The 2009 Football League One play-off final was an association football match which was played on 24 May 2009 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Millwall and Scunthorpe United 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 2008–09 Football League One season, Leicester City and Peterborough United, gained automatic promotion to the Championship, while those placed from third to sixth in the table took part in play-off semi-finals. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2009–10 season in the Championship. The losing semi-finalists were Milton Keynes Dons and Leeds United. The game was played in front of 59,661 spectators and was refereed by Michael Oliver. In the 6th minute, Matt Sparrow put Scunthorpe ahead with a right-footed shot into the top-left corner of the Millwall goal from around . Gary Alexander levelled the match with a long-range strike in the 37th minute. Two minutes later, he doubled his tally with a header into the bottom-left corner of the Scunthorpe goal from . With 20 minutes remaining, Sparrow struck from around to restore parity at 2–2 and 15 minutes later, Martyn Woolford put Scunthorpe ahead with a left-footed strike from . The final score was 3–2 to Scunthorpe who were promoted to the Championship. Scunthorpe's next season saw them finish in 20th position, two places above the relegation zone. Millwall ended their following season in third place in the table to qualify for the play-offs where they defeated Swindon Town in the final. Route to the final Millwall finished the regular 2008–09 season in fifth place in Football League One, the third tier of the English football league system, one position ahead of Scunthorpe United. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Football League Championship and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the third promoted team. Millwall finished seven points behind Peterborough United (who were promoted in second place) and fourteen behind league winners Leicester City. Scunthorpe United ended the season six points behind Millwall. Scunthorpe United's opponents in their play-off semi-final were Milton Keynes Dons and the first match of the two-legged tie took place at Glanford Park in Scunthorpe on 8 May 2009. A volley from Martyn Woolford put the home side into the lead early in the match after