Swindon suffer penalty shoot-out heartache
Swindon Town have missed out on a play-off final showdown with West Country rivals Yeovil after losing to Brentford on penalties.
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Swindon suffer penalty shoot-out heartache
Swindon Town have missed out on a play-off final showdown with West Country rivals Yeovil after losing to Brentford on penalties.
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Swindon Town have lost the penalty shoot-out to Brentford.
The home side scored all five of their kicks, but Miles Storey's penalty was saved by goalkeeper Simon Moore.
Brentford will play Yeovil in the final on May 19th, with the winners promoted to the Championship.
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Swindon match goes to penalties
It's full time in extra time. The score is still 3-3 (4-4 on agg), so penalties will decide who goes through to play Yeovil Town at Wembley on May 19th.
Half-time in extra time
It's half-time in extra time, and the score is still 3-3 on the night, 4-4 on aggregate.
Swindon have been reduced to ten men after Nathan Byrne was sent off for a second bookable offence.
Fifteen minutes to play, and possibly penalties...
Swindon match goes into extra time after late goal
Swindon Town's play-off semi-final second leg at Brentford has gone into extra time.
Town were trailing 3-2 (4-3 on agg) with just seconds remaining. But Aden Flint's unstoppable header in the fifth minute of stoppage time means there will be an extra 30 minutes at Griffin Park.
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Swindon Town 1 - 1 Brentford
Swindon Town were denied a first leg victory in their League One play-off semi-final with Brentford after conceding an injury time penalty.
Massimo Luongo had given Town the lead from the edge of the area twenty minutes from time.
But Luongo went from hero to villain when he brought down Harry Forrester in the box in the third minute of added time, and Kevin O'Connor made no mistake from the spot.
The second leg will be played at Griffin Park on Monday.
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