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And just as we were getting going, welcome to the last of this season's | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Late Kick Off. A grand title tussle to end a superb | :00:07. | :00:27. | |
season in League Two for our clubs. But it is Doncaster despair, as | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
Rovers return to League One. And we have a lyrical Late Kick Off | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
lament to Barnsley. It was like watching Brazil. | :00:39. | :00:44. | |
Good evening. Here we are at the end of another football season. | :00:45. | :00:50. | |
Seems like no time since we started and two men who can vouch for time | :00:51. | :00:54. | |
moving more quickly as you get older, Dean Windass and John | :00:55. | :00:57. | |
Hendrie, are here to give us their end of term reports. | :00:58. | :01:00. | |
We also want to hear from you. Here is how you you can contact us | :01:01. | :01:02. | |
on social media... I am sure editor Neil will continue | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
his excellent goals flash service during the play`offs. | :01:10. | :01:13. | |
Whatever the result between Chesterfield and Fleetwood, a party | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
atmosphere was guaranteed at the Proact Stadium. | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
Chesterfield had the task of clinching the League Two title. | :01:20. | :01:24. | |
Slip up and Scunthorpe and Rochdale could claim the prize for | :01:25. | :01:26. | |
themselves. In a spirit of pure spitefulness, we | :01:27. | :01:30. | |
sent our own in`house Rochdale supporter, Nathan Lord. | :01:31. | :01:44. | |
The League Two title was in Chesterfield's hands on Saturday, | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
going into the final game of the season against Fleetwood. | :01:49. | :01:54. | |
But it was Fleetwood who got the opening goal goal. | :01:55. | :01:57. | |
Matty Blair somehow managing to dance his way past the Chesterfield | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
defence. Over at Glanford Park, Scunthorpe | :02:01. | :02:03. | |
were doing their bit against York to try and grab the title. | :02:04. | :02:10. | |
But Rochdale went one up against Newport, which meant that they went | :02:11. | :02:15. | |
to the top of the table. The Iron got another ten minutes | :02:16. | :02:17. | |
later, through Hawkridge's low strike. | :02:18. | :02:20. | |
But that would not matter so long as Rochdale were in front. | :02:21. | :02:23. | |
There was another goal at Rodney Parade and this time it was Newport | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
that got an equaliser, which sent Scunthorpe back to the top of the | :02:27. | :02:31. | |
league, going into half`time. But just before the break, the | :02:32. | :02:34. | |
Minster Men grabbed the one back, with this great strike from Ryan | :02:35. | :02:38. | |
Brobbel. Back at the Proact, the Spireites | :02:39. | :02:41. | |
came out on fire for the second half. Sam Hurd made it 1`1, but a | :02:42. | :02:46. | |
draw was still not going to be good enough for them, with Scunthorpe | :02:47. | :02:53. | |
beating York. However, it was not long before | :02:54. | :02:56. | |
Chesterfield got another, with this cracker from Gary Roberts, sending | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
the home side back to the top of the division. | :03:00. | :03:03. | |
Over Glanford Park, York were not going to let Scunthorpe ruin their | :03:04. | :03:09. | |
superb unbeaten run. Will Hayhuryt finding the bottom corner, to make | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
it 17 games without defeat for the Mintyer Men. | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Back over at Rodney Parade, there was even more drama, with Newport | :03:18. | :03:21. | |
grabbing a late winner, which meant Scunthorpe were back to into second | :03:22. | :03:24. | |
place in the table to end a record`breaking season under Russ | :03:25. | :03:25. | |
Wilcox. It is brilliant. I have been | :03:26. | :03:35. | |
watching them all season. This is what we have been striving for. | :03:36. | :03:38. | |
It has been ups and downs all day. We were top one minute, second the | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
next and then back to third. And it is my birthday. | :03:43. | :03:45. | |
Was it always going to be a party today? | :03:46. | :03:47. | |
Oh, no doubt about it. No matter what, there was always going to be a | :03:48. | :03:53. | |
party. Chesterfield's 2`1 victory sealed | :03:54. | :03:57. | |
the League Two title. It was the icing on the cake for Paul Cook's | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
team and celebrations started in style. | :04:01. | :04:05. | |
Lt always feels fandabidozee when you are watching Chesterfield! | :04:06. | :04:16. | |
# Championis, championis. Last week was good, but this was | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
brilliant. It has had us biting nails till the end. It has been | :04:21. | :04:24. | |
unbelievable. To win it again and have my kids here, it has been | :04:25. | :04:26. | |
unbelievable. We were the best team all year and | :04:27. | :04:29. | |
we deserved it. It is magic. And my granddaughter is | :04:30. | :04:33. | |
here and my son. And I found out today, that I am going to have a | :04:34. | :04:36. | |
little grandson. Congratulations. | :04:37. | :04:40. | |
So, fantastic day. It is the cherry on top. Champions, | :04:41. | :04:45. | |
we are champions now. For all the players involved, they have done a | :04:46. | :04:48. | |
great job. For the players, great for everyone involved. For the fans, | :04:49. | :04:49. | |
everything, it is just the top. The whole day was set up for us to | :04:50. | :05:06. | |
do something good. And at half`time, obviously, you are not happy. But I | :05:07. | :05:09. | |
thought in the second half, we did really well. We started really well. | :05:10. | :05:12. | |
And players like Gary Roberts. Football is all about players. | :05:13. | :05:16. | |
What a day. We did not do things easily here. We fell behind in the | :05:17. | :05:21. | |
first half. We started a bit flat, but you could not have picked a | :05:22. | :05:23. | |
better way to finish this season. Yes, great day for Chesterfield, | :05:24. | :05:33. | |
they are the champions. It is a 1`2 table, with Chesterfield the | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
champions, Scunthorpe in second and York city in seventh, from being | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
22nd at the start of the year. Fleetwood in the play`offs, more of | :05:43. | :05:45. | |
that in a moment. First of all, Chesterfield. Champions, John? The | :05:46. | :05:49. | |
best team? Without a shadow of a doubt. It is | :05:50. | :05:53. | |
not just about them being champions, it is the way they have done it. | :05:54. | :05:56. | |
They have been entertaining all season, playing attacking football. | :05:57. | :05:59. | |
Gary Roberts, of all people, getting the winning goal. He is a superb | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
player who can play any higher league, no doubt about it. New line | :06:03. | :06:06. | |
I know we have been talking about it, Dean, but the football they | :06:07. | :06:09. | |
play, as well, it is not just the pump it and lump it variety, is it? | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
It is proper football, as they say. I love Cooky, I played against him a | :06:14. | :06:17. | |
few years ago. He was a good player, as well. He has managed to install | :06:18. | :06:21. | |
that in to his team that they have to pass the ball around. Like John | :06:22. | :06:25. | |
said, some lower league clubs, want to go route one, but they pass it | :06:26. | :06:28. | |
about. Like you said there, Gary Roberts. If you have one | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
exceptionally good football in your team, it can define your season. I | :06:32. | :06:34. | |
cannot believe Huddersfield let him go, to be honest. | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
They have got quite a good few players Deano, not just the one. And | :06:39. | :06:42. | |
what were you doing down there as their mascot?! | :06:43. | :06:49. | |
What gave it away, was it the ears?! As for Scunthorpe, no real | :06:50. | :06:52. | |
disappointment. They finished as runners`up, they have not got the | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
title. But they cannot be too disappointed, they have had a | :06:57. | :06:57. | |
terrific season. A brilliant job that Russ Wilcox has | :06:58. | :07:01. | |
done there. I think that is his third promotion with the football | :07:02. | :07:04. | |
club, as player, coach and manager. So, he served his apprenticeship | :07:05. | :07:06. | |
under Brian Laws, as such. Well done to both of the clubs. Yet, | :07:07. | :07:11. | |
they had that massively long unbeaten run, did Scunthorpe, which | :07:12. | :07:14. | |
recently came to an end, but they will be well served. They may be | :07:15. | :07:17. | |
will do well in the division higher. And they may yet be joined by yet | :07:18. | :07:21. | |
another of our clubs, York city. Terrific gesture from the club this | :07:22. | :07:24. | |
week, they are going to pay for any of the 1,006 travelling supporters | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
who want to go to the second leg at Fleetwood, they are going to shell | :07:29. | :07:31. | |
out on the coach travel for them. What are their chances? | :07:32. | :07:34. | |
What a fantastic job Nigel has done. As you just said they are, Gary, you | :07:35. | :07:38. | |
are a York city fan, and they were 22nd when he took over. And what a | :07:39. | :07:42. | |
fantastic job. Listen, momentum takes you through. They have been on | :07:43. | :07:48. | |
a great run. You are saying there, will they get over the line? Who | :07:49. | :07:52. | |
knows? I still think they are very much the | :07:53. | :07:56. | |
underdogs. Fleetwood have got a far, far, bigger budget and bigger squad. | :07:57. | :08:00. | |
It is a tough task, but it is good going in as the underdog. There is | :08:01. | :08:03. | |
no pressure on you, just go and enjoy it. Give it your best shot. | :08:04. | :08:07. | |
Bring on Saturday. And that first leg. So, all our League Two drama | :08:08. | :08:10. | |
took place at the top, whilst in the Championship, we were focused on the | :08:11. | :08:13. | |
bottom and Doncaster's bid to beat the drop. On Saturday, it came down | :08:14. | :08:17. | |
to Paul Dickov's team having to match or better Birmingham's result | :08:18. | :08:20. | |
at Bolton and they had to do it away to the champions, Leicester city. | :08:21. | :08:23. | |
Paul Burland was there to take it all in. | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
# Championi, championi! #. What a difference a year makes. The | :08:31. | :08:33. | |
celebrations following what was arguably Doncaster Rovers' most | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
memorable moment ` a dramatic season finale at Brentford. Staring defeat | :08:37. | :08:39. | |
in the face one second? He has hit the crossbar amd missed it! | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
.. And celebrating a promotion clinching goal, the next. | :08:44. | :08:47. | |
He puts it into the empty net and Doncaster have won promotion to the | :08:48. | :08:50. | |
Championship! Fast forward 12 months and utter | :08:51. | :08:51. | |
dejection. Doncaster arrived at Leicester | :08:52. | :09:00. | |
knowing that the hosts would be celebrating, come what may. But they | :09:01. | :09:04. | |
knew that they would stay up of Birmingham, playing at Bolton, | :09:05. | :09:07. | |
failed to better Rovers' result. # Staying up, staying up, Donny | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
Rovers! # Staying up, staying up, I say! # Staying up, staying up, Donny | :09:12. | :09:15. | |
Rovers! # Playing football in the Didcot way! | :09:16. | :09:20. | |
The one thing I have got is a group of players who, every week, have | :09:21. | :09:23. | |
given everything they have got. We have kept positive. I have just said | :09:24. | :09:27. | |
to the lads, go out and work as hard as you can and do the best you can. | :09:28. | :09:31. | |
And you know what, sometimes it goes for you. I will be getting told what | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
is going on elsewhere. I think it would be stupid not to. I would be | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
lying if I told you I was not bothered about other results. All we | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
have to do is hope that we can get the result which means that we do | :09:44. | :09:45. | |
not have to be looking elsewhere. The Rovers fans had dressed for a | :09:46. | :09:52. | |
party. Others were dividing their attention between events at | :09:53. | :09:54. | |
Leicester and those at Bolton, where, 56 minutes in, Lee Chung`yong | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
put thel home side ahead, making Birmingham's relegation the more | :09:58. | :09:59. | |
likely. Use quickly filtered through to the Rovers travelling army. But | :10:00. | :10:02. | |
that was tempered when Leicester won a penalty at the expense of James | :10:03. | :10:05. | |
Husband. David Nugent put the champions ahead. Doncaster were | :10:06. | :10:13. | |
still above Birmingham by a single point, then, came another goal | :10:14. | :10:14. | |
stewards, so medical help could be given. Sadly, he later died in | :10:15. | :10:59. | |
hospital and has been named as Ray second. | :11:00. | :11:19. | |
The shot! Zigic! Off the line! And in! Paul Caddis! Have Birmingham | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
city done it? It meant Rovers slipped into the | :11:23. | :11:34. | |
relegation zone on goal difference in the very final moments of the | :11:35. | :11:37. | |
season. You know and I know, it was not the | :11:38. | :11:41. | |
last minute today, it is over the course of 46 games. | :11:42. | :11:45. | |
We have hung in there to the last minute of the last day, which may | :11:46. | :11:51. | |
sound a little bit stupid, but it is of credit to the players. Everybody | :11:52. | :11:54. | |
was expecting us to be down by now. The disappointing thing is that we | :11:55. | :11:57. | |
have just come up a little bit short. I feel for everybody at the | :11:58. | :12:01. | |
club and the fans. The fans were absolutely magnificent. We have been | :12:02. | :12:04. | |
relegated in the last minute today and the standing ovation they gave | :12:05. | :12:07. | |
the players was outstanding. There's not many clubs who would do that. | :12:08. | :12:13. | |
I am disappointed. But we came to fight and we will fight another day. | :12:14. | :12:16. | |
Absolutely gutted, but that is football. It was the same last year | :12:17. | :12:19. | |
the other way, and it has happened to us today. Brentford missed a | :12:20. | :12:23. | |
penalty in the last minute and we scored right afterwards. Birmingham | :12:24. | :12:25. | |
scored an equaliser today and we are down. | :12:26. | :12:28. | |
To lose like that. Straight to bed I think. You can forget about as going | :12:29. | :12:31. | |
out on the town tonight. Disappointed. We had some good times | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
in these 90 minutes. We heard that Birmingham were losing. But that is | :12:36. | :12:39. | |
football, isn't it? We will be back, though. Super Donny | :12:40. | :12:47. | |
Rovers, we will be back. Commiserations to all who have | :12:48. | :12:50. | |
worked so hard at Doncaster Rovers the season. I know we cannot change | :12:51. | :12:54. | |
anything, but there was one big incident at Leicester which settled | :12:55. | :12:57. | |
the game. Should this have been a penalty? | :12:58. | :13:00. | |
I think so. I think, as a defender, as soon as you dangle your leg, he | :13:01. | :13:08. | |
has not got the ball. He has left his leg there. | :13:09. | :13:10. | |
Is there contact? I think there is contact. John is | :13:11. | :13:14. | |
not so sure. I actually think it is a penalty. We get three or four | :13:15. | :13:24. | |
views of it. In live play, I think he has left his leg dangling. It is | :13:25. | :13:30. | |
one of these things, when you are down at the bottom of the league, | :13:31. | :13:39. | |
these things go against you. But the manager said that, it was not simply | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
just about that penalty decision. But I remember, when they were | :13:47. | :13:52. | |
leading 3`1, when the game get called off and then they lost their | :13:53. | :13:55. | |
rescheduled one. Everything has gone against them. Even the last month or | :13:56. | :14:05. | |
so. I know we sometimes see that players do not care, do the scenes | :14:06. | :14:10. | |
at the Intel is differently? Does it hurt? Absolutely, for those guys, it | :14:11. | :14:18. | |
is the loving, it is their job. It is a massive blow for everyone. | :14:19. | :14:28. | |
Football has a habit of kicking you in the teeth. Swings and | :14:29. | :14:35. | |
roundabouts. All the best to Doncaster in league one. Coming up ` | :14:36. | :14:40. | |
two goals but I have a twitter or cruise? Sheffield Wednesday tackle | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
man on. And we have a brain. As Shakespeare would say, alas, | :14:48. | :14:51. | |
forsooth. Before those poetic delights and League One, our other | :14:52. | :14:54. | |
four sides from the Championship, no drama for them, nothing complicated. | :14:55. | :14:58. | |
But Neil Morrow starts his round`up with a club for whom the word | :14:59. | :15:01. | |
complicated was invented. Leeds United. | :15:02. | :15:06. | |
As ever, Leeds fans turned up in numbers at Elland Road, but weren't | :15:07. | :15:11. | |
they are there to make sure that their horror season was really and | :15:12. | :15:14. | |
truly over? United 's players seemed as keen as the fans to get to the | :15:15. | :15:18. | |
beach, awful defending let Simon Dawkins sneak Derby into the lead in | :15:19. | :15:25. | |
the sixth minute. But County weren't overenthusiastic either, and five | :15:26. | :15:27. | |
minutes into the second half Ross McCormack found Matt Smith and he | :15:28. | :15:31. | |
checked Lee Grant to make it one each. Leeds fans can now relax for a | :15:32. | :15:37. | |
while. All they have to wait for is news on Brian McDermot's future and | :15:38. | :15:40. | |
a certain court judgement in Sardinia. Sheffield Wednesday seemed | :15:41. | :15:46. | |
to put their cue in the rack sometime ago, survival after a | :15:47. | :15:49. | |
wobbly start was secured after March but Stuart Gray will be disappointed | :15:50. | :15:52. | |
that his players could not keep their run of good form going. The | :15:53. | :15:57. | |
Earls went behind at Ipswich in the 37th minute, Tommy Smith scoring | :15:58. | :16:00. | |
eventually after Wednesday failed to clear the danger. But the Owls go | :16:01. | :16:05. | |
back into it ten minutes into the second half when Kieran Lee scored | :16:06. | :16:09. | |
his first goal for the club. And the Sheffield side made enough chances | :16:10. | :16:12. | |
to have got something out of the game. Halfway through the second | :16:13. | :16:15. | |
half Paul Green headed home what proved to be the winner for the | :16:16. | :16:19. | |
tractor men. Milan Mandaric wants to sell, Wednesday are definitely in | :16:20. | :16:23. | |
need of some new investment. Huddersfield have consolidated their | :16:24. | :16:25. | |
championship status this season, but recent results have left much to be | :16:26. | :16:30. | |
desired. At Watford on Saturday particularly in the second half Town | :16:31. | :16:35. | |
decided to have a party. In the 46th minute Joe Lolly put Huddersfield in | :16:36. | :16:39. | |
front and soon after Lolly turned provider, kind of. Danny Ward | :16:40. | :16:43. | |
probably did not expect to see this shot squirm in. And Ward's second | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
also had a touch of fortune, but do not take anything away from this | :16:49. | :16:51. | |
finish. Ward then completed his hat`trick with three minutes to go. | :16:52. | :16:56. | |
But the good stay for the Watford goalkeeper. A great day for the | :16:57. | :17:01. | |
Terriers. Troy Deeny scored in injury time for Watford but no | :17:02. | :17:04. | |
matter, this was a lovely way for Town to go on their hols. The sun | :17:05. | :17:08. | |
came out for Barnsley's final game in the championship against QPR, but | :17:09. | :17:12. | |
two goals in two minutes near the end of the first half made for a | :17:13. | :17:16. | |
gloomy affair despite the weather. Charlie Austin scored the first for | :17:17. | :17:19. | |
the Londoners, and although Austin wanted to claim the second, that | :17:20. | :17:22. | |
goal has to be chalked up to Barnsley 's Jean`Yves M'voto. Chris | :17:23. | :17:27. | |
O'Grady who was Barnsley 's player of the year gave the Reds some hope | :17:28. | :17:32. | |
in the 54th minute. But the revival was soon ended when QPR got their | :17:33. | :17:36. | |
third. A brilliant individual goal by the South Korean, Yun Suk`young. | :17:37. | :17:41. | |
O'Grady scored his second of the game late on to give Barnsley fans | :17:42. | :17:45. | |
something to cheer. Just like their season, it was too little too late. | :17:46. | :17:51. | |
It is a sorry bottom half of the table story all told, Leeds top of | :17:52. | :17:55. | |
the cluster of our best placed teams in the football league and then | :17:56. | :17:57. | |
below the dreaded dotted line, Doncaster go straight back down to | :17:58. | :18:00. | |
League One and Barnsley are going there with them. | :18:01. | :18:08. | |
So looking at the action from Saturday, Huddersfield town. They | :18:09. | :18:12. | |
finished with a flourish, Danny Ward with the first hat`trick of his | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
career as a substitute. And I guess all Huddersfield supporters are | :18:17. | :18:18. | |
thinking, second win in 13 games. Where has this been? You go to | :18:19. | :18:22. | |
Vicarage Road and it is a tough place to go, obviously both teams | :18:23. | :18:25. | |
are not playing for anything but Mike Robinson might be thinking | :18:26. | :18:27. | |
about, well, consistency, every week, you don't know. You wouldn't | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
put them on your football coupon, would you? It is what every coach | :18:33. | :18:36. | |
wants, consistency, and it seems to be the hardest thing to find. Yes, | :18:37. | :18:39. | |
particularly in that division. All our teams are the same. Looking at | :18:40. | :18:42. | |
all five teams, not one of them have been consistent. And talking about | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
inconsistency, Sheffield Wednesday? What would be your end of season | :18:46. | :18:49. | |
assessment? But what a fantastic job he has done. Do you think he has? He | :18:50. | :18:53. | |
has done a fantastic job. I know him. He's a Withenshaw lad, he has | :18:54. | :18:57. | |
taken over from Dave Jones and he has done a fantastic job. When he | :18:58. | :19:01. | |
changes his style of play he has them down playing a bit more | :19:02. | :19:04. | |
football as such. The priority of him taking the position there, | :19:05. | :19:07. | |
Stewart, we all thought they must be involved in a relegation battle. He | :19:08. | :19:12. | |
settled the ship enough for them to be comfortable so I think leave it | :19:13. | :19:15. | |
with him and carry on next year. Don't mend what is not broken. With | :19:16. | :19:20. | |
the last programme of the series, we have to, where we started, Leeds | :19:21. | :19:23. | |
United. What happens there? This wasn't a bad result at the weekend | :19:24. | :19:26. | |
against Derby, who have been flying. I guess it is impossible to assess | :19:27. | :19:30. | |
them in the field and impossible to predict what happens next. You are | :19:31. | :19:32. | |
talking 30,000 supporters, just short of that on Saturday, so | :19:33. | :19:36. | |
obviously the fans are still behind them. A great performance against | :19:37. | :19:39. | |
Derby County. End`to`end stuff. That could have been three all as such. | :19:40. | :19:43. | |
So much can happen in the summer. Only Massimo Chelimo knows what is | :19:44. | :19:46. | |
going to happen. One word answers from both of you. When we get back | :19:47. | :19:50. | |
here in August, will Brian McDermott be the manager of Leeds United? I | :19:51. | :19:55. | |
don't think so, I think it is a soap opera. Yes or no? I don't think so. | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
Yes. We will take that. ?? new line It wouldn't be Late Kick Off without | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
a final outing of Man On. This week it's Wednesday's Paul Corry and | :20:04. | :20:05. | |
Caolan Lavery, twoof the younger Owls in the squad, but their age is | :20:06. | :20:09. | |
no excuse for the response to question one. | :20:10. | :20:13. | |
Paul Corry, centre midfielder. Caolan Lavery, striker. Tawny, Barn | :20:14. | :20:20. | |
and Snowy are species of what animal? Penguins. People. Humans. | :20:21. | :20:38. | |
Owls. What will Roy Hodgeson do on May the 12th? Announce his World Cup | :20:39. | :20:47. | |
squad. Who is the leader of UKIP? Uh... Bill Clinton? I don't know. | :20:48. | :20:58. | |
Mercredi is French for which day of the week? Wednesday. Who scored 62 | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
goals in 61 league games for Wednesday in the early 1950s? Hurst? | :21:04. | :21:14. | |
O'Dell. They are not that old. Derek Dooley. Which city was buried after | :21:15. | :21:21. | |
Mount Vesuvius erupted in 709A.D? It begins with a P, doesn't it? I have | :21:22. | :21:29. | |
no idea. Bit like Portsmouth's nickname. Pompeii. | :21:30. | :21:45. | |
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm going to miss Man On! A whole | :21:46. | :21:54. | |
lot more than Rotherham will miss League One if they can win through | :21:55. | :21:58. | |
the play`offs. Here are the Millers, the Blades and the Bantams, in | :21:59. | :21:59. | |
action.and here's Neil Morrow again. Play`offs were alread assured for | :22:00. | :22:07. | |
Rotherham, but they could confirm a home town second leg if they can win | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
and other results went for them. And they started like a house on fire, | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
Wes Thomas putting them one up inside 52 seconds. And halfway | :22:15. | :22:20. | |
through the first half, Thomas found his and the Millers' second goal as | :22:21. | :22:23. | |
Rotherham found the living was easy at the County ground. But somewhat | :22:24. | :22:28. | |
against the run of play, Swindon pulled one back on the hour mark, | :22:29. | :22:31. | |
Kari Arnason fouled Massimo Luongo and Michael Smith scored from the | :22:32. | :22:37. | |
penalty spot. But an equaliser would have been a travesty and the Millers | :22:38. | :22:41. | |
can now prepare for Preston in the playoffs. Sheffield United and | :22:42. | :22:45. | |
Conventry was played in front of a big, holiday weekend crowd, enjoying | :22:46. | :22:48. | |
the Bramwell Lane sunshine. The first half was a quiet affair, until | :22:49. | :22:51. | |
Coventry took the lead in the 39th minute, through Nathan Delfouneso, | :22:52. | :22:54. | |
but the Blade's resurgence through 2014 continued, Ryan Flynn levelling | :22:55. | :23:01. | |
things in the 62nd minute. And Connor Coady was again involved for | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
United's winner. Ben Davies with the clinical finish, the Blades miss | :23:06. | :23:08. | |
promotion by one place, but it's been a great year so far for | :23:09. | :23:12. | |
Sheffield United. Braford's visit to relegation threatened Tranmere was | :23:13. | :23:14. | |
always likely to prove tricky against a side battling for their | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
League One lives. And the Bantams fell behind when John McLoughlin | :23:20. | :23:22. | |
allowed Matthew Pennington's effort to get past him in the seventh | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
minute. But the tension of the relegation fight clearly got to | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
Tranmere's Junior Brown, who was given a straight red card for this | :23:31. | :23:33. | |
nasty tackle on Nathan Doyle after half an hour. Yet despite Bradford | :23:34. | :23:38. | |
having a one man advantage, it took until nine minutes to go before they | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
broke down 10`man Tranmere. Jon Stead's deflected shot beating the | :23:44. | :23:47. | |
keeper. Tranmere still nearly won it, Jean`Louis Akpa Akpro missing a | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
sitter. And with that, Rovers lost heart. Aaron McLean with a top | :23:54. | :23:58. | |
drawer finish ending a highly satisfactory first season back in | :23:59. | :24:04. | |
League One. So Rotherham up a notch to finish, which means that they | :24:05. | :24:07. | |
will be at home in the second leg of their playoff semifinal, which will | :24:08. | :24:10. | |
be against Simon Grayson's Preston North End. Sheffield United big | :24:11. | :24:13. | |
favourites I would think for next season, whilst Bradford in the end | :24:14. | :24:16. | |
can reflect on a top half finish and a good job done after getting | :24:17. | :24:18. | |
promoted with Rotherham last season. Would you agree with that? Would you | :24:19. | :24:32. | |
agree that we have done OK this season? I think so. I think the key | :24:33. | :24:39. | |
will be getting Aaron McLean set. He has missed a lot of football. He is | :24:40. | :24:46. | |
big shoes to fit. He has picked up after a slow start. He was chasing | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
his fitness a little bit. He played a lot for all city, when you play a | :24:54. | :25:00. | |
lot there it is on the park. He has a great pro. He is a fit lad. Once | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
you start playing games, he is a goal`scorer. Art the well set to | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
take it further? It depends how much he has to spend. I do not know what | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
Phil has but I think he will look to bring in some loan players for the | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
season. We know Sheffield United are well set, we have made them | :25:22. | :25:25. | |
favourites for next season. We'll Rotherham still be in league one? | :25:26. | :25:29. | |
What are their chances against Preston? It will be difficult. Simon | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
Preston has them going very well. They are the strongest team in the | :25:37. | :25:41. | |
play`offs. If they beat Preston... Great result at the weekend. If they | :25:42. | :25:48. | |
beat Preston they will get promoted. Evans gets results. Like John said, | :25:49. | :25:52. | |
they are favourites, Preston. The squad we have. Grayson is a | :25:53. | :26:00. | |
fantastic man. If they get past Preston they will do it? At the | :26:01. | :26:05. | |
overcome that they have a chance. As John said, there is pressure. The | :26:06. | :26:14. | |
good thing is they are going into the play`offs on form. That counts | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
for a lot. They are getting results. If you are going in on form you have | :26:20. | :26:23. | |
a chance. Fingers crossed for Rotherham United. These are the | :26:24. | :26:28. | |
upcoming fixtures, the play`offs for Rotherham at York with them going to | :26:29. | :26:33. | |
Deepdale on Saturday. The return leg is one week on Thursday. Your car at | :26:34. | :26:39. | |
home on Saturday night and on the second leg they go to the set `` to | :26:40. | :26:45. | |
the West Coast. If you can't make is to see them, BBC radio Sheffield and | :26:46. | :26:50. | |
radio York will have all the news and every cake covered. | :26:51. | :26:52. | |
That's almost it from us for another season.my thanks to John and Dean | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
for their company and insight as ever. And we're going to leave you | :26:56. | :26:58. | |
with some wise words of contemplation from Ian McMillan, the | :26:59. | :27:01. | |
Bard of Barnsley. The Tykes are down, but like all our sides ` | :27:02. | :27:12. | |
they'll be back. Good night. This season has been a long goodbye | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
and now beneath an unforgiving Barnsley sky we had met at the table | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
does not live. Instead defeat in the face has helped our eyes. It was not | :27:24. | :27:28. | |
much like watching Brazil, 17 years since we won promotion in the town | :27:29. | :27:32. | |
was filled with such promotion, her tears of joy made a Barnsley Ocean, | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
our games where Barnsley poet in motion. It was like watching Brazil. | :27:38. | :27:43. | |
Now for the older fellow and the callow youth your uncle Trevor and | :27:44. | :27:46. | |
anti`roads as Shakespeare would say alas forces the table tells the | :27:47. | :27:54. | |
blinding truth. It is not like watching Brazil. It is a terrible | :27:55. | :28:00. | |
word is relegation, championship train has left the station. And | :28:01. | :28:04. | |
began the season with such anticipation I am left with a | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
feeling of pure deflation. It was hardly like watching Brazil. Some | :28:10. | :28:15. | |
seasons are epic. This one has been a farce. As southerners would say we | :28:16. | :28:20. | |
have been outclassed. We could not string together a single pass so I | :28:21. | :28:24. | |
will spend the summer sitting on my... City. And watch the World Cup | :28:25. | :28:29. | |
from Brazil. But before we know it will start again and rental flow | :28:30. | :28:34. | |
from your gaming and in the 11 men will play 11 men and they will score | :28:35. | :28:39. | |
Main and we will score ten and it might be like watching Brazil. It | :28:40. | :28:40. | |
made! Be like watching Brazil. and the grand final with me, | :28:41. | :29:19. | |
Graham Norton. My fellow friends, it's time | :29:20. | :29:19. | |
to get your glad rags on, invite your friends over, | :29:20. | :29:21. | |
and bring out the hors d'oeuvres, because this is one party | :29:22. | :29:25. | |
you don't want to miss. Eurovision! | :29:26. | :29:27. | |
And the UK's 2014 entry, Molly! Catch the semifinals with | :29:28. | :29:31. | |
Scott Mills and Laura Whitmore, and the grand final with me, | :29:32. | :29:38. | |
Graham Norton. With Molly, | :29:39. | :29:44. | |
the UK could finally win. | :29:45. | :29:48. |