The 2021 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match which was played on 31 May 2021 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Morecambe and Newport County.

A minute into the second period of additional time, John O'Sullivan was brought down by Ryan Haynes and the referee awarded Morecambe a penalty which Carlos Mendes Gomes converted to give his side the lead.

Matt Dolan put the home side ahead in the 31st minute with a left-footed strike from around 25 yards (23 m) after Josh Sheehan had played him the ball.

A minute later, his brother Lewis Collins doubled Newport County's lead, running on to a long goal kick to shoot past Luke McGee, the Forest Green Rovers goalkeeper.

Eight minutes into the second half, Cadden's free kick crept in at the far post to make it 3–0 and give Forest Green the lead in the tie on aggregate.

Kevin Ellison then became the oldest goalscorer in play-off history when his 70th minute strike from 25 yards (23 m) went into the Forest Green net off the underside of the crossbar.

They had played in the fourth tier of English football since being promoted from the Conference via the play-offs in the 2012–13 season, beating Wrexham 2–0 in the final at Wembley.

[9] During the regular season, Newport won both meetings between the teams, winning 2–1 at Rodney Parade in December 2020 and 3–1 at the Globe Arena the following March.

[12] Bobby Madley was the referee for the match, assisted by Geoffrey Liddle and David Hunt, while the fourth official was Craig Hicks.

In the eighth minute, Mickey Demetriou launched a long throw-in into the Morecambe penalty area but the ball was caught by goalkeeper Kyle Letheren.

Midway through the half, Labadie's shot was blocked and Sheehan's subsequent strike was saved by Letheren, before the players took a drinks break.

Two minutes into first-half stoppage time, a shot from Bennett took a deflection off Yann Songo'o but the ball went just wide of the Morecambe goal, and Demetriou headed off-target from the resulting corner before the half was brought to a close with the score at 0–0.

Midway through the second half, Newport County made the first change of the game, making a double substitution with Ryan Taylor and Anthony Hartigan replacing Lewis and Dolan.

Collins then saw his overhead kick from Demetriou's throw-in go over the Morecambe crossbar before Ryan Cooney's long-range shot was saved by King, and then the teams took their second-half drinks break.

A minute into the second period of extra time, O'Sullivan was brought down by Haynes and the referee awarded Morecambe a penalty which Mendes Gomes converted to give his side the lead.

Assistant referees: Geoffrey Liddle David Hunt Fourth official: Craig Hicks Match rules[22] Winning goalscorer Mendes Gomes said "I worked all my life for moments like this ...