If we win at Hartlepool next Saturday it will go to the last game of the season – against Yeovil in front of a near capacity crowd. If we go second next Saturday, a win against Yeovil would take us up! How amazing would that be? It would be so wonderful, and because it's against Yeovil, it would be the best way to banish those dreadful memories of the play-off semi-final defeat of almost a year ago. It would be like something out of a fairy tale.
However, as nice as it is to dream, we've got to be realistic. While the gap is only three points, Doncaster and Carlisle have a couple of very easy looking home fixtures in their last couple of games against Luton and Bournemouth respectively. Luton have a dreadful away record with just one win all season, and being relegated, have nothing to play for at all, but pride, of which they don't seem to have much at all. Bournemouth, however, are in very good form lately, and they might still be able to avoid relegation on the last day of the season. With both Carlisle and Bournemouth needing victory for very different reasons, perhaps they'll cancel each other out and it will be a draw. All we need is for Carlisle to lose at Millwall, which isn't out of the question as Millwall need the points to stave off the threat of relegation.
There is also a possibility that Leeds United could win their appeal to get their 15 points back. The result of the appeal will be revealed before May 1st – a few days before the Yeovil game. Imagine Forest are in second place by then, and then Leeds get their points back. That would make it impossible for Forest to go up by beating Yeovil. I pity whoever misses out on automatic promotion if they do win their appeal. I would be absolutely livid if it was Forest. I can't see how they can get their points back when they signed an agreement which waived their rights for appeal. No wonder they're called 'Dirty Leeds'. They'll be 'Filthy despicable Leeds' if they steal promotion from under somebody's noses.
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