'I've never been part of a game like it' - how the play-off shootout unfolded

Spoiler alert: Hull City were the one to get over the line with their victory against Norwich. And below is a snapshot of how the Tigers came out on top at the end of a day that started with Hollywood-backed Wrexham in sixth and saw Derby threatening to gatecrash the play-offs when leading Sheffield United at half-time. It all began with Wrexham in pole position to continue their hopes of challenging for promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs.

Numbers were crunched by statisticians (see the table above) and predictions aplenty were made by pundits who had the Red Dragons - a club going for a fourth-successive promotion under the ownership of Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac - as favourites to finish sixth. How quickly that changed once their game against Middlesbrough, Hull's meeting with Norwich and Derby's date with Sheffield United kicked off at 12:30 BST. 12:34: Middlesbrough's Tommy Conway opened the scoring at Wrexham, dropping the Welsh side out of play-off places.

At this point, it's advantage Hull. 12:36: The Tigers, who were feeling their way through the early moments of their game with Norwich, are only sixth for a matter of seconds as Sam Szmodics' tap-in finish for Derby gave the Rams an early lead. This advantage sent Derby, who started the day eighth, above both Hull and Wrexham into sixth in the live table.

Sam Szmodics put Derby County ahead against Sheffield United with this finish from point-blank range 12:58: A wondrous free-kick from Josh Windass got Wrexham back level against automatic-promotion hopefuls Middlesbrough. But it's still advantage Derby by a point. That goal coincided with Norwich taking the lead at Hull, which had the Tigers momentarily losing touch in eighth place before Oli McBurnie levelled within two minutes.