Blackpool v Torquay United, 31 May 1991

Torquay United won 5-4 on penalties. After extra time - 2-2 at 90 minutes. Kick-off: 8.00pm This was the first Play-Off Final to decided by penalties, although not to the approval of the Rothman's Football Yearbook. The authoritative annual observed: "The play-off system, which has done as much as anything to increase interest in the Football League competition in recent years, was let down at the final hurdle at Wembley when the Fourth Division game between Blackpool and Torquay United was settled by that most unsatisfactory of methods - the penalty shoot-out. "This lottery produced a 5-4 win for Torquay following extra time, but such an outcome did nothing to enhance the wretched reputation of this most misguided vehicle for deciding football matches."