Stevenage Borough and Carlisle United will play in the play off final in Stoke-on-trent on May 14th. Carlisle United played infront of 10803 at Brunton Park and took a 2-0 lead but then in the last minute Jamie Slabber scored. There were no goals in extra time so the game went to penalties. Aldershot were 3-1 up and could of won but lost in the end 5-4.
Match report (from Aldershot-Mad):
Carlisle United overcame a 1-0 deficit from the first leg to book their place in the Conference play-off final after beating Aldershot 5-4 on penalties.
Aldershot substitute Jamie Slabber stunned the 10,803 record breaking Conference crowd by scoring with a header in the fourth minute of injury-time to make the score 2-2 on aggregate.
Two first-half Carlisle goals looked to have settled the tie before Aldershot's dramatic last-gasp effort.
Danny Livesey opened the scoring in the 13th minute, glancing home his fourth goal of the season from a Peter Murphy corner to level the aggregate score.
Chris Billy put United in front after 35 minutes when Brendan McGill left Darren Barnard for dead to whisk in a cross for Billy to sweep home.
Carlisle had chances to add to their score. Glenn Murray came close with a couple of headers and Derek Holmes saw a header hooked off the line by Tarkan Mustafa as early as the fifth minute.
Dwain Clarke and Tim Sills had chances for Aldershot and Steve Watson was unlucky to see his snap-shot rebound to safety off the woodwork in the 52nd minute.
A towering Holmes header came back off the post from a McGill cross two minutes later and David Beharall headed agonisingly over the bar seconds after Slabber's intervention.
Thirty minutes of extra-time failed to produce a goal and the game went into penalties. Will Antwi opened the scoring and Chris Lumsdon equalised for Carlisle before David Lee put Aldershot in front.
Nikki Bull saved from McGill before Slabber made it 3-1 for the visitors and when Murray saw his shot saved, United's chance seemed to have gone.
But Matt Glennon tipped Chris Giles' effort onto the bar and Magno Vieira made it 3-2 before Glennon saved again from Nick Crittenden.
With tension mounting Peter Murphy levelled the scores to send the shootout into sudden death.
Aldershot's Gary Holloway and United's Billy both scored to make it 4-4 and a brilliant Glennon save from Jon Challinor gave the home side the chance to clinch the tie.
Livesey opened the night's scoring and also finished it, giving Bull no chance for Carlisle to shade it 5-4.
Match report (from Aldershot-Mad):
Carlisle United overcame a 1-0 deficit from the first leg to book their place in the Conference play-off final after beating Aldershot 5-4 on penalties.
Aldershot substitute Jamie Slabber stunned the 10,803 record breaking Conference crowd by scoring with a header in the fourth minute of injury-time to make the score 2-2 on aggregate.
Two first-half Carlisle goals looked to have settled the tie before Aldershot's dramatic last-gasp effort.
Danny Livesey opened the scoring in the 13th minute, glancing home his fourth goal of the season from a Peter Murphy corner to level the aggregate score.
Chris Billy put United in front after 35 minutes when Brendan McGill left Darren Barnard for dead to whisk in a cross for Billy to sweep home.
Carlisle had chances to add to their score. Glenn Murray came close with a couple of headers and Derek Holmes saw a header hooked off the line by Tarkan Mustafa as early as the fifth minute.
Dwain Clarke and Tim Sills had chances for Aldershot and Steve Watson was unlucky to see his snap-shot rebound to safety off the woodwork in the 52nd minute.
A towering Holmes header came back off the post from a McGill cross two minutes later and David Beharall headed agonisingly over the bar seconds after Slabber's intervention.
Thirty minutes of extra-time failed to produce a goal and the game went into penalties. Will Antwi opened the scoring and Chris Lumsdon equalised for Carlisle before David Lee put Aldershot in front.
Nikki Bull saved from McGill before Slabber made it 3-1 for the visitors and when Murray saw his shot saved, United's chance seemed to have gone.
But Matt Glennon tipped Chris Giles' effort onto the bar and Magno Vieira made it 3-2 before Glennon saved again from Nick Crittenden.
With tension mounting Peter Murphy levelled the scores to send the shootout into sudden death.
Aldershot's Gary Holloway and United's Billy both scored to make it 4-4 and a brilliant Glennon save from Jon Challinor gave the home side the chance to clinch the tie.
Livesey opened the night's scoring and also finished it, giving Bull no chance for Carlisle to shade it 5-4.
Stevenage Borough with only around 400 fans cheering them on at Edger Street and they won 1-0 with a goal in the 69th minute from Dino Maamria to sent them to Stoke.
Match report (From Stevenage Borough-mad):
Dino Maamria headed the decisive goal after 69 minutes to earn Stevenage a place in the Nationwide Conference play-off final for the first time.
Tunisian born Maamria was on hand to nod the ball into the net after Craig Mawson produced a fine save to keep out a drive from Anthony Elding.
"It was a great strike by Anthony Elding and a great save by Craig Mawson but I happened to be there when it came out and so I headed it in," said Maamria. "It's nice to get easy goals like that."
Stevenage goalkeeper Alan Julian had to work hard to keep his side in the game as Hereford created the better openings before the interval.
A fine run by Ryan Green on 24 minutes provided the cross for Rob Purdie to test the keeper with a good effort and seven minutes later Julian saved brilliantly from Craig Stanley after a good run and cross by Adam Stansfield set up the opening.
Seconds later Stanley was again deprived of the opening goal when his long-range drive was superbly turned away for a corner.
The keeper was left grasping at thin air on 36 minutes when Mark Robinson's curling free-kick flew a fraction the wrong side of the post.
After the break, referee Gary Sutton waved away confident appeals for a penalty when a Stevenage hand appeared to intercept Stansfield's cross.
But Hereford failed to create many problems after that and, following the goal, Stevenage were able to hold on for their final place in relative comfort.
Is this is the worst possible outcome??
I don't want any of them up but if I have to choose....
COME ON BORO!
