League 1 Playoff final

lil eva · League 1 Playoff final

Scunthorpe secured promotion today, with a 3-2 victory over Millwall in a thrilling League One play-off final.

Two goals from Matt Sparrow and a late winner from Martyn Woolford saw the Iron cancel out a quick-fire brace from Gary Alexander.

Both sides made a mockery of the soaring temperatures throughout an open first half, with defences taking something of a battering.

It took just six minutes for the deadlock to be broken, with David Forde unable to hold a low effort down to his left and Sparrow was on hand to fire the loose ball into the roof of the net.

Spurred on by some 45,000 supporters, Millwall quickly came back into the game and it appeared to be only a matter of time before they forced an equaliser.

It duly arrived on 37 minutes as Alexander sent a 30-yard thunderbolt sailing over the head of Joe Murphy.

The Lions frontman then completed a remarkable turnaround in fortune for the capital club two minutes later when he squeezed a stopping header into the bottom corner, through the fingertips of Murphy.

The tempo, unsurprisingly, dropped slightly after the break, but chances continued to come and go at regular intervals.

Scunthorpe thought they had found a leveller when Liam Trotter volleyed a low corner goalwards, but the Lions somehow scrambled clear.

Nigel Adkins' men did restore parity 20 minutes from time, though, as Sparrow displayed admirable composure to dance around Forde and lash home.

Alexander wasted a glorious opportunity to settle matters in Millwall's favour when he sent a close-range header past the post, and he was made to pay for his wastefulness.

With just five minutes left on the clock the Lions failed to deal with a Scunthorpe set-piece and Woolford drilled a low effort past Forde.

Josie-lufc

All I can is YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

Well done Scunthorpe, Millwall got their just deserts after what they did to Casper Ankergren at the Den after they scored their goal.