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It joins Norwich City and Sheffield United as the other clubs to gain promotion.
Of the 20 most expensive player purchases in Championship history, 14 were made in the last three seasons: to date, only one has helped his club gain promotion.
Finishing between third and sixth would pit them against three other teams in the playoffs, where they failed to gain promotion after losing in the semi-finals last season.
Among the 278,210 who watched Wimbledon beat Plymouth Argyle, 53-25, at Wembley Stadium on Monday to gain promotion was John Green, the American author whose book "The Fault in Our Stars" was turned into a low-budget movie estimated to have grossed more than $211 million worldwide.
In 2018 he helped the team gain promotion to Division 2 of Swedish football.
However, the team failed to gain promotion, and remained in the Maltese First Division.
Stockport County defeated Rochdale in the play-off final to gain promotion to League One.
In the 2009–10 season, Sako helped St. Pauli to gain promotion to the Bundesliga.
A title-winning 2012–13 campaign saw the team gain promotion to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.
After winning that league again in 2014-15, they were able to successfully gain promotion to the Segunda División Profesional.
Back at Lyngby, he helped the club finish second in the 2010 1st Division and gain promotion for the Superliga.
He remained in the Boro side for the rest of the season, although they failed to gain promotion from the Championship.
On 30 August 2016 he joined Apollon Pontou. He scored 11 goals, helping his team gain promotion to the Football League.
The lowest division is named Dzongkhag League where teams play in their respective districts (Dzongkhags) to gain promotion to the Super League.
With the club rebuilding the team following their failure to gain promotion, Sharp was placed on the transfer list in July 2009.
After helping them gain promotion to the top flight, his loan was made permanent. In international football, he represented Spain at U17 level.
However following Darlington's failure to gain promotion out of League Two in the 2007–08 season, Cummins was released by manager Dave Penney.
In October 2012, Stoican became head coach at CS Mioveni, with the primary objective of helping the team gain promotion to Liga I.
He helped Argyle gain promotion to the Second Division in 1974–75 but with his knee still causing him trouble he decided to retire.
On 27 May 2018, Santa Rosa Guachipilino won the Tercera Division play-off Final against Turin FESA to gain promotion to the segunda division.
After his retirement, he moved to the United States. He quickly returned from the US to help Haifa gain promotion after they were relegated.
The DamEttan play-offs feature the top teams from each division, competing against each other for a chance to gain promotion to the SDHL.
A social climbing father uses everything from poison pen letters to blackmail in order to gain promotion and wealth for his children through marriages.
Following the 2011/2012 season the University of Pretoria F.C. will gain promotion to the South African Premier Soccer League (PSL), the top domestic league.
In his first season, Dahar helped the team gain promotion to the CLP-1. He has been capped by Algeria at the Under-21 level.
In 2011, he left Lebanon to sign for Jordanian side Al-Ramtha; he scored 16 league goals in 33 games in two seasons at the club. Kassas was also sent on loan to Mabarra in 2012. helping them gain promotion to the Lebanese Premier League. Kassas returned to Lebanon in 2013, signing for Nabi Chit and also helping them gain promotion to the Lebanese Premier League.
Mihai Onicaş şi Vlad Rusu au semnat un contract pe trei ani After just a year, he helped the team gain promotion to the Liga I.
In 2015, Hungary finished second in its group in the 2015 IIHF World Championship Division I, behind Kazakhstan to gain promotion to the 2016 IIHF World Championship.
They remained in the fourth tier until Joe Allon's 28 goals helped them gain promotion via a third-place finish. This time their stay lasted three seasons.
During the 1896–97 English football season, Brentford competed in the London League Second Division. The club finished as runners-up to gain promotion to the First Division.
In 2005, he joined Alumni de Villa María helping them to gain promotion from Argentino B to Argentino A. He retired in 2006 at the age of 38.
This obtained the club a Play-Offs place. In the Play-Offs Iraklis managed to finish in the 1st place and gain promotion to Football League (2nd tier).
On 24 October 2016, Sirius defeated Halmstads BK 1–0 to gain promotion to the Allsvenskan for the first time in 42 years (since the 1973–74 season).
In May 2014, Fleetwood beat Burton Albion at Wembley in the League Two play-off final to gain promotion League One; the club's sixth promotion in ten years.
During his time he made funds available which allowed the team it to outdo most teams at this level for many years, and gain promotion into the professional leagues.
They were later relegated to the first division. After 2 unsuccessful attempts to gain promotion All Saints United hired Schyan Jeffers at the start of the 2016/17 season.
In the 2002–03 season, he scored 18 times - three times more than usual in his previous seasons and helped his club to gain promotion to the first league. The following season he could not repeat his previous seasons performance, and 1. FC Köln was again relegated. In the 2003–04 season, he netted 11 goals, second on the team to Lukas Podolski, in a season that saw FC Köln once again gain promotion.
He also played in their promotion/relegation play-off match against former side , but, despite scoring yet another try in the match, could not help gain promotion to Division A.
Ironically, of the Division Two sides, it was only the champions Small Heath who failed to gain promotion after they lost their test match replay against Newton Heath 5–2.
Norizam joins Penang FA for the 2013 season. In his first season with Penang he scored 15 goals thus helping the team to gain promotion to the Malaysia Premier League.
The top four teams from each group will progress to this stage and compete in a four- team competition to determine the three groups winners to gain promotion to the Ykkönen.
After Orijent failed to gain promotion to the first tier, Budicin was named head coach of Istra 1961 on 26 August 2020, succeeding Ivan Prelec, whose contract expired and was not renewed.
Rayners Lane were placed in Division One East. The 2012-13 season saw the club under manager Dene Gardner win the Division one east title and gain promotion to the Premier Division.
On 30 January 2017, Akpom joined Brighton & Hove Albion on loan until the end of the season. He made 10 appearances where he helped The Albion gain promotion to the Premier League.
In their first season, 1894–95, they won the Second Division title by a nine-point margin and beat Liverpool, the First Division's bottom club, in the test match to gain promotion.
On 31 January 2020, the last day of the winter transfer period, Breitkreuz left 3. Liga side Würzburger Kickers for VSG Altglienicke who were looking to gain promotion from the Regionalliga Nordost.
They then tried again in 2010 and 2011 but ultimately failed to gain promotion to the I-League. The club then skipped out of next season in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division.
Reading, however, failed to gain promotion so Little returned to Portsmouth, where he was released at the end of the 2008–09 season playing in just one game for the FA Cup holders.
McCathie's final appearance on the field was a 2–1 defeat against St.Mirren at St.Mirren Park on 6 January 1996. That season Dunfermline went on to gain promotion to the Scottish Premier Division.
James Storrie (31 March 1940 – 11 November 2014) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager, best known as a centre forward who helped Leeds United gain promotion in 1964 to the First Division.
He moved to Wrexham midway through the 1991–92 season, and went on to make over 100 league appearances for the "Red Dragons" helping the Welsh side to gain promotion in 1992–93.
During the 2010/11 season Zywiecki appeared in 24 league matches as he helped Dijon gain promotion to Ligue 1. In November 2011, Zywiecki moved to Championnat National side Étoile Fréjus Saint-Raphaël.
This was followed by a year with Bristol City, two seasons with Darlington, whom he helped gain promotion to the Second Division, and three years with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic where he finished his career.
After that, he avoided relegation with FK Novi Pazar in 2013. The latest notably job as a senior manager he had with FK Javor Ivanjica, when he gain promotion to Serbian SuperLiga in 2015.
Lee joined Second Division club Southern on a free transfer. His arrival had a great influence, as he led the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history.
However, Bury failed to gain promotion to League 1 as they missed out during the play- offs and Nelson was offered the chance to play in a higher division by several League 1 clubs.
In 2008 KFUM-Kameratene Oslo won their 3. divisjon group, and also won the playoff to gain promotion. It had formerly failed in such a playoff in 2004. In their first year in the 2.
Most recently they have again been playing in the Primera División Group "A" or "B". The club was able to gain promotion to the top Guatemalan league after winning the second and first division championships.
Salom scored a 94th-minute winner over Excursionistas which saw Barracas Central gain promotion to the Primera B Metropolitana. He then went on to sign with Olimpo de Bahía Blanca of the Argentine Primera División.
Club started program for changing players generation and left Meistriliiga. Once more it took just one season to gain promotion to the Naiste Esiliiga, when the club won the Naiste Teine liiga in the 2014.
His fifth goal of the 2019–20 season came on 29 December 2019, in a 5-4 win at Birmingham City. Harrison ultimately helped Leeds gain promotion to the Premier League as EFL Championship champions.
He joined Third Division club Shatin after spending a season at Hong Kong 08. He was one of the key members at the club to lead them gain promotion to First Division in two years.
Barthe started his club career with Saint-Étienne, representing however only its B-team. In 2006, he joined Rodez AF and helped the team to gain promotion to Championnat National during a 2006–07 season.
In the 2011–12 season, Battaglia scored 23 points in 25 games to help Karlskrona gain promotion to the HockeyAllsvenskan. Battaglia finished third among import players in league scoring behind Andrew Fournier and Bill Keenan.
Chapuis made 177 appearances in Ligue 2, and he helped three clubs gain promotion from the Championnat National to Ligue 2. His previous clubs include AS Nancy Lorraine, Louhans-Cuiseaux, FC Rouen and Stade Lavallois.
He continued his plunder in the next season, scoring 22 goals in 41 appearances. In the summer of 2000 however, following Rovers' failure to gain promotion, he handed in a transfer request to the club.
Whilst still playing, Skivington acted as assistant coach at Ealing Trailfinders from 2014 - 2016. Helping Ealing gain promotion from National 1 League in 2014/15 and a successful campaign in the championship in 2015/16.
The VFL however claimed the Championship on percentage after easily accounting for South Australia by 76 points. Tasmania topped the Section B ladder to gain promotion to the top flight in the 1950 Brisbane Carnival.
In February 2014, Bălan moved to second league club Voluntari, and eventually helped them gain promotion to the first league. In the 2015–16 season, Bălan made his Liga I debut while playing for them.
In his second season, he scored 12 goals throughout the season, including 3 goals in the promotion play-offs, which he helped the club gain promotion to the Second Division. Wong Wai helped the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history by scoring 12 goals in 19 games in the 2010–11 season. In the 2011–12 season, he failed to help the team prevent relegation to the Second Division, although he featured in most of the matches.
In 2013, Christopher Jackson signed a three-year deal with second division side, Keitrace FC. His ten goals in 19 appearances helped Keitrace FC gain promotion to the top tier of Liberian football, the First Division.
In total in 2015, Eissele scored seven goals in eleven appearances which helped Kemi win the Ykkönen and gain promotion to the Veikkausliiga for 2016. Football Association of Finland. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
United eventually failed to gain promotion after losing the Play-off final at Wembley to Huddersfield Town in a penalty shootout. After a six-year exile, United finally achieved promotion to the Championship in May 2017.
After securing promotion for club team, Porvenir Miraflores, and representing Peru at the 1964 Copa América, Geller joined Beitar and helped the club gain promotion to the Israeli top division. He also worked as an orthopedist.
Amoah returned to former club White Star Woluwe on the first day of 2012, 1 January, to help the club gain promotion from the 2011–12 Belgian Second Division to the 2012–2013 Belgian Pro League.
GS Prosotsani is a football club based in Prosotsani, Greece. It was founded in 1970.In 2007 they managed to gain promotion to National C Division (Football League 2 or Gamma Ethniki). They were relegated in 2008.
In November 2017, after helping Hull KR to gain promotion to the Super League, Dockar-Clay was granted an early release from his contract and returned to Australia, signing with the Townsville Blackhawks for the 2018 season.
After helping the team gain promotion back immediately (although he only appeared in eight matches), he did not have his contract renewed and chose to retire rather than represent another club than Español; he was only 29.
After being sacked by Sun Pegasus, Chan joined Hong Kong Second Division club Yuen Long as their head coach. He managed the club to gain promotion to the First Division as Yuen Long claimed the league title.
He was loaned to Fortuna Düsseldorf for the 2017–18 season. He played a key role in helping them gain promotion to the Bundesliga. He finished the 2017–18 season with eight goals in 28 matches played.
After helping the club gain promotion he was re- signed by the club on a three-year deal. While at Mumbai, Anas credited his former head coach Dave Booth for making him the defender he is today.
In 1996/97 Birr 1st XV team gained promotion from Division 4. Birr 2nd.XV won their section also in Division 4. In 1997/98, Birr maintained Division 3 status, narrowly failing to gain promotion to Division 2.
In the 1981–82 season Trusson missed only two of United's 46 league games and scored 11 goals to help the club gain promotion back to the Third Division at the first attempt. He was also the Sheffield United player of the year in seasons 1981-82 and 1982-83. In December 1983 he joined near-neighbours Rotherham United, where he spent four years and made nearly 150 appearances. In 1987, he moved to yet another Third Division club, Brighton & Hove Albion, and once again helped the team gain promotion.
In 1924, the club won the Second Division to gain promotion to the IFA First Division after finishing in second place to Cameroons 'B'. Because Cameroons 'A' team was already in the First Division the 'B' team could not gain promotion, East Bengal was next in line for promotion. However, more controversy arose since the IFA allowed only two Indian-based clubs in the IFA First Division. (At that time the IFA was a British organization.) This rule had previously deprived clubs like "Kumartuli" and "Town" from entering the First Division.
He then joined Cardiff City where he spent four seasons helping the club gain promotion in 1987–88. He scored a goal in the 2–0 win over Wrexham in the 1988 Welsh Cup final at Vetch Field.
Alessandro Spanò (born 30 June 1994) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career with Reggiana, helping them gain promotion to the Serie B in 2020 as their captain.
He then moved to Lobatse-based BMC, helping them gain promotion to the top flight in his last season. He joined Mahalapye United Hotspurs in 2004 as a player-manager and finally retired from playing altogether in 2006.
Basel suffered relegation that season. Monigatti played in 18 domestic league games and scored nine goals. In Basel's 1945–46 season Monigatti played only six league games, but helped Basel win the Nationalliga B group and gain promotion.
After following his father's tracks playing at Syrianska for six years, Michel Melki moved to AFC Eskilstuna in 2017, helping them gain promotion back to the Allsvenskan the following season. In 2019, he moved to Qatari side Al-Khor.
Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Chernivtsi Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing last in its group. The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by Bukovyna Chernivtsi.
Paul Bannon is a Gaelic football player from County Westmeath, Ireland. He plays for the Westmeath senior inter-county football team and for his local club Athlone. He helped Westmeath to gain promotion to Division 1 in 2006 & 2008.
In 1996, Thohir became head coach of First Division side Persikabo Bogor. During his tenure, the club managed to gain promotion to the Premier Division after winning the third place match against Perseden Denpasar 4–0 on 24 July 1997.
In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League will be relegated to the Second League. The top two teams from each group of the Second League will gain promotion to the First League for the next season.
He helped Horsens win the championship and gain promotion to the Superliga for the 2010–11 season. In August 2011, Nakajima-Farran was released from AC Horsens after having mutually agreed with the team to terminate the remainder of the contract.
While at Espanyol he helped them win a Campionat de Catalunya/Copa del Generalísimo www.linguasport.com double in 1940. In 1941 he joined Real Zaragoza and together with his brother Marià, www.zaragocistas.com helped them gain promotion to La Liga in 1942.
Kazakhstan First Division 2011 is the 16th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. 18 teams to play against each other on home-away system. Two top teams gain promotion to the Premier League next season.
Division 2 was made up of the 'second tier' hurling teams and featured eight teams divided into two groups. Limerick became the first team to be relegated, while Antrim became the first team to gain promotion under the new system.
Coimbra began his football career in 2007 with Guabirá. In 2012, he joined Sport Boys Warnes and helped the club gain promotion to first division the following year. His good form rewarded him with a transfer to Blooming in July 2014.
The top two teams of each group from Ukrainian Second League will gain promotion to Ukrainian First League next season. However, the third place team from Ukrainian Second League of each group will battle promomtion play-off to Ukrainian First League.
On 12 April 2011, he helped Brighton gain promotion to the Championship after a 4–3 win over Dagenham & Redbridge. At the end of the 2016–17 season, he retired from playing and became the assistant first team goalkeeping coach.
The 2014–15 Liga IV was the 73rd season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion.
The 2015–16 Liga IV was the 74th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion.
"Millwall 2–3 Scunthorpe" Millwall F.C. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2013. Millwall and Grabban did gain promotion via the playoffs during the 2009–10 season after winning the 2010 Football League One play-off Final against Swindon Town.
He was named as part of the Hungarian national team for the 2008 World Championships and helped his country gain promotion to Pool A. He competed with Hungary at the 2009 IIHF World Championships, playing against his birth country Canada.
United failed to gain promotion, but in September 2012, Doyle signed a new three-year contract with the club, committing his future until 2015. Doyle remained a regular in the side throughout the season as United fought another fruitless promotion battle.
The club was founded on August 15, 1958. They competed in 1993, in the first edition of the Campeonato Capixaba Second Level. The club competed again in 1994, failing to gain promotion to the Campeonato Capixaba First Level in both seasons.
The club was founded on November 22, 1942. Valério won the Campeonato Mineiro Second Level in 1964. They competed in the Série B in 1988 and in the Série C in 1993, but failed to gain promotion in both seasons.
Despite failing to reach the play-offs the feeling was greatly improved around the club for quite a while and there were high hopes Stoke could go one better in 2007–08 and finally gain promotion back to the top tier.
The 2016–17 Liga IV was the 75th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion.
The four promoted teams would be decided by two mini leagues at the conclusion of the regular season. The total number of teams competing in the mini leagues will be 12, they will be made up of the top two from each league with the best two 3rd placed teams from the Northern, North-east and Central-East leagues The top two from each mini league will gain promotion. The sides coming in 3rd and 4th position in the mini leagues would again play playoff matches against the bottom four clubs of Division 1 in order to gain promotion.
Bodø/Glimt took three years to gain promotion, due to the promotion rules. The first place holders in the two southern divisions gained instant promotion, but the first place holder in the northern second division had to compete in play-off matches against the two second place holders from the south. The league-system made a lot of bitterness in the north. This bitterness worsened in 1975 when Bodø/Glimt, as the first club form Northern- Norway, won the Norwegian Cup, but did not gain promotion due to the special play-off rules for the North-Norwegian clubs.
Jonne began his football career with C.A. Cerro, eventually helping the club gain promotion to the Primera División Uruguaya and winning a cap with the Uruguay national football team. Following promotion, rivals Club Nacional de Football signed him on a six month deal.
On 18 November, she scored her first goal for the club from the penalty spot in a 5–0 win away at Crystal Palace. Greenwood helped Manchester United win the Championship and gain promotion to the FA WSL in their debut season.
He helped Helsby gain promotion from the West Cheshire League Division Three to Division Two. After trial spells with Oxford United and Stevenage signed for Huddersfield Town's under-21 team after being approached by Steve Eyre, his former coach at Man City.
He dropped a division in 2015, appearing for re-banded Kasuka FC in the 2015 Brunei Premier League. He scored six goals to help Kasuka gain promotion to the 2016 Brunei Super League. Abu Bakar moved to Kota Ranger FC in 2016.
In 2012, Inez moved to Metz, where he helped the team gain promotion to the Ligue 2 a year later. In the following season he was dropped to the bench, making only nine starts in his second campaign at Stade Saint-Symphorien.
He returned to Scotland with Falkirk, and helped them gain promotion to Scottish League Division One. He then moved on to Raith Rovers, helping them reach a Scottish Cup semi-final. Aitken also played for Gala Fairydean before retiring from the game.
Kidderminster Harriers finished the season as Conference champions, but were unable to gain promotion to the Football League as their stadium failed to meet capacity requirements. As a result, the bottom placed Third Division club Northampton Town avoided relegation to the Conference.
While at Leigh, Dixon won the 2015 and 2016 Championship titles, and helped Leigh gain promotion to Super League via the 2016 Super 8s. In August 2016 it was announced that Dixon would be joining Toronto Wolfpack for their inaugural season in 2017.
Todd returned to management with Swindon Town. His spell at Swindon was unsuccessful as poor results meant the club faced a relegation battle when it had been hoped to gain promotion. Todd won only five out of twenty games with the club.
Earl has since moved back to Strand where he helped his local club Sirlowrians gain promotion to the top tier of club rugby in the Western Cape. His excellent form was rewarded by His selection for Western Province sevens team in 2014.
For the 2006–2007 season, it was rumored that he would make a comeback to his hometown team Sanat Naft of Abadan in case they were promoted to the IPL. Sanat Naft was not able to gain promotion, and Khaziravi remained in Foolad.
On 21 May 2012, he was out of contract and was subsequently released. After his release from Barnet, McLeod explained that he left the club for a new challenge with a team that could gain promotion rather than helping to avoid relegation.
Under Cho, Kim was a regular for the side that went on to gain promotion to the K League 1. In January 2020, featured for Korea in the AFC U23 Championship. Korea won the tournament to qualify for the 2020 Olympic Games.
In 2017–18 the first promotion play-off took place between the champions of the East of Scotland and South of Scotland leagues, with former SJFA East Region club Kelty Hearts winning 10–0 on aggregate over Threave Rovers to gain promotion.
Valencia moved to Spanish club Villarreal in 2005. After failing to break into the first-team, however, he was loaned to Recreativo to gain experience. Valencia helped Recreativo gain promotion to La Liga as they finished the season top of the table.
He stunned the Lilywhites with two goals, including one from a classy set up from Alan Moore. He was a constant fixture in the Burnley team during the 2001/2002 season, where Burnley looked likely to gain promotion to the Premier League.
The promotion play-offs were contested between the winners of each of the 2 groups in both zones, to determine the winners of the zones, who would be consequently promoted to the Premier League. The losers would still gain promotion to the National Super League.
The winter break was scheduled between 6 November 2010 and 5 March 2011. FK Dukla Prague secured the 2. Liga title on 27 May 2011. Viktoria Žižkov were confirmed as the second team to gain promotion to the Czech First League on 4 June 2011.
As a result of ban, Simonsen feared that the betting incident could see his future ruined. Eventually, Simonsen was released by Rangers at the end of the season, along with several other players, after the club failed to gain promotion to the Scottish Premiership.
Bridgeman left West Ham in 1906 to join Chelsea, helping them gain promotion to the First Division in 1912.Chelsea Football Club - A History. William Walter (Billy) Bridgeman After 160 games with Chelsea he moved to Southend United, where he ended his footballing career.
The promotion play-offs were contested between the winners of each of the 2 groups in both zones, to determine the winners of the zones, who would be consequently promoted to the Premier League. The losers would still gain promotion to the National Super League.
Maire began his professional football career with Besançon RC. He joined AC Ajaccio late in his career helping the Corsican club gain promotion to Ligue 1 during the 2010–11 season, but he spent most of his spell in Ligue 1 on the substitute's bench.
The 2006–07 season was Norwich City's second consecutive year in the Football League Championship after failing to gain promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt. This article shows statistics and lists all matches that Norwich City played in the season.
The NCL or National Conference League Division Three (known as the Kingstone Press NCL Division Three). The top 3 teams gain promotion to NCL Division Two .The bottom three sides have to renew their members any new members have to be elected to the league.
Ron Atkinson sold Cowans on 28 November 1991 for £200,000 to Blackburn Rovers. He helped them gain promotion to the new FA Premier League as Second Division play-off winners at Wembley. In his time at Ewood Park he played 50 times, scoring twice.
On 14 April, the club won 2–1 at Team Northumbria, to clinch the Division Two title and gain promotion to the Northern Football League Division One. In only their second ever Northern League campaign, Stockton reached the final of the 2018 FA Vase competition.
Both teams were among the best in this competition, and at the end of the season Reipas achieved promotion into the Mestaruussarja. In the 1962 and 1963 seasons, Pallo-Miehet came second in the eastern section, but they did not gain promotion into the Mestaruussarja.
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determined the two clubs from each league who enter the eight team promotion round, The top two teams of this round gain promotion to the Bayernliga. Should one or more teams from this league move up to the Oberliga without a Bavarian team being relegated from there, additional clubs from that round may gain promotion. The remaining six clubs in each league played out a relegation round with the last team in each of the four groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga. From season to season, clubs can be moved between divisions to geographically balance out promotion and relegation.
The 2010 Football League One Play-off Final was a football match that was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 29 May 2010, at the end of the 2009–10 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from League One to the Championship, and was contested by Millwall and Swindon Town. Millwall won the tense final 1–0 thanks to a Paul Robinson goal from close-range towards the end of the first-half. The victory saw captain Robinson's team return to the Championship after a four-year absence, having failed to gain promotion in their previous five play-off campaigns.
He also wanted to reach the Bundesliga with the club and believed it would be an achievable target before his contract expired. In the 2011–12 season, his final year at the club, he helped the team win the league title and gain promotion to the Bundesliga.
He helped Silkeborg gain promotion for the Superliga. At the end of 2019, Flinta announced his retirement at the age of 36. With a total of 386 games played for Silkeborg, he became the second most playing player in the club's history.Rørende afsked med Dennis Flinta, silkeborgif.
He signed for Troyes AC in January 2011 from Arles-Avignon, then in Ligue 1, and helped them avoid relegation in Ligue 2 that season. The following season, he helped them gain promotion to Ligue 1. He re-signed for Arles-Avignon in the 2012–13 season.
Ioannou has spent most of his career playing for Panachaiki. He signed with Panetolikos in the summer of 2012 and helped the team gain promotion to the 2013–2014 Greek Superleague. As his contract was not renewed, he signed with Panegialios in the summer of 2013.
Džomba was playing solidly the 1994-95 season but unfortunately Zamet was relegated at the end of the season finishing in 9th place. The next season Žiljak was appointed as head coach again. Džomba helped Zamet gain promotion form the 1.B league back to the 1.
In 2011-12 the first XV had a record-breaking season, winning all 18 games in Herts & Middlesex 1 to gain promotion to London 3 North West. Highlights included doing the double over both Hackney RFC and Old Priorians RFC, the closest challengers for the title.
Dié Fonéyé began playing football with local side Stella Club d'Adjamé, where he helped the club gain promotion to the first division. Midway through the following season, he joined rival first division side ASEC Mimosas, where he would win four league titles and three cup titles.
Girona qualified for the play-offs after failing to be automatically promoted in the final game of the season. The Catalans could not beat Lugo at Estadi Montilivi while Sporting Gijón beat Betis, to gain promotion. This will be the third time Girona has played this stage.
Fort William had given notice to withdraw from the league after years of struggling, but new investors came forward and the club opted to continue for at least another season. Champions Cove Rangers failed to gain promotion in the play-offs, so the league membership remained unchanged.
Morrison also plays internationally for the Ireland national ice hockey team where he helped them win silver in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships Division III and gain promotion to Division II. At the end of the 2009/10 season Mark ended his career for the Giants.
He helped his team reach the 1984 Korać Cup final, after scoring 34 points in the semi-final first leg against Zaragoza. After five years with Crvena zvezda, Kovačević went to Smelt Olimpija. Once again, Kovačević managed to help his team gain promotion from 1. B Federal Basketball League.
In June 2017, Stewart signed a one-year contract with Scottish League Two side Clyde. Stewart extended his contractor for a further year in May 2018, having made over thirty appearances for the club. After helping the club gain promotion to Scottish League One, Stewart's contract was not renewed.
In four seasons he was unable to gain promotion with the Saints and eventually resigned in 1996. He spent one season as East Fife's manager before becoming assistant to Jocky Scott at Dundee.In 2000, he coached South African premier league side Wits University F.C. now called Bidvest Wits.
The 2009–10 Liga IV was the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff on a neutral venue to gain promotion. The number of teams differ from one county association to another.
Muteb Mansour started his career at Al-Batin in the Saudi Professional League, during the 2018–19 season. He made his debut against Al- Nassr. During the 2018–19 season, Mansour helped Al-Batin gain promotion to the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League from the Saudi Professional League.
A.F.C. Bournemouth, Stoke City and Bradford City occupied the relegation places. Bournemouth did not return to second tier of English football until the 2014-15 season. The city of Bristol was celebrating after Rovers were crowned champions and City finished runners-up in the Third Division to gain promotion.
In 2018, it was confirmed that under current league requirements, Ayr United would be allowed to play matches at Somerset Park with minimal improvements to its facilities should they gain promotion to the SPFL Premiership, as the more stringent seating capacity regulations had been removed some years earlier.
Alemannia Aachen failed to gain promotion to the Bundesliga or even repeat their cup run of the previous season, but still enjoyed a decent run in the UEFA Cup, making it through the group stages before being knocked out in the round of 32 by eventual semi-finalists AZ.
After he made five appearances during the month, Birmingham allowed the loan to be extended to the end of the season. He was a regular starter throughout his loan spell, and helped the club gain promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history.
Greene joined Finnish side FC Haka, who were managed by English counterpart Keith Armstrong. During his time with the club he helped them gain promotion to the Veikkausliiga and then helped the club win the 1998 Veikkausliiga, as well as playing in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.
The 1980 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SKA Kiev. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Kiev managed to gain promotion by placing first in its group. The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by SKA Kiev.
He was subsequently loaned out to Quito-based club Universidad Católica for the rest of 2009 and helped the club gain promotion to the top-flight Serie A. In December 2010, he was re-signed by LDU Quito. Nowadays he is playing for the Deportivo Cuenca in Serie A.
He helped the Tykes gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club's history, only to be immediately relegated. Whilst in the Premier League he scored twice, in games against Blackburn Rovers and Southampton. He retired from football in 2003, at the age of 33.
His goals helped the team gain promotion to the first division in Bulgaria, for the first time in 28 years. On 23 May 2010, Bozhov scored the two goals in the A PFG promotion play-off against Nesebar and was voted Akademik's best player of the 2009–10 season.
A product of the youth academy of Sigma Olomouc, Šrom left the club at the age of 19 and joined 1. HFK Olomouc. He kept 12 clean sheets during 2011–12 season, helping the team gain promotion to the 2. liga. In January 2014, Šrom joined Baník Ostrava.
He was sold in co-ownership to Serie B team Cagliari in January 2004, where he played 14 matches and scored two goals helping them gain promotion to Serie A. The 2004–05 season, for which he remained at Cagliari, saw him score 2 goals in 25 matches.
Muradov began his professional career at Chavdar Etropole. In 2013, he moved to Montana. After helping the team to gain promotion to A Group, he was released from the team and joined the 3rd league team Botev Vratsa.Джамбазки взе Раиф Мурадов In January 2016, Muradov returned to Montana.
Clavier previously played for Portuguese side SC Freamunde and Angers SCO, helping them gain promotion from the Championnat National to Ligue 2 in the 2006–07 season.Championnat National final standings 2006–07 On 4 April 2012, Clavier signed a contract with V-League side, Dong Tam Long An FC.
Dias started coaching the India U14 football team in 2007 during the 2007 AFC U14 Festival. He stayed with India U14 for one year. In 2008 Dias signed with SESA Football Academy. He coached SESA during the 2009 I-League 2nd Division in which SESA failed to gain promotion.
1922 Konyaspor, formerly known as Anadolu Selçukspor and Konya Şeker SK, is a Turkish professional football club based in Konya. It was founded in 1955 and its colors are green and white. The club managed to gain promotion for the 2008–2009 season of the TFF Second League.
The 1995 Football League Third Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 27 May 1995, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of the Football League in the 1994–95 season. It was contested by Chesterfield, who finished third in the Third Division table, and Bury, who finished fourth. The teams reached the final by defeating Mansfield Town and Preston North End respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Chesterfield won the match 2–0 thanks to goals from Tony Lormor and Phil Robinson to gain promotion back to the third tier of English football five seasons after being relegated.
However their stay in Division One could only last a single season, and it took the club another three seasons to gain promotion again as Champions. The club maintained their winning ways the next season, as they then went on to win the Division One title for the third time in their history. Four seasons after their Championship win, the club were relegated back to Division Two, and it took the club till the end of the 1984–85 campaign to gain promotion, when they became champions of Division Two. The 1991–92 season saw their seven year stay in Division One come to an end after finishing in the bottom two.
The 1996 Football League Third Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1996, to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division of the Football League in the 1995–96 season. It was contested by Plymouth Argyle, who finished fourth in the Third Division table, and Darlington, who finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Colchester United and Hereford United respectively in the two-legged semi-finals. Plymouth Argyle won the match 1–0 thanks to a headed goal from Ronnie Mauge to gain promotion back to the third tier of English football one season after being relegated.
A further move in the second tier with Independiente Rivadavia arrived six months later. Ahead of the 2017–18 campaign, Curuchet signed for Primera B Metropolitana's Platense. He scored nine goals against nine opponents in his first season, helping Platense win the title to gain promotion to Primera B Nacional.
In the winter's transfer window of 2017–18 season, Marković signed with Javor Ivanjica. In 2018–19 season, he was the 2018–19 Serbian First League top goalscorer, helping the club to gain promotion to the Serbian Superliga. In September 2019, he signed a contract with the Moroccan club Mohammédia.
Etebo joined Portuguese LigaPro club Feirense in early 2016, he played four times in 2015–16, scoring once helping them to gain promotion to the Primeira Liga. He played 27 times in 2016–17 as Feirense finished in eight position narrowly misses out on a European place by two points.
In early 2012, Misidjan returned to Willem II and helped the team gain promotion to the Eredivisie, finishing the season with 6 goals in 14 matches. He made his first team debut in a 1–0 away loss against Den Bosch on 29 January 2012, coming on as a substitute.
On 30 January 2016 Akpom scored his first senior hat-trick in the FA Cup match away to Bury that Hull won 3–1. He was an unused substitute in the 2016 Championship play-off final at Wembley as Hull beat Sheffield Wednesday to gain promotion to the Premier League.
Alan Smith's first season as manager saw Palace win the First Division title and gain promotion back to the Premier League.King, p. 48 Their stay on this occasion proved eventful. On 25 January 1995, Palace played Manchester United at Selhurst Park in which United forward Eric Cantona was sent off.
Internationally, Ehlers has played for the Danish U18 national team at the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships Division I-A tournament and the U20 national team at the Division I-A grouping of the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. He largely contributed to helping Denmark gain promotion in each tournament.
Collins moved to Everton in the summer of 1998 for £2 million. He captained Everton before submitting a transfer request in 2000. Collins then joined Fulham, where he linked up with Jean Tigana, who had been his manager at Monaco. Collins helped Fulham gain promotion to the Premier League in 2001.
Eric started his professional career in Brazil at Metropolitano. He was loaned by Metropolitano to Gaz Metan Mediaș in the 2007-2008 Liga II season, a season in which he scored 10 goals helping the team to gain promotion to Liga I. After that season Gaz Metan bought him from Metropolitano.
Brentford won the 4th Division Championship with McAdams scoring 23 goals in 37 appearances. He then went on to score goals for Queens Park Rangers and Barrow whom he assisted to gain promotion from Division Four at the end of the 1966–67 season, the first of two at Holker Street.
Emil came up through junior ranks of Haukar and played his first senior games during the 2007-2008 season. In 2013, he helped Haukar win 1. deild karla and gain promotion to Úrvalsdeild karla. Emil had his best statistical season in 2013–2014, averaging 9.9 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.9 assists.
From Liberia, Bewar played for Indian side Royal Wahingdoh in the I-League 2nd Division. After helping the side gain promotion to the I-League, Bewar was retained by the Shillong side. He made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh against Mumbai in the Federation Cup on 28 December 2014.
In the last game of the tournament, Latvia needed a tie or a win against Switzerland, to gain promotion. A loss, would have give nSwitzerland the promotion. Down 1–0, Znarok scored to tie the game, 1–1. Latvia earned a promotion to the elite division for next year's championship.
Bristol, the champions, were promoted to the Allied Dunbar Premiership for season 1999–00. The runners–up Rotherham lost to the thirteenth placed team in the Premership (Bedford) in a two legged play–off and did not gain promotion. Blackheath and Fylde were relegated to Jewson National League 1 for the following season.
In May 1905 Kirwan left Tottenham Hotspur and joined Chelsea. He made 76 appearances in total for Chelsea and scored 16 goals. In 1907 he helped Chelsea finish runners up in the Second Division and thus gain promotion. Kirwan also played 3 games for Chelsea in the FA Cup, scoring 1 goal.
The latest clubs to gain promotion from this region were Llansawel in 2006 (from the Neath & District League), West End in 2005 (from the Swansea Senior League), Ystradgynlais in 2004 (from the Neath & District League), Cwmamman United in 2002 (from the Neath & District League) and Garden Village in 1999 (from the Carmarthenshire League).
They have appointed Phiilip Ruggles as player/coach. In the penultimate game of the 2011 season Ngaruawahia defeated fellow promotion contenders Fencibles 2–0 to gain promotion along with Mt Albert Ponsonby to Division 1. Over the 2011–12 off-season the club prepared a professional surface on their No. 1 pitch.
Club Atlético Platense is a football club from Montevideo in Uruguay. It currently plays in the Uruguayan 2nd Amateur Division, the third tier of uruguayan championship. Platense won the 2005/2006 Liga Metropolitana Amateur, commonly known as 3rd division, to gain promotion. Played some years of the 1990 decade as Platense Wanderers.
After spending a season in the top-tier division, he joined Third Division side Kwun Tong, as he had to focus on academic studies. Although he played most of the matches, he failed to help them gain promotion to the Second Division. He left the club at the end of the season.
In summer of 2010 he goes to Portugal team Gil Vicente again on loan from Santo André. He made his debut on 29 August against Trofense in the second Portugal league. He helped his team to gain promotion in the Primeira Liga and played with the team in their return in Primeira Liga.
However, in 2009, he came out of inactivity, signing with lowly Club Rubio Ñu; in 2012, the 40-year-old joined Club 12 de Octubre. In 2015, aged 43, Acuña helped Deportivo Recoleta gain promotion to the Paraguayan Primera División B. In December of that year, he re-joined former club Rubio Ñu.
They re-appeared in the fourth tier in 2005 and played in the tier-five Oberliga Niederrhein until 2015, when they were relegated. A league championship in the Landesliga in 2015–16 took the club back up to the Oberliga, which they won in 2019 to gain promotion to the Regionalliga West.
Only a year after, he returned to Bastia, this time with CA Bastia. In three years, Grimaldi helped his new club gain promotion from the fourth tier to the second level of French football. When CA Bastia merged with Borgo FC in 2017, Grimaldi remained at the newly formed club, FC Bastia-Borgo.
He once again followed Fung Hoi Man and joined fellow Third Division club Southern. He helped the club gain promotion to second-tier league by scoring two goals in nine matches. His long throw-ins were also a key to success. He became a key member for Southern after the club was promoted.
In 2011 Valkanov had a short spell with A PFG club Beroe. He signed with Kazakhstani club Akzhayik in February 2012. On 14 July 2015, Valkanov returned to FC Akzhayik, helping them win the Kazakhstan First Division and gain promotion to the Kazakhstan Premier League. In August 2017, Valkanov joined Tundzha Yagoda.
Wrexham won the game 2–1 and went top of the Conference Premier. In January 2012 Harris signed a new deal to stay with Wrexham until the end of the 2012–13 season. Harris and Wrexham failed to gain promotion from the Conference but Harris remained at Wrexham ahead of the new season.
China 2009 at rsssf.com. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 2013-04-24 Unable to gain promotion with the club, he would soon return into assistant coaching with Hangzhou Greentown until on 14 June 2012 second-tier football club Wuhan Zall needed a caretaker manager for the rest of the 2012 China League One season.
Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invierno (winter) 1997 and Verano (summer) 1998. Pachuca, the Invierno 1997 champion, were able to gain promotion to Primera Division for the 1998-99 season after winning the playoff to Tigrillos, the Verano 1998 champion.
While under Zhang Xiaorui's reign results gradually improved, however while the club were constant play-off contenders they could not gain promotion and he was soon replaced by the Belgium Patrick De Wilde who guided the club to a runners-up spot and promotion at the end of the 2010 league season.
The following season, Torino escaped relegation in the penultimate round of matches. After three seasons, the club once again were relegated to Serie B. During the 2009–10 season, Cairo named Gianluca Petrachi as the new sporting director at Torino, but the club failed to gain promotion that season and the one following.
The 2010–11 Liga IV was the fourth level of the Romanian football league system. It was disputed in each of the 41 counties of Romania and in the municipality of Bucharest. The winner of each series has to play a promotion playoff against a neighbouring county to gain promotion to Liga III.
After initially starting regularly Forte was injured during the game against Bury, and struggled with his fitness during the rest of his loan spell. With United failing to gain promotion, Forte returned to Southampton having played twelve games and scored one goal. On 17 May 2014, Southampton announced that Forte would be released.
Cate won the game by 10–0. To celebrate the club's 5 years of existence a tournament was played between all the teams in the Halmstad, which was won by IS Halmia. The club's first success came in 1942 as it was able to win Div. 3 and gain promotion to Div. 2.
The club's name comes from the Piast dynasty, which ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state in the 10th century, until 1370. Piast is the first soccer team in Poland to gain promotion from the 7th tier to the Ekstraklasa (Polish top tier of football) and later to the European Cup.
Born in Cartagena, Becerra began playing football with Deportes Tolima's youth academy. He joined the senior squad at age 17, helping the club gain promotion to the Colombian second division. He scored 64 goals for Tolima. On club level the striker had played for Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates since 2003.
The teams are divided into 9 subdivisions competing in a double round-robin format. At the end of each season, the bottom teams are relegated to the respective county's Second league while the winners of each league are either promoted directly to Treća HNL or enter a two-legged playoff to gain promotion.
The 1999 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 1999, to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Second Division to the First Division of the Football League in the 1998–99 season. Gillingham faced Manchester City.
In 2013–14 Frazer played for Holcombe in the Women's England Hockey League, helping the club gain promotion to the Premier Division. Frazer scored a hat-trick as Holcombe defeated Brooklands Poynton 8–2 in a promotion play-off. Her teammates at Holcombe included Nicola Daly, Steph Elliott, Lucy Wood and Maddie Hinch.
On 14 June 2012, Gibson returned to Palmerston Park on a one-year contract. After the move, Allan Johnston commented that Gibson could help the Doonhamers gain promotion straight back up to the First Division. Gibson departed Queens by mutual consent in April 2013, having played 17 league matches, scoring two league goals.
White played in eight of the first ten matches of the season, before losing out to Ken Wimshurst, although he did play three further matches, on the left, in April. In the next season, he and Wimshurst both had long runs at No.4, with White also making 11 appearances further forward at inside-left as manager Ted Bates attempted to build a side to gain promotion. In the event, the Saints finished fifth, their highest position since 1950, having scored 100 goals, yet conceding 73. In the next two seasons, White made only occasional appearances, including the final ten matches of the 1965–66 season, when Southampton finished as runners-up to Manchester United to gain promotion to the First Division for the first time.
The club was founded on February 1, 2001. Limoeiro won the Campeonato Cearense Second Division in 2001 and in 2009. They competed in the Série C in 2004, when they reached the Final Stage of the competition, finishing in the fourth place, and thus failing to gain promotion to the following year's Série B.
After beginning his career with French Division 2 side Lyon, Boucher joined Niort. He helped the club gain promotion to the French Division 1, and he scored his first top-flight goal in the 1987–88 season against AS Saint-Étienne. After he retired from playing football, Boucher was the mayor of Fraisnes-en-Saintois.
In summer 2008, he signed with Sportist Svoge. In the 2008–09 season,Antonov helped the team with his goals gain promotion to the first division in Bulgaria. He scored 15 goals in 29 matches. In the first half of the next season he earned 15 appearances playing in the A PFG, scoring five goals.
After leaving Bradford, Fry played for Concord Rangers, helping them win promotion from the Isthmian League Premier Division to the Conference South in 2012–13 via the play-offs. In May 2013, Fry played for Concord against Lowestoft Town in the play-off final at Crown Meadow, with Concord winning 2–1 to gain promotion.
Söderström began his career with Hammarby IF before moving to IF Brommapojkarna in 2005. He made his professional debut against Landskrona BoIS in October 2011 and he established himself in Roberth Björknesjö's squad as they gain promotion to the Allsvenskan in 2012. In July 2013 Söderström had a trial with English side Stoke City.
Matthias Rolland (born 2 July 1979) is a French rugby union player. His position is Lock and he currently plays for Castres Olympique in the Top 14. He began his career with Colomiers, moving to Montauban in 2006 and helping them gain promotion to the Top 14 before moving to Castres Olympique in 2009.
The Ukraine women's national ice hockey team is the women's national ice hockey team of Ukraine. The team is controlled by the Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. They made their World Championship debut in 2019 winning all four games to gain promotion to Division II B.
Iván Sánchez Aguayo (born 23 September 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a winger for English club Birmingham City. He previously played domestically at second- and third-tier level for Real Jaén, Atlético Madrid B, Almería B, Almería, Albacete and Elche, and helped Elche gain promotion to La Liga in 2020.
Eccellenza Marche is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the region of Marche, Italy. It comprises 16 teams. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Walter Bingley (17 April 1930 – March 2017) was an English footballer born in Sheffield who played in the Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday, Swindon Town, York City and Halifax Town. After signing for Sheffield Wednesday in 1955, he helped the club gain promotion to Division One in his first season with them.
He scored his only goal for Stoke in a 1–0 win over Fulham on 18 February 1986. His Stoke career was ended when he broke his leg after being tackled by Brighton & Hove Albion's Eric Young. Devine then spent the 1988 season with Norwegian club Start helping the side gain promotion to 1. divisjon.
The competition was revamped again for the 2015 season as the Asia Rugby Championship. Under the new format, the top three teams formed a Tri nations division. A promotion-relegation challenge was instituted whereby the Division 1 winner had to defeat the Tri nations third place-getter to gain promotion for the next season.
On 28 July 2014, Dionisi signed permanently with Frosinone. He helped Frosinone gain promotion to Serie A for the 2015–16 season. He scored his first Serie A goal on 28 September 2015 in the 58th minute and then scored a second in the 71st minute in a 2–0 home win against Empoli.
Ion Ion (born 21 June 1954) is a Romanian football manager and former player. In his coaching career he has coached several clubs from Oman, Bahrain, UAE and Qatar. He managed Steaua București for the 2017–18 season, but his contract was not renewed after the club failed to gain promotion to Liga III.
Ayuk's performances helped Phichit F.C. gain promotion to the Thai Division 1 League for the 2015 season after placing in 2nd place in its 2014 Regional League Division 2 Champions League group. During the group games, he scored in Phichit F.C.'s 4–0 Champions Leaguevictory over Hua Hin City F.C. on November 22, 2014.
In March 2018 Michel signed for Superettan side AFC Eskilstuna, where he would be reunited with his brother Alexander. In his first season, he made 21 league appearances and one cup appearance; he helped his side gain promotion to the Allsvenskan through the play-offs. In 2019 he started in 13 league and cup matches.
In Cottbus, Schröder became a regular, making 60 appearances and scoring three goals. In the 1999–2000 season, he helped Cottbus to gain promotion to the Bundesliga. He then transferred to Hansa Rostock, where he made 49 appearances and scored three goals in two seasons. For the 2002–03 season, he returned to Energie Cottbus.
Lithuanian Football Federation's II lyga, LFF II lyga – the third tier Lithuanian football championship. The league consists of the Southern Zone and the Western Zone. The two winners gain promotion to the I Lyga. The Northern Zone and the Eastern Zone existed in some past seasons, but were done away with due to the dwindling number of participating clubs.
Soon afterwards, Revell left Cambridge in 2004 where he made the decision to drop out of the Football League by joining Braintree Town. During his time at Braintree, Revell managed to find the net 35 times for the club, where he managed to help them gain promotion to the Conference South during the 2005–06 season.
Despite scoring four goals in his first six matches for Rovers he was moved on to Bury. He re-found his scoring form in the third tier scoring 16 times 1978–79 and seven times in 1979–80. He moved to Portsmouth in December 1980 and his six goals helped "Pompey" gain promotion to the Third Division.
The Bangalore A Division is a second tier football league in the Indian State of Karnataka, under the Bangalore football league system. Prior to 2001, it was the top tier league. The league has 10–12 teams contesting and the top two teams gain promotion to the Bangalore Super Division. All matches are played in the RBANMS Ground, Bangalore.
During this time Old Boys competed in the Central Division of the Superclub competition, though they did not gain promotion to the national section of the competition. The team was by now playing at Merrilands Domain. At the end of the 1996 season, the club withdrew from the Central League. New Plymouth Old Boys had a proud Chatham Cup.
Ketjijere started off playing for UNAM F.C in the Khomas Second Division and was part of the squad that helped the team gain promotion to the Southern Stream First Division in 2008. His time with UNAM did not last long as he was immediately snatched up by African Stars to play in the Namibia Premier league.
Egan re-joined former loan club Sheffield United on 19 July 2018 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed club-record fee. In his first season with the team, he helped them gain promotion to the Premier League. On 21 August 2020 he signed a new four-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2024.
The team narrowly missed out on promotion to La Liga in 1995–96, missing out to Extremadura by one goal. Jones dropped down to the Segunda División B in 1996–97 joining Numancia and helped them gain promotion via the play-offs. Jones credits his time in Spain as a major impact on his life and career.
In November 1996, recently appointed Chelsea manager Ruud Gullit sold Spencer for £2.5 million to Queens Park Rangers, then in the second tier of English football, the First Division. Spencer appeared 56 times and scored 25 goals, but QPR failed to gain promotion to the Premier League after Spencer's initial season, and in his second flirted with relegation.
Michael then joined the Castleford Tigers, and helped the Tigers gain promotion in 2005. Despite the subsequent Super League season proving to be difficult in a squad which lacked quality, Platt still managed to score 7 tries. However, after a heartbreaking 29–17 defeat against Wakefield in the final game of the season, Castleford were relegated.
Dykes, p. 76 Broadhead missed only two matches during the campaign as the team won the Football League Third Division North to gain promotion to the Second Division for the first time in their history. He did not make the team as regularly in a higher league, and was often second choice left-half behind new signing Leigh Collins.
After seven seasons in Paris, during the summer of 2014, she decided to not renew her contract with Paris Saint-Germain and return to her home town of Marseille to join Division 2 Féminine side Olympique de Marseille. She helped the club win the Division 2 title in 2015–16, and gain promotion to Division 1 Féminine's following season.
Eckert, Klinger, p. 118 FCA was able to break the fall and win the Bavarian league title to gain promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga straight away in 1979–80. On top of this, the team qualified for the German amateur football championship, where it went all the way to the final before losing to VfB Stuttgart's reserve side.
He finished that season in 5th place on the rankings, to gain promotion back to the European Tour. He has since spent most of his career on the Challenge Tour, visiting qualifying school every year, with success in 2001 and 2005, but has failed to improve on his début showing of 120th on the European Tour Order of Merit.
He played eleven games, helping the "Valiants" to finish third and gain promotion from the Fourth Division in 1982–83. He left Vale Park and returned to Victoria Park in May. Hartlepool had to apply for re-election once again after finishing second- from-bottom in 1983–84; Lawrence then left Hartlepool and joined non-league Whitby Town.
Born in Glyfada, Sfakianakis began playing professional football with Doxa Vyronas F.C. in 1993. He had a loan spell at Panegialios F.C. in 1996, before transferring to Athinaikos F.C. in 1999. Sfakianakis helped Athinaikos gain promotion to the Greek Superleague for the 2000–01 season. The club were relegation and he left after a season in the second division.
In 2013 the league consisted of the two teams relegated from 2. deild karla the year before, the six teams that reached the playoffs in the previous 3. deild but did not gain promotion to 2. deild, and two teams who were decided in a playoff between the four clubs in 3rd place in their groups.
FC Santa Claus AC (abbreviated Santa) is a football club from Rovaniemi, Finland. The club was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of Rovaniemen Reipas and Rovaniemen Lappi football clubs. FC Santa Claus won its group in Kakkonen, but lost promotion play-offs final to HIFK and failed to gain promotion to the Ykkönen league in 2010.
On 1 July 2012, Cuthbert signed for Hamilton Academical on a one-year deal. In August 2013, Cuthbert played his 300th first team game in a 1–0 Scottish League Cup victory over Kilmarnock. Cuthbert helped Hamilton gain promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2013–14, but then turned down an offer of a new contract with the club.
Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) is a Mexican football tournament. This season was composed of Invieno 1998 and Verano 1999. Unión de Curtidores, Verano 1999 champion, were able to gain promotion to Primera Division for the 1999-2000 season after winning the playoff to Yucatán, Invierno 1998 champion. However, the Puebla F.C. acquired the franchise belonging.
In 2019 they won The Division 2 Cup at Racing Club Warwick. In 2017 they won Division 3 winning in the last game of the season to gain promotion. Central Ajax F.C. of the Midland Football League play within the parish boundaries. In Hampton-on-the-Hill, most of the former public buildings have been converted to private dwellings.
It is an international team event, where the points of each nation's top three performers are tallied to form an overall team score. The European Cup Combined Events takes place in three separate divisions – the Super, First, and Second Leagues – and nations gain promotion and relegation between the leagues depending upon their performance.European Cup Combined Events.GBR Athletics.
Kazakhstan First Division 2007 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. The division is split into two geographic conferences: North-East and South-West Conferences. Two winners of each conference advance to Final Four tournament, two winners of which then would gain promotion to the Premier League 2008.
In 2001, Chilean first division side Palestino loaned Villanueva out to second division squad Temuco, where he scored seven goals and helped the club gain promotion to the first division. The following year, instead of returning to Palestino, Villanueva was again loaned out, this time to second division club Deportes Ovalle. In 2002, Villanueva scored 20 goals with Ovalle.
Echeverry made his debut in the Colombian First Division in 1996 with Deportivo Cali. He remained at the club two years before joining upstart Deportivo Pasto. While at Pasto he helped the club gain promotion to the Colombian First Division. In 1999 with Deportivo Fasto, Echeverry enjoyed his finest season netting 9 goals in 38 appearances.
Ultimately, Nick's try scoring exploits could not gain promotion for the club and he returned to national rugby with Caldy for the 2014-15 season, playing in National League 2 North (tier 4). Nick finished the 2015-16 season as the division's top try scorer with 25 tries, also becoming the divisions all-time top try scorer.
Unger spent his early career mostly as a journeyman in the 3rd and 4th division of German football, most notably with Kickers Emden during the 2008–09 3. Liga season. In 2010, he joined Eintracht Braunschweig, where he helped the club to gain promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga. Unger went on to play the first 2.
The young team he left behind were to gain promotion back to Division 3 at the end of that season. At Middlesbrough, his team finished 4th,10th and 17th before they parted company with Carter on 12 February 1966 when in 20th place. Subsequently, they dropped into the relegation places and were relegated at the end of the season.
Wesley John Byrne (born 9 February 1977 in Dublin, Ireland) was an Irish footballer who played as a full back for Darlington in The Football League and Longford Town in the League of Ireland.Wesley enjoyed a successful spell with Longford Town, helping them gain promotion to the Premier Division and leading them to the 2001 FAI Cup Final.
Nájera helped Real Cartagena gain promotion to Categoría Primera A in 2008. He has been the club's top goal-scorer in the Primera A, scoring 21 goals in 88 matches in three seasons. He has recently been called to play for the Colombia national football team. On club level he played for Real Cartagena in the Copa Mustang.
For the last several years, the second-placed team contested with A Lyga's next- to-last team in a play-off for a spot in A Lyga. Since 2020 season saw A Lyga reduced to 6 teams, the LFF announced that 4 teams will gain promotion from I Lyga this season. The play-off match was not mentioned.
In February 2017 Bugiel joined National League side Forest Green Rovers, helping them gain promotion to League Two. After a season in the English fourth tier, Bugiel moved to Bromley—first on loan, then on a permanent deal—before joining Sutton United. Eligible to represent Lebanon through his father, Bugiel made his international debut in 2017.
The club failed to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League, however, as their stadium did not meet the required standard. The club finished second in the division two seasons later, losing the championship on goal difference to Hatfield Main, and on this occasion were admitted to the Northern Premier League Division One. Vardy, Ring, Beggs.
He joined Accrington Stanley at the start of the 2015/16 season and left after three seasons helping Accrington Stanley gain promotion to the EFL League 1 as League 2 Champions for the 2017/8 season. Billy Stewart is now the full-time first team goalkeeping coach at West Ham United Ladies who are in the Women's Super League.
Bertsch played in only six games and scored four goals. In Basel's 1945–46 season Bertsch played regularly and helped Basel win the Nationalliga B group and gain promotion. Bertsch scored nine goals in 18 league appearances. Between the years 1943 and 1946 Bertsch played a total of 66 games for Basel scoring a total of 31 goals.
MVV Lays Down Gideon Boateng (in Dutch, but can be translated into English). voetbalplus.nl. 30 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2009. In January 2012, Boateng transferred from Dutch club MVV Maastricht to Belgian club CS Visé in order to help the Belgian club gain promotion from the 2011–12 Belgian Second Division to the 2012–2013 Belgian Pro League.
On 23 October he scored his first goal for Spezia in the 37th minute of a 2–1 away defeat against Carrarese. Bianco ended this season with 27 matches and scored 1 goal for the Serie C side, helping them gain promotion into Serie B for the 2012-13 season before returning to Juventus on 21 June 2012.
Paredes is a skilful player who started playing for Huracán SC. He was sought by Guayaquil's Barcelona a year later and signed a contract with them. He then moved on to Deportivo Cuenca and was loaned out to Rocafuerte of Ecuador's third division. He helped the team gain promotion to the second division for the 2008–09 season.
In 2016, Almirante Brown became Vega's eighth club. Two goals in forty-two fixtures followed, with his last appearance occurring on 30 June 2017 versus Deportivo Español. Third tier Platense completed the signing of Vega in the succeeding July. His first campaign, 2017–18, concluded with Platense winning the league title to gain promotion to Primera B Nacional.
The slump did not last long as just one year later the Club marched back into the County League by winning the 'double'. After beating Highridge United 2–1 in the final to win the G.F.A. Senior Amateur Cup, they clinched promotion by winning the Premier Combination championship by 7 clear points from their nearest rivals Hambrook. In season 1998–99 the Reserves won the Bristol & District League Senior Division to gain promotion to the Premier Combination and two years later in 2000/2001 the first team finished as Champions of the Gloucestershire County League to gain promotion to the Hellenic League. In season 2005–06 saw the club's most successful season when they won the Hellenic League Div1 West losing just 5 out of their 34 games and scoring 98 goals.
Peter is a product of Tura Magic FC in Namibia a club he joined when they were campaigning in the NFA Khomas second division and helped gain promotion in the 2011/2012 season. He made his way up from the U-20 to the Senior Namibia National Soccer Team and scored crucial goals en route to their first ever trophy which was the COSAFA Cup in 2015. He joined Highlands Park who were playing in the South African second tier at the time after an impressive showing at the COSAFA Cup in 2015 and helped them gain promotion. His two crucial goals in the Playoff encounter against Mbombela at the Makhulong Stadium on Wednesday June 15, 2016 sent Highlands Park to the top flight of South African Football.
1987 — Selected, with two other Hertfordshire clubs, to form part of London League Division 2 1996 — Won London NW Division 3 gaining promotion to London League Division 2 North 1998 — Won the Herts. President's Cup 2001 — Won the County Sevens and were runners up in the Herts. President's Cup 2003 — Promotion to London League Division One 2005 — Reached their then highest-ever league position (5th place in Powergen London One) 2009 — Won the Herts County 7s, runners up in the Herts County Cup Final. OA Colts reach both National Cup & Herts County Cup Finals and finish as Runners Up. 2010 — OAs gain promotion to National League 2 South from National League 3 South East with a playoff win vs Old Patesians R.F.C.. Old Albanian Saints gain promotion to RFUW Premiership.
The team were then entertained at the Town Hall buildings on Buccleuch Street. Historic table positions of QoS since joining the League.Goalkeeper Jimmy Coupland signed in 1924 and made his debut aged 16. Queen's first tangible national league success came in their second competitive season in 1924–25, finishing second behind Nithsdale Wanderers to gain promotion to the Second Division.
Haig was head coach of the Blackburn Hawks senior ice hockey team from 1998 until 2007. He was also the assistant coach to Mark Johnson who was the head coach of the Blackburn Thunderhawks, an EIHA under-19s ice hockey team which won the B-league playoffs in the 1997–98 season to gain promotion to the Northern A-league.
Born in Tetovo, SR Macedonia, back then within Yugoslavia, Beadini began playing football for local side FK Teteks. He helped Teteks gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League during his four seasons with the club.Stats from Yugoslav First and Second League at B92 Beadini joined Turkish Süper Lig side Eskişehirspor in 1985. After three seasons, ho moved to rivals Samsunspor for two seasons.
Born in Tetovo, Beadini began playing football for local side FK Teteks. He helped Teteks gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League during his four seasons with the club. He also played one season with FC Prishtina in Yugoslav Second League in 1977–78.Stats from Yugoslav First and Second Leagues at B92 Beadini joined Turkish Süper Lig side Eskişehirspor in January 1982.
New Brighton A.F.C. is a soccer club in Christchurch, New Zealand. The original New Brighton Association Football Club was founded in 1924 but went into hiatus eight years later. The club was re-founded 27 years later in 1959. The team entered the second division of the new Southern League in 1968, winning the league to gain promotion to the top flight.
Occasionally, clubs fold, reform or re-enter the league system. In the current Bayernliga season, the EC 2000 Ulm/Neu-Ulm folded in December 2007, being unable to pay their players. The Bayernliga champion earns the right to gain promotion to the Oberliga. At the end of the 2006-07 season, the runner-up was also promoted, which is an exception.
In the winter transfer window of 2006, Nakajima-Farran had trials with English sides Millwall and Portsmouth, however was signed by Danish First Division team Vejle Boldklub on a 2-year deal. He helped Vejle BK win the championship and gain promotion to the top league in the Danish football system, the Superliga, by netting 7 goals in 13 games.
Genk forward Ayub Masika and former Tusker striker Jesse Were both featured for the team briefly. In its effort to pool talent, the team began to bring in non-academy players in 2006. In the Nationwide League Second Division, the team went unbeaten in their first season, winning 20 matches without a loss to gain promotion to the First Division.
Loza has had trials with Antalyaspor (Turkey) and Kungsbaka DFF (Sweden). During her stay in Kungsbaka, Loza helped the team win a regional title and gain promotion to the top tier. However, her stay with the club ended after the season due to financial reasons. In September 2019, Loza signed for Birkirakara F.C. Women of the Malta Women's Premier League.
Serrato was a product of the San Luis F.C. youth system. He joined the senior side and helped the club gain promotion to the Mexican Primera División in 2002. He was signed by Club América and made his Primera División debut with the Aguilas in April 2002. He would win the Primera División with América before returning to San Luis in 2003.
However injuries disrupted his time in the top flight before the club's relegation after three seasons. He joined Stoke City in August 2012 for an undisclosed fee. Kightly spent the 2012–13 season at Stoke before joining Burnley on loan in August 2013. After helping the Clarets gain promotion to the Premier League he made the move permanent in June 2014.
Bamba Moussa with other colleagues helped Ferencvárosi TC to gain promotion to Hungarian premiership in June 2009. On 2 October 2009, he was on trial with FC Argeş Piteşti, but did not sign a contract. On 11 January 2010, Moussa joined Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea. The club said they could not afford to acquire him, so he did not sign a contract.
Diarra began his career in 2004 at ASEC. In January 2010, he signed for Thai club Phuket F.C. In January 2011, he joined Muangthong United F.C. on a five-year deal. He went to Suphanburi F.C. on loan in 2012, and helped the club gain promotion to the Premier League. He returned to Muangthong United after his loan expired in December.
The system for promotion from the Landesliga remained mostly unchanged. In 1978, the league was finally renamed Verbandsliga Schleswig- Holstein, the name it carried until 2008. It took ten seasons for a club of the league under the new name to gain promotion again, a long stretch of nine seasons without success. Below the Verbandsliga the two leagues were now renamed Landesligen instead.
Born in Mojkovac, PR Montenegro, Simović moved with his family to Kruševac, PR Serbia in 1965. He played regularly for Napredak Kruševac during the 1970s, helping them gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League on two occasions (1975–76 and 1977–78). In 1980, Simović was transferred to Hajduk Split. He helped the club win the Yugoslav Cup in the 1983–84 season.
With Bielsa denying the narrative of 'Bielsa Burnout' (journalists' theory that his sides tire in the second half of a season), Bielsa said one of the big reasons Leeds failed to gain promotion was their profligacy in front of goal over the course of the season, claiming that statistically Leeds needed several more chances to score compared to their league rivals.
Ayr United manager Neil McBain signed Bell, fielding him 15 times in the league. When McBain rejoined Watford in August 1956, he signed several former Ayr players, including Bell.Jones p. 268 Bell became a regular first team player at Watford, and along with Cliff Holton helped Watford gain promotion to the Third Division in 1959–60, for the first time in their history.
He was loaned to Crystal Palace in 2001, then to Birmingham City later that year. Whilst at Middlesbrough he played in the 1997 FA Cup Final. This deal was then made permanent for £400,000, and Vickers helped Birmingham gain promotion to the Premier League in the 2001–02 season. He scored his only goal for the club that season, against Stockport County.
The team was less successful in the FA Vase: after beating Fairford Town in a replay, Bath were knocked out of the competition by Lymington & New Milton in the second round. In the league, Team Bath won 27 of their 34 matches and were unbeaten at home to finish top of the Western League Premier Division and gain promotion to the Southern League.
Delfino emerged from the youth ranks of Club Atlético Banfield. On October 1, 1988 he made his debut with El Taladro in a 2-0 victory over Chacarita. In 1991, he was loaned to first division club Quilmes. After six months playing for the cerveceros, Delfino returned to Banfield and helped the club gain promotion to the Argentine Primera in 1992.
Mendes scored two goals in a 3–0 win against Ribeirão on 8 February 2009 and was sent off later in the game."Ribeirão 0–3 Moreirense". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 7 February 2011. He scored four goals in 12 appearances for the club, but Moreirense were unable to gain promotion back to Liga de Honra, finishing 2nd, three points behind Chaves.
Connolly came through the youth ranks at Plymouth Argyle, and made his league debut in the final game of the 2000–01 season. Connolly was a first team regular from 2003 onwards, helping the team to gain promotion to the First Division in 2003–04. He scored his first and only goal for Plymouth against Norwich on 10 November 2007.
Partridge signed for another Fourth Division club, Darlington, but made only 4 appearances, 3 in the league, in the first few weeks of the 1962–63 season. Later that season he moved on to King's Lynn, where he spent three-and-a-half seasons, scored 29 league goals, and helped them gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 1963–64.
In 2011, he was loaned to CSMS Iași and Petrolul Ploiești. He helped Petrolul gain promotion to Liga I. In the summer of 2011 he returned to FC Vaslui. In the 2011/2012 season he helped FC Vaslui to qualify for the first time ever in the Europa League group stages. In the same season he scored two goals in Liga I.
O'Grady signed for Rochdale on loan on 21 August 2009 and impressed, scoring 12 league goals in 21 games. On 14 January 2010 O'Grady signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Rochdale for an undisclosed fee. On 23 January 2010 he scored his first hat-trick, against Cheltenham. In the same season he helped Rochdale gain promotion from League Two.
Morel was a late developer, not playing professionally until the age of 25. Morel was discovered playing for Sportivo Las Parejas and joined Tigre in 2006. In his first season with Tigre Morel helped the club to gain promotion to the Argentine Primera. The Apertura 2007 was Tigre's first season in the Primera since 1980, and Morel's first taste of top flight football.
Ferrero started his professional career with Ferro Carril Oeste. He played for the team in the lower leagues of Argentine football until 2003 when he joined Atlanta of the Primera B Metropolitana (third division). In 2005 Ferrero joined Tigre, helping the team to gain promotion to the Argentine Primera in 2007. The 2007 Apertura was Tigre's first season in the Primera since 1980.
Grazioli joined Barnet as part of a deal that took Junior Agogo to Bristol Rovers. Rovers paid £110,000 for Agogo with Grazioli going the other way. He helped Barnet gain promotion from the Football Conference to the Football League in 2004/2005. He was the top scorer in the conference with 29 goals - seven more than nearest rival Michael Twiss of Morecambe.
Eccellenza Lombardy () is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lombardy, Italy. It is competed amongst 48 teams, in three groups (A, B and C). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club which finishes second also has the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
In November 1809, he exchanged into the 1st West India Regiment to gain promotion to Lieutenant-Colonel, serving in Trinidad. In July, 1811, he returned to the 2/89th as its commanding officer. The battalion was stationed in Gibraltar in 1812 when war broke out between Britain and the United States, and it was despatched to reinforce the British troops in Canada.
Eccellenza Basilicata is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata, Italy. It is competed among 16 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Lazio is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Lazio, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Calabria is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Calabria, Italy. It is competed among 16 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Apulia () is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the Southern Italian region of Apulia, Italy. It is competed among 18 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Molise is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the southern Italian region of Molise. It consists of 16 teams competing in one group. The winning team is promoted to Serie D, the top level of Italian amateur football. The club that finishes second may also gain promotion by taking part in a two-round national play-off.
Eccellenza Veneto is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Veneto, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Tuscany () is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Tuscany, Italy. It is competed amongst 32 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Marmar joined Ahed on 20 June 1996. He helped his side gain promotion to the Lebanese Premier League in 1998. In 2003–04 Marmar helped Ahed lift their first major trophy: the Lebanese FA Cup. Marmar stated that, at the time, he refused the captain's armband; in 2007, however, the club's management decided for Marmar to become the club's captain.
Eccellenza Emilia-Romagna is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
In 2015 the team won the SWFL Division 2 Central and were promoted to the SWFL Division 1 North. On 5 November 2017, Central beat Inverness 6–0 to win the SWFL North league and gain promotion to the SWPL2 for the 2018 season. Central won 17 of their 18 league games, scoring 102 goals and conceding only 18 during the campaign.
Eccellenza Sardinia (Italian: Eccellenza Sardegna) is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It consists of 16 teams competing in one group. The winning team is promoted to Serie D, the top level of Italian amateur football. The club that finishes second may also gain promotion by taking part in a two-round national play-off.
Eccellenza Umbria is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Umbria, Italy. It is competed among 16 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Liguria is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Liguria. It consists of 16 teams competing in one group. The winning team is promoted to Serie D, the top level of Italian amateur football. The club that finishes second may also gain promotion by taking part in a two-round national play-off.
In 1993 Ħamrun transferred Degiorgio to the Naxxar Lions. He then help his new club gain promotion to the Premier Division in Malta. In 1996–97, he returned briefly to Ħamrun but the next year went back to Naxxar for two seasons. In 1999 to 2000, Degiorgio joined Lija Athletic in the First Division and the next season he went to Marsaxlokk.
During this period Rotherham were regular victors over both of these teams including against Bedford in a play off to gain promotion to the Premiership, and in a key game against Worcester Warriors which all but sealed promotion to the Premiership for the second time. The third period of rivalry pitted Rotherham against local rivals Leeds Carnegie and then Doncaster Knights.
In 1952 Dvorin began his managerial career at Beitar Tel Aviv. Towards the end of the 1953–54 Liga Bet, the second division, Dvorin joined Beitar Jerusalem, helping them gain promotion to the first division for the first time in their history. In his career, Dvorin coached many teams, including Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Sha'arayim, Hapoel Kfar Saba, and Maccabi Jaffa.
1987 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 57th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League. The 1987 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won for the second time by SC Tavriya Simferopol. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Crimean Oblast managed to gain promotion by winning its group.
Born in Gucha District, Motego began playing football in the local league for Shabana Kisii. He helped the club gain promotion to the Kenyan Premier League in 1988. After performing well with Shabana, he was noticed by Kenya Breweries F.C. and signed for the club in 1989. In 1991, Motego signed for Omani league side Al- Oruba SC for two seasons.
The EuroHockey Nations Challenge is a competition run by the European Hockey Federation for European national field hockey teams. There are Challenges for outdoor and indoor hockey for both men's and women's sides. The Challenges precede the current EuroHockey Nations Trophy, which itself precedes the EuroHockey Nations Championship. Teams can gain promotion and relegation from their divisions based on their final standings.
Jovanović spent most of his career playing for clubs in the Greek second division, including Pontii Veria F.C., Panetolikos F.C., Panserraikos F.C. and Panachaiki F.C.. He helped Panachaiki gain promotion to the Greek Superleague and would play the following season in the top flight with the club. In June 2000, he moved to Panionios G.S.S. on a two-year contract.
Godfrey was signed by AFC Wimbledon manager Terry Brown on 24 June 2008 from local rivals Hampton & Richmond,Elliott joins up scoring his first goal in the second league game of the season, a 2–1 win against Thurrock and helping them gain promotion to Conference National in his first season. Godfrey was released by AFC Wimbledon on 26 April 2010.
This saw the club gain promotion to the Northern Premier League. In the Chatham Cup The club was eliminated away 2–1 by Oratia United in the third round. The 1987 season saw Waikato play in the Northern Premier League for the only time in its existence. The club played very well and won the completion in their first attempt.
Kustošija were founded as Metalac and played in the second Yugoslavian leagues for parts of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Kustošija participated in the 2013–14 Croatian Cup, winning in the preliminary round but losing 5–1 to Hajduk Split in the first round. Kustošija won the 4. HNL center division in 2015–16 to gain promotion to the 3.
Born in Belgrade, Mihajlov started out at Voždovac. He helped the Dragons win the Serbian League Belgrade in the 2003–04 season and gain promotion to the 2004–05 Serbian Second League. Following the club's merger with Železnik, Mihajlov made his debut in the top flight during the 2005–06 campaign. In June 2006, Mihajlov signed a four-year contract with Partizan.
He was a number of expensive signings made by manager Mick Mills in the summer of 1989 as Stoke looked to gain promotion. However results were very poor and cost Mills his job and the new manager Alan Ball failed to stop Stoke's slide and they ended up being relegated to the Third Division, Biggins top-scored in 1989–90 with 11 goals.
After 3 years he managed to gain promotion to the Gamma Ethniki. The relegation was immediate to the 4th National while the following year he was relegated to the locals knowing a second consecutive relegation. In 2001-02 he won the local championship and went straight to the 4th National. He was unable to stand and was relegated to the local championship.
HPK only needed a draw in order to gain promotion, whereas only a win would do for Pallo-Miehet. The match ended with 2–1 for the Lahti team, which thus was promoted to 1958 Suomensarja. After the promotion into the Suomensarja, the president of the club announced that the next goal was promotion into the Mestaruussarja, i.e. 'Championship Series.
Blackham served in the RAMC from 1895 until 1923 and again from 1939 to 1945. He entered service at Bulford Camp as Surgeon-Lieutenant 29 July 1895. While at Bulford Blackham studied obstetrics and gynaecology as well as general medicine. In order to gain promotion to the rank of Major he took an exam in the newly formed Army Medical College in London.
Sorimachi was educated at and played for Shimizu Higashi High School and Keio University. At the high school, he won the national high school championship with his teammates Shigeo Sawairi and Tatsuya Mochizuki. Sorimachi began his senior career with Japan Soccer League side All Nippon Airways in 1987. He helped All Nippon Airways gain promotion to the top flight in 1988.
In January 2015, Budimir signed a six-month contract with Cypriot Second Division club Enosis Neon Paralimni rejoining his former coach at Ergotelis, Nikos Karageorgiou. He appeared in 10 matches scoring 7 goals, helping the club win the championship and gain promotion to the First Division. On 22 May 2015, it was announced that Budimir had extended his contract with the club.
Mooney was born in Chapel, near Wishaw in Lanarkshire. He worked as a coal miner and played part-time football for East Stirlingshire. He was a regular in their team for two-and-a-half years, and helped them gain promotion from Division Three in 1924. In July 1925, he signed professional forms with Brighton & Hove Albion of the English Third Division South.
Their first season back in the Gwynedd League in 2006–07 saw them finish as runners-up behind Barmouth & Dyffryn United. This was enough to gain promotion back to the Welsh Alliance as Barmouth & Dyffryn United's ground did not meet the necessary criteria. In the 1998–99 season Welsh international and former Manchester United and Everton player, Mickey Thomas made several appearances for the club.
In the 2020-21 season, there are 16 clubs in the Premier Division. The bottom two clubs faced relegation to the regional lower divisions. Clubs from a number of smaller district leagues may be eligible to gain promotion to the County League. These feeder leagues are the Ashford and District League, Bromley and South London Football League, Canterbury & District League, Rochester & District League and Sevenoaks & District League.
He left Sunderland for the second time to join archrivals Newcastle United but returned to Wearside in 1995 and helped Sunderland gain promotion to the Premier League. Unable to keep down a place in the years that followed, Bracewell reunited with his former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan at Fulham in 1997. He retired from playing football in 1999 to take up a Managerial role at Fulham.
On 5 August 2014, Cacia signed for Serie B club Bologna on a free transfer. He wore no.9 shirt from departing Rolando Bianchi. In his first season, he scored 11 goals in 38 games helping Bologna gain promotion to Serie A via the play-offs by beating Pescara, qualifying as the highest place team after a 1–1 aggregate draw in the two legged final.
In the spring of 2003 the club's oldest boys entered Division 5 and won the league title convincingly to gain promotion to Division 4 where the club currently remains. Tandsbyns FK plays in Division 3Jämtland/Härjedalen which is the fifth tier of Swedish football. They play their home matches at the Tandsbyn Nya IP in Tandsbyn. The club is affiliated to Jämtland-Härjedalens Fotbollförbund.
Marianín suffered top flight relegation in 1974, but he contributed with a career-best – at the professional level – 20 goals to help his side gain promotion at the first attempt. He left Oviedo in June 1977 at the age of 31, retiring two years later after spells with Cultural and Deportivo Fabero. in total, he scored 65 times for his main club in all competitions.
At the end of the 2018-19 season, Spartak finished first in the North-West third league and managed to gain promotion to the second tier for the 2019-20 season. The team, however, experienced difficulties in the second tier, both financially and performance wise. Spartak largely remained in the relegation zone, struggling to survive. They were even deducted three points for not showing on a game.
This was soon followed by League success to gain promotion to WRU League 2 West Central. Recently the club has enjoyed a renaissance with the selection of the youngest ever Welsh international player in Tom Prydie and Ryan Bevington, son of club stalwart Richard, being selected as part of the 2011 Wales World Cup Squad. Also with that squad was home produced senior analyst Rhys Long.
Francis left QPR in February 1990 to play for Sheffield Wednesday; despite gaining a good reputation amongst supporters, he could not help the club avoid relegation to the second tier for the 1990–91 season. However, that season he helped Wednesday win the League Cup, although he was a non-playing substitute in the final, and also gain promotion back to the top flight.
After finishing third in the NFL Second Division in 2006, HASC were promoted to the Premier Division. Although only the top two teams from the Second Division gain promotion, Tata Football Academy who finished first in the standings were not able to form a professional team for the Premier Division. Therefore, HASC were promoted to the 11th NFL Premier Division along with runners up Churchill Brothers.
Amédée Domenech (May 3, 1933, Narbonne – September 21, 2003 Brive-la- Gaillarde) was a French rugby union prop. He played for RC Vichy between 1954 and 1955. After one year he moved to CA Brive and helped the club to gain promotion to the first division. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 27 March 1954 against Wales at Cardiff.
After normal time ended goalless, the match went to extra time, only for Norwich's Iwan Roberts to score in the first minute of extra time. However, Geoff Horsfield equalised 11 minutes later and, with no further goals, the match went to a penalty shoot-out. Birmingham won 4-2 to finally gain promotion to the Premier League, 16 seasons after their previous top-flight campaign.
He helped Hibernian gain promotion back to the Scottish Premier Division in 1981 after signing for the club in December 1980.Jeffrey, pp110. McLaren trained with Hibs part-time while retaining a job as a civil servant. His last club was Partick Thistle, where manager Benny Rooney had intended McLaren to coach, but he was pressed into service due to injuries to other players.
Under Clough's management, O'Neill helped Forest gain promotion to the top flight in 1977, won the league title and League Cup a year later, followed by further League Cup success a year later. He was dropped to the substitutes bench for Forest's first European Cup victory over Malmö in 1979 after failing to fully recover from an injury, but he played in their 1980 win over Hamburg.
In the 2010–11 season, MB Hassasna finished second in the Groupe Ouest of the Inter-Régions Division to gain promotion to the Ligue Nationale du Football Amateur.Inter-région : Classements de la saison 2010/2011 ; DZFoot. Retrieved February 24, 2012. In December 2011, MB Hassasna created an upset in the first round of the 2011–12 Algerian Cup, beating Ligue Professionnelle 1 side JSM Béjaïa 2–1.
On 29 May 2017, Football Queensland announced that Wolves FC had been accepted into the Football Queensland Premier League. The winner of this league each year will gain promotion into the NPL. In its first season in the FQPL, Wolves finished the season in 9th place on 28 points with a goal difference of -15. The leading goal scorer was Alejandro Pastor Martinez with 19 goals.
Björk, who is quite agile and mobile, has also a good release and he passes the puck well. On June 6, 2014, Björk left Malmö of the HockeyAllsvenskan for a second time, in agreeing to a one-year contract with Austrian club, HC TWK Innsbruck of the EBEL. He returned to the Redhawks later in the season, and helped the club gain promotion to the SHL.
In the final, at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, Getafe were beaten 3–1 by Valencia.Valencia win Copa del Rey, FIFA.com, April 16, 2008 In the 2015–16 season, Getafe were relegated to second division after spending 12 years in first campaign. However, in 2016–17, the club immediately returned to La Liga after defeating Huesca and Tenerife to gain promotion via the play-offs.
He started his career at Mjällby AIF in 1990 and played there until 2001. Between 2002 and 2008 he played for Kalmar FF. On 17 November 2008 he signed with Mjällby for 1 year in Superettan. He helped the club gain promotion to Allsvenskan in 2009. In December 2012, he retired from professional football after playing his last match against IF Elfsborg on November 1, 2012.
In 2016, Schneider trained with Bridges FC and participated on their European tour. He was noticed by IFK Åmål in the Swedish sixth-division, the Division 4 Bohuslän/Dalsland, and signed with the team in July 2016. He helped the team gain promotion to Division 3. In subsequent seasons, he made 40 league appearances, scoring 2 goals, and also appeared in the 2018–19 Svenska Cupen.
On March 2007, Bah received his first call-up for the Ivory Coast in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar, a match played away. After a successful trial with FC Astra Ploieşti on January 2009, Bah was signed to a six-month contract with FC Astra Ploieşti. On June 2009, he helped FC Astra Ploieşti gain promotion to in Romanian Premier League.
Although he had signed for Greuther Fürth a two-year contract until 2015, after Fürth's failed to gain promotion in 2014, Brosinski stated his desire to play in the Bundesliga. On 3 July 2014 Fürth complied with his wishes and allowed him to join 1. FSV Mainz 05 for transfer believed to be about €1 million. He signed a four-year contract expiring June 2018.
Henry Saunders took the only wicket to fall in Montserrat's innings. Shortly after, they took part in the 2008 ICC Americas Championship Division Three, which they won to gain promotion to Division Two. In 2010, they took part in the ICC Americas Championship Division Two, finishing fourth but retaining their status in Division Two. This was the team's last appearance to date in international cricket.
The club made an instant impact winning Division 2C and the Cochrane and Corry Cup in their debut season. They won Division 2B the following season and in 2003–04 narrowly missed promotion to the Intermediate section by one point. It took another three attempts to gain promotion to Division 1B. They also completed the 2006–07 season by winning the Co. Antrim Junior Shield.
Olímpico San Luis was promoted to the Second Division in 2000. The following year they changed the club name to Olímpico Somos Peru. In 2004 they won the Second Division and played in the finals of the Copa Perú to gain promotion, however they lost to Deportivo Municipal in the quarter-finals. Beginning in 2006, they officially changed their name to Olímpico Aurora Miraflores.
Phumo managed Arsenal (Maseru) of Lesotho, leading them to "several league titles and an unexpected place in the last 16 of the African Champions Cup in 1990." He later managed South African club sides Ria Stars, Bloemfontein Celtic, Nathi Lions and Atlie. Phumo spent a brief spell as manager of United FC during 2009, helping the club gain promotion to South Africa's National First Division.
He became active in the no longer illegal local Anti-Fascist committee, later becoming active in the newly recreated Free German Youth. In 1951 he started working at the important Wismut Uranium mines. He worked underground for 4½ years as a hewer. He was able to attend evening classes at the Mining School which enabled him to gain promotion, becoming a foreman and supervisor.
Sobiech was born in Gelsenkirchen and began his career with local side FC Schalke 04. In 1987, he joined SG Wattenscheid 09 with whom he gain promotion to the Bundesliga in 1989–90. In 1993, he joined the Stuttgarter Kickers, but after a year returned to SG Wattenscheid 09. For the 1996–97 season he moved to NEC Nijmegen, with whom he played in the Eredivisie.
Gooden was the scout for Reading in Europe while based in France. Gooden eventually left Reading after they failed to gain promotion to the Premiership. He soon afterward linked up with Sunderland as their French scout. After a brief spell with the Black Cats, Gooden then signed a deal which saw him work as a scout for Arsenal firstly within Belgium and thereafter in France.
This earned him a call up to the national team but soon after suffered a serious knee injury in a game against Munster. In 2009, he joined Sale Sharks and in August 2010 he joined Newport Gwent DragonsBishop joins Dragons for a short spell before signing a 5 months contract with Edinburgh Rugby. In 2011 David joined Jersey RFC helping them gain promotion to the RFU Championship.
A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Championship in the 2009–10 season. Each team played 46 matches; two against every other team, one match at each club's stadium. Three points were awarded for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. At the end of the season the top two teams would gain promotion to the Premier League.
Returning to Doncaster England made nine appearances during the 2012 FA WSL season. The team finished in last place and was relegated to the second division, FA WSL 2, for the 2014 season. During the 2015 FA WSL season, England's 14 goals helped the club finish second during the regular season with a and gain promotion to FA WSL 1. She scored a brace against Oxford United.
In their third season at that level in 2013–14, they again won their league (winning all 25 of their matches during the season) to gain promotion to Fédérale 1. In only their second season in that competition, they won promotion to the second tier of French rugby, Rugby Pro D2 for the first time in their history, where they would compete in the 2016–2017 season.
The 2010 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match that was played at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 2010, at the end of the 2009–10 season. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the League Two to the League One, and was contested by Rotherham United and Dagenham & Redbridge. Dagenham & Redbridge won the play-off final 3–2.
Molynes United were founded in 1991. Molynes United were promoted to the National Premier League in 2019 after winning their first five matches in the promotion play-offs. The club were led in their push by head coach Lijyasu Simms, who has helped three different teams gain promotion to Jamaica's top flight. They defeated Portmore United 3–0 in their inaugural Jamaica National Premier League fixture.
Eccellenza Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. It is competed amongst 16 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion; they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Neil played for the Great Britain national team seven times between 1989 and 1994. During this time he helped the team gain promotion from Pool D to Pool A of the Ice Hockey World Championships and taking part in the Olympic Qualifiers in 1993. In total Neil scored 23 goals and 12 assists for 35 points in the games he played for his country.
In 2017, Breza signed for Serie D club Potenza, helping them gain promotion to Serie C for the 2018–19 season. During the offseason, he was rumoured to go to fellow Serie D club Taranto. In his second season, Breza largely played a backup role to Raffaele Ioime, but made 8 starts. In January 2020, Breza was linked with a move to Serie A club Bologna.
Arnold signed for League Two club Northampton Town on a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee on 5 June 2019. At the end of the curtailed 2019-20 season due to the coronavirus pandemic, Arnold helped Northampton Town gain promotion to League One with a League Two play-off final 4-0 victory over Exeter City in a behind closed doors match at Wembley Stadium.
Thompson played 32 times for Raith in 2016–17 and was unable to help them avoid relegation after they lost the relegation play-off on penalties to Brechin City. In January 2018, Thompson signed on loan for Scottish Championship side Livingston until the end of the 2017–18 season. Thompson made 15 appearances for Livi helping them gain promotion to the Scottish Premiership via the play-offs.
He joined Baník Ostrava, who were newly-relegated to Czech National Football League, from Znojmo in June 2016. He helped his team gain promotion back into the Czech First League after just one year in the second tier competition. He scored his first top flight goal in his first Czech First League appearance for Baník Ostrava. On 2 January 2019, SFC Opava announced the signing of Stáňa.
Makarov played 29 times, scoring three goals, helping the club gain promotion to Ligue 1. Following promotion, Makarov appeared for Nîmes three times in the 1950–51 French Division 1. In 1951, Makarov signed for Grenoble, playing 11 times over the course of three seasons. In 1954, Makarov moved to Canada, playing for Toronto Ukrainians before returning to France to sign for USM Montargis.
The Cape Winelands side finished their inaugural season in 3rd, clinching the final promotion/relegation playoff spot by one point. However, Stellies finished last in the mini-league. Following an unsuccessful attempt to gain promotion to the Absa Premiership Stellenbosch parted ways with head coach Sammy Troughton. In 2017, Stellenbosch's second season, the team recorded ten wins and ten losses in the thirty matches of the season.
In 2001–02, Napoli failed to gain promotion, missing out by one place in the Serie B table. This set off a spiral effect which saw the club slip further, and in the next season they finished a lowly 16th. Worse was to come for the club, however: with a debt estimated up to €70 million, the club was declared bankrupt in August 2004.
In March 2013, Olszewski signed a contract with IV liga club Bałtyk Koszalin. After helping the club gain promotion to the III liga, in July 2013, he moved to II liga side Pelikan Łowicz. In July 2014, Olszewski joined I liga club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza as a reserve goalkeeper. He later played for Polonia Bytom, Lechia Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Blomberger SV, and KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski.
The Kazakhstan First Division of 2008 was the 13th edition of Kazakhstan First Division, the second level football competition in Kazakhstan. Unlike the previous years, number of teams were shortened, due to creation of reserve teams league for Premier League teams. Thus, this season 14 teams started to play against each other on home-away system. Two best teams gain promotion to the Premier League next season.
Spence's footballing career started at junior side Armadale Thistle. In January 1957 he joined Stirling Albion. An attacking player, Spence was top scorer in the 1957/58 season with 20 goals helping Stirling Albion to win the league and gain promotion to the first division. He spent a brief spell at Raith Rovers between October 1959 and January 1960 before returning to Stirling Albion where he captained the side.
Valakari was named manager of Åbo IFK in January 2010 and subsequently ended his playing career. He however returned "home" as he announced his return to Käpylän Pallo as a youth coach after the 2010 season. In 2012, Valakari joined SJK as the head coach. In 2013, he managed the team to gain promotion to the Veikkausliiga and they went on to win the Finnish championship in 2015.
In 1895 Ormerod was appointed manager of Manchester City, succeeding Joshua Parlby. In his first season in charge the club finished second in the Second Division, qualifying for the Test Matches, a nineteenth-century equivalent of the promotion play-offs. p235-6 The club won only one of their four test matches, and failed to gain promotion. The following season was less successful with a sixth-place finish for the club.
In 2011, CRB Aïn Fakroun beat ESC Tadjenanet 1–0 in the regional tour of the Algerian Cup. However, they failed to qualify for the round of 32 after losing out on penalties to JS Djijel. In the 2012–13 season, CRB Aïn Fakroun finished first in the 2012–13 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 to gain promotion to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 for the first time in its history.
Usman started his professional career in Nigeria with Kaduna-based club Ranchers Bees. After a year, he left and joined Taraba whom he later helped to the gain promotion to the Nigerian Premier League. Usman was later named the captain of the club at 18, which made him the youngest captain in the league. On 1 June 2019, FC Pyunik announced that they had released Usman by mutual consent.
On 16 January 2018, Jerome joined Derby County on a one-and-a-half-year contract. The fee, officially undisclosed, was reported by Sky Sports as £1.5 million. He scored his first goal for Derby in a 3–0 home win against Brentford on 3 February, and finished the season with 6 from 20 appearances, including a goal in the play-off semi-final, as Derby failed to gain promotion.
In 2007 Islas returned for a second spell with Tigre, he helped the club to gain promotion to the Primera. In Apertura 2007 he was the first team goalkeeper, helping the club to finish in second place, the highest league finish in the club's history. On 5 June 2011, during a match with Huracán, he sprained his ankle. Islas' convalescence would require up to seven months for complete recovery.
Handyside joined Stoke City in the summer of 2001 on a free- transfer and was made club captain. He played in 41 matches in 2001–02 including the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final which saw Stoke beat Brentford to gain promotion. He missed only three matches in 2002–03 as Stoke narrowly avoided relegation and at the end of the campaign he was released by Tony Pulis.
Tarachulski has enjoyed spells in Poland, Israel and Belgium. From K.S.K. Beveren (2300) in Belgium he signed for Yeovil Town in England helping them to gain promotion scoring 10 league goals. He quickly became a firm favourite amongst the fans and was known for a brilliant first touch. He left the Glovers after they won promotion to League One to sign for Dunfermline Athletic in the Scottish Premier League.
In his fourth and final season at the club, Al-Moasher scored 11 goals in 28 appearances and finished as the club's top scorer. However, Al-Wehda finished third and failed to gain promotion to the Pro League. Al-Moasher refused to sign a new contract with the club and left following the conclusion of the season. On 13 May 2014, Al- Moasher joined Al-Ahli on a free transfer.
Born in Thessaloniki, Kipouros began his playing career by signing with Kavala F.C. in July 1997. In 2010, he signed an annual contract for Greek Football League outfit PAS Giannina. In his first season with the club, he appeared in 26 matches, helping the club to gain promotion to the Superleague. He stayed with PAS Giannina for one more season and appeared in no less than 22 occasions for the club.
López began playing professional football in 2006 with Primera B Nacional (Argentine second division) club Atlético de Rafaela. At the end of the 2008–09 season Rafaela qualified to the promotion playoff against Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata. After a 3–3 draw and failure to gain promotion, López joined Primera División side Arsenal de Sarandí on a one-year loan. In 2010, he joined Peñarol in Uruguay, again on loan.
18 August 2020 For the next 2021–22 season, the league is expected to expand again to 16 teams as part of the league's expansion plan. As a consequence, this season the lowest-ranked team from Ukrainian Premier League will get relegated to Ukrainian First League, and at the same time the top three teams from the First League will gain promotion to the Premier League next season.
Bryce spent two seasons at Jersey Rugby Football Club helping them gain promotion to the RFU Championship in 2012 and remain in the league in 2013. He was to leave Jersey in the summer of 2013 to play for the Doncaster Knights. The Knights also secured promotion to the RFU Championship in 2014. He left the Knights that summer joining the Glasgow Warriors as part of their Elite Development Programme.
Hearts were battling with Ayr against relegation, but Robertson was sent off in a decisive match between the two teams. Hearts were a yo-yo club in the late 1970s and early 1980s; Robertson helped the club gain promotion back to the Premier Division in 1978 and 1980. Robertson left Hearts in 1981 to play in Canada for Toronto Blizzard. He briefly returned to Scotland, playing for Dundee United and Hibernian.
The club finally achieved the league title success that had previously eluded them, winning the Sussex County League Division 1 in 2009–10 under joint managers George Parris and Darren Freeman to gain promotion to the Isthmian League Division One South for the first time. The Hawks also reached the semi-final of the FA Vase, losing 4-1 on aggregate to Wroxham of the Eastern Counties League Premier Division.
Bronze began playing for Sunderland at under-12 academy level and joined the senior team when she turned 16 in 2007. She previously captained the under-16 team. In 2007–08, Bronze was named Manager's Player of the Year as Sunderland finished third in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. The next season she helped them win the Northern Division and gain promotion to the National Division.
Ahead of the 2019–20 season, club ownership increased the budget to $6 million and turned the club into a professional outfit, aiming to gain promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League in the following season. Despite the cancellation of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, Resources Capital were granted promotion to the Hong Kong Premier League by the HKFA board of directors.
Dickie began his career for his hometown club of Kilmarnock and after World War I he joined English side Chelsea. He spent two seasons with the Blues, making 40 appearances, before joining Stoke in May 1920. He played 14 matches for Stoke, helping the club gain promotion to the First Division in 1921–22. However, he was deemed surplus to requirements and he left for non-league Sittingbourne.
Due to bankruptcy of Perugia, Baiocco he joined the then Serie B side Catania in August 2005, and helped them gain promotion to the Serie A for the 2006/2007 season. Since then, he has become the captain of the club and has been an influential first team player. He played with Catania until the end of the 2008–09 season. From 2009 to 2011 he played for Brescia.
Blair spent most of his club career at Edinburgh, and was named in the Pro12 Dream team at the end of the 2007/08 season. Blair spent the 2012–13 season playing in France with Brive helping them to gain promotion back to the Top 14. Blair then returned to the UK to play for the Newcastle Falcons in the English Premiership. He joined Glasgow Warriors for the 2015/16 season.
While back at Catanzaro for the 1986–87 season, Palanca helped the team gain promotion from Serie C1 to Serie B, contributing 17 goals in 29 matches. Over the next three seasons with Catanzaro, he made 97 appearances and scored 28 goals. At the end of the 1989–90 season, Palancas' last in football, Catanzaro finished in 20th position in Serie B; the team was relegated to Serie C1.
On 14 February 2011, Dawson was snapped up Shelbourne for their 2011 First Division campaign. He became more of a permanent fixture halfway through the season where he helped Shels gain promotion to the Premier League. He received praise for his performance in the 2011 FAI Cup Final against Sligo Rovers. Shelbourne would eventually lose on penalties, Dawson being one of the players to miss from the spot.
The 1949–50 season saw Tottenham win the Second Division and gain promotion back to the First Division. Spurs also completed in the FA Cup and made it to the Fifth round only to be knocked out by Everton at Goodison Park. This was Arthur Rowe's first season after being appointed Tottenham manager. He used the push-and-run system which provided much success with a 23-game unbeaten run.
Ronald Raymond "Ronnie" Rees (born 4 April 1944) is a former Welsh international footballer. He played predominantly as a winger and was able to play down either flank. Rees was a graduate of the Coventry City youth team, and was given his debut for the senior team by Jimmy Hill in May 1962. Rees spent six years at Highfield Road, helping Coventry gain promotion from Division Three to Division One.
Kategoria e Parë was founded in 1930. It is made up of 2 groups, each containing 9 teams. The group winners gain promotion to the Kategoria Superiore and play a final against each other, while the teams that finish in the second place, play a play-off match against each other. The winner qualifies to the final play-off match, against the 8th ranked team of the Kategoria Superiore.
With first team opportunities limited at Villa Cutler played on loan with Oxford United and then joined Stoke City in July 2001. He enjoyed his most successful period of the career at Stoke helping them gain promotion in the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final. He went on to play for Swansea City, Stockport County and Rotherham United until retiring in 2007 and moving into coaching.
1984 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 54th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 31 March 1984. The 1984 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Nyva Vinnytsia. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Vinnytsia Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing second in its group.
1983 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 53rd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 25 March 1983. The 1983 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SKA Kiev. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Kiev did not manage to gain promotion by placing last in its group.
1981 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 51st season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 5. The season started on 4 April 1981. The 1981 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing second in its group.
He netted his first goals for the side on 18 December, scoring a brace in a 3–2 win over Trikala. Eventually, Ilić left Aris Thessaloniki after just one season. After five years in Greece, Ilić moved to Hungary and joined Nemzeti Bajnokság II club Kisvárda in July 2017. He helped them gain promotion to the Nemzeti Bajnokság I in his debut season, contributing with 10 goals in 35 appearances.
In 2006, Villatoro joined the coaching staff at Costa Rican club Pérez Zeledón. In 2008, Villatoro achieved promotion to the Guatemalan Segunda División de Ascenso with Los Potros del Tecnológico. In 2009, Villatoro was appointed manager of Sayaxché, helping to the club gain promotion to the Primera División de Ascenso during his time at the club. Following his time at Sayaxché, Villatoro managed Cobán Imperial, Deportivo Carchá and Deportivo Jocotán.
He was appointed manager on 4 December 1973 following the dismissal of Maurice Evans, the man who had signed him three months earlier. With the "Shrews" he appointed former Derby teammate Richie Barker as his assistant and he helped Shrewsbury gain promotion in 1974–75 and consolidate their position in the Third Division. He retired from playing once he was made manager of Stoke City in February 1978.
Tottenham were in the second division when Rowe returned to the club as manager in 1949 and his task was to gain promotion. This was achieved by becoming Champions and the following season the First Division Championship was won as well. These back- to-back championships made Spurs the first post-war team to win back-to-back titles. This was achieved through the use of 'Push and run' football.
However, they again finished bottom of the division and in 1980 returned to Division 4, where they played for the next four seasons. In April 1984, Patrick Parizon was appointed as manager and the following month, the side secured a third-placed finish to gain promotion back to Division 3. In 1984–85, the team lost only three matches in the entire campaign as they finished comfortably top of the division.
He played 18 league games and scored 8 goals during 2010–11, helping Oleksandria win the Ukrainian First League and gain promotion to the top division. On 30 December 2011, Shakhtar Donetsk officially announced Targamadze's capture on its official website. He signed on loan for PFC Oleksandria in August 2015. In July 2018, after missing two years due to knee injuries, he returned to Georgia and signed for FC Saburtalo Tbilisi.
The Littlehampton, Clapham & Patching Cricket Club is a member of the Sussex Cricket League, which administers the Sussex Premier League. After being relegated in 2012 they spent four years in the West Sussex Invitation League. In 2017 the 1st XI won Division 1 on the last day of the season against rivals Arundel CC to gain promotion back into the Sussex Cricket League. There are Sunday XI’s that play friendly cricket.
He signed a contract of one year and a half. On 17 May 2018, Lijnders was sacked after NEC failed to gain promotion to the Eredivisie in the promotion play-offs. He returned to the Liverpool coaching staff on 5 June 2018. He was part of the coaching staff that helped Liverpool to their sixth UEFA Champions League win on the 1 June 2019 and the Premier League in 2019-20.
With one-year delay FC Wacker Innsbruck finishing last in 2013/14, 8 points behind FC Admira Wacker Mödling which even had been docked 5 points due to financial problems. In 2014/15 Wacker Innsbruck played in the First League but failed to gain promotion. Consequently, FC Wacker Innsbruck start the 2015/16 season on the First League. FC Wacker Innsbruck start the 2018/19 season on the First League.
Starting his career at Dortmund in 1996 he managed just 15 appearances for the club and eventually moved to 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Köln where he went on to make 65 appearances in his three years at the club scoring 15 goals and helping the club gain promotion into the Bundesliga. He was tipped for national team selection but a series of injuries meant he was regularly out of action.
He played at Kvarner for five seasons being in top positions in the Second League but failing to reach first place and gain promotion. From 1975 to 1978 Žiljak was often selected to play for the youth selection of SR Croatia. In 1979 he played for the U-21 squad of Yugoslavia at the Balkanijada tournament in Varaždin. In 1981 Žiljak was signed by city rival RK Zamet.
Stoyanov started his career in his home town Sliven in local team OFC Sliven 2000. In 2005, he signed a contract with German side VfB Stuttgart, but only played one league game for the club before returning to Sliven in May 2006. In 2007–08 season with his goals Stoyanov helped the team gain promotion to the first division in Bulgaria. He scored 16 goals in 15 matches.
In 2012, Davy Fitzgerald began his tenure as Clare manager. At the time Clare had fallen down the game's pecking order, having not won a championship match since 2008 and they were also in the second tier of the Hurling League. Clare won Division 1B of the league to gain promotion for the following year. In the Munster Championship, Clare lost to Waterford by 2–17 to 1–18.
Eccellenza Piedmont-Aosta Valley () is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the regions of Piedmont and Aosta Valley, Italy. It is competed amongst 36 teams, in two different groups (A and B). The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The clubs who finish second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play-off which consists of two rounds.
Eccellenza Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol () is the regional Eccellenza football division for clubs in the northern Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Italy. It is competed amongst 16 teams, in one group. The winners of the Groups are promoted to Serie D. The club who finishes second also have the chance to gain promotion, they are entered into a national play- off which consists of two rounds.
This stint was short lived since the tournaments after they did not do well and ended up being relegated after the 2003–04 season. Their last stint was in Primera Division was in 2005–06 season when they gain promotion after winning the 2004–05 Primera 'A'. After the 2012–13 season Querétaro was relegated to the Ascenso MX after accumulating the lowest coefficient over the past three seasons.
However he played as they won the 2000 Football League Trophy Final. Although he was dropped from the side in February 2001, which prompted him to hand in a transfer request. However, he returned to the side in 2001–02 and helped Stoke gain promotion by beating Brentford in the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final. He played 32 times in 2002–03 as Stoke narrowly avoided relegation.
Coton-Pélagie began playing football at the club where her father coached and he brother played as amateur, FC Les Lilas. She played in the lower levels of French football with Blanc-Mesnil and CNFE Clairefontaine before joining D1 sides ASJ Soyaux and Paris Saint- Germain. At the end of her career, Coton-Pélagie joined D2 side Olympique de Marseille, and helped the club gain promotion to D1.
The 12 teams that will compete in the 2018 Westmeath Senior Football Championship are: Group 1: St Loman's, Killucan, Athlone, The Downs, Coralstown Kinnegad, Tyrellspass Group 2: Garrycastle, Mullingar Shamrocks, Castledaly, Maryland, St Mary's Rochfortbridge , Rosemount St Mary's Rochfortbridge gain promotion to the Senior championship as a reward for their 2017 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship victory, while Caulry are relegated to Intermediate after three seasons in the top flight.
After winning the second league with relative ease, the team failed in the final qualification stage, Kvalserien, to gain promotion. Ed Belfour retired after the 2007–08 season. Leksand once again won Allsvenskan in the 2008–09 season, but once again failed to qualify for the Elitserien in the 2009 Kvalserien. The managers Thomas Kempe and Thomas Jonsson were sacked following three straight defeats in the beginning of the Kvalserien.
Touch rugby is open to the public and is free of charge. The local cricket club is Sandbach Cricket Club. In 2008 the First XI won the Cheshire Cricket Alliance League – Division 1 on the last day of the season to gain promotion to the Meller Braggins League – Division 3. Another local side is Elworth Cricket Club which plays in the North Staffs & South Cheshire Cricket League – Championship Division 1.
Vodehnal began his career playing for Czech Gambrinus liga side FK Jablonec 97, appearing in 107 league matches for the club. He moved abroad in January 2005, joining Greek second division side Panachaiki for six months. He spent the next two seasons in the Cypriot second division, helping AEP Paphos F.C. and then APOP Kinyras Peyias FC gain promotion, before returning to the Czech Republic to play for FC Hradec Králové.
He again continued to rise slowly but consistently through the ranks, achieving second division jūryō promotion for the July 2011 tournament. He was helped by there being a large number of retirements due to a match-fixing scandal. Upon promotion to the second division he took the ring name of Tenkaihō. It took him only three winning tournaments in the remainder of 2011 to gain promotion to the top division.
He joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Yeovil Town midway through the 1985–86 season. Yeovil were involved in a promotion race with Sutton United during much of the season, Sutton eventually winning the title. In 1986–87 Yeovil again finished 2nd this time to Wycombe Wanderers who amassed 101 points. Yeovil did gain promotion to the Alliance Premier League in 1987–88 with Randall scoring 25 goals.
The club was founded in 1968 with the name of U.S. Giaveno. Giaveno spent a long time in the regional Piedmont leagues, and wouldn't gain promotion from the Terza Categoria until the 1980s. When the team finally promoted, they succeeded in a double promotion, gaining promotion to the Prima Categoria. In 1986 the football club merged with U.S. Coazze, giving the club a new name; A.C. Giaveno Coazze.
After keeping them in the league for the following two seasons, he left the Rojillos. Machín replaced fired Javi López at the helm of Girona FC on 9 March 2014. After an impressive 2014–15 campaign which his side finished third but failed to gain promotion, he signed a two-year contract extension until 2018. On 17 August 2017, after achieving promotion to La Liga, Machín extended his contract until 2019.
Gladstone attended the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth from 1820. He spent eight years at sea, but thereafter was still able to gain promotion to Captain RN. William decided to undertake a tour of European cities in 1832 with his naval brother, who was temporarily without a ship. They spent 179 days together criss-crossing Europe, travelling by post- chaise. Leaving London on 1 February 1832 they crossed the Channel into Brittany.
The huge media buzz and the stars who were brought in, did not prove successful as they were not able to gain promotion to the Premier League. Mohammad Parvin finished as top scorer following a number of impressive appearances. The following year, after a major big names load off, the club was narrowly promoted to the Premier League. Following promotion to the top tier, the heavy investments once again commenced.
Born in Yugoslavia, Simović played in the Yugoslav league for Čukarički Stankom. He played for Busan IPark of the South Korean K League, then known as Daewoo Royals. Next, he moved to Greek second division side PAS Giannina, making his league debut on 18 December 1994. He joined Kavala F.C. in January 1996, and would help the club gain promotion to the Greek first division at the end of the season.
A third-place finish meant Walsall would take on in-form Barnsley in the playoffs. The Tykes proved too much for the Saddlers, convincingly winning 3-0 at Oakwell and 3-1 at the Bescot. The Yorkshire side would go on to gain promotion by beating Millwall in the final. The Saddlers’ young fullback Rico Hery and playmaker Romaine Sawyers were included in the official League one Team of the Season.
Fanello began playing football with local side Polisportiva Pizzo. He turned professional with U.S. Catanzaro, and was the leading goalscorer of Serie C as he helped the club gain promotion to Serie B during the 1958–59 season. After playing for Italy at the 1960 Summer Olympics, Fanello signed with Serie A side A.C. Milan. However, his opportunities with the first team were limited, and he was loaned to U.S. Alessandria.
Although he started his international career at youth level for Wales, Andrew has since represented the Sweden National Rugby Union Team having been made eligible by his grandfather. He has been capped 20 times with 7 tries as of 2015 and he also has captained the sevens side. In 2012 he helped the country to gain promotion to European Nations Cup First Division after they won the second division title.
Being unable to gain promotion in to senior inspector, possibly because he was a Scotsman in Wales, Galloway resigned his post as assistant Inspector of Mines. He became the first Professor of Mining at the University College of Wales in Cardiff. Resigning from there in 1902. He became a consultant engineer and took on work in Britain and abroad, for example, Assam, and the Cape of Good Hope.
Daher began his senior career at Lebanese Premier League side Shabab Sahel, during the 2004–05 season. After one season in the Premier League, Shabab Sahel relegated to the Lebanese Second Division. During the 2005–06 Lebanese Second Division, Daher helped his side finish first and gain promotion back to the Premier League. In 2010–11, Daher was awarded for having played the most minutes in the league: 1980.
Grimsby won 3–1 to gain promotion to League Two, with Nolan's free kick leading to Omar Bogle's opening goal. A week later however, in the 2016 FA Trophy Final at the same venue, Grimsby lost 1–0 to relegated FC Halifax Town. After impressing in his short time at the club, Nolan won the Grimsby Town Young Player of the Year award for the 2015–16 season.
He spent the second half of the 2010–11 season with Sheffield Wednesday of League One before moving to another League One club, Charlton Athletic. He helped Charlton gain promotion to the Championship in his first season, was appointed vice-captain, and played regularly until 2014, when he joined another Championship club, Birmingham City, initially on loan. While a Cambridge United player, he represented England at semi-professional level.
With expansion of the WCWRA to twelve teams in 1995, Douglas began the year in 2nd Division. After going undefeated for the first half of that season, the team beat UBC Old Boys 10-8 to gain promotion to the 1st Division. The women enjoyed their most successful season in 1996 with a record of 13-3-1, losing to eventual champions Ex-Britannia Lions in the BC semi- final.
After three seasons at Kidderminster, in May 2009 Creighton joined Oxford United, where he became a regular starter. In 2010, he helped Oxford gain promotion out of the Conference Premier and into League Two. Although he was a regular in the first team with the Us he was selected less often during Oxford's first season back in the Football League and was subsequently loaned out at the end of 2010.
Evgeni Karamanov (born 26 March 1986) is a Bulgarian footballer currently playing as a goalkeeper for Zagorets Nova Zagora. Karamanov comes directly from Sliven`s Youth Academy. He made his debut for the first squad on 29 April 2007 in a match of the B PFG against Chernomorets Burgas. In the next 2007-08 season Karamanov played 18 matches and helped the team gain promotion to the first division.
The last time Sport Boys became champions of the Primera División Peruana was 1984. Since then they have had a rollercoaster of ups and downs. Some of the ups have been being runners-up in the 1990 and 1991 First Division after having won the Segunda División Peruana to gain promotion. In 1999 the Sport Boys qualified for the Copa CONMEBOL, and in 2001 for the 2001 Copa Libertadores.
Eskra Emmetts won a Division 3 league in 1986 to gain promotion to Division 2. They were relegated the following year and remained in the lower tier of Tyrone football until 2004, and lost two junior championship finals during that period including the 1996 decider. In 2003 the Emmetts won promotion from Division 3 by winning the Junior championship. They had been beaten in the final the previous year by Urney.
1985 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 55th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 30 March 1985. The 1985 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SC Tavriya Simferopol. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Crimean Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing second in its group.
Eastwood is from Roscrea in County Tipperary and began his cricketing career at Ballyeighan C.C. In his teens and early twenties he was a key member of the Ballyeighan side that won a Middle A Cup, Middle B Cup and numerous Midland and South East Cups. When Ballyeighan failed to gain promotion to senior ranks due to their lack of facilities Eastwood moved to Pembroke C.C. in Dublin. .
The Birmingham Combination was an English football competition for teams in Birmingham and the surrounding areas, which was active from 1892 until 1954. It was founded as the Birmingham & District Junior League, and changed its name in 1908. The league was also affiliated to the Birmingham County F.A. Winners of the league would have had to have been elected to the Birmingham & District League in order to gain promotion.
Bertschin was born in Enfield and began his career with Barnet before joining Ipswich Town in 1973. He made a perfect start to professional football scoring on his debut scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Arsenal in April 1976. He scored again two days later against West Ham United. He became a full member of the squad in 1976–77 scoring six goals in 30 appearances as Ipswich finished in 3rd position. Bertschin joined Birmingham City in July 1977 for a fee of £135,000. He spent four seasons at St Andrew's making 143 appearances scoring 41 goals and helped the club gain promotion in 1979–80. Bertschin joined Norwich City in August 1981 and helped the Canaries gain promotion to the First Division in 1981–82. He scored twice against his old club Birmingham in a 5–1 victory earning Norwich their first victory of the 1982–83 season.
Moore was born in the London Borough of Brent. He joined Queens Park Rangers as an under-nine, and moved on to Arsenal at the age of twelve. Moore signed his first professional contract with Arsenal on 5 July 2014, his 17th birthday. He was a member of Arsenal's under-21 team that beat Aston Villa in the 2015–16 Professional U21 Development League play-off final to gain promotion to the top division.
The 2015 season, during which Danny Jones died whilst playing for the club, and 2016 season were played in Championship 1 with Paul March in charge. March led the club to victory in the 2016 iPro Sport Cup with a 22–18 win over York City Knights at Blackpool, however the failure to gain promotion cost March his job and he was replaced by Craig Lingard at the end of the 2016 season.
Grana began his playing career in 2003 in the regionalised 3rd division of Argentine football with Platense. In 2006, he was part of the team that won the Apertura 2006 championship. In 2007, he joined Los Andes but left the club to join All Boys later in the year. Grana won his second B Metropolitana championship with All Boys in 2007-08 helping the team to gain promotion to the 2nd tier.
The club was founded on November 15, 2004. Barras won the Campeonato Piauiense in 2008. They competed in the Série C in 2007, when they reached the Final Stage, finishing in the 7th position, but failing to gain promotion to the following year's Série B, and in 2008, when they were eliminated in the First Stage of the competition. Barras will play against ABC in the First Round of the 2011 Copa do Brasil.
Stoke City Football Club (Women) are an English women's association football club affiliated with Stoke City. They are currently members of the FA Women's National League North. The club were formed in the summer of 2001 and had a successful first season in the West Midlands league Division One finishing third before gaining promotion to the Premier Division via the play-offs. Season 2008–09 saw the Ladies gain promotion into the Midland Combination League.
Picked to take the reins of Penang-based outfit Sungai Ara on a one- year contract in late 2014, the former striker was greeted by supporters, players and officials upon arrival to the Malaysian state. Improving the fitness level and morale of the players ahead of the season with six months of preparation and 30 friendlies played, his target was to gain promotion to the Malaysia Premier League by 2016, expressing gratefulness to the board.
In 2000, no promotion was available due to changes in the league system. From 2001 to 2004, the league champion had to play-off for promotion with the winner of the Oberliga Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein. Only in 2004 could the champion of Niedersachsen/Bremen win this contest and gain promotion. In 2000, with the reduction of the number of Regionalligas to two, eight clubs were relegated from this league to the Oberliga.
Many difficulties in the Northern Counties East League followed with the club ending the season next to bottom. The NJLC moved Curzon back to the North West Counties league at the end of the 1997–98 season. In November 1998, Joe Murty was appointed manager and brought Martin Farnworth in as his assistant. The 1999–2000 season saw the club gain promotion to Division One of the First North Western Trains League.
Anderson kindly offered to foot the bill for the damage caused, which was well received by the Town and many other football fans alike. After surprisingly being released at the end of the 2014–15 season after Ipswich failed to gain promotion, despite Anderson being top of the clubs assists chart for the 2014–15 season, On 19 May 2015 Ipswich Town fans created a petition for Anderson to be re-signed by the club.
Shayne started his Mansfield career well, scoring nine goals in his first half season and striking an effective partnership with Chris Greenacre. In the 2001–02 season, Mansfield manager Billy Dearden left the club and was replaced by Stuart Watkiss. At the time, Mansfield were chasing promotion from Division 3. The Stags suffered a dip in form under Watkiss, but were still able to gain promotion at the end of the season.
Chow made his third leave from the First Division as he joined Second Division side Pontic in the 2010–11 season. As a key member in the team, he only missed one game throughout the season, helping the club gain promotion to the First Division. However, since Pontic failed to find sponsors, they lacked sufficient funds to run the club. As a result, Pontic announced they refused to promote to the First Division.
Throughout the season Luo would be an integral member of the squad that came runners-up within the division and gain promotion to the top tier. After only one season within the top flight the club were relegated at the end of the 2013 Chinese Super League season. Luo would remain an integral member of the squad until the club eventually won promotion again by winning the 2018 China League One division.
Nakajima-Farran signed with Malaysia Super League club Terengganu on 1 April 2015. After a disastrous 2016 campaign which saw Terengganu relegated to the second tier, Issey chose to stay and help the team gain promotion. He proved his words by helping them to finish 2nd in the Malaysia Premier League, ensuring their return to the Super League. On 1 November 2017, Nakajima-Farran announced that he had departed the club by mutual consent.
Choi returned to the K League 2 managing Gangwon FC in 2015. He managed to lead them to the K League 1 via the playoffs in 2016. In 2018, Choi left Gangwon to become the manager of K League 2 team Busan IPark, but resigned after only one season after failing to gain promotion. Busan IPark finished third in the K League 2 but lost to FC Seoul in the promotion/relegation playoff final.
Thamesmead F.C. was formed in 1969 as a community team for local youngsters. The club merged with Southlake FC in 1973, and by 1979 were fielding a Saturday team, playing on park pitches at Crossways. In 1980 the club entered the London Spartan League at the Intermediate Division Three level. They dominated the intermediate divisions in the early 1980s, but were unable to gain promotion to the Senior Division until they gained senior status.
In March 2013, Tiffoney returned for a second spell at Alloa. On 15 May 2013, he scored as Alloa defeated Dunfermline Athletic 3-0 in the first leg of the SFL First Division play-off which Alloa won over two legs to gain promotion to the First Division. On 28 July 2013, Tiffoney signed a new contract with Alloa; however, due to a contract dispute with Ayr United, he is only signed as an amateur.
Carter was assistant manager for Merthyr Tydfil and then the reformed Merthyr Town for seven years between 2007 and 2014, where he assisted Garry Shephard. As Merthyr Town the side won back-to-back titles and promotions in the Western League under the duo but failed to gain promotion to the Southern League Premier after two successive play-off final defeats. The pair resigned in May 2014 after a defeat to Paulton Rovers.
During the very early years of his career, Jakobsen played at Junkeren and Grand Bodø, two minor Norwegian clubs in the town of Bodø. Mini's actual professional career as a footballer started at the well-known Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt. When he arrived at the club, Bodø/Glimt played in the third division (the third highest division in Norway at the time), but did gain promotion in 1986.Third Division 1986, RSSSF Norway.
1995–96 was arguably his best playing season when his prolific strike rate propelled Hereford from 19th to 6th in two months. His 29 league goals made him top goalscorer in the top four English divisions. After failing to gain promotion via the play-offs, he left Hereford and signed for Cardiff City. Whilst at Cardiff he played 6 games on Loan at Cwmbran Town scoring 4 goals in the time he was there.
Kristian Bach Bak started his senior career with FC Midtjylland (FCM) in 2000. He helped FCM win the 2000 Danish 1st Division and gain promotion for the Danish Superliga. In his first years at FCM, he played as a striker, but eventually settled as a central defender. He played all FCM's matches during the 2003–04 Superliga season, and was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in October 2003.
His best season with Mons was during the 2010/11 campaign in which he scored 18 goals in 31 league matches, helping the club gain promotion to the Belgian top flight. In total with the club Jarju appeared in 106 official matches and scored 37 goals. He would become the first African to sign as a Designated Player in Major League Soccer after signing with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on 12 July 2011.
In the event, a draw with Ayr United and a home loss to Inverness Caledonian Thistle meant that Clyde missed out on promotion. The Clyde Supporters' Trust formed during the 2003–04 season. Early that season some concerned fans met knowing that the chairman could not keep financing the Club indefinitely. The timing of the Trust's formation coincided with Clyde's failure to gain promotion, and the chairman sought to sell his majority shareholding.
After several years at Cardiff Blues, in 2013 Lee joined struggling Merthyr (then in Division 1 East) alongside Gary Horrigan as head coach. The Ironmen managed to survive relegation, beating Ystrad Rhondda on the last day of the season to stay up. Under the backing of multi millionaire Sir Stan Thomas, Merthyr then won the Division 1 East title to gain promotion to the Welsh Championship as well as claiming the SWALEC Plate.
He was loaned to second division club Avispa Fukuoka and Sagan Tosu and showed respectable results. Havenaar playing for Ventforet Kofu in 2010 In 2010, he joined Ventforet Kofu, scoring 20 goals in 30 appearances for the club, helping them gain promotion to J1 League. In 2011, Havenaar returned to Division 1 with Venforet and netted 17 times in 32 appearances. He received the J. League Best Eleven award after the season.
In July 1986 he signed for Cardiff City manager Frank Burrows, who had been Portsmouth manager for a short time when Wimbleton began to break into the first team. He was ever-present in his first year at the club, making 46 league appearances and playing a total of 59 competitive games. He finished as top scorer with eleven goals in all competitions before helping the side gain promotion, also winning the Welsh Cup.
They lost a test match against Morecambe, the bottom club in the First Division, however, and failed to gain promotion. They were eventually promoted at the end of the 1899–1900 season, by defeating Tyldesley in the test match. In 1908, the club nearly doubled their attendance record to 12,000 in a third round Challenge Cup match against Hunslet. In 1914, Cavendish Park was requisitioned by the authorities for the war effort.
His career took off at Roots Hall and in 2004 he earned a move to Hull City. He helped the Tigers gain promotion to the Championship in 2004–05. He joined Crystal Palace in the summer of 2006 before joining Stoke City in October 2007 in a swap deal with Clint Hill. Cort formed a strong defensive partnership with Ryan Shawcross at the Britannia Stadium as Stoke gained promotion to the Premier League.
Cort's last game for Palace was at Selhurst Park against Stoke. Cort's career at the Britannia Stadium began very well, with assured performances featuring a remarkable tally of eight goals in just six months from the defender helping the Potters gain promotion to the Premier League. However the next season, Cort find himself further down the pecking order as Ryan Shawcross and Abdoulaye Faye was preferred to be used in central defence.
Their recent relegation to the 2'nd Division, has sent the club tumbling down and they are currently fielding a team of new players, who are trying to restore the club to what it once was. They are not expected to gain promotion or challenge for it, for the next couple of years, as both the new players, the new manager and the new attitude, looks some way off finding their feet.
Born in Austria, Aslan made his professional debut with SV Pasching and won the Erste Liga in 2002 to gain promotion to Austria's top league. He then moved to Turkey to play for the second division side Manisaspor, and in 2006, signed with Antalyaspor. Aslan made his debut for Antalyaspor in a match on 6 August 2006 against Çaykur Rizespor, where he came on as a 70th-minute substitute for Levent Kartop.
In February 2012, Snodgrass was appointed captain of Leeds, but he rejected a new contract offer and moved to Norwich City in July. He left Norwich after they were relegated in 2014 and moved to Hull City. On his league debut for Hull, Snodgrass suffered a serious knee injury that sidelined him for over a year. Hull were relegated in his absence, but Snodgrass helped them gain promotion via the playoffs in 2016.
Born in Mizoram, Laltanpuia has played for United Sikkim in the I-League 2nd Division before joining Aizawl for their second division campaign. After helping Aizawl gain promotion to the I-League he left the club to join Mizoram Police of the Mizoram Premier League. He captained the side in the league. While playing for Mizoram Police, Laltanpuia represented his state of Mizoram in the Santosh Trophy in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016.
C.D. Real Sociedad plays its games in Tocoa at the municipally- owned stadium, Estadio Francisco Martínez Durón. The team gain promotion to the first division in 2012, where they brought high profile players like Julio César de León. The team has had success in their short time in the premier division reaching the final on multiple occasions. The investment in the sport has brought full stadiums and a respectable performance in the league.
During the tournament Verma made his full Twenty20 debut against Scotland, where the USA went on to win by 6 wickets. He followed this up by playing a match against Ireland, which the United States lost. Later in February 2010, Verma represented the United States in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, where he helped the United States gain promotion to the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Italy.
Benjamin Jones (9 September 1847 - 2 March 1942) was a British co-operative and political activist. Born in Salford, Jones left school at the age of nine to work for a cabinet maker. While working as an errand boy, he studied at Owens College and the Manchester Mechanics' Institute, and managed to gain promotion to become a book-keeper. In 1866 was appointed as assistant book- keeper to the Manchester Co-operative Wholesale Society (CWS).
With the Icelandic board failing to gain promotion to the Premier League and with debts now at around £5million chairman Gunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale and he sold the club back to former chairman Peter Coates. Coates then re-appointed Tony Pulis as manager who had spent the season with Plymouth Argyle. He was then briefly manager at Standard Liège in 2006.ESPNsoccernet – Europe – Standard Liege sack coach Boskamp . Soccernet-akamai.espn.go.
In 2005 it will gain promotion to the Second League of Serbia and Montenegro. BASK will finish the season in 11th place, and in the end of the season and with the independence of Montenegro, the league will be renamed into the Serbian First League. BASK finished the 2006–07 season in 18th place and will be relegated again, returning to the First League in 2010 after winning the 2009–10 Serbian League Belgrade.
Batting and Fielding in ICC World Cricket League Division Four 2014 (Ordered by Average) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 January 2015. Malaysia won the tournament to gain promotion to the 2014 Division Three, but Hammadullah missed out on that tournament. However, in the gap between the Division Five and Four tournaments, he also participated in the 2014 ACC Premier League, top-scoring with 38 runs in Malaysia's loss to Hong Kong in the final match.
On 4 July 2016, Brisley signed a two-year deal with Carlisle United. He said that manager Keith Curle's 'sales pitch' convinced him to join the "Cumbrians" and that he aimed to help the team gain promotion out of League Two. He made 34 appearances in the 2016–17 campaign, though agreed to a mutual termination of his contract after Curle told him he could not guarantee him game-time at Brunton Park next season.
In 2012, Lemi signed a contract with Worcester Warriors and was reunited with former coach Richard Hill. In 2014, Lemi was re-signed by Bristol, which would see him leave the Worcester Warriors at the end of the 2014 season and helped Bristol gain promotion the Aviva Premiership. In April 2018, Lemi was announced as leaving Bristol Rugby at the end of the 2017/18 campaign, during which Bristol were promoted to the Aviva Premiership.
Mads blev EfB's hidtil yngste debutant, jv.dk, 20 November 2017 He came on the pitch from the bench with half an hour left of a game against Brabrand IF. Larsen played eight league games and scored one goal in the 2017/18 season and helped the team gain promotion to the Danish Superliga. He was permanently promoted to the first team squad for the 2018/19 season.Esbjerg rykker to talenter i førsteholdstruppen, bold.
FC Köln signing a one-year loan deal with an option for a second season. He became the first Honduran to play in Germany. After initially being plagued by injuries during his season in Germany, Suazo became an important player in helping Köln gain promotion to the German Bundesliga during the 2007–08 season. At the conclusion of the season Köln was interested in permanently acquiring Suazo, however Antalyaspor decided to retain him.
Thordarson spent three seasons at Stoke winning the Football League Trophy and taking the club into the play- offs three times. Having lost to Gillingham and Walsall Stoke beat Brentford in 2002 to gain promotion back to Division One. Just days after winning promotion however Thordarson was sacked by the board. Steve Cotterill was named as the new manager soon after but after just thirteen matches he quit to join Sunderland as assistant manager.
After struggling to earn a starting place with Burnley, Richards was sent on loan to Adeccoligaen club Bodø/Glimt on 4 April 2013. He played in 14 league games and scored 2 goals before his loan period ended, and he returned to his parent club. In July 2013 Richards signed a permanent contract to finish out the season. He helped the club in capturing the 2013 Adeccoligaen and gain promotion to the top flight.
They also failed in their efforts to stop Oxford from equipping his force with improved riot control equipment or obtaining plastic bullets. Oxford opposed the Police and Criminal Evidence Act of 1984 as undermining police effectiveness against crime. After his retirement Oxford was named by Alison Halford as practising "tactics of exclusion" during her fight to gain promotion within the Merseyside Police. Oxford was knighted in 1988 and retired from the force the following year.
The club re-graded to Junior in 2002 but bounced back with a West-Cork title in 2003. After two great games with Grenagh, Argideen reached the county final but had to give way to Dromina. The club was promoted to intermediate grade after their great run and once more found themselves in a county final in 2005 - this time at intermediate, where they defeated Nemo Rangers to gain promotion to Premier Intermediate status.
1986 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 56th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 28 March 1986 with the game Sudobudivnyk Mykolaiv – Nyva Ternopil. The 1986 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by FC Zorya Luhansk. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Luhansk Oblast managed to gain promotion by winning its group.
Lanús was once again disadvantaged because of a referee error, therefore losing the series and failing to gain promotion to the First Division. Already having more than 25,000 members, the team was promoted to the Second Division in 1986. With Miguel Ángel Russo as manager, the team returned to the First Division after 13 years. Thanks to the team's goalkeeper, Alcides Herrera, the team beat Quilmes in the finals of the promotion playoff.
The club spent the next forty years in lower division anonymity, before favourable economic circumstances enabled them to gain promotion to Allsvenskan in 1968, although they were relegated after just one season. The high point was arguably in the years 1973–1974, when the club again gained promotion to the highest league and its squad contained a number of high-profile players, such as Roland Grip, then a member of the Swedish national team.
The 1988 Football League Third Division play-off final was a two-legged football tie played in May 1988 at the end of the 1987–88 season. It determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Third Division to the Second Division, and was contested by Bristol City and Walsall. Walsall won the tie 4–0 in a replay at Fellows Park after the sides drew 3–3 on aggregate.
Kay also led Liverpool to the FA Cup Final in 1950, but lost the game 2–0 to Arsenal. He retired the following year, owing to ill- health. The next manager, Don Welsh became the first Liverpool manager to be sacked after leading the club to relegation in 1954. His successor, Phil Taylor, also failed to win a trophy or gain promotion back to the top flight during his reign as boss.
Lucas Matías Galán (born 22 June 1988) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward. A left-footed forward, Galán was known for his physical presence and heading. Starting his career in Argentina, Galán moved to Guatemala in 2013, at Deportivo Coatepeque, helping them gain promotion to the Liga Nacional de Fútbol. Three months later he joined Greek side Kallithea, before moving to Lebanon in 2014, first at Salam Zgharta then at Ansar.
Calé then returned to Portugal, signing a contract with Leixões. He made a total of 21 appearances for the Matosinhos-based club, scoring one goal. In 2013, Calé moved on to fellow Portuguese club C.D. Tondela, where he played in 30 matches and scored 4 goals. In 2014, he signed a contract with fellow Segunda Liga contender União Madeira, and helped the club gain promotion to the Primeira Liga with 23 appearances and 4 goals.
In 2007, Galchev returned to Pirin Blagoevgrad and helped the team gain promotion to the B Group. In December 2008, Pirin merged with the other club of Blagoevgrad, which in season 2008–09 was a part of A Group. Galchev was selected to join unions club. He quickly became part of the main team and until the end of 2008–09 season earned 15 appearances playing in the A PFG, scoring one goal.
Hart reached the Football League Linesmen's List at the age of 29 in 1977. However, he took another nine seasons to gain promotion to the Referees List. Once he had made that step up though he made swifter progress. One of his early games was between Manchester City and Huddersfield at Maine Road on 7 November 1987, when the home side won 10–1, the Yorkshire team's only goal being a penalty.
On February 16, 2012, it was confirmed Turcios would sign with Ykkönen side RoPS from Finland. He made his league debut in a 2-0 victory over Viikingit.Turcios, camino al RoPS - La Prensa Gráfica On August 25, he suffered a strained ligament in his right knee that would keep him out for approximately 6 months. He was a key member in helping his team gain promotion to the Veikkausliiga to play in the 2013 season.
They also retained the Autumn Trophy they had won the previous season, beating Medway 15–8 on aggregate. To gain promotion though they had to beat the Premier Division's bottom club – the Streatham Redskins. Cardiff destroyed their Premier Division rivals 12–1 in the first leg, and a 9–5 victory in Streatham the following weekend secured an easy aggregate victory and a place in the Heineken Premier Division for the following season.
He was selected as part of the England One Day International (ODI) squad to tour New Zealand in 2007–08, but had to wait until 2010 to make his international debut. After impressing during the 2009 season with Kent, helping the team gain promotion back to the first division of the County Championship, Tredwell played his first Test and ODIs against Bangladesh in March 2010. His Twenty20 International debut followed two years later.
On September 11, 2014, Hutchings signed his first contract abroad on a one-year deal with ETC Crimmitschau of the DEL2. In the 2018–19 season, Hutchings continued to play in the HockeyAllsvenskan with IK Oskarshamn. He enjoyed his most successful season in Sweden, notching 39 points in 52 games and later helped Oskarshamn gain promotion to the top tier SHL. He left the club at the conclusion of his contract as a free agent.
However, in 2015 he left the club after they failed to gain promotion from the RFU Championship, to join the Cardiff Blues as head coach. After three seasons in Cardiff, it was announced that he would be leaving at the end of the 2017/18 season to join Wasps as Forwards coach. He subsequently pulled out of that deal with Wasps, when the Forwards coach role with the Scotland team became available.
His form returned in 1984–85 as he scored 22 goals in 51 games but Rovers again failed to gain promotion finishing 6th. Bobby Gould returned as manager for the 1985–86 season. Results and performances were poor and with Gould failing to keep an settled line-up Randall found himself in the reserves. He turned down a move to Dutch club NAC Breda in order to fight for his place at Rovers.
Gerlo started his career in the Argentine 2nd Division at Central Córdoba in Rosario in 2000. In 2002, he joined Quilmes and helped the team gain promotion to the Primera by beating Argentinos Juniors in an end of season promotion playoff. The next season saw Quilmes finish 4th and 6th scoring a total of 60 points leaving them well clear of relegation and in the qualifying places for the Copa Libertadores and the Copa Sudamericana.
During the season FourFourTwo Magazine voted him the best player outside the Premier League and he was later named in the PFA Team of the Year. The 2005–06 season saw Reading finally gain promotion to the Premier League and they did so in emphatic style finishing 1st with 106 points. Sidwell played in 40 matches scoring ten goals and his performances again earned him a place in the PFA Team of the Year.
Elín came up through the junior teams of Breiðablik and debuted with its senior team in the later part of the 2012–13 season where she averaged 8.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in three games. The following season she helped Breiðablik win the second-tier 1. deild kvenna and gain promotion to the Úrvalsdeild kvenna. She appeared in 27 games during the 2014–15 Úrvalsdeild season, averaging 5.6 points and 5.1 rebounds.
Starting his youth career at Monza, Galli first began his senior career in the Serie D at Caronnese during the 2014–15 season. In three years at the club, Galli played 81 games and scored seven goals. In 2017 he returned to Serie C club Monza, where he played 76 games, helping Monza gain promotion to the Serie B in 2019–20. On 25 August 2020, Galli joined Serie C club Lecco.
At Yeovil, Engwell made 114 appearances in all competitions over the course of three seasons, helping the club gain promotion back to the Conference in the 1996–97 season. In March 1998, Roberts signed Engwell for Chesham United following his appointment. In November 1998, Engwell once again followed Roberts, signing for Slough Town, making 61 appearances during his time at the club. In 2000, Engwell signed for Hertford Town following the appointment of Roberts.
Jorge "La Chancha" Rinaldi (born 23 March 1963 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine footballer. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain and Turkey and represented the Argentina national football team at international level. Rinaldi started his professional career with San Lorenzo in 1980 at the age of 17. In 1982, he helped the club to win the Argentine 2nd division and gain promotion back to the Argentine Primera.
In 2009 the club was part of The Albion Foundation and was incorporated into Sporting Club Albion, alongside the Basketball and Disabled Sports teams. Their second season in this format saw them win the Midlands Combination Women's Football League title and gain promotion the FA Women's Premier League in the process. In the summer of 2011 the announcement of the Girls Centre of Excellence brought new promise of improvement in the development of young players.
Cooper became a Football League linesman in 1975. Two years later he was included on the Supplementary List of referees at the age of only twenty nine. This was the last year that a supplementary list operated - ever since, referees have been promoted directly to the full List. He did not gain promotion for the following season and indeed had to wait another four years before reaching the Referees' List for season 1982-83.
In the summer of 2004, at the age of 17, Gadzhev joined Greek side Panathinaikos but failed to break into the first team and was eventually loaned to Beta Ethniki side Levadiakos for the 2006–07 season. He earned 26 appearances for Levadiakos, scored five goals and helping his team gain promotion to the Superleague Greece. For the following campaign Gadzhev was loaned out to Superleague Greece club OFI Crete, where he made 18 appearances.
He went on to become a vital member of the squad and his long throw-ins helped Stoke gain promotion to the Premier League and consolidate in the league. After spending six seasons at Stoke, Delap had short spells with Barnsley and Burton Albion before retiring in December 2013. A midfielder by trade, he was renowned for his long throw-in ability.Stoke 2–1 Arsenal Ian Hughes, BBC Sport Online, 1 November 2008.
Amoah then signed for his first club in Belgium, White Star Woluwe, who were at the time playing in the Belgian Third Division. He helped the club gain promotion from the Third Division to the Belgian Second Division by scoring 35 goals in 46 games in the 2010–2011 Belgian Third Division season. This prolific strike rate earned him a move to newly 2011–12 Belgian Pro League season promoted side OH Leuven.
Jamie Stuart Shackleton (born 8 October 1999) is an English footballer who plays for Premier League club Leeds United as a central midfielder. He can also play as a right wing-back. He also represents England U20s. A graduate of Leeds United academy Shackleton was part of the Leeds United team which won the EFL Championship in 2019–20 to gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in 16 years.
After one and a half seasons at the Victoria Ground, he moved on to Chelsea, with whom he helped gain promotion in 1983–84. He then played for West Bromwich Albion and Derby County and also spent two years in the United States playing indoor football for Wichita Wings. He moved back to England in 1988 to play for Shrewsbury Town and Leeds United before making returns to Stoke City and Wrexham.
The player begins the game managing a Division 4 team and plays a 30-game season where the team must finish in the top two to gain promotion. If they finish bottom, the player wins the "league joker" trophy. In higher leagues, the bottom two teams are relegated to the lower division. If the player performs well as a manager, they may be offered a new club at a higher-level club.
On 24 August 2017, Lin was loaned out to Segunda División side UD Almería for the 2017-18 season, being initially assigned to Almería B in the Tercera División. He made his debut for the first team on 5 September 2017 in a 1–0 loss against Cádiz in the 2017-18 Copa del Rey. On 29 July 2018, after helping the club gain promotion to Segunda División B, Lin's loan was extended for a further year.
On 24 October 2015, Isgrove completed a loan move to League One club Barnsley where he stayed until the end of the season. He helped Barnsley win the Football League Trophy, beating Oxford United of League Two 3–2 in the final at Wembley. Isgrove returned to Wembley for the play-off final in May. He scored his first goal for the club after 74 minutes as Barnsley beat Millwall 3–1 to gain promotion to the Championship.
Memushaj joined A.S.D. Sarzanese Calcio 1906 when he was 17 years old. He helped the team finish second in Eccellenza Liguria in 2006 and gain promotion to Serie D. In the summer of 2008, he moved to fellow Serie D side Valle d'Aosta, where he played 34 games and scored 3 goals.Ledjan Memushaj zyrtarisht lojtar i Paganezes AlbaniaSoccer On 10 September 2009, he signed for Paganese to play in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione after a trial.
After a brief spell at non-league Shrewsbury Town where he scored twice in two matches for the "Shrews" he played for non-league Telford United before joining Mansfield Town. He played 22 matches for the "Stags" in the 1991–92 helping them gain promotion to the Third Division and then joined their local rivals Chesterfield. Carr spent two seasons at Saltergate making 82 appearances scoring once. He then returned to Telford United where he ended his career.
144 In the Landesliga, now sub- divided into two regional divisions, 1. FC won another championship but missed out on promotion when it lost to southern champions BC Augsburg, drawing at home and losing 1–4 in Augsburg.Die Bayernliga 1945–97, p. 14 Bamberg won another title in the Landesliga in 1950, now in a single division again, but failed to gain promotion, missing out to Hesse champions SV Darmstadt 98.Die Deutsche Liga-Chronik 1945–2005, p.
The club soon offered multi-sports opportunities and a focus for young people who were interested in sport. By 1960 the club had representative sides competing at football, handball, volleyball and bandy. By the late 1970s POHU specialised at club football and women's football activity increased. Success in the late 1960s saw the club men's team progress to Division IV and then to Division III and almost gain promotion to the old Division II in 1971.
The first season at the new stadium on Billesley Common saw Moseley installed as favourites to gain promotion to higher echelons of the English game. Coaches Ian Smith and Don Caskie, along with Director of Rugby John Beale assembled an exceptionally strong team, now including ex-Premiership players Neil Mason and Daren O'Leary. Moseley topped the table for much of the season and indeed finished as champions ahead of Waterloo. Both teams gained promotion to National Division One.
In the summer of 2006, Grant moved to Farsley Celtic and helped them to gain promotion to the Conference National in 2007, including scoring a goal in the play-off final win of that year. In February 2008, Grant re-signed for Harrogate Town in time for him to face his former team Gainsborough Trinity. He was released later that year, then spent nearly a year out of football before rejoining Farsley Celtic in March 2009.
As the club renamed themselves Wuhan Zall, Yao would be an integral member of the squad that came runners-up within the division and gain promotion to the top tier. After only one season within the top flight the club were relegated at the end of the 2013 Chinese Super League season. Yao would remain an integral member of the squad until the club eventually won promotion again by winning the 2018 China League One division.
Moreover, after the season had been concluded, CEO Dexter Skeene announced that Joe Public, Ma Pau, and FC South End would not be participating in the 2011–12 season. This resulted in 2010–11 becoming the first season three clubs withdrew from the Pro League. Following a runners-up finish in 2009 and being crowned champions in the 2010 seasons, respectively, T&TEC; became the third club to gain promotion from the National Super League on 1 March 2011.
JVW finished Runners up to Bloemfontein Celtic in the 2016 Sasol League Playoff Finals. In 2019 the First Team recorded their best season to date, where they won the 2019 Gauteng Sasol League and went on to be crowned Champions at the 2019 Sasol League Playoff Finals, securing promotion into the South African Football Association Women’s National League which was launched in 2019, becoming the first team to ever gain promotion into this top flight league.
At Chelsea, he was at first the understudy to William "Fatty" Foulke, making four appearances in the 1905–06 season. Following Foulke's departure at the end of the season, Bob Whiting was promoted to the first-choice 'keeper, helping Chelsea gain promotion to the First Division at the end of the season, in which Byrne made a single appearance. Byrne then moved on to join Glossop, where he made 11 Second Division appearances before retiring in 1908.
With the Italian team was competing in the second division, Pereira added nearly fifty league caps, helping the club almost gain promotion for the Serie A in his first year. After two seasons with the Griffins, he moved to Reggina, succeeding on getting the club promoted in his only season there. In 2008, Pereira started working as an assistant manager, often with his brother as main coach, passing through several clubs, the most known being Grêmio and Flamengo.
The 20 teams are divided into two groups of ten teams. Teams then play a double round-robin tournament, after with the bottom two are relegated and the top four advance to the semi-finals, which are again two groups of four. Those play a double-round robin again, after which the top two in each group gain promotion. The winners of those semi-final groups play each other in a one-legged tie to crown a champion.
Almondvale Stadium's East Stand - right section. Relegation to the Scottish First Division in 2006 came after the club entered administration in 2004 as well as other financial problems. In 2009 they narrowly avoided going out of business and as a result were placed back in the Third Division. The Lions managed to gain promotion to the Scottish Second Division the following year, and returned to the First Division after back to back league championships, on 6 August 2011.
The Regional Tournament divided the teams into four groups; Metropolitan, North, Central, and South. Teams that not qualified for Descentralised Tournament played on the Intermediary Division against teams from Second Division to gain promotion for next year. Regional Tournament grew to 30 teams for 1985. If any of the Regional Groups winners finished on the top 6 of Descentralised Tournament, that team earned the right to playoff in the Liguilla against Descentralised runner-up for a Copa Libertadores place.
He made his only appearance in 2010 coming on as a substitute in the 3–0 win over Bristol Rovers. He won his second league title with Norwich helping them gain promotion back to the Championship before calling a day on his professional career. Norwich fans sing a song dedicated to the popular McVeigh; to the tune of Frankie Valli's Can't Take My Eyes Off You, it notes the fans' love of him "despite your lack of height".
A Round 20 fixture against Altona City was re-scheduled to be played at the end of the season. Prior to the fixture, Westgate were standing in third position of the Victorian State League Division 2 table, needing just 1 point in order to gain promotion to the Victorian State League Division 1. A win would see them crowned champions of the entire league, topping both Mooroolbark and Sandringham City, who both sat equal on top with 37 points.
Graham Dorrans (born 5 May 1987) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dundee. He began his football career at Scottish club Livingston, before joining English club West Bromwich Albion in 2008. In the 2009–10 season, he helped West Bromwich Albion gain promotion to the Premier League and was named in the Championship Team of the Year in the process. He signed for Norwich City in 2015, and then moved to Rangers in 2017.
In the play-off final against Aston Villa, Odoi started the match and played 70 minutes before being sent–off for a second bookable offence, as the club won 1–0 to gain promotion to the Premier League. At the end of the 2017–18 season, he made forty–three appearances and scored three times in all competitions. Following this, Odoi was awarded for his outstanding contribution in his role as the Foundation’s Official Schools Ambassador.
In 2012–13, Thamesmead finished 3rd in this division. They beat Witham Town 3–2 in the play-off semi-final and Maldon & Tiptree on penalties in the final to gain promotion to the Isthmian League Premier Division for the first time in their history. The following season, however, Thamesmead were relegated back to Division One North, where they currently remain. At the end of January 2015 manager Keith McMahon quit the club after 11 years at the helm.
Sousa returned to the Davis Cup in September to help Portugal defeat Belarus and gain promotion to Europe/Africa Zone's Group I in 2016. Despite losing his first singles rubber, he won the doubles rubber with Elias and the deciding singles rubber against Uladzimir Ignatik. At the St. Petersburg Open, Sousa reached his third final of the season. Following wins over Marcel Granollers, Simone Bolelli and Dominic Thiem, Sousa was runner-up to Milos Raonic in three sets.
Huddersfield Town's 1919–20 campaign was one of the most memorable season in Town's entire history. It could even have been their last, after just 12 years. This was mainly because of plans to amalgamate the club with the new Leeds United team. However, Town's fan bought shares in the team, which saw the team survive and then gain promotion to the top-flight, as well as an appearance in the FA Cup Final against Aston Villa.
A total of 8 teams contested the top division of the league, including all of the sides from the 2008 season that formerly took part in Divisions 1A and 1B. Due to the restructuring the 2008 Division 2 champions did not gain promotion to the top tier. Each team played all the others in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The first-placed teams in Division 1 contested the final.
Bridges' allies Todd McClay and Jami-Lee Ross were placed fifth and eighth respectively. Ross was the highest-ranked National MP who did not serve as a minister in the Fifth National Government. Along with Bridges and deputy leader Paula Bennett, the front bench was completed by economic and regional development spokesperson Paul Goldsmith and education spokesperson Nikki Kaye. Melissa Lee and Sarah Dowie were the other two non-ministers to gain promotion to the top twenty.
Prior to their 1970 win, in 1967 Ballyfin defeated traditional rivals Clonaslee in the Laois Junior Hurling Championship final to gain promotion to the intermediate ranks. In 1972 they made their one and only appearance in the Laois Senior Hurling Championship final, losing out to Borris-in-Ossory. In 2005 Ballyfin captured the Laois Under 21 "B" Hurling Championship, defeating Abbeyleix-Ballypickas at a blustery O'Moore Park to erase the memory of their 2004 defeat by Clonad.
The league champions however now had to gain promotion through a play- off system with the winners of the other tier-three leagues in northern Germany. In 1978, the Amateur-Oberliga Westfalen was formed as the third tier of football in Westfalen. One of the main reasons for this move was to provide direct promotion for the tier-three champions again. The clubs placed one to nine in each Verbandsliga group were admitted to the new Oberliga.
Sonko was born in Bignona, Senegal but moved to France when he was young. He played with Olympique Noisy- le-Sec and was in the youth team at AS Saint-Étienne before he joined Grenoble in 1999. Sonko helped Grenoble gain promotion from the Championnat National in 2000–01 and in 2002 he left to join English side Brentford. He played 45 times for Brentford in 2002–03, scoring six goals at the Bees finished in 16th position.
There was also a Supporters Club located in Kirkintilloch. The Clyde Supporters' Trust got formed during season 2003–04. A group of fans became aware of the club's severe financial problems as Billy Carmichael's reign as chairman came to an end. It was formed in time to save the club and keep it in the supporter's hands in a time that coincided with Clyde's failure to gain promotion and the chairman looking to sell his majority shareholding.
Undrafted, Kapstad played collegiate hockey with the University of New Hampshire in the Hockey East. At the completion of his senior year, Kapstad embarked upon a European career signing in the 2nd Bundesliga with SC Riessersee and later EV Landshut. On April 27, 2012, Kapstad left Germany and signed with Leksands IF of the then HockeyAllsvenskan. In the 2012–13 season, Kapstad contributed with 38 points in 52 games to help Leksands gain promotion to the Swedish Hockey League.
Vegetti started his professional career playing for Club Colón de San Justo of the Liga Santafesina de Fútbol. After scoring 33 goals in 40 games, he signed for Villa San Carlos, playing in the Primera B Metropolitana. He scored 24 goals for Villa San Carlos, helping the team to gain promotion to Primera B Nacional, the second tier of Argentina's professional soccer. In August 2013, he signed for Rangers, which bought 50% of his economic rights.
By winning the 2010–11 Saxony cup, the club won its first title in club history. It also qualified to participate in the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal. For the following seasons he was a key contributor in helping the club gain promotion from Regionalliga Nordost all the way up to the 2. Bundesliga. He extended his contract at RB Leipzig on 4 April 2014 for another year until 2015, with a possibility for another year of extension.
Following the 2007-08 season, the 23-year-old Guerriero transferred to Ligue 2 club AC Ajaccio on a three- year contract.Foot - Transferts - Les infos de mercredi (France) He was AC Ajaccio's fourth signing of the summer and is expected to be a versatile player either in central or lateral defense. Guerriero expressed confidence that he can help the club gain promotion to Ligue 1.Guerriero, le nouvel atout de l'ACA In the summer 2019, Guerriero joined SO Merlebach.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, he helped FC St. Pauli gain promotion from the Regionalliga Nord to the 2. Bundesliga during the 2006–07 season, after being forced to sit out the prior season due to a broken leg. Beaulieu-Bourgault signed with the German side at age 17 after being scouted while playing for Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis in Quebec. On June 21, 2010 he signed with SC Preußen Münster, where he spent two years.
In total he scored 28 goals for the "Hornets" in 77 Football League games, and helped the club gain promotion to the Second Division in the 1968–69 season. In February 1971, Endean was transferred to Charlton Athletic of the Second Division, where he spent eight months. He made 27 League appearances for the London-based club, but only scored one goal. He dropped back down to the Third Division when he joined Blackburn Rovers in October 1971.
In 2001–02 He played in 48 matches including the 2002 Football League Second Division play-off Final where Stoke beat Brentford 2–0 to gain promotion. He played in 47 matches in 2002–03 and won the player of the year award. He left in the summer of 2003 and returned to Russia where he played for Shinnik. He then played in Ukraine for Metalurh Zaporizhya and back in Russia with Luch-Energia Vladivostok, Rostov and Alania Vladikavkaz.
The game was goalless until the 50th minute when Michy Batshuayi scored; Lemonnier had a chance to tie the scores following a 69th-minute corner, but did not place his header sufficiently accurately. He and goalkeeper Jérémy Aymes were named as Le Figaro men of the match. He helped the team gain promotion to the CFA, and made 27 fourth-tier appearances in the 2016–17 season. Lemonnier chose to leave Granville at the end of the season.
Zangezour FC (), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Goris, Syunik Province. The club made its professional debut in the 1993 Armenian First League, where they participated in Group 1 out of two groups fighting for promotion. They finished in first position of their group which was necessary to gain promotion. Zangezour would play four seasons in the Armenian Premier League without making much headlines before they relegated in the 1996/1997 season.
Brown joined AFC Wimbledon in 2009. On 21 May 2011, he saved two penalties for the club in the 2010–11 Conference play-off final penalty shoot- out as they beat Luton Town to gain promotion to the Football League. He was named as the goalkeeper for the 2010–11 Conference Team of the Year. On 19 February 2013, it was announced that Brown had joined Conference club Woking on an initial one-month loan deal.
Also various music venues took place here. The stadium has also become the home of the National Rugby Team of Cyprus, having played a total of 3 games there and winning all. The first game of the European 3D tournament in 2007 between Cyprus and Azerbaijan was played there. The stadium has only become the official national team stadium since 2010, where Cyprus overcame Azerbaijan and Bosnia respectively to gain promotion into the 2nd tier of European Rugby.
He made 48 league appearances in two seasons with Unterhaching. However, he was released from the club in the summer of 2007, and after spending the remainder of 2007 without a club, he dropped down to play in the Regionalliga with SC Pfullendorf. In January 2009, Ghigani moved to Greece, joining Rodos F.C. in the third division. After helping the club gain promotion, he stayed in the third division by moving to Panargiakos F.C. for the following season.
Amirizdwan joined ATM at the start of the year after three seasons with UiTM and immediately tasted success after helping his side winning the Malaysia Premier League, and gain promotion to the Malaysia Super League. He also won Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup in 2013 with ATM. Amirizdwan was a complete and versatile player; he was gifted with excellent technical ability, vision and passing range. He was also a strong, tall, tenacious, influential, hardworking, and physical player.
Jordan began his professional career in his native Northern Ireland making two appearances over two seasons with Glentoran. He moved to England to join Hull City and in 1932–33 helped Hull gain promotion from Division Three North before transferring to First Division Wolverhampton Wanderers in June 1936. He made his Wolves debut on 17 October 1936 against Black Country rivals West Browmwich Albion. He made only three appearances for the club, all during the 1936–37 season.
The Portuguese Volleyball League A2 was the second men’s Volleyball league in Portugal, which is also called (Portuguese: "Campeonato Nacional de Voleibol - A2"), until 2010/2011. The competition was organized by the Federação Portuguesa de Voleibol and it was a closed competition, to gain promotion to A1 Volleyball League (Portugal) clubs must apply. After the 2010/2011 season, The Portuguese Volleyball League A2 was cancelled, and Portuguese Volleyball Second Division become the second tier in Portuguese volleyball system.
In July 2005, he signed for Cheltenham Town, for whom he played 76 times, helping the club gain promotion against former club Grimsby. Although he arrived at the club as a midfielder, he made the majority of his appearances at left-back due to Jamie Victory's long-term injury problems. He also operated effectively in the centre of midfield on occasions and was comfortable at centre half. Armstrong's Cheltenham contract ran out at end of the 2006–07 season.
Despite being man-of-the-match, he ended up on the losing side as the Greek champions won 3-2. In 1995, Patikas signed for Northern Greek outfit Kastoria in Gamma Ethniki. The club was promoted into Beta Ethniki, and Patikas helped the club gain promotion into the Greek First Division for the first time since 1983. Following a successful period at Kastoria, Patikas returned home to play for Sydney United and Sydney Olympic in the NSL.
On 18 June 2012, it was announced that Maatouk had signed a one-year deal with Emirates Club for $800,000. His former club Ajman had been unable to pay the fee that Ahed asked to renew the loan deal. However, as Emirates was unable to gain promotion through the play-offs, Maatouk was sold without having played a single match. Maatouk moved to Al-Shaab on 11 September on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
He moved to Graham Taylor's Watford where he helped the club as captain gain promotion to the First Division in 1981–82. Rice scored in Watford's first game in the top flight in 1982–83 against Everton before retiring from playing in 1984. In his final season he helped Watford reach the 1984 FA Cup Final. After Wilf Rostron was suspended for the game Rice was considered to replace him but was ultimately left out of the squad.
Barrett remained in the position through the summer of 1943. Under the belief that he would never gain promotion to general officer, he requested a transfer out of the embassy detail. His wishes were granted and he found himself assigned to assist in the American creation of a Chinese field army at Kweilin in the Kwangsi Province in southern China. Due to supply failures and political entanglements, the army never advanced beyond the establishment of a headquarters.
Born in Pachuca, Corona began playing football with Pachuca's reserve team in the Segunda División de México. The club disbanded and he joined Gallos de Aguascalientes which he helped gain promotion to the Primera A. Then, Cruz Azul Hidalgo signed him. Corona made his Mexican Primera División debut at age 25 with Cruz Azul in 2000. He would also play for Chiapas, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz and Correcaminos UAT before signing with Club León at age 33.
Rosie Marcel plays Cardiothoracic Consultant Jac Naylor. Her storylines focus on her attempts to gain promotion, going as far as to sleep with her boyfriend's influential father, and switch specialties from general to cardiothoracic surgery. She appears in a crossover episode with HolbyBlue, when she is arrested for the attempted murder of a patient. After being cleared of the attack, Jac briefly becomes softer in her outlook, attempting to make amends with colleagues and dabbling with Catholicism.
On 31 December 2009, Oxford United signed Wright on loan for the remainder of the season. Wright made 26 appearances during his loan spell at the Kassam Stadium. On 30 June 2010, Wright signed a three-year contract with Oxford on a free transfer after a successful loan spell that saw the club gain promotion back to the Football League. He was appointed club captain in July 2011 and extended his contract by a year in October 2011.
The 1989 Football League Fourth Division play-off final was a two-legged football tie played in May and June 1989 at the end of the 1988–89 season. It determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Fourth Division to the Third Division, and was contested by Leyton Orient and Wrexham. Leyton Orient won the tie 2–1 on aggregate, having drew the first leg 0–0 and winning the second 2–1.
The 1988 Football League Fourth Division play-off final was a two-legged football tie played in May 1988 at the end of the 1987–88 season. It determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Fourth Division to the Third Division, and was contested by Swansea City and Torquay United. Swansea won the tie 5–4 on aggregate, having won the first leg 2–1 and then drawing the 2nd 3–3.
In 2007, Enríquez signed for second division side Club Tijuana. Enríquez quickly became an integral member of the first-team, being the club's first-choice striker. During the 2010 Apertura, he helped the club gain promotion to the first division as Tijuana finished in first place in the regular campaign before defeating Veracruz 3–0 in the two-legged Liguilla final. Two years later, Enríquez was lifting another league title with Tijuana, this time the Liga MX Apertura.
While with Faria Strikers, Lalrinmuana also turned out for the Mizoram football team in the Santosh Trophy. In 2012, Lalrinmuana moved back to Mizoram to sign with I-League 2nd Division side Aizawl. After the season, in which Aizawl finished bottom of the table in the final round, Lalrinmuana was declared the best player in the 2nd Division. Despite failing to gain promotion with Aizawl, Lalrinmuana himself moved up to the I-League after he signed with ONGC.
He also spent time on loan with San Javier, another youth squad. In 1979, Rubio had an offer to sign with Chilean club San Luis Quillota, an established team. However, he decided to stay with Rangers since he was studying at the time at Universidad Católica de Talca (1978–1981). His first two professional goals came on 6 August 1979 in the '63 and '80 minutes. In 1981, he helped Rangers gain promotion to Chilean First Division.
In the 2014 K League 1 season, Lim was once again the club's top scorer with eleven goals. He was also included in the league's 'Best Eleven' for the 2014 season. Lim joined army side Sangju Sangmu for the 2015 season to complete his mandatory military service. He returned to Busan for the final stages of the 2016 season, and remained with the club in 2017 despite their failure to gain promotion to the K League 1.
Barrow began his managerial career with Chester City in 1992 (as player–manager), after collecting seven points from four games in caretaker charge.Sumner (1997), p.115 Although the team was relegated to the Football League Third Division in 1993, Barrow inspired the Blues to bounce back the next season and gain promotion, but he resigned in the summer of 1994 amid frustration at key players leaving and a lack of financial backing from the board.Sumner (1997), p.
Berger's last big success was reaching the DFB-Pokal final with Alemannia Aachen, a side from the Second division of the Bundesliga. However his contract was cancelled, by mutual agreement, after they lost to the then current champions (SV Werder Bremen) and failed to gain promotion to the Bundesliga. From 17 November 2004 until 14 August 2005, he was the manager of FC Hansa Rostock. He was fired after a 1–4 defeat by TSV 1860 München.
Bagging 18 goals, he was the club's top scorer in his debut season at Home Park, which helped Plymouth finish fourth in the Third Division. They were just one point short of automatic promotion, but managed to gain promotion via the play-offs with a 1–0 win over Darlington. The 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons saw the club involved in relegation battles; Littlejohn had escaped the cycle however, joining Second Division side Oldham Athletic in March 1998.
Krystian Bielik (, born 4 January 1998) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a centre back and defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Derby County and the Poland national team. He first played senior football with Legia Warsaw in 2014, spent the second half of the 2016–17 season on loan at EFL Championship club Birmingham City, and spent the 2018–19 season on loan at Charlton Athletic, helping them gain promotion from League One.
He made just three appearances for Stoke in 1986–87 and was sold to Oldham Athletic in October 1986. Callaghan remained at Boundary Park for two seasons making 21 appearances before joining Crewe Alexandra in May 1988. He spent four seasons at Crewe helping the side gain promotion in 1988–89 which was followed by relegation in 1990–91. In total he played in 197 games for Crewe scoring ten goals before leaving for Preston North End.
Donaldson playing for Brentford in 2014 Donaldson signed a three-year contract with League One club Brentford on 1 July 2011 on a free transfer. He was named Brentford's Player of the Year for 2012–13, in which he scored 24 goals from 56 appearances. After helping Brentford gain promotion into the Championship in 2013–14 as League One runners-up, manager Mark Warburton confirmed that Donaldson would be offered a new contract with the club.
In late-March they then received a 6–2 beating at Wrexham and then a 4–0 beating from Chesterfield at Saltergate. The club suffered an injury crisis in April, with both Keith Chadwick and John Brodie having been forced to retire through injury. Relegation was avoided however with six points from the final five games. The final game of the season was against Rotherham United, who needed a six-goal win margin to gain promotion.
Houche was born in Revin, France. After bouncing around several amateur clubs including Olympique de Charleville-Mézières, Revin and Rethel in France, and RES Couvin-Mariembourg in Belgium, he joined Stade Reims in 2002. In his first season with the club, Houche played with the reserve side. In his second season, he was a member of the first team which was playing in the Championnat National, making 8 appearances and helping the team gain promotion to Ligue 2.
Born in Salto, Gerolami began playing football as a central defender with a local selection and turned professional with Montevideo side Club Nacional de Football in 1970. He played for the reserve team and was loaned to Montevideo Wanderers F.C. before returning to play for Nacional's first team in 1974. In 1975, Gerolami moved to Spain to play for Segunda División side Recreativo de Huelva. In three seasons, he helped the club gain promotion to La Liga.
On 20 January 2020, Monza signed Mota on a six-month loan from Juventus, with obligation to buy in case Monza managed to gain promotion to the Serie B. He made his debut for his new team on 22 January 2019, coming on as a substitute on the 60th minute in a league match against Pro Patria. Mota scored his first goal for Monza 23 minutes later from a header, helping his team win 2–0.
He was ever present in the Sale FC that went on to become champions of National League 2 North, contributing 324 (second highest in league) as his club finished five points clear of runners up Sedgley Park to gain promotion to National League 1. Promotion was followed by more silverware as Johnson scored 55 points for Lancashire during the 2018 Bill Beaumont Cup, including 22 points in the 33-16 win over Hertfordshire in the final.
Marc Roberts (born 26 July 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for club Birmingham City. Roberts began his career in non- league football, with Wakefield, Worksop Town, Buxton and FC Halifax Town, and was capped for England C, the team that represents England at semi- professional level. He joined League One club Barnsley in 2015, helped them gain promotion to the Championship, and captained the team. He signed for Birmingham in July 2017.
Common Sense is an American reggae band from Orange County, California. They are known for being one of the first artists to influence the California "surf reggae" movement and using sponsors instead of traditional music industry methods to make albums and gain promotion as featured in the Mercury Mariner commercial. Since their formation in 1987, they have released five albums under their own label, Common Sense Records. They have also released an album under the Virgin label, Psychedelic Surf Groove.
Carlo James Nash (born 13 September 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Nash is currently goalkeeping coach at Salford City. Nash started his career at non-League Rossendale United and Clitheroe before being signed by Crystal Palace and then moved back north to Stockport County. He then played for Manchester City, Preston North End, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City for whom he helped gain promotion to the Premier League and Everton before re-joining Stoke in 2010.
James was born in Gorseinon and began his career with local side Swansea City. He made his debut at the end of the 1972–73 season which ended with Swansea being relegated to the Fourth Division. They slowly recovered and James 16 goals in 1976–77 and 17 in 1977–78 helping the Swans gain promotion back to the Football League Third Division. He then scored a career best of 21 in 1978–79 as Swansea gained back to back promotions.
Sixteen years later, Großkopf returned to Millerntor to take over the reins of FC St. Pauli's under-19 youth team and on 15 January 2009, took over as head coach of FC St. Pauli's reserve team, helping them gain promotion from the Oberliga Hamburg to the Regionalliga Nord in his first season. In July 2013 he was appointed as manager of Hessen Kassel. He was sacked on 12 November 2013. In December 2014 he became assistant manager at SC Poppenbüttel.
Between the 1930s and 1940s, Nahda was won five league titles, and four FA Cups. In 1956 Al Nahda were relegated to the Lebanese Second Division after losing 10–0 on aggregate against Second Division winners Sagesse (9–0 and 0–1) in the play-off game held at the Beirut Municipal Stadium. They failed to gain promotion back to the Premier League, staying in the Second Division until the 1990s, when Nahda faced bankruptcy and were forced to fold.
Previously, Posušje won the southern group of the Second League of FBiH in the 2017–18 season, going 12 rounds undefeated to start the season. Unfortunately, the club did not gain promotion after losing to Goražde in the play-offs. Previous names of the club have included NK Zidar (from 1950) and NK Boksit (from 1963), with the current name being adopted in the early 1990s. Posušje's fans are now known as the Poskoci (Horned Vipers), but were previously known as Torcida.
Harbey was born in Chesterfield and progressed through the youth teams at Derby County and made his debut in 1983–84. He played 21 times for the "Rams" that season as they suffered relegation from the Second Division. In the third tier Harbey most of his time in the reserves and Derby gain promotion in 1985–86. He played 19 times in 1986–87 as back to back promotions were achieved but Harbey deemed surplus to requirements was sold to Ipswich Town.
On 7 May 2018, in the first leg of the Scottish Premiership play-off semi-final, Pittman scored the winning goal as Livingston won 3–2 away to Dundee United. He scored again in the first leg of the final, getting Livingston's second goal in a 2–1 win at home against Partick Thistle. He also played in the second leg as Livingston won 1–0 to complete a 3–1 aggregate victory to gain promotion to the Scottish Premiership.
Undrafted, Nilstorp's youth team was the Malmö Redhawks. After helping Rögle BK gain promotion to the then Swedish Elite League and later capturing a Championship title with Färjestads BK, on June 5, 2012, Nihlstorp signed a one year, two-way contract with the Dallas Stars. In the 2012–13 season, Nilstorp made his NHL debut with the Stars, appearing in 5 games for 1 win. In his second season within the Stars organization, Nilstorp failed to establish a NHL roster spot.
In 2003, the Football Association allowed Barrow's "football membership" to be transferred to the new company. The club defeated local rivals Workington in a two-legged April 2004 final in the UniBond Presidents (League) Cup. The game finished 6–6 on aggregate, with Barrow winning on away goals. After their failure to gain promotion to the Conference in 2004–05, Barrow became founding members of another division: the Conference North, which replaced the Northern Premier League one level below the Conference National.
Chow joined Second Division side Southern in the 2011–12 season. Under coaching of Fung Hoi Man, Chow was a usual starter for the club, featuring 20 league matches and scoring 2 goals. Southern successfully gain promotion to the First Division as they placed second in the league. The 2012–13 season was a year of breakthrough for Chow Ka Wa, as his impressive performance and co-operation with fellow team-mates Dieguito, Jonathan Carril and Ip Chung Long attracted people's eyes.
In the 1977–78 season he helped Swansea gain promotion to the Third Division, then in October 1978 he signed permanently for Newport County. He was part of the squad that won promotion to the Third Division and won the Welsh Cup in 1978–79, and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners Cup. In total Bruton made 88 league appearances for Newport and scored 10 goals. In 1981, he moved to Gloucester City.
Ha returned to the second-tier division and joined newly promoted side Southern. In the first season, he helped the team to win the champions of Junior Shield by scoring the winning 2–1 goal in the 63rd minute. He opted to stay at the club after the season. As the club's left back first choice, he helped the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first in club history as Southern placed second in the league table.
It became clear that the Premiership was too much for him, and in October 1996 he was loaned to Brighton for a month. He made one further substitute appearance for Southampton in March 1997 before spending the rest of the season on loan at Fulham, where he helped them gain promotion from Division 3 under manager Micky Adams. In October 1997, he moved across the New Forest for a fee of £50,000 to join Bournemouth where he spent three seasons in Division 2.
1972 saw Queens Park win the Southern League Division Two South & the Promotion/Relegation play-off to rejoin the Southern League Division One. The club played in this league until 1975, when some poor results saw them relegated to Southern League Division Two South. In 1977 they again won Division Two South, but failed to gain promotion this time around. For the 1980 season the Southern League was consolidated into a Northern & Southern Zone, with Queens Park joining the Southern Zone.
He was soon appointed captain. When he did suffer an injury early in the 1899–1900 season, inside forward Walter Wigmore was tried at centre- half, and by the time Leake regained fitness, his position was taken. He played the remainder of his Small Heath career at left-half or occasionally inside-left. He helped the club gain promotion back to the First Division in 1901, but left at the end of the 1901–02 season when they were relegated again.
Subsequently, new turnstiles were installed and two new terraces were built behind the goals. The seating in the main stand was replaced and a second grandstand was added on the opposite side of the pitch. These improvements meant that the club was able to gain promotion after its second Southern League title in 1993. In the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons, Margate F.C. played home fixtures at the stadium while redevelopment work took place at their own Hartsdown Park ground.
Rony Azar (; born 20 February 1983) is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Racing Beirut. Coming through the youth system, Azar began his career at Nejmeh Sahraa, helping them win the Lebanese Third Division in 2002–03 and gain promotion to the Lebanese Second Division. In 2005 Azar moved to Safa in the Lebanese Premier League, staying there 10 seasons. During his stay, he helped Safa win multiple cups, most notably the club's first two league titles.
Cavenaghi playing for River Plate in 2012 In July 2011, after leaving his contract at Bordeaux a year early, Cavenaghi returned to River Plate. He was appointed captain of the club, who had been relegated. He scored 19 goals in 37 league matches that season, including a notable performance against Gimnasia de Jujuy where he scored four goals. In his one- season back he helped the club capture the 2011-12 Primera B Nacional and gain promotion back to the first division.
Although a target for rivals Burnley, Nugent opted to join Preston North End rather than Northampton Town from Bury in January 2005 for a fee of £100,000. He scored 10 league goals in 32 Championship appearances in 2005–06, as Preston finished fourth, losing to Leeds United in the playoff semi-final, thus failing to gain promotion. Despite transfer speculation, Nugent spent the following season at Preston, scoring 15 goals in 43 appearances, and winning England recognition. Preston finished seventh in 2006–07.
Summers enjoyed a strong start to the season, scoring six goals in seven matches and was named the league's player of the month in the opening month. However, the club soon encountered financial difficulties and Summers returned to Pontypridd in November 2005. His tally of 177 goals in the Welsh Premier League ranks him as the third highest scorer in the competition's history, behind Marc Lloyd-Williams and Rhys Griffiths. With Pontypridd, he helped the club gain promotion to Division One.
In early 2014, Milovanović returned to Mladost Lučani, helping them win the 2013–14 Serbian First League and gain promotion to the top flight. They later finished in fourth place in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, securing a spot in the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. In the following season, Milovanović reached the Serbian Cup final, eventually losing to Partizan. He was appointed as sporting director of Mladost Lučani in July 2019, thus leaving his managerial role after five and a half years.
Huddersfield Town's 2010–11 campaign was Huddersfield Town's seventh consecutive season in the third tier of English football. After losing to Millwall in the play-offs in the previous season, many hoped that Town would gain promotion to the Football League Championship this season. After finishing in 3rd place with a club record of 87 points, the Terriers lost the play-off final at Old Trafford, by 3–0 against Peterborough United, meaning that they would stay in League One for another season.
On this occasion, Offaly won out by 0–16 to 0–13. In 2012, Davy Fitzgerald began his tenure as Clare manager. At the time Clare had fallen down the game's pecking order, having not won a championship match since 2008 and they were also in the second tier of the Hurling League. Clare won Division 1B of the league to gain promotion for the following year. In the Munster Championship, Clare lost to Waterford by 2–17 to 1–18.
Fraser signed a three- year contract with League One club AFC Bournemouth on 18 January 2013. Bournemouth paid Aberdeen a transfer fee of £400,000 to complete the deal. During his first season, Fraser helped Bournemouth gain promotion to the Championship. After Bournemouth were promoted to the Premier League in 2015, Fraser was loaned to Championship club Ipswich Town for the 2015–16 season. Fraser scored his first Premier League goal on 4 December 2016, in a 4–3 win against Liverpool.
The number of teams in I Lyga is maximum 16, however it fluctuates each year. Bottom 2-4 teams are relegated to II Lyga, and the winners of each II Lyga groups gain promotion to I Lyga. However, in recent years due to the lack of participating clubs, frequent club collapses, and changing financial fortunes, the promotion and relegation rules are not frequently followed. It is rather the licensing process that determines which league clubs are able to play each year.
That same year he debuted on the World Sevens Series in Dubai. During the 2012–13 RFU Championship, Carley became the first ever referee in the world to officiate a professional game wearing "RefCam" when he took charge of the Newcastle Falcons and London Scottish. On 4 May 2013, he officiated his first Premiership game, taking charge of London Welsh and Worcester Warriors. Carley later became the first referee to gain promotion from the Referee Academy into a full-time referee.
In his first season with the first team he appeared in eight league games as Hansa was relegated to 2. Bundesliga at the end of the season. Sebastian remained a key player at the club for the next few seasons and helped the club gain promotion back to the Bundesliga during the 2006–07 season. After featuring in 31 games in the top flight for Hansa during the 2007–08 season, Sebastian moved to Karlsruher SC on a free transfer.
On 13 November 2006, Worthington's replacement, Peter Grant, signed Chadwick, initially on loan, with a view to a permanent deal in January 2007. The proposed fee was £220,000, with an additional £100,000 if Chadwick helps the Canaries gain promotion. Chadwick immediately made an impact at Carrow Road by scoring on his debut against arch rivals Ipswich Town. He was injured in the latter stages of that game, and the injury kept him out for most of the remainder of the season.
Following a successful loan spell at Manchester City in November 1999 Granville moved again, joining City permanently for £1,000,000. He helped the club gain promotion to the Premier League, another highlight of his career. Towards the end of time at Manchester City, he was pushed onto the bench and spent a month on loan at Norwich City, a successful spell after which Norwich asked for his signature. He opted to return to City to help the club retain their Premier League status.
He signed for Southport in January 2007 after initially being on loan from Boston United, although his Southport career was hampered by a serious facial injury that sidelined him for much of January 2007 and onwards.Tait leaves Boston for Southport He was released by Southport in May 2007 and returned to Northwich two months later. After being placed on the transfer list by manager Dino Maamria. Tait moved on to Barrow whom he helped gain promotion to Conference National in 2008.
Watford finished third in the league in Boothroyd's first full season, and defeated Leeds United 3–0 in the play-off final to gain promotion to the Premier League. But the team did not record a Premier League win until November, and Ashley Young was sold to Aston Villa for a club record fee of £9.65 million in January 2007. Watford finished bottom after only winning five league games, but did reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup.McNulty, Phil (14 April 2007).
Duane Darby (born 17 October 1973) is an English football manager and former player, who was previously the manager of side Redditch United. As a player, he spent most of his career playing as a forward. Darby has made over 400 senior appearances in English football and scored over 100 goals. He played a significant number of games for Torquay United and Hull City, and also helped both Rushden & Diamonds and Shrewsbury Town gain promotion from the Conference to the Football League.
Following their failure to gain promotion the previous campaign, Derby set about reshaping the squad with three first team players, former club-record signing Bradley Johnson, Nick Blackman and Jacob Butterfield, leaving the club to join Blackburn Rovers, Maccabi Tel Aviv. and Luton Town respectively. Three players joined the club, Everton midfielder Kieran Dowell and Brighton & Hove Albion defender Matthew Clarke on season- long loans, with the sole permanent signing being Arsenal's Krystian Bielik for a potential club-record fee.
A.S. Fortis Spoleto F.C. was an Italian football club from Spoleto, Umbria. The club was founded in 2003, and won Serie D/E in 2005/06. However, the club went out of existence after the team was excluded from playing Serie C2 in 2006–07 because of financial troubles and banned from all competitive football and has been replaced by current team Voluntas Spoleto currently playing in regional Eccellenza. They failed the national barrages to gain promotion in Serie D losing with Jesina.
Pierre Lemonnier (born 6 July 1993) is a French footballer who plays as a defender for Le Mans of Ligue 2. He previously appeared in the Coupe de la Ligue for Ligue 2 club Dijon, played in the fourth and fifth tiers for Rennes B, Dijon B and Granville, with whom he reached the quarter-finals of the 2015–16 Coupe de France, and helped Le Mans gain promotion to the Championnat in 2017–18 and to Ligue 2 the following season.
Later in February 2010, Thyagarajan represented the United States in the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Five, where he helped the United States gain promotion to the 2010 ICC World Cricket League Division Four in Italy. After making a comeback from a knee injury, which he suffered at 2011 ICC Cricket World League Division Three, in 2012 Thyagarajan was selected for the 2012 ICC World Cricket League Division Four which takes place from 3 to 10 September 2012 in Malaysia.
Cimentul Fieni was a professional Romanian association football club from Fieni, Dâmbovița County, founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2005. The club was dissolved in 2005 after a merger with a club from Buftea, the resulting club being named CS Buftea. Cimentul never reached Liga I. They were close to gain promotion in 2002, when they played a play-off against Sportul Studențesc. Sportul Studențesc won both legs, 3–0 in Fieni and 2–1 in Bucharest, thus remaining in Divizia A.
On 1 January 1963, just after Algeria won its independence, he left France and moved back to Algeria and joined JS Kabylie (JSK). He played for JSK from 1963 until 1971, helping the team gain promotion from the third division to the second division and eventually to the top division. He is considered one of the best left-wings in the history of JSK. After he retired from playing, he coached JSK's junior team briefly before quitting football for good.
Nevertheless, Crystal Palace still managed to gain promotion to the Premier League at the end of the season. The Eagles beat Watford in the promotion-playoffs finals to return to the English top tier after an eight- year absence. When Parr returned from his ankle-injury, Dean Moxey was the preferred choice as Palace's left-back. Parr got his Premier League debut for Crystal Palace on 21 December, replacing left-back rival Dean Moxey at half time in the match against Newcastle United.
In July 1999, he joined SG Wattenscheid 09, a Regionaliga club in Germany where he played for two years. In 2001, he left for Karlsruher SC reserve Oberliga team and earned 10 caps with the professional Bundesliga 2 team. With the reserve team, he played 76 games and scored 14 goals. In January 2005, he played with SV Langenberg until May 2005 and then moved over to Hammer Spielvereinigung (2005–2007), where he helped them gain promotion into the Oberliga in 2006.
Despite this penalty, Panthrakikos beat Ilisiakos 1–0 in the final game of the season to overtake PAS Giannena, finish third and gain promotion to Super League Greece for the first time. Emilio Ferrera, was hired as manager in the summer of 2008, lead Panthrakikos to an 11thSuper League Greece 2008-09 place finish in their first Super League season. On January 25, 2017, Panthrakikos withdrew from the Football League (Level 2) due to financial problems after the 12th game of the period.
This proved to be the club's most successful season to that point with their history, with the first team completing a league and cup double in the Unison East Midlands Premier Division, which saw them gain promotion to the Midland Combination League. The Reserves finished a creditable third in the newly formed Reserve division, and in doing so moved up a level to play in the Combination League. At junior level the club's sides continued to secure silverware on a number of fronts.
The 1987 Football League Fourth Division play-off final was a two-legged football tie played in May 1987 at the end of the 1986–87 season. It determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Fourth Division to the Third Division, and was contested by Aldershot and Wolverhampton Wanderers. This was the first-ever play-off final to be staged in English football. Aldershot won the tie 3–0 on aggregate, having won both legs of the tie.
The 2013–14 season saw the club gain promotion to the Premier division of the Essex Olympian League, as champions of Division one. The club spent two seasons in the premier division but were relegated back to Division one. The club then spent only one season in division one, before leaving the league and moving to Division Two of the Mid-Essex Football League. Their first season in the Mid Essex league saw them become champions, as well as win two cups.
During the summer of 2009, Pressley was appointed as an assistant manager at Falkirk, following his retirement as a player. Following the resignation of manager Eddie May on 11 February 2010, Pressley was appointed Falkirk manager on a contract until the end of the 2009–10 season. Falkirk were relegated to the First Division at the end of the 2009–10 season. Despite failing to gain promotion back to the SPL at the first attempt, Falkirk extended his contract for another year.
Groves was born in Lincoln and began his career with his local club Lincoln City in 1909. He played seven times for the "Imps" scoring once and the played for Worksop Town, Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town and Pontypridd before joining Tranmere Rovers in 1921. He scored seven goals in 12 matches for Rovers which promoted Stoke to sign him in November 1921. He scored 12 goals for Stoke in 1921–22 helping them to gain promotion to the First Division.
Founded in 2007, the club managed to gain promotion to the I-League in 2009. In their first season in the I-League, the club managed to finish in a very surprising third place before having their best ever season during the 2012–13 season in which they finished in second place. Pune used to have a rivalry with fellow Maharashtra club Mumbai, with whom it contested the Maha derby. The club pulled out of I-League earlier 2015–16 season.
He made 23 appearances during the 2014–15 season finishing as the club's top scorer with 29 goals in third division and helped his team to gain promotion in the B Group. On 8 January 2016 Boncho Genchev announced that Hristov is joining Etar Veliko Tarnovo, to help them promote to B Group.Бончо Генчев: Ще върнем Етър в професионалния футбол On 30 December 2016, Hristov signed with Vitosha Bistritsa. On 14 June 2019, Stefan Hristov signed with Dunav Ruse a 2 years contract.
Bundesliga with 17 goals in 30 appearances, behind teammate and strike partner Giovanni Federico, who netted 19 times in the same season. Both players helped the club gain promotion to the Bundesliga after a nine-year absence. In the 2007–08 season, Kapllani found it difficult to adjust to the top division, starting only 14 of his 28 matches and scoring just two goals. Despite Kapllani's unsteady form, Karlsruher SC finished in eleventh place, securing top-flight football for another year.
The 2017–18 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Ferrari Packaging Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2017 and ended on 8 May 2018. East Kilbride were the defending champions. Edusport Academy became the first club to gain promotion from the South of Scotland League, replacing Preston Athletic who were relegated to the East of Scotland League.
He helped them win the Division B final against the and gain promotion to Division A by beating the . His made his Vodacom Cup debut during the 2012 Vodacom Cup, with his start against Argentinian side being one of five appearances in the competition. He made a further sixteen appearances for the Bulldogs in the Currie Cup First Division competitions in 2012 and 2013, as well as representing the Southern Kings in a warm-up match against the in 2012.
The Regionalliga West is actually not quite a league but rather a promotion round. It contains the best six teams of the Regionalliga Nordrhein-Westfalen, and the top two teams of the Regionalliga Hessen and the Baden-Württemberg Liga each. The winner of this league is promoted to the Oberliga but this seasons runner-up, the EHC Dortmund may gain promotion to. As such, the league covers the German states of Baden- Württemberg, Hessen, Saarland, Rheinland-Pfalz and Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The 2009 Football League One play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 24 May 2009, at the end of the 2008–09 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from League One to the Championship, and was contested by Millwall, who finished fifth during the league season, and Scunthorpe United, who finished sixth. The teams reached the final by defeating Leeds United and Milton Keynes Dons respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.
On 28 March, he scored his first goal in a 3–2 away loss against Kaliakra Kavarna. In June 2012, Tafradzhiyski joined Akademik Svishtov on loan, where he spent three and a half seasons. In his first campaign with Akademik he scored 7 goals in the third division, helping the team gain promotion to the B Group. In the following season, Tafradzhiyski played 18 games for the club in second division, scoring three goals, but Akademik relegated at the end of the season.
Born in Moutier, Schindelholz began playing football with FC Moutier's first team at age 17, and would help the club gain promotion to the Nationalliga B in 1962. During his career he achieved 13 caps and 1 goal for Switzerland between 15 April 1964 and 22 October 1966. He also played in Switzerland's 0–5 loss to West Germany at the 1966 World Cup. On the club level he played for FC Moutier, Servette FC (1963–1971) and Vevey-Sports (1971–1973).
The first beating Nidelv (from Trondheim) and then a mighty win over Rosenborg. In the fourth round, Glimt had to play another away game, this time against Frigg from Oslo. Frigg won 2–0 and Glimt was out of the Cup. However, Bodø/Glimt had proven that teams from Northern Norway could play at the same level as the southern teams. It was not until 1972 that northern teams had the right to gain promotion to the Norwegian top division.
In order for a firefighter to gain promotion he or she must go through an assessment centre and reach the required standard set out by the Brigade. This process will be followed for each subsequent role the individual applies for, up to and including Assistant Commissioner. Appointments above the role of Assistant Commissioner are overseen by elected members of The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority. Some promotion exams can be substituted by qualifications from the Institution of Fire Engineers.
However, a 2–1 defeat to Sheffield United meant the title went to Liverpool instead. Stanley Matthews left with 3 games remaining of the 1946–47 season, opting to join Blackpool at the age of 32. Stoke were relegated from the First Division in 1952–53; during the season Bob McGrory resigned as the club's manager after 17 years in the role. Former Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Frank Taylor took over at the club looking to gain promotion back to the First Division.
He then returned to Chelsea, where his experience proved invaluable in helping new manager Eddie McCreadie's young team gain promotion in 1976–77. Two years later, in May 1979, he played his final appearance for Chelsea, a 1–1 draw with Arsenal, having made a total of 729 appearances for the club in nineteen years – only Ron Harris has made more – and kept over 200 clean sheets. He conceded one goal or less in two-thirds of his appearances for Chelsea.
The coach chose to stick with the starting eleven that was giving him good results. Sekidika played the 6 last rounds of the 2015–16 Serbian First League season, scoring in all but one and helped them to a dominant finish as champion and gain promotion to the Serbian top-flight, the SuperLiga. Inconsistencies at management positions and an uncertain starting line-up, left Naoredak end 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season in 6th place. Sekidika failed to score that season.
Galán's first experience abroad was in 2013, at Deportivo Coatepeque in Guatemala. He helped his side gain promotion to the Liga Nacional de Fútbol, scoring six goals in 14 games. After six months in Guatemala, Galán signed for Football League Greece (second-tier) club Kallithea, where he made 22 appearances, scoring eight goals and assisting three. On 10 September 2014, Galán signed for Lebanese Premier League side Salam Zgharta. With 17 league goals in 20 appearances, he won the 2014–15 Golden Boot.
Before the 2007 season the football team made the national news as it increased its budget significantly in order to gain promotion, signing players like Petar Rnkovic and Sindre Erstad while Kjell-Inge Bråtveit was hired as manager. Øyvind Svenning, Jørgen Tengesdal and Bjarte Lunde Aarsheim joined Randaberg from first-tier clubs during the summer. The club also tried to lure former player Erik Fuglestad out of retirement, but without success. Other former Randaberg players include Iven Austbø, Alexander Gabrielsen and Ronny Espedal.
Even though Portadown were sent down to the Northern Irish Championship, Braniff opted to stay. Braniff helped Portadown gain promotion back to the Northern Ireland Premiership and, in the 2009–10 season, he signed a three-year contract with Portadown in January 2010 after lengthy contract negotiations. During his time at Portadown, Braniff garnered plaudits from local football fans and journalists alike, and was considered to be one of the most technically gifted players of the Irish League's recent times.
UAE First Division League is the second tier of football league competition in the United Arab Emirates. As of 2019–20 the league features 11 sides who play each once for a total of 10 games each. The top two sides gain promotion to the UAE Pro-League. In 29 May 2019, UAEFA announced that a UAE Second Division League to be established with smaller clubs and private universities with semi-professional teams compete for promotion to UAE Division one.
Iliev signed with Chinese side Shijiazhuang Yongchang on 6 January 2014 on a two-year deal for a reported fee of €100,000. He finished 2014 season in the China League One as the club's top scorer with 9 goals, helping his team to gain promotion to the Chinese Super League for first time in club's history. On 5 April 2015 he scored his first goal for Shijiazhuang in Chinese Super League in a 1-2 away loss to Jiangsu Sainty.
Walker's successor Bruce Rioch lasted two seasons and departed in the summer of 2000. While Rioch failed to gain promotion, his time at Norwich did leave a lasting impact in his man- management of Iwan Roberts, who had been struggling to perform. Roberts himself has ascribed his difficulties to being overweight; the turnaround was, according to Roberts, due to some clever psychology by Rioch. Roberts scored 23 goals in the 1998–99 season, and is now in the club's Hall of Fame.
On August 14, 2010, Zmit joined CS Constantine, signing a contract with the club.ZMIT ZOUBIR Nouvelle recrue du CSC In his first season with the club, he helped the club win the 2010–11 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2 and gain promotion back to the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.L2 : Le CS Constantine champion, le suspense en bas In 2013 Zmit was suspended for 3 months after he failed a drug test.Commission de discipline : Suspension de ZMIT Zoubir (MOC) pour dopage www.lfp.
He struggled to establish himself at Blundell Park and returned to his first club, Hamilton Academical in January 2005. He is the only Hamilton player to have scored in the first team at old Douglas Park and New Douglas Park. In June 2005 he joined Stenhousemuir, scoring 16 times in just 27 league games as Stenhousemuir battled, unsuccessfully, to gain promotion from the Scottish Third Division. He left Stenhousemuir in July 2006 to join Stirling Albion, his 15th professional football club.
Martin first came to prominence as a goalscorer with Bo'ness, scoring 34 goals during the 1924-25 season. His 29 goals during the in 1926-27 season helped Bo'ness win the Scottish Second Division title and gain promotion to the First Division. The Saturday before he made his debut for the FAI XI, he scored a hat-trick for Bo'ness against Clydebank. The Boys In Green - The FAI International Story (1997): Sean Ryan Bo'ness lasted just a single season in the First Division.
In 2015 and 2016, Byrne played with the Ireland national rugby sevens team, which aims to be a permanent national team. He played different sevens championships to gain promotion to the 2017 Grand Prix Series. He also played the Olympic qualification tournament, but Ireland failed to qualify for the 2016 Olympics after a defeat against Spain in Cup quarter final (12-7). On 26 October 2017, Byrne was named in the extended Ireland national rugby union team squad for the Autumn internationals.
With Birmingham City he won the 2011 League Cup in England, as well as helping the club gain promotion from the Football League Championship to the Premier League during the 2008–09 season. He left the club at the end of the 2012–13 season, and returned to St Patrick's Athletic for a third spell with the club. With the Republic of Ireland national team, Fahey gained 16 caps. He was part of the squad that secured qualification for UEFA Euro 2012.
Makarov began his career in 1936, playing for Soviet club Dynamo Rostov-on-Don. In his first two seasons at the club, Makarov helped the club gain promotion from the Soviet Second League and the Soviet First League. Makarov made 22 league appearances for Dynamo Rostov-on-Don, scoring four times, in the 1938 Soviet Top League season as the club finished 18th and were relegated back to the First League. In 1940, Makarov signed for Dynamo Kharkiv, before joining Spartak Leningrad.
Duffy's second goal then came on 5 February 2017, in a 3–3 draw against Brentford. Duffy was an ever-present in Brighton's backline in his first season at the club, forming a partnership with Lewis Dunk. This last until he suffered a metatarsal fracture that kept him out for the rest of the 2016–17 season. Despite this, Duffy's contribution has helped Brighton gain promotion to the Premier League in 2016–17 by making over 30 league appearances for the club.
On 10 August 2017, Shamal joined Stade de Reims after a couple of years in the reserve sides of Bordeaux and Auxerre. Shamal made his first team debut for Reims in a 3–1 Ligue 2 win over RC Lens on 17 March 2018. He signed his first professional contract, of three-years duration, with the club in April 2018. He helped Reims win the 2017–18 Ligue 2 and gain promotion to Ligue 1 for the 2018-19 season.
Boyle broke into the Derry side during the 2014 season and went on to make 10 appearances that season. Derry City loaned Boyle to Finn Harps in early 2015, where he made his debut as a substitute late in the second half in a 1–0 win over Cabinteely. The next fixture saw him make his first start for Harps, scoring twice in an away win over Waterford United. When with Harps he helped the club gain promotion to the premier league.
He has made a number of occasions on SEN radio on the football segment with Mark Fine. In February 2016, it was confirmed that McMaster had left the Bergers to join the newly promoted FC Bulleen Lions. McMaster signed for Northcote City in 2017 playing most of the season and helping team gain promotion to the National Premier league. McMaster retired but returned with Altona City in 2019 playing 8 matches before returning back to his old club Northcote City.
The team took time to gel but eventually finished second in National League Two after an eleven-game unbeaten run, qualifying for the play-offs. They then beat Crusaders and Swinton to gain promotion to National League One. He resigned as the Eagles' head coach on 15 October 2006, citing personal reasons. In April 2007 Wilkinson made a dramatic return to rugby league coaching when he took temporary charge of Doncaster following the suspension of their coach Keiran Dempsey and his assistant.
Alfred Edward Quantrill (22 January 1897 – 19 April 1968) was an English footballer. Born in RawalPindi, Punjab, India where his father was based on military service, he played on either wing and appeared four times for the England national team. Quantrill played non-league football for Boston Swifts until being signed by Derby County in 1914. Quantrill helped Derby gain promotion to Division One in his first season at the club, but his career was soon interrupted by the First World War.
Pulis made Stoke a difficult team to beat and after three hard- fought goalless draws against teams trying to gain promotion Stoke gained vital victories against Watford, Rotherham United, Wimbledon and Coventry City. This took the relegation fight to the last day of the season with Stoke needing a victory against Reading to ensure their stay in First Division would be extended. A 55th-minute strike from Ade Akinbiyi sealed the win they needed and Stoke could start building for the future.
The match saw Cardozo score his 6th league goal of the season and his final goal as a 3 de Febrero player. Cardozo then joined Nacional Asunción during the 2004 season. Before signing with Nacional Asunción, Cardozo had played in 12 out of 3 de Febrero's 18 league matches, scoring 6 goals, which ultimately saw the club finish in first position of the División Intermedia, with 34 points and having lost just two league matches, and gain promotion to the 2005 Paraguayan Primera División season.
On 9 August 2014, he was again sent out on a season-long loan deal to a Championnat National side, this time joining FC Bourg-Péronnas. He scored on his debut for the club the following week in the 1–2 home defeat to his former club Colmar. At the end of his loan spell at Bourg-Péronnas, during which he scored 21 goals and helped the club gain promotion to Ligue 2, it was announced that Sané would join the club on a permanent basis.
The Ice Dome hosted the IIHF World Championship of Division III in April 2007. Louth's only American Football team, the Louth Mavericks American Football Club, are based in Dundalk and were set up in 2012. They play in AFI Division 1, train at DKIT, and play their matches at Dundalk Rugby Club. 2017 was the club's most successful year, going 5–3 and defeating the Craigavon Cowboys in the IAFL1 Bowl to gain promotion to the top division for the first time in the club's history.
During the year that followed he played a key role in IFK's UEFA Cup success, during which the team knocked out, amongst others, Internazionale before beating Dundee United in the final. Besides this, IFK also won the Allsvenskan in 1987. Nilsson left IFK in December 1989, joining Sheffield Wednesday of the English Football League First Division for £375,000. Despite being relegated at the end of his first season with the club, Nilsson decided to stay and helped them gain promotion at their first attempt.
Oghenekaro Peter Etebo (born 9 November 1995) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Galatasaray on loan from Championship club Stoke City and the Nigerian national team. Etebo started out at Warri Wolves where he spent three years before moving into European football with Portuguese side Feirense. He helped the side gain promotion to the Primeira Liga and establish themselves as a top-flight club. Etebo had a six-month loan spell at Spanish side Las Palmas in the 2017–18 season.
They won the playoff final against AFC Totton to gain promotion to Conference North for the first time in their history. The club enjoyed a successful first season in the Conference North, finishing in 10th place, 11 points clear of the relegation zone. The following season proved more of a struggle, with the club initially finishing in the relegation zone after a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player, only to be reprieved from relegation after Vauxhall Motors resigned from the Football Conference.
Naisten Ykkönen (, Women's First/One) is the second highest division of women's football in Finland. It is overseen by the Suomen Palloliitto (Football Association of Finland). Teams in Naisten Ykkönen can gain promotion to the top-tier Kansallinen Liiga or be relegated to the third-tier Naisten Kakkonen. At the conclusion of the 2019 season, PK-35 Vantaa gained promotion to the Kansallinen Liiga as champions of the Naisten Ykkönen and PK-35 gained promotion by winning the promotion/relegation series against IK Myran.
McStay led his side to their first trophy as Celtic Nation on 29 April 2014, defeating Aspatria 3–0 in the Cumberland Cup Final. McStay went on to lead the side to a second-place finish in the league, and went undefeated in their final 14 league games of the season. However, this was not enough to gain promotion to the Northern Premier League. Over the following weeks, a financial review was carried out at the club which resulted in many of their players leaving.
In 1973 FC Pakhtakor Tashkent gained promotion to the Soviet Top League and Kanevskyi received the honorary title of Merited Coach of Uzbekistan (Uzbek SSR). In 1973 Valeriy Lobanovskyi asked Kanevskyi to take over his team, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, as he was leaving for FC Dynamo Kyiv. With Dnipro he reached the semifinals of the Soviet Cup and for four years was a manager in the Soviet Top League. In 1987 with SC Tavriya Simferopol, Kanevskyi was able to gain promotion to the Soviet First League.
Bødker's older brother Mads is a former defenceman with SønderjyskE Ishockey in the Danish league Metal Ligaen and a regular player with the Danish national team. The two brothers teamed up on the Danish junior national team at the 2007 Division I World Junior Championships and helped Denmark gain promotion to the top division for the first time. Playing against opponents up to two years older, Mikkel Bødker scored one goal in five games. Bødker again played for Denmark at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Strong female amateur players aged 25 or under who wish to become a women's professional must be accepted into the JSA's Kenshūkai (研修会 "training group"). Female amateurs who are promoted to Class C1 are granted the rank of provisional women's professional 3-kyū. Those achieving the provisional rank of 3-kyū have two years to gain promotion to the rank of 2-kyū and thus obtain regular women's professional status. Prior to 1984, women's professionals were determined by their performance in national tournaments.
Each of the four Landesligas played a regular season of home-and-away matches. The two first placed teams of each league then entered a championship round of eight teams. Again played in home-and-away modus, the top two teams of this round gain promotion to the Bayernliga. Should one or more teams from the Bayernliga gain entry to the Oberliga with a lesser number then that being relegated from the Oberliga to the Bayernliga, additional teams may be promoted from the Landesliga.
Riham started his career with Maldivian third division side Da Grande Sports Club in 2015, helping his side to win the championship and gain promotion to Second Division. In 2016 Second Division, Da Grande lost to the eventual runner-ups Club Zefrol 1–0 in the semi-finals. Riham started first division football under coach Ihusan Abdul Ghani at Club Eagles in 2017. He debuted for Eagles in the 2017 Malé League opening match against Maziya in which they lost by a goal to nil.
He missed only two games in all competitions in his first two seasons, was appointed captain and penalty- taker, and helped the club gain promotion back to the First Division in 1985. He was chosen as the club's Player of the Year for 1984–85. His form began to be affected by weight problems, and Birmingham released him the following year. This followed a spell out on loan with Chester City, whom he helped move towards promotion from the Fourth Division in the 1985–86 season.
Domatas began his football career in the youth teams of his local side Ergotelis and signed his first professional contract with the club, on 24 May 2012. He scored his first goal on 24 October 2012, during a Cup match against Aiginiakos. He would proceed to add another two goals during Ergotelis' 2012–13 Football League season, thus helping his club gain promotion to the Superleague. In the winter transfer period of the 2013–14 season, Domatas was loaned out to Football League side Asteras Magoula.
John Barton "Jack" Grimwood (25 October 1898 – 1977) was an English footballer who played as a half-back. He joined Manchester United in May 1919, and made his debut for the club in the first Manchester derby on 11 October 1919, as a replacement for Lal Hilditch, who was away on international duty. Able to play in all three half-back positions, he was a utility player for the club. He helped United gain promotion to the First Division in the 1924-25 season.
In 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937–1940, Vojvodina won the Novi Sad Football Subassociation league. Since then, Vojvodina begun having serious pretensions to gain promotion to the Yugoslav First League. The club failed to immediately make an impact, but during the season 1940/41, Vojvodina fought for the top.fkvojvodina.com – Vodja "milionera" – The leader of the "millionaires" The final stage of the championship was interrupted by the beginning of World War II, and the Axis bombing, mobilization and country's occupation made the continuation of the competition impossible.fk.vojvodina.
He spent one season at newly promoted Portsmouth, scoring the club's first Premier League goal, before joining West Ham United, where he helped the club gain promotion from the 2004–05 Football League Championship. The following season, Sheringham appeared for West Ham in the 2006 FA Cup Final, becoming the third-oldest player to appear in an FA Cup Final. Sheringham is currently the eleventh-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premiership with 146 goals, and is the competition's 19th-highest appearance maker.
The Fulham Irish Hurling Team defeated Granuaille in the London Intermediate Championship Final in 2012 to gain promotion to the top tier of London Hurling. The team completed a remarkable journey for the Club by joining the Senior ranks of the London Hurling fraternity in only their 2nd year of existence. Managed by Dublin Man, Anthony Scullion, they won the London Intermediate Championship at the second time of asking. They had lost the final by the narrowest of margins in their first year in 2011.
In October 2018, Bruce was sacked after winning only once in a nine match stretch. He was replaced by Brentford manager Dean Smith, with John Terry and Richard O'Kelly as his assistants. Under Smith performances and results improved, with the team finishing 5th and reaching the playoffs again—helped on by a club-record 10 league game winning streak. They reached the 2019 EFL Championship play-off Final and defeated Derby County 2–1 to gain promotion back to the Premier League after a 3-year absence.
After Solihull folded in 1991, he helped form the Sheffield Steelers with David Gardner-Brown and played for them for the next two seasons, helping them gain promotion from English League Division 1 to the British League Division 1 and then the Premier Division. In 1998 Wood moved to South Africa where he coaches at club, Provincial and National Team level. He has coached South African Senior National men's team To Silver in I.I.H.F.World s Div 3 and is currently coaching in Cape Town.
McAllister playing for Bristol City in 2011 On 2 August 2006 McAllister signed for Bristol City on a two-year contract. In his first season at the Ashton Gate stadium he helped the club gain promotion to the Championship. In his second season McAllister was a mainstay of the team that made it to the final of the Championship play-offs. On 24 May 2008 Hull City defeated Bristol City 1–0 to reach the English Premier League with a goal from Dean Windass after 38 minutes.
Born in Bastia, Coulibaly began his career with SC Bastia and made 35 league appearances in four seasons with the club, one of them being in Ligue 1. He moved to Istres in July 2008 and helped the club gain promotion to Ligue 2 as National champions in his first season. Two years later, Coulibaly was transferred to Monaco, having scored 6 goals in 107 games for Istres. In January 2014, he was released by Monaco, having played no games for the club in almost a year.
Retrieved 2 July 2010. Wills scored two of Truro's three goals in the 2007 FA Vase final victory at Wembley Stadium,"Victory for Truro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2010. and helped the club gain promotion to the Southern League for the first time."Truro win Western Premier League". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2010. He had his contract cancelled by mutual consent in the summer of 2008 to focus on work commitments in Torbay,"Wembley Wills set to leave" . Truro City. Retrieved 2 July 2010.
The club recently raised money for an ex player who had suffered severe spinal damage and had spent months in hospital. Some squad members agreed to be photographed for a 'naked calendar' which proved to be very popular. In recent years the team has been very successful and in 2013 Nantyglo finished unbeaten to win Division 5 East and gain promotion to Division 4 East. The team also achieved a good cup run, narrowly missing out on an appearance at The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.
Watford then beat Leeds 3–0 in the final to gain promotion to the Premier League and an estimated £41m as a result (all 13,000 available season tickets were quickly sold out). Watford had to wait until 4 November 2006 to record their first league win of the 2006-07 season, against Middlesbrough. This was despite continuing good performances by Ashley Young, who was sold to Aston Villa in January for a fee rising to £9.65 million, a record transfer fee for the club.
Ibrahima Sonko (born 22 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Sonko moved to France from Senegal at a young age and began his career with Olympique Noisy-le-Sec and AS Saint- Étienne, before turning professional with Grenoble. In 2002 Sonko moved to English side Brentford where he spent two seasons before moving to Reading in 2004. Sonko spent four seasons with the Royals and helped them gain promotion to the Premier League in 2005–06.
Honda F.C. does not intend to be promoted to the J. League due to the mandatory loss of corporate backing, although they have been always considered as one of the JFL title contenders. They provide a big hurdle for those independent sides (such as Gainare Tottori or F.C. Ryūkyū) who wish to gain promotion. In order to achieve this goal, these teams need to finish in the top four in the league. Honda perennially occupying one of these spots makes their challenge even more difficult.
Borussia Dortmund were very interested in signing Broich as a replacement for Tomáš Rosický, who had signed with Arsenal. But it was rivals 1. FC Köln, hoping to bolster their squad to gain promotion from the second league to the Bundesliga, who were also strongly interested, who Broich signed with for the 2006–07 season. It was a season of ups and downs, with the highlight being a 4–2 DFB-Pokal win over Schalke 04, who at that time were ranked first in the Bundesliga.
Despite his success with Forest, in 1981 Gray returned to Leeds, accepting an invitation from manager - and former teammate - Allan Clarke. It was a £300,000 deal which took Gray back to Elland Road, but in the first season of his return Leeds were relegated. Clarke was fired from Leeds after the drop and Gray's brother Eddie took over. The younger Gray played for four years under his brother's stewardship but Leeds could not gain promotion and Gray left for Sunderland in 1985, this time never to return.
The league returned in 1919 and Milne established himself in the starting eleven and played in every match during the 1920–21 season and helped the side gain promotion to the First Division in 1921–22. Stoke were relegated however and injury caused Milne to miss all of the 1923–24 campaign. He remained at the Victoria Ground for two more seasons before leaving for Doncaster Rovers after making 276 appearances in all competitions for the "Potters". He remained at Doncaster until he was 41.
Donovan played for Grimsby Town, Aston Villa, Portland Timbers, Burnley and Rotherham United during his club career and also played for Ireland's national team on two occasions. He joined Villa for £72,000 in 1979 after establishing himself as a prolific scorer during three seasons with his hometown club Grimsby Town, helping them gain promotion from the Fourth Division. Donovan contributed two goals in Villa's 5 – 0 victory over Valur in the early stages of 1981-82 European Cup. Villa went on to win the tournament.
On 6 December 2013, he signed for Hammarby IF. This shortly after Nanne Bergstrand, his former manager at Kalmar, had been appointed as Hammarby's new manager. During his first season at Hammarby, he helped he team to gain promotion to Allsvenskan. In 2015, he scored six goals in 22 games, being voted "player of the year" by the supporters of the club. In a local derby against AIK on 27 September 2015, he scored a late header which secured a 1–0 win for Hammarby.
Curtis Lee Main (born 20 June 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Aberdeen of the Scottish Premiership. Main previously played in the Football League and the Football Conference for Darlington, and spent three seasons with Middlesbrough, from where he had a loan spell at Shrewsbury Town in 2013. He then joined Doncaster Rovers, and after a loan spell at Oldham Athletic in 2016, he signed for Portsmouth, whom he helped gain promotion to League One. He joined Motherwell in January 2018.
In 2007 he moved to Köln, where he scored a bicycle kick on his debut against FC St. Pauli. Antar helped Köln gain promotion back into the Bundesliga for the 2008–09 season, before moving to Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng Taishan in March 2009, where he remained for five years. In 2014 he moved to Jiangsu Sainty, before moving once again to Hangzhou Greentown the following season. In 2016, he returned to his first club in Lebanon, Tadamon Sour, where he retired after one season.
Prior to the game Burridge had made a bet with a stake of £100, with Kevin Keegan that Burridge would play the game in a Superman outfit. As a result of the bet, Wolves biggest crowd of the season, a crowd of 22500, witnessed Burridge playing the match in a Superman outfit. Burridge helped Wolves gain promotion to the top flight as runners-up, only to be relegated the following season. He left Wolves in October 1984 to join Sheffield United, signed by Ian Porterfield.
In the later half of the thirties, Bellator Frusinate disbanded, and was replaced by FF.GG. Frosinone which played its football in an interprovincial tournament. All the championships were suspended during the Second World War and the football club Frusinate disappeared. Matusa, constructed in 1932. The rebirth of Frosinone occurred in the 1945–1946 championship, the team competed in the Seconda Categoria championship and rose to Prima Categoria the following year, and later, following an excellent championship season, managed to gain promotion into Serie C-Lego Centro.
For the penultimate match against Luton Town at the Victoria Ground a crowd of 33,644 turned up to see if Stoke could gain promotion. Jackie Mudie gave Stoke the lead and then Stanley Matthews sealed the promotion in typical Matthews style as he dribbled around Town 'keeper Ron Baynham to send the home crowd ecstatic and end ten years in the Second Division. On 24 April 1963 Stoke arranged a friendly with the famous Real Madrid. The match was seen as the celebration for the club's centenary.
Kevin Anthony Jance Nolan (born 24 June 1982) is an English former professional footballer and current first team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He has represented England at under-21 level. After growing up in Toxteth, Liverpool, Nolan signed for Bolton Wanderers at the age of 16. Part of the team that beat Preston North End in the 2001 First Division play- offs to gain promotion to the Premier League, he soon became a regular first- team player for the club.
Teams from Northern Norway were not allowed to gain promotion to the top division before 1972, when Mjølner became the first team from Northern Norway to play in the top flight, and until 1979 were subject to stricter promotion rules than teams from the rest of the country. Viking won the league four consecutive seasons beginning in 1972. Lillestrøm won back-to-back titles in 1976 and 1977. In 1979 teams from Northern Norway were given the same promotion rights as the rest of the country.
Pickering was born in Manchester and began his career with non-league Buxton before becoming a professional with Rotherham United. He spent five seasons at Millmoor making 111 appearances scoring twice helping the side gain promotion in 1991–92. He earned a move to Premier League side Coventry City in October 1993 and was a regular for two seasons at Highfield Road making 75 appearances. He joined Stoke City in August 1996 and became the regular right back for the Potters making 45 appearances in 1996–97.
The following season, Aron failed to nail down a consistent place in the starting eleven, due to a number of injuries throughout the first half of the season. Despite his injury problems, Cardiff offered him a new contract, which was later rejected by the player. Aron returned to the side for the final run-in, where he scored the winning goal against Nottingham Forest and ultimately helped Cardiff gain promotion to the Premier League. In July 2018, Aron signed a new one-year deal.
Their second campaign saw them finish in sixth place, and also reach the final of the North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup, where they lost 2-1 to the then HFS Loans League side, Colwyn Bay. They finished fourth again in 1993, and also won the Alves Cup. The following year saw them third on goal difference, after a three-way tie with Llangefni Town and Llanfairpll. The 1994/95 season saw them capture the Welsh Alliance League title, and gain promotion to the Cymru Alliance League].
The following season, he only made nine appearances for the club and during the winter break returned to SC Preußen Münster. Upon his return, he continued to be a crowd favorite and during the 2010–11 season helped the club gain promotion to the third division by scoring seven goals in 25 matches. In his second spell with the club, Güvenışık appeared in 56 league matches and scored fourteen goals. Güvenışık signed with Major League Soccer club San Jose Earthquakes on 26 January 2012.
Timothy Wesley Steele (born 1 December 1967) is an English former footballer, who played as a Midfielder for Bradford City, Exeter City, Hereford United, Shrewsbury Town, Stoke City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Steele began his career with Shrewsbury Town where he spent four years before moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers. He helped Wolves gain promotion in 1988–89 before he lost his place in the side to Andy Thompson. He joined Stoke City on loan in 1991–92 before leaving for Bradford City permanently in the summer of 1993.
Maidstone United << The Ball is Square At the time of their first championship, Maidstone failed to gain promotion to the Football League because they lost out in the re- election system that the League employed at the time. By the time Maidstone United won the Conference again in 1989, automatic promotion and relegation had been introduced. Maidstone thus became members of the Football League Fourth Division. In 1988 the Stones left their ground in Maidstone, having sold the land on which it stood to MFI.
The 1997 Football League First Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium, London on 26 May 1997 at the end of the 1996–97 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from First Division to the Premier League, and was contested by Crystal Palace, who finished sixth during the league season, and Sheffield United, who finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Wolverhampton Wanderers and Ipswich Town respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.
310 However, session dates of specialty labels such as Keynote, Savoy, and Apollo show continued recording during the period when the ban was affecting the major labels. Those recordings for the most part showcased the more established styles of jazz, R&B;, Calypso, and Gospel, with bebop first recorded for the Apollo label in early 1944. All of the recordings of bebop from 1944-45 after the strike were performed for small labels, with the new music only later starting to gain promotion from the majors.
He went to Italy for his first World Cup in 1990 with Bobby Robson's England team. It was the first of three World Cup finals tournaments in which he would serve his country. In 1995 Reed left the FA to become Alan Curbishley's assistant at Charlton Athletic, helping them to gain promotion to the FA Premier League via the playoffs in 1998. After the final Reed was appointed Director of Technical Development at the FA by Howard Wilkinson, its Technical Director at the time.
Thibault Corbaz (born 7 January 1994) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Super League club Neuchâtel Xamax. He previously played for FC Basel, though not for their first team, and spent two-and-a-half seasons with FC Biel-Bienne, until that club folded in 2016. He joined Xamax, who were then playing in the Challenge League, and helped them gain promotion to the Super League in 2018. He represented Switzerland internationally at all age-group levels from under-15 to under-21.
FK Mjølner was the first club from Northern Norway allowed to play in the Norwegian top division. Before the 1972 season clubs from the north could not gain promotion to the top division. Mjølner played against the best in the 1972 and 1989 seasons, but were relegated both times after just one season. With the exception of those two seasons, FK Mjølner stayed on the second tier from 1970 to 1991. 1992 saw Mjølner at the third level, which by then was called the 2. divisjon.
The team origins dates back to 15 February 1910, when a multi-sports organisation called Sporting Club d'Angoulême was formed. The rugby team was part of this organisation until 2003, when it broke away to become an independent entity, called Sporting Club d'Angoulême Rugby. In 2010, the team merged with Rugby Club Soyaux to become Soyaux Angoulême XV Charente. SA XV Charente's first season after the merger was in the Fédérale 3 in 2010–2011 and they won the competition to gain promotion to Fédérale 2.
After dropping out of the league for two years, Sankey's returned in 1976, initially in Division 1(B). In 1981 the team was relegated to Division Two, but won the championship at the first attempt to gain promotion back to Division One. In 1983 the league was re-organised and Sankey's was one of a number of lower division clubs elected into the Premier Division on the strength of its facilities. The team spent five seasons in the Premier Division before the club was disbanded in 1988.
Bury were founder members of and runners-up in the Lancashire League in 1889–90, and won the championship in their second and third seasons. They were elected to the Football League ahead of the 1893–94 season, won the Second Division title that same season by a nine-point margin, and beat Liverpool, the First Division's bottom club, in the test match to gain promotion. They retained their top-flight status for 17 seasons. During that period Bury twice won the FA Cup.
On 8 August 2013, Weatherston signed for Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion on a one-year deal along with former Falkirk teammate Dale Fulton. He made his debut against Montrose coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory. He played a key role in helping Albion gain promotion through the League Two play-offs, teaming up with old Falkirk teammate Jordan White up front, forming a strong partnership. He finished the season having made 36 appearances in all competitions, scoring 9 goals.
While breaking his way into the Allsvenskan, he registered 3 assists in 16 regular games, before making 3 appearances in the Elitserien Qualifiers, helping the club gain promotion to the top tier. 180px Impressing at each level through his physical style, Nemeth was the first Swedish and European defenseman to be selected at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, selected in the second round, 41st overall, by the Dallas Stars. While also selected at the 2010 KHL Junior Draft by Metallurg Magnitogorsk, Nemeth continued to play in Sweden.
Purga America de Cali In July 2010 Zapata signed with Venezuelan club Caracas F.C.. Caracas ficha al colombiano Luis Eduardo Zapata After one season in Venezuela Zapata signed with Wilstermann of Bolivia for the clubs Copa Libertadores campaign.Wilstermann extrangerizado While with Wilstermann he appeared in two Copa matches. After a brief stay in Bolivia the Colombian defender signed with Deportivo Pasto. In his first year at the club he helped Pasto in capturing the Primera B title and gain promotion to the Liga Postobón.
The club would move to the untapped market of Shaoguan in the Province of Guangdong and play their home games in Shaoguan City Xihe Sports Centre. Improved attendances and immediate promotion back into the top flight would not materialise at the end of the 1998 league season. The owners decided again to move cities in the 1999 league season, this time they chose Liuzhou and moved out of Guangdong Province for the first time. Once again attendances did not improve and they could not gain promotion.
The 2008 Football League One play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2008, at the end of the 2007–08 season. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from League One to the Championship, and was contested by Doncaster Rovers, who had finished third during the league season, and Leeds United, who had finished fifth. The teams reached the final by defeating Southend United and Carlisle United respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.
Rimini competed in regional leagues (the equivalent of the modern day Serie C system) for many years of their existence. They were unable to gain promotion to Serie B until 1976. During the 1970s the club spent three seasons in Serie B, finishing in the bottom half of the table; they were relegated in 1978–79, but achieved promotion straight back up the following season. Rimini were relegated again during 1981–82, this time however, they did not achieve promotion back up straight away.
However, things would soon take a turn for the better, and Foster was named the club's Player of the Year as Ian Greaves's "Stags" finished 19th in the Fourth Division in 1983–84. He was then named team captain, and marshalled a defence that only conceded 38 goals in the league in 1984–85. In 1985–86, Foster helped the Field Mill outfit gain promotion in third place, and was recognised by his peers with a place on the PFA Team of the Year.
He was originally discovered by Iranian manager, Nasser Hejazi. Rezaei played for Zob Ahan in Isfahan for five seasons. After impressive performances for the club and the national team, he was transferred to Perugia for €150,000 and then to Messina. Rahman Rezaei is currently the most successful Asian defender in Europe. In the 2003/2004 season, he helped Messina gain promotion to Serie A. He had been one of Messina's most consistently used players with 36 appearances in their 2004–05 mid-table finish.
At Stoke, he became an influential member of the first team and his goals helped the "Potters" gain promotion to the Premier League in 2008. He remained a key figure in the top-flight, despite a poor disciplinary record, and helped Stoke reach the 2011 FA Cup Final, but missed out on the final due to injury. After he recovered from his injury he was only given a bit-part role and he left the club in June 2012 for a one-season stay with Charlton Athletic.
Waterside Karori were relegated at the end of the 1990 season, to be replaced by the winner of a play-off series between teams from the northern, central, and southern leagues (Mount Albert-Ponsonby, Nelson United, and Burndale United respectively). Nelson United won the series to gain promotion, but there is some controversy about their participation in the play-offs as they had only finished second in the central regional league, which was won by Petone. Gisborne City were relegated at the end of the 1991 season.
On 17 May 2016, he was released from his contract at the West Tigers to take up an opportunity with the Leigh Centurions in the Championship. Drinkwater subsequently went onto help his new club gain promotion in 2016, back to the top-flight of English rugby league. Drinkwater left the Leigh Centurions after a two-year stay at the club, following relegation from the Super League via the Million Pound Game in a loss to the Catalans Dragons at the end of the 2017 season.
Kodjia moved to Angers in 2014 where he won the Ligue 2 Player of the Year 2015 and was also named in the Ligue 2 Team of the Season, after scoring 15 goals in 29 games during the 2014–15 Ligue 2 to help Angers gain promotion to the French top flight after finishing in 3rd place. On 1 August 2014, he made his Angers debut in a 3–2 away loss against Nîmes, also scoring his first two goals for the club in the same game.
Born in Buenos Aires, Montes began playing football for Club Atlético Atlanta. In 1969, he moved to local rivals Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors, where he would win the 1969 Metropolitano championship. In July 1972, Montes joined Greek second division side PAS Giannina F.C.. He spent more than ten seasons with PAS Giannina, helping the club gain promotion to the Greek first division during the 1973–74 season. He left the club in December 1982, making 231 appearances and scoring 4 goals in the Greek top flight.
Emilio Nsue López (born 30 September 1989) is a professional footballer who plays for Cypriot First Division club APOEL and captains the Equatorial Guinea national team. A versatile player, he can operate as a right back, winger and forward. He began his career at Mallorca, where he appeared in 153 competitive games and four La Liga seasons, and spent time on loan at Real Sociedad and Castellón. In 2014, he joined English club Middlesbrough, and helped them gain promotion to the Premier League in 2016.
On 13 May 2014, Chesterfield announced his release from the club. He moved on to Ashton United, before Mickleover Sports manager Glenn Kirkwood got his much-wanted signature in October 2014. After helping them gain promotion to the Northern Premier League, scoring 18 in 32 games, he moved to Frickley Athletic in August 2015 helping them to a 7th- place finished in a great season for the club. On 15 May 2016, Hazel signed a one-year contract with National League North side Gainsborough Trinity.
Damián Grosso Prijmak (born 6 February 1975 in Castelar) is a former Argentine football goalkeeper. Grosso made his professional debut in 1996 for Ferro Carril Oeste. He joined Almagro in 1997, helping them gain promotion to the Argentine Primera in 2000, after the club were relegated in 2001 he moved to Mexico where he played for Atlante F.C. and CD Veracruz before returning to Argentina in 2004. He played for Instituto de Córdoba, Quilmes, Talleres de Córdoba and recently in a second spell with Ferro Carril Oeste.
Both Albion and Wolves were founding members of the Football League in 1888, making the derby the joint oldest in English league football. The rivalry came to prominence when the two clubs contested the league title in 1953–54, and during the 1990s it intensified to new heights among supporters, with both clubs languishing in Division One for much of the decade and only local pride at stake.McOwan p. 162. Moreover, in 2002 Albion came from being 11 points adrift to overhaul Wolves to gain promotion.
Widnes failed to gain promotion to Super League losing out to Castleford Tigers in the 2007 National League One Grand Final. In October 2007 Steve McCormack left Widnes and joined the Hull Kingston Rovers as assistant coach to Justin Morgan. However, nine days later after leaving Widnes Vikings, Steve returned as head coach with a new set up after Steve O'Connor took over the club. In February 2009 Steve parted company with Widnes and this is thought to have happened after a poor performance against Oldham.
Stoke ended the season with an emphatic 5–1 win at relegated Brighton & Hove Albion and young striker Adam Rooney scored a hat-trick becoming Stoke's youngest scorer of a hat-trick. With the Icelandic board failing to gain promotion to the Premier League and with debts now at around £5million chairman Gunnar Gíslason put the club up for sale and he sold the club back to former chairman Peter Coates. Coates then re-appointed Tony Pulis as manager who had spent the season with Plymouth Argyle.
In June 2010, Victorino signed for Sporting Goa who were then playing in the I-League 2nd Division. After one season in the 2nd division, he helped his side gain promotion to the I-League after Sporting Goa finished as runners-up in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division. Victorino started the 2011–12 season in the 2011–12 I-League with Sporting Goa. On 31 October 2011, he scored his first and second I-League goals against Shillong Lajong in Sporting's 4–3 victory.
The 2018–19 Armenian First League season is the 27th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 6, 2018, and concluded on June 13, 2019.2018–19 Armenian First League Although Junior Sevan were reigned as champions, however, they did not gain promotion to the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League, due to not meeting the requirements of the Football Federation of Armenia to take part at the Armenian Premier League competition. Instead, runners-up Yerevan gained promotion, as they met the above-mentioned requirements.
Former player Neil Thomas became manager. The club once again won the league during the 2005–06 season, which was decided on the last game of the season with the Buds defeating the reigning champions Clydach Wasps 4–1 to take the league title and gain promotion to Welsh League Football for the 2006–07 season. The Buds have twice reached Division One of the Welsh Football League but suffered relegation after a single season on both occasions, the most recent campaign being the 2015–16 season.
From April 1923 to February 1925, they remained unbeaten at home, but Greaves was involuntarily instrumental in the streak coming to an end. Opponents Lincoln City's "all-important point was obtained in rather a remarkable way. Endeavouring to clear a shot Greaves kicked the ball against Marshall and it rebounded off that player into the net." He helped the team gain promotion in 1925, captained the team in the Second Division, and retired from the game in 1928, by which time he was aged 36.
Dasquet was born in Argenteuil, in the suburbs of Paris. As a youngster, he played football for Racing 92 before joining Troyes in 2010. He played regularly for Troyes' reserve team in the CFA2 (fifth tier of French football), helping them gain promotion to the Championnat de France Amateur in 2013–14. Towards the end of the 2014–15 Ligue 2 season, with Troyes' first team sure of promotion to Ligue 1, Dasquet was one of several reserves called up for their senior debuts.
Didillon is a youth exponent from Metz who signed with the first team in 2013. He made his Ligue 2 debut in Metz's champion season on 16 May 2014 against Stade Lavallois in a 0–0 away draw. After spending a year on loan to RFC Seraing, Didillon returned to Metz for the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season and helped the club re-gain promotion to Ligue 1. On 13 August 2016, Didillon made his Ligue 1 debut in a 3–2 victory against Lille.
In 2000, with the club in severe financial difficulties, the ownership changed hands twice, Bowyer was dismissed, the clubhouse was destroyed in an arson attack, and the ground's landlords, Sutton Council, threatened the club with eviction for breaching their lease. At the end of that season, Carshalton were relegated to Division One. Two years later, Graham Roberts led them to the Division One South title, to gain promotion to the Premier Division. The following season, they finished seventh, thus qualifying for the new Conference South.
Skácel was born in Trutnov and began his career with Czech club FC Hradec Králové, making his senior debut in 1999 and helping his team to gain promotion back to the Czech top flight. In February 2002 he was signed by Slavia Prague, for a fee of 14 million Czech koruna. In May 2002 he won the Czech Cup with Slavia, beating their fierce rivals Sparta Prague in the final. He also won gold with the Czech Republic in the European Under-21 Football Championship.
Towards the close of the 1910–11 season, Haworth pulled off his first major signing when he persuaded England centre forward Bert Freeman to join the club from Everton. The following season, Haworth guided the team to a third-placed finish in the Second Division, narrowly missing out on promotion. In the 1912–13 campaign, Burnley reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup before losing to Sunderland after a replay. That year, the team finished second in the league to gain promotion to the First Division.
Sunday Ngbede joined amateur football club, Learning F.C. of Bukuru in 2013. He was a regular in the team for their 2014/2015 campaign, helping Learning F.C. gain promotion from the Nigerian Nationwide League National Division Two to National Division One. On 8 May 2015, Ingbede started and scored the lone goal in Learning FC's one-nil victory over Yarmalight F.C. in the NNWL 2014/2015 season. Ngbede also scored the equaliser in the 1–1 draw between Gombe Warriors versus Learning F.C. on 14 May 2015.
The 2005 Football League Two Play-off Final was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, on 28 May 2005 at the end of the 2004–05 season. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One. It was contested by Southend United, who finished fourth in the league table, and Lincoln City, who finished sixth. The teams reached the final by defeating Macclesfield Town and Northampton Town respectively in the two-legged semi-finals.
Van Dijk started his career at local club LTC in Assen before he was drafted into the FC Groningen youth academy. In the 2000–01 season he played two matches (one goal) for Groningen in the Eerste Divisie, helping them to gain promotion. In the Eredivisie he did not play for Groningen and he moved back to the Eerste Divisie with Helmond Sport in 2002. In 2005, he moved to FC Emmen, where he scored 18 and 12 goals in his first two seasons.
In April 1945 Ryan signed for West Bromwich Albion and during the 1945–46 season, he made 17 appearances in the Football League South. He made his debut for the club against Millwall in November 1945. Together with Davy Walsh and Jackie Vernon, he helped West Brom gain promotion to the First Division in 1949. In 1954, together with Ronnie Allen and Frank Griffin, he was also a member of the West Brom team that finished as First Division runners-up and FA Cup winners.
Due to his experience he was appointed player-coach at Stoke working alongside Arthur Shallcross. He helped Stoke gain promotion to the First Division in 1921–22 but Stoke struggled the following season and Shalcross was sacked. Jock Rutherford took over but soon left and Brittleton was given the opportunity to become manager but he rejected. Instead he carried on playing in the 1924–25 season playing in eight matches at the age of 45 a record not to be surpassed until Stanley Matthews.
He scored both goals in a win over promotion rivals Millwall on 31 January 2009. Scunthorpe reached the final of the Football League Trophy and faced League Two Luton Town. Hooper scored the opener but Luton pulled it back to win the match 3–2 in extra-time. At the end of the season Hooper won Scunthorpe's Player of the Year award. He said he was delighted with the team's performance during the season, in which he scored 24 league goals to help Scunthorpe gain promotion.
Danny Gray (born 21 May 1983) is a rugby union fly half who plays for the Worcester Warriors, having played for French side US Montauban, Exeter Chiefs and Bristol. He was selected for the England Sevens team in 2006-2007 after having been part of the wider sevens squad in 2005-2006. A prolific scorer Danny Gray was an integral part of Exeter Chiefs plans to gain promotion to the Guinness Premiership. In 2011 Danny signed for Worcester Warriors on a one-year contract.
Ballymacash Rangers in 2019 announced their aspirations to gain promotion to the Northern Ireland Football League alongside plans to complete a million pound renovation of The Bluebell, the ground where Ballymacash play their home games. In 2020, the club completed the first phase of their ground renovavations as they opened a state of the art full sized 3G pitch with floodlights. This was a community funded project which is the first model of its kind in Northern Ireland. The model used was similar to that of FC United of Manchester.
Milne dropped down two divisions to join Bristol City for a £50,000 fee in January 1988. City ended the 1987–88 campaign in the play-offs, but failed to gain promotion after losing 4–0 to Walsall in a replay of the play-off final. After a full pre-season he started to play well and hit six goals in 30 Third Division games during his time at Ashton Gate. Milne's form attracted attention elsewhere with Aberdeen among those interested, a move Milne favoured to be near his son and other family in Scotland.
Since re-organisation in 1994, the Regional League has accepted applications for membership from successful teams in smaller local leagues within its catchment area. Leagues whose clubs have joined the Regional League include the Shropshire County League, the Herefordshire League, the Wolverhampton Combination, and the Kidderminster & District League. Several ambitious local Sunday league teams have also switched to Saturday play and entered the league. Bewdley Town, Bromyard Town and Ellesmere Rangers have all joined from county leagues since 1994 and subsequently gone on to gain promotion to the Premier Division.
The club won Division four that season and Division three the following season. However it took the club another five season to gain promotion to Division one kennet when they finished as runners-up in Division two kennet in the 1997–98 campaign. During their time in Division Two the Club also changed their name from Woodley to Woodley Town. In their first two seasons in Division one Kennet the club won the Reading Evening Post Junior Cup in 1999 and the Berks & Bucks Junior Cup a year later.
Ardiles was sacked on 5 February 1992 and replaced by Kevin Keegan, who chose David Kelly and Micky Quinn as his first choice attacking force. Hunt was on the sidelines for much of the next 12 months before departing to West Bromwich Albion, where Ardiles was now the manager. Hunt scored a hat-trick on his home debut for Albion in March 1993 against Brighton. He scored the first goal in the Second Division play-off final in 1993 at Wembley as West Brom beat Port Vale 3–0 to gain promotion.
With Graeme Souness joining soon after, the spine of the team to gain promotion to the First Division was there. Jack Charlton took over as manager and guided the team back to the top flight at last. They ensured promotion as early as 23 March, and with eight games of the season left, they became runaway champions, finishing with a record 65 points. Middlesbrough spent the next eight seasons in the First Division, finishing 7th in 1974–75 and were generally a mid-table side in the seasons that followed.
In 2011 Tsetsadze led FC Dila Gori to gain promotion to the Georgia top division (Umaglesi Liga). In 2013 he managed the Georgia national under-19 football team qualifying with it for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. It was the second time the team qualified for such tournament and the first time since organization was shifted from under-18 competition to under-19. In 2016 along with FC Samtredia Tsetsadze became a winning head coach in the Georgian national league and the first national title for the club.
Segawa was a 3-dan ranked apprentice shogi professional, but was unable to gain promotion to 4-dan professional before turning 26 in 1996. Thus, per the association's rules, he was required to withdraw from its apprentice school. Segawa continued to play shogi as an amateur and won a number of national amateur tournaments which allowed him to qualify for entry into professional shogi tournaments. Segawa's record of 17 wins and 7 losses against professionals in these tournaments led him to request that the association grant him another opportunity to become a professional.
He scored on his debut in a 3–3 draw at Huddersfield Town. Dreyer scored a further three goals that season all in the FA Cup. They included two goals at Wycombe Wanderers and one in City's 3–2 upset of Everton. Dreyer struggled to hold down a regular place in the side the following season but in 1998–99 he helped the Bantams to gain promotion to the Premier League including making a vital clearance in the final win of the season, 3–2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
In August 1977, Lawrie McMenemy, who was building a team to gain promotion back to Division 1, signed Boyer (for a fee of £130,000) for Southampton, who MacDougall had joined a year earlier. Boyer had the task of replacing Mick Channon, who had been sold to Manchester City. He made his debut at the same time as Chris Nicholl and Mike Pickering, in a team that also included Alan Ball, Nick Holmes and Steve Williams. Boyer enjoyed a superb first season with the Saints, netting 17 goals in 41 league games.
Jean-Baptiste began his professional career with AC Ajaccio during the 2006–07 season, making his debut under coach Ruud Krol. He made 25 appearances in his debut season in Ligue 2, and was also an important player during Gernot Rohr's tenure at the club. He also captained the club during the 2010–11 season in which he helped Ajaccio gain promotion to Ligue 1. In his first season in the top flight, Pierazzi appeared in 34 league matches and helped the club maintain its Ligue 1 status.
He lasted just nine months at Cardiff. His six goals from 14 appearances helped them gain promotion to the First Division in their first season in the Football League, but he was less successful at the higher level, and moved on to Watford of the Third Division South in December 1921 for a club-record fee of £1,000. In five seasons and 144 league matches, he scored 67 goals (74 from 157 appearances in all competitions) for Watford, and was the Third Division South top scorer in 1922–23 with 30 goals.
Born in Mexico City, Herrera was a product of the Unión de Curtidores youth system and made his club debut in 1978. He spent most of his career with Club Necaxa, where he won the league title twice. At the end of his career, he joined C.F. Pachuca in the Primera A División and helped the club gain promotion before he retired in 1998. Overall, Herrera had a 20-year career and made over 450 Mexican Primera División appearances with Unión de Curtidores, Club Atlas, Club América, Club Necaxa, Deportivo Toluca F.C. and C.F. Pachuca.
With the introduction of new coaches, players and an existing strong juniors camp. It was the start of a new era. In 1993 the club took the step in fielding a senior women’s team. The girls finished the season being runners up in the final of the night series competition, won the Top Four Cup and the Premiership to gain promotion to 1st Division. It was no surprise that in the 1994 season, with so much talent, eleven of the girls were chosen to represent Western Australia in various age groups.
It was the departure of Chris O'Grady to local Yorkshire rivals Barnsley. It was for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be around £300,000. O'Grady had many memorable moments of his two-year stay with the Owls, he helped the side gain promotion to the Championship scoring against local rivals Sheffield United in both clashes, which without the goals the side would not have got promoted automatically. He was the side's second- top goal scorer last season, even though he spent the second half of last season on loan at Barnsley.
Portsmouth F.C. Ladies became the first women's club in Hampshire to receive the F.A. Charter Standard Club Award for excellence in provision of coaching and support staff in 2002. After having finished runners up in the 2000/2001 and 2001/2002 seasons, in the 2002/2003 season Portsmouth demonstrated the impact of this excellence in coaching as the team won the South West Combination League in a convincing manner, dropping only 2 points during the course of the entire season, to gain promotion into the Premier League Southern Division for the first time.
He signed for another National team, Le Mans, helped them gain promotion to Ligue 2 in his first seasonnot least by scoring in each leg of the play-offsand was again named in the Team of the Year. He made his Ligue 2 debut in the starting eleven for Le Mans' opening fixture of the 2019–20 season, and played regularly for a time, but gradually lost his place in the face of significant competition in midfield, and in January 2020, returned to Rodez on loan to the end of the campaign.
It was also decided that the newly formed Division Three would play a finals series in 2009, but the premier would not gain promotion to Division Two as these teams had already been relegated for the 2009 season. At the end of Round 13, Diamond Creek, Epping, Fitzroy Stars, Lower Plenty, Macleod, Mernda, Watsonia and Whittlesea formed the top 8 teams and remained in Division Two, whilst Heidelberg West, Hurstbridge, Panton Hill, Parkside, Reservoir and South Morang were the bottom 6 teams and formed the new Division Three.
Gutiérrez began his football career with C.F. Monterrey, making his Mexican Primera División debut with Rayados in 2002. He only made fourteen appearances during his three years with the club, eventually dropping down to play for Indios de Chihuahua in the Primera A División during 2008. He led Indios by scoring nine goals in the Apertura 2008 tournament, leading the parent club's manager, Héctor Hugo Eugui, to consider signing him for the Clausura 2009 season. Gutiérrez joined Club Universidad de Guadalajara in 2013, and helped Leones Negros gain promotion from Ascenso MX in 2014.
He then joined Reading in February 1988 scoring eight goals in 19 matches for the Royals he left for Sunderland scoring three in 18 matches before making a return to Hull City. Whitehurst spent a year and a half back at Boothferry Park before joining Sheffield United. Whitehurst helped the Blades gain promotion in 1989–90 and spent a short time out on loan at Stoke City in 1990–91 where he played in five matches. Whitehurst ended his professional career at Doncaster Rovers during which time he also played on loan for Crewe Alexandra.
In 1966, he helped the team gain promotion to Division I and went on to become captain. In 1969, he scored 18 goals in all competitions. In the early '70s, Samuel "Zoom" Ndhlovu, who was Wanderers' coach but would also double as Tigers coach from time to time since they shared the same sponsor, noticed some defensive qualities in Musenge's play and converted him into a defender to shore up a leaky defence. In April 1975, Musenge was transferred to Wanderers along with Brines Mulenga and Gerald Mungule.
The nine provincial winners were drawn into a round robin stage. The five Coastal stream teams and four Inland stream teams were put respectively into Group A and Group B. All the playoff matches were played from April 6–12, at two big stadiums in the Mpumalanga region: Themba Senamela Stadium in Mhluzi, Middelburg and Ackerville Stadium in eMalahleni. The respective winners of the two groups, would both gain promotion to the National First Division, beside meeting each other in a last show-off final, where only the champion honour was at stake.
Having joined Sheffield United in 2006 from Stade de Reims Chanot became a regular in the academy and reserves sides. The aggressive, athletic central defender joined Mansfield Town on loan on 4 October 2008, and made his debut for Mansfield in the 0–1 defeat against Woking despite picking up man of the match award. He returned to Bramall Lane having played five games for The Stags. As the Blades looked to cut costs, having failed to gain promotion, Chanot was released at the end of the 2008–09 season.
1975–76 saw the second relegation in the club's history, into the Southern League's Division One North. They remained there until 1979–80, when a re- organisation of the league's structure, in order to become a feeder to the newly formed Football Conference, placed City in the Midland Division. A switch was made to the Southern Division in the 1982–83 season and this seemed to coincide with a turn around in City's fortunes, and 1985–86 saw City win the division on goal difference and gain promotion back to the Premier Division.
On 11 October 2011 Fitzgerald was confirmed as the Clare senior hurling manager on a three-year term. His first season in charge saw Clare gain promotion from Division 1B following a defeat of Limerick in the final. On 18 August 2013, Clare got to the All- Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final after a 1–22 to 0–18 win against Limerick at Croke Park. On 28 September Fitzgerald managed Clare to win the All Ireland senior title, beating Cork 5–16 to 3–16 in a replay.
Born in Brussels, Moussa is a Belgian under-18 and under-19 international. He made his Southend United first team debut as a 16-year-old in the final minutes of the 3–0 win over Colchester United on 4 March 2006, coming on for midfielder Luke Guttridge. He was also part of the squad that saw Southend gain promotion to the Championship in the 2–2 draw away at Swansea City. He joined Wycombe Wanderers on a two-month loan on 16 October 2008 and made nine League Two appearances.
Bayliss made his professional debut coming on as a substitute on 7 November 2017 in a 2–1 EFL Trophy win over West Brom U23's, coming on to replace Dion Kelly-Evans. He made his second appearance in the FA Cup second round against Boreham Wood. He made his league debut on 16 December, and scored within two minutes, as Coventry recorded a 2–1 victory over Cheltenham Town. He scored 6 goals for Coventry City during the 2017–18 season to help them gain promotion back to EFL League One.
After a year with Llanelli, during which his "astute management" helped them gain promotion to the Welsh Football League First Division, Grant returned to Cardiff City where he spent four years as a coach, helping them back to the First Division in 1960. He was sacked during the 1962–63 season after a row with the board. He then spent some time as a scout for Bristol Rovers before being appointed as manager at Southern League Premier Division Worcester City in December 1971. After a year at Worcester he was replaced by Graham Newton.
The 2013–14 season saw Fylde gain promotion to the National League North after defeating Ashton United in the Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division play offs. They also retained their Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy with a 4–1 victory over rivals Chorley. In addition, they won the Doodson Sport League Cup with victory at Edgeley Park over Skelmersdale United. Their disciplinary record meant they won the Fair Play Award for the Premier Division and their overall record throughout the three leagues came out on top which saw them claim the Presidents Cup.
The club now plays its matches on Derby Road Playing Fields and has its own purpose built clubhouse, six changing rooms and four pitches. The 1st XV played league fixtures in Midlands 1 East for the first time in the 2011-12 Season. In the 2010–11 season Loughborough finished second in Midlands 2 East (North), winning a promotion play-off against Peterborough Lions to gain promotion. The club managed to build on the success of the previous year and stayed in Midlands 1 East for another season, finishing .
He made 36 league appearances as the club were relegated to the third-tier of Spanish football. The following season he played on loan in the Segunda División B with Hércules CF, appearing in 27 matches as the club failed to gain promotion. In the summer of 2002, Darino contemplated a move to a club in Italy's Serie C but signed a one-year contract with Universidad de Las Palmas CF with an option to renew. He made several appearances for Universidad de Las Palmas in the Segunda B.
Innes signed for Gretna on a free transfer in 2005. Although he missed out on United's Scottish Cup final appearance that season as he had already left for Gretna, Innes made it the following season when the Black and Whites were runners-up against Hearts. Innes was made captain of the rising club from the borders and helped the side gain promotion from the Scottish Third Division to the Scottish Premier League. After a season of bad results and financial difficulties for Gretna, Innes was made redundant on 25 March 2008.
Padula Castro's career began in his hometown with Tacuarembó. His professional debut came on 13 October 2013 during a Segunda División defeat to Rocha, as he went on to make eleven more appearances in 2013–14 as they won the title to gain promotion to the Primera División. He scored his first senior goal in a draw with Rampla Juniors on 23 November 2014. They were relegated back down to tier two in 2014–15, with Padula Castro eventually leaving midway through 2015–16 to join Bolívar in January 2016.
They won the last ever Athenian League championship in 1983–84 and were due to gain promotion. However, after being given notice to vacate their Memorial Sports Ground in the centre of the town, they were moved to Kiln Brow, situated about 2 miles to the south of the town. Without the required facilities, the club actually moved sideways in the pyramid into the London Spartan League. At the start of the 1987–88 season, after resigning from the London Spartan League, they joined the Sussex County League Division One.
In June 2011 the club appointed Simon Colbran, formerly of Worthing and Crowborough Athletic, where he won all three Sussex County League divisions, including the Division One championship. In February 2012 Simon Colbran resigned to join Horsham, and was replaced by youth team manager Michael Maher. The following seasons saw the club gain promotion to Division One South of the Isthmian league when they finished as runners-up behind Peacehaven & Telscombe. In 2014-15 Redhill finished 23rd out of 24 teams in Division One South and were relegated to the Combined Counties League.
The 1954–55 season was Stoke City's 48th season in the Football League and the 15th in the Second Division. Taylor continued to add new players to the squad as the aim for 1954–55 was to gain promotion back to the First Division. Stoke made a great start to the season winning five out of their first six matches. Taylor was able to field a settled team for the majority of the season alas Stoke could not keep up their form and promotion was missed with Stoke finishing in 5th position.
De Laet ended his first season with Leicester having played 46 games and scoring twice in all competitions, steering City into the Championship play-offs. In the 2013–14 season, he helped Leicester gain promotion back to the top flight playing regularly in the first team once more. De Laet featured 35 times scoring two goals. In the 2015–16 season, De Laet started the first seven games for Leicester, scoring his last goal for the club in a 3–2 win over Aston Villa on 13 September 2015.
Little began his career with his hometown club Ilford and Southend United before joining Football League Second Division side Bradford Park Avenue in 1908. He was a decent forward as a teenager and he helped Bradford gain promotion in 1913–14 scoring 24 goals in 39 games. His career was interrupted by World War I but he returned to Bradford once the League was restored in 1919–20. With Bradford heading for relegation he joined Stoke in 1920–21 where he played 21 times for the "Potters" scoring once against Clapton Orient.
Tadgh Purcell originally received a soccer scholarship from University College Dublin (UCD AFC), where he played the beginning of his senior career. Following the end of his scholarship, Purcell moved to First Division side Kilkenny City, under the management of Pat Scully, for the 2005 season. He scored his first League of Ireland goal on 9 April at Buckley Park. After one season with the "Black Cats", he then moved to Shamrock Rovers for the 2006 season, along with his manager Scully, after Kilkenny City failed to gain promotion from the First Division.
A week later, he was in the starting line-up once more, scoring twice in Oxford's 3–0 win against Cambridge United at the Abbey Stadium. A brace against Dagenham & Redbridge in a 2–2 draw on 26 March 2007 took Odubade's tally to 10 goals for the season. Oxford failed to gain promotion back to the Football League after losing on penalties to Exeter City in the play-offs, although Odubade scored and assisted another during the two ties. He was voted Oxford's Player of the Year at the end of the season.
Undrafted, Sjögren played youth hockey in Sweden within Rögle BK. He made his professional debut in the HockeyAllsvenskan with Rögle BK, helping gain promotion to the Elitserien. He transferred to fellow top division club, Färjestad BK, for the 2010–11 season and won the Swedish championship with the club that year. On June 1, 2011, Sjögren as a free agent to a two-year contract, reportedly worth 1.8 million dollars, with the Washington Capitals. In the 2011–12 season, after attending the Capitals training camp, he was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears.
Tøfting fyret efter håndgemæng , Danmarks Radio, 7 December 2004 He agreed a contract with Swedish club BK Häcken in February 2005. At its expiry in January 2006, Tøfting moved back to Denmark to play for Randers FC in the second tier of Danish football, the Danish 1st Division. With Randers, Tøfting won the 2006 Danish Cup, and he helped the club gain promotion to the 2006–07 Danish Superliga championship. Tøfting ended his playing career for Randers on 1 December 2007, where his last match was a 0–2 defeat to Viborg FF.
In the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, Hong Kong was eliminated by Chile in the quarter finals, failing to gain promotion to following year's World Series. In the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, Hong Kong again lost to Chile again to finish as runners-up in the Bowl Final. In the 2018 Asian Games, he helped Hong Kong to win all their games in both the group and knockout stages, including a 14–0 victory against Japan to become one of the first gold medal winners for Hong Kong in rugby sevens.
For the 1997-98 season he was transferred to El Porvenir, where he helped the team gain promotion to the Primera B Nacional. Subsequently, he had a brief spell at Uruguayan Bella Vista during the 1999–2000 season. His next promotion would be achieved playing for Banfield in the 2000-01 season, when he helped the team reach the Argentine Primera División. Garrafa stayed in Banfield until 2005, playing the 2004 Copa Sudamericana and 2005 Copa Libertadores with the club and being part of the Primera División runner-up team of the 2005 Clausura.
Shepherd was playing for local amateur club Bolton Temperance when he was offered an amateur contract with First Division side Blackburn Rovers in 1901. However, he was unable to break into the first team and was allowed to leave the club. He instead joined Bolton Wanderers but was allowed to play for amateur club Bolton St. Luke's in the Lancashire Combination before making his professional debut in November 1904. In his first full season, he scored fifteen league goals to help Bolton finish second in the Second Division and gain promotion.
Born in Guimarães, Braga District, Ribeiro had a modest career as a football player, and started his coaching career when he was 19 years old. Before starting his senior professional coaching career in 2010, he coached F.C. Tirsense and F.C. Vizela youth teams. In 2010 he became assistant coach at C.D. Feirense in the second division under Quim Machado and helped the team gain promotion to the Primeira Liga. His next step was to work in FC Porto scouting department, where he worked directly with the first team as an opponent team analyst & scout.
Keane was appointed manager of Sunderland shortly after his retirement as a player and took the club from 23rd position in the Football League Championship, in late August, to win the division title and gain promotion to the Premier League. He resigned in December 2008, and from April 2009 to January 2011, he was manager of Championship club Ipswich Town. In November 2013, he was appointed assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national team by manager Martin O'Neill. Keane has also worked as a studio analyst for British channel ITV's football coverage.
In May 2015, he joined Leeds United as executive director to work alongside Massimo Cellino, only one month after joining Sheffield Wednesday. On 14 May 2015, Cellino carried out a press conference unveiling Pearson as the club's Executive Director to work directly alongside Cellino. The press conference included Cellino leaving halfway through for a cigarette break only to return, and for the press conference to run for over an hour. Cellino revealed that he would also sell the club if Leeds failed to gain promotion within the next two seasons.
The K's finished fifth upon their return to the seventh tier in the 2009–10 season, but missed out on back-to-back promotions, losing in the play-off final to Boreham Wood. In his final season as manager of Kingstonian, Dowson recorded his best league finish of second - following two seasons in a mid-table position. However, they failed to gain promotion once again after defeat in the play-offs semi-final. He announced his resignation at the end of the season to spend some time away from football and focus on his family.
Tupling made his Hartlepool United debut on 26 December 1989 in a 4–1 home win against Scarborough. In the 1989–90 season he started 26 games and scored once, in a 2–1 home win against Rochdale on 10 March 1990. Select season required via dropdown menu. The following season he started 40 league games and scored twice, in the first game of the season in a 3–2 win away at Chesterfield and in the reverse fixture in January 1991, and helped the club gain promotion from the Fourth Division.
He moved back to Swansea City and helped them gain promotion to the First Division in 1980–81. He scored in the South Wales derby on 27 December 1980, in a 3–3 draw with Cardiff City at Ninian Park. He scored on the opening day of the 1981–82 season, as Swansea beat his former club Leeds 5–1. The season was a highly successful one for both player and club, as he scored ten goals in 45 appearances to help Swansea to a sixth place league finish.
The 2017–19 ICC World Cricket League was the fourth and final season of the ICC World Cricket League, an international cricket tournament composed of four divisions, numbered two to five. It served as part of the Cricket World Cup qualification process for the 2023 Cricket World Cup. The divisions were played in roughly consecutive order, with the lower divisions played first. The top two from each division will gain promotion to the following, higher division, meaning that some teams will play in more than one division during the tournament.
He then had further loans at Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Burnley, before returning to Middlesbrough for a fee believed to be in the region of £5.5 million. He joined Leeds United on 31 July 2018 and helped the club win the EFL Championship and gain promotion to the Premier League under the management of Marcelo Bielsa. Capped once for the Republic of Ireland at under-18 level, he later changed allegiances to England, which he represented up to under-21 level, before switching back to Ireland in 2019.
A further incarnation of the club came under the name Dover FC, began play a year later, and then folded in 1947. A new semi-professional Dover FC was immediately formed and rejoined the Kent League, going on to win the league championship twice in the 1950s before progressing to the Southern League. Dover won the championship of Division One in 1967. Johnny Ray was the leading scorer with 42 goals in 49 games helping the club to gain promotion to the Premier Division, where the club spent eleven seasons before being relegated.
The 2019-20 Kategoria e Dytë is the 48th official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There are 26 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups. The winners of the groups will play the league's final against each other and will also gain promotion to the 2020-21 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position will qualify to the play-off round which they will play against the 8th ranked teams in the 2019-20 Kategoria e Parë.
The club was founded as Woodstock Park Football Club in 2002 by Sunday league club Old Oak F.C. who were themselves formed in 1970. The new club entered the Kent County Football League Division Two East and finished runners-up at their first attempt. The club then spent two seasons in Division One East before being relegated back to Division Two. It took them another four seasons to gain promotion again to Division One East when they finished as Runners-up at the end of the 2008–09 season.
The deal was completed on 15 November 1999. The Icelandic consortium eventually took Stoke back the First Division via the play-offs in 2002 and consolidated the club in mid- table but were unable to mount a promotion attempt. The consortium made one last effort to gain promotion in the 2005–06 season after sacking Tony Pulis and replacing him with Johan Boskamp. He brought in a large number of foreign players and ultimately only managed a mid-table finish and the owners left at the end of the season.
75px The club was founded in 1961 as Libertas Monte Marcone and so renamed in 1968. In the 2005–06 season, Polisportiva Val di Sangro finished first in Serie D, Girone F. Notably, Val di Sangro was the first Serie D team, that season, to gain promotion, mathematically clinching its division five matches before the end of the season. Since 2006–07, Val di Sangro has been playing in Serie C2 and played at that level (renamed to Lega Pro Seconda Divisione in 2008) until 2009, when the club was relegated to Serie D.
In 1996 Fennelly ventured into inter-county management for the very first time when he took charge of the Carlow senior hurling team. In 1997 he helped the team to gain promotion from division 2 of the National League, however, a restructuring of the format meant that Carlow were denied the chance to play in the top tier of the league. Fennelly remained with Carlow for a second season, however, he enjoyed little success in 1998. In 1999 Fennelly returned to the Dunnamaggin club who by now were languishing in the intermediate grade.
The 1961–62 season was Port Vale's 50th season of football in the English Football League, and their third season in the Third Division. The season was most notable for the win over Sunderland in the FA Cup, which followed a goalless draw at Roker Park in which the Vale defence prevented Brian Clough from even having a shot. The club also hosted a friendly against the Czechoslovakia national football team, and later took a tour of Poland. In the league they failed to gain promotion, and had to settle for mid-table obscurity.
After his release by D.C., Miller went on trial with several clubs in Europe, eventually signing with Swedish Superettan side Ljungskile SK. After a short but successful stint with the club, Miller moved up a division to the Allsvenskan league with fellow Swedish club Halmstads BK, where he had trialled the previous spring. He stayed with Halmstads for three seasons and helped the club gain promotion to the Swedish top flight. On January 21, 2013, Miller signed with Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. He was not retained following the season.
Thorsten Becker (born 13 May 1980) is a German footballer, who in 1992 moved from Fortuna Schlangen to SC Paderborn and has played in the club's first-team squad from 2001 to 2009. He helped Paderborn gain promotion to the second level of the Bundesliga in the 2004–05 season. He suffered a knee injury in late 2005 which resulted in a long-term absence from the club. After he retired from playing football, Becker became a coach and joined Paderborn's under-19 team as co-manager in June 2016.
He spent two seasons at the Rheinland club, helping them gain promotion to the top flight and maintaining their position. However, he managed just a solitary goal in his time and was again let go, back to the 2. Bundesliga with rivals Fortuna Köln. His spell here was much more successful as he became a first- team regular and found his finishing touch, particularly in 1998–99 when he managed 13 goals in 29 appearances. This form caught the eye of Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen and they snapped him up in summer 1999.
As a youth player he represented Djurgårdens IF and IF Brommapojkarna before signing a contract with Hammarby IF in 2008. During the spring in 2008 he played for the club's farm team Hammarby TFF, but due to big injury problems in Hammarby's defensive line he was called up and played seven games for the team during the autumn. He only made one appearance for the team in 2009 in the spring derby against the club's rivals AIK. He also helped Hammarby TFF to gain promotion to Division 1 during the season.
Kirk John Broadfoot (born 8 August 1984 in Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a defender for Kilmarnock. Broadfoot started his senior career with St Mirren and he helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Premier League by winning the 2005–06 Scottish First Division. He moved to Rangers as a free agent in 2007 and enjoyed success with the Ibrox club until he left Rangers by mutual consent in August 2012. Broadfoot then joined English club Blackpool, but was released by them in May 2014, moving on to Rotherham.
Hoekstra's skill caused problems for many defences in English football's third tier and he was often subject to heavy tackles from opponents. He made 28 appearances for Stoke in 2001–02 helping them gain promotion in the 2002 play- off final. He scored three goals that season against Notts County and twice against Chesterfield. In 2002–03 Stoke battled against relegation from the First Division and Hoekstra's experience proved to be a vital asset, playing in 33 matches scoring five goals including a brace against Watford and a winning goal against Preston North End.
After leaving Derby he worked as a coaching educator and youth coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers before joining Hereford United in June 2004, following the departure of former West Brom colleague Richard O'Kelly. In his first four seasons at the club, Trewick oversaw considerable success on the field. The team finished second in the Conference in his first year with the club, but were beaten in the play-offs. His second season saw the Bulls go one better and gain promotion to League Two, where in his third year they eventually finished 16th.
Kristrún's first senior games where for the joint team of ÍR/Breiðablik in the second-tier league. After helping ÍR win the league and gain promotion in 2003, she debuted in the top-tier league during the 2003–2004 season where she averaged 10.5 points in 18 games. After ÍR's relegation that season, she transferred to Haukar where she won back-to-back national championships in 2006 and 2007. She was one of the leagues best players during the 2008–2009 season, averaging a career high 19.4 points during the regular season.
Jimmy "Jimmer" Jordan was also brought in as a coach for the squad. Season 5 saw Splyce make it through the open qualifiers and into the RLRS, but a disappointing sixth-place finish meant they would not be staying in the Rival Series. The team stuck together for Season 6 and again qualified for the RLRS. A first-place finish in the regular season booked Splyce a trip to the Promotional Tournament, where they defeated both Bread and Rogue to gain promotion into the RLCS for Season 7.
York produced some of their best football in a decade in 1964–65, winning 20 league matches at home—a club record—and ending the season in third place to gain promotion, one point behind champions Brighton & Hove Albion. The following season, they were in the bottom four by late December 1965. They finished the season in bottom place and were relegated back to the Fourth Division, having conceded a club-record 106 goals. After the season ended, York released Norman Wilkinson, who had scored a club-record 143 goals.
The 2008/09 season was seen as a landmark one in the club's history as the first team not only won the league cup but finally won the Midland Combination league following a 4–2 win over Crewe in final League game of the season. The fixture was played at Derby County FC's Pride Park stadium and the result saw the club gain promotion to the Women's Premier League. The club's Reserves won Reserve Cup, whilst their U16s, U12's and U10's all achieved league and cup double success.
In 1990 he signed for Darlington where he held a regular first team place for several years, playing over 100 times for the club and helping them gain promotion back into the Football League. Leaving Darlington in 1993, he spent one year at Lincoln City before having a short spell at Colchester United and non- contract terms at Scarborough and Swansea. His second spell at Swansea would be his last in the Football League before dropping into non-league, playing in the Welsh Premier League for nearly ten years.
This team gain promotion two years running. thumb The 1993–1994 season saw Budweiser sponsor tier 1 of the league which as a consequence meant the National League was restructured moving Palace into division one where they finished Runner-up to Coventry Crusaders. The following season Alton Byrd returned to the club as player/general manager kick starting a successful season as they won Division One. The league win was repeated the following year because Palace had remained in the National League after their application to join the Budweiser League (tier 1) was rejected.
Especially since the dissolution of the second tier, National Division One, in 2006, there have been several issues regarding promotion and relegation in the system. In 2007, Oban Camanachd and Inveraray were allowed to run second teams in South Division One. In 2009, Oban's reserves, Lochside Rovers, won this league but due to Oban Camanachd first team playing in the top tier, they could not gain promotion. Despite an effort from Oban to have both teams playing in the one league, the Camanachd Association offered the opportunity for promotion to Glasgow Mid Argyll.
Abbas Ali Atwi (; born 15 December 1984), also known as Onika (), is a Lebanese professional footballer who plays as a striker for club Ansar. Atwi made his senior debut Bourj in 2000, where he helped his side gain promotion from the Lebanese Second Division. After one season in the Lebanese Premier League, in 2002 he moved to Olympic Beirut where he won the domestic double in his first season. In 2005 Atwi signed for Ahed, with whom he has scored 58 league goals and won five league titles.
The club played on several pitches around the village before settling at the Playing Fields in 1950, with the first match played against Northampton Yeomanry. However, in order to gain promotion to the United Counties League, the club were required to build a new ground. A site was leased from the Marquis of Northampton, on which Compton Park was established. The first competitive match played at Compton Park was the club's final match in the Northamptonshire Central Combination before moving up to the United Counties League, with Cogenhoe beating Bugbrooke St. Michaels 1–0.
Gulliver was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. He was a trainee at Middlesbrough where he was a key member of their reserve side but never made a first team appearance. He made his league debut on 30 November 2002 while on loan at Blackpool, in the starting eleven for the Division Two game against Notts County which finished 1–1. He also spent a month at Carlisle United, and finished the season at A.F.C. Bournemouth, where he helped the Cherries gain promotion from Division Three via the playoffs.
In December 2005, Strande stated that he was ready to take over as Molde's head coach after Bo Johansson, if the club management asked for it. But Molde appointed Arild Stavrum as new coach before the 2006 season and Strande continued as a player until he retired after helping Molde gain promotion to Tippeligaen in the 2007 season. Trond Strande played a total of 238 matches in Tippeligaen, and 520 matches in total. Alongside Vegard Forren and Mattias Moström, he is the only player to have appearances for Molde in 12 consecutive top division seasons.
The 2020-21 Kategoria e Dytë will be the 49th official season of the Albanian football third division since its establishment. There will be 27 teams competing this season, split in 2 groups. The winners of the groups will play the league's final against each other and will also gain promotion to the 2021-22 Kategoria e Parë. Teams ranked from the 2nd to the 5th position will qualify to the play-off round which they will play against the 8th ranked teams in the 2020-21 Kategoria e Parë.
The Club has been running a very successful Youth Coaching programme for the past ten years with around 90 boys and girls attending Tuesday coaching sessions, and competing in national competitions at U-14, U-16 and U-18 level. It has taken the U-18 boys on tour to the Netherlands every Easter since 2004 and several of these boys have gone on to gain promotion to the 1st or 2nd XIs. In 2008/9, nine of them were selected for Scotland training squads across three age levels.
In 13 games for Ellerslie, Littlewood scored 5 tries including one in the promotion-relegation match against Grafton which they won 11–3 to gain promotion. Ellerslie struggled in the first grade winning just 3 of their 12 matches with Littlewood scoring 8 tries in their 15 matches. Though they were competitive in most matches and gained wins over Ponsonby United, City Rovers, and Marist Old Boys. The following year saw Littlewood play 6 further matches for Ellerslie which were all lost before switching codes to join the City rugby club in Auckland.
In his last season for the club, played in the UAE First Division, Maatouk scored 12 goals in 16 appearances. He was released by Fujairah on 11 July 2017, despite having a year remaining on his contract. The Lebanese player's desire to terminate his contract came after his team failed to gain promotion to the first division during the 2016–17 season. Maatouk said that the appointment of Diego Maradona as coach was not tempting enough for him to remain, and he would rather depart from the Division One side.
Since 2011, he played for Serbian League Belgrade side Balkan Mirijevo with success and already has five man-of-the-match awards (four in a row, against Žarkovo, Zemun, FK Beograd and Dorćol), with average rating over 7.5. He finished the season with average rating 7.07, and became Balkan Mirijevo player of the season. After one year in Balkan, he moved to Swedish AIK Jönköping, the subsidiary of the Assyriska Föreningen that plays in Superettan. After a successful season in Sweden, when the club managed to gain promotion, Caković went back to Balkans.
Benchikha began his managerial career coach with CR Belouizdad, where he helped win the league title two years in a row, in 2000 and 2001.C'est finalement Benchikha He then briefly coached MC Alger and the Algerian Under-23 national team before returning to CR Belouizdad in the later part of the 2004-2005 season. Benchikha then moved to Qatar and joined Umm- Salal Sports Club, which was playing in the second division. In his only season with the club, he helped it gain promotion to the top flight.
The bottom four clubs of each division played out one relegated team each, independently of each other. In turn, the three regional champions will gain promotion to the Oberliga with the possibility of more clubs moving up should the DEL, as planned, expand or a club in the top three divisions fold or withdraw. The league was won by the Dresdner Eislöwen who are, together with the runner-up Tölzer Löwen, promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. Due to Kassel gaining entry to the DEL, the Wölfe Freiburg were also promoted.
After playing in the youth level at ZOB, Ajax and De Graafschap, Lindenbergh began his professional career at De Graafschap that played in the Eerste Divisie. His debut was on 12 November 1994 in a 1–0 win over VVV. He became a key player for the team straight away and helped them to gain promotion to the Eredivisie for the following season, in which he made 30 appearances. In total he took part in 159 games for De Graafschap, scoring six goals, with the club permanently in the top flight.
Krupnik stayed with the club until the winter recess when he decided not to continue after Maccabi Herzliya would not agree to a new contract. After leaving Maccabi Herzliya, Krupnik joined Bnei Sakhnin for the second half of the 2006–07 season and helped the club gain promotion to the Israeli Premier League. The following season Krupnik helped the newly promoted side to a fourth-place finish and qualification to the Intertoto Cup. On June 17, 2008, Krupnik signed a contract with Maccabi Haifa for 3 years worth $360,000.
In 1974, Dujković moved to Real Oviedo, spending three seasons with the Spanish outfit. He returned to Yugoslav First League in 1977, joining newly promoted NK Osijek and staying with the club for three seasons. Following the conclusion to 1979/80 campaign, at the end of which NK Osijek got relegated, Dujković made the switch to Galenika Zemun, another second league side, and helped it gain promotion in 1981/82 season. He would not play top flight football again, though, as he promptly retired in the summer of 1982.
He had a successful season with The Pitmen, scoring 15 goals and helping them gain promotion to the Conference North. He could not agree a new contract with the club, however, and so moved back to Hucknall Town in the summer of 2005, only to return to Hednesford Town again in December only to fail to save the club from relegation. The following summer McSweeney moved to Ilkeston Town under the guidance of former Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday striker Nigel Jemson. He spent one season there, scoring 12 goals.
In the 2014–15 season the club were ultimately relegated with a 12th-place finish and no mathematical chance of surviving, their relegation was confirmed as Llandudno were promoted from the Cymru Alliance, ending a successful 7-year stint in Wales's top division. The 2016-17 season saw the Seasiders gain promotion back to the top flight as Gibson built a squad brimming with local young talent that stormed the Cymru Alliance. Town's return to the WPL did not go as planned however, as the team struggled to pick up results after November.
Maddren made his debut on 12 April 1969 against Bury scoring a goal and suffering a broken nose. Despite starting his Boro career as a striker he was known as a central defender. In the 1970–71 season Maddren established himself in the Boro defence. In 1971, Middlesbrough manager Stan Anderson bought Mansfield Town central defender Stuart Boam to form a defensive partnership with Maddren. In 1973, after repeated failures to gain promotion to the old First Division, Anderson left Middlesbrough and was replaced by World Cup winner Jack Charlton.
The Serbian First Football League (Serbian: Prva Liga Srbija) is the second- highest football league in Serbia. The league is operated by the Serbian FA. 18 teams will compete in this league for the 2012-13 season. Two teams will be promoted to the Serbian Superliga and six will be relegated to the Serbian League, the third-highest division overall in the Serbian football league system. From next season, this division will be reduced to 16 clubs, thus 6 teams will be relegated from, and 4 will gain promotion to Serbian First League.
The league champions were Stourbridge who pipped Sedgley Park to the league title by just one point to gain promotion to the 2001–02 National Division Two. Sedgley Park would join them soon after when they won their promotion playoff game at home against the 2000-01 National Division Three South runners up Launceston in front of over 1,000 fans. The foot-and-mouth outbreak made relegation far from straightforward as initially the bottom two were Aspatria and Tynedale, who had played 18 games each - less than any of the other teams in the division.
The 2018–19 Liga IV is the 77th season of the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The champions of each county association play against one from a neighboring county in a playoff to gain promotion. This is the second season when the counties were divided into 7 regions, each consisting of 6 counties and the draw was made on 15 February 2019, with 4 months before the first matches.Au fost stabilite cele 21 de meciuri de baraj pentru accederea în Liga 3.
Four years later in 2006, Rockdale Ilinden would claim another grand final victory this time over Penrith Nepean United. Rockdale won 1–0 in front of a crowd of 2000 at Melita Stadium. Penrith Nepean United would gain promotion to the New South Wales Premier League as Rockdale's application would be denied by Football NSW due to the Rockdale Ilinden Sports Centre not meeting specific stadium criteria for the Premier League. The Rockdale Ilinden Soccer Club has been led by a wide array of coaching identities over their history.
It came in March at Bloomfield Road on a cold, wet Tuesday evening when his late strike secured an important 1–0 victory over Lancashire rivals Blackpool. The marauding left backs' goal against Blackpool proved to be a pivotal moment in the play-off surge by the Lancashire outfit. He played an important part in helping Burnley gain promotion from the Championship to the Premier League via the play-offs. On his Premiership debut in August 2009, he became the first Premiership player from the city of Bergen.
He made 53 appearances for the club during the season, helping the side reach the League One play-offs. During the first leg, he suffered a hamstring injury during a 1–1 draw with AFC Bournemouth but overcame fitness doubts play in the second leg, scoring his third goal of the season in a 3–3 draw as Huddersfield reached the final via a penalty shootout. In his last game for the club, Peltier failed to gain promotion at Huddersfield after losing 3–0 to Peterborough United in the 2011 League One play-off final.
There is also a pub restaurant, the Crow's Nest. The village is also home to Foss Dyke Band who became one of the few brass bands in the UK to gain promotion from fourth section to championship section over a period of seven years and in 2013 established a new brass band in the village, Witham Brass. The village is served by bus links to Lincoln and Grantham, operated by the Stagecoach Group. The last name Wadding is a result of immigrants to the USA from Waddington, Lincolnshire.
In 2000, the club experienced a period of crisis. This crisis resulted in a poor performance in the national league and Liga was relegated to the Serie B that season. The club managed to bounce back from relegation and won the Serie B in 2001 to gain promotion back to the Serie A. Two years later in 2003, Liga won their 7th national title. Liga added another three more national titles in 2005 Apertura, 2007, 2010 and the most recent in 2018 to bring their current count to eleven, placing them fourth all-time domestically.
During their time in the Reading leagues the club changed its name several times, being known as XL United, Vincents United and finally Reading Garage. In 1989–90 they joined the Premier Division of the Chiltonian League, and changed their name from Reading Garage to I T S Reading. In 1993–94 they changed their name to Reading Town and relocated to their final home of Scours Lane. The 1994–95 season saw the team win the Premier Division Championship, and gain promotion to the Combined Counties Football League.
Sharrow United was the brainchild of Asian teenagers Kamran Khan, Asim Shazad and Idris Ahmed in 2000. FURD agreed to help the boys undertake the formalities required to establish their team and Sharrow United was entered into the Sheffield Regional Alliance Division Two for the 2000/1 season. They encountered plenty of hostility including racism in their first season, but they persevered to finish as runners-up in the league and gain promotion. The team won promotion in their first two seasons and won the Regional Alliance League Cup in 2004.
Kuban Krasnodar in 2011 Petrescu as Dynamo Moscow manager in 2012 On 28 December 2009, Russian First Division club Kuban Krasnodar hired Petrescu on a five-year contract. Petrescu managed to gain promotion to the Russian Premier League in his debut season, winning the 2010 Russian First Division with a total of 80 points, nine clear of second place. His team conceded only 20 goals in 38 matches. On 14 August 2012, it was announced that Petrescu had resigned as Kuban Krasnodar manager, citing the need for a new challenge.
He scored a brace in a 4–2 league win against Frickley Athletic on 7 September. Black followed that up by scoring both goals in a 2–0 Challenge Cup win at Radcliffe Borough on 12 October. On 4 February 2000, he scored two-goals in a 3–2 win against bottom club Winsford United, the result gave Leigh a plush cushion at the top of the league. He helped RMI gain promotion to the Football Conference, scoring 18 league goals on the way to winning the title.
In his five seasons with the Steelers, he helped them to gain promotion to the Premier Division as well as to win the grand slam of the Benson & Hedges Cup, the league championship and the playoff championship in 1994-95; as well as the playoff championship in 1996 and 1997 and the league championship in 1995-96\. Neil returned to Edinburgh in 1997 where he had helped form the Murrayfield Royals, who later changed their name to the Edinburgh Capitals. Neil retired from playing at the end of the 2001-02 season.
Duggan was playing intermediate football with Richmond United in Dublin when he was first spotted by Leeds United. He signed for the club on 1 May 1925 and scored his first league goal for Leeds on 6 November 1926 in a 2–2 draw with Sunderland. Despite this, he was initially confined to the reserves and only made a handful of first team appearances for United until he established himself as regular in the first team between 1930 and 1936. In 1932 he helped Leeds gain promotion to the First Division.
In mid-July 2010, Miguel signed with division two club Albacete Balompié, as another player in the position, Jesús Cabrero, moved in the opposite direction. In his first season, he was back-up to Keylor Navas as the Manchegans were relegated. In June 2012, after Albacete failed to gain promotion via the play-offs, Miguel signed for fellow Segunda División B side Deportivo Alavés who were eventually crowned champions, though he missed much of the season with a knee injury. He chose to remain in that tier with his hometown club UD Logroñés.
Season 2012–13 promised to be a historical season as it meant that Melita would be playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history. Following near misses for promotion from the 2nd tier, they finally managed to gain promotion by winning the 1st Division title. Melita's Premier League adventure started slowly; however, as the season went by some historical wins and results were obtained, including a 2–1 victory over reigning champions Valletta F.C. as well as a 5–3 victory over Ħamrun Spartans the final day of the season.
Amateurliga once more.50 Jahre Fussball in Nordbaden author: Ludolf Hyll & Dieter Zimmermann, page: 43, accessed: 6 April 2009 Like in the past, it won its local division but failed to gain promotion when it lost to VfB Bretten in the promotion round. The year after, it was more successful and regained its Amateurliga Nordbaden status.50 Jahre Fussball in Nordbaden author: Ludolf Hyll & Dieter Zimmermann, page: 46, accessed: 6 April 2009 Also, in 1975–76 and 1976–77, it took part in the German Cup, exiting both times in the first round.
Muhieddine Abdul Razzak Itani (; 6 September 1929 – 5 August 2015), also known as Tabello (), was a Lebanese professional footballer who played as a full- back. In the early 1950s, Itani began his senior club career at Nejmeh, helping the team gain promotion to the Lebanese Premier League. In 1959, he moved to Racing Beirut, who won the league in the 1964–65 season, before playing for Tadamon Beirut. He then returned to Nejmeh, where he was the top goalscorer in the Lebanese Premier League in the 1968–69 season.
Itani began his senior club career in the early 1950s with Nejmeh under coach Salah Itani. He helped Nejmeh gain promotion to the 1953–54 Lebanese Premier League for the first time after winning the Lebanese Second Division in 1952. Itani's first game in the Premier League ended in a 3–0 win against Racing Beirut in which he scored a penalty kick. In 1959, Racing Beirut purchased Itani, who was paid LBP 20,000, an Audi car, and a Vespa scooter, and secured a job at the Regie Company.
In March 1976 he was loaned to Hellenic in South Africa. Upon his return to English football in January 1977 he was sold to Gillingham for £10,000. He quickly became a first team regular at Priestfield Stadium and went on to make over 180 Football League appearances, a figure which would have been higher had he not spent a long spell on the sidelines after breaking his arm in 1979. In 1981 Crabbe moved to Carlisle United, where he helped the team gain promotion to the Second Division a year later.
Bates was born in West Bromwich began his career with non-league Stourbridge before joining Shrewsbury Town in 1974. He became a useful forward for the "Shrews" and in his first season as a professional he scored 17 goals helping the team gain promotion. He continued to impress for Shrewsbury and caught the eye of a number of larger clubs and eventually left for Swindon Town in 1978. He spent two years at Swindon and had a short spell at Bristol Rovers before returning to Shrewsbury Town where became player manager.
A promising footballer, he left Dublin while still a teenager to join Manchester United as an apprentice. Dunphy did not break into the first team at United, and subsequently left to play for York City, Millwall, Charlton Athletic, Reading and Shamrock Rovers. It was at Millwall that Dunphy made the most impact; he was considered an intelligent and skilful player in the side's midfield. Dunphy was a member of "The Class of '71", the Millwall side that failed by just one point to gain promotion to the old Football League Division One.
However, he only lasted two tournaments before being demoted. He was promoted to the top division in July 2015 and again in March 2016, but a kachi-koshi or majority of wins in a makuuchi tournament continued to elude him. Nevertheless, he maintained his sekitori status until September 2017, when he was demoted to makushita for the first time since 2012. For the next year he recorded solid results in the third division but was unable to gain promotion and he announced his retirement after a 4-3 result in November 2018.
Cook joined Nuneaton R.F.C. in 2007. He remained with them for two seasons (2007/8 and 2008/9), making 51 first team appearances at Full Back or Fly-half and scoring 140 points. While at the Nuns he helped them to gain promotion to National Division Two when the club won the National Division Three North league title in 2008-09 as well as gaining selection for the England Counties XV due to his good form. On 7 May 2009, Cook signed for RFU Championship side Cornish Pirates.
Hughes spent four years at West Bromwich Albion as a schoolboy from ages 11 to 15, though was not offered a youth team contract. He then had unsuccessful trials at numerous clubs, though came close to being offered a contract by Swansea City. He instead started his career playing semi-professionally for Conference club Kidderminster Harriers, whilst holding down a part-time job as a roofer. Although Hughes scored 34 goals in the 1996–97 season, Kidderminster failed to gain promotion to the Football League after finishing five points behind champions Macclesfield Town.
Humphreys finished the season as an ever-present in the Hartlepool squad, adding 11 goals to his name in the process and helped Hartlepool gain promotion to the Second Division. His performances won him the Player of the Season award from the supporters. During this season it was revealed that Humphreys had been writing a diary, which he published and named it "From Tears to Cheers", in reference to his tears at Cheltenham. The following two seasons once again saw Humphreys as an ever-present in the Hartlepool team under new manager Neale Cooper.
On 1 June 2012 it was confirmed that Burgess had joined League One outfit Tranmere Rovers on a two-year deal after turning down a contract offer from Cheltenham Town due to the club having failed to gain promotion from League Two. After just under two months at Tranmere, Burgess decided to leave the club and retire from professional football. He stated that he felt he could no longer give 100% consistently and felt retirement was appropriate at that time. He went on to thank Tranmere for their continued support.
However, it was at Cagliari that he made his name as a manager. After joining the club in 1988, he helped the team to gain promotion to Serie A from the third division Serie C1 in successive seasons, also winning the Coppa Italia Serie C in 1989. At Cagliari, his team were known for their fluid tactical system, which enabled the team to change their shape and switch between different formations throughout the course of a single match. From 1991, Ranieri managed for two seasons at Napoli, who were facing financial difficulties at the time.
In 1978, the Federation Professional League threw their weight behind the then National Professional Football League. This meant the end of the Federation Professional League and the subsequent relegation of Sundowns to the second division. For five years 'Downs battled to gain promotion and during that period the Sundowns' management resolved to disband the club, but instead the club relocated to Mamelodi in the early 1980s. In 1985, South African football was the first sport to become non-racial and the National Soccer League was formed, incorporating the top clubs in the country.
Unfortunately the team failed to gain promotion to Liga II after finishing on second place. FC U Craiova tried again to promote to Liga II during the 2019–20 season of Liga III after they were drawn in a series IV consisting of teams from south-west region of Romania and Eugen Trică being appointed as manager. The team were leading the table by 13 point from the second place with 13 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats but the season was interrupted on 9 March 2020, after 16 rounds, due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Richard Fabián Sosa Zapata (born January 5, 1972 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan former footballer who played as a midfielder for Villa Española and for Chilean club Puerto Montt. Sosa played for Villa Española from 1995 to 2000. He helped them gain promotion from the Uruguayan Segunda División via the play-offs in 1999, and scored once in the 2000 Primera División Apertura, in a 2–1 defeat against Tacuarembó, before the club were excluded from the Clausura and administratively relegated. He moved on to Chilean Primera División club Puerto Montt for the 2001 season.
Westwater moved to local rivals Falkirk in a player swap deal in August 1991, where in his first season he helped the club gain promotion to the Scottish Premier Division. After being relegated in 1993, he again helped the side in 1994 in their promotion winning season before moving on a short-term deal to Dundee. After playing no games for Dundee, Westwater moved back to Dunfermline Athletic for his second spell with the club, signing for £15,000. He stayed with the Pars, helping them achieve promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1996.
The next ten years saw the club remain in a stable position finishing in mid-table positions up until the mid-1980s. In the late 1980s, the club appointed Fernando Santos as manager. A young coach who had played for the club during his professional career in the 1970s who had retired due to several injuries. He helped the club rebuild itself and improve its players and after three years in charge he helped them gain promotion once again to the top flight at the age of 36.
Messina were entered into the play-offs; they beat Calcio Catania to secure promotion back into Serie B. In less than a decade, under the presidency of Aliotta, Messina had climbed back up from the abyss and were back in the upper part of the Italian league system. After two seasons in B, a new chairman took over at Messina: Pietro Franza. The 2003–04 season saw the Sicilian side gain promotion back into Serie A under coach Bortolo Mutti. Six sides from Serie B were promoted that season.
After Shrewsbury failed to gain promotion, manager Paul Hurst left for Championship club Ipswich Town and began negotiating to sign both Nolan and defender Aristote Nsiala, whom he had worked with at both Shrewsbury and Grimsby. After the pair submitted their transfer requests, they were barred from training with or playing for the Shrews. Both Nolan and Nsiala signed for Ipswich on 8 August 2018, for a combined £2 million fee. He made his debut for his new team on 11 August, starting in a 1–0 loss at Rotherham.
He joined Scottish Premier League club Hibernian in July 2007, after signing a pre- contract agreement with them in January whilst with York. After a season at the club he left to return to England with Crewe Alexandra. After three years with Crewe, being the top goalscorer in League Two in his last season, he joined Brentford in 2011. He spent three years with the club, helping them gain promotion into the Championship in 2013–14, before signing for Birmingham City at the end of that season when his contract expired.
By November it seemed a matter of when and not if Stoke would gain promotion but their form completely dropped off and just one win was registered from the end of November to March. Chief executive Jez Moxey was now coming in for some serious pressure to resign by the supporters due to the poor finances and with no chance of promotion Stoke finished in 8th place with 69 points. Little had since lost interest way before the end of the season and he resigned in July leaving Stoke to find another manager.
2019 the club was handed to its members as a member owned not for profit community amateur sports club. The club had to be reformed because in 2000 it went out of existence after a merger with Hounslow to form the Hounslow and Ealing Hockey Club which itself then merged with the Barnes Hockey Club. In the 2018/19 Ealing Hockey Club fielded a second Ladies team. Having both Ladies Team gain promotion Total Hockey handed the club to its members as a member-owned / member-run amateur sports club.
George Felix Michel Melki (, ; born 23 July 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Swedish club AIK and the Lebanon national team. A versatile player, Michel Melki can be deployed as either a centre-back, a defensive midfielder or, on occasion, an attacking midfielder. After following his father's tracks playing at Syrianska for three years, Michel Melki moved to Turkish side Eskişehirspor in 2016. In 2018, he moved back to Sweden signing for AFC Eskilstuna and helped them gain promotion back to the Allsvenskan.
In his first season with Barnsley, the club won the Football League Trophy against Oxford United, and won promotion via the play offs to gain promotion to the Championship. He scored eight goals and got nine assists in 42 games during his debut season with Barnsley. Additionally, Watkins scored on his Championship debut against Ipswich Town and assisted another with Barnsley losing the game, 4–2. On 1 June 2017, Watkins signed for Championship club Norwich City on a free transfer. He joined the club on 1 July.
After spending a week training with his former club Grimsby and appearing in a pre- season friendly, Ben went on to sign for Non League side Alfreton Town for a season, before linking up Northwich Victoria the following season, in his only season with the Vics he helped the club gain promotion from the Conference North division. He then went on to join Nuneaton Borough for the 2006–2007 season. In the summer of 2007 Chapman joined King's Lynn. He stayed with The Linnets until March 2009, where he signed for Eastwood Town.
Five days later, as a late substitute again for Akpa-Akpro, he hit an added-time half volley to conclude a 4–0 home win over Exeter City. The "Shrews" secured runners-ups spot to gain promotion out of League Two at the end of the 2014–15 season. Barnett fell out of favour at Shrewsbury following their promotion to League One, and manager Micky Mellon handed him just one start in November and December. He was allowed to join divisional rivals Southend United on loan until the end of the season in January 2016.
The 2018–19 Scottish Lowland Football League (known as the Geosonic Lowland League for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the Lowland Football League, the fifth tier of the Scottish football pyramid system. The season began on 28 July 2018 and ended on 20 April 2019. Spartans were the defending champions. East of Scotland League champions Kelty Hearts joined the league after becoming the first club to gain promotion via the Lowland League play- off, thanks to their win against South of Scotland League winners Threave Rovers at the end of the previous season.
The U's again reached the area final of the Football League Trophy, but lost over two legs to eventual winners Swansea City. In the closing stages of the season, Colchester returned to winning ways and to the automatic promotion places with four games remaining. Wins against AFC Bournemouth and Rotherham United meant United only had to secure a draw in their final game of the season at Yeovil Town. The U's nervously held on to a 0–0 draw to gain promotion to the Championship, finishing the campaign behind leaders and rivals Southend United.
He also spent time on loan at Blackpool (14 appearances) and Notts County (12 appearances). In 1995, Kearton signed for Dario Gradi's Crewe Alexandra, where he spent four years and made close to 200 league appearances helping the side gain promotion in 1996–97 by beating Brentford in the play-off final. In August 2001, he returned to his homeland and went on to play for Brisbane Strikers and Queensland Lions. In 2014, Kearton was an unused substitute for the Roar in an FFA Cup match against Adelaide United.
On 22 February 2010, Watson signed on loan for Championship club West Bromwich Albion, initially until the end of the 2009–2010 season. He scored his first goal for West Brom against Preston North End on 20 March 2010. Having not made a league appearance for Wigan Athletic during the 2009–10 season, Watson hinted that he would like to sign a permanent deal at West Brom if the club could gain promotion to the Premier League. He was recalled from his loan early by Wigan on 1 April 2010.
The 2001–02 season was Stoke City's 95th season in the Football League and the eighth in the third tier. After two failed attempts to gain promotion via the play-offs the pressure was now on Gudjon Thordarson to achieve automatic promotion. Graham Kavanagh was sold for £1 million as well as fan favourite Peter Thorne to Cardiff City and with the money raised Stoke went out and brought some useful additions. After a slow start City went on a 10 match unbeaten run which was brought to a halt by Wigan in November.
But a decision will be made once the format is approved by the Malaysian Hockey Federation's management committee. The Division Two champions will have the right to gain promotion to Division One or they can choose to remain in the Under-19 category. The bottom two teams from the Premier Division]will be demoted while the top two from Division One will go up the following year. Division Two and Division Three will kick off in February 2009 while Division One is slated to start in May 2009.
Crouch played 15 times for the Canaries in 2003–04, scoring four goals helping the team gain promotion. Crouch was sent off for retaliation during Norwich's 3–1 win at Walsall, but nonetheless his spell at Norwich renewed interest in his abilities from other clubs. At the end of the three-month loan, he returned to Aston Villa, and scored a brace against Leicester City, a late winner at Middlesbrough and the opener at Bolton Wanderers. Villa sold Crouch in July 2004 to Southampton for a fee of £2.5 million.
Guangzhou won the division championship, however the Chinese Football Association decided to restructure the league at the beginning of the 1957 season and Guangzhou were denied promotion. Despite this, Luo Rongman managed the team to win the 1958 second division title; however, the club were unable to gain promotion because this time they went into receivership. They were not re-established until April 1961 and were allowed to take part in the top tier. Back within the top division Guangzhou often struggled within the league and were again relegated to the second tier at the end of the 1963 league season.
Playing as a centre back or defensive midfielder, Aitken made the third-most appearances in the club's history and was particularly noted for his contributions in the club's double- winning 1987–88 season.Al Ahli to gain from Roy Aitken's leadership values Aitken later went on to play for Newcastle United, joining the club for £500,000 in January 1990. He captained the side in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to gain promotion from the Second Division. Having been signed by Jim Smith, he was deemed surplus to requirements when Smith was replaced as manager by Ossie Ardiles and returned to Scotland with St Mirren.
After only one year with West Brom, Chester joined Championship club Aston Villa in the summer of 2016. Chester helped Villa gain promotion to the Premier League after winning the 2019 EFL Championship play-off Final. He joined Stoke City on loan in January 2020 before making it permanent in August 2020. He made his debut for the Welsh senior team in June 2014 and has gone on to play at UEFA Euro 2016, helping his country to make it to the semi-final of a major international tournament for the first time in its history.
The first full season (1987–88) of King's second managerial spell in charge saw Tranmere make their first appearance at Wembley stadium when a good mid-season run of form saw them qualify for the Football League Centenary Tournament. Tranmere were the surprise stars of the event, beating Division One Wimbledon and Newcastle United before losing on penalties to eventual winners Nottingham Forest. The following season, King guided Tranmere to promotion as Division Four runners-up. Their final game played to clinch promotion was against Crewe Alexandra, and was notable for the fact that both teams needed a point to gain promotion.
On his debut in 1994, he helped Croatia gain promotion to the World Group, with a good performance in their Euro/African semi-final against Norway. He won the fifth and deciding rubber against Helge Koll- Frafjord, in straight sets, having earlier teamed up with Ivanišević to win a close doubles match, won 11–9 in the final set. His best singles win was over Australian Jason Stoltenberg in 1996, then number 26 in the world. By the end of his Davis Cup career he had won 11 matches for Croatia, six as a singles player and five in the doubles.
Stoke's fortunes began to improve under new manager Lou Macari and Ware scored the winning goal against Peterborough United in the area final of the Football League Trophy sending Stoke through to play Stockport County at Wembley. Unfortunately for Ware, he missed the final due to injury as Stoke won 1–0. He played in 35 matches in 1992–93 as Stoke gained promotion back to the second tier. He then joined Stockport County in September 1994 and spent three years at Edgeley Park which ended with him helping the club gain promotion in 1996–97.
The winner of the Bezirksoberliga was directly promoted to the Verbandsliga, while the bottom placed teams, in a varying number, were relegated to the Bezirksliga. The Bezirksoberligas of Weser-Ems and Hanover form the tier below the Verbandsliga West, while those of Lüneburg and Braunschweig form the tier below the eastern division of the Verbandsliga. In the leagues first season, 2006–07, the runners-up of the league, SV Holthausen-Biene, had to play-off with the runners-up of the Bezirksoberliga Hannover, TSV Stelingen, a game they lost 1-0 and thereby failed to gain promotion.
Faye became a popular player at the Britannia Stadium in 2008–2009 as he won the player of the year and was named captain by Tony Pulis for the 2009–2010 season. He lost the capacity to Ryan Shawcross for 2010–2011 and then had a third spell working with Allardyce at West Ham United. Faye helped the Hammers gain promotion to the Premier League in 2011–12 before joining Hull City where he was again involved in a promotion winning season in 2012–13 before being released at the end of the 2013–14 season.
On 21 January 2010, it is announced that Juliano Silveira Fontana, a professional Brazilian football coach, has been appointed as the chief coach of the academy who later coached the Senior team in the I-League 2nd Division. In February 2011,it was announced that Gauhati Town Club will participate in the 2011 I-League 2nd Division. Team finished the season at the bottom of the table and did not gain promotion to the 2011 I-League 2nd Division Final Round. They participated in the 2012 I-League 2nd Division and finished 7th in the Group stage.
Tommy Docherty joined Chelsea as player-coach in September 1961, and went on to replace Ted Drake as manager the following month. Docherty proved to be a successful manager at the club, promoting younger players who became known as "Docherty's Diamonds", and was a highly influential coach in Venables' career. However the pair had a difficult relationship, and Venables believed Docherty to be tactically limited. Chelsea were relegated at the end of the 1961–62 season, but managed to gain promotion out of the Second Division at the first attempt with a second-place finish in 1962–63.
On 13 February 2008, Lokomotiv-2 Moscow was re-founded with the aim of participating in the Russian Amateur Football League and gain promotion to the Russian Second Division. Lokomotiv-2's performances in the 2008 championship was overall a success as the club secured the bronze medals by beating Zenit Moscow on the final day in front of a sizeable crowd. Financial problems of clubs which participated in the 2008 Russian Second Division resulted in Lokomotiv-2 being promoted to the said division. The first season was overall a success as the club ended in the upper parts of the table.
After Stoke had failed to gain promotion via the play-offs for two seasons running they were clear favourites to make it third time lucky. Stoke controlled the match from the start and took a 16th-minute lead via on loan striker Deon Burton. Stoke then scored again just before half time a Bjarni Guðjónsson free-kick was sliced into his own net by Ben Burgess to give Stoke a 2–0 lead. In the second half Brentford failed to mount a comeback and Stoke eased to victory and a return to the second tier for the first time since 1998.
In October 1988, with the team 21st in the Second Division, Bremner was fired to make way for Howard Wilkinson. Leeds avoided relegation that season, and in March 1989 signed Gordon Strachan from Manchester United for £300,000. The Scottish midfielder was named captain, and helped Leeds win the Second Division in 1989–90 and gain promotion back to the First Division. Under Wilkinson Leeds finished fourth in 1990–91, and in the 1991–92 season they won the title of the last ever Division 1 as top tier, as the next season it was replaced by the Premier League.
The injury saw him sidelined for a year and hampered his chances of becoming a major player. In 1981, Benítez joined Tercera División side Parla. Initially, he joined Parla on loan, but eventually signed for them permanently and helped them gain promotion to Segunda División B. He also played a further three games for the Spain Universities XI. In 1985, he signed for Segunda División B club Linares and under Enrique Mateos, he served as a player/coach. Further injury problems saw him miss almost the entire 1985–86 season and he subsequently retired as a player.
COD United Amazons F.C., (also called COD United Ladies F.C) is a women's association football club based in Lagos State. It is owned by the City of David parish of Redeemed Christian Church of God, a body that also governs the men's arm of the team, COD United F.C.. They won the Lagos Women's FA cup in 2015 and represented the state at the national level. They presently compete in the Nigeria Women Premier League, the first in the COD United affiliated teams to gain promotion to an elite division. The Amazons have contributed to the national team of Nigeria at international tournaments.
Jamin started his career with Chamois Niortais, where he joined the youth team in 2001. Five years later, he was promoted to the senior squad and made his debut for the club on 11 May 2007, coming on as a substitute in the 2–1 win over US Créteil- Lusitanos in Ligue 2. During the 2007–08 campaign, he had a loan spell at FC Martigues, where he scored one goal in 15 league appearances. Jamin scored eight league goals in the 2009–10 season as Chamois Niortais won the CFA Group C to gain promotion to the Championnat National.
Gittens was a strong player in the centre of Swindon's defence, and formed a great partnership with Colin Calderwood. He had a tendency to be rough at times, and was always likely to be booked (but was only sent off twice). His two red cards came in a 4–0 defeat at Leeds United on 23 September 1989 and a year later in a 5–1 defeat at Barnsley. During his four seasons with Swindon, the club reached the play-offs twice (in 1988–89 and again in 1989–90), but failed to gain promotion to the First Division.
His good form was interrupted however, as he endured the first big injury of his career. Despite missing a number of games, he managed to finish the season with 19 goals. Frustratingly for Knowles, Wolves did not manage to gain promotion that season, condemning him to another season of Second Division football. He remained at Molineux, and in the 1966–67 season Wolves finished runners-up in the Second Division and achieved promotion to the First Division. On his return to the First Division, he suffered from injury problems once again, only managing 21 appearances and eight goals.
The same season also saw the club gain promotion to Division one, when they finished as Runners-up in Division two. The club however was relegated back to Division two four seasons later and left the Western league, at the end of their first season back in Division two to join the Wiltshire League. The club once again joined the Western league in the 1963–64 season and joined the top division. The club spent the next 32 seasons in the top division during which time they went on to become champions once during the 1978–79 season.
Los primeros dos partidos los perdimos y se fue el técnico. Ahí vino Lloreca, y como yo no estaba acostumbrado a entrenar todos los días ni a concentrar antes de jugar, le fui a hablar y me dejó ir directamente los domingos a la cancha, antes del almuerzo. En el primer partido que jugamos con él, contra Portuguesa, ganamos 9–1 y yo metí seis goles”. Sastre returned to Argentina in 1947 when he helped Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata win the Segunda División championship and gain promotion to the first division that same year.
At just 114 kg, very light for a sumo wrestler, he seemed to lack the weight necessary to make it to the top. In January 2010, he managed to again gain promotion to the makushita division, but after struggling again in this division he announced his retirement at the end of the May 2010 tournament. Hananosato performed the (yumitori-shiki) or bow-twirling ceremony as a back-up to fellow Takasago stable wrestler Ōga. When Ōga suddenly retired in May 2007, Hananosato stepped in to perform the ceremony on a regional tour of Hawaii in June.
White, p. 60. Long-serving half back Jimmy Ray and outside left Tommy Stevenson were released and transferred in were forwards Oakey Field, Harold Hudson, J. Wade and left half Billy Smith. Despite a failure to win either the London Senior Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup or the West Middlesex Cup, Brentford took the London League Second Division by storm, losing just one match all season to finish as runners-up to champions Bromley and gain promotion to the First Division. Attendances at Shotter's Field were rarely below 1,500 and forward Oakey Field and captain Arthur Charlton scored many of the team's goals.
The club finished third in group E, which was sufficient to gain promotion, due to the two better places clubs being ineligible reserve sides. The first season at the fourth level saw the club obtain a mid-table finish, but they were relegated back to the fifth level in 2000 and eventually back to the regional league in 2003. The club bounced back as champions of the Aquitaine Division d'Honneur at the first attempt in 2004. After a fifth-place finish in 2005 they were champions of Group E in 2006, winning promotion to the fourth level again.
The 2014 ICC Europe Division Two was an international 20-over cricket tournament hosted in Essex, England, from 23 to 26 June 2014. The first round of matches were held at the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, while all other games were split between Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea, and the Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay. The tournament was contested by six teams, Austria, Belgium, Germany, Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, and Norway. The teams played each other once in a round-robin, with Norway finishing undefeated from their five matches to gain promotion to the 2015 ICC Europe Division One tournament.
The 2003/2004 season saw The First Team maintain their status in the Premier League Southern Division while in the same season Portsmouth F.C. Ladies reserve team won the Premier League Reserves Southern Division Two to gain promotion into Division One. The following season, Portsmouth F.C. Ladies retained the Hampshire Cup after beating local rivals Southampton 3-0 in the final. The following season, Portsmouth finished the league in second place, finishing just eight points behind Chelsea. For the next few seasons, Portsmouth consolidated their position in the Premier League Southern Division, finishing comfortably mid- table.
At the age of 23, he became the first American Citizen to play in Ukraine when he signed with Ukrainian First League side FC Vorskla Poltava for the 1995–96 season, and helped the team gain promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in first place. Following his spell in the Ukraine, Berbari joined and captained the Nashville Metros for the 1997 A-League season. Berbari returned to Europe for the 1998-1999 season when he signed with German Oberliga club SV Darmstadt 98 helping them finish at the top of the table and gaining promotion to the Regionalliga.
As a professional rugby league footballer he played Workington Town between 1990 and 1995 in the Championship, and the Second Division Championship. He played as a , or . Oglanby played in the Premiership Finals for Workington at Old Trafford in 1993 and in 1994, tasting victory in the latter as Town beat London Crusaders 30-22, as Town thrived under the magnificent coaching of Peter Walsh. Oglanby had already been named the division's player of the year at the sport's Man of Steel presentation, as he helped Town win the division and gain promotion to the Big League.
Having missed out on a promotion play- off position by a single point in 2009–10 season, 2010–11 season saw the club consistently in the top places. Impressive late season form saw Rovers finish 2nd and go on to gain promotion, beating Queens Park in the play-off semi final and Annan Athletic in the final. In memorable scenes, hundreds of Rovers fans invaded the Annan pitch at the final whistle and joined in prolonged celebrations with the players. The 2011–12 season was Rovers' first in a higher division in 22 seasons – and had its ups and downs.
On 30 August 2014, he signed with Eerste Divisie side N.E.C on a three-year deal with the option of a fourth year. He impressed in his first season at the club, scoring 14 goals and providing numerous assists in his debut season at the club, helping N.E.C. win the Eerste Divisie as champions and gain promotion to Eredivisie. On 12 August 2015, Limbombe played for N.E.C. against Excelsior in the opening day of the 2015–16 Eredivisie season in a 1–0 victory. A day later, NEC rejected a £1.5 million bid from English side Leeds United for Limbombe.
He spent one and half years at Eastville Stadium making 99 appearances scoring 13 goals before leaving for Bournemouth in March 1986. O'Connor spent five seasons at Dean Court making 148 appearances and helped the Cherries win the Third Division title in 1986–87. He then went on to play for Gillingham and then made a return to Bournemouth before ending his career back at Gillingham helping the side gain promotion in 1995–96. He broke his leg against Fulham on 25 November 1996 in a tackle with Martin Thomas which resulted in his retirement from playing just over a year later.
The origins of the club go back to the 19th century founding of a gymnastics club. The footballers first came to notice in the mid-90s with their advance to the Verbandsliga Württemberg (V) in 1995. After twice finishing as vice-champions in the Verbandsliga and failing to win promotion to the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg (IV) in subsequent playoffs, TSG finally claimed the league title in 2008 and advanced to what has become a fifth tier competition following the introduction of the 3. Liga. They won the Oberliga Baden-Württemberg in 2018 to gain promotion to the Regionalliga Südwest.
During the war he joined the Liverpool Scottish regiment and was involved in action in France. He was injured, suffering a broken leg but ironically it came playing football for the army. He recovered and returned to Stoke and became a regular in the side playing in five seasons for the "Potters" helping Stoke gain promotion in 1921–22. He played as a hard working left half whose job was to win back possession of the ball, he did this for Stoke until he broke his leg again, this time in January 1924 against Leeds United in the FA Cup.
Tomić returned home as a spectator to watch HNK Šibenik in the final game of the 2015–16 regular season, with Šibenik needing a win against leaders HNK Cibalia to secure direct promotion to the first tier. The game finished 0–0 and Šibenik would need to attempt to gain promotion via the playoff route. Whilst leaving the stadium, Šibenik approached Tomić with a request that he consider taking the position to lead the team during the 10-day playoff period. Tomić accepted the opportunity to act as Šibenik caretaker manager, and is quoted as saying "I could not refuse this club".
Having lost his place to Mark Walton, he was given a free transfer at the end of the 1999–2000 season, and moved on to Conference club Woking. His spell with Woking was brief, and in October 2000 he moved on to Southern Football League club Dorchester Town, managed by his former Brighton team-mate Mark Morris. He made 175 first-team appearances in four years with Dorchester, helping them gain promotion to the Southern League Premier Division in 2003, before joining Worthing of the Isthmian League, initially on loan, in 2004. While with Brighton, he trained as a financial advisor.
On 30 June 2009, he was re- signed by Catania; the contract lasted until June 2012. However, after a decent start to the campaign, Delvecchio was forced out by injury, and eventually needed surgery, before a 2010 return. Following his injury, Delvecchio never regained a starting position, and in January 2011 he was loaned out to Serie B outfit, Atalanta. In his six-month spell with the Bergamasca side, Delvecchio scored 1 goal in 15 appearances, helping Atalanta win the Serie B championship and hence, gain promotion to the Serie A. On 30 June 2011, Delvecchio returned to Catania.
In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League will be relegated to the Second League. The top two teams from each group of the Second League will gain promotion to the First League for the next season. Promotion and/or relegation play-off games that were in place since 2011 (with exclusion in 2013) were discontinued altogether for the season. This league's season was expected to have number of team increased to 18, but the plans were scratched due to financial situation in FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Balkany Zorya (see "Teams" section).
Totton's dream of reaching the third round of the FA Cup was ended as they lost 6–1 against Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup 2nd Round at the Testwood Stadium. The club also finished third in the league, and so entered the play-offs to gain promotion to the Football Conference beating Chesham United 3–2 in the semi-final, but lost 4–2 to Oxford City in the final The club finished the season in the Hampshire Senior Cup final at St Mary's Stadium, but could not make it three wins in a row as they lost to Eastleigh 2–0.
The four regional divisions played out a home-and-away round to determine the four clubs from each league who enter the sixteen team promotion round. Split into two groups of eight, the top team of each division gains promotion to the Bayernliga. Should one or more teams from this league move up to the Oberliga without a Bavarian team being relegated from there, additional clubs from that round may gain promotion. The remaining sixteen clubs played out a relegation round with the last two team in each of the two groups being relegated to the Bezirksliga.
He was part of the Everton's Championship- winning squad in 1987, but injuries prevented him from reaching his potential at Goodison Park and after three years he moved on to Oldham Athletic. At Oldham, Adams played a major role in helping the club gain promotion to the newly formed Premier League in 1992 and also helped the Latics to reach the 1990 League Cup Final. He signed for Norwich City in February 1994 for a fee of £250,000. He became a regular in the Norwich for the next six seasons before ending his playing career with another two years at Oldham.
Vittoriosa were promoted to the Maltese Premier League in 2009, but were excluded before the start of the season as a result of a match-fixing scandal. In 2010, they defeated San Gwann 1–0 in a promotion playoff to gain promotion to the top division for the second consecutive season. They were relegated the following year, leading to the departure of their coach Winston Muscat. Vittoriosa were denied the First Division championship in 2013 after losing their final round match 4–1 to Pietà Hotspurs F.C. meant they were tied on points with Naxxar Lions.
After other clubs played their games in hand, Nuneaton finished just outside the play-offs but the club above them, Eastwood Town, were prevented from taking part in the playoffs due to a technical problem. Nuneaton faced Telford United in the first leg and led until the 93rd minute when the away side drew level. In the second tie, Telford took the lead but defended for the second half. Nuneaton lost to Telford, which was eventually promoted into the Football Conference. The 2011–12 season saw Nuneaton gain promotion back to the Conference Premier for the first time in 10 years.
The Vietnam Football Federation passed a resolution on December 5 that allows the champion and runners-up of the 2014 campaign to gain promotion to the 2015 V.League 1. The resolution also called for only one club to face relegation to the 2015 Vietnamese Second Division. Due to the match fixing scandal and withdrawal of Vissai Ninh Bình from the 2014 V.League 1, it was decided that the third-place club in the V.League 2 would face the twelfth-place of the V.League 1 in a play-off match for the right to play in the V.League 1 next season.
In the 2008–09 season, Bellemare led the league with 31 goals however was unable to help Leksands gain promotion to the top tiered SHL (SEL). On 21 April 2009, Bellemare left the Allsvenskan, agreeing to a contract with Skellefteå AIK of the SEL for the 2009–10 season. Establishing a role as a two-way center with Skellefteå, Bellemare produced 9 goals and 14 points in 49 games in his rookie season. As Skellefteå AIK's third-line center in the 2010–11 season, Bellemare agreed to a two-year contract extension on 22 December 2010.
The league will retain the four Verbandsliga groups of the two predecessor Oberliga groups as its feeder leagues, with the champion of each of those gaining direct promotion to the NRW-Liga. In turn, the top two teams of the NRW-Liga will gain promotion to the Regionalliga West. The league was made up from a set quota of teams from each of the two predecessor Oberliga groups and the four Verbandsliga groups. While the top four clubs from Nordrhein and Westfalen were promoted to the Regionalliga, teams placed fifth to eleventh were headed go to the new NRW-Liga.
He started the 2004–05 season struggling with hamstring trouble, also fighting a calf injury at the end of the season, as well as rumours of a big money move to Gillingham. Despite all this he finished the season with 14 goals, though this was not enough to save Peterborough from relegation to League Two. Willock was signed by Brentford on the last day of the 2006 January transfer window as a replacement for DJ Campbell, for an undisclosed fee. The "Bees" finished the 2005–06 in third place in League One, though failed to gain promotion.
Born in Sheffield, Barker began his career at Sheffield Wednesday, but only played in the Intertoto Cup for the first team. He was sold by the Owls in 1997 to Northern Irish side Linfield after loan spells at Doncaster and Ards, before returning home to play for Brighton & Hove Albion. He played two seasons at Brighton, scoring 12 goals, before moving to Macclesfield on a free transfer in 1999. At Macclesfield, Barker scored 23 goals in 58 league games. He was signed by Rotherham United in January 2001, and helped the Millers gain promotion to the Championship.
Despite being offered the captaincy at the Welsh side, he decided to leave and returned to Bath City, this time on a permanent basis, in May 2002. He was awarded the club's player of the year award in the 2004–05 season and helped gain promotion to the Conference South in 2007 and to the Conference National in 2010. Rollo stepped up in to a player-coach role at Bath for the 2012–13 season following a management reshuffle at the club. In December 2012, he left Bath after a decade of service and joined Chippenham Town.
Some matches in the RFU Championship are broadcast on Sky Sports. Moseley are relegated into the 2016–17 National League 1 after finishing bottom of the table. After seven years of trying for promotion (five of which they actually topped the league stage including during this season), Bristol finally did it. In front of a divisional and club record crowd of 16,084, Bristol managed to gain promotion to the Aviva Premiership despite losing 32-34 to away side (and league stage runners up), Doncaster Knights, due to an emphatic first leg victory, to go up 60 - 47 on aggregate.
In the 1998–99 season, Barzagli made his first professional football appearance with semi- professional Rondinella Calcio before moving to Serie B side A.C. Pistoiese in 2000–01, in a co-ownership deal. He initially played as a midfielder, before being moved to defence by manager Giuseppe Pillon. A year later he rejoined Rondinella Calcio in Serie C2. He then signed for Ascoli for the 2001–02 season (from Piacenza, a Serie A side from 2001 to 2003) and helped them gain promotion to Serie B. He remained in Ascoli for another year without further success.
During his second spell at Leeds, Gray coached Collingham Under 16s. After his second stint at Leeds, he helped Sunderland gain promotion from Division Three, then helped Darlington into the Football League as assistant to Brian Little in the 1990s and took Farnborough Town to the Nationwide Conference South play-offs in 2005–06. He moved to Grays Athletic with assistant Gerry Murphy to replace Mark Stimson, but his stay was short. He was brought to Woking by football technical director Colin Lippiatt in May 2007 with the aim of taking the club into the Football League.
Peter Skov-Jensen started his career in 1990, with Esbjerg fB in the Danish 2nd Division. He was a part of an Esbjerg team that eventually settled in the Danish 1st Division, before he moved to league rivals Herning Fremad in 1997. He continued in the club as Herning Fremad merged with Ikast fS to form FC Midtjylland (FCM) in 1999. Skov-Jensen helped FCM gain promotion for the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in 2001. He played all 33 games of the 2001–02 Superliga season, as FCM conceded the second-fewest goals in the league, and won bronze medals.
He joined Southern in 2008 as a coach alongside Cheng Siu Chung. He brought the club to a success as he led the club gain promotion to the First Division for the first time in club history, as well as claiming the Hong Kong Junior Challenge Shield champions in 2011. Southern's first season in the First Division was a great success as they placed 4th in the league, gaining a place for 2012–13 Hong Kong Season Play-offs, as well as reaching semi-finals of the Senior Shield. He was awarded the Coach of the Year at the end of the season.
The team were founded in 2005 and joined the Thailand Provincial League, the club only needs one year to gain promotion to Thai Division 1 League by finishing runners-up in the league table in 2006. In their first season of Thai Division 1 League, they finished runners-up in the league table group B and went to reach 4th place in final league table, and were promoted to Thailand's top flight the Thai Premier League. The club finished 7th in their first season of top tier of the Thai football. In the following year they finished 10th.
The club were admitted into the Scottish Football League in the 1921–22 season, entering the new Second Division, finishing 14th out of 20 teams in their first season. In the 1923–24 season a third division was established, Forfar were relegated into that division in the 1924–25 season by finishing bottom of Division Two. The club were lucky; 12 of the 16 teams in that division were relegated as the division was to be scrapped the following season; Forfar however managed to gain promotion. National competitions were suspended with the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939.
Cross qualifiers The team with the highest point total from each division of the qualifiers moves on the cross qualifying round (). If there are an odd number of divisions, the team with the highest point total of all remaining teams also moves on. The cross qualifiers are a round-robin tournament, each team faces all other participating teams once. The two teams earning the highest point totals at the end of the tournament continue their seasons in the Lower Division () of the Naisten Liiga and have the opportunity to gain promotion to the Naisten Liiga for the following season.
As captain he led them to the Conference championship and promotion to the Football League in 1988. A year later he moved to Birmingham City for a fee determined by tribunal of £45,000. In his first season, 1989–90, he became the first Birmingham player to appear in every match of a 46-game League season, a feat he repeated the following year. He made more than 200 appearances for Birmingham, played in the final of the Associate Members' Cup in 1991, and helped them gain promotion to the newly designated First Division the following season.
Walker started his professional career with Motherwell in 1984, helping the club to gain promotion before moving to Celtic in the summer of 1987 for a fee of £350,000. His first season at Celtic Park was hugely successful, as the Bhoys won the double in 1987–88, their centenary season, and Walker himself earned a first Scotland cap against Colombia. The following 3 seasons were less fruitful however and by 1991–92 Walker was out of the first team picture. After loan spells with Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers, he joined the Burnden Park side permanently in 1992.
Sabato made his career debut with Inter in 1976, making his Serie A debut on 7 November against Torino. In 1977, at the age of 19, he was sent on loan to Forlì for two seasons in Serie C. As a starter, he played a leading role in helping the team gain promotion to Serie C1. During the 1979–80 season, he played in Serie B on loan with Sambenedettese, making 16 appearances. In 1980, he went on loan to Caranzaro for two seasons in Serie A, where he became a permanent member of the starting line-up.
Vela began playing football in Brazil with Coritiba FC as a professional , he went to Blumenau Esporte Clube and Associação Ferroviária de Esportes. He moved to Greece in July 2003, initially joining Greek second division side Apollon Kalamarias F.C. on a two-year contract. Vela helped the club gain promotion to the Greek Superleague in his first season, and he would appear in 57 league matches the following season. He signed with fellow Superleague club Larissa F.C. 28 league matches the following season, but immediately returned to Apollon Kalamarias where he would play for another two seasons 41 league matches in the Superleague.
On 19 April 2012 it was announced that Watson would be delaying his retirement after coming out the closet to play several matches during the 2012 season for Glenrothes Cricket Club. Watson played an important part in the 2012 play-offs and helped Glenrothes CC gain promotion to the Cricket Scotland League (CSL) for the first time in their history. At the end of 2012 season Watson confirmed he would continue playing for Glenrothes CC in the Cricket Scotland League (CSL) for the 2013 season as well as take a more active role in coaching at the club.
Despite playing at senior level for 17 years, the only major success of his career came in 1995 when he helped Huddersfield Town to gain promotion to the Division One via the Division Two play-offs. He has worked as a match summariser on local radio for former club Huddersfield Town. After retiring as a player, he had a spell coaching Swansea City's junior teams before becoming coach of Welsh Premier club Port Talbot Town. After Tony Pennock's resignation in 2007 he acted as caretaker manager for two matches, both won, before staying on as coach under new manager Nicky Tucker.
In 2019 Kay would miss the first few games due to the injury he sustained in August 2018. But he made his return on Canadian soil against Bradford Bulls. Again Toronto Wolfpack would finish top of the table and at last gain promotion to Super League with Kay firmly in the mix. It’s a testament to Kay and his dedication to the Toronto Wolfpack, he was the first ever signing for the club and he helped steer them From League 1 to Super League within 3 years. It’s safe to say he has cemented his place in Toronto Wolfpack history.
In his first season, Mehmet helped St Mirren win the Scottish First Division and gain promotion to the Scottish Premier League, scoring the winning goal in a 2–1 win over Dundee which clinched the league. He scored the goals that kept St Mirren in the SPL in 2007–08 and 2008–09. In 2007–08 season, Mehmet started to play more and was Saints' top scorer in 2007–08 with nine goals, 2008–09 with 11 goals and 2009–10 with 13 goals. In February 2008, Mehmet extended his contact with St Mirren to 2010.
During these years the core of the players came from the Bolans community. The Greanade Club has always had players from other villages to include Bolans, Urlings, Willikies, Liberta, Golden Grove and Grays Farm. Despite such an impressive record, the Grenades Football Club was denied the opportunity to participate in the Premier League in the 1997/98 season due to poor investigation and management of the complain process. The club that we defeated in our final game to gain promotion found itself in third position and protested that we played with Rolston King who had a red card.
Rhydymwyn secured 28 points that season and ended up finishing in 14th position. This time the club knew that they would be safe as only 2 clubs were going to gain promotion and Rhyl were going to be promoted to the Welsh Premier as champions of the Huws Gray Alliance. Rhydymwyn had been higher up the table earlier in the season and their league position slipped as security was guaranteed. Rhydymwyn have now got the task of building on that and will be looking to move further up the table in season 2013-14 despite limited resources and funds.
This injury ended his status as an automatic choice and he made just 17 further appearances for the club over the following two seasons. After 146 appearances in total, he left Stockport for Walsall in July 2000, after previously having had two loan spells with them. He became their captain and helped them gain promotion to the First Division via the play-offs in his first full season, beating Reading in the final. He was a virtual ever-present in their first season back in the second flight, but departed at its conclusion for Boston United.
A second season for the Gloucestershire side saw Tristan become a regular fixture in the first team, finishing as the fourth top points scorer in the league with 187 points from 19 games, and helping ultimately helping Cinderford to gain promotion to National Division Two (although he did not feature in their playoff game). After impressing at Cinderford, Tristan was picked up by Gloucester where he would become part of their academy squad. He played a number of academy games but was unable to instantly break into the first team and was instead loaned to Moseley for experience.
Their stay was only brief. Palace chairman Arthur Wait appointed the ex-Tottenham manager Arthur Rowe in April 1960, and his exciting style of football was a joy to watch for the Palace fans. The 1960–61 season saw Palace gain promotion and they also achieved distinction in 1962 when they played the great Real Madrid team of that era in an historic friendly match. This was the first time that the Spanish giants had ever played a match in London and was only two weeks before they were due to play Benfica in the European Cup final.
As the Highland club unsuccessfully battled against relegation in 2009, manager Terry Butcher joked that he wanted his side to achieve more league points than Tokley's total of disciplinary points. Tokely racked up further disciplinary points as he was sent off for a professional foul on the final day of the season against Falkirk. Inverness went on to lose the decisive match 1–0, and were consequently relegated. Nonetheless, Tokely retained his place in the Inverness side after their drop back down to the First Division, helping the club gain promotion straight back to the SPL in 2010.
Victoria picked up their first piece of silverware during 1962–63 by winning the Gozitan Second Division, they were promoted to the top level of the island's football system. Their name was changed to SK Wanderers in 1963 for their step up to the top league. After four seasons in the Gozitan First Division, the club were thrown out of the league and banned for two seasons.RSSSF.com To get around this, the club refounded as Sabina United for the following season in the Second Division, where they managed to gain promotion straight back into the top division.
The 2008 Football League Two play-off Final, also known as the 2008 Coca-Cola League Two play-off Final due to sponsorship from Coca-Cola, was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 26 May 2008, at the end of the 2007–08 season. It was the fourth League two play-off final since the Football League's 2004 rebranding and the 22nd play-off final in all at the fourth level of English football. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two to League One, and was contested by Stockport County and Rochdale.
They were relegated back to the Championship the next season and in May 2009 following the resignation of Coppell, Dillon alongside other first-team coach Wally Downes, left Reading following the team's failure to gain promotion back to the Premier League. On 9 November 2009, Dillon was confirmed as the new manager of Aldershot Town, succeeding Wycombe Wanderers-bound Gary Waddock. His contract was to run until the end of the 2010–11 season. Against all odds he led the club to the 2009–10 playoffs with a game to spare after a run of just one defeat in ten games.
After five years with the Waratahs and a run of season-ending injuries that kept him sidelined for most of 2012 and 2013, he was contracted by French club Lyon. Fitzpatrick helped Lyon win the Rugby Pro D2 competition twice, in 2014 and 2016, to gain promotion to the country's Top 14 premier division. His form offshore was noticed up by Wallaby coach Michael Cheika in 2016, and Fitzpatrick returned to Super Rugby in 2017 after being contracted by the NSW Waratahs. Fitzpatrick has been signed He was appointed captain of the Sydney Rays for the National Rugby Championship in 2017 and 2018.
The SFA found that Fyvie had feigned an injury to his face by Rangers midfielder Andy Halliday, who had aimed a kick and then barged Fyvie with his shoulder, which resulted in Halliday being sent off. Fyvie helped Hibernian win the 2015–16 Scottish Cup, in which they defeated Rangers 3–2 in the cup final. Fyvie helped Hibs to gain promotion by winning the 2016–17 Scottish Championship. He was one of several players to be offered a new contract at the end of the season, but the offer was withdrawn after he took too long to respond.
Archibald's time at East Fife saw the club gain promotion to the First Division, and was also notable for the acquisition of Trinidad and Tobago internationalists Arnold Dwarika and Craig Demmin. He was sacked in 1996 and retired to his home in Spain for the next few years, working on a number of business interests, including as a football agent. In 2000 Archibald re-emerged in Scottish football when he mounted a bid to buy financially troubled First Division club Airdrieonians. Archibald was allowed to take over the running of the club after being awarded preferred bidder status by the administrators.
Sylvan Augustus Ebanks-Blake (born 29 March 1986) is an English professional footballer who last played as a striker for Walsall Wood. He played youth team football for Cambridge United and Manchester United before making his professional debut in 2004. A spell on loan with Royal Antwerp followed before Ebanks-Blake was transferred to Plymouth Argyle in 2006. During his two seasons with Argyle, he scored 21 goals in the Championship and then joined Wolverhampton Wanderers for £1.5 million, where he won the Championship top scorer award in consecutive seasons to help the club gain promotion to the Premier League.
After helping Lyngby BK gain promotion to the Danish Superliga, Mikkelsen switched to league rivals Brøndby IF in the summer of 2007. On 21 July 2007, he made an impressive home debut for Brøndby in their match against FC Nordsjælland scoring a goal and also notching an assist a 2–2 draw. He was signed to fill in the right winger spot in a 4–3–3 system, but coach Tom Køhlert and later Kent Nielsen decided to use a 4–4–2 formation which resulted in sparse time on the pitch for the young winger.
After their relegation many were wondering who was going to take care of the team. American business man Alex Kalas emerged the first season with him in charge of the football department while they failed to gain promotion to the Football League. In summer 2015 where the next elections for the role of head of football department Kalas won again and promised to put more money into the club. Kalas also made a number of signings, Honduran legend Carlos Costly, Sierra Leone international John Kamara, Spaniard Guillermo Pérez Moreno, Portuguese footballer Fábio Ruben Moreira Tavares, defender Paschalis Melissas and defender Stavros Petavrakis.
2014 would be a year of turmoil for the Lions as they came 7th and last in the Premiership, recording just 1 win in 10 games. Shields captained the side and was named as Wellington's Player of the Year for his efforts. The Lions failed to gain promotion to the Premiership at the first time of asking, finishing 2nd, behind on the Championship log before being defeated by the same opposition in the playoff final, narrowly going down 26-25. Injury restricted Shields to just 6 matches in 2015 where he scored a try and picked up a yellow card.
After Chorley were relegated at the end of the 1998–99 season, Jones signed for fellow Northern Premier League side Leigh RMI in August 1999. This came after he impressed RMI manager Steve Waywell in the final home game of the previous season against Chorley. He had a successful first season with The Railwaymen, scoring 18 goals in 40 games that helped RMI gain promotion to the Football Conference. On 19 August 2000, Jones started in Leigh's first game in the Conference, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–1 defeat by fellow newly promoted side Dagenham & Redbridge.
The 1997 Football League Second Division play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 1997, at the end of the 1996–97 season. It was the 11th play-off final in all at the third level of English football. The match determined the third and final team to gain promotion from the Second Division to the First Division, and was contested by Brentford, who had finished fourth during the league season, and Crewe Alexandra, who had finished sixth. Shaun Smith scored the only goal of the game to give Crewe a 1–0 victory.
Thomas Andrew Wright (born 28 September 1984) is an English former professional footballer. A former England under-19 and under-20 international, Wright started his career with Leicester City, helping them into the Premier League in 2002–03. However he failed to hold down a regular first team place at the higher level, and was loaned out to Brentford and Blackpool, before transferring to Barnsley in 2006. He helped the club gain promotion out of League One via the play-offs, before he joined Darlington in January 2007 following a short loan spell at League Two champions Walsall.
The 2009 Football League Two play-off Final was a football match played at Wembley Stadium on 23 May 2009, at the end of the 2008–09 season. The match determined the fourth and final team to gain promotion from League Two, the fourth tier of the English football league system, and featured Gillingham, who finished fifth during the league season, and Shrewsbury Town, who finished seventh. The match was Gillingham's first appearance at the new Wembley Stadium and Shrewsbury's second. The teams reached the final by defeating Rochdale and Bury respectively in the semi-finals.
In the final minute of the game, Barcham tussled with a Shrewsbury defender and the referee awarded a corner kick to Gillingham. Josh Wright took the corner and Simeon Jackson headed the ball into the goal to give Gillingham the lead. Defender Neil Ashton, standing on the goal line, attempted to keep the ball out but was unsuccessful. Shrewsbury launched a last-ditch attack in a bid to equalise, but captain Graham Coughlan's header went over the crossbar and Gillingham held on to claim victory and gain promotion back to League One one year after being relegated from that division.
Gray then took over as player-manager at Leeds in 1982, following their relegation from the First Division. The club had to turn to a youth policy to rebuild the team, with the emergence of players like John Sheridan, Neil Aspin, Denis Irwin and Scott Sellars. After top half finishes in his first two seasons in charge, the 1984–85 season saw a push for promotion that was lost on the final day at Birmingham City. Following failure to gain promotion from the Second Division, Gray ended association with Leeds after 20 years, 561 games and 68 goals.
Conway made his first appearance for the Great Britain national ice hockey team at the Pool C World Championships held in Hull in 1992. Conway made an immediate impact for the team, scoring his first goal just 2 minutes and 16 seconds into his first game against Australia. Helping the GB team to win the tournament and gain promotion to Pool B, Conway scored 13 goals and 10 assists -- making him the tournament leading scorer. Conway also appeared in the 1993 GB team which won promotion to Pool A by sweeping all teams at the Pool B tournament held in the Netherlands.
In his first season with Tigre he helped them to gain promotion to the Primera Division Argentina. He stayed with the club and become an important part of the squad playing their first season at the top level of Argentine football since 1980. Lázzaro finished the Apertura 2007 as the club's top scorer with 10 goals in 18 games, helping Tigre to finish in 2nd place, the best league finish in the club's history. In January 2008 signed for Estudiantes for a fee of $300,000ESPN Deportes but he returned to Tigre after only half a season with Estudiantes.
Chasetown Football Club is an English football club based in the Chasetown area of Burntwood, Staffordshire. The club plays in the and is nicknamed The Scholars, having been formed by affiliates of nearby Chase Terrace High School in the Chase Terrace area of Burntwood. Chasetown gained national recognition in November 2005 when the BBC televised the club's FA Cup first round home tie with Oldham Athletic, in which the team held their Football League opponents to a 1–1 draw. They went on to finish the 2005–06 season as Midland Alliance champions and thereby gain promotion to the Southern League.
Walker was coach of Varbergs BoIS, GIF Sundsvall between 2000 and 2004 and brought them to their highest league finish in the Allsvenskan to date. In 2005, he took over as manager of Örebro SK and helped them gain promotion to the Allsvenskan, before moving to Norway and Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord Fotball. He guided Sandefjord to their best league finish in the history of the club in 2010. On 9 May 2011 he was fired from Sandefjord Fotball after a weak season opening, which included one win, two draws and two defeats in the first five matches.
After World War I, Roman were weaker, they finished bottom of their group in the 1919–20 return season as they had to forfeit several games. Similar results were returned in the following season. During the Italian Football Federation splinter of 1921, Roman participated in the CCI variation rather than the FIGC one. When the leagues merged back together, Roman performed poorly and were relegated down to "I Divisione" (now known as Serie B). Roman could not gain promotion after several seasons of trying, and in 1927 they merged with Alba- Audace and Fortitudo to form AS Roma.
While with Chabab, Soolsma was regarded as one of the club's finest players and began to draw interest from several higher level clubs. He went on a trial stint with Eredivisie side RKC Waalwijk during the 2009 season. After one season with FC Chabab, Soolsma joined VV Young Boys where he went on to quickly establish himself with the club scoring 17 league goals and 2 others in the domestic cup as he helped the club gain promotion to the Hoofdklasse. He began the 2010/11 season with Young Boys in top form scoring 6 goals in the club's first 11 matches.
The Club won promotion to the second division during the 2012 season for the first time in the club's history. During 2013 Apertura and 2014 Clausura despite failing to win either tournament their strong aggregate record meant they reached a promotion/relegation playoff against San Marcos F.C. for a chance to gain promotion in the Primera Division, which they won 2-0 making their first appearance in the Primera Division. Fox Villa's first appearance in the Primera Division was an unhappy experience as they lost all 18 games and became the first team in Nicaraguan history to do this.

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