Will the battle to turn "impossible" into "possible" be a "tacit" ball?

On the closing day of the English Second Division, the battle for the place to ascend to The League One was dramatic, and the Bristol Wanderers, who were behind the same score in Northampton with 5 goals on goal difference, created a miracle under the leadership of manager Joey Barton (the "bad boy" of Newcastle United at the time), who finally won 7-0 to the team At the end of the table, turning "impossible" into "possible". After the game, Joey Button said wittily, "Even as he gets old, sits in an armchair, and endures the traumatic attacks of countless near-column headforks in the past, I will still remember today's picture when saliva flows to my chin." ”

Surrounded by fans, Joey Barton kept throwing his fists in celebration

Before the start of the final round of League Two, third-placed Northampton and fourth-placed Bristol Rangers had the same points. In League Two, the top three teams will be promoted directly to League One, and the fourth to seventh places will have to participate in the play-offs, if the two teams have the same points, first compare the goal difference, followed by the total number of goals scored. Third-placed Northampton have a five-goal difference advantage, and for them, as long as they win normally, the probability of the team directly advancing to League One is obviously not small.

In the first round of the finale, the third to seventh places in the League Two had the hope of direct promotion to the League One.

The plot of the game was normal from the first half, with Northampton taking a 3-1 lead in the first half against the early relegated Barrow team, while on the other side, facing the already relegated Scunthorpe, the Bristol Rangers scored 2-0 at half (at this time they still had a gap of 5 goals difference between Northampton and Northampton).

If the match ends with such a score, then the direct promotion is not northampton. However, in the second half of the game, Northampton was unable to rewrite the scoreline, but the Bristol Rangers sang all the way, fixing the score at 7-0 in 85 minutes of the game (the Bristol Rangers had already tied Northampton on goal difference).

As a result, the Bristol Rangers, who led the Bristol Rangers in the same number of goals and goal differences in points and goal difference, completed a major reversal in the final round of the game, successfully finished third in the league, and directly promoted to League One.

League Two final standings

It is worth mentioning that in order to motivate the players who play at home, the Bristol Rangers Club specially invited a small fan with cerebral palsy before the game, and only 5-year-old Oscar Krich led the team to enter and accepted the cheers of the fans, and it was in his witness that the Bristol Rangers staged a magical scene.

After the game, the Home Memorial Stadium of bristol Rangers became an ocean of celebration for fans, and one female fan also took out a photo of her deceased grandfather to witness this historical moment. This scene has also touched countless people, netizens have commented, "What a powerful tweet, this is the real meaning of football!" ”

However, this one, wrapped in warmth and passion, is called the most dramatic upgrade battle in the history of the League Two by the British media, but in any case, it can not get rid of the suspicion of "tacit ball". In this match, when the Home Bristol Rangers scored their 7th goal, the game went on for 85 minutes, when the ecstatic Bristol Rangers fans could not wait to run into the stadium to celebrate and cause riots.

On-duty referee Charles Braspier ordered both teams to leave the stadium, Rangers Jordanian owner Vael Cady also came to the stadium to plead with fans to stay in the stands for the rest of the day, and team coach Barton picked up the microphone and warned all fans that if they returned to the stadium for the second time, the game risked being terminated.

As a result, the match was suspended for nearly 20 minutes, while the game of Northampton, which started at the same time, had already ended with a 3-1 lead. For the rest of the day, bristol Rangers no longer needed to score goals, keeping the 7-0 score until the end, and finally relying on the goal-scoring advantage to upgrade successfully, which was also the first time since 1964 that the Bristol Rangers scored more than 6 goals in a single game. It is worth mentioning that the opponent of the Bristol Wanderers in this game is the bottom of the league Scunthorpe United, their financial situation is in a mess, on the verge of bankruptcy, and this game they also used a lot of youth players, the captain of the field is even only 18 years old, the goalkeeper who lost 7 goals is only 17 years old, so it seems that the final score is not exaggerated.

After the match, Northampton only expressed regret over the final result, having already set their sights on next Saturday's play-off against seventh-placed Mansfield in League Two. However, in the last minute of the final round, Northampton lost the main goalkeeper Roberts, the team's best player of the season was sent off with a red card for handball outside the box in the last minute, and he will miss the first leg of the promotion play-off...