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2012 Football League play-offs

Field	Value
competition	Football League play-offs
season	2011–12
winners	West Ham United
(Championship)
Huddersfield Town
(League One)
Crewe Alexandra
(League Two)
biggest home win	West Ham 3–0 Cardiff
(Championship)
biggest away win	Cardiff 0–2 West Ham
(Championship)
MK Dons 0–2 Huddersfield
(League One)
highest scoring	Birmingham 2–2 Blackpool
Southend 2–2 Crewe
(4 goals)
matches	15
total goals	31
highest attendance	78,523 – Blackpool v West Ham
(Championship final)
lowest attendance	3,606 – Torquay v Cheltenham
(League Two semi-final)
average attendance	22,195
prevseason	[2011](2011-football-league-play-offs)
nextseason	[2013](2013-football-league-play-offs)

(Championship) Huddersfield Town (League One) Crewe Alexandra (League Two) (Championship) (Championship) MK Dons 0–2 Huddersfield (League One) Southend 2–2 Crewe (4 goals) (Championship final) (League Two semi-final) The Football League play-offs for the 2011–12 season (referred to as the npower Football League Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) were held in May 2012. All finals took place at Wembley Stadium in London.

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 3 to 17 May 2012. The finals were held between 19 and 27 May 2012.

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

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Championship

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	West Ham United	46	24	14	8	81	48	+33	86
4	Birmingham City	46	20	16	10	78	51	+27	76
5	Blackpool	46	20	15	11	79	59	+20	75
6	Cardiff City	46	19	18	9	66	53	+13	75

Semi-finals

;First leg

;Second leg Vaz Tê Maynard West Ham United won 5–0 on aggregate.

Davies M. Phillips Blackpool won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2012 Football League Championship play-off final

Vaz Tê

League One

Main article: 2011–12 Football League One

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Sheffield United	46	27	9	10	92	51	+41	90
4	Huddersfield Town	46	21	18	7	79	47	+32	81
5	Milton Keynes Dons	46	22	14	10	84	47	+37	80
6	Stevenage	46	21	10	15	69	44	+25	73

Semi-finals

;First leg

Hunt

;Second leg Sheffield United won 1–0 on aggregate.

Smith Huddersfield Town won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2012 Football League One play-off final

Johnson Lee Clarke Arfield Rhodes Roberts Woods Hunt Morrison Smithies Collins Lowton Taylor Porter Quinn Maguire Doyle O'Halloran Hill Simonsen

League Two

Main article: 2011–12 Football League Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Southend United	46	25	8	13	77	48	+29	83
5	Torquay United	46	23	12	11	63	50	+13	81
6	Cheltenham Town	46	23	8	15	66	50	+16	77
7	Crewe Alexandra	46	20	12	14	67	59	+8	72

Semi-finals

;First leg

Burgess

;Second leg Barker Clayton Crewe Alexandra won 3–2 on aggregate.

Pack Cheltenham Town won 4–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2012 Football League Two play-off final

Moore

References

(16 April 2012). "Play-off dates confirmed". [[The Football League]].

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