Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Forest Green Rovers Football Club is a professional association football club based in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system.
Nathan Anthony Arnold is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
Andrew William Monkhouse is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is currently manager of Tadcaster Albion.
Paul Michael Hurst is an English football manager and former player who is the head coach of EFL League One club Shrewsbury Town.
Jon-Paul Pittman is a football coach and former professional player, currently Assistant Under 18 Coach at Brentford.
Andrew Clifford Warrington is an English former professional footballer and the current first team goalkeeping coach at Derby County. He played as a goalkeeper for York City, Doncaster Rovers, Bury, Rotherham United, Buxton and Grimsby Town.
David Ronald Pipe is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or full-back.
Craig Edward Disley is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
Christian Anthony Hillard Jolley is an English footballer who plays as a winger or a striker for Hanworth Villa.
The 2012 FA Trophy Final was the 43rd final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. The match was contested by Newport County and York City. York City were beaten finalists in 2009, but it was Newport County's first final and their debut visit to Wembley in their 100-year history.
The 2012–13 season was Newport County's third consecutive season in the Conference National and 92nd season of league football overall. The season marked the return of association football to Rodney Parade for the first time in 72 years. The club celebrated its centenary in the 2012–13 season by winning promotion to Football League Two after a 25-year absence.
Shaun Mark Pearson is an English football coach and former player who is assistant head coach of Grimsby Town.
The 1998 Football League Second Division play-off final was an association football match which was played on 24 May 1998 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Grimsby Town and Northampton Town. The top two teams of the 1997–98 Football League Second Division league, Watford and Bristol City, gained automatic promotion to the First Division, while those placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place for the 1998–99 season in the First Division. The losing semi-finalists were Bristol Rovers and Fulham who had been defeated by Northampton and Grimsby respectively.
Richard Neil Peter Tait is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a full-back.
The 2015–16 National League season was the first season under the new title of National League, the twelfth season consisting of three divisions and the thirty-seventh season overall.
The 2015 Conference Premier play-off final, known as the 2015 Vanarama Conference Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match between Bristol Rovers and Grimsby Town played on 17 May 2015 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was the thirteenth Conference Premier play-off final, the eighth to be played at Wembley and the first to feature either side.
Jon Anthony Nolan is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. And Plays for EFL League One club Shrewsbury Town.
The 2017 National League play-off final, known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was held on 14 May 2017 at Wembley Stadium and contested between Forest Green Rovers and Tranmere Rovers at the end of the 2016–17 National League season. It was the 15th National League play-off final, the second under the name National League and the tenth to be played at Wembley. Forest Green Rovers won the match 3–1 to earn promotion to the English Football League for the first time in their history.
The English Football League play-offs for the 2021–22 season were held in May 2022 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in Wembley.
