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2007 Football League Two play off Final

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Date
  
26 May 2007

Attendance
  
61,589

Referee
  
Mike Jones

2007 Football League Two play-off Final

Venue
  
Wembley Stadium, London

The 2007 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2007, at the end of the 2006–07 season. It was the third League Two play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding, the 21st play-off final in all at the fourth level of English football and the first play-off match to take place at the rebuilt Wembley. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One, and was contested by Bristol Rovers, who had finished sixth during the league season, and Shrewsbury Town, who had finished seventh.

Shrewsbury opened the scoring through Stewart Drummond, but two goals from Richard Walker and one from Sammy Igoe gave Bristol Rovers a 3–1 victory. By winning the play-off final, Rovers returned to the third level of English football after an absence of six seasons. The teams reached the final by defeating Lincoln City and Milton Keynes Dons respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. The crowd of 61,589 is a record crowd for a fixture played at the fourth tier of English football.

Route to the final

Bristol Rovers finished the season in sixth place in League Two, 13 points short of the automatic promotion places and one point ahead of Shrewsbury Town in seventh.

References

2007 Football League Two play-off Final Wikipedia