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A rollercoaster ride of thrills and spills for 20 glorious years

Twenty years of agony. Twenty years of glory. Two decades of life-changing, tear-jerking, heart-stopping moments.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
5 June 2022

By CHRIS DUNLAVY

ROVER THE MOON! Doncaster Rovers players celebrate winning the first ever Conference Play-Off final against Dagenham & Redbridge, courtesy of an historic golden goal
PICTURE: Alamy

TWENTY years of agony. Twenty years of glory. Two decades of life-changing, tear-jerking, heart-stopping moments.
From Fran Tierney’s historic golden goal to AFC Wimbledon’s cathartic re turn to the Football League, the National League Promotion Final is an occasion that has enriched the English game and become a staple of the sport-ing calendar.
Yet it is also a fixture that may not hav...

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