Rovers booked a Wembley date against their Yorkshire neighbours by crushing Southend United 5-1 in Friday's semi-final second leg at the Keepmoat Stadium.

But O'Driscoll is taking nothing for granted and has warned that the job of winning promotion is far from done.

Without the 15-point penalty imposed by the Football League, Leeds would have finished 11 points clear of Rovers this season and gone up automatically.

O'Driscoll said: "The job is still only half done and now we have to try and finish it against a very good Leeds team.

"It's a Yorkshire derby and it will be a good occasion for everybody," he added. "It depends what Leeds do about being favourites. I don't think (manager) Gary McAllister will be putting that message to his players; he is too experienced and too good a manager to do that.

"But to come back from 15 points and get into a play-off final, you have to give them credit. I have watched the two play-off games against Carlisle and they are a good side.

"We will both be prepared and we have both got one foot in the door of the Championship. But only of us is going through – and we have to do our best to make sure it is us."

While O'Driscoll admits that he was surprised by his side's margin of victory on Friday night, he stressed that the team had performed like that for the majority of the season without turning possession into goals.

"Sometimes you don't always get your just rewards in games," he said. "That was not a one off, we have played like that for the majority of season. We have got goals all over the team."

For Rovers chairman John Ryan, Friday night's result turned his pre-season dream of a play-off final against Leeds into reality.

Ryan has rubbished suggestions that he might decide to step down if the club ends its 50 year wait for a return to the second tier of English football.

"I don't know where those rumours come from," he said. "But I won't walk away. I have been here for 10 years and had five in the Conference. Why should I walk away when we are in the Championship? Not at all.

"I have supported this club for 50 years and we have had very little success in that period," he added. "Now, to go the Millennium and win the Johnstone's Trophy last year, get to a play-off final at Wembley the next, it is the stuff that dreams are made of, particularly for a club that was so low when I took it over."

Looking ahead to the Leeds game, Ryan said: "It won't be easy but when we turn it on, no-one at this level can with us.

"Against Southend on Friday night, we were absolutely fantastic and played total football. As Barnsley supporters would say, 'it was just like watching Brazil!'

"I am really looking forward to Wembley now. My dream is nearly complete, all we need is to beat Leeds United. Both teams are capable of playing silky football. It could be an incredible game."

Striker James Hayter, meanwhile, is looking forward to the second play-off final of his career having helped Bournemouth win the League Two final against Lincoln City at the Millennium Stadium five years ago.

Hayter made his first start since New Year's Day against Southend and is set to keep his place at Wembley in the absence of the suspended Paul Heffernan.

"I have been chomping at the bit and wanting to play for a while and, now I have got my chance, I intend to take it with both hands," he said.

"I suppose its great timing ahead of a trip to Wembley and I have played at the Millennium Stadium with Bournemouth in a play-off final so I know what it is all about," he added.

"Leeds are a good team and, in any other year, they would have been promoted automatically without the points deduction. I watched the Carlisle game and thought they did very well. But if we get our passing football going, the Wembley pitch could suit us"

Midfielder Richie Wellens, meanwhile, will undergo further treatment on a hernia problem this week to ensure he is available for Sunday's game at Wembley.

Wellens returned to the side against Southend and is delaying a hernia operation to help Rovers win promotion.