What's going on
Relegated From Championship: Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United.
Promoted From League One: Champions - Norwich City .
Automatic Promotion: One of Leeds United, Millwall, Swindon Town, Charlton Athletic or Huddersfield Town.
Play-Offs: Take your pick of four from above.
Relegated From League One: Stockport County, Wycombe Wanderers and Southend United. And one from Tranmere Rovers, (the favourites with a GD of -30!), Exeter City and Gillingham. Sadly, Orient's GD of only -9 will save them unless they lose by around 20-0; wouldn't bet on it, even against the Farmers!
Promoted From League Two: Notts County, Rochdale and AFC Bournemouth.
Play-Offs: Any four from Rotherham United, Aldershot, Morecambe, (are you watching Ron), Dagenham and Redbridge, Bury, Port Vale, Chesterfield, Port Vale, Morecambe, Northampton Town!
Relegated: Darlington, and any one of Grimsby, Barnet and Cheltenham are keeping the second place alive for another week.
So that local derby with Dagenham is not confirmed just yet, but we won't be going to Darlington; as for the other, sorry but come on Burton, though Barnet will not have it easy at home to promoted, at last, Rochdale!
Promoted from Blue Square Premier: Champions - Stevenage.
Blue Square Play-Off Fixture Results/Dates
Former Shrimper full-back Justin Edinburgh will not be returning to Roots Hall with his Rushden & Diamonds side after they were beaten by Oxford, while there was crowd trouble after York defeated Luton.
Semi-Final, Leg 1
Thursday, April 29th; (both kicked-off 19.45):
Rushden & Diamonds 1 Oxford United 1;
(Highlights here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643845.stm)
York City 1 Luton Town 0;
(Report here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643867.stm)
Semi-Final, Leg 2
Oxford United 2 Rushden & Diamonds 0 (Oxford win 3-1 on aggregate)
(Report here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643854.stm)
Luton Town 0 York City,1 (York win 2-0 on aggregate)
(Report here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643892.stm)
The Final
Sunday, May 16th; (at Wembley Stadium; kick-off TBC.)
Oxford United v York City
(Our money's on Oxford, they have the better pubs!)
League One Results and Match Reports
(click on the fixture to get the report and match statistics)
Bristol Rovers 0 Norwich 3
Carlisle 1 Walsall 1
Charlton 1 Leeds 0
Gillingham 2 Southampton 1
Hartlepool 1 Exeter 1
Huddersfield 2 Colchester 1
Leyton Orient 2 Wycombe 0
MK Dons 0 Brighton 0
Southend 2 Stockport 1
Swindon 3 Brentford 2
Tranmere 2 Millwall 0
Yeovil 3 Oldham 0
League One reports supplied by www.skysports.com
For all the League One action from May 1st on i-player, go here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sbm1g/
The_Football_League_Show_2009_2010_01_05_2010/
For the full S24 report on the Shrimpers v Hatters, with player markings, go here:
www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
shrimpers_late_show_stuns_stockport_523467/index.shtml
Final Week's Fixtures
Saturday, May 8th; (all kick-offs 15.00):
League One
Brentford v Hartlepool, Brighton v Yeovil, Colchester v Leyton Orient, Exeter v Huddersfield, Leeds v Bristol Rovers, Millwall v Swindon, Norwich v Carlisle, Oldham v Charlton, Southampton v Southend, Stockport v Tranmere, Walsall v MK Dons, Wycombe v Gillingham.
League Two
Relegated From Championship: Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle and Peterborough United.
Promoted From League One: Champions - Norwich City .
Automatic Promotion: One of Leeds United, Millwall, Swindon Town, Charlton Athletic or Huddersfield Town.
Play-Offs: Take your pick of four from above.
Relegated From League One: Stockport County, Wycombe Wanderers and Southend United. And one from Tranmere Rovers, (the favourites with a GD of -30!), Exeter City and Gillingham. Sadly, Orient's GD of only -9 will save them unless they lose by around 20-0; wouldn't bet on it, even against the Farmers!
Promoted From League Two: Notts County, Rochdale and AFC Bournemouth.
Play-Offs: Any four from Rotherham United, Aldershot, Morecambe, (are you watching Ron), Dagenham and Redbridge, Bury, Port Vale, Chesterfield, Port Vale, Morecambe, Northampton Town!
Relegated: Darlington, and any one of Grimsby, Barnet and Cheltenham are keeping the second place alive for another week.
So that local derby with Dagenham is not confirmed just yet, but we won't be going to Darlington; as for the other, sorry but come on Burton, though Barnet will not have it easy at home to promoted, at last, Rochdale!
Promoted from Blue Square Premier: Champions - Stevenage.
Blue Square Play-Off Fixture Results/Dates
Former Shrimper full-back Justin Edinburgh will not be returning to Roots Hall with his Rushden & Diamonds side after they were beaten by Oxford, while there was crowd trouble after York defeated Luton.
Semi-Final, Leg 1
Thursday, April 29th; (both kicked-off 19.45):
Rushden & Diamonds 1 Oxford United 1;
(Highlights here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643845.stm)
York City 1 Luton Town 0;
(Report here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643867.stm)
Semi-Final, Leg 2
Oxford United 2 Rushden & Diamonds 0 (Oxford win 3-1 on aggregate)
(Report here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643854.stm)
Luton Town 0 York City,1 (York win 2-0 on aggregate)
(Report here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_conf/8643892.stm)
The Final
Sunday, May 16th; (at Wembley Stadium; kick-off TBC.)
Oxford United v York City
(Our money's on Oxford, they have the better pubs!)
League One Results and Match Reports
(click on the fixture to get the report and match statistics)
Bristol Rovers 0 Norwich 3
Carlisle 1 Walsall 1
Charlton 1 Leeds 0
Gillingham 2 Southampton 1
Hartlepool 1 Exeter 1
Huddersfield 2 Colchester 1
Leyton Orient 2 Wycombe 0
MK Dons 0 Brighton 0
Southend 2 Stockport 1
Swindon 3 Brentford 2
Tranmere 2 Millwall 0
Yeovil 3 Oldham 0
League One reports supplied by www.skysports.com
For all the League One action from May 1st on i-player, go here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00sbm1g/
The_Football_League_Show_2009_2010_01_05_2010/
For the full S24 report on the Shrimpers v Hatters, with player markings, go here:
www.southendunited-mad.co.uk/news/tmnw/
shrimpers_late_show_stuns_stockport_523467/index.shtml
Final Week's Fixtures
Saturday, May 8th; (all kick-offs 15.00):
League One
Brentford v Hartlepool, Brighton v Yeovil, Colchester v Leyton Orient, Exeter v Huddersfield, Leeds v Bristol Rovers, Millwall v Swindon, Norwich v Carlisle, Oldham v Charlton, Southampton v Southend, Stockport v Tranmere, Walsall v MK Dons, Wycombe v Gillingham.
League Two
Barnet v Rochdale, Burton Albion v Grimsby, Cheltenham v Accrington Stanley, Chesterfield v Bournemouth, Crewe v Bradford, Darlington v Dag & Red, Hereford v Rotherham, Lincoln City v Macclesfield, Morecambe v Aldershot, Northampton v Bury, Port Vale v Shrewsbury, Torquay v Notts County.
| Latest match Saturday, 1st May 2010 | Pld | Home | Away | Overall | Pts | EP | |||||||||||||||||
| W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | |||||||||
| 1 | [P] Norwich City | 45 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 25 | 29 | 8 | 8 | 89 | 45 | 95 | +44 | ||||
| 2 | Leeds United | 45 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 10 | 75 | 43 | 83 | +32 | ||||
| 3 | Millwall | 45 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 73 | 42 | 82 | +31 | ||||
| 4 | Swindon Town | 45 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 71 | 54 | 82 | +17 | ||||
| 5 | Charlton Athletic | 45 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 41 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 69 | 48 | 81 | +21 | ||||
| 6 | Huddersfield Town | 45 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 52 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 81 | 54 | 80 | +27 | ||||
| 7 | Southampton (-10) | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 82 | 46 | 70 | +36 | ||||
| 8 | Colchester United | 45 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 63 | 52 | 69 | +11 | ||||
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 30 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 26 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 58 | 68 | 62 | -10 | ||||
| 10 | Brentford | 45 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 14 | 19 | 12 | 55 | 52 | 61 | +3 | ||||
| 11 | Milton Keynes Dons | 45 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 17 | 9 | 19 | 59 | 66 | 60 | -7 | ||||
| 12 | Walsall | 45 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 58 | 62 | 59 | -4 | ||||
| 13 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 45 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 55 | 60 | 56 | -5 | ||||
| 14 | Carlisle United | 45 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 61 | 66 | 55 | -5 | ||||
| 15 | Yeovil Town | 45 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 32 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 58 | 53 | -3 | ||||
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 45 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 41 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 59 | 67 | 52 | -8 | ||||
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 45 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 39 | 55 | 52 | -16 | ||||
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 45 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 37 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 62 | 51 | -9 | ||||
| 19 | Gillingham | 45 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 46 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 48 | 61 | 50 | -13 | ||||
| 20 | Exeter City | 45 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 46 | 59 | 48 | -13 | ||||
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 40 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 42 | 72 | 48 | -30 | ||||
| 22 | [R] Southend United | 45 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 21 | 42 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 50 | 69 | 43 | -19 | ||||
| 23 | [R] Wycombe Wanderers | 45 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 45 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 53 | 76 | 42 | -23 | ||||
| 24 | [R] Stockport County | 45 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 44 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 35 | 92 | 25 | -57 | ||||