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Preston 0 Leeds 2 (agg 1-3) - ITV

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Nine-man Leeds are just one win away from ending their two-year exile from the Premiership after two goals in the space of four minutes from Rob Hulse and Frazer Richardson settled their play-off semi-final with Preston. With the first leg ending in a 1-1 draw at Elland Road on Friday, North End enjoyed the better of the first half but Leeds' double strike just before the hour put them into the Championship play-off final against Watford or Crystal Palace a week on Sunday. United, who had six other players cautioned, had defender Stephen Crainey and Richard Cresswell both sent off for two yellow cards. But despite North End's Tyrone Mears having a goal chalked off, the hosts could not get back into the game. It was a bitter contest which included a power failure at half-time, second-half crowd trouble and a number of melees involving the two sets of players. But exactly five years since they reached a Champions League semi-final against Valencia, United took a major step back ...