The 2025 National League play-off final, known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match played on 1 June 2025 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Oldham Athletic and Southend United.
The match determined the second and final team to gain promotion from the National League, the fifth tier of English football, to EFL League Two. The champions of the 2024–25 National League season gained automatic promotion to EFL League Two, while the teams placed from second to seventh took part in the play-offs; Oldham Athletic finished in fifth position while Southend United finished in seventh position, both going through the eliminator rounds to get to the final.
The 2025 final was the 23rd National League play-off final in all. The attendance of 52,115 was a record for a National League match, beating the previous best of 47,029 when Bristol Rovers defeated Grimsby Town to win promotion at the same venue in the 2015 final.
Route to the final
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match Details
GK 1 Mathew HudsonCB 2 Reagan OgleCB 16 Charlie Raglan (c)CB 6 Manny Monthé RM 29 Joe Pritchard CM 24 Corry Evans CM 28 Vimal Yoganathan CM 4 Tom PettLM 3 Mark Kitching CF 9 Mike FondopCF 14 Joe Garner Substitutes:GK 31 Tom DonaghyDF 5 Shaun Hobson MF 10 Tom Conlon MF 15 Jordan Rossiter FW 17 Jesurun Uchegbulam FW 26 Kian Harratt FW 30 James Norwood Manager: Micky Mellon GK 1 Nick HayesCB 16 Harry TaylorCB 20 Ben GoodliffeCB 3 Nathan Ralph (c)RM 2 Gus Scott-MorrissCM 22 Keenan Forson CM 8 Noor HusinCM 17 Cav Miley LM 7 Jack Bridge CF 21 Tom Hopper CF 24 Charley Kendall Substitutes:GK 25 Nathan HarnessDF 4 George WindDF 15 Joe Gubbins MF 19 Leon Chambers-Parillon MF 28 Oli Coker FW 9 Macauley Bonne FW 11 Josh Walker Manager: Kevin Maher
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