2014 Football League Championship play-off Final
| Event | 2013–14 Football League Championship | ||||||
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| Date | 24 May 2014 | ||||||
| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Man of the Match | Robert Green[1] | ||||||
| Referee | Lee Mason | ||||||
| Attendance | 87,348 | ||||||
| Weather | Partly sunny / 15 °C (59 °F) | ||||||
The 2014 Football League Championship play-off final was a football match which was contested by Derby County and Queens Park Rangers on Saturday 24 May 2014 at Wembley Stadium. The winner, Queens Park Rangers, became the third and final team to be promoted from Football League Championship to the Premier League for the 2014–15 season.
The Championship play-off final is the most lucrative one-off fixture in sport and Queens Park Rangers will earn a minimum of £134 million as a result of winning this game.[2][3][4][5]
Route to the final
Main article: 2013–14 Football League Championship
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 3 | Derby County | 46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 84 | 52 | +32 | 85 |
| 4 | Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 60 | 44 | +16 | 80 |
| 5 | Wigan Athletic | 46 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 73 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 55 | 40 | +15 | 72 |
Semi-finals
Main article: 2014 Football League play-offs
- First leg
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–2 | Derby County |
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Lingard  18' |
BBC Report | Martin 29' (pen.) Kuszczak 45+2' (o.g.) |
- Second leg
| Derby County | 4–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
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| Hughes 34' Martin 56'Thorne 76'Hendrick 87' |
BBC Report | LuaLua 89' |
Derby County won 6–2 on aggregate.
Queens Park Rangers won 2–1 on aggregate.
Match
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Man of the Match: Robert Green[1] Assistant referees:
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Match rules
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Statistics
| Derby County | Queens Park Rangers | |
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| Goals | 0 | 1 |
| Total shots | 16 | 11 |
| Shots on target | 5 | 1 |
| Ball possession | 68% | 32% |
| Corner kicks | 14 | 1 |
| Fouls committed | 11 | 10 |
| Yellow cards | 0 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 1 |
Source: [6]
References
- 1 2 "Championship play-off final: Derby 0 QPR 1 match report: - QPR gamble pays off with Bobby Zamora's last throw of dice". The Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
- ↑ "QPR and Derby prepare for the biggest payday in global sport as Championship play-off final winner will accrue £134m". Daily Mail. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Derby 0-1 QPR: Bobby Zamora scores late £134m winner fires Harry Redknapp's 10-man heroes back into Premier League". Daily Mail. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Queens Park Rangers 1 Derby County 0, Championship play-off final: match report". Telegraph. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "QPR's Bobby Zamora breaks Derby hearts with last-minute play-off winner". Guardian. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Derby County 0-1 Queens Park Rangers". =BBC Sport. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
- "Play-Offs of the Sky Bet Championship confirmed". 3 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
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