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Play-off
Semi-Final 2nd Leg: Monday 8 May 2006
Preston North End 0 - 2 Leeds United
(Half-time: 0 - 0)
Crowd: 20383
Referee: M Thorpe (Suffolk)
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Leeds are marching towards the Premiership but Kevin Blackwell's
side appear to be wearing hobnail boots. They collected eight
yellow cards and had two players, Stephen Crainey and Richard
Cresswell, sent off for second bookable offences during a heated
encounter studded with spiteful tackles in which Preston's Brett
Ormerod broke a leg and Carlo Nash fractured a cheekbone.
In the midst of the mayhem - and, significantly, before the two
dismissals - Leeds scored two goals, Rob Hulse and Frazer
Richardson propelling them towards a play-off final in Cardiff
against Crystal Palace or, more probably, Watford.
When a power cut plunged Deepdale into darkness as the half-time
whistle blew it was possibly an omen that the lights were about to
go on Preston's season. Though the second half started after a
30-minute delay, Billy Davies's side rarely looked like building on
the initiative they believed they had gained in drawing 1-1 at
Elland Road last Friday.
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