2016 Football League Two play-off Final

2016 Football League Two play-off final
Event 2015–16 Football League Two
AFC Wimbledon Plymouth Argyle
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Date 30 May 2016
Venue Wembley Stadium, London
Man of the Match Lyle Taylor[1]
Referee Iain Williamson
Attendance 57,956

The 2016 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match contested between AFC Wimbledon and Plymouth Argyle. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 2016. The winner, AFC Wimbledon, was promoted to League One.[2][3]

This was Wimbledon's second national playoff final win in five years. They had won the Conference National (now National League) playoff final in 2011 over Luton, but the match had to be played at the City of Manchester Stadium due to the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final taking place at Wembley.

Route to the final

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

England Plymouth Argyle Round England AFC Wimbledon
League Two 5th-placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
4Accrington Stanley 4685
5Plymouth Argyle 4681
6Portsmouth 4678
7AFC Wimbledon 4675

Full results list

 League Two League Two 7th-placed team
Pos Team Pld Pts
4Accrington Stanley 4685
5Plymouth Argyle 4681
6Portsmouth 4678
7AFC Wimbledon 4675

Full results list

Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg Play-offs Opponent Agg 1st leg 2nd leg
England Portsmouth 3–2 2–2 (A) 1–0 (H) Semi-finals England Accrington Stanley 3–2 1–0 (H) 2–2 (A)

Match

30 May 2016
15:00
AFC Wimbledon 2–0 Plymouth Argyle
Taylor  78'
Akinfenwa  90+10' (pen.)		 Report
Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 57,956
Referee: Iain Williamson
AFC Wimbledon
Plymouth Argyle
GK 29Netherlands Kelle Roos
RB 2England Barry Fuller (c)
CB 6England Paul Robinson
CB 32England Darius Charles  67'
LB 3England Callum Kennedy
RM 18Republic of Ireland Connor Smith  69'
CM 4England Dannie Bulman
CM 8England Jake Reeves
LM 17England Andy Barcham
RS 9England Tom Elliott  77'
LS 33Montserrat Lyle Taylor  79'  90+7'
Substitutes:
GK 1England James Shea
DF 20Republic of Ireland Ryan Sweeney
DF 12Wales Jonathan Meades  69'
MF 11England Sean Rigg
FW 14England Ade Azeez  90+7'
FW 39Republic of Ireland Rhys Murphy
FW 10England Adebayo Akinfenwa  90+11'  77'
Manager:
England Neal Ardley
GK 23England Luke McCormick
RB 2England Kelvin Mellor
CB 5England Curtis Nelson (c)
CB 6England Peter Hartley  86'
LB 3England Gary Sawyer
DM 4Republic of Ireland Carl McHugh
DM 20England Hiram Boateng
RW 14England Jake Jervis  68'
AM 10Republic of Ireland Graham Carey
LW 11Scotland Gregg Wylde  62'  82'
CF 19Jamaica Jamille Matt
Substitutes:
GK 31France Vincent Dorel
DF 28Scotland Jordon Forster  86'
DF 16England Ben Purrington
MF 32England Jordan Houghton
FW 27England Craig Tanner  68'
FW 15England Tyler Harvey
FW 9England Reuben Reid  82'
Manager:
Scotland Derek Adams

Post match

The scorer of Wimbledon's second goal, Adebayo Akinfenwa revealed shortly after the end of the game that he had been released by the club and that he was looking for a new club.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Wembley, Brent Pilnick BBC Sport at. "AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Plymouth Argyle". Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "AFC Wimbledon edge past Accrington in extra-time to book Wembley date". The Guardian. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Accrington Stanley 2-2 AFC Wimbledon". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Adebayo Akinfenwa: AFC Wimbledon icon released after play-off final win".
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