Tyrese Hall and Alfie Dorrington both saw their loan clubs secure play-off spots in League Two, while Oli Irow was on target again for League One Mansfield Town on a busy final day of the regular EFL season on Saturday.
Midfielder Tyrese came off the bench in the second half for Notts County – who, like Alfie’s Salford City, started the day with a chance of securing automatic promotion – as they drew 1-1 at home to Yusuf Akhamrich’s Bristol Rovers.
As it transpired, not even a win would have been enough for County to go up from League Two in the end, their fifth-place finish instead seeing them tee up a play-off clash with Chesterfield. Attacking midfielder Yusuf also featured for Rovers in the second half at Meadow Lane.
Defender Alfie appeared as a second-half substitute for Salford as well, whose 0-0 draw at Crawley also saw them miss out on automatic promotion. They finished fourth overall and will now face Grimsby Town in the play-offs.
Damola Ajayi’s Bromley, meanwhile, clinched the League Two title with a 3-1 win over Walsall on Saturday. Bromley had already secured promotion to the third tier, but rounded off their campaign in style, although Damola did not feature in their final day outing.
Elsewhere, forward Oli netted for the second consecutive weekend for Mansfield Town as they rounded off their League One campaign by winning a nine-goal thriller at home to Cardiff City. Just three minutes after his introduction, Oli cut inside and drilled home the Stags’ fifth goal to make it 5-2, although two late strikes for the visitors made for a frantic ending. Mansfield finished their campaign in 10th spot, with Oli having scored four goals in 18 appearances for them.