2012 Football League Championship play-off Final

The 2012 Football League Championship play-off Final was a football match contested between West Ham United and Blackpool on 19 May 2012 at Wembley Stadium to decide the third team to be promoted from the Championship to the Premier League for the 2012–13 season.
Under Championship play-off rules, the final is contested by the two teams which secured an aggregate victory over two-legged semi-finals.
==Route to the final==
The two-legged semi-finals will determine the competitors in the final.
===First legs===
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===Second legs===
West Ham United won 5–0 on aggregate.
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Blackpool won 3–2 on aggregate.
==Match==
===Details===
	
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GK 	1 	Matthew Gilks 	
DF 	5 	Neal Eardley 	
DF 	6 	Ian Evatt 	
DF 	15 	Alex Baptiste 	
DF 	3 	Stephen Crainey 	
MF 	23 	Matt Phillips 	
MF 	16 	Barry Ferguson (c)	
MF 	31 	Ángel Martínez 	
FW 	7 	Stephen Dobbie 	
FW 	9 	Kevin Phillips 	
FW 	36 	Tom Ince 	
Substitutes:	Substitutes:	Substitutes: 	Substitutes:
DF 	20 	Craig Cathcart 	
MF 	4 	Keith Southern 	
MF 	14 	Ludovic Sylvestre 	
MF 	32 	Nouha Dicko 	
FW 	35 	Roman Bednář 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager:
Ian Holloway	Ian Holloway	Ian Holloway 	Ian Holloway
Man of the Match:
James Tomkins (West Ham United)
Assistant referees:
Peter Kirkup
Mike Mullarkey
Fourth official:
Kevin Friend
Reserve Assistant Referee:
Sian Massey	
Match rules
*90 minutes.
*30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
*Five named substitutes.
*Maximum of three substitutions.
===Statistics===
 	Blackpool	West Ham
Total shots 	14 	12
Shots on target	7 	4
Ball possession	52% 	48%
Corner kicks 	4 	5
Fouls committed	6 	8
Offsides 	3 	5
Yellow cards 	0 	1
Red cards 	0 	0
Source: BBC Sport
Category:Football League Championship play-off Finals
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