The 2018 EFL League Two play-off final was an association football match
played on 28 May 2018 at Wembley Stadium (pictured), London, between
Coventry City F.C. and Exeter City F.C. The match determined the fourth
and final team to gain promotion from EFL League Two, English football's
fourth tier, to EFL League One; the top three teams of the 2017–18 EFL
League Two season were automatically promoted to the 2018–19 EFL
League One. Teams placed from fourth to seventh in the table took part
in play-off semi-finals, with the winners of these semi-finals competing
for the final place. Coventry won the match 3–1. Coventry opened the
scoring through Jordan Willis, followed by two more goals from Jordan
Shipley and Jack Grimmer. Exeter had a consolation goal in the last
minutes of the match, thanks to a curled strike from Kyle Edwards.
Coventry earned their first promotion since 1967, with Marc McNulty,
their striker, being named the man of the match.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_EFL_League_Two_play-off_final>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1892:
Scottish-American preservationist John Muir founded the
environmental organization Sierra Club in California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir>
1940:
Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending
the Battle of Belgium.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_%281940%29>
1987:
Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from
Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near
Red Square in Moscow.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust>
2010:
A train derailment and collision in the West Midnapore district
of West Bengal, India, caused the deaths of at least 148 passengers.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnaneswari_Express_train_derailment>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
aquaplane:
1. (originally US, water sports) A board on which a person stands to
ride for leisure which is pulled on a water surface by a motorboat.
2. To ride for leisure standing up on a board pulled on a water surface
by a motorboat.
3. (by extension, chiefly Britain, automotive) Of a car or other road
vehicle: to lose traction with the road due to the vehicle's tyres
sliding on a film of water on the road.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/aquaplane>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored.
--Ian Fleming
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming>
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