Coventry City captain Michael Doyle has claimed that Notts County's attitude prior to the League Two playoff semi-final second leg effectively did the team talk for his side.
The Sky Blues coasted to a 4-1 win on Friday night, putting them into the playoff final 5-2 on aggregate at the expense of the Magpies.
Doyle felt County gave Coventry an extra incentive because of things like the specially printed Wembley T-shirts and comments made by Alan Hardy.
βI just felt that they thought that before the game they were through,β he told Coventry Telegraph, referring to the chairmanβs programme column in which he talked about planning for the final.
βI read the programme notes from their chairman before the game and I just felt β and I am not having a pop β but I thought they thought they were already there.
βWe were told they had T-shirts in the dressing room for Wembley, so we werenβt going down without a fight.
"The lads were unbelievable and they deserve it. It just goes to show what happens when we get that consistency in the biggest game of the season, when thereβs so much pressure and so much at stake, and we go and play like that.β
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