Then play it over THREE matches, and the highest place team is home in TWO of them. Extra revenue, plus there is no worry over 46 games boiling down to 1.
We'd all love to play Wednesday over 270 minutes, right? (At least we'd have Dale back for the final if we made it...)
What a day. Huge pitch invasion afterwards where I bumped into Dick Knight and couldn't think of anything to say other than "I love you". Then the drive back to Southampton soaked through - Hiney I'm guessing your car might just about have dried out 12 years later?
The "advantage" is solely that the second leg is at home. The decisive game where we know what we need in the last 15 minutes will be at home, plus any extra-time or penalties would be at home.
That's it.
To give a real advantage it should be a one-leg match, with the highest place team at...