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Play-Off Final joy for Hull City, Bolton & Notts County!

Hugh Woozencroft is joined by the former Stevenage and Southend United Midfielder Adrian Clarke for our final show of the season as we reflect on all of the drama from the weekend's Play-Off Finals! We're joined by Hull reporter for 'Hull Live' Barry Cooper as we look back on the Tigers victory over Middlesbrough to secure Premier League football next season! Can they potentially surprise a few in the top tier? We focus on a great day out for Bolton Wanderers as they're heading back to the Championship and Notts County put Salford City to the sword as the Magpies return to League One after 11 years away. We also hand out our 'EFL Awards' with our players and managers of the season for each division, Clarkey gives us his EFL team of the season and Hugh has a hot take that West Ham fans won't like....


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  • Host: Hugh Woozencroft @HughWoozencroft
  • Pundit: Adrian Clarke @adrianjclarke
  • Exec Producer: Will Varney


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