2012 Football League Championship play-off Final

2012 Football League Championship play-off Final

Blackpool West Ham United 1 2
Event	2011–12 Football League Championship
Date	19 May 2012
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	James Tomkins (West Ham)
Referee	Howard Webb
Attendance	78,523
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The 2012 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between West Ham United and Blackpool on 19 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third team to be promoted from the Championship to the Premier League for the 2012–13 season. Under Championship play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals.

Route to the final

The two-legged semi-finals will determine the competitors in the final.

First legs

3 May 2012 19:45 BST	Cardiff City	0–2	West Ham United	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 23,029 Referee: Neil Swarbrick
		Report	Collison  9', 41'

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4 May 2012 19:45 BST	Blackpool	1–0	Birmingham City	Bloomfield Road, Blackpool Attendance: 13,832 Referee: Mark Halsey
	Davies  45' (o.g.)	Report

Second legs

7 May 2012 16:30 BST	West Ham United	3–0	Cardiff City	Boleyn Ground, London Attendance: 34,682 Referee: Mike Dean
	Nolan  15' Vaz Tê  40' Maynard  90'	Report

West Ham United won 5–0 on aggregate.

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9 May 2012 19:45 BST	Birmingham City	2–2	Blackpool	St Andrew's, Birmingham Attendance: 28,483 Referee: Chris Foy
	Žigić  64' Davies  73'	Report	Dobbie  45' M. Phillips  48'

Blackpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

Match

Details

19 May 2012 15:00 BST	Blackpool	1–2	West Ham United	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 78,523 Referee: Howard Webb
	Ince  48'	Report	Cole  35' Vaz Tê  87'

Blackpool

West Ham United

GK 1 Matthew Gilks DF 5 Neal Eardley DF 6 Ian Evatt DF 15 Alex Baptiste DF 3 Stephen Crainey MF 23 Matt Phillips MF 16 Barry Ferguson (c) MF 31 Ángel Martínez 90' FW 7 Stephen Dobbie 90' FW 9 Kevin Phillips 71' FW 36 Tom Ince Substitutes: DF 20 Craig Cathcart MF 4 Keith Southern MF 14 Ludovic Sylvestre 71' MF 32 Nouha Dicko 90' FW 35 Roman Bednář 90' Manager: Ian Holloway

GK 1 Robert Green DF 20 Guy Demel 57' DF 2 Winston Reid DF 5 James Tomkins DF 14 Matthew Taylor MF 10 Jack Collison MF 16 Mark Noble MF 4 Kevin Nolan (c) MF 32 Gary O'Neil 53' FW 9 Carlton Cole FW 12 Ricardo Vaz Tê 89' Substitutes: GK 13 Stephen Henderson DF 3 George McCartney 53' DF 18 Julien Faubert 57' MF 22 Henri Lansbury FW 8 Nicky Maynard Manager: Sam Allardyce

Man of the Match: James Tomkins (West Ham United) Assistant referees: Peter Kirkup Mike Mullarkey Fourth official: Kevin Friend Reserve Assistant Referee: Sian Massey

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Five named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

	Blackpool	West Ham
Total shots	14	12
Shots on target	7	4
Ball possession	52%	48%
Corner kicks	4	5
Fouls committed	6	8
Offsides	3	5
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Source: BBC Sport