Overview
- Notts County beat Salford City 3-0 at Wembley on Monday with first-half goals from Alassana Jatta and Lucas Ness and a second-half finish from Jodi Jones to seal promotion.
- The victory returns the world’s oldest professional club to League One for the first time since 2015 after their rise back into the EFL in 2023.
- James Belshaw kept a clean sheet as Notts controlled the game in hot conditions and more than 20,000 travelling Magpies helped create a strong Wembley atmosphere.
- Salford will remain in League Two for at least another season, leaving co-owners David Beckham and Gary Neville and manager Karl Robinson to plan changes over the summer.
- The result caps contrasting recent trajectories: Notts’ rapid climb from non-league back to the third tier and Salford’s stalled push under high-profile ownership, which could affect player recruitment and strategy next season.