The 2013 Football League Championship play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 27 May 2013 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Crystal Palace and Watford. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football, to the Premier League. The top two teams of the 2012–13 Football League Championship season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the teams placed from third to sixth place in the table partook in play-off semi-finals; Watford ended the season in third position while Crystal Palace finished fifth. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place for the 2013–14 season in the Premier League. Winning the game was estimated to be worth up to £120 million to the successful team.
The match was played at Wembley Stadium.
Crystal Palace were without their top scorer Glenn Murray who had scored 30 goals during the regular season.
Watford's top scorer Matěj Vydra went off injured at half time in the final.
Wilfried Zaha (pictured in 2016) was named man of the match.
Kevin Mark Phillips is an English former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of National League club Hartlepool United.
Phillips playing in Jody Craddock's testimonial match, 2014
While at Sunderland, Phillips is best remembered for his partnership with fellow striker Niall Quinn, resulting in him winning the Premier League Golden Boot and European Golden Shoe in 2000
Warming up for West Bromwich Albion in 2007
Phillips as a coach of Leicester City in 2014