Mansfield 0-3 Port Vale: League Two playoff final – as it happened

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Port Vale won promotion to League One with a minimum of fuss, scoring three goals against a Stags side reduced to 10 men after 35 minutes.

League Two playoff: Nick Ames was at Wembley to see Port Vale book their place in League One on an extremely emotional day for their manager Darrell Clarke. Read on ...

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Port Vale receive their trophy: The players celebrate after receiving their silverware, taking turns to hoist it skywards. They will join Forest Green, Exeter City and Bristol Rovers in being promoted to League One.

They’re definitely going up now! Former Mansfield Town player Mal Benning makes a run from deep and volleys home a dropping cross dug out from the byline by David Worrall. It’s his third goal of the season and it’s a beauty.

James Wilson speaks: “It’s been a hard 46 [games] then the two playoffs, we’ve worked so hard,” says Port Vale’s man of the match. “I think we deserved that today. We weren’t happy with how we’ve performed going into the last few games of the season but we dusted ourselves down and ended up coming out the victors today. I think we were deserved winners in the end.”

Kian Harrett speaks: On loan from Huddersfield Town, who will be attempting to beat another team from Nottinghamshire in tomorrow’s Championship playoff final, the scorer of Port Vale’s opener has been talking to Sky Sports.

“I’m buzzing for the lads,” he says. “It’s what we deserved. The cross took a deflection so I had to check back but luckily I got there. On another day I could have had a hat-trick but I’ll settle for one today. I just go into each game as it comes. I try my best to score every game.”

He goes