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Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest: Championship play-off final – live!
Minute-by-minute updates of the 4.30pm BST kick-offForest’s shrewd loan deals could pay off with promotionHuddersfield hope history repeats itself in playoff finalEmail rob.smyth@theguardian.com with any thoughts
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Championship playoff final between Huddersfield and Nottingham Forest at Wembley. We’re contractually obliged to call this “the richest game in football”, and what a thoroughly miserable viewpoint that is. This game is about money, of course it is, but it’s also about glory, euphoria and the creation of eternal memories.
By tonight, one of these teams will be a top-flight side – Forest for the first time since 1999, Huddersfield for only the second time since 1972. There is such goodwill towards Forest, particularly among us older farts, and the world will feel slightly less deranged if they are back in the Premier League next season. But there are two teams playing today, and in many ways Huddersfield being promoted would be an even better story.
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