York City and Rochdale Fight for Promotion
Introduction
York City and Rochdale AFC play one last game. Only one team can go up to League Two. Both teams have many points. But only the winner goes up now. The second team must play more games later.
Main Body
York City is first with 107 points. Rochdale is second with 105 points. Both teams are very good. Many people want more teams to go up to the league. Rochdale scored many late goals this year. Their stadium had problems with the grass. They played some games in another city. York City is very strong. They did not lose many points since January. Ollie Pearce scored 34 goals for York. Harrison Male stopped 19 goals for York. Ian Henderson is 40 years old. He plays for Rochdale. He will probably stop playing after this game. York fans wanted more tickets. The police said no. Rochdale only sold tickets to their own fans. Rochdale was in the league for 102 years. They left three years ago. York City wants to go back to the league after ten years.
Conclusion
The game at Spotland is very important. The winner goes to the professional league. The loser must play in the play-offs. This is hard. Only six of the last twenty-three second-place teams won that way.