 The Yeovil badge flying before kick-off at Wembley Stadium | |||||||
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| Date | 27 May 2007 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | Andy D'Urso (Essex) | ||||||
| Attendance | 59,313 | ||||||
The 2007 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 27 May 2007 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Yeovil Town and Blackpool to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from Football League One to the Football League Championship. The top two teams of the 2006–07 Football League One season, Scunthorpe United and Bristol City, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while the teams placed from third to sixth in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2007–08 season in the Championship. The losing semi-finalists were Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic.
The match was played in front of a crowd of 59,313 and was refereed by Andy D'Urso. Blackpool dominated the early stages of the match. In the 43rd minute, Keigan Parker was fouled and Robbie Willams curled in the resulting free kick to make it 1–0 to Blackpool. Yeovil started the second half strongly, pushing a number of players high up the pitch in attack. Blackpool counter-attacked in the 52nd minute and Parker doubled their lead with a curling strike into the top-right corner of the Yeovil goal. Late in the match, Yeovil's best chance fell to Marcus Stewart whose diving header struck the ground and bounced over the Blackpool crossbar. The match finished 2–0 to Blackpool who were promoted to the second tier for the first time in 29 years.
In their following season, Blackpool finished in 19th place in the Championship, three places above the relegation zone. Yeovil ended their next season in 18th position in League One, three places and four points ahead of the relegation places.