Olofinjana’s Wolves miss play-off slot

05.05.2008

DESPITE scoring an 87th minute goal against Plymouth on Sunday, Nigerian midfielder Seyi Olofinjana and his Wolvershampton Wanderers mates will have to wait for another season to make a bid for Premiership place as the team narrowly missed a play-off slot.

Wolves just missed out on a play-off place because their goal difference was minus one worse than that of Watford, which finished sixth in the Coca-Cola Championship.

Meanwhile, West Bromwich Albion was promoted to the English Premier League after two seasons away as champion of the second-tier Championship after a 2-0 win away to Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.

Stoke City, which hasn't played in English football's top flight since 1985, also gained automatic promotion after finishing runner-up after a goalless draw with Leicester City.

The result saw Leicester, which only four years ago were playing in the Premier