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Football League Championship Play-Offs
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The Football League Championship Play-Offs are contested by the teams finishing from 3rd to 6th in the Coca Cola Football League Championship table. The semi-finals are played over two legs, with 6th playing 3rd and 5th playing 4th, with the return fixtures following. The Final is played at Wembley, although from 2001 to 2006, it was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff while Wembley was being rebuilt. The Final has a reputation for being one of the most dramatic matches of the season, and is said to be the most financially rewarding fixture to win in world football, due to the increased commercial revenue from being in the Premiership.
The last Final was played in May 2006, with Watford beating Leeds United 3-0 in Cardiff.
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| Blackburn Rovers | 1 - 0 | Leicester City | Wembley Attendance: Referee: |
| Mike Newell (pen) |
| 31 May 1993 | |||
| Swindon Town | 4 - 3 | Leicester City | Wembley Attendance: 73802 Referee: David Elleray |
| Glenn Hoddle 43 Craig Maskell 47 Shaun Taylor 54 Paul Bodin (pen) 85 |
Julian Joachim 59 Steve Walsh 69 Steve Thompson 70 |
| Leicester City | 2 - 1 | Derby County | Wembley Attendance: Referee: |
| Steve Walsh (2) | Alan Thompson |
| 29 May 1995 | |||
| Bolton Wanderers | 4 - 3 aet | Reading | Wembley Attendance: Referee: |
| Owen Coyle Fabian de Freitas (2) Mixu Paatelainen |
Ady Williams Lee Nogan James Quinn |
| 27 May 1996 | |||
| Leicester City | 2 - 1 aet | Crystal Palace | Wembley Attendance: 73573 Referee: |
| Garry Parker (pen) 76 Steve Claridge 120 |
Andy Roberts 14 |
| 26 May 1997 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Sheffield United | Wembley Attendance: 64383 Referee: |
| David Hopkin 90 |
| 25 May 1998 | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 4 - 4aet Pens 7 - 6 |
Sunderland F.C. | Wembley Attendance: 77739 Referee: Eddie Wolstenholme |
| Clive Mendonca 23, 71, 103 Richard Rufus 85 |
Niall Quinn 50, 73 Kevin Phillips 58 Nicky Summerbee 99 |
| 31 May 1999 | |||
| Watford | 2 - 0 | Bolton Wanderers | Wembley Attendance: 70343 Referee: Terry Heilbron |
| Nick Wright 38 Allan Smart 89 |
| 29 May 2000 | |||
| Ipswich Town | 4 - 2 | Barnsley | Wembley Attendance: 73427 Referee: Terry Heilbron |
| Tony Mowbray 28 Richard Naylor 52 Marcus Stewart 58 Martijn Reuser 90 |
Richard Wright (o.g) 6 Craig Hignett (pen) 78 |
| 28 May 2001 | |||
| Bolton Wanderers | 3 - 0 | Preston North End | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 54328 Referee: Uriah Rennie |
| Gareth Farrelly 17 Michael Ricketts 89 Ricardo Gardner 90 |
| 12 May 2002 | |||
| Birmingham City | 1 - 1 aet Pens 4 - 2 |
Norwich City | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 71597 Referee: Graham Barber |
| Geoff Horsfield 102 | Iwan Roberts 91 |
| 26 May 2003 | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3 - 0 | Sheffield United | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 69473 Referee: Steve Bennett |
| Mark Kennedy 5 Nathan Blake 21 Kenny Miller 45 |
| 29 May 2004 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | West Ham United | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72523 Referee: Graham Poll |
| Neil Shipperley 62 |
| 30 May 2005 | |||
| West Ham United | 1 - 0 | Preston North End | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 70275 Referee: Mike Riley |
| Bobby Zamora 57 |
| 21 May 2006 | |||
| Watford | 3 - 0 | Leeds United | Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 64736 Referee: Mike Dean |
| Jay DeMerit 25 Neil Sullivan (o.g) 57 Darius Henderson (pen) 84 |