Stockport County Win League Two Promotion Play Off Final At Wembley

Stockport County have won the league two play off final at the new Wembley stadium and promotion to league one after a 3-2 win over Rochdale.

Rory McArdle actually gave Rochdale the lead in the first half before Stockport equalised with a Nathan Stanton own goal to leave the match all square at half time then Anthony Pilkington and Liam Dickinson netted in the second half to seal the win despite a late strike by Rochdale winger Adam Rundle.

This game was the last of the English football promotion play off finals and it was probably the best match out of the three with no shortage of goals, incident and excitement.

The great thing about these games is that they are now once again being played at the national stadium no disrespect to Cardiff's millennium stadium but you simply cannot beat Wembley whether it is the old or the new version.

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Football Has Gone Mad

We had some further evidence this week if any more were needed of how much the game has changed over the years some would say for the worst and how the obscene amounts of money that are in football these days threatens to kill off the smaller clubs completely.

League Two side Rotherham United have gone into administration for the second time in as many seasons after being denied time to find new funds by the courts the club now faces another 10 point penalty which effectively puts an end to their promotion hopes for this season as they now stand in 11th place with eight games still to play.

The smaller clubs that have gone into administration over the last few years must accept some responsibility over how they are run financially although in their defence they would argue that lower league clubs have always had to sell their better players to survive and that with the advent of football academies clubs such as Chelsea can go around the country cherry picking the best young talent free of charge which is something that angered numerous clubs in recent seasons.

While that was happening we hear that Chelsea and England Midfield star Frank Lampard and his new contract negotiations have apparently hit a stumbling block with the player rumoured to be holding out for two hundred grand a week now this is not an attack on Lampard but I'm sorry no player is worth £200,000 per week it is too ridiculous for words but unless the governing bodies step in and introduce some sort of salary cap for players then it will no doubt happen sooner or later.

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