After Spygate: Hull and Middlesbrough set for unique play-off final

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BBC Sport looks at the Championship play-off finalists Hull City and Middlesbrough after the build-up was dominated by Southampton and Spygate.

Hull City brag Sergej Jakirovic did not clasp backmost erstwhile asked astir his feelings connected wherever the furore surrounding Southampton's activities near his ain side.

"We tin accidental everything is unfair successful this past 2 weeks. You don't cognize what's going on," he told BBC Radio Humberside.

"We are collateral harm due to the fact that we are waiting connected [an] hostile and you don't cognize what's going on, what's happening."

The Tigers, who beat third-placed Millwall to unafraid their spot successful the play-off last past Monday, person been the division's astonishment bundle this season.

The East Yorkshire broadside survived relegation to League One connected extremity quality past May earlier appointing erstwhile Bosnia planetary Jakirovic arsenic their caller boss.

They were past deed with a three-window transportation embargo, which was aboriginal reduced to 2 aft a palmy appeal, and fewer had them down arsenic promotion contenders.

However, they confounded those expectations and spent the immense bulk of the play successful the apical six.

The Tigers were inactive successful automatic contention astatine the extremity of March lone for a six-game agelong successful April to permission them seventh going into the last day.

Victory astatine location implicit Norwich City and Boro's gully astatine Wrexham meant they climbed backmost into the play-off spots erstwhile it mattered astir and they overcame the Lions, who had finished 3 places and 10 points supra them, to scope Wembley.

Hull, who are looking for a 3rd triumph successful their 3rd Championship play-off final, volition beryllium without guardant Kyle Joseph with an wounded picked up successful the triumph astatine Millwall.

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