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Leyton Orient manager Martin Ling has predicted a Leeds United v Southend United play-off final:

“Leeds are the team entering the League One play-offs in the best form and they are my tip to join Swansea and Nottingham Forest in the Championship next season.

“Stick their 15 points back on and Gary McAllister’s side would be 11 points superior to Doncaster and Carlisle, who will be smarting after they way their seasons ended. In fact, I’d take Southend to beat Donny in the other semi final.

“I just feel that Leeds and Southend will be in better heart than the other two sides and the semi finals come around very quickly.”

Members and Season Ticket holders’ priority booking period for tickets for the Carlisle United play-off semi-final ends at 17:00hrs, Tuesday May 6th and then any remaining tickets will go on general sale, where they will be limited to just four per applicant. The general sale begins sale at 09:00hrs, Wednesday 7th May.

This is a Category B game (unfortunately, our application for category C status was rejected by Mawhinney’s Football League and the other play-off clubs - see our story and the hilarious comments from indignant fans from the other clubs after we called them money-grubbing hypocrites) and so ticket prices are as follows:

Prices: Adults/Senior Citizen/Juvenile.
North Stands £20/£13/£10
South Stand £20/£13/£10
West Stand £28/£28#/£28*
East Central Lower £28/£28#/£28*
East Upper £20/£13/£10
# £21 for Senior Citizen Season Ticket holders
* £18 for Juvenile Season Ticket holders

Following today’s Leeds United victory over Gillingham we have leap-frogged Southend United in the final League table and finished fifth. This means we meet Carlisle United in the play-offs. Here are the details:

The Elland Road tie will be played at on Monday May 12 at 7.45pm with the away leg at Brunton Park on Thursday May 15, 7.45pm.

Doncaster Rovers meet Southend in the other play-off semi-final.
 

Ken Bates got his wish when his Leeds United side took all three points against Gillingham and condemned Paul Scally’s Kent side to League Two.

Because of results elsewhere Gillingham were relegated without the Leeds result but Ken got satisfaction of watching the man who vociferously led the support for the Football League deducting 15 points from Leeds United being vocally ridiculed by 38,000 Leeds fans and his team beaten on the pitch.

Gillingham took the lead in the first half to the delight of several hundred Gills fans who had the courage to be there when their team faced almost certain relegation. However, Leeds hit back in the second half with a stunning volley from Bradley Johnson from a cross by the underrated Seb Carole and an 88th minute winner from a one-on-one with the Gills keeper by Tresor Kandol.

Ken’s day was complete and “mouthy”  Scally was left to rue the decision he so publicly endorsed back in August 2007 - perhaps Scally should focus on his own club in future and remember the rhyme about tweaking a tiger by its tail…