Play-Offs - Yeovil beat Forest
Play-Offs - MK Dons foiled by Shrewsbury
Boston exploit loophole
Yeovil Town have reched the League One play-off final after beating Nottingham Forest 5-2 at the City Ground and 5-4 on aggregate. Manager Russell Slade - a former Notts County boss - reflected on a memorable night for the Somerset club:
“We had a game plan, to be positive, and we did that throughout the match. It was a classic and a fantastic game to be part of it, but it was heart attack material as well.”
Shrewsbury Town have beat Milton Keynes Dons 1-2 at the National Hockey Stadium to reach the League Two play-off final after a goalless draw at Gay Meadow in the first leg.
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The Football League have confirmed Boston United’s ten-point Sporting Sanction deduction will be applied to the 2006-07 season and not carried over to next term. The Pilgrims’ actioned a Company Voluntary Arrangement in the closing minutes of their League Two defeat at Wrexham on the final day of the season as soon as their relegation from League Two became inevitable. A League statement explains:
“Boston United have been deducted ten points from their points tally for 2006-07. This Sporting Sanction takes effect from 25 April, the date on which the club effectively obtained the approval of creditors for a Company Voluntary Arrangement.”
With Leeds United also exploiting the loophole that has allowed relegated clubs to avoid carrying the deduction into the following campaign, League rules are to be amended. FL chairman Lord Mawhinney confirms:
“The original intention of Sporting Sanctions was that clubs should suffer a penalty by going into administration, as a spur to better financial management. None of our clubs have done anything wrong but we need to take steps to make these sanctions meaningful.”
With the return to Wembley set to attract a full-house of 90,000, the meeting of Manchester United and Chelsea will be the highest FA Cup Final attendance since 98,203 witnessed Wimbledon’s 1-0 win against Liverpool in 1988.
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