2016 Football League Two play-off Final

2016 Football League Two play-off final

AFC Wimbledon Plymouth Argyle 2 0
Report
Event	2015–16 Football League Two
Date	30 May 2016
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Player of the Match	Lyle Taylor
Referee	Iain Williamson
Attendance	57,596
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The 2016 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match contested between Plymouth Argyle and AFC Wimbledon. The match will be played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 2016. The winner will be promoted to the League One.

This was Wimbledon's second national playoff final win in five years. They had won the Conference National (now National League) playoff final in 2011 over Luton, but the match had to be played at the City of Manchester Stadium due to the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final taking place at Wembley.

Route to the final

Main article: 2015–16 Football League Two

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Plymouth Argyle				Round	AFC Wimbledon
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	League Two	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
League Two 5th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 4 Accrington Stanley 46 85 5 Plymouth Argyle 46 81 6 Portsmouth 46 78 7 AFC Wimbledon 46 75				Final standings	League Two 7th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 4 Accrington Stanley 46 85 5 Plymouth Argyle 46 81 6 Portsmouth 46 78 7 AFC Wimbledon 46 75
Portsmouth	3–2	2–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Accrington Stanley	3–2	1–0 (H)	2–2 (A)

Match

30 May 2016 15:00	AFC Wimbledon	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 57,596 Referee: Iain Williamson
	Taylor  78' Akinfenwa  90+11' (pen)	Report

AFC Wimbledon

Plymouth Argyle

GK 29 Kelle Roos RB 2 Barry Fuller (c) CB 6 Paul Robinson CB 32 Darius Charles LB 3 Callum Kennedy RM 18 Connor Smith CM 4 Dannie Bulman CM 8 Jake Reeves LM 17 Andy Barcham RS 9 Tom Elliott LS 33 Lyle Taylor Substitutes: GK 1 James Shea DF 20 Ryan Sweeney DF 12 Jonathan Meades MF 11 Sean Rigg FW 14 Ade Azeez FW 39 Rhys Murphy FW 10 Adebayo Akinfenwa Manager: Neal Ardley

GK 23 Luke McCormick RB 2 Kelvin Mellor CB 5 Curtis Nelson (c) CB 6 Peter Hartley LB 3 Gary Sawyer DM 4 Carl McHugh DM 20 Hiram Boateng RW 14 Jake Jervis AM 10 Graham Carey LW 11 Gregg Wylde CF 19 Jamille Matt Substitutes: GK 31 Vincent Dorel DF 28 Jordon Forster DF 16 Ben Purrington MF 32 Jordan Houghton FW 27 Craig Tanner FW 15 Tyler Harvey FW 9 Reuben Reid Manager: Derek Adams

Post match

The scorer of Wimbledon's second goal, Adebayo Akinfenwa revealed shortly after the end of the game that he had been released by the club and that he was looking for a new club.