2011 Football League play-offs#Championship

{{Infobox football league season

| competition =Football League play-offs

| season=2010–11

| winners=Swansea City
(Championship)
Peterborough United
(League One)
Stevenage
(League Two)

| biggest home win=Swansea 3–1 Nottm Forest
(Championship)

| biggest away win=Cardiff 0–3 Reading
(Championship)

| highest scoring=Reading 2–4 Swansea
Huddersfield 3–3 Bournemouth
(6 goals)

| matches=15

| total goals=37

| highest attendance=86,581 – Reading v Swansea
(Championship final)

| lowest attendance =4,130 – Torquay v Shrewsbury
(League Two semi-final)

| average attendance =20,733

| prevseason=2010

| nextseason=2012

}}

The Football League play-offs for the 2010–11 season (referred to as the npower Football League Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) were held in May 2011. The Championship final took place at Wembley Stadium in London, but the League One and Two finals were held at Old Trafford in Manchester, due to a clash with the UEFA Champions League Final.

The play-off semi-finals were played over two legs, contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Championship and League One and the 4th-, 5th-, 6th- and 7th-placed teams in the League Two table. The winners of the semi-finals went through to the finals, with the winner of the final gaining promotion for the following season.

The semi-final matches were played from 12 to 20 May 2011. The finals were held between 28 and 30 May 2011.{{cite web |url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/footballleaguenews/20110426/play-off-semi-final-dates_2293334_2347072 |title=Play-off Semi Final Dates |publisher=The Football League |date=26 April 2011 |access-date=3 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429052527/http://www.football-league.co.uk/footballleaguenews/20110426/play-off-semi-final-dates_2293334_2347072 |archive-date=29 April 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Background

The Football League play-offs have been held every year since 1987. They take place for each division following the conclusion of the regular season and are contested by the four clubs finishing below the automatic promotion places.

Championship

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=30\|Pos !width="175"\|Team !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}}
style="background:#addfad;" \|3	align=left\|Swansea City \|46	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80
4	align=left\|Cardiff City \|46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80
5	align=left\|Reading \|46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77
6	align=left\|Nottingham Forest \|46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75

=Bracket=

{{4TeamBracket

| sets=2/1 | aggregate=y | nowrap=y

| RD1=Semi-finals

| RD2=Final

| RD1-seed1= 3

| RD1-team1=Swansea City

| RD1-score1-1=0

| RD1-score1-2=3

| RD1-score1-agg=3

| RD1-seed2= 6

| RD1-team2=Nottingham Forest

| RD1-score2-1=0

| RD1-score2-2=1

| RD1-score2-agg=1

| RD1-seed3= 4

| RD1-team3=Cardiff City

| RD1-score3-1=0

| RD1-score3-2=0

| RD1-score3-agg=0

| RD1-seed4= 5

| RD1-team4=Reading

| RD1-score4-1=0

| RD1-score4-2=3

| RD1-score4-agg=3

| RD2-seed1=3

| RD2-team1=Swansea City

| RD2-score1=4

| RD2-seed2=5

| RD2-team2=Reading

| RD2-score2=2

}}

=Semi-finals=

;First leg

{{footballbox

|date=12 May 2011

|time=19:45

|team1=Nottingham Forest

|score=0–0

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13324684.stm Report]

|team2=Swansea City

|stadium=City Ground, Nottingham

|attendance=27,881

|referee=Mike Dean

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=13 May 2011

|time=19:45

|team1=Reading

|score=0–0

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13324691.stm Report]

|team2=Cardiff City

|stadium=Madejski Stadium, Reading

|attendance=21,485

|referee=Mark Halsey

}}

;Second leg

{{footballbox

|date=16 May 2011

|time=19:45

|team1=Swansea City

|score=3–1

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/13330424.stm Report]

|team2=Nottingham Forest

|goals1=Britton {{goal|28}}
Dobbie {{goal|33}}
Pratley {{goal|90+3}}

|goals2=Earnshaw {{goal|80}}

|stadium=Liberty Stadium, Swansea

|attendance=19,816

|referee=Andre Marriner

}}

Swansea City won 3–1 on aggregate.

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{{footballbox

|date=17 May 2011

|time=19:45

|team1=Cardiff City

|score=0–3

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/13343340.stm Report]

|team2=Reading

|goals2=Long {{goal|28||45|pen.}}
McAnuff {{goal|84}}

|stadium=Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

|attendance=24,081

|referee=Howard Webb

}}

Reading won 3–0 on aggregate.

=Final=

{{footballbox

|date=30 May 2011

|time=15:00

|team1=Reading

|score=2–4

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/13497817.stm Report]

|team2=Swansea City

|goals1=Allen {{goal|49|o.g.}}
Mills {{goal|57}}

|goals2=Sinclair {{goal|21|pen.|22||80|pen.}}
Dobbie {{goal|40}}

|stadium=Wembley Stadium, London

|attendance=86,581

|referee=Phil Dowd

}}

League One

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=30\|Pos !width="175"\|Team !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}}
3	align=left\|Huddersfield Town \|46	25	12	9	77	48	+29	87
style="background:#addfad;" \|4	align=left\|Peterborough United \|46	23	10	13	106	75	+31	79
5	align=left\|Milton Keynes Dons \|46	23	8	15	67	60	+7	77
6	align=left\|Bournemouth \|46	19	14	13	75	54	+21	71

=Bracket=

{{4TeamBracket

| sets=2/1 | aggregate=y | nowrap=y

| RD1=Semifinals

| RD2=Final

| RD1-seed1= 3

| RD1-team1=Huddersfield Town (p)

| RD1-score1-1= 1

| RD1-score1-2= 3

| RD1-score1-agg= 4 (4)

| RD1-seed2= 6

| RD1-team2= AFC Bournemouth

| RD1-score2-1= 1

| RD1-score2-2= 3

| RD1-score2-agg= 4 (2)

| RD1-seed3= 4

| RD1-team3=Peterborough United

| RD1-score3-1= 2

| RD1-score3-2= 2

| RD1-score3-agg= 4

| RD1-seed4= 5

| RD1-team4=Milton Keynes Dons

| RD1-score4-1= 3

| RD1-score4-2= 0

| RD1-score4-agg= 3

| RD2-seed1=3

| RD2-team1=Huddersfield Town

| RD2-score1=0

| RD2-seed2=4

| RD2-team2=Peterborough United

| RD2-score2=3

}}

=Semi-finals=

;First leg

{{footballbox

|date=14 May 2011

|time=12:45

|team1=Bournemouth

|score=1–1

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13324741.stm Report]

|team2=Huddersfield Town

|goals1=McDermott {{goal|60}}

|goals2=Kilbane {{goal|22}}

|stadium=Dean Court, Bournemouth

|attendance=9,043

|referee=Mick Russell

}}

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{{footballbox

|date=15 May 2011

|time=12:15

|team1=Milton Keynes Dons

|score=3–2

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13325757.stm Report]

|team2=Peterborough United

|goals1=Powell {{goal|47}}
Baldock {{goal|50}}
Balanta {{goal|56}}

|goals2=Mackail-Smith {{goal|8}}
McCann {{goal|81|pen.}}

|stadium=Stadium mk, Milton Keynes

|attendance=12,662

|referee=Jonathan Moss

}}

;Second leg

{{footballbox

|date=18 May 2011

|time=19:45

|team1=Huddersfield Town

|score=3–3

|aet=yes

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/13356811.stm Report]

|team2=Bournemouth

|goals1=Peltier {{goal|26}}
Ward {{goal|45+2}}
Kay {{goal|105+2}}

|goals2=Lovell {{goal|44|pen.|63}}
Ings {{goal|104}}

|stadium=Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

|attendance=16,444

|referee=Neil Swarbrick

|penalties1=Novak {{pengoal}}
Ward {{pengoal}}
Kilbane {{pengoal}}
Kay {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore=4–2

|penalties2={{pengoal}} Symes
{{penmiss}} Feeney
{{penmiss}} Robinson
{{pengoal}} Cooper

}}

Huddersfield Town 4–4 Bournemouth on aggregate. Huddersfield Town won 4–2 on penalties.

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{{footballbox

|date=19 May 2011

|time=19:45

|team1=Peterborough United

|score=2–0

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13370673.stm Report]

|team2=Milton Keynes Dons

|goals1=McCann {{goal|11}}
Mackail-Smith {{goal|54}}

|stadium=London Road, Peterborough

|attendance=11,920

|referee=Colin Webster

}}

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

=Final=

{{footballbox

|date=29 May 2011

|time=15:00

|team1=Huddersfield Town

|score=0–3

|team2=Peterborough United

|report=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/13489373.stm Report]

|goals2= Rowe {{goal|78}}
Mackail-Smith {{goal|80}}
McCann {{goal|85}}

|stadium=Old Trafford, Manchester

|attendance=48,410

|referee=Steve Tanner}}

League Two

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !width=30\|Pos !width="175"\|Team !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| Pld \| Played}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| W \| Won}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| D \| Drawn}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| L \| Lost}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GF \| Goals for}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GA \| Goals against}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| GD \| Goal difference}} !width="30"\|{{Tooltip\| Pts \| Points}}
4	align=left\|Shrewsbury Town \|46	22	13	11	72	49	+23	79
5	align=left\|Accrington Stanley \|46	18	19	9	73	55	+18	73
style="background:#addfad;" \|6	align=left\|Stevenage \|46	18	15	13	62	45	+17	69
7	align=left\|Torquay United \|46	17	18	11	74	53	+21	68*