd
DF 24 England Ryan Bennett
MF 17 Jamaica Elliott Bennett
MF 28 England Gary O'Neil  87'
MF 41 Scotland Graham Dorrans  75'
FW 7 England Lewis Grabban  74'
FW 11 England Gary Hooper
Manager:
Scotland Alex Neil
Match rules
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of three substitutions.

References

  1. ↑ TheFA. "Championship Play-Off Final - Wembley Stadium". wembleystadium.com.
  2. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0 Norwich City 2: Cameron Jerome and Nathan Redmond fire Canaries to Premier League". Daily Telegraph. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Middlesbrough 0-2 Norwich: Championship play-off final – as it happened". Guardian. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Football League play-off schedule". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Championship: Who will prevail in the play-offs?". BBC Sport. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Wembley sorry for misspelling Middlesbrough play-off tickets". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Norwich fans 'gutted' over Wembley match ticket sale decision". BBC News. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 The Football League. "Sky Bet Championship Play-Off Final key information". football-league.co.uk.
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