At Home Park, Plymouth Argyle (ended 21st in div) took on Scunthorpe United (23rd) on Saturday. Scunny were 0-2 down, they fought back to 2-2 by the incident described below with 30 minutes to go.
Scunthorpe's chairman, Peter Swann, apologised for his club's unsporting behaviour. Argyle's goalkeeper, Matt Macey, an Arsenal loanee, got injured and tried to throw the ball out of play to get treatment. It was intercepted by Scunny's Josh Morris, who chipped the ball (brilliantly) into the empty net.Argyle scored a third to make it 3-2.
Both teams were relegated anyway after Southend United surprisingly beat Sunderland who were heading for the play-offs.
AFC Wimbledon (20th survived) also won at Bradford City (bottom at 24th).
Argyle's Twitter feed described the incident as the "Most unsporting goal in Home Park history". For teams that are desperate, at which ever end of the division they are, any thing goes, apparently.
Is there a system in football for punishing unsporting behaviour?
On the other hand, who gave Sol Campbell a chance of lasting any time as manager at Macclesfield? Under duress when he arrived, they were 4 points adrift and bottom of the Division Two table only a month ago. The club has no training ground, using pitches at the independent school, The Grange at Northwich. The club is also subject to a winding up order and has money problems. Sol oversaw 7 wins and 10 draws in 25 games since November and ensured the Silkmen's survival from the drop into the National League.
Elliott Durrell scores Town's equaliser against Cambridge United to ensure survival.Notts County and Yeovil Town go down, leaving the Football League since its foundation in 1888. As of 2017-8 they have played most league games, 4894. They were a First Division side (that is Level 1 at that time) in 1991-2.
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