Dan George
At Wembley Stadium

The game kicks off shortly at 16:15 BST and both teams will be eager to secure a place in the Championship.

Live updates from the match can be found on the BBC Sport coverage, so we’ll hand over to our colleagues in sport and bring to an end our coverage here.

Thanks for joining us - and good luck to The U’s!

Logan Lawson at Wembley Stadium
BBC News

They have made their way to Wembley from far and wide but finally the moment has come.

Fans are settling in for Oxford United again Bolton Wanderers for a chance to play in the Championship.

Lewis Coombes
At Wembley Stadium

Nine of today’s Oxford XI started the 5-0 drubbing at Bolton in March.

That’s a game that they’ll be keen to put right. I’d expect manager Des Buckingham’s tactics to reflect a more defensive approach to stay in the game and then try and utilise set-pieces.

The longer the game goes and the U’s are still in it, the better chance of an upset.

The kits are laid out ready for Oxford United's players at the Wembley changing room.

The stage is set for Des Buckingham's team for the League One playoff final.

A win today would cap-off their 2023/24 season in style.

Image source, Oxford United Official

Curtis Lancaster
BBC South

Image source, Getty Images

Success at Wembley is not new for Oxford United.

In 1986, the team beat Queens Park Rangers in the Football League Cup Final, sponsored by the Milk Marketing Board.

The team proudly lifted the "Milk Cup" at the old Wembley Stadium.

Some of the fans at the game today might remember that moment and will be praying for similar scenes.

Logan Lawson at Wembley Stadium
BBC News

Wembley is filling up as Oxford United and Bolton Wanderers fans take their seats for what could be a nerve wracking afternoon of football.

30,000 Oxford supporters will settle down on the iconic stands.

Both of the U's last two matches at Wembley, when fans have been present, they were given the East End of the ground and lost.

This time they have the West End – so could that be good luck?

Lewis Coombes
At Wembley Stadium

The team sheets are in...

These are the players that hope to write their names in the history books for their club.

There is one change from semi-final 2nd leg as Sam Long steps in for Fin Stevens.

Martin Eastaugh
At Wembley Stadium

Face paint? Check. Blue and yellow hair dye? Check.

Mollie has gone the extra mile in getting ready for Wembley.

She and friend Esme, both from Witney, say they are feeling "positive for a win".

Logan Lawson at Wembley Stadium
BBC News

Excitement and nerves mount for fans walking along Wembley Way towards the home of English football.

Oxford United have met Bolton twice this season, with the 0-0 draw at home followed by 5-0 away defeat to the Wanderers.

Both sides have said that they are without fresh injury concerns so it should be a battle between two full-strength teams.

Lewis Coombes
At Wembley Stadium

A sea of yellow has descended on Wembley, with a mood of hope rather than expectation.

Oxford United fans are in great voice and determined to enjoy the day out.

Flags, scarfs, face paint and club colours all make for a party atmosphere.

Martin Eastaugh
At Wembley Stadium

Steve Kemish from Headington says he’ll be thinking of the "late, great Joey Beauchamp and his family today".

The 50-year-old former Oxford United footballer died in February 2022.

Beauchamp made over 350 appearances for his hometown club and a bar at Oxford's stadium is named after him.

Jerome Sale
BBC Radio Oxford commentator

More than 30,000 Oxford fans will head to Wembley even more united than anyone could have envisaged at the turn of the year.

In doing so, they have the chance to demonstrate the importance of the county’s only professional football club to Oxfordshire and the relevance of its struggle to move to a stadium that is worthy of it and can sustain it.

Those fans that are there in good number would do well to go in good voice.

The supporters at the two legs of the semi-final gave their all, their team responded.

Those in the away end for the second leg at Peterborough looked more spent as they left the stadium than those who had been on the pitch.

The fans will need to rally themselves again for today's game.

Read more here.

Curtis Lancaster
BBC South

Scarves and hats adorn the stalls outside Wembley.

Oxford United and Bolton Wanderers fans are proudly donning their teams colours for the League One play-off final.

On days like this, the power of the supporters might make a huge difference.

Yellows fan and former Oxford United reporter for BBC Radio Oxford Stuart Harrison is at Wembley.

Uncertain of U's manager Des Buckingham at the start of the season, he says he's pleased by the turnaround the team has shown.

"Today is a celebration of the season," he says. "It's a recognition of what Des has done."

Stuart says he sees this as "a free hit" for his side after they finished 10 points behind their opponents Bolton Wanderers.

The Farnell family have made the trip from the Oxfordshire village of Marston to watch their team play under the famous arch.

It's been a quarter of a century since the Yellows were in the heady heights of the Championship.

Making this the biggest match many members of this family have ever seen their side play.

Pupils at the city's Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School, where Oxford United's Des Buckingham went as a child, sing to the tune of Que Sera Sera for the U's head coach.

The winners of today's match will secure promotion to the Championship - if successful, it would be the first time Oxford has played in the second tier of English football since 1999.

Jerome Sale
BBC Radio Oxford commentator

I have seen this League One play-off final described as a “free hit” for Oxford United.

They are underdogs and they have made it to Wembley when many thought they had blown their chances of promotion long ago.

The team struggled to find an identity under a new manager at the start of the year and crucially struggled to get results.

In political speak, Oxford need a massive swing their way if they are to go from a 5-0 loss to Bolton a couple of months ago to a win against the same team at Wembley, but those in the United team will not see this final as a free hit.

The people with the most confidence in these Oxford players? Themselves.

Read more here.

Curtis Lancaster
BBC South

Oxford United's flag is flying at Oxford Castle as the whole city gets behind its team.

It's the fifth time Oxford has played at Wembley since 2010 - and the first time since 2017 they have played at the iconic ground with fans allowed.

The team reached the League One playoff final in 2020 but Covid meant the game took place behind closed doors.

Around 30,000 Oxford fans are expected to travel to Wembley to cheer on their team today.

Curtis Lancaster
BBC South

We're counting down to the final game of Oxford United's season.

The last time they had success at Wembley was in 2010 for the team's first ever play-off final, when they beat York City 3-1 to earn promotion back into the EFL.

Des Buckingham was in the Wembley stands cheering them on for that game.

This time he will be stood in the dugout as the U's manager.

Image source, Oxford United Official

Yellows super fans Colin and Melanie O'Toole proudly show their allegiance to the club with "Smartie the Oxford United Car".

Complete with bright yellow interior and exterior, the vehicle is plastered with Oxford United's logo.

Melanie says her husband, who has the club's crest tattooed on his leg, is now searching for horns to put on the car to complete the look.

"It's fun and it makes people smile," she says.