2010 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs 2009–10
Season information
Winners	Blackpool (Championship) Millwall (League One) Dagenham & Redbridge (League Two)
Season statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	47
Biggest home win	Dagenham 6–0 Morecambe (League Two)
Biggest away win	Nottm Forest 3–4 Blackpool (Championship)
Highest scoring	Nottm Forest 3–4 Blackpool (7 goals)
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The Football League play-offs for the 2009–10 season were held in May 2010, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium in London. 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.

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.

In the Championship, Nottingham Forest, who were aiming to return to the top flight for the first time since 1999, finished 12 points behind second placed West Bromwich Albion, who in turn finished 11 points behind champions Newcastle United, who returned to the top flight at the first attempt after relegation from the Premier League on the last day the season before. Cardiff City who haven't been in the top flight since 1962, finished in fourth place in the table. Leicester City who finished as champions of League One the season before, finished in fifth place looking for a return to the top flight for the first time in 6 years. Blackpool finished 6 points behind Leicester and Cardiff on 70 points, looking for a first spell back in the top flight since 1971.

Championship

Main article:2009–10 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Nottingham Forest	46	22	13	11	65	40	+25	79
4	Cardiff City	46	22	10	14	73	54	+19	76
5	Leicester City	46	21	13	12	61	45	+16	76
6	Blackpool	46	19	13	14	74	58	+16	70

Semi-finals

First leg

8 May 2010 12:45	Blackpool	2–1	Nottingham Forest	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 11,805 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Southern  26' Adam  57' (pen.)	Report	Cohen  13'

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9 May 2010 13:15	Leicester City	0–1	Cardiff City	Walkers Stadium, Leicester Attendance: 29,165 Referee: Alan Wiley
		Report	Whittingham  78'

Second leg

11 May 2010 19:45	Nottingham Forest	3–4	Blackpool	City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 28,358 Referee: Mark Clattenburg
	Earnshaw  7', 66' Adebola  90+2'	Report	Campbell  56', 76', 79' Dobbie  72'

Blackpool won 6–4 on aggregate.

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12 May 2010 19:45	Cardiff City	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Leicester City	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 26,033 Referee: Howard Webb
	Chopra  21' Whittingham  69' (pen.)	Report	Fryatt  25' Hudson  36' (o.g.) King  49'
		Penalties
	Chopra McCormack Ledley Kennedy	4–3	Berner Howard Solano Kermorgant Waghorn

Cardiff City 3–3 Leicester City on aggregate. Cardiff City won 4–3 on penalties.

Final

Main article:2010 Football League Championship play-off Final

22 May 2010 15:00	Blackpool	3–2	Cardiff City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,244 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Adam  13' Taylor-Fletcher  41' Ormerod  45+1'	Report	Chopra  9' Ledley  37'

League One

Main article:2009–10 Football League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Millwall	46	24	13	9	76	44	32	85
4	Charlton Athletic	46	23	15	8	71	48	23	84
5	Swindon Town	46	22	16	8	73	57	16	82
6	Huddersfield Town	46	23	11	12	82	56	26	80

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 2010 19:45	Swindon Town	2–1	Charlton Athletic	The County Ground, Swindon Attendance: 13,560 Referee: James Linington
	Austin  52' Ward  60'	Report	Burton  65'

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15 May 2010 12:15	Huddersfield Town	0–0	Millwall	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 14,654 Referee: Darren Deadman
		Report

Second leg

17 May 2010 19:45	Charlton Athletic	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Swindon Town	The Valley, London Attendance: 21,521 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	Ferry  27' (o.g.) Mooney  45'	Report	Ward  74'
		Penalties
	Burton Bailey Forster Dailly Richardson	4–5	McGovern Austin Amankwaah Ward Darby

Charlton Athletic 3–3 Swindon Town on aggregate. Swindon Town won 5–4 on penalties.

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18 May 2010 19:45	Millwall	2–0	Huddersfield Town	The Den, London Attendance: 15,463 Referee: Anthony Bates
	Morison  23' Robinson  82'	Report

Millwall won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article:2010 Football League One play-off Final

29 May 2010	Millwall	1–0	Swindon Town	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,108 Referee: Colin Webster
	Robinson  39'	Report

League Two

Main article:2009–10 Football League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Morecambe	46	20	13	13	73	64	0+9	73
5	Rotherham United	46	21	10	15	55	52	0+3	73
6	Aldershot Town	46	20	12	14	69	56	+13	72
7	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	20	12	14	69	58	+11	72

Semi-finals

First leg

15 May 2010 18:00	Aldershot Town	0–1	Rotherham United	Recreation Ground, Aldershot Attendance: 5,470 Referee: Andy D'Urso
		Report	Le Fondre  88'

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16 May 2010 13:30	Dagenham & Redbridge	6–0	Morecambe	Victoria Road, Dagenham Attendance: 4,566 Referee: Colin Webster
	Benson  4', 66' Scott  35', 48', 54', 69'	Report

Second leg

19 May 2010 19:45	Rotherham United	2–0	Aldershot Town	Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield Attendance: 7,082 Referee: Fred Graham
	le Fondre  43' Ellison  68'	Report

Rotherham United won 3–0 on aggregate.

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20 May 2010 19:45	Morecambe	2–1	Dagenham & Redbridge	Christie Park, Morecambe Attendance: 4,972 Referee: Eddie Ilderton
	Duffy  81' Artell  90'	Report	Benson  85'

Dagenham & Redbridge won 7–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article:2010 Football League Two play-off Final

30 May 2010 15:00	Dagenham & Redbridge	3–2	Rotherham United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 32,054 Referee: James Linington
	Benson  38' Green  56' Nurse  70'	Report	Taylor  39', 61'

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