2011 Football League play-offs

Football league season

Football League play-offsSeason| 2010–11

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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

← 2010

2012 →

The Football League play-offs for the 2010–11 season (referred to as the npower Football League Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) 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

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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

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Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Pos  | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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3 | Swansea City | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 80
4 | Cardiff City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 80
5 | Reading | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 77
6 | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 75

### Bracket

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| Semi-finals | | | Final |

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| 3 | Swansea City | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | 3 | Swansea City | 4 |
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| | | 5 | Reading | 2 |
| 4 | Cardiff City | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| 5 | Reading | 0 | 3 | 3 |

### Semi-finals

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First leg

12 May 2011

19:45

Nottingham Forest| 0–0| Swansea City

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| Report |

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 27,881

Referee: Mike Dean

* * *

13 May 2011

19:45

Reading| 0–0| Cardiff City

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| Report |

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 21,485

Referee: Mark Halsey

Second leg

16 May 2011

19:45

Swansea City| 3–1| Nottingham Forest

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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

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| Report | Long 28', 45' (pen.)
McAnuff 84'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 24,081

Referee: Howard Webb

Reading won 3–0 on aggregate.

### Final

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Main article: 2011 Football League Championship play-off final

30 May 2011

15:00

Reading| 2–4| Swansea City

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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

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Main article: 2010–11 Football League One

Pos  | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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3 | Huddersfield Town | 46 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 77 | 48 | +29 | 87
4 | Peterborough United | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 106 | 75 | +31 | 79
5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 67 | 60 | +7 | 77
6 | Bournemouth | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 75 | 54 | +21 | 71

### Bracket

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 3 | Huddersfield Town (p) | 1 | 3 | 4 (4) | |
| 6 | AFC Bournemouth | 1 | 3 | 4 (2) |
| | 3 | Huddersfield Town | 0 |
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| | | 4 | Peterborough United | 3 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 2 | 2 | 4 |

| 5 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Semi-finals

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First leg

14 May 2011

12:45

Bournemouth| 1–1| Huddersfield Town

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McDermott 60' | Report | Kilbane 22'

Dean Court, Bournemouth

Attendance: 9,043

Referee: Mick Russell

* * *

15 May 2011

12:15

Milton Keynes Dons| 3–2| Peterborough United

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Powell 47'
Baldock 50'
Balanta 56' | Report | Mackail-Smith 8'
McCann 81' (pen.)

Stadium mk, Milton Keynes

Attendance: 12,662

Referee: Jonathan Moss

Second leg

18 May 2011

19:45

Huddersfield Town| 3–3 (a.e.t.)| Bournemouth

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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

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McCann 11'
Mackail-Smith 54' | Report |

London Road, Peterborough

Attendance: 11,920

Referee: Colin Webster

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

### Final

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Main article: 2011 Football League One play-off final

29 May 2011

15:00

Huddersfield Town| 0–3| Peterborough United

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| Report | Rowe 78'
Mackail-Smith 80'
McCann 85'

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 48,410

Referee: Steve Tanner

## League Two

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Main article: 2010–11 Football League Two

Pos  | Team  |  Pld  |  W  |  D  |  L  |  GF  |  GA  |  GD  |  Pts

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4 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 79
5 | Accrington Stanley | 46 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 73 | 55 | +18 | 73
6 | Stevenage | 46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 62 | 45 | +17 | 69
7 | Torquay United | 46 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 68*

*Torquay deducted 1 point for fielding an unregistered player.

### Bracket

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| Semifinals | | | Final |

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| 4 | Shrewsbury Town | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Torquay United | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | 6 | Stevenage | 1 |
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| | | 7 | Torquay United | 0 |
| 5 | Accrington Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 |

| 6 | Stevenage | 2 | 1 | 3 |

### Semi-finals

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First leg

14 May 2011

17:45

Torquay United| 2–0| Shrewsbury Town

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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

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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

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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

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| Report | Beardsley 90'

Crown Ground, Accrington

Attendance: 4,185

Referee: Russell Booth

Stevenage won 3–0 on aggregate.

### Final

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28 May 2011

15:15

Stevenage| 1–0| Torquay United

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Mousinho 41' | Report |

Old Trafford, Manchester

Attendance: 11,484

Referee: Darren Deadman

## References

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1. ^ "Play-off Semi Final Dates". The Football League. 26 April 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2011.

## External links

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* Football League website

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