Morecambe v Newport County: League Two play-off final – live!
31-May-2021 13:02:46 | The Guardian
The Newport bench includes 42-year-old Morecambe legend Kevin Ellison, who is not a huge fan of his old boss Derek Adams.
STARTING XI | Derek Adams has named his #Shrimps side to face @NewportCounty at @WembleyStadium in this afternoon's @SkyBetLeagueTwo play-off final!!! ⚽️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/84NvNU8zSI
| Here's how the Exiles line-up for the @SkyBetLeagueTwo play-off final against @ShrimpsOfficial.
Michael Flynn makes one change from the semi-final second leg against @FGRFC_Official as @JossLabadie replaces @AntHartigan. #OneClubOneCounty pic.twitter.com/VLptUtlwUe
Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minute coverage of the League Two play-off final between Morecambe and Newport County at Wembley. This is, gulp, the 1665th and final game of another soul-stirring EFL season, and one way or another it’s going end on a high. By 5pm, at a push 6pm, one of these teams will be in the giddiest of stratospheres: League One.
Morecambe have never played in the third tier before; nor have this iteration of Newport County. They were last in the old Division Three in 1986-87, a couple of years before the club went out of business. A reformed team started in the Hellenic League, where they played the likes of Kintbury Rangers and Almondsbury Picksons, and eventually returned to the Football League in 2013 under the late, legendary Justin Edinburgh.
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