Maybe next year for Cobblers and Tranmere

Both clubs are sure of a top half of the table finish with 8th place possible for both teams.

Depending how the results go Tranmere could find themselves ending the campaign just 5 ponts short of the play off places but in reality neither side has shown the extra quality need to sustain a play off push.

The final day fixtures in League are:

Brighton	v	Swansea City	15.00
Carlisle Utd	v	Bournemouth	15.00
Cheltenham	v	Doncaster	15.00
Crewe	v	Oldham	15.00
Leeds Utd	v	Gillingham	15.00
Leyton Orient	v	Bristol Rovers	15.00
Luton Town	v	Huddersfield	15.00
Northampton	v	Tranmere	15.00
Nottm Forest	v	Yeovil	15.00
Southend	v	Port Vale	15.00
Swindon	v	Millwall	15.00
Walsall	v	Hartlepool	15.00

The league table with one game to go reads:

Latest match Saturday, 26th April 2008		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	EP
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	[P] Swansea City	45		13	5	5	38	21		13	6	3	43	21		26	11	8	81	42		89	+39
2	Doncaster Rovers	45		14	4	5	34	18		9	7	6	30	21		23	11	11	64	39		80	+25
3	Nottingham Forest	45		12	8	2	34	11		9	8	6	27	19		21	16	8	61	30		79	+31
4	Carlisle United	45		17	2	3	38	15		6	8	9	25	30		23	10	12	63	45		79	+18
5	Southend United	45		12	5	5	34	19		10	4	9	35	35		22	9	14	69	54		75	+15
6	Leeds United (-15)	45		14	4	4	39	17		12	6	5	31	20		26	10	9	70	37		73	+33
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	45		12	6	4	37	24		7	6	10	21	25		19	12	14	58	49		69	+9
8	Tranmere Rovers	45		13	4	6	32	18		5	7	10	19	27		18	11	16	51	45		65	+6
9	Oldham Athletic	45		10	7	6	32	21		7	6	9	22	24		17	13	15	54	45		64	+9
10	Walsall	45		7	8	7	25	24		9	7	7	25	20		16	15	14	50	44		63	+6
11	Northampton Town	45		11	6	5	36	20		5	9	9	22	34		16	15	14	58	54		63	+4
12	Huddersfield Town	45		12	4	7	29	22		7	2	13	20	40		19	6	20	49	62		63	-13
13	Swindon Town	45		11	5	6	39	23		4	8	11	22	32		15	13	17	61	55		58	+6
14	Leyton Orient	45		8	6	8	24	28		7	6	10	22	34		15	12	18	46	62		57	-16
15	Hartlepool United	45		11	5	7	40	26		4	3	15	21	38		15	8	22	61	64		53	-3
16	Bristol Rovers	45		5	10	8	25	30		7	7	8	19	20		12	17	16	44	50		53	-6
17	Millwall	45		9	4	10	30	26		5	6	11	14	32		14	10	21	44	58		52	-14
18	Yeovil Town	45		9	4	10	19	27		5	6	11	17	29		14	10	21	36	56		52	-20
19	Crewe Alexandra	45		8	6	8	26	29		4	8	11	20	32		12	14	19	46	61		50	-15
20	Cheltenham Town	45		9	8	5	21	20		3	4	16	19	43		12	12	21	40	63		48	-23
21	Bournemouth (-10)	45		10	4	9	31	35		7	2	13	30	36		17	6	22	61	71		47	-10
22	Gillingham	45		9	9	5	26	22		2	4	16	17	49		11	13	21	43	71		46	-28
23	[R] Port Vale	45		5	8	10	26	35		4	2	16	20	45		9	10	26	46	80		37	-34
24	[R] Luton Town (-10)	45		10	5	7	29	24		1	5	17	14	38		11	10	24	43	62		33	-19