MK Dons played Scunthorpe United in the second leg of the Division One play-off semi-final on Friday evening to see who would meet Millwall at Wembley to see who would be promoted to the Championship. The first half was played in a steady, light drizzle, and this effected the standard of the football. Both sides had chances, but I said to the man sitting next to me that we would be in for a long night, and that penalties seemed to be the only way this match would be decided.
It stopped raining for the second half, but it remained goalless, as did extra time. I had never before witnessed a penalty shoot out live. It was a memorable experience, the highs and lows of conversions or misses. By the time the first five penalties for each side were completed, the scores were equal, so we were into sudden death. At about penalty number fourteen, MK Dons' Jude Stirling had the chance to be a hero after Scunthorpe missed one. But he also missed. Willy Gueret, our goalkeeper took the next and scored, but so had Scunthorpe, and they then converted number seventeen. Up stepped Tore Andre Flo to keep the Dons alive. But his shot hit the bar and it was all over.
The atmosphere in the ground had been great all night, what it would have been like if MK had won, who knows. But when all is said and done, they are definitely not yet ready for a higher league, maybe another year. Roll on next season.
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