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Barnsley
Flitcroft’s sights set much higher after agreeing Tykes deal
Barnsley would have given David Flitcroft a new contract as manager even if he had failed in his attempt to secure their Championship status.
Barnsley’s strategy is key to new deal for Flitcroft
BARNSLEY remain optimistic that David Flitcroft will sign a new deal at Oakwell shortly, with further talks planned with the 39-year-old today.
People’s jobs were on line, says Kennedy
Tom Kennedy insists Barnsley’s go-slow in Saturday’s farcical denouement at Huddersfield Town was fully justified with so many people’s jobs riding on the game’s outcome.
Work to be done before Flitcroft agrees new deal
BARNSLEY managing director Don Rowing has confirmed the club will offer David Flitcroft a new deal and is confident he will accept it following completion of the Reds’ stunning great escape.
Steele spares thought for Peterborough amid euphoria
YORKSHIRE football was the big winner in Saturday’s draw between Huddersfield Town and Barnsley with all four sides of the ground resounding to “We are staying up” and choruses of “Yorkshire, Yorkshire”.
Bradford City
Parkinson hails ‘dream start’ as Bradford City secure promotion
Bradford City completed a memorable season with a 3-0 destruction of Northampton Town in the League Two play-off final at Wembley.
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Bradford 3 Northampton 0 - FT
BRADFORD CITY’S six-year stint in the Football League basement was ended in style at Wembley as the Bantams claimed a spectacular redemption moment at the venue where they were humbled in the Capital One Cup.
History awaits as Bantams plan Wembley redemption
PHIL PARKINSON last night challenged his Bradford City side to claim a “deserved” place in history by turning a tremendous season into a memorable one.
Let’s turn it into a phenomenal season, says City saviour Rhodes
FOR more years than Julian Rhodes cares to remember, money dominated the daily agenda at Valley Parade. Or, more specifically, a lack of it did.
Doncaster
Appleton now vying with Dickov to take charge at the Keepmoat
PAUL DICKOV and Michael Appleton will be interviewed for the vacant manager’s post at Doncaster Rovers today.
Dickov favourite for Rovers as quartet set for interview stage
DONCASTER ROVERS will interview four candidates for the vacant Keepmoat Stadium post – with bookies’ favourites Paul Dickov understood to be one of those who will be spoken to.
Yorkshire clubs give us good cause to raise a glass to toast their success
Sheffield United’s disappointment at Yeovil placed a minor blot on an otherwise impressive season for the White Rose contingent. Richard Sutcliffe reflects on an exhilarating campaign.
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Doncaster Rovers: We’ll wait and see if Saunders applies – Ryan
Doncaster Rovers chairman John Ryan is refusing to rule out the prospect of Dean Saunders making an astonishing return to the Keepmoat Stadium – just four months after his departure to Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Flynn staying in new role, Worthington in his old one
DONCASTER ROVERS chairman John Ryan hopes to have Brian Flynn’s replacement as manager in place within “a couple of weeks”.
Huddersfield Town
Terriers trio released as Hoyle targets move to sign Vaughan
HUDDERSFIELD Town owner Dean Hoyle is prepared to back manager Mark Robins’s plans aimed at ensuring they do not have to go through the agonies of another relegation battle next season.
Huddersfield Town 2 Barnsley 2: Flitcroft is focus of ‘love-in’ as survival is assured
NEVER in doubt, was it?
FT: Huddersfield Town 2-2 Barnsley - both Yorkshire sides safe
Barnsley manager David Flitcroft said he would celebrate the last-day draw at Huddersfield that secured his side npower Championship survival by visiting his dad’s grave in Bolton.
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Match Centre: Hull City reach Premier League; Huddersfield Town, Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday all safe
The Championship finale is a huge day for four Yorkshire clubs with promotion and survival issues still to be decided. Follow the results here.
Flitcroft is pledging that Reds will fight all the way
DAVID FLITCROFT has promised Barnsley supporters that his players will be fighting until their last breath in their bid to seal a truly remarkable ‘Great Escape’ mission today.
Hull City
Simpson heads for the KC exit as Tigers chief Bruce rebuilds
JAY SIMPSON heads the list of a dozen players released by Hull City ahead of the club’s return to the Premier League.
putting smile on face of the city
AS Assem Allam gazed out over the thousands of Tigers fans celebrating promotion a week ago, he felt a warm glow.
Allam left all at sea by interest shown in the Tigers
CONSIDERING Hull City will next season be attempting to negotiate the often choppy seas of the Premier League, perhaps it was appropriate that Assem Allam spent Thursday night aboard one of the Royal Navy’s most iconic vessels commemorating the anniversary of one of history’s most important battles.
Hull’s promotion sees Allams’ spending soar to £66m mark
HULL CITY chairman Assem Allam has revealed the price of promotion to the Premier League: a £16m loss for the season.
Yorkshire clubs give us good cause to raise a glass to toast their success
Sheffield United’s disappointment at Yeovil placed a minor blot on an otherwise impressive season for the White Rose contingent. Richard Sutcliffe reflects on an exhilarating campaign.
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Leeds United
Police boss demands law change for football charging
WEST Yorkshire’s police commissioner is lobbying the Government for an “urgent change” in the law to allow forces to charge for keeping the peace in a wider area around football grounds.
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Gulf owner sells off more of Leeds Utd - but not to Ken Bates
GFH Capital has further diluted its stake in Leeds United by assigning a small portion of shares to unnamed members of the club’s board.
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‘Value play’ as Gulf bank’s books reveal more gambling over Leeds future
THE International Investment Bank, the Bahraini firm which bought 10 per cent of Leeds United in March, paid £2.5million for its minority stake according to the company’s latest financial report.
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Leeds defender Byram caps off fine season with England call-up
Sam Byram will receive his first international call-up tomorrow when he is named in England’s provisional squad for the Under-20 World Cup.
SportsTalk: Bradford City back at Wembley SPECIAL, plus the cost of Hull City’s promotion, Challenge Cup review and what now for Leeds Carnegie
Two podcasts for the price of one this week - we preview Bradford City’s latest trip to Wembley, and look in-depth at Hull City’s promotion to the Premier League. Download to your iPod or listen online to this Yorkshire Post podcast.
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Rotherham
When legend Moore achieved the ‘impossible dream’ during glorious chapter for the Millers
Eleven thousand fans packed into the New York Stadium last Saturday to watch Rotherham United clinch promotion to League One.
Stewart planning two steps ahead all the way to the top
The dust has barely had time to settle on Rotherham United’s promotion from League Two but already Tony Stewart and Steve Evans are plotting more success. Nick Westby reports.
Double delight
Fans of Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United jubilantly celebrated their club’s promotions on a dramatic and momentous day for South Yorkshire football.
Rotherham United 2 Aldershot 0: Relief all round as Millers deliver on promise
After a pair of relegations, two spells in administration, an exile in a neighbouring city and a play-off final defeat in the last decade, Rotherham United are at last looking up again.
FT: Rotherham United 2-0 Aldershot - Millers promoted
Rotherham United have won promotion back to League One at a bouncing, packed-to-the-rafters New York Stadium.
Sheffield United
Leeds-blades violence: New appeal for last three suspects
DETECTIVES investigating football violence involving Leeds United and Sheffield United supporters today launched a new appeal to trace three men who remain unidentified.
Winter facing challenging summer on return to Blades
Julian Winter admits that it came as a surprise to be asked to head back to Bramall Lane as chief executive . Richard Sutcliffe reports on the problems – and potential – he sees in front of him.
Morgan and six others placed on Blades’ shortlist
CHRIS MORGAN is on a seven-man shortlist to become Sheffield United’s next permanent manager, new chief executive Julian Winter has revealed.
Yorkshire clubs give us good cause to raise a glass to toast their success
Sheffield United’s disappointment at Yeovil placed a minor blot on an otherwise impressive season for the White Rose contingent. Richard Sutcliffe reflects on an exhilarating campaign.
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Yeovil Town 2 Sheffield United 0: Morgan wants chance to lift defeated Blades
Yeovil win 2-1 on aggregate
MAYBE the stay-away Sheffield United fans knew all along that the club’s play-off hoodoo was not going to be ended this year.
Sheffield Wednesday
Harking back to the glory times for USA hero
John Harkes will always be remembered in football as the first American to score in a major English Cup final, writes Richard Hercock.
Pulling pints and coaching women’s football in States...
Chris Woods (goalkeeper): England goalkeeper widely blamed for FA Cup final replay extra-time goal, after failing to deal with Andy Linighan’s header. Now Everton’s goalkeeping coach.
Waddle walking in his wonderland under shadows of the Twin Towers
Nick Westby talks to Sheffield Wednesday legend Chris Waddle on the 20th anniversary of the FA Cup final against Arsenal when Wembley was a second home to the boys from S6.
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Middlesbrough 0: Posh’s premature party spurred Owls to move safely over the line
WHILE all the drama unfolded at the KC and John Smith’s stadiums, Sheffield Wednesday’s arrival at their stated destination was far more serene.
FT: Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Middlesbrough - Owls are safe
Loan stars Steve Howard and Leroy Lita scored first-half goals as Sheffield Wednesday secured their Championship status for another season.
York City
Flynn staying in new role, Worthington in his old one
DONCASTER ROVERS chairman John Ryan hopes to have Brian Flynn’s replacement as manager in place within “a couple of weeks”.
Hicks reveals what the drop would have cost
YORK CITY director Sophie Hicks admits relegation to the Conference could have forced the club to go part-time, writes Richard Sutcliffe.
Successful survival mission can act as springboard for the Minstermen
WHEN Nigel Worthington was named as York City’s new manager in the first week of March, eyebrows were raised.
Dagenham & Red 0 York City 1: Worthington pride as York ‘stay up in style’
YORK City manager Nigel Worthington paid tribute to his side’s “12th man” as 1,159 fans saw their team enjoy this final-day win at Dagenham & Redbridge.
Double delight
Fans of Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United jubilantly celebrated their club’s promotions on a dramatic and momentous day for South Yorkshire football.
Non League
Halifax eye emotional return as Aspin bids to beat play-off jinx
FC HALIFAX Town manager Neil Aspin is 90 minutes away from ending over a quarter-of-a-century of pain and heartbreak tomorrow.
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Other clubs
SportsTalk: Bradford City back at Wembley SPECIAL, plus the cost of Hull City’s promotion, Challenge Cup review and what now for Leeds Carnegie
Two podcasts for the price of one this week - we preview Bradford City’s latest trip to Wembley, and look in-depth at Hull City’s promotion to the Premier League. Download to your iPod or listen online to this Yorkshire Post podcast.
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Mancini sacked ‘with regret’ by City after ‘stated targets missed’
Roberto Mancini was last night sacked as manager of Manchester City – exactly a year to the day after delivering the Premier League title.
Two-goal Zaha in line to leave perfect present for Palace fans
Wilfried Zaha ensured his Crystal Palace farewell party will be at Wembley after his two goals sank arch-rivals Brighton in the Championship play-off semi-final second-leg.
Rooney’s future still unclear amid celebrations
Manchester United declared they had “got their trophy back” at the end of last night’s Premier League title-winning parade – but there was no word on whether Wayne Rooney will still be around for the start of their defence.
Fergie: I decided to bring down curtain on career at Christmas
Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed he made his mind up to retire in December.
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