2011 Football League play-offs

Football League play-offs
Season	2010–11
Champions	Swansea City; (Championship); Peterborough United; (League One); Stevenage; (League Two)
Matches played	15
Goals scored	37 (2.47 per match)
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)
Highest attendance	86,581 – Reading v Swansea; (Championship final)
Lowest attendance	4,130 – Torquay v Shrewsbury; (League Two semi-final)
Average attendance	20,733
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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.^[1]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Swansea City	46	24	8	14	69	42	+27	80
4	Cardiff City	46	23	11	12	76	54	+22	80
5	Reading	46	20	17	9	77	51	+26	77
6	Nottingham Forest	46	20	15	11	69	50	+19	75

Bracket

Semi-finals					Final

3	Swansea City	0	3	3

6	Nottingham Forest	0	1	1
					3	Swansea City	4

					5	Reading	2
4	Cardiff City	0	0	0

5	Reading	0	3	3

Semi-finals

First leg

12 May 2011

19:45

Nottingham Forest	0–0	Swansea City
	Report

City Ground, Nottingham

Attendance: 27,881

Referee: Mike Dean

13 May 2011

19:45

Reading	0–0	Cardiff City
	Report

Madejski Stadium, Reading

Attendance: 21,485

Referee: Mark Halsey

Second leg

16 May 2011

19:45

Swansea City	3–1	Nottingham Forest
Britton 28' Dobbie 33' Pratley 90+3'	Report	Earnshaw 80'

Liberty Stadium, Swansea

Attendance: 19,816

Referee: Andre Marriner

Swansea City won 3–1 on aggregate.

17 May 2011

19:45

Cardiff City	0–3	Reading
	Report	Long 28', 45' (pen.) McAnuff 84'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 24,081

Referee: Howard Webb

Reading won 3–0 on aggregate.

Final

30 May 2011

15:00

Reading	2–4	Swansea City
Allen 49' (o.g.) Mills 57'	Report	Sinclair 21' (pen.), 22', 80' (pen.) Dobbie 40'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 86,581

Referee: Phil Dowd

League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Huddersfield Town	46	25	12	9	77	48	+29	87
4	Peterborough United	46	23	10	13	106	75	+31	79
5	Milton Keynes Dons	46	23	8	15	67	60	+7	77
6	Bournemouth	46	19	14	13	75	54	+21	71

Bracket

Semifinals					Final

3	Huddersfield Town (p)	1	3	4 (4)

6	AFC Bournemouth	1	3	4 (2)
					3	Huddersfield Town	0

					4	Peterborough United	3
4	Peterborough United	2	2	4

5	Milton Keynes Dons	3	0	3