Sunderland 'Til I Cry: EFL and beyond 19/20

Wembley have given up on selling direct and are giving them to the clubs. We've got 3000, which suggests they're going with the roadmap 10k - a ridiculous decision since they'll have had 20k at the FA Cup Final the week before and 22k three weeks later for the Croatia game.

That’s infuriating.

I think we've got about half that in season tickets and volunteers. There's definitely not going to be the demand of five years ago but we could probably sell double our allocation.

I just can't understand the logic of dropping the numbers when there are test events either side - bearing in mind there were 4k 'locals' at Leicester/Southampton and it's a Vase and Trophy double there's little chance it wouldn't have sold 20k.

Millers 1-0 up, come on lads make this happen!

Koroma is back!!

so glad this is a nothing game. The ref is a cunt and it was a disgracefully soft pen. But still Town can't defend for shit.

Wednesday 1-0 up now, this could be a perfect afternoon.

shit I cursed it. But still Derby down as it stands.

fuuuuvk!!!

2-2

this game being 10 minutes behind all the other champ fixtures today feels like some kind of fuckery

Seriously

Wednesday find out they're down, give up etc

3-2 Wednesday

gtf in!

1-1 Cardiff!

3-3!

ffs!

Kachunga a late sub for Rhodes - jesus no wonder Wednesday have been so shit this season. And apparently the not very colossal Rhodes is coming to back to us this summer.

worst league in the world

cambridge could be promoted today, unbelievable after how reliably shit they've been in the 5 years I've lived here. this area turns into a giant car park every home game and today it looks like it did in pre-covid times.

even a win wouldn't have done it Tim :( But at least fucking Salford City are going miss out as well!

There weren’t any good teams in L2 this year as far as I can tell.

Cheltenham and Cambridge looked big and strong and well-organised tbf.

I’m disappointed but wasn’t looking forward to another playoff humiliation.

pre-emptive yeah didn't want the playoffs either

shame there'll be no Exeter fixture next season tho. if we get FGR any excuse to return to the wonderland that is Stroud tho

I did want the playoffs, a lot, but in the way I often want beer a lot, in the certain knowledge that it’ll be painful eventually.

Wembley ticket secured. Assuming I go to both matches then I'll have seen 4 (four) games in person this season.

EXCLUSIVE: Derby could still be RELEGATED from the Championship after EFL win FFP appeal

this diabolical season could still be saved

Seeing Wembley on the telly today made it all the more remarkable that I'll be there next weekend.

well done on getting a ticket!

I'll wave on the telly.

how can one thread-title keep delivering so much

Good luck Hereford today!

my stepmother is from Hornchurch and has lived outside Hereford for 25 years, suddenly she is interested in lower league football.

Have a mate who's Hornchurch (as said above) so I'll remain diplomatically neutral here

Wembley! I am in you! pic.twitter.com/BsQz1fB88H

— Alan Stephen (@AlanStephen) May 22, 2021

Forest Green vs Newport has been great fun so far.

4-2 at the moment, 4-4 on aggregate, pitch so waterlogged the ball barely rolls.

hah hah what a cruel game the playoffs can be

Brentford are killing Swansea. Inches away from 3-0 already.

Electric stuff

was expecting this to be as dull as ditchwater so I cut the grass instead. Swansea can be absolute pap on their day, it puzzles me how they finished above Barnsley.

It's basically turned into the Ugly Swansea Pressure show since then. There's a red card in this one somewhere by the looks of it

When I first moved to London I worked with a guy who was a Brentford fan so I went to a few of their games and then went all the way to Cardiff to witness one of their regular playoff final defeats, so I'm a long way from counting chickens here.

I didn't exactly 'grow up on the terraces' but Griffin Park was my first ground. I know there are problems with how they're run these days but it'll be amazing to see them in the top division. But yeah, not counting any chickens - they've shit the bed too many times for that.

hah hah I remember the year they finished second in L1 but but got beat in the playoffs. It was the year the prem was formed so there was one less automatic promotion place.

got to say, going to the playoff finals at Cardiff pisses on going to Wembley. the pubs around Wembley are fucking shit for a start.

Pontus Jansson sauntering onto the pitch eating a protein bar and then getting knocked senseless by a goalbound shot from his own teammate is a hell of a vibe

There's the red

Seems harsh.