‘Playoffs in England’ Archives
Sven… you bastard
Dear Sven, my team Bradford City have had a tough enough decade as it is without you turning up and ruining the opening day of the season for us. Don't do it again. Bradford? The less said the better. Their manager, Stuart McCall, tendered his resignation at the end of last season, when they blew promotion and finished ninth. The board talked [...]
Championship playoff final: Burnley 1 – 0 Sheffield United
Going down with the Burnley, sang young Johnny in 1976... They're back After 33 years spent trawling around the lower divisions and a knackering campaign that has encompassed 61 matches, Burnley are a top-flight club once again. Wade Elliott was the match winner for the Clarets, the midfielder picking up a loose ball outside the penalty area in [...]
League One playoff final: Millwall 2 – 3 Scunthorpe
Martyn Woolford's 85th-minute winner was a dramatic end to a final that could easily have seen Millwall returning to the Championship instead of Scunthorpe United. Scunthorpe, relegated a year ago, took the lead through Matt Sparrow scored before two goals in two minutes from Millwall’s Gary Alexander - the first was probably the greatest goal [...]
League Two Play-Off Final: Gillingham 1 – 0 Shrewsbury
internet advertising Gillingham will play League One football next season thanks to Simeon Jackson’s last minute winner which gave Mark Stimson’s side victory over the Shrews at Wembley. Interestingly, Gillingham had once reckoned Simeon Jackson was worthless to their club. When the Canadian arrived in England in 2004, he was given a [...]
League One play-offs: Leeds 1 – 1 Millwall
Well, that's it for another season as far as Leeds are concerned. After Millwall's Jermaine Beckford had a 48th minute penalty saved by David Forde, Leeds moved ahead when Luciano Becchio slid home from close range in the 58th minute. But Millwall got their noses back in front, Jimmy Abdou proving the hero with a scrappy equaliser which the Lions [...]
