2011 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs 2010–11
Season information
Winners	Swansea City (Championship) Peterborough United (League One) Stevenage (League Two)
Season statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37
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)
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The Football League play-offs for the 2010–11 season 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.

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

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2011 19:45	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Swansea City	City Ground, Nottingham Attendance: 27,881 Referee: Mike Dean
		Report

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13 May 2011 19:45	Reading	0–0	Cardiff City	Madejski Stadium, Reading Attendance: 21,485 Referee: Mark Halsey
		Report

Second leg

16 May 2011 19:45	Swansea City	3–1	Nottingham Forest	Liberty Stadium, Swansea Attendance: 19,816 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Britton  28' Dobbie  33' Pratley  90+3'	Report	Earnshaw  80'

Swansea City won 3–1 on aggregate.

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17 May 2011 19:45	Cardiff City	0–3	Reading	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 24,081 Referee: Howard Webb
		Report	Long  28', 45' (pen.) McAnuff  84'

Reading won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2011 Football League Championship play-off Final

30 May 2011 15:00	Reading	2–4	Swansea City	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 86,581 Referee: Phil Dowd
	Allen  49' (o.g.) Mills  57'	Report	Sinclair  21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.) Dobbie  40'

League One

Main article: 2010–11 Football League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 2011 12:45	Bournemouth	1–1	Huddersfield Town	Dean Court, Bournemouth Attendance: 9,043 Referee: Mick Russell
	McDermott  60'	Report	Kilbane  22'

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15 May 2011 12:15	Milton Keynes Dons	3–2	Peterborough United	Stadium mk, Milton Keynes Attendance: 12,662 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Powell  47' Baldock  50' Balanta  56'	Report	Mackail-Smith  8' McCann  81' (pen.)

Second leg

18 May 2011 19:45	Huddersfield Town	3–3 (a.e.t.)	Bournemouth	Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield Attendance: 16,444 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
	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

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

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19 May 2011 19:45	Peterborough United	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	London Road, Peterborough Attendance: 11,920 Referee: Colin Webster
	McCann  11' Mackail-Smith  54'	Report

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2011 Football League One play-off Final

29 May 2011 15:00	Huddersfield Town	0–3	Peterborough United	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 48,410 Referee: Steve Tanner
		Report	Rowe  78' Mackail-Smith  80' McCann  85'

League Two

Main article: 2010–11 Football League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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.

Semi-finals

First leg

14 May 2011 17:45	Torquay United	2–0	Shrewsbury Town	Plainmoor, Torquay Attendance: 4,130 Referee: Scott Mathieson
	Zebroski  29' O'Kane  45+3'	Report

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15 May 2011 19:45	Stevenage	2–0	Accrington Stanley	Broadhall Way, Stevenage Attendance: 4,424 Referee: Roger East
	Long  24' Byrom  45'	Report

Second leg

20 May 2011 19:45	Shrewsbury Town	0–0	Torquay United	Greenhous Meadow, Shrewsbury Attendance: 8,452 Referee: Kevin Wright
		Report

Torquay United won 2–0 on aggregate.

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20 May 2011 19:45	Accrington Stanley	0–1	Stevenage	Crown Ground, Accrington Attendance: 4,185 Referee: Russell Booth
		Report	Beardsley  90'

Stevenage won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

28 May 2011 15:15	Stevenage	1–0	Torquay United	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 11,484 Referee: Darren Deadman
	Mousinho  41'	Report

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