Football’s oldest professional club continued to clamber back up the divisions in the final match of the English domestic season. Alassana Jatta’s injection of higher echelon quality began a Notts County stroll in baking Wembley sunshine. Salford melted away while Lucas Ness’s towering header and Jodi Jones’s second-half goal confirmed County’s return to League One after an 11-year absence.
Salford, club of the Class of 92, facing County was celebrity versus tradition. Not that Salford lack football heritage within their ownership, nowadays Gary Neville and Sir David Beckham, with further former Manchester United notables lending helping hands. Beckham, furthering the A-lister trend of club ownership by co-owning two, was in the posh seats, along from Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt.
