Violence mars English playoffs
China Daily | Updated: 2010-05-05 08:19
LONDON - Oxford United and York City will do battle at Wembley for a place in the English Football League following Monday's playoff semifinals, which were overshadowed by crowd violence.
The teams qualified for the May 16 Conference National play-off final, though ugly scenes marred the semis.
Oxford beat visitors Rushden and Diamonds 2-0 before 11,963 fans in the second leg at the Kassam Stadium to go through 3-1 on aggregate.
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