Plymouth and Portsmouth secure promotion from League Two
Plymouth and Portsmouth have both been promoted from League Two after securing wins on Easter Monday.
Two first-half goals in the space of three minutes ensured Plymouth cruised to a 6-1 win over Newport, while Pompey won 3-1 at Notts County to spark a pitch invasion.
At Plymouth, two goals apiece from Matt Kennedy and Jake Jervis were followed up by strikes from Graham Carey and Ryan Taylor to wrap up a stunning win.
Plymouth's players celebrate on the pitch with supporters after securing promotion
Supporters were quick to invade the pitch at Home Park as Plymouth celebrated going up
LEAGUE TWO RESULTS Cheltenham 2-1 Grimsby Accrington Stanley 1-0 Crawley Barnet 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers Cambridge 1-0 Exeter Carlisle 1-1 Stevenage Doncaster 0-1 Blackpool Leyton Orient 2-1 Hartlepool Mansfield 1-1 Luton Town Morecambe 1-1 Colchester Notts County 1-3 Portsmouth Plymouth 6-1 Newport County Yeovil 3-0 Crewe Alexandra
Aaron Williams added a late consolation as the Pilgrims secured promotion, while Newport remain in the bottom two despite Hartlepool going down to fellow strugglers Leyton Orient.
A late brace from Jamal Lowe was enough to see Portsmouth through, clinching promotion back to the third tier.
Gareth Evans scored from the spot after Kal Naismith was brought down, before Jorge Grant equalised five minutes after half-time. However Lowe came off the bench to secure Pompey's win, and spark a pitch invasion as they celebrated promotion.
Orient, who faced relegation from the Football League if they failed to win, kept their slim hopes alive after coming from behind to win.
Rhys Oates gave the visitors the lead, before Victor Adeboyejo and Tristan Abrahams struck before the break to earn a first win in eight for the basement club.
Luton's failure to win at Mansfield ensured Portsmouth grabbed an automatic spot, with Danny Hylton equalising for the Hatters after Alfie Potter's opener in a 1-1 draw.
Meanwhile, Portsmouth fans were celebrating their own promotion at Notts County
Conor Chaplin rides the Portsmouth fans as they celebrate going up to League One
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Cheltenham gained a valuable three points in the relegation battle after seeing off Grimsby 2-1.
Goals from Will Boyle and Harry Pell put the Robins on course for victory before the visitors pulled one back through James Berrett, while Gavin Gunning was sent off for Grimsby.
Blackpool moved into the final play-off spot after grabbing a late 1-0 win over already-promoted Doncaster.
Matty Blair was sent off for Darren Ferguson's men, but there was late drama as Brad Potts missed an 88th-minute penalty, only for Craig Alcock to bring down Will Aimson moments later and give Jordan Flores the chance to land the decisive blow.
Stevenage and Carlisle, two teams in the hunt for a play-off place, could only manage a 1-1 draw after goals from Steven Schumacher and Jabo Ibehre, while Shay McCartan scored the only goal as Accrington beat Crawley 1-0.
Plymouth's players are currently second but cannot drop out of the automatic places
Portsmouth are third but they too cannot drop any lower, meaning they head to League One
Leon Legge's first-half header saw Cambridge move up to ninth in the table, just a point outside the play-offs, as they beat sixth-placed Exeter 1-0.
Wycombe, another side still with hope of a top-seven place, claimed a comfortable 2-0 win at Barnet thanks to goals from Sam Saunders and Joe Jacobson.
Yeovil moved above Crewe and look to have secured safety with a 3-0 win, with goals coming from Matt Dolan, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro and Otis Khan
Michael Rose's late penalty secured a share of the points for Morecambe and Colchester, after Richard Brindley had opened the scoring in a 1-1 draw.