Crawley Town beat MK Dons to reach play-off final - how the day unfolded - video Dailymotion

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Crawley Town beat MK Dons 5-1 (8-1 on aggregate) in the League Two play-off semi-final to reach Wembley for the first time in the club's history. Here is SussexWorld's Mark Dunford's diary of the historic day

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00:00 So got my snacks I'm here ready I'm just about to go and pick Lucas up he's

00:04 helping me with the coverage of Crawley Town at MK Don's for the

00:09 second leg of the League Two playoff semi-final. Yeah got some snacks got some

00:13 drinks ready for a long two and a half hour trip to Milton Keynes by the looks of it.

00:18 Yeah this is our journey.

00:23 Hello you alright? Yeah good.

00:29 [Radio chatter]

00:40 [Car engine]

00:47 Hi mate yeah we're here to cover the game Crawley Town part of the

01:05 media team I registered my number plate with them. Yeah of course you can, Mark Dunford.

01:16 Yeah over there yeah cool lovely cheers mate.

01:31 [Car engine]

01:39 So our entrance gate 7 going in there to collect our accreditation hopefully go

01:52 up to the media lounge. So we've got our passes now we are going up to the media

01:59 lounge to see what we can have up there I think we get free tea and coffee maybe

02:05 some food later so yeah more stairs.

02:11 Thank you.

02:14 [Car engine]

02:25 [Car engine]

02:43 That's good

02:46 Look at that.

02:48 Better time mate.

02:50 [Laughter]

02:52 [Car engine]

03:04 What's up mate?

03:06 You alright?

03:08 [Car engine]

03:17 Hi Larry how you doing?

03:19 [Applause]

03:29 [Car engine]

03:38 How are you?

03:40 [Applause]

03:52 [Applause]

04:02 [Applause]

04:12 [Applause]

04:32 [Applause]

04:52 [Applause]

05:02 [Laughter]

05:14 The horse head is pretty special.

05:16 It is pretty good isn't it?

05:18 Yep. I'm going to go and have a chat with her in a minute.

05:22 [Laughter]

05:24 [Car engine]

05:34 Here comes the gaffer.

05:36 Oh.

05:38 [Car engine]

05:46 [Applause]

05:58 Lindsay can you sign?

06:00 [Car engine]

06:12 Sorry I'm live on Facebook. I'm from the Crawley Observer.

06:14 Hello how you doing? Can I take your name?

06:16 What's your name? I'm Karen.

06:18 Karen. I mean we don't have to ask what's inspired the horse head.

06:20 [Laughter]

06:22 It's probably the one and only one here at the moment.

06:24 Yeah.

06:26 But if they start a crag.

06:28 If they get there.

06:30 Fingers crossed.

06:32 What score prediction tonight?

06:34 Well I don't care as a horse.

06:36 Fair enough.

06:38 1-1. Going 1-1. Excellent.

06:40 Well I hope you enjoy the game.

06:42 It's been awesome. The season has been fantastic.

06:44 It's been amazing. Scott Lindsay has done an incredible job.

06:46 We only need a draw anyway.

06:48 Yeah. Exactly.

06:50 The fact that he believes in the law of attraction has done it for me.

06:52 I believe in all of that.

06:54 That was really interesting to hear him talking about that wasn't it?

06:56 Yeah. I've had a few chats with him and I didn't know he was into that.

06:58 And now I do. I totally believe he's got it to the right.

07:00 Brilliant.

07:02 Go away. Good luck. Cheers. Take care.

07:04 So that was the Crawley Town players arriving at Stadium MK today for the first time.

07:06 So that was the Crawley Town players arriving at Stadium MK today for the first time.

07:10 For the second leg of their play-off semi-final of MK Dons.

07:12 3-0 up from the first game.

07:14 So yeah.

07:16 They're firm favourites but nobody's taking anything for granted.

07:18 We saw what happened with Kru and Doncaster last night.

07:20 We saw what happened with Kru and Doncaster last night.

07:22 And we saw what happened with Peter Brinsheff Wednesday last year.

07:24 And we saw what happened with Peter Brinsheff Wednesday last year.

07:26 So it's going to be a very, very interesting game.

07:28 So it's going to be a very, very interesting game.

07:30 Spoke to Scott Lindsay on Thursday.

07:32 And he was saying that

07:34 obviously a clean sheet gets them through

07:36 but they're not coming here just to defend

07:38 and keep a clean sheet.

07:40 They were still coming to go out on the win.

07:42 It's a style that's kept them in good stead all season.

07:44 It's a style that's kept them in good stead all season.

07:46 Yes, they have had slip-ups here and there

07:48 but they're in the play-offs. First time ever.

07:50 Looking to get to Wembley for the first time.

07:52 And now, here we are

07:54 at Stadium MK

07:56 at the Double Tree Hill.

07:58 And it is an impressive stadium

08:00 but it's going to be weird inside

08:02 when it's half full

08:04 when it's half full and a bit echoey.

08:06 Give me a Brawlfield Stadium

08:08 any day of the week with that atmosphere that we had on Tuesday night.

08:10 So, here we go.

08:12 Lots of MK fans

08:14 hanging around waiting to

08:16 see players.

08:18 So I'm just going to walk you up now.

08:20 So I'm just going to walk you up now.

08:22 There you go, MK Dons.

08:24 I'm going to walk you up now

08:26 to the media area.

08:30 There's another Crawley Town fan there.

08:32 Sorry, I'm live on Facebook at the moment.

08:34 Good luck.

08:36 Some more MK Dons fans

08:38 coming round here.

08:40 I think that somebody said they were expecting

08:42 about 12,000 here today.

08:44 1600 plus

08:46 Crawley fans.

08:48 So, my money's

08:50 on Crawley fans making more noise.

08:52 So I'm just going back into the

08:54 media room.

08:56 So I might get a bit out of breath in a minute.

08:58 Because

09:00 shit.

09:02 Here's the

09:04 not sure exactly where the Crawley fans

09:06 are sitting.

09:08 That's Lucas Michael who's helping us do

09:10 the coverage today.

09:12 [crowd noise]

09:22 [crowd noise]

09:46 [crowd noise]

10:06 [crowd noise]

10:16 [crowd noise]

10:28 [crowd noise]

10:40 [crowd noise]

10:54 [crowd noise]

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11:36 [crowd noise]

12:02 [crowd noise]

12:16 [whistle]

12:18 [crowd noise]

12:32 [crowd noise]

12:48 It's a miracle, isn't it?

12:50 My life, I mean, I've waited all my life

12:52 for this. Wembley,

12:54 Holytown, 8-1-1

12:56 I'm going, "Oh, Mark, can you

12:58 believe it? I'm so happy."

13:00 [crowd noise]

13:16 [crowd noise]

13:40 [crowd noise]

14:08 [crowd noise]

14:34 Yeah, incredibly proud.

14:36 Unbelievable feeling

14:38 to take such a wonderful football club

14:40 to Wembley for the first time.

14:42 I'm really proud of everybody

14:44 who's been involved in the work that's gone in

14:46 to get to this stage. It's just incredible.

14:48 I'm really,

14:50 really proud.

14:52 We were backed to go

14:54 down.

14:56 We've proved a lot of people wrong.

14:58 And I want to thank everybody

15:02 for proving us up.

15:04 For not backing us.

15:06 I want to thank everybody for that because it's fuelled me

15:08 and the players. So thanks for that.

15:10 Unbelievable.

15:12 I know it's cliche.

15:14 I don't think there are any words. Who would have thought it?

15:16 Corley Town,

15:18 firstly coming in here and putting on an unbelievable performance

15:20 on the night. And then I think someone just said

15:22 to me, "Highest ever aggregate win in a playoff game."

15:24 Yeah, I just heard that as well. Yeah.

15:26 What do you say to that?

15:28 Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Everyone deserves it.

15:30 Unbelievable. I don't think there's words to

15:32 quite put into how

15:34 the boys are feeling, how I'm feeling.

15:36 It's a fantastic achievement.

15:38 We're not done yet. There's one more game to go and we're

15:40 looking forward to going to Wembley and putting on a show there.

15:42 So here we are

15:44 after the game where all the Crawley fans

15:46 are waiting for their players.

15:48 There's Will Wright over there.

15:54 Karl Arriman

15:56 talking to family

15:58 and friends and supporters.

16:00 Ready to get

16:02 on their coach back to their hotel to celebrate.

16:04 I don't think it was who it is.

16:22 Yeah.

16:24 Is that all right?

16:26 Yeah.

16:28 We've had something like this since we played against Man U

16:30 all them years back.

16:32 Yeah.

16:34 This is history for Crawley, to be honest.

16:36 It's history and we

16:38 going into the second leg

16:40 it was a bit squeaky.

16:42 Are they going to pull it back?

16:44 Didn't give them a sniff. Never in doubt, was it?

16:46 They could have had Hazley

16:48 but they still wouldn't have got a sniff.

16:50 Sorry, I've just got to get the Crawley Observer shirt. Lovely.

16:52 Good. Yes. Sorry.

16:54 If we could take

16:56 So, we're going to Wembley and you want to mount him in Ireland, right?

17:00 Yeah.

17:01 Go!

17:02 Ossie! Ossie! Ossie!

17:04 Go get it, Ossie!

17:06 Ossie! Ossie! Ossie!

17:08 Go get it, Ossie!

17:10 Ossie! Ossie! Ossie!

17:12 Go get it, Ossie!

17:14 Ossie! Ossie! Ossie!

17:16 He's really coming.

17:23 He's waiting for you to come back.

17:26 Yeah!

17:27 Ossie! Ossie! Ossie!

17:29 Go get it, Ossie!

17:31 Ossie! Ossie! Ossie!

17:33 Go get it, Ossie!

17:35 Go get it, Ossie!

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18:47 Go get it, Ossie!

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18:51 Yeah, it's been an incredible night

18:55 and there's one more incredible day to come.

18:58 Next Sunday, Crawley Town

19:00 at Wembley in the playoff final.

19:02 Can you believe it? I can.

19:04 can.

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