Millwall 3 Swindon 2 

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RESULT: Millwall 3 Swindon Town 2 

Swindon scorers: Ward 3, Paynter 85
Millwall scorers: Morison 2 (pen) 14, 73; Greer OG 62

 

Swindon will face Charlton Athletic in the play-off semi-finals after briefly dreaming of automatic promotion.

 

The first-leg will take place at the County Ground on Friday 14 May (and shown live on Sky Sports), with the return leg at the Valley on Monday the 17th.

 

Swindon's fate decided after Leeds came from behind to defeat Bristol Rovers to deny both Millwall and Town their chance.

 

Dream start

 

Knowing only a win would be good enough, Swindon stunned their promotion-chasing rivals after only three minutes when Danny Ward sweetly fired home from 15 yards out.

 

A goal that for 14 minutes had Swindon in the all-important second place before Millwall recovered their composure to draw level from the penalty spot following a foul by Jonathan Douglas.

 

And when Gordon Greer sliced into his own net just after the hour (and Leeds went ahead), Swindon's travelling contigent knew it wasn't going to be their day.

 

Disappointment doubled when Morison made it 3-1 before Paynter pulled one back with his 29th of the season.

 

The final League One table:

 

1 Norwich 46 42 95 [P]
2 Leeds United 46 33 86 [P]

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3 Millwall 46 32 85
4 Charlton 46 23 84
5 Swindon 46 16 82
6 Huddersfield 46 26 80

 

Play-off semi-final fixtures:

 

Swindon v Charlton

League One Play-Off Semi-Final First Leg

Friday 14 May 2010

 

Charlton v Swindon

League One Play-Off Semi-Final Second Leg 
Monday 17 May 2010 

 

Tickets go on sale for season ticket holders tomorrow [Sunday]. Ticket info available via STFC link below.

 

Let battle re-commence: it was Swindon 1 Charlton 1 the last time the two teams met at the County Ground in February > full story incl. SWTV fans' view