In a tense playoff final, Southend beat Keith Alexander's Lincoln 2-0, courtesy of goals from Freddy Eastwood and Duncan Jupp to earn the promotion that the league table suggested they had deserved. It was yet more heartbreak for Lincoln fans who have seen their side beaten for the third successive season in the playoffs - two of those being finals.
League One sides now await the final result in tomorrow final between Sheffield Wednesday and Hartlepool to see which side takes the final spot in next year's line-up.