Pool had to win, and hope that only one of their three rivals could match them. That, in the end, that was exactly how the results of their rivals concluded. It was Pool who couldn’t keep their end of the bargain, although they started in the same way as they had last week. I would suppose that three sets of supporters around the country would have been seriously spooked only four minutes in. Reading were decent, and always looked dangerous. They came out to play. The Play Offs hinged on the cusp of HT, when Kyle Joseph was played in. Reading’s keeper came flying out of his goal to block the shot that was bound come. It hit him on his outstretched arm, and deflected over the bat for a corner, from which Reading broke to equalise.
Fine margins ; 1-1 might have been 2-0. Had Pool won it, they would have had to agonise in hope until the 96th minute at Oakwell until the permutation set was complete. We can now only wonder at what might have been.
Fine margins ; 1-1 might have been 2-0. Had Pool won it, they would have had to agonise in hope until the 96th minute at Oakwell until the permutation set was complete. We can now only wonder at what might have been.
