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2012 Football League Two play off Final

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Date
  
27 May 2012

Attendance
  
24,029

Referee
  
Craig Pawson

Event
  
2011–12 Football League Two

Venue
  
Wembley Stadium, London

The 2012 Football League Two play-off final was a football match contested by Cheltenham Town and Crewe Alexandra on 27 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium to decide the fourth team to be promoted from the League Two to the League One for the 2012–13 season.

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Under League Two play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over the two-legged semi-finals contested between the teams finishing between third and seventh in the league table.

In this game Nick Powell scored after 15 minutes and Byron Moore scored after 82 minutes to secure the game for Crewe Alexandra. The game finished 2-0 and Crewe were promoted to the Football League Division 1

Statistics

Source: BBC Sport

Previous play-off appearances

  • Crewe: 1992, 1993, 1997
  • Cheltenham: 2002, 2006 (won both)
  • References

    2012 Football League Two play-off Final Wikipedia