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.
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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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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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Those whom the Gods wish to destroy, they first make bored. --Ian Fleming https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ian_Fleming