Football League play-offs
Season2010–11
ChampionsSwansea City
(Championship)
Peterborough United
(League One)
Stevenage
(League Two)
Matches played15
Goals scored37 (2.47 per match)
Biggest home winSwansea 3–1 Nottm Forest
(Championship)
Biggest away winCardiff 0–3 Reading
(Championship)
Highest scoringReading 2–4 Swansea
Huddersfield 3–3 Bournemouth
(6 goals)
Highest attendance86,581 – Reading v Swansea
(Championship final)
Lowest attendance4,130 – Torquay v Shrewsbury
(League Two semi-final)
Average attendance20,733
← 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

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

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
        
3 Swansea City 0 3 3
6 Nottingham Forest 0 1 1
3 Swansea City 4
5 Reading 2
4 Cardiff City 0 0 0
5 Reading 0 3 3

Semi-finals

First leg
Nottingham Forest0–0Swansea City
Report
Attendance: 27,881
Referee: Mike Dean
Reading0–0Cardiff City
Report
Attendance: 21,485
Referee: Mark Halsey
Second leg
Swansea City3–1Nottingham Forest
Britton 28'
Dobbie 33'
Pratley 90+3'		 Report Earnshaw 80'
Attendance: 19,816

Swansea City won 3–1 on aggregate.

Cardiff City0–3Reading
Report Long 28', 45' (pen.)
McAnuff 84'
Attendance: 24,081
Referee: Howard Webb

Reading won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

Reading2–4Swansea City
Allen 49' (o.g.)
Mills 57'		 Report Sinclair 21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.)
Dobbie 40'
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

Bracket

Semifinals Final
        
3 Huddersfield Town (p) 1 3 4 (4)
6 AFC Bournemouth 1 3 4 (2)
3 Huddersfield Town 0
4 Peterborough United 3
4 Peterborough United 2 2 4
5 Milton Keynes Dons 3 0 3

Semi-finals

First leg
Bournemouth1–1Huddersfield Town
McDermott 60' Report Kilbane 22'
Attendance: 9,043
Referee: Mick Russell
Second leg
Huddersfield Town3–3 (a.e.t.)Bournemouth
Peltier 26'
Ward 45+2'
Kay 105+2'		 Report Lovell 44' (pen.), 63'
Ings 104'
Penalties
Novak soccer ball with check mark
Ward soccer ball with check mark
Kilbane soccer ball with check mark
Kay soccer ball with check mark		 4–2 soccer ball with check mark Symes
soccer ball with red X Feeney
soccer ball with red X Robinson
soccer ball with check mark Cooper
Attendance: 16,444

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

Peterborough United2–0Milton Keynes Dons
McCann 11'
Mackail-Smith 54'		 Report
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Colin Webster

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Huddersfield Town0–3Peterborough United
Report Rowe 78'
Mackail-Smith 80'
McCann 85'
Attendance: 48,410
Referee: Steve Tanner

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.

Bracket

Semifinals Final
        
4 Shrewsbury Town 0 0 0
7 Torquay United 2 0 2
6 Stevenage 1
7 Torquay United 0
5 Accrington Stanley 0 0 0
6 Stevenage 2 1 3

Semi-finals

First leg
Torquay United2–0Shrewsbury Town
Zebroski 29'
O'Kane 45+3'		 Report
Attendance: 4,130
Referee: Scott Mathieson
Stevenage2–0Accrington Stanley
Long 24'
Byrom 45'		 Report
Attendance: 4,424
Referee: Roger East
Second leg
Shrewsbury Town0–0Torquay United
Report
Attendance: 8,452
Referee: Kevin Wright

Torquay United won 2–0 on aggregate.

Accrington Stanley0–1Stevenage
Report Beardsley 90'
Attendance: 4,185
Referee: Russell Booth

Stevenage won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

Stevenage1–0Torquay United
Mousinho 41' Report
Attendance: 11,484
Referee: Darren Deadman

References

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