by RoyalChicagoFC »
01 May 2009 14:33
Final weekend preview --Saturday
League One
Scunny a thumping home win over relegated Cheltenham in their midweek match in hand to move two points clear of Tranmere, whom they host on Saturday with the prize of a berth in the playoffs on offer.
With Leicester promoted as champions and Peterborough joining them as runners up, it's all about the final order of finish and playoff matchups. MKD won their own match in hand in midweek, beating Northampton away to move into third ahead of Millwall, with the latter a point better than Leeds in fourth. As it stands:
3) MKD..........84/+35/Hereford (A)
4) Millwall.......82/+12/Carlisle (A)
5) Leeds.........81/+25/Northampton (H)
6) Scunny.......75/+19/Tranmere (H)
7) Tranmere....73/+13/Scunny (A)
At the bottom, Cheltenham and Hereford are down. Stockport have been hit with a 10-point deduction for entering administration and thereby pulled down into the shark tank, but their current points tally and positive goal difference all but assures their safety for the time being.
Hartlepool, Northampton, Brighton, Carlisle, Crewe remain under more serious threat, with the latter tandem now sat in the relegation places. Northampton could have made themselves safe with a result at home in their midweek match in hand with MKD but lost. How it looks:
17) Stockport.......50/+3/Brighton (A)
18) Hartlepool......50/-10/Bristol Rovers (A)
19) Northampton...49/-1/Leeds (A)
20) Brighton........49/-16/Stockport (H)
21) Carlisle.........47/-15/Millwall (H)
22) Crewe..........46/-20/Leicester (H)
League Two
With Brentford promoted as champions, the other two automatic promotion spots remain to be settled; the order of finish of those in the playoffs will be resolved, and there's the matter of which of Dag & Red or Shrewsbury claims the sole remaining playoff spot on offer. For the two automatic promotion places:
2) Wycombe.....78/+22/Notts County (H)
3) Exeter.........76/+14/Rotherham (A)
4) Bury...........75/+19/Accrington (H)
For the playoff placings, the situation in League Two mirrors that seen a level up as Dag & Red square off with Shrewsbury on the final day for the last available playoff spot. Gillingham and Rochdale, safely in the playoff field, also are paired up, and here's where they all stand:
5) Gillingham....72/+2/Rochdale (A)
6) Rochdale......70/+12/Gillingham (H)
7) Dag & Red....68/+25/Shrewsbury (H)
8) Shrewsbury...66/+16/Dag & Red (A)
At the bottom, Luton are relegated, and for Chester to remain in the Football League, they must win as Grimsby lose, and then there's the small matter of overhauling a goal difference deficit of 19 in the transaction.
As for the Championship, well, we all kinda know what's up there. Meantime, let the good times roll.
