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PLAY-OFFS: Swindon 5 Sheff Utd 5League One Play-Offs Semi-Final, Second Leg
RESULT: Swindon Town 5 Sheffield United 5
Swindon scorers: Gladwin (2) 4, 10; Smith (2) 18, 59 (pen); Obika 84
Sheffield Utd scorers: Thompson 19 (og), Basham 38, Davies 65, Done 88, Adams 90 Three-nil up and cruising, this game almost felt like Wembley '93 - but as any Town fan will testify, Swindon certainly don't know how to do it the easy way.
But the Play-Off Final it is on Sunday, 24 May after one of the craziest nights ever at the County Ground.
Two-one up after the first-leg at Bramall Lane, Swindon amazingly made it 5-1 on aggregate after only twenty minutes when Gladwin superbly volleyed one - then tapped one - in, before Obika made it 3-0.
And even after a flurry of goals before and after half-time that left Swindon still 5-3 up with just two minutes to go, it all went down to the wire thanks to some woeful defending and a Nigel Clough side that refused to give up.
Wes Foderingham even made a stunning save in the last-minute to stop it going to extra-time.
The final score - the highest in play-off history - is one that supporters who were there will never forget.
"I still can't believe what I've just watched," admitted a stunned Mark Cooper, "it was torture."
PLAY-OFF FINAL
Swindon Town v Preston North End
Wembley Stadium
Sunday, 24 May 2015
5.30pm |
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Swindon 2 Leyton Orient 2 |
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PLAY-OFFS: Sheff Utd 1 Swindon 2 |
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We're On Our Way To Wembley! |
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Another Year In Division 3 |
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Abandon Ship! |
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