Edinburgh City seal historic promotion to League 1 and arrange new talks with Alan Maybury

It is no secret the Meadowbank club have lofty ambitions after winning a place in the SPFL through the pyramid system in 2016. Now the Citizens are celebrating a second promotion in six years which will see them rub shoulders with the likes of Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk and Queen of the South in Scottish football's third tier next season.

However, they had to endure something of a nightmare first against a dogged Annan at Galabank, eventually digging themselves out of a hole in a 2-1 defeat on the night to come through the tie 3-2 on aggregate and round off the campaign as League One play-off winners.

Goals from Innes Murray and Ryan Shanley in Tuesday night's first leg had given the Capital men huge belief they could see the job through in Dumfriesshire.

But, as expected, Annan sprang out of the traps and by the 20-minute mark, had wiped out City's first-leg advantage – Tony Wallace, from the penalty spot, and Tommy Goss on target for the rampant hosts. The pendulum had swung in the favour of the Galabankies. Suddenly City's entire season now rested on the second 45.

Step forward Murray. The on-loan Hibs midfielder had been the standout at Ainslie Park earlier this week and once again he delivered on the big stage. Seven minutes into the second half the 24-year-old sent a quite breathtaking effort from 25 yards into the top corner to send the fans behind Greg Fleming's goal into raptures.

On-loan Livingston goalkeeper Brian Schwake, arguably City's player of the season, produced two heroic saves in the dying embers to preserve the slender lead as Annan threw the kitchen sink at their opponents. But the visitors' rearguard stood firm to see the job through.

Having replaced Gary Naysmith in March, interim boss Alan