At 02:00 Beijing time on May 4, the 33rd round of the Championship, Moore's 83-minute kill, Bournemouth beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at home, an early round of overtaking. The 11,141 fans at the scene completely turned upside down.
Before this campaign, Bournemouth was only three points higher than Nottingham Forest behind them, and one less than the opponent in terms of goal difference. Therefore, this make-up match is a 6-point battle of life and death. If Nottingham Forest wins this Battle of King's Hill, they will most likely return to the Premier League after 23 years, while Bournemouth will have to play the play-offs.
In this life-and-death battle, the two sides have been deadlocked for 80 minutes and still have not been able to break the deadlock. It wasn't until the 83rd minute that Bournemouth used a free-kick to help Billy Moore's goal, a goal that directly helped Bournemouth beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 at home.
After winning this six-point battle, Bournemouth shrugged off Nottingham Forest by six points with only one round left, locking up the Championship runner-up in the first round, becoming the second team to be promoted after Fulham.
Originally, Nottingham Forest's recent momentum was quite good, they won 4 consecutive wins + won the 9th of the last 10 rounds, in fact, they are only one step away from directly overtaking, that is, to take the biggest opponent Bournemouth in the play-offs. Unfortunately, after losing this life-and-death battle, they can only participate in the promotion play-offs.
1-2 at home and 0-1 away in the second leg, Nottingham Forest were double-killed by Bournemouth. And this 0-1 game is likely to bury the team's efforts for a season, and may also make the fans' 23 years of bitter waiting again fail. As we all know, the Championship promotion play-off is 4 out of 1, especially the play-off final is the most valuable final in the world, so it is difficult for Nottingham Forest to enter the play-offs to qualify through the play-offs.
After the whole stadium whistle sounded, 11141 fans fell into a state of madness, and the fans directly rushed into the stadium to celebrate with the players, the picture was quite shocking, which is probably the charm of football. This is Bournemouth's return to the Premier League after 2 years.