Bradford City finished seven points behind Bolton Wanderers (who were promoted in second place) and twenty-one behind league winners Sheffield United.

Thirteen minutes into the second half, Morison scored his second and Millwall's third, and despite a consolation goal from Stephen Dawson, the match and the tie ended 3–2.

[4] Bradford City faced Fleetwood Town in their play-off semi-final, playing the first leg at home at Valley Parade.

The game was dominated by Bradford but they had to wait until 13 minutes remaining to break the deadlock, with Rory McArdle's headed goal from a Tony McMahon cross.

[5] The return leg was played at Fleetwood's Highbury Stadium three days later, and ended goalless, meaning Bradford City won the tie 1–0 on aggregate.

[10] Bradford City played in the 1996 Football League Second Division play-off final at the old Wembley Stadium, beating Notts County 2–0.

[14] Gregory was Millwall's highest scorer with seventeen goals, while Jordy Hiwula was Bradford's top marksman with nine.

[1] Bradford were attempting to restore their Championship status which they had lost 13 years prior, having been relegated from the 2003–04 Football League First Division.

[17] Simon Hooper representing the Wiltshire Football Association was the referee for the match, with assistants Nick Hopton and Neil Davies, and Chris Kavanagh acted as the fourth official.

[21] The two starting line-ups were unchanged from their respective semi-final second legs,[21] although Bradford's Alex Jones returned to the bench.

Nathaniel Knight-Percival then conceded a corner from which Shaun Hutchinson's deflected header went over Bradford City's crossbar.

On 13 minutes, Billy Clarke received the ball from Marshall but his shot was tipped past the Millwall post by their goalkeeper Jordan Archer.

With 20 minutes of the match remaining, Millwall made the first substitution of the game with Shane Ferguson replacing O'Brien.

Four minutes later, Bradford made a double change, with Jones and Timothée Dieng replacing Clarke and Nicky Law.

Meredith was shown a yellow card in the 76th minute for a foul on Wallace, before another chance for Morison was blocked by McCardle.

[29] At the end of the game Millwall fans invaded the pitch confronting Bradford City manager, Stuart McCall, who said: "Wembley have to learn from this.