2013 Football League One play-off final

Football match December 2017 December 2017 2013 Football League One play-off final 2013 Football League One play off final - Yeovil fans.jpg 250 Yeovil Town supporters at Wembley before the kick-off Brentford 1 Yeovil Town 2 19 May 2013 Wembley Stadium London Andy D'Urso 41,955 2012 2014 The 2013 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 19 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Brentford and Yeovil Town to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2012–13 Football League One season, Doncaster Rovers and Bournemouth, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2013–14 season in the Championship. The match kicked off around 1:30p.m. in front of 41,955 spectators and was refereed by Andy D'Urso. On six minutes, Yeovil's Paddy Madden made it 1–0 with a shot from the edge of the Brentford penalty area with the outside of his right boot into the top-right corner of Simon Moore's goal. In the 42nd minute, Dan Burn doubled the lead with a header. Six minutes into the second half, Brentford's Harlee Dean scored with a header from Forrester's corner. Despite pressure from Brentford with Stech saving attempts from Clayton Donaldson, Adam Forshaw and Bradley Wright-Phillips, the score remained 2–1 and Yeovil were promoted to the Championship. Yeovil Town ended the following season bottom of the Football League Championship, and were relegated back to League One. Brentford finished second in League One in their next season, and gained automatic promotion to the Championship for the 2014–15 season. Route to the final 2012–13 Football League One main WDL Q right auto Football League One final table, leading positions DON BOU BRE YEO SHU SWI 25 9 12 62 44 24 11 11 76 53 21 16 9 62 47 23 8 15 71 56 19 18 9 56 42 20 14 12 72 39 Doncaster Rovers Bournemouth Brentford Yeovil Town Sheffield United Swindon Town complete Brentford finished the regular 2012–13 season in third place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, one place ahead of Yeovil Town. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Brentford finished four points behind Bournemouth (who were promoted in second place) and five behind league winners Doncaster Rovers. Yeovil Town ended the season two points behind Brentford. https://uk.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20122013/regular-season/r17954/ Soccerway 22 January 2021 League One – 2012/13 – regular season 26 March 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190326195417/https://uk.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20122013/regular-season/r17954/ live https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-one/2013/ League One end of season table for 2012–13 season 11v11 22 January 2021 AFS Enterprises 5 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305194017/https://www.11v11.com/league-tables/league-one/2013/ live Yeovil Town's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Sheffield United and the first match of the two-legged tie was played on 3 May 2013 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. The first half ended goalless with the best chance falling to Barry Robson; his free kick went just wide of the Yeovil goalpost. Callum McFadzean came on after half-time to replace Robson and within a minute of the second half, his shot deflected past Marek Štěch in the Yeovil goal to give Sheffield United the advantage. Both sides had further chances to score but the match ended 1–0. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22325663 Sheffield United 1–0 Yeovil Town Ian Woodcock BBC Sport 22 January 2021 3 May 2013 29 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129153715/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22325663 live The second leg of the semi-final took place three days later at Huish Park in Yeovil. Kevin Dawson levelled the tie on aggregate when he put the home side ahead on five minutes after a pass from Ed Upson. Sheffield United's Jamie Murphy struck the Yeovil bar with a shot before Upson scored from a Paddy Madden cross with five minutes remaining to make the final score 2–0 and to send his side to Wembley with a 2–1 aggregate victory. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22334387 BBC Sport 22 January 2021 6 May 2013 Brendon Mitchell Yeovil Town 2–0 Sheffield United 29 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129153403/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22334387 live Brentford faced Swindon Town in the other semi-final and the first leg was played on 4 May 2013 at the County Ground in Swindon. After a goalless first half, Swindon's Massimo Luongo opened the scoring in the 70th minute with a curling shot from the edge of the penalty area. https://www.11v11.com/matches/swindon-town-v-brentford-04-may-2013-301363/ 11v11 AFS Enterprises 8 March 2021 Swindon Town v Brentford, 04 May 2013 5 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305194217/https://www.11v11.com/matches/swindon-town-v-brentford-04-may-2013-301363/ live In injury time, Luongo fouled Harry Forrester in the Swindon box to concede a penalty. The spot kick was scored by Kevin O'Connor and the match ended 1–1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22325670 Swindon Town 1–1 Brentford BBC Sport 22 January 2021 4 May 2013 29 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129032906/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22325670 live The second leg of the semi-final was held at Griffin Park in Brentford two days later. The home side dominated the early play and went ahead midway through the half after Adam Rooney steered the ball into his own net from a corner. Brentford doubled their lead in the 40th minute when Clayton Donaldson struck from the edge of the Swindon penalty area. Rooney scored four minutes later to make it 2–1 to the home side before Donaldson scored with a chip early in the second half. Joe Devera's 57th-minute volley made it 3–2 and in injury time Aden Flint's headed goal levelled the match at 3–3, and the aggregate score at 4–4. Despite Swindon's Nathan Byrne being sent off after receiving a second yellow card for handball, the extra-time period ended goalless and the game went to a penalty shootout. The first six spot kicks were converted before Miles Storey's strike was saved by the Brentford goalkeeper Simon Moore. No other penalties were missed and Brentford won 5–4 in the shootout to progress to Wembley. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22334380 BBC Sport 22 January 2021 6 May 2013 Rob Stevens Brentford 3–3 Swindon Town (Agg 4–4, Pens 5–4) 29 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129171436/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/22334380 live Match Background This was Brentford's third appearance in the third-tier play-off finals, having lost both the 1997 Football League Second Division play-off final 1–0 against Crewe Alexandra and the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off final 2–0 against Stoke City.Foster 2015 207, 212 They had also lost in the semi-finals of the 1991, 1995, 2005 and 2006 play-offs.Foster 2015 201, 205, 215, 216 Yeovil Town had made one appearance in the play-off finals where they were beaten 2–0 by Blackpool in the 2007 Football League One play-off final.Foster 2015 217 Brentford had played in League One since their promotion from League Two in the 2008–09 season as champions, https://www.fchd.info/BRENTFOR.HTM Football Club History Database 22 January 2021 Brentford 28 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210128040713/https://www.fchd.info/BRENTFOR.HTM live while Yeovil had been promoted to League One after finishing top of 2004–05 Football League Two. https://www.fchd.info/YEOVILT.HTM Football Club History Database 22 January 2021 Yeovil Town 29 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210129023108/https://www.fchd.info/YEOVILT.HTM live Yeovil had been promoted from non-League football as champions of the 2002–03 Football Conference. Brentford's top scorer during the regular season was Donaldson with 22 goals (18 in the league and 4 in the FA Cup) followed by Forrester who had scored 11 (8 in the league and 3 in the FA Cup). https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=378&season_id=142&teamTabs=stats Soccerbase Centurycomm 22 January 2021 Brentford – 2012/13 – Player Appearances 5 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305194019/https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=378&season_id=142&teamTabs=stats live The leading scorers for Yeovil were Madden on 22 (all in the league) and James Hayter with 14 (also all in the league). https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2905&season_id=142&teamTabs=stats Soccerbase Centurycomm 22 January 2021 Yeovil Town – 2012/13 – Player Appearances 6 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160406075813/http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?season_id=142&team_id=2905&teamTabs=stats live Yeovil had won both matches between the clubs during the regular season: a 3–1 victory at Griffin Park in August 2012 was followed by a 3–0 win at Huish Park the following February. https://www.11v11.com/teams/brentford/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Yeovil%20Town/ 11v11 22 January 2021 AFS Enterprises Brentford football club: record v Yeovil Town 8 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210308101508/https://www.11v11.com/teams/brentford/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Yeovil%20Town/ live The referee for the match was Andy D'Urso, who was assisted by Derek Eaton and Alan Young. The fourth official was Graham Scott and the reserve assistant referee was John Hopkins. https://web.archive.org/web/20130509234252/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3164765,00.html 9 May 2013 Match Official Appointments 6 May 2013 22 January 2021 http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3164765,00.html dead English Football League Summary The match kicked off around 1:30p.m. at Wembley Stadium in front of a crowd of 41,955. In the fifth minute, Madden's shot from inside the Brentford penalty area was blocked. https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/league-one/2012-2013/live-brentford-yeovil-town_mtc516824/live.shtml Eurosport 8 March 2021 Brentford – Yeovil Town live – 19 May 2013 A minute later, he took control of the ball on the edge of the box and struck it with the outside of his right boot into the top-right corner of Moore's goal. It was his 23rd goal of the season, but the first for six games, and was described by Jacob Steinberg in The Guardian as a goal which "would have graced any previous Wembley final". https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/19/yeovil-brentford-league-one-play-off-final Jacob Steinberg 23 January 2021 19 May 2013 Yeovil battle past Brentford and head to Championship for first time The Guardian 6 September 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906165112/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/may/19/yeovil-brentford-league-one-play-off-final live The remainder of the first half saw few chances, but in the 42nd minute, a corner from Sam Foley to the far post found Dan Burn who headed the ball into the six-yard box. Hayter and Moore both missed it and the ball crossed the goal-line to make it 2–0 to Yeovil. In injury time, Jake Bidwell's cross was headed goalwards by Marcello Trotta but it was caught by Štěch in the Yeovil goal. Neither side made any changes to their personnel during half-time and in the opening moments of the second half, Brentford went on the attack with an off-target shot from Donaldson. Six minutes into the half, Brentford's Harlee Dean scored with a header from Forrester's corner, narrowing the margin to 2–1. In the 62nd minute, Bradley Wright-Phillips came on for Trotta in the first substitution of the game. Two minutes later, Donaldson's header was cleared off the line and Wright-Phillips failed to convert the rebound. In the 68th minute, Brentford made their second substitution when Sam Saunders replaced Forrester. A shot from Adam Forshaw was then saved by Štěch. On 75 minutes, Dawson appeared to be fouled in the Brentford penalty area but was booked for diving. Two minutes later Vitālijs Maksimenko came on to replace Jamie McAllister for Yeovil, and then Toumani Diagouraga for Hayes. In the 82nd minute, Wright-Phillips spun and struck a volley, but Štěch made the save. With two minutes of regular time remaining Matt Dolan replaced Hayter. Shay Logan then struck a shot just wide of the Yeovil goalpost. Despite late pressure from Brentford, the score remained 2–1 and Yeovil were promoted to the Championship. Details 19 May 2013 13:30 BST Brentford 1–2 Yeovil Town Report Dean 51 Madden 6Burn 42 Wembley Stadium, London 41,955 Andy D'UrsoReferees http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3164765,00.html The Football League 14 May 2013 9 May 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130509234252/http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Appointments/0,,10794~3164765,00.html live _red_stripes _brentford_12-13 _red_stripes _brentford_12-13 _red_midband_color FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 000000 000000 Brentford _yeovil1314h _yeovil1314h _yeovil1314h _Yeovil1213Home _3whitehoops FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF 008000 Yeovil Town GK 21Simon MooreDF 14Shay LoganDF 5Tony CraigDF 6Harlee DeanDF 24Jake BidwellMF 4Adam ForshawMF 12Tom AdeyemiMF 20Toumani Diagouraga 82MF 19Harry Forrester 67FW 9Clayton DonaldsonFW 11Marcello Trotta 62Substitutes:GK 16Antoine GounetDF 18Lee HodsonMF 2Kevin O'ConnorMF 7Sam Saunders 67MF 8Jonathan DouglasFW 17Bradley Wright-Phillips 62FW 23Paul Hayes 82Manager:Uwe Rösler GK 1Marek ŠtěchDF 2Luke AylingDF 5Byron WebsterDF 18Dan BurnDF 3Jamie McAllister 77MF 22Kevin Dawson75MF 8Ed Upson70MF 14Sam FoleyMF 20Joe EdwardsFW 9James Hayter 88FW 17Paddy MaddenSubstitutes:GK 12Gareth StewartDF 4Richard HindsDF 13Vitālijs Maksimenko 77MF 10Gavin Williams 90MF 26Matthew Dolan 88FW 15Lewis YoungFW 29Ángelo BalantaManager:Gary Johnson Assistant referees: Derek Eaton Alan Young Fourth official: Graham Scott Reserve Assistant Referee: John HopkinsMatch rules: 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions. Post-match The Yeovil manager Gary Johnson described Madden's opening goal as "a sublime piece of ingenuity". Speaking of the play-offs, he described his team as having "three great games" which had "brought the club together, even more so than if we had gone up automatically." https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/FRALOH410646022/TTDA?u=wikipedia&sid=TTDA&xid=050c8fb0 Gale 22 January 2021 Yeovil players to get chance in Championship Graham Moody 20 May 2013 70889 The Times 92 subscription 5 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305194020/https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=TTDA&u=wikipedia&id=GALE%7CFRALOH410646022&v=2.1&it=r&sid=TTDA&asid=050c8fb0 live His counterpart Uwe Rösler was reflective: "This club has not been at this level for decades... this squad has lifted the club to a higher level." Ten years after being promoted from non-League football, Yeovil were promoted to the second tier of English football. Yeovil Town ended their following season bottom of the Football League Championship, and were relegated back to League One. https://www.11v11.com/teams/yeovil-town/tab/leagueTables/2014/ League Championship table at close of 2014–15 season 11v11 AFS Enterprises 22 January 2021 5 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210305194019/https://www.11v11.com/teams/yeovil-town/tab/leagueTables/2014/ live Brentford finished second in League One in their next season, and gained automatic promotion to the Championship for the 2014–15 season. https://uk.soccerway.com/national/england/league-one/20132014/regular-season Soccerway 22 January 2021 League One – 2013/14 – regular season References Bibliography The Agony & The Ecstasy (A Comprehensive History of the Football League Play-Offs) Richard Foster 978-1-910906-00-2 Ockley Books 2015 Category:EFL League One play-off finals 2 Play-off Final Play-off Final 2013 Play-off Final 2013 Football League One play-off final Football League One play-off final