Wilson warns players

Bristol City manager Danny Wilson has warned his players they have achieved nothing yet, saying: "We are still 90 minutes away from the holy grail of First Division football."

Wilson wants the Robins players and fans to keep their feet on the ground following an exhilarating Division Two semi-final play-off victory over Hartlepool at Ashton Gate.

City, beaten by Cardiff at the semi-final stage last year, had trailed until the 88th minute of the return following Antony Sweeney's 63rd-minute stooping header in the return.

But a gutsy comeback by the Robins saw Marc Goodfellow, on as a 73rd-minute replacement for Brian Tinnion, nod home a right-wing cross from Christian Roberts in the 88th minute to seemingly force extra-time.

Then, in the third minute of six added on as stoppage time by referee Graham Poll, Roberts advanced into the Hartlepool box to slot a sidefooted winner past goalkeeper Jim Provett.

Now City can look forward to meeting either Swindon or Brighton in the play-off final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium with the Seagulls carrying a 1-0 advantage into tonight's Withdean Stadium second leg.

And Wilson said: "At this stage, I don't think it matters who we get in the final because whoever we play will take some beating after having got there on merit.

"It will take a while for us to come down from beating Hartlepool but we have got a good while to prepare for the final and whoever we play at Cardiff you can be sure we will respect them.

"But getting this far certainly doesn't make up for going out last year because to my mind we have not achieved anything yet."

Meanwhile, defeated Hartlepool boss Neale Cooper cited the enforced substitutions of injured centre-back pairing Michael Barron and Chris Westwood as a significant factor in the visitors' downfall.

The Victoria Park chief said: "We lost two players in Westwood and Barron who had been immense for us and the reshuffle changed things around for us and also gave the opposition a lift."