2020 EFL League Two play-off Final

2020 EFL League Two play-off final

Exeter City Northampton Town 0 4
Report
Event	2019–20 EFL League Two
Date	29 June 2020
Venue	Wembley Stadium, London
Referee	Michael Salisbury
Attendance	0
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The 2020 EFL League Two play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 29 June 2020. With Swindon Town, Crewe Alexandra and Plymouth Argyle occupying the top three positions in 2019–20 EFL League Two to gain promotion to 2020–21 EFL League One, it was between Exeter City and Northampton Town.

The match was played behind closed doors to comply with restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. It was thought to be the first ever competitive game behind closed doors at Wembley and was Northampton Town’s first appearance at the stadium since the 2013 Football League Two play-off Final.

Route to the final

Main article: 2019–20 EFL League Two

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

Exeter City				Round	Northampton Town
Final league position Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG 4 Cheltenham Town 36 17 13 6 52 27 +25 64 1.78 5 Exeter City 37 18 11 8 53 43 +10 65 1.76 6 Colchester United 37 15 13 9 52 37 +15 58 1.57 7 Northampton Town 37 17 7 13 54 40 +14 58 1.57
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-offs	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Colchester United	3–2	0–1 (A)	3–1 (a.e.t.) (H)	Semi-finals	Cheltenham Town	3–2	0–2 (H)	3–0 (A)

Details

29 June 2020 19:30 BST	Exeter City	0–4	Northampton Town	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Salisbury
		Report	Watson  11' Morton  31' Hoskins  80' Williams  89'

Exeter City

Northampton Town

GK 23 Jonny Maxted CB 2 Pierce Sweeney 82' CB 5 Aaron Martin 86' CB 21 Dean Moxey  59' RM 11 Randell Williams CM 25 Jake Taylor CM 4 Nigel Atangana 61' LM 20 Jayden Richardson 51' AM 8 Nicky Law CF 12 Ryan Bowman CF 18 Alex Fisher 51' Substitutes: GK 1 Lewis Ward DF 15 Tom Parkes 51' MF 7 Lee Martin MF 22 Jack Sparkes 61' MF 24 Brennan Dickenson 82' MF 27 Archie Collins 51' FW 14 Nicky Ajose FW 17 Matt Jay FW 35 Ben Seymour Manager: Matt Taylor

GK 25 Steve Arnold CB 5 Charlie Goode CB 6 Jordan Turnbull CB 16 Scott Wharton 4' RM 10 Nicky Adams 31' CM 4 Alan McCormack 74' CM 7 Sam Hoskins LM 23 Michael Harriman AM 8 Ryan Watson 54' 88' CF 19 Vadaine Oliver 74' CF 39 Callum Morton 88' Substitutes GK 1 David Cornell DF 3 Joe Martin MF 14 Chris Lines MF 20 Matt Warburton MF 21 James Olayinka 74' MF 44 Paul Anderson 88' MF 45 Mark Marshall 31' FW 9 Harry Smith 74' FW 11 Andy Williams 88' Manager: Keith Curle

Assistant referees: George Byrne Matthew Jones Fourth official: Leigh Doughty

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Nine named substitutes Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time