2011 Football League Two play-off final

2011 Football League Two play-off final
	Old Trafford hosted the match due to the double-booking of the usual venue Wembley Stadium
Event	2010–11 Football League Two
Date	28 May 2011
Venue	Old Trafford, Manchester
Referee	Darren Deadman
Attendance	11,484
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The 2011 Football League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2011 at Old Trafford in Manchester, between Stevenage and Torquay United, to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from Football League Two to the League One. The top three teams of the 2010–11 Football League Two season, Chesterfield, Bury and Wycombe Wanderers, gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from fourth to seventh position took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2011–12 season in League One. Shrewsbury Town and Accrington Stanley were the defeated semi-finalists, losing to Torquay United and Stevenage respectively.

Darren Deadman was the referee for the final which was played in front of 11,484 spectators. Stevenage started the game strongly and in the 41st minute took the lead when Darius Charles passed to John Mousinho whose strike from 20 yards (18 m) flew into the bottom corner of the Torquay United goal. Jake Robinson's second-half shot hit the Stevenage crossbar and with no further goals the match ended 1–0 to Stevenage who secured back-to-back promotions.

Stevenage ended their following season in sixth place in League One and qualified for the 2012 play-offs where they lost 1–0 on aggregate to Sheffield United on aggregate in the semi-final. The next season, Accrington Stanley finished in fourteenth position in League Two.