[Lord Snooty]

May 4:

It was on this date in 2013 that we had that crazy game at home to Barnsley, which ended with an all Yorkshire love-in.

Wolves and Bristol City had already been relegated from the Championship, but the third and final relegation slot was still undecided, with us, Barnsley, Peterborough, Millwall, Blackburn and Sheffield Wednesday all in with a chance of claiming that unwanted drop to the obscurity of lower league football.

It didn't start well for Town when Chris O'Grady scored for the Tykes in the 14th minute. That was the score at half time, 1-0 to Barnsley. Peterborough were winning at Crystal Palace as well, but right on half time, Palace got a penalty and so with 45 minutes gone, it was the Pish who were in the bottom three.

The second half started and Town were still too close for comfort. Jermaine Beckford eased our worries though in the 54th minute, giving us the equaliser. What a relief!

Wednesday were 2-0 up and safe. Millwall were still goal less at Derby. Then Jordan Rhodes got an equaliser for Blackburn at Birmingham, which would have them safe. That was his 30th goal of the season, two for us and twenty eight for Rovers. And still they were involved in a relegation battle!

That's when it all took a bad turn for the Terriers and got us all in a dither. News came through that Peter-bloody-borough had gone and scored again at Palace. Even worse, Barnsley scored again to go 2-1 up through Jason Scotland.

We were now in the bottom three, because we had the worst goal difference of all the clubs involved!

Don't panic! Here comes James Vaughan with the equaliser. We were only in that drop zone for seven minutes, but it wasn't a very nice seven minutes.

Now with the Pish still leading, that put Barnsley in trouble, so it was all guns blazing towards our goal. Our defence stood strong. Derby then scored. Millwall were now going down and Barnsley were safe.

Then came the twist of fate at Selhurst Park. Not only did Kevin Philips equalise for Palace, they went and took the lead in the 89th minute through Mile Jedinak. That put Peterborough on the trapdoor, with the hangman's hand poised to pull the lever.

However, if Town managed to get a winner in the last minute, Barnsley would still be relegated. What happened next was probably against the spirit of the game, but what the hell. Town knew they were safe with a point. We certainly weren't going to press and look for a winner and Barnsley were happy enough to play keep ball. They took it to the extreme though as their management instructed the keeper, Luke Steele, to just keep it to himself in his own area.

The Town players looked to the bench for instructions. Vaughaney set off to go and intercept their keeper. The crowd yelled at him to stay back. The news was good. Pish were still behind. The ref looked on again at the Reds goalie still fannying about and thought sod it. He blew his whistle and all sides of the John McAlpharm Stadium erupted with delight.

Even more so when confirmation came through that Peterborough were relegated, just a couple of years after beating us in the Play Off Final. What a shame!

The Town fans who had invaded the pitch went over to the Barnsley fans, but there was no aggression, no trouble at all, just chants all round of YORKSHIRE! YORKSHIRE! YORKSHIRE!

So we finished the season in 19th with 58 points. Barnsley in 21st with 55. And poor old Peterborough were relegated with 54 points, probably the biggest points total to go down with.