Saturday, May 08, 2010

A wacky day of soccer on the radio

What a wacky day of English football.
I worked the night shift and KERSTIN hosted a sleepover, so I stayed in the kitchen this morning, listening to live coverage of the final day's play in LEAGUE ONE and LEAGUE TWO on BBC LONDON 94.9 FM online.

LEYTON ORIENT had nothing riding on their trip to Colchester (the home side won a dull affair, 1-0), but there was everything to play for at the top of the League One table.

LEEDS began the day in the automatic promotion place of second, but a slip against Bristol Rovers (their match pictured) and results elsewhere would mean
the winner of MILLWALL versus SWINDON would go up instead. CHARLTON and HUDDERSFIELD were also potentially in the mix to join champions NORWICH in the Championship next season.
Leeds were down to 10 men and trailing by a goal and the Millwall-Swindon match was level, so Charlton leapt into second after taking the lead against Oldham. Millwall started scoring goals, though, so they overtook Charlton.
There were some plot twists to come, though, as short-handed Leeds scored twice to reclaim the second spot.
Millwall won, 3-2, Charlton won, 2-0 and Leeds held on to win, 2-1. So Leeds went up automatically, Millwall, Charlton, Swindon and Huddersfield will play-off to determine the third and final club promoted to the Championship.

It was gripping drama on the radio!

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