I've watched that replay a dozen times and I still can't decide if the ball actually went over the line.wearthefoxhat wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 4:11 pmCrazy scenes in the Rochdale v York game. (National League)
Rochdale 1-0, 6 minutes added, heading for automatic promotion, but....
York equalise in the 102nd minute, 5 defenders on the line, ball hits one of the defenders on the line, goal given.
Rochdale 1-1 York - York automatically promoted...
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Tottenham win their first game this year.
Who should go down — Spurs or West Ham?
I think the other sides around them have started to hit the kind of form that gives them hope, belief, and the fight they need to stay up. But Spurs and West Ham? Different question.
A club the size of Spurs being in the bottom three after 34 games is not bad luck — it’s systemic failure. Yes, they’ve just ended a 15-game league winless run with a late 1-0 win at already-relegated Wolves, and yes, they’ve brought in yet another manager. But does that really suggest they have enough to stay up?
West Ham are not safe, but they are still in control. That stoppage-time winner against Everton was massive and piled even more pressure on Spurs. If West Ham go down from here, it means they failed under pressure when the escape door was wide open — and maybe that means they simply don’t deserve to be in the highest league.
I don’t buy the idea that either club is “too big to go down”. The relegation monster doesn’t check gate receipts or trophy cabinets first — it just confirms you were worse than the rest.
My instinct says it will be Spurs. I’m not convinced they know how to fight when the need is really there, whereas the teams around them look more like battlers.
If neither Spurs nor West Ham go down, then for me it can only be because Leeds or Nottingham Forest completely collapse.
I think the other sides around them have started to hit the kind of form that gives them hope, belief, and the fight they need to stay up. But Spurs and West Ham? Different question.
A club the size of Spurs being in the bottom three after 34 games is not bad luck — it’s systemic failure. Yes, they’ve just ended a 15-game league winless run with a late 1-0 win at already-relegated Wolves, and yes, they’ve brought in yet another manager. But does that really suggest they have enough to stay up?
West Ham are not safe, but they are still in control. That stoppage-time winner against Everton was massive and piled even more pressure on Spurs. If West Ham go down from here, it means they failed under pressure when the escape door was wide open — and maybe that means they simply don’t deserve to be in the highest league.
I don’t buy the idea that either club is “too big to go down”. The relegation monster doesn’t check gate receipts or trophy cabinets first — it just confirms you were worse than the rest.
My instinct says it will be Spurs. I’m not convinced they know how to fight when the need is really there, whereas the teams around them look more like battlers.
If neither Spurs nor West Ham go down, then for me it can only be because Leeds or Nottingham Forest completely collapse.