Matt BADCOCK
AN INFORMED AND ENTERTAINING READ

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS: Star striker Ollie Pearce is sniffing out a promotion at York City
PICTURE: Tom Poole

IT will be 22 years at the end of this season since Francis Tierney tapped in to send Doncaster Rovers back into the Football League.
Not only was his strike against Yeovil Town the first and last time a Golden Goal has won promotion in England, it was also the first time a second team had gone up from the, then, Conference into the Football League through play-offs.
Since that day in May 2003, 21 other sides have followed t...