2016 Football League One play-off Final

The 2016 Football League One play-off Final was a football match contested between Barnsley and Millwall. The match was played at Wembley Stadium on 29 May 2016. The winner, Barnsley were promoted to the Championship.^{[2] [3]} The game was won 3-1 by Barnsley.^[1]

Route to the final

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

Barnsley				Round	Millwall
League One 6th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 3 Walsall 46 84 4 Millwall 46 81 5 Bradford City 46 80 6 Barnsley 46 74 Full results list				League One	Championship 4th-placed team Pos Team Pld Pts 3 Walsall 46 84 4 Millwall 46 81 5 Bradford City 46 80 6 Barnsley 46 74 Full results list
Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg	Play-offs	Opponent	Agg	1st leg	2nd leg
Walsall	6–1	3–0 (H)	3–1 (A)	Semi-finals	Bradford City	4–2	3–1 (A)	1–1 (H)

Pre-match

Millwall qualified for the final by beating Bradford City in the semi-final with police horses being deployed on the pitch at The Den to quell a pitch invasion by Millwall supporters. Millwall manager, Neil Harris, called on the club's supporters to create a "hostile atmosphere" at Wembley. During the club's last appearance at Wembley, for a semi-final in the 2013 FA cup against Wigan Athletic, their supporters fought amongst themselves.^[4][5]

Match

Barnsley v Millwall

29 May 2016 15:00

Barnsley	3–1	Millwall
Fletcher  2' Hammill  19' Isgrove  74'	Report	Beevers  34'

Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 51,277 Referee: Stuart Attwell

Barnsley

Millwall

GK 1 Adam Davies RB 7 Josh Scowen CB 26 Alfie Mawson CB 4 Marc Roberts  63' LB 22 George Williams  28' RM 34 Lloyd Isgrove  85' CM 8 Conor Hourihane (c) CM 11 Josh Brownhill LM 20 Adam Hammill RS 18 Ashley Fletcher  81' LS 9 Sam Winnall Substitutes: GK 13 Nick Townsend DF 5 Lewin Nyatanga DF 35 Aidan White MF 12 Jak McCourt MF 32 Harry Chapman MF 15 Marley Watkins  85' FW 24 Ivan Toney  81' Manager: Paul Heckingbottom

GK 13 Jordan Archer RB 4 Carlos Edwards  82' CB 5 Tony Craig (c) CB 16 Mark Beevers LB 3 Joe Martin  43' RM 19 Chris Taylor CM 26 Nadjim Abdou CM 24 Ben Thompson  76' LM 18 Shane Ferguson RS 9 Lee Gregory LS 20 Steve Morison Substitutes: GK 1 David Forde DF 15 Sid Nelson MF 8 Ed Upson MF 6 Shaun Williams  82' FW 22 Aiden O'Brien  43' FW 28 Jamie Philpot MF 10 Fred Onyedinma  76' Manager: Neil Harris

Match violence

Towards the end of the game, with Barnsley winning 3-1, a group of Millwall supporters broke though a security barrier and attacked Barnsley supporters some of whom were forced to leave the stadium to avoid the violence. The fighting was condemned by the Football Association^[6] Objects were also thrown on Barnsley supporters occupying a lower tier and were aimed at Barnsley players on the pitch.^[7]

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