:00:36. > :00:38.couldn't better last week's incredible finish to nPower Leagues
:00:38. > :00:43.One and Two, the Championship delivered one last logic-defying
:00:43. > :00:46.Saturday to sum up the division. Nine of the 12 high-noon showdowns
:00:46. > :00:52.had something riding on them, and with fans glued to their phones and
:00:52. > :00:55.radios, it made for a pretty chaotic afternoon. Leroy's joined me and
:00:55. > :00:59.Steve, albeit for a few minutes, to reflect on those sides who laughed
:00:59. > :01:04.in the face of pressure and those who, well, didn't. On a day which
:01:04. > :01:07.was all about keeping your nerve. As the race for the last automatic
:01:07. > :01:10.promotion place came down to 90 minutes of football, we've all the
:01:10. > :01:14.action from the KC Stadium for stuttering Hull's final game of the
:01:14. > :01:24.season against champions Cardiff. And in-form Watford's clash with
:01:24. > :01:24.
:01:25. > :01:26.cliffhangers involving the four candidates for the last two play-off
:01:26. > :01:36.places, including extended highlights of Palace against
:01:36. > :01:37.
:01:37. > :01:47.two clubs, Huddersfield and Barnsley, both in danger of the
:01:47. > :01:48.
:01:48. > :01:51.drop, go head-to-head in the battle nPower League One and Two play-offs,
:01:51. > :01:56.including Saturday's late kick-off at Griffin Park between Brentford
:01:56. > :01:59.and Swindon. Well, without a win or a goal in three games, Hull could
:01:59. > :02:01.hardly have put themselves under any more pressure in the race for the
:02:01. > :02:04.final automatic promotion place. A seven-point lead over third-place
:02:04. > :02:07.Watford had been cut to just one going into the final day.
:02:07. > :02:09.Nevertheless, a win at home against visiting champions Cardiff would
:02:09. > :02:12.still guarantee promotion for Steve Bruce's side regardless of the
:02:12. > :02:22.result between Watford and Leeds. Dan O'Hagan was at the KC, while
:02:22. > :02:42.
:02:42. > :02:52.Graham Salisbury, not interested in the home side's claims. Excellent
:02:52. > :03:14.
:03:14. > :03:24.his goalkeeping here, and both are injured. There was a little push
:03:24. > :03:24.
:03:24. > :04:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:04:11. > :04:21.Watford goalkeeper for the rest of The shot was turned away by
:04:21. > :04:45.
:04:45. > :04:55.Marshall. A fine, flying save. There by Bonn, and he will score. What a
:04:55. > :04:56.
:04:56. > :05:03.mix-up involving the substitute goalkeeper, and Dominic Poleon has
:05:03. > :05:10.scored a soft, soft goal. A big goal for Hull City. The bands looked like
:05:10. > :05:15.it wasn't going to be a problem. And then the Swede had to react, and
:05:15. > :05:25.between them they did nothing but put the goal on a plate for the
:05:25. > :05:30.
:05:30. > :05:36.knew that Watford were one down, so the Tigers were on course for
:05:36. > :05:46.automatic promotion. But the early injury to Jonathan Bond meant there
:05:46. > :06:11.
:06:11. > :06:21.were 16 minutes of first half injury picture goal, 12th of the season for
:06:21. > :06:49.
:06:49. > :06:55.Campbell scores for Cardiff! The man who was one of whole's play-off
:06:55. > :07:05.heroes five years ago has scored the goal to de Wael their promotion
:07:05. > :07:07.
:07:07. > :07:13.push. Fraizer Campbell. He won't forget this, that's for sure. It is
:07:13. > :07:23.a great ball through to him, and he was just on, the man to make the
:07:23. > :07:44.
:07:44. > :07:52.incision. It might just deny Harle a And Meyler! Pushed away by Marshall.
:07:52. > :08:02.And Nick Proschwitz, the dream is alive again for Hull City. Nick
:08:02. > :08:03.
:08:03. > :08:09.Proschwitz, his first league goal since way back in October. This goal
:08:09. > :08:19.has double the value, trouble the value, because it reignite Hull
:08:19. > :08:59.
:08:59. > :09:04.becomes mission possible again for done it. It is in again. Paul
:09:04. > :09:14.McShane for the old guard, their last Premier league adventure. He
:09:14. > :09:24.
:09:24. > :09:34.promotion. Maybe that is the launchpad, maybe that is the goal,
:09:34. > :09:47.
:09:47. > :09:54.the moment, to see their place back was not a good challenge. What
:09:54. > :10:01.colour will this card be? Yellow. It is the second yellow, so it is a red
:10:01. > :10:11.card for Troy Deeney. That is unforgivable from Troy Deeney, and
:10:11. > :10:27.
:10:27. > :10:33.he will get right telling off from What is going to happen here? A
:10:33. > :10:42.second yellow card for Taylor, and the champions end the game and the
:10:42. > :10:47.season with ten players. That rings Taylor's second yellow card, and he
:10:47. > :10:57.is sent off for the first time this season. The arm across the face, no
:10:57. > :11:07.
:11:07. > :11:15.complaints. Cardiff end with ten surely! The referee says a penalty
:11:15. > :11:20.for Hull City. And this would clinch it. The fans are coming on already.
:11:20. > :11:27.They have to go off. The game is not done yet. They have to leave the
:11:27. > :11:37.field. Two minutes of injury time have to be played. They must get off
:11:37. > :11:53.
:11:53. > :12:00.the pitch. Nugent, the guilty man �10 million. Hundred and �20 million
:12:00. > :12:10.for promotion the Tigers. And it is saved by Marshall! They are not
:12:10. > :12:13.
:12:13. > :12:23.there yet. Prospect -- Proschwitz denied from the spot where the
:12:23. > :12:32.
:12:32. > :12:42.keeper. If Cardiff score here, then there, and it is a Cardiff penalty!
:12:42. > :12:43.
:12:44. > :12:53.Oh, my word! Have you ever? Did you ever? Drama in the season's final
:12:54. > :13:08.
:13:08. > :13:12.back on ice. Malky Mackay's men have popped back at the Tigers. And now
:13:12. > :13:19.favours are required elsewhere. And the whistle goes, and Hull have not
:13:19. > :13:29.won. They will have to hope that Watford don't win their game against
:13:29. > :13:39.Leeds. 2-2, the final score here. And Hull City's fate hangs in the
:13:39. > :13:55.
:13:55. > :14:05.balance. It might be enough, but we games, and Watford are close. Here
:14:05. > :14:23.
:14:23. > :14:33.then Kenny there at the second of four stoppage time minutes. That
:14:33. > :14:40.
:14:40. > :14:46.Here is Ross McCormack, he goes for the chip, and the goalkeeper has
:14:46. > :14:51.spilled it into the net! And Watford's hopes of going up
:14:51. > :14:56.automatically are killed by Ross McCormack, and a mistake by the
:14:56. > :15:01.young goalkeeper Jack Bonham. He really should have dealt with that.
:15:01. > :15:07.He got fingertips to it, but he couldn't keep it out. They are going
:15:07. > :15:11.to have a chance in the play-offs. But they will be dancing at the KC
:15:11. > :15:18.Stadium after this moment. Ross McCormack didn't have enough on the
:15:18. > :15:28.chip. The keeper should have dealt with it, but he didn't. And the
:15:28. > :15:41.
:15:41. > :15:49.Rocky only out there because of a Gianfranco Zola and Watford have to
:15:49. > :15:57.make do with the play-offs. On a day of drama, and nasty injury and I
:15:57. > :16:02.think Lola's thoughts will be on the young goalkeeper, Jonathan Bond. One
:16:02. > :16:07.'s mistake killed the atmosphere at Vicarage Road in an instant. After
:16:07. > :16:10.pushing for a win, in the end they succumbed to a late Leeds United
:16:10. > :16:20.winger. The final score at Vicarage Road, Watford, one, Leeds United
:16:20. > :16:30.two. Promotion for halt to the Premier League! -- promotion of the
:16:30. > :16:36.Hull to the Premier League! I think I have been in the game a long time.
:16:36. > :16:42.I don't think I've quite ever seen or witness anything quite like that.
:16:42. > :16:46.It was ten or 12 minutes, it was just ridiculous, you know? Having to
:16:46. > :16:50.wait for it. We have seen people in tunnels, people walking in
:16:50. > :16:55.corridors, people hiding in toilets. It was really incredible and four
:16:55. > :16:59.leads to score, it is just remarkable and just shows you how a
:16:59. > :17:06.league this is. It did not go the way we wanted. We were very
:17:06. > :17:10.fortunate with that. But that is the way, you have to face the reality.
:17:10. > :17:17.It probably wasn't going to happen today. We will make it up in the
:17:17. > :17:22.play-offs. It is a remarkable testimony to the squad and even
:17:22. > :17:25.today, they have come out again and showed what they are. They are a
:17:25. > :17:35.great bunch. They might not be as naturally talented, but they are a
:17:35. > :17:42.
:17:42. > :17:47.nervy. Watford ultimately had it in their own hands, did it turn on a
:17:48. > :17:52.couple of crucial, key incidents are you? They will look back and over
:17:52. > :17:55.the 90 minutes it did not quite do enough. The first half was very
:17:55. > :18:00.fragmented, some of the injuries were like a scene out of Holby city
:18:00. > :18:02.to be fair. The big man missed the penalty, the sending-off, the injury
:18:02. > :18:12.to the keeper did not go their way and it really fragmented the first
:18:12. > :18:13.
:18:13. > :18:19.not to flick it away. There is confusion between the keeper and the
:18:19. > :18:23.defender. Was a question of nerves? It is probably better to palm the
:18:23. > :18:29.ball down and pick it up in the second phase. He tries to catch and
:18:29. > :18:33.can't quite get the elevation. That is just a loss of discipline. It is
:18:33. > :18:41.a rough and tumble sort of game for Troy Deeney but he loses discipline.
:18:41. > :18:44.I don't think he really catches, it is a silly challenge.
:18:44. > :18:48.disappointment, a painful day for Watford who are resigned to the
:18:48. > :18:58.play-offs but Hull have been promoted to night. Well done, as we
:18:58. > :19:01.
:19:01. > :19:08.say. You are off to celebrate a bit later. Well-deserved for them. It is
:19:08. > :19:12.a great story. Also for Steve Bruce. He changed the team around, the
:19:12. > :19:16.whole make-up of that team coming into that game. It must have taken a
:19:16. > :19:20.lot of bottle after the season they have had. Liam was in there, playing
:19:21. > :19:25.Brady up front. There were raised eyebrows. He got Hull on the front
:19:25. > :19:32.foot added to the game they should have won. Gift card credit, they did
:19:32. > :19:38.not roll over. It has called -- give Cardiff credit. What 15 minutes it
:19:38. > :19:40.was, it was the worst two and a half hours of life. You have a
:19:40. > :19:44.prospective wingback and left back and front in a side that has not
:19:44. > :19:47.scored in three games going into a huge game like that and changing
:19:47. > :19:55.your system formation. Something needed to be done. It is good
:19:55. > :19:59.management because it worked out. The injury, to make that call, I
:19:59. > :20:04.think he called Alex during the week and asked if he would play up front.
:20:04. > :20:09.He is a good player. Is it a chance for Steve Bruce to rebuild
:20:09. > :20:14.reputation? When Steve was sacked, I remember the interview. He said it
:20:14. > :20:17.was like people hating him, after what he had done at Sunderland, to
:20:17. > :20:21.come back up Hull and comeback this season and get promoted as
:20:21. > :20:24.incredible. He deserves all the credit in the world and people who
:20:24. > :20:28.say he has nothing to prove, rubbish. He has been around a long
:20:28. > :20:31.time but that hurt him and he has come back. Enjoy the celebrations
:20:31. > :20:37.and give him my best. At the other end, the fight for survival could
:20:37. > :20:40.not have been much tighter with seven sides desperate to avoid the
:20:40. > :20:44.two relegation places. Wolves and Barnsley began in the bottom three
:20:45. > :20:47.and the Tykes went to Huddersfield in search of the three points they
:20:47. > :20:50.needed to guarantee safety. The Terriers were not safe themselves,
:20:50. > :21:00.so with so much at stake we send them along to watch the drama
:21:00. > :21:10.
:21:10. > :21:15.restorative power of their managers. Barnsley's former boss Mark Robins
:21:15. > :21:18.joined Coventry City in the same week in September that Huddersfield
:21:18. > :21:22.Town occupied an automatic promotion place. At the time they had replaced
:21:22. > :21:26.Simon Grayson in February, they had had no wins in three months. Nine
:21:26. > :21:30.points from the last possible 12 means they are not in as much
:21:30. > :21:35.perilous danger as they once were, but they could go down today at the
:21:35. > :21:39.hands of Barnsley, whose own seven-year stay in the Championship
:21:39. > :21:45.looked over when David Flitcroft succeeded Keith Hill at Christmas.
:21:45. > :21:52.Wins nearly harm -- half his games in charge means another one here
:21:52. > :21:58.today means they would survive. We will have to stop meeting like
:21:58. > :22:02.that! How are you? It is the most important game of the season. We
:22:02. > :22:06.need a point, minimum. I want three points, everybody wants three
:22:06. > :22:11.points, the management, the fans, we all wanted. We are going to go out
:22:11. > :22:17.there and give the best we have got. Are you feeling good about today?
:22:17. > :22:21.are going to win. It is a big game. We are here to stay, they can build
:22:21. > :22:24.on the club and progress and consolidate our place in the
:22:24. > :22:27.division because it has been a fantastic season, with the effort
:22:27. > :22:34.that has gone in from the club, the chairman down, it would be a shame
:22:34. > :22:36.to lose it all. I am looking forward to the game. I am sure there will be
:22:37. > :22:42.lots who are nervous, but that is human nature. It is how you deal
:22:42. > :22:45.with those nerves. There will be some in the dressing room and
:22:45. > :22:54.whoever deals with them best will give the best account of themselves,
:22:54. > :22:59.I am sure. You are smiling! We are all right. We know what we have to
:22:59. > :23:02.do, we have to win the game and we are looking forward to it. It cannot
:23:02. > :23:06.come soon enough. The preparation has been done, the work has been
:23:06. > :23:12.done, it is about getting down to business. Even if we go down you
:23:12. > :23:16.can't ask any more from the managers and players. Really nervous. We have
:23:16. > :23:20.done our best, that is all I have ever asked of the players and the
:23:20. > :23:25.management and staff. We have given our all. Now you are in touching
:23:25. > :23:29.distance, you want to go the extra mile. This group of players are
:23:29. > :23:36.special. I have no doubt if we do the business today that we will stay
:23:36. > :23:46.in the league. Having started the day in the bottom three, the
:23:46. > :23:49.
:23:49. > :23:51.pressure was supposed to be on That put Huddersfield in danger of
:23:51. > :23:55.the drop. James Vaughan's effort was the best they could muster before
:23:55. > :24:00.the break. Mark Robins make two changes at half-time and that helps
:24:00. > :24:05.turn the tide. Eight minutes after the restart, Danny Ward slept in
:24:05. > :24:10.Jermaine Beckford for the equaliser. That put Barnsley back in the bottom
:24:10. > :24:13.three, but still they believed. David Perkins came close to one
:24:13. > :24:20.incident response. Alex Smith is making a save. If Huddersfield's
:24:20. > :24:26.goal difference was -20, any win would have taken the Tykes above
:24:26. > :24:30.their local rivals. Scotland scored and safety was within reach. Six
:24:30. > :24:36.minutes later, it was the Terriers that confirmed their survival. James
:24:36. > :24:42.Vaughan's Gold cup -- took them 258 points. The Tykes are reliant on the
:24:42. > :24:52.match at Selhurst points -- at Selhurst Park. If Peterborough can
:24:52. > :24:53.
:24:53. > :25:02.Selhurst Park, Palace in pursuit of the play-offs and Peterborough
:25:02. > :25:05.fighting for their Championship Palace a place in the play-offs. The
:25:05. > :25:09.same three points will also retain Peterborough's state is in the
:25:09. > :25:13.Championship. It is a classic finale, brimming with possibilities.
:25:13. > :25:17.In a division that has been full of injury since the opening day back in
:25:17. > :25:20.August. Without a win in nine games, the hosts do have a distinct
:25:20. > :25:30.air of frailty and that just the wrong time. Ian Holloway has pretty
:25:30. > :25:35.
:25:35. > :25:38.much a full squad to pick from and he opts for the same 11 that joined
:25:38. > :25:41.Millwall on Tuesday. Top scorer has not been on target in his last eight
:25:41. > :25:45.games. The visitors may be feeling more confident, they have been
:25:45. > :25:49.dragged off the foot of the table to safety in just over two months. It
:25:49. > :25:59.is the same 11 that beat Sheffield Wednesday last weekend to ensure
:25:59. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:16.from the free kick. An opportunity for the opening goal. Murray, off
:26:16. > :26:21.the line. First of all, Delaney thinks he should have scored but it
:26:21. > :26:27.was blocked by the goalkeeper, then Murray felt he had scored but it was
:26:27. > :26:31.McCann with a goal line clearance. There was almost shouted -- sharp
:26:31. > :26:34.intake of breath among the Peterborough supporters a few
:26:34. > :26:44.moments ago. News has reached them that there might be goals
:26:44. > :26:44.
:26:44. > :26:50.elsewhere. Speroni makes the save. That came out of nothing. It was
:26:50. > :27:00.just a lobbed ball forward, and misjudgement and all of a sudden, he
:27:00. > :27:01.
:27:01. > :27:11.was in and Speroni makes the game's someone asking someone a question
:27:11. > :27:22.
:27:22. > :27:28.absolute stunner. If they are going to stay up courtesy of that goal, it
:27:28. > :27:34.merits being that decisive. Wonderful! It is goal number 13 of
:27:34. > :27:39.the season, but it might prove to be very, very lucky for Peterborough.
:27:39. > :27:45.There was nothing lucky about it. The quality there to be admired. He
:27:45. > :27:51.keeps possession, rise its -- rides the challenges. It is through the
:27:51. > :28:01.legs of Olejnik. A fantastic goal and if it is the one that keeps
:28:01. > :28:13.
:28:13. > :28:21.Peterborough up, it is worthy of moment. How did that not get
:28:21. > :28:31.converted? It stays 1-0. A fabulous Ball in by Mendez-Laing. Alice could
:28:31. > :28:35.
:28:35. > :28:41.not defend it. -- Palas could not was. Penalty. It was a poor
:28:41. > :28:44.challenge. He missed the ball and caught Gabbidon right on the knee.
:28:44. > :28:54.In stoppage time, at the end of the first half, Murray, looking to
:28:54. > :28:57.
:28:57. > :29:01.your answer. He moves to 30 league goals of the season but more
:29:01. > :29:11.importantly, he puts Crystal Palace level at the end of a half in which
:29:11. > :29:24.
:29:24. > :29:34.they have not been themselves. But freedom than their perilous position
:29:34. > :29:35.
:29:35. > :29:41.would suggest. Brilliant. Murray. Off the line by Wroe then blocked.
:29:41. > :29:45.Not away yet. Moxey. Oh, what a pivotal moment, not just in this
:29:45. > :29:52.game, but maybe in this NPower Championship season. Murray thought
:29:52. > :29:56.he had scored. Wroe, well that was just brilliant. I'm sure a
:29:56. > :30:06.psychologist somewhere will tell me why we revert to biting our nails
:30:06. > :30:10.
:30:10. > :30:14.when the tension reaches levels it is currently reaching. Nathaniel
:30:14. > :30:19.Mendez-Laing hits it into the corner of the net. Sensational. Where did
:30:19. > :30:24.that come from? The left boot of Mendez-Laing, he just decided, once
:30:24. > :30:30.he had cut in, to have a bash. Whether or not Speroni could have
:30:30. > :30:35.done better, well I guess that is a debate. It bounced just in front of
:30:35. > :30:41.the keeper and went out of his reach. Peterborough have taken the
:30:41. > :30:50.lead again. There is all hell breaking lose in the Peterborough
:30:50. > :30:59.end. There must be news of another goal involving Huddersfield and
:30:59. > :31:04.Barnsley. Murray. Oh, he's missed it! Big miss. He would have tucked
:31:04. > :31:09.that into the corner of the net two months ago. Peterborough needing a
:31:09. > :31:15.win to stay up. Palace needing a win to be absolutely sure of the
:31:15. > :31:23.play-offs. Dobbie takes. Jedinak heads it. Away by McCann. Gathered
:31:23. > :31:32.in by Dobbie. Still in Palace's possession. Phils incompetence!
:31:32. > :31:39.Kevin Phillips. There's nobody quite like him. It was almost a toe shot.
:31:39. > :31:45.It means an awful lot to Palace. It means even more to Peterborough's
:31:45. > :31:51.cause. They seem safe Peterborough, but now it's worry time. There is
:31:51. > :32:01.less than five minutes to go of a 46-game season, and still Darren
:32:01. > :32:10.
:32:10. > :32:18.Ferguson doesn't know if his mission defender. There might be a message
:32:18. > :32:28.from the sideline. Free-kick has been conceded, meanwhile. Palace 2,
:32:28. > :32:28.
:32:28. > :32:34.Peterborough 2. And, Jedinak. Palace may well have won it and sent
:32:34. > :32:40.Peterborough down. They've come-from-behind, on two occasions.
:32:40. > :32:50.They lead 3-2. Palace into the play-offs, Peter into League One, it
:32:50. > :32:53.
:32:53. > :32:57.seems. Darren Ferguson is seething. Added time is almost up.
:32:57. > :33:04.Peterborough need a goal. They're not going to find one. Crystal
:33:04. > :33:14.Palace will go into the play-offs, of that there is no doubt. Darren
:33:14. > :33:31.
:33:31. > :33:35.Ferguson's Peterborough United are Honestly, my head is bust.
:33:35. > :33:39.Definitely, the best thing I've done in football. Overrides the Cup, any
:33:39. > :33:48.season before that. The position we are in, people didn't give us a
:33:48. > :33:53.chance. Speechless. I mean, went ahead twice, they pulled it back.
:33:53. > :34:01.Fair play them. Quality in the side. We knew that. I thought we deserved
:34:01. > :34:07.to win today, to be honest. One of those afternoons that will never be
:34:07. > :34:16.forgotten. We made it hard work for yourselves than we could done. All
:34:16. > :34:23.credit to Barnsley... -- ourselves. I'm exhausted. You must be drained?
:34:23. > :34:28.That was the most unbelievable 95/96 minutes I've gone through in a game
:34:28. > :34:31.of football. It's incredible. I think the right outcome. Both teams
:34:31. > :34:37.worked their socks off. You know, well done to Barnsley. They made a
:34:37. > :34:42.right game of it. My players, I'm really devastated for them. I have a
:34:42. > :34:47.lot of young lads and they are a great bunch of lads. No question
:34:47. > :34:51.about that. And they just... You need a bit of luck in these games,
:34:51. > :34:55.we didn't get it today. I have been there myself, that is why I feel a
:34:55. > :35:00.bit sombre, to be honest, that could have gone either way. Was it a
:35:00. > :35:06.free-kick? I don't think so. You know, as I say, it's important for
:35:06. > :35:10.my team to gain a win after being twice behind. I think that is really
:35:10. > :35:15.important thing to do. We have had a durability six weeks where
:35:15. > :35:21.everything was going against us. That is three draws and a win.
:35:21. > :35:24.honest with you, the whole season the only time I thought we were down
:35:24. > :35:30.was when we were down. Not once did I think we would go down, that
:35:30. > :35:33.included today. We have. Really I... No words I can say to my players now
:35:33. > :35:38.No words I can say to my players now will make a difference. I don't
:35:38. > :35:43.think there will be a miracle today. Could happen, but it's not going to.
:35:43. > :35:51.Fingers crossed, live in hope. Keep the faith. Even the omens were with
:35:51. > :35:57.the Wolves. On May 4th 19 85, defeat at Brighton saw Wolves drop into the
:35:57. > :36:03.third tier after a second successive relegation. 28 years later, Sako was
:36:03. > :36:09.doing his best to prevent history repeating itself. To avoid the drop
:36:09. > :36:19.Wanderers needed a win, defeats for Barnsley, Peterborough and goals
:36:19. > :36:19.
:36:19. > :36:23.swing in their favour. When Brighton had their first attack by Lua Lua it
:36:23. > :36:33.became mission possible. Brighton could afford to relax. The Seagulls
:36:33. > :36:34.
:36:34. > :36:38.didn't do anybody any favours. Kuszczak kept out this corner. Their
:36:38. > :36:44.fourth win out of five games was confirmed before half-time. Lua Lua
:36:44. > :36:49.was left in space. His second of the match and fifth of the season came
:36:49. > :36:53.after some nimble foot work. Somersaults from him, Wolves
:36:53. > :36:56.tumbling only out of the division. Swindon were the last team to go
:36:56. > :37:00.directly from the top to the third tier, Wolves are now the only club
:37:01. > :37:04.to have done it twice. This miss said it all about their day.
:37:05. > :37:09.Wanderers go down with a women per having lost five of their last six
:37:09. > :37:13.games. We need to get players in the club who are going to put the shirt
:37:13. > :37:19.on, be prouded to wear the shirt, get the culture right in the club so
:37:19. > :37:25.that we are all on a winning formula. And, hungry players who
:37:25. > :37:32.want to roll their sleeves up with no mental baggage. There is so much
:37:32. > :37:36.damage down mentally to the players it's hard to put right. Season. The
:37:36. > :37:45.way to confirm we play serious, we didn't play with any other results.
:37:45. > :37:50.We didn't give any chance to any team in any moment. I think we
:37:51. > :37:54.deserve as well. A good game to finish. Millwall knew a draw would
:37:54. > :37:58.see them safe but were aware their play hers run out of steam, drained
:37:58. > :38:04.after nine games in April, including the FA Cup semi-final. They would be
:38:04. > :38:12.OK if they could handle the pressure for 90 more minutes. David Forde may
:38:12. > :38:18.have been unhappy with attention he received earlier on but he collided
:38:18. > :38:28.with Jamie Ward, not even a free-kick given. When Derby got one
:38:28. > :38:31.
:38:31. > :38:36.the Irishman in goal made a better impression. Millwall were sweating
:38:36. > :38:41.even more for the final five minutes after Derby put them at the mercy of
:38:41. > :38:44.results elsewhere. Sammon struck what could have been a killer blow
:38:44. > :38:48.to the Lions the points they started with turned out to be enough.
:38:48. > :38:54.Relieved, if I'm honest, we didn't plan to come here today and get
:38:55. > :38:59.beat. We needed a draw to sort josh selves out. It wasn't to be. We
:38:59. > :39:03.looked around to see if anyone did us a favour. With he have survived.
:39:03. > :39:08.We played great stuff, lovely build-up play. Not quite got the
:39:08. > :39:13.finish. It has happened this season. Patience paid off. You finished
:39:13. > :39:17.tenth how would you sum up the season? Good finish in the
:39:17. > :39:22.competitive league we are in at the moment. We are kicking ourselves to
:39:22. > :39:27.be seven points off the play-offs. We could have had an extra seven or
:39:27. > :39:35.eighth points over the past weeks. Sheffield Wednesday are getting used
:39:35. > :39:45.to last day survivors. This match they needed to win to guarantee
:39:45. > :39:54.
:39:54. > :39:59.Championship safety. Howard put The Owls in front. This corner was put
:39:59. > :40:06.in by Lita and they looked comfortable. Bury could have been be
:40:07. > :40:14.in bigger trouble by half-time, Williams came to t re re-Kew, his
:40:14. > :40:18.goal-line clearance denied Howard a second. A backpass fleet Lita who
:40:18. > :40:23.went close to increasing the lead. No matter, it's mission
:40:23. > :40:29.accomplished. This is a far greater achievement than promotion last
:40:29. > :40:34.year. This is a hard division. The teams have thrown money at their
:40:34. > :40:37.wage bills, we competed with that and beat a lot of the top sides. We
:40:37. > :40:42.look for stability. We had a frustrating second-half of the
:40:42. > :40:45.season we have been a stop, start, you lose key players and it affects
:40:45. > :40:50.the fluidity and fluency of the team. The squad hasn't been strong
:40:50. > :40:54.enough over the course of 46 games I think for 28 games, I think it was,
:40:54. > :41:00.we were strong enough and could have gone top of the table on New Year's
:41:00. > :41:03.Day. Ultimately, the harshness of this league caught us out, I think.
:41:03. > :41:07.Sheffield Wednesday mission accomplished. As far as
:41:07. > :41:12.Middlesbrough fans are said the least said about the second-half of
:41:12. > :41:17.the season the better. We saw Clem at Barnsley against Huddersfield.
:41:17. > :41:21.Aawayy afternoon they were in the bottom three two occasions each at
:41:21. > :41:24.some point. There was a risky strategy they played out when they
:41:24. > :41:31.knew Peterborough were behind at Palace. Nobody went for the ball for
:41:31. > :41:37.the last few minutes. After, they were aware of the score, the game
:41:37. > :41:41.hadn't finished the Peterborough/ Game. At this stage they are already
:41:41. > :41:47.mission accomplished they achieved what they are going to do and stay
:41:47. > :41:52.in it. If Peter went down in the last few minutes of their game and
:41:52. > :41:57.scored Barnsley would have been relegated. You can understood why
:41:57. > :42:00.they took their foot off the gas. They both went at it. Both
:42:00. > :42:05.ultimately, as you could see, very pleased to achieve what they won,
:42:05. > :42:14.with which was to stay in the division. Good luck to them. Great
:42:14. > :42:19.job done by the Barnsley boss and his assistant. Peterborough get our
:42:19. > :42:24.commiserations. Darren Ferguson complained about being on the rough
:42:24. > :42:27.end of a few decisions he has had a few apologies. Even the free-kick
:42:27. > :42:31.that led to the goal from Jedinak maybe should not have been given?
:42:31. > :42:37.When you look at this, you can see the reaction of the players, they
:42:37. > :42:42.are not happy. You can understand why. He gets the ball. His trailing
:42:42. > :42:46.leg doesn't come through. When your luck is out. It comes off his
:42:46. > :42:54.shoulder and finds his way into the goal. Ultimately, that is the one
:42:54. > :42:59.that puts them down. there are fine Harring gins. At Cardiff a few weeks
:42:59. > :43:03.ago Barnsley played well they scored a goal in the 95th minute to get the
:43:03. > :43:09.point. At the time we walked away thinking- how important would that
:43:09. > :43:14.point be? Huge now.It's part of why they stayed up. They have had a
:43:14. > :43:19.wonderful turn of the year. He won nine out of 20, fantastic strike
:43:19. > :43:26.rate. They have done brilliantly to do what they have done and get out
:43:26. > :43:29.of a difficult fix. They went down on 55 points. They would have been
:43:29. > :43:34.14 points clear of the relegation zone this time last year. All the
:43:34. > :43:39.clubs that went down would have stayed up last year. Three teams on
:43:39. > :43:44.40 got relegated last year. That is 14 points more. He will look back
:43:44. > :43:48.and thinking, just a feeling of, you know, not where it went wrong, if
:43:48. > :43:52.only that might have gone for us? Even today, it could have gone the
:43:52. > :43:57.other way. They played well at times, which looked a tough game on
:43:57. > :44:02.paper. They played with so much belief, particularly when they lost
:44:02. > :44:06.seven of their opening games of the season. They beat the same side home
:44:06. > :44:10.and away. Wolves were relegated for the second successive season.
:44:10. > :44:20.Looking at the table there confirms the demise of what was once a great
:44:20. > :44:42.
:44:42. > :44:45.club, of course. They went down with The risks they took, it might have
:44:46. > :44:52.worked, but clearly there was a huge element of risk that contributes to
:44:52. > :44:58.that sort of decision. So they are on the back foot in a position where
:44:58. > :45:08.you get rid of a manager. Mick McCarthy is a solid championship
:45:08. > :45:14.
:45:14. > :45:18.manager. You can guarantee that you will be OK if you have him. So, with
:45:18. > :45:23.Ryton, Palace and Watford in the finals, let's find out who will be
:45:23. > :45:30.joining them. Will Bolton slip-up against Blackpool? The stakes
:45:30. > :45:40.couldn't have been higher as these two East Midlands teams strolled
:45:40. > :45:49.
:45:49. > :45:53.cross dropped kindly for Simon Cox. Forest were now in the top six. That
:45:53. > :45:58.news went down like a lead balloon for Bolton, who now needed a win to
:45:58. > :46:04.read gain their top six spot. But they fell behind in the Lancashire
:46:04. > :46:10.derby with Blackpool. Back at the City Ground, Leicester were coming
:46:10. > :46:16.on strong. Only a win would do for them. After working a short corner,
:46:16. > :46:19.array opened up the Matty James. They were back in business. And
:46:19. > :46:27.Bolton were back to requiring a draw. They could still fancy their
:46:27. > :46:33.chances. Not a good idea to leave Ludo Sylvestre completely unmarked.
:46:33. > :46:41.A real shock for a side who won their last eight at home. That left
:46:41. > :46:46.it open for both Forest and the Foxes. Having got their
:46:46. > :46:50.unchallenged, the Frenchman set up a perfect cross for Andy Keogh, a
:46:50. > :46:57.crushing blow for the home side is Leicester swapped places with them.
:46:57. > :47:07.Their promotion rivals trading positions, but Bolton remained
:47:07. > :47:10.
:47:10. > :47:17.becalmed in seventh. Craig Davies took this through, the shots are
:47:17. > :47:22.nothing special, but the home side's luck had changed. Now only
:47:22. > :47:25.Leicester's superior goal difference was keeping Wanderers out of the top
:47:25. > :47:31.six. But that became immaterial as Forest hit back early in the second
:47:31. > :47:37.half. Elliott Ward rose the highest to square the score. Leicester
:47:37. > :47:41.dropped to eighth. Back in Lancashire, back in the top six,
:47:41. > :47:48.Dougie Freedman's men were pursuing the winner that could all but
:47:48. > :47:52.guarantee their place. But Darren Pratley blazed over. In Nottingham,
:47:52. > :47:57.it was still up for grabs. In stoppage time, Leicester launched a
:47:57. > :48:07.counter-attack, and the hosts found themselves outnumbered. Chris Wood
:48:07. > :48:10.
:48:10. > :48:14.rolled it back for clocking out. -- could still ruin it for the
:48:14. > :48:17.visitors. One last charge forward had their opponents panicking, but
:48:17. > :48:23.Kasper Schmeichel came up with the goods before Ward could only find
:48:24. > :48:32.the side netting. So Leicester scraped through, but there will be
:48:32. > :48:40.no fairytale ending this time. The end for Bolton, too. They fell at
:48:40. > :48:45.the final hurdle. One minute we were thinking that a draw might do. We
:48:45. > :48:49.wanted to try to win the game, and from the first minute of the last
:48:49. > :48:54.minute, that is what we try to do. I can't ask anything more for my fans
:48:54. > :49:00.or my players. Other results did affect us, but you can't go through
:49:00. > :49:04.life like that. The players showed a lot of courage today. It was a good,
:49:04. > :49:09.open game of football, both sides trying to win it. And we needed some
:49:09. > :49:14.good fortune elsewhere. But for us, it puts the season in perspective a
:49:14. > :49:24.bit. We have had a difficult time, but we have been able to draw a line
:49:24. > :49:28.under that and still perform very well today. Who knows? It was some
:49:28. > :49:34.game, going forwards. Two teams giving it absolutely everything to
:49:34. > :49:42.try and win. I am proud of the players. The gaffer has done great
:49:42. > :49:47.since he has been here. That is football.
:49:47. > :49:51.I am not quite sure how they managed to do that. It was only their third
:49:51. > :50:00.win in 17 games, but Leicester are in the play-offs. And they did it in
:50:00. > :50:03.a dramatic fashion. It sums up hectic day. It is a local derby.
:50:03. > :50:08.Looking at these pictures, it was a good job Forest had something to
:50:08. > :50:11.play for, as well. There is no way in the world they would have left
:50:11. > :50:15.one against four other back if they hadn't needed to go and get the
:50:15. > :50:20.winner. It worked out that it made for a result which was good for
:50:20. > :50:23.Leicester. But to do it in the manner in which they have done it,
:50:23. > :50:28.where it was a negative them being in the play-offs, because at the
:50:28. > :50:33.start of the season, they wanted top two. But now it has turned into a
:50:33. > :50:39.positive. We know that they have good players and on the day they are
:50:39. > :50:44.capable of beating anybody. It is a real bonus. Looking at the table, it
:50:44. > :50:51.is amazing to see that Forest got as close as a point to the play-offs. A
:50:51. > :51:01.great turnaround from Billy Davies. And also for Bolton under Dougie
:51:01. > :51:02.
:51:02. > :51:06.Freedman, because they were 20th in fibrin. -- February. You have to
:51:06. > :51:13.start again next season. We know there will be some good clubs come
:51:13. > :51:17.down from the premiership. It is a fantastic way to finish the season.
:51:17. > :51:26.And they have a foundation to build from. How do you sense the
:51:26. > :51:30.play-offs? At times, Watford's movement, their ability to play on
:51:30. > :51:40.the ball, they can dominate. But Leicester like to play that as well.
:51:40. > :51:44.What about Palace-Brighton? Brighton have to be favourite for that. They
:51:44. > :51:52.have given Palace little bit of a walloping. But we know Palace have
:51:52. > :51:57.players. They can turn the game of football on its head. So they are a
:51:57. > :52:03.dangerous opponent. As Neil Warnock said last week, the toss of a coin.
:52:03. > :52:08.Just two more games to show you on the last day, starting at the
:52:08. > :52:16.Valley, with Charlton against already relegated Bristol City.
:52:16. > :52:24.COMMENTATOR: The Addicks' fans should be wishing away the summer.
:52:24. > :52:33.The midfielder was the start of the show as they were swept away in the
:52:33. > :52:37.second half. Kermorgant backed his second in the space of four minutes.
:52:37. > :52:41.Michael Morrison's mistake allowed Bobby Reid to mark his first city
:52:41. > :52:47.start with a goal. But after that it looked back to the old routine.
:52:47. > :52:56.Redshirts pouring forward, and Kermorgant setting his sights on a
:52:56. > :53:04.hat-trick of the highest quality. So close, but it was Jonathan Obika who
:53:04. > :53:14.collected the congratulations instead. Teed up by Bradley
:53:14. > :53:15.
:53:15. > :53:20.Pritchard, Johnnie Jackson wrapped result for us, and a fitting way for
:53:20. > :53:26.how we have played over the course of the season, not only recently,
:53:26. > :53:28.but the players have been outstanding. You never enjoy
:53:29. > :53:34.football management unless you are winning every week, and only Alex
:53:34. > :53:37.Ferguson does that. We all enjoy it when it is going well and scratch
:53:38. > :53:44.our heads when it is not going so well. I have done a lot of
:53:44. > :53:51.scratching of the last three months. Unaffected by the chaos going on
:53:51. > :53:54.elsewhere, these two could at least enjoy their five -- final day. With
:53:54. > :53:58.both sides having confirmed their championship state is a week ago,
:53:58. > :54:04.this had a typical end of season feel to it, but Burnley brought the
:54:04. > :54:08.game to life in spectacular fashion. Ipswich's usually stubborn defence
:54:08. > :54:17.were left helpless. But the other end, Jack Marriot was looking lively
:54:17. > :54:20.on his debut. Three minutes from the end, Martin Paterson sealed the win
:54:20. > :54:25.that sees Burnley finish as Lancashire's top club, what Ipswich
:54:25. > :54:32.can look forward to next season with plenty of optimism. We have been in
:54:32. > :54:36.that middle zone, up to one end, down to the other, and it is the
:54:36. > :54:41.madness of the championship this year. My job is to focus on what the
:54:41. > :54:47.team are doing. I have got belief in what we are doing, and we have
:54:47. > :54:53.achieved something this season. We have turned it around, stopped the
:54:53. > :54:59.goals going in and made some improvements.
:54:59. > :55:06.Barring a 13 goal swing going against them, Rovers could afford to
:55:06. > :55:09.relax at Birmingham, especially once Zigic post to this one wide. But
:55:09. > :55:14.while technically still relegation candidates, another set of results
:55:15. > :55:20.could have taken Rovers above Birmingham and intermittent table.
:55:20. > :55:23.But Morrison put the blues ahead just before half-time. Blackburn
:55:24. > :55:29.fought back after the break. David Jones struck the bar as Rovers had
:55:29. > :55:39.the better of the second half. They grabbed an equaliser on 66 minutes,
:55:39. > :55:40.
:55:40. > :55:47.Jordan Rhodes scoring his 30th goal on the first half, we created some
:55:47. > :55:52.good chances. I thought we died a death in the second half. We slowly
:55:52. > :55:56.but surely lost grip of the game, so probably a fair result. It is not
:55:56. > :56:01.been the season that the club hoped for. The club now need some
:56:01. > :56:04.stability. And we have got an important summer ahead for us, and
:56:04. > :56:08.we have got to make sure that we don't experience what we have
:56:08. > :56:16.experienced this season. A busy season ahead for both Birmingham and
:56:16. > :56:21.Blackburn. They will be hoping for a stable manager. Charlton had a
:56:21. > :56:30.flourish at the end of the season. Chris Powell has turned the home
:56:30. > :56:37.form around. They have won the last four at home. He has turned that
:56:37. > :56:41.around. This is their first year up in the division amongst others, they
:56:41. > :56:46.were a big club in the one below. They have stepped into a division
:56:46. > :56:52.where there are plenty of other clubs their size. And he has managed
:56:52. > :56:54.to improve them steadily throughout the season. It has been a real
:56:54. > :57:00.progression of improvement all through the season, which is
:57:00. > :57:04.important. He is a decent lad, and a good manager. That is the
:57:04. > :57:08.championship done and dusted. We have already had the first
:57:08. > :57:18.tussles of the play-offs in league one and two. Brentford had the dust
:57:18. > :57:23.
:57:23. > :57:33.themselves down and get their noses COMMENTATOR: Rooney, lovely control
:57:33. > :57:46.
:57:46. > :57:56.here. And now ferry. It is promising for Swindon town. He picks his spot,
:57:56. > :58:12.
:58:12. > :58:18.advantage Swindon Town. One last cross. And it is a penalty! Luongo,
:58:18. > :58:28.who scored the goal, has given away the foul. It is a penalty in any
:58:28. > :58:40.
:58:40. > :58:50.earlier. This week it earns a draw. Last week it would have been
:58:50. > :58:50.
:58:50. > :58:54.promotion. And now here is Andy Williams. Oh, what a chance. He is
:58:54. > :59:03.on side. There is no question of that. And the finish was just
:59:03. > :59:09.wanting. I had practised with Kevin last week, and I was confident that
:59:09. > :59:19.he could do it. He stepped up to the task, used all his experience and
:59:19. > :59:19.
:59:19. > :00:06.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:00:06. > :00:16.off the Yeovil player. It was Good save by Stech. Back in by Hill.
:00:16. > :00:17.
:00:17. > :00:26.Lovely little drag. Away from the Yeovil skipper. The extra four
:00:26. > :00:34.minutes now. A good save out of Long. Webster with a very good
:00:34. > :00:40.attempt. Long showed good awareness to deny Webster. We set out to win
:00:40. > :00:44.the game, that is what we have done. We won the game. It's half-time we
:00:44. > :00:49.knew at home that we had to get an advantage. We have to go for that
:00:49. > :00:53.next goal pretty early, get us back in the game it should be a cracking
:00:53. > :00:57.game. It will be all our fans. I promised them we would give it a
:00:57. > :01:00.right go. We will see what happens. We don't feel we are out of it, by
:01:00. > :01:05.We don't feel we are out of it, by any stretch of the imagination.
:01:05. > :01:10.goal in it between Yeovil and Sheffield United nothing to separate
:01:10. > :01:17.Brentford and Swindon. I get the impression nobody would argue about
:01:17. > :01:24.who was taking the penalty? Everybody involved have learnt a
:01:24. > :01:28.lesson, a harsh one at that. Will is a lot of relief? That has got them
:01:28. > :01:32.back into the game and pushes... Makes them favourites for the
:01:32. > :01:36.Makes them favourites for the return. They don't tend to be won on
:01:36. > :01:42.the first leg, do they? Of course not. Half-time on both of them. You
:01:42. > :01:45.can't call it at this stage? It's far too close. These are, ultimately
:01:45. > :01:50.we know that most of these play-off games are very, very tight. You
:01:50. > :02:00.would be a fool to think that any of those are really clear favourites in
:02:00. > :02:01.
:02:01. > :02:04.that game, they are not. I won't ask Highlights from the League Two
:02:04. > :02:06.play-off semi first legs now, with Valley Parade our next stop as
:02:06. > :02:16.favourites for promotion Bradford welcomed Burton Albion, who were
:02:16. > :02:23.
:02:23. > :02:29.experiencing their first play-off in COMMENTATOR: Burton were leading by
:02:29. > :02:36.2-0 with not very long to go and Bradford levelled and then ended up
:02:36. > :02:40.winning. What ha header by Zola. Burton Albion take the lead. He got
:02:40. > :02:50.the winner back in October. This goal could well be much more
:02:50. > :03:02.
:03:03. > :03:08.away. He's found the corner again! Zola is taking Burton to Wembley on
:03:08. > :03:16.his own at the moment. Looks beyond the last man as the ball is pumped
:03:16. > :03:26.his way. Bradford appealled in vein for offside. Zola put his head down
:03:26. > :03:36.and that makes it 2-0 Burton. Real chance for a goal back. Appeals for
:03:36. > :03:36.
:03:36. > :03:46.handball. Penalty given. Here's the shot coming in from tamson. It
:03:46. > :03:51.
:03:51. > :04:01.strikes the arms of the player. Put away with great confidence. The
:04:01. > :04:02.
:04:02. > :04:08.keeper leaping the wrong way. That is a good comeback. It's 3-1 Burton,
:04:08. > :04:18.two goal cushion is restored once more. Weir on the edge screaming
:04:18. > :04:21.
:04:21. > :04:28.for. It great pass by MacDonald. He took it ever so sweetly. Looking
:04:28. > :04:34.dangerous. What a goal! Might just have glanced off the mid drift of
:04:34. > :04:39.Gary Jones on its way through here, but it was passed Stewart Tomlinson
:04:39. > :04:43.before it really moved. Bradford 2, Burton 3. I thought it was an
:04:43. > :04:48.excellent game. That is the most important thing first and foremost,
:04:48. > :04:53.it was a good advert for League Two football we have shown that Burton
:04:53. > :04:58.might be a small club, we have fight in us. As I said before, we wouldn't
:04:58. > :05:03.be fearful, whether we would have enough to beat Bradford over two
:05:03. > :05:07.legs we started very well. We were poor tonight. That is one of the
:05:07. > :05:11.poorest we have played. They have good attacking players mind, give
:05:11. > :05:21.them credit. Defensively we were off offer game. We will have to play
:05:21. > :05:23.
:05:23. > :05:32.better to get through. Akinfenwa Chase on here for Hackett. He keeps
:05:32. > :05:37.the ball in play. Delicious ball in, a goal, Roy O'Donovan. Akinfenwa
:05:37. > :05:42.with the control and the lovely ball re release Hackett, needed a good
:05:42. > :05:52.cross. It was just behind O'Donovan, but there's terrific technique here
:05:52. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :05:59.from the Irish striker. Novrt Hampton lead Cheltenham by 1-0. --
:05:59. > :06:07.Northampton. O'Donovan who played at Coventry City under Aidy Boothroyd.
:06:07. > :06:12.A chance for Benson! Ball forward from Lowe, Benson in some space. The
:06:12. > :06:17.wrong side of the post though, as far as Cheltenham are concerned. No
:06:17. > :06:20.real surprise with the outcome of that first leg of the play-offs
:06:20. > :06:23.involve involving Northampton and Cheltenham. Three goals from Burton
:06:23. > :06:28.at Bradford. It's quite a statement. Welcome back those two goals from
:06:28. > :06:32.Zola? They were fantastic goals, weren't they? When you look at it,
:06:32. > :06:38.in amongst three defenders there. He is a big lad, isn't he? Gets in
:06:38. > :06:41.amongst it. You see the ball in, fantastic ball in, three defenders
:06:41. > :06:46.around him. He gets in between the full-back and the centre half. A
:06:46. > :06:50.great finish. He shows another side to his game. He has the ball, he has
:06:50. > :06:56.good ability to set the defender on the wrong foot. He drops his
:06:56. > :07:02.shoulder. You can see he drops his shoulder here and puts the defender
:07:02. > :07:07.on the wrong foot he sets it off from his right foot. Your big
:07:07. > :07:17.players need play. They can be the difference, that is what he was.
:07:17. > :07:19.
:07:20. > :07:25.the semi-finals return legs. A tight one as far as both are concerned.
:07:25. > :07:28.Cheltenham, they are strong at home, Northampton have built their success
:07:28. > :07:37.Northampton have built their success on their home record. Both of those
:07:37. > :07:40.have an awful lot to play for. Plenty to go for there.
:07:40. > :07:43.That's your lot from us, but don't forget there'll be more football
:07:43. > :07:46.league chat on your local teams on Late Kick Off on Sunday night after
:07:46. > :07:49.Match of the Day 2 at 11.25pm on BBC One.
:07:49. > :07:52.Although the regular season's done, we'll be back with all the drama
:07:52. > :07:55.from the Play- Off Finals from all three divisions in special shows on
:07:55. > :07:58.Sunday 19th May and Monday, 27th May. Steve thanks for your company