2-2. Boro come out the traps strongly. Ramirez gives them the lead on 14 minutes...cue bedlam at the Riverside. BHA get back in the game. Hemed misses sitter but Dale Stephens scores from edge of box..39 minutes. Game gets tight and edgy until sub, KLL, suddenly cuts in and tries his luck, Keeper fumbles and Hemed pops in rebound. ( 73 mins ) BHA are PL bound until the 81st minute. Adomah curls in from wide right, Rhodes loses Greer and his header hits the underside of the bar and Stockdale before going in. In the dying seconds, Knocky goes on a mazy run and is brought down. He takes the free-kick from just outside the box and clips the top of the bar. Final whistle. So close.
( Play-Offs.....Wed 1 BHA 1......BHA 1 Wed 0......Wembley....BHA 2 Derby 1.....Job done )
I have also gone with 3-1 to the good guys. The same result as in 1979, the last time we went to the NE to gain promotion to the top division. Keep positive!
Hmm, I have an awful feeling for an anticlimax for us. I would have gone for a 4-0 reverse, but it wasn't there, so plumped for a 3-0 loss. Not what I want, but what I fear. Would love to be wrong.