Blue Square Summary
Tuesday night's fixture between Cambridge United and Burton Albion is the only remaining fixture to take place before the Playoff Finals of the three Blue Square divisions. This follows second leg action over the past three days that has seen great drama take place.
Exeter City booked their place at Wembley for the second consecutive year with an astonishing victory in their derby clash against Torquay United. Trailing by a goal on the day and 3-1 on aggregate, away from home, there looked no way back for The Grecians.
The final twenty minutes of the tie saw the visitors strike four times, including one from each of Paul Tisdale's three substitutes, and it is they who make the trip to Wembley on May 18th.
Kevin Hill had opened the scoring for Torquay on the day that he equalled the club's all time record for appearances, his 474th outing for the club, but it did not prove enough and Torquay will have to seek victory in Saturday's FA Trophy Final to take any solace from their loss.

Saturday saw the southern division Semi-finals completed, and the Final will be contested by Eastbourne Borough and Hampton & Richmond Borough. The sides reached that stage after highly contrasting victories; the former 5-0 on aggregate while the latter on penalties.
Eastbourne, favourites to join Lewes in the Blue Square Premier next season, overcame Braintree Town 3-0 thanks to two late goals and they will be confident of reaching the height of non-league football for the first time in their history.
Hampton & Richmond have also never reached this level of football, but they are only 90 minutes away from doing so after they held their nerve to win 4-2 on penalties against Fisher Athletic. The game had finished goalless to force the game into extra time after the first leg ended 1-1.
Meanwhile Barrow and Stalybridge Celtic will compete in the northern final at Burton's Pirelli Stadium. Barrow, who had originally finished in the last playoff spot, completed sucessive 2-0 wins over AFC Telford to comfortably reach the final.
Things were much closer at Bower Fold as Stalybridge needed penalties to end Southport's hopes of climbing back up to the division they fell from twelve months ago.
Founder members of the Third Division (North) in 1921, Stalybridge will perhaps be favourites to return to the top level for the first time in six years after their 2-1 victory set up a 5-3 penalty triumph.
After Tuesday's match at The Abbey Stadium, only three matches will remain in the Blue Square divisions this season, and following this Bank Holiday weekend action, promotion is only one game away for three of the sides involved.
Matt Ramsay















