Exeter City v Northampton Town: League Two play-off final – live!

29 June 2020 06:06
All the latest from the 7.30pm BST kick-off at WembleyScheme to encourage BAME coaches to launch in EFL Email Daniel or tweet @DanielHarris 7.06pm BST Jobi McAnuff, player/coach of Leyton Orient, is in the Sky studio. He recently wrote this, which it’s important we all grasp. Some thoughts after a difficult week. #JusticeForGeogeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter ✊✊✊ pic.twitter.com/Wc82zb2yTg 7.04pm BST Wembley does look pretty strange that empty. The players will need to get used that, and quickly. 7.00pm BST Do Exeter have a song to this? Surely they must. 6.58pm BST By the looks of things, both sides will play 3-5-2 tonight. They’re pretty evenly matched too, so the question for the managers is whether they rely on their players being better, or seek a way to outsmart their opposite number by doing something a bit different. 6.53pm BST Inside the ground, things are already heating up. 6.51pm BST And here he is again. 6.49pm BST As mentioned below, Keith Curle is manager of Northampton. Here he is! 6.44pm BST Exeter make one change from that dicey win over Colchester, Atangana replacing Collins in midfield, with Law passed fit. Northampton stay as they were. 6.43pm BST Exeter City: Maxted, Sweeney, A Martin, Moxey, Williams, Atangana, Richardson, Taylor, Law, Bowman, Fisher. Subs: Ward, L Martin, Parkes, Sparkes, Dickenson, Ajose, Collins, Jay, Seymour.Northampton Town: Arnold, Goode, Turnbull, Wharton, Harriman, McCormack, Watson, Hoskins, Adams, Morton, Oliver. Subs: Cornell, Martin, Lines, Olayinka, Anderson, Warburton, Marshall, Williams, Smith 2.33pm BST It’s lucky that Wembley is rubbish – not words anyone ever supposed to type, but here we are. Inconvenient to get to and from and hard to get in and out of, the surrounding area offers precious little in the way of redemptive booze and food, while the ground itself is soulless, plastic and poorly designed.As such, fans of Exeter and Northampton needn’t be too upset about what they’re missing, because who needs a day out with their mates more than they’ve ever needed anything? Exactly. Continue readingreadfullarticle

Source: TheGuardian