 The match took place at Wembley Stadium. | |||||||
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| After extra time | |||||||
| Date | 25 May 2019 | ||||||
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| Venue | Wembley Stadium, London | ||||||
| Referee | Ross Joyce | ||||||
| Attendance | 25,217 | ||||||
| Weather | 22 °C (72 °F) (sunny) | ||||||
The 2019 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 25 May 2019 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Newport County and Tranmere Rovers to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two to EFL League One. The top three teams of the 2018–19 EFL League Two season gained automatic promotion to League One, while those placed from fourth to seventh place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; the winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2019–20 season in League One.
The game, which was refereed by Ross Joyce, was played on a warm sunny day in front of a crowd of 25,217. After a goalless first half, Newport's captain Mark O'Brien was sent off after receiving a second yellow card in the final minute of the second half. The match went into extra time and one minute before full time, Tranmere's Connor Jennings scored with a header following a cross from Jake Caprice. The match ended 1–0 to Tranmere which secured them back-to-back promotions.
In their following season, foreshortened by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Tranmere finished 21st in League One and were relegated back to League Two. Newport's next season saw them finish in 15th position in the League Two table.