Gary Neville leads Salford celebrations as Man Utd legend’s club make play-offs by one GOAL
GARY NEVILLE has led the celebrations for Salford City after they scraped into the League Two play-offs.
The Ammies were made to sweat after they were beaten 1-0 at home by Gillingham this afternoon.
Goal difference proved to be the decisive factor – with both Salford and Mansfield Town finishing their campaign on 75 points.
The Stags managed a 2-0 win away at Colchester – which put their goal difference up to +17.
Astonishingly, Salford – who are joined by Stockport, Carlisle and Bradford in the play-offs – ended their campaign with a +18 goal difference.
However, if Salford had conceded another and the goal differences were level, it would have been Mansfield who made the play-offs instead on goals scored.
Like many of their fans, Neville was relieved after the final whistle.
And the Sky Sports pundit took to Twitter to share his happiness at the club’s achievement.
He wrote: “I did not enjoy that @SalfordCityFC! ! Well done lads over the season and to all the other teams! ”
Salford were taken over by ex-Manchester United stars Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, and Paul Scholes in 2014, with each owning a 10 per cent stake in the club.
Singapore businessman Peter Lim owns the rest, although he sold a further ten per cent to David Beckham in 2019.
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Under the management duo of Anthony Johnson and Bernard Morley, they were crowned NPL Division One North champions in 2015, won the NPL Premier Division play-offs in 2016, and the National League North title in 2018.
This success was followed in 2019 with promotion to the English Football League (EFL) after winning the 2019 National League play-off Final, under the stewardship of Graham Alexander.
Salford won the EFL Trophy in their début campaign.