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Watch the League One play-off final today as Bolton Wanderers and Stockport County battle it out at Wembley for a place in the Championship, with FourFourTwo bringing you all the details on live streams and TV channels, wherever you are in the world.
- Date: Sunday, May 24
- Kick-off time: 1pm BST / 8am ET / 10pm AEST
- Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
- Free Stream: CBS Sports Network via YouTube TV (10-day free trial)
- TV & Streaming: Sky Sports (UK), Paramount+ (USA), beIn Sports (Australia)
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It's a North West takeover of Wembley as two clubs separated by less than 25 miles meet at the national stadium with one goal in mind: promotion to the Championship.
Both Bolton and Stockport have fallen on hard times in recent years and a return to the second tier would feel like a major step, maybe even the culmination, of a long and painful journey.
Read on as FourFourTwo brings you all the information on how to watch Bolton Wanderers vs Stockport County in the League One play-off final online, on TV, and from anywhere.
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Bolton vs Stockport is available to watch on CBS Sports Network in the US at no cost thanks to free trials on YouTube TV (10 days), Fubo (5 days) and DirecTV Stream (7 days).
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Watch League One play-off final in the UK
Sky Sports is the sole broadcaster of the EFL in the UK and they are showing Bolton vs Stockport live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football. Kick-off is at 1pm BST on Sunday.
Watch League One play-off final in the US
As mentioned above, viewers in the United States can stream Bolton vs Stockport on CBS Sports Network. US-based fans can also watch it on Paramount+.
How to watch League One play-off final in Australia
Fans in Australia can watch Bolton vs Stockport on beIN Sports, where new users benefit from a 7-day free trial.
The game will be shown live on beIN Sports 3.
See also ► Championship, League One and League Two TV guide
Bolton Wanderers vs Stockport County: League One play-off final preview
For a club who have spent 73 years of their history in the top division of English football and boast four FA Cups in their trophy cabinet, the past decade or so has been very lean for Bolton Wanderers.
Since their relegation from the Premier League in 2012, the Trotters have played most of their football in the Championship and League One, and even dropped into League Two in 2020 after coming dangerously close to going out of business.
Bolton have generally been on an upward trend over the past five seasons, though, returning to the third tier and continuously challenging at the top of the table as they bid for the place in the Championship that their history, status and 28,000-seater stadium arguably deserves.
They are aiming to exorcise some Wembley ghosts, too, having been heavily tipped to beat Oxford United here in this fixture two years ago, only to lose 2-0. Steven Schumacher's side are arguably marginal favourites again after spending most of the regular season third in the table before dropping to fifth on the final day of the campaign, although that didn't harm them in the play-off semi-finals as they saw off Bradford City 2-0 on aggregate.
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Stockport County fans may read Bolton's story and scoff, as they fell much further during their wilderness years.
The Hatters have had quite the ride – and not much of it has been enjoyable – since they last played in the second tier back in 2001/02. They were relegated out of the Football League after 106 years of continuous membership in 2011, but the worst was yet to come as they went down another division two seasons later, dropping into the regionalised National League North.
It took them six years to get out of the sixth tier of English football, before finally sealing a return to the EFL in 2022 in current manager Dave Challinor's first campaign in charge.
Following promotion from League Two in 2024, Stockport have recorded successive third-place finishes in League One to show they are serious players at this level. They are also aiming to cast off some play-off demons, though, having fallen in the end-of-season shoot-out four times in a row.
FourFourTwo's prediction
Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Stockport County
Bolton's pair of 1-0 wins in the semi-finals may be their blueprint for success here.
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