2017 EFL League One play-off Final

2017 EFL League One play-off final

Millwall players celebrate promotion.
Event 2016–17 Football League One
Bradford City Millwall
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Date 20 May 2017
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Steve Morison
Referee Simon Hooper[1]
Attendance 53,320

The 2017 EFL League One play-off Final was a football match contested between Bradford City and Millwall. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 20 May 2017 and was won 1–0 by Millwall, the only goal scored by Steve Morison in the 85th minute.[2] Millwall were promoted to the Championship for the 2017–18 season. The match saw the first ever pitch invasion at the new Wembley Stadium.[3]

Route to the final

Millwall qualified for the final by beating Scunthorpe United 3–2 on aggregate over two legs. The first leg on 4 May at The Den finished 0-0.[4] The second leg, on 7 May, resulted on a 3–2 win for Millwall with goals from Lee Gregory and two from Steve Morison for Millwall and Ivan Toney and Stephen Dawson for Scunthorpe.[5]

Bradford City beat Fleetwood Town 1–0 to reach the final.[6] The only goal over two legs, came at Bradford's Valley Parade on 4 May and was scored by Rory McArdle[7]

League One Semi-finals

First leg

4 May 2017
19:45 BST
Millwall 0–0 Scunthorpe United
Report
The Den, London
Attendance: 12,568
Referee: Andy Madley

4 May 2017
19:45 BST
Bradford City 1–0 Fleetwood Town
McArdle  77' Report
Valley Parade, Bradford
Attendance: 15,696
Referee: Oliver Langford
Second leg

7 May 2017
18:30 BST
Scunthorpe United 2–3 Millwall
Toney  19'
Dawson  81'		 Report Morison  45', 58'
Gregory  52'
Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
Attendance: 7,190
Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Millwall won 3–2 on aggregate.

Bradford City won 1–0 on aggregate.

Pre-match

Bradford City were allocated 38,000 tickets for the game. Millwall's allocation was 37,623.[8][9]

Match

20 May 2017
15:00
Bradford City 0–1 Millwall
Report Morison  85'
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 53,320
Referee: Simon Hooper
Bradford City
Millwall
GK 1 Republic of Ireland Colin Doyle
RB 29 England Tony McMahon
CB 23 Northern Ireland Rory McArdle
CB 22 England Nathaniel Knight-Percival
LB 3 Australia James Meredith YC 76'
RM 7 Jamaica Mark Marshall
CM 14 Republic of Ireland Josh Cullen
CM 6 France Romain Vincelot (c)
LM 4 England Nicky Law  74'
RS 10 Republic of Ireland Billy Clarke  74'
LS 9 England Charlie Wyke
Substitutes:
GK 13 Germany Rouven Sattelmaier
DF 2 England Stephen Darby
DF 26 England Matthew Kilgallon
MF 8 France Timothée Dieng  74'
FW 11 England Jordy Hiwula
FW 18 England Alex Gilliead
FW 19 England Alex Jones  74'
Manager:
Scotland Stuart McCall
GK 1Scotland Jordan Archer
RB 12Antigua and Barbuda Mahlon Romeo
CB 4England Shaun Hutchinson
CB 17England Byron Webster
LB 5England Tony Craig (c)
RM 14England Jed Wallace  89'
CM 26Comoros Nadjim Abdou
CM 6Republic of Ireland Shaun Williams
LM 22Republic of Ireland Aiden O'Brien YC 58'  70'
RS 9England Lee Gregory  90+1'
LS 20Wales Steve Morison  85'
Substitutes:
GK 31England Tom King
DF 24England Jake Cooper
MF 7England David Worrall
MF 8England Ben Thompson
MF 10Nigeria Fred Onyedinma  89'
MF 16England Calum Butcher  90+1'
MF 18Northern Ireland Shane Ferguson  70'
Manager:
England Neil Harris

Post match

The first pitch invasion at the new Wembley by Millwall fans, May 2017.[3]

At the end of the game Millwall fans invaded the pitch confronting Bradford City manager, Stuart McCall. McCall said, "Wembley have to learn from this. Everyone in the place knew they were coming on. I was close to clocking a couple,” [10] The Metropolitan Police made 12 arrests.[11] After the game, supporters of both clubs were seen fighting and throwing traffic cones. A supporter was also seen to be punched and kicked while on the ground.[12] A spokesman for the EFL called the invasion "completely unacceptable".[13]

References

  1. ↑ EFL. "Sky Bet League One Play-Off Final: Simon Hooper to referee final". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bradford City 0-1 Millwall". 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. 1 2 "Millwall chairman John Berylson absolves pitch invaders after Wembley’s £250,000 security failed to contain them". The Mirror. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Millwall 0-0 Scunthorpe United". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "Scunthorpe United 2-3 Millwall (agg: 2-3)". 7 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ↑ "How Bradford & Millwall reached the League One play-off final". 7 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "Bradford City 1-0 Fleetwood Town". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  8. ↑ "Tickets for Bradford City's Wembley final on sale now". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Millwall find out ticket allocation for play-off final". 8 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Stuart McCall: Bradford City boss 'close to hitting' Millwall fans who invaded pitch". 20 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Bradford City 0 Millwall 1: Steve Morison claims pitch-invading fans 'ruined' play-off heroics". Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "VIDEO: Millwall fans throw traffic cones and punches after beating Bradford". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
  13. ↑

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