 Derby County and West Bromwich Albion crests before kick-off | |||||||
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| Date | 28 May 2007 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | Graham Poll (Hertfordshire) | ||||||
| Attendance | 74,993 | ||||||
| Weather | Rain | ||||||
The 2007 Football League Championship play-off final was an association football match which was played on 28 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Derby County and West Bromwich Albion. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2006–07 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Derby County ended the season in third position while West Bromwich Albion finished fourth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2007–08 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to £60 million to the successful team.
The 2007 final, refereed by Graham Poll in his final domestic match, was watched by a crowd of nearly 75,000 people. The game was won by Derby County 1–0, with the only goal of the game coming from Stephen Pearson in the second half.
Derby County ended the next season in bottom place in the Premier League, with the fewest points in the league's history, and were relegated back to the Championship. West Bromwich Albion finished the following season top of the Championship and were promoted to the Premier League.