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FULL MATCH REPLAY: Cheltenham Town 3-1 Rushden & Diamonds

28 March 2020

History

FULL MATCH REPLAY: Cheltenham Town 3-1 Rushden & Diamonds

28 March 2020

Relive a famous day in Cheltenham Town's history as the club clinched promotion to the third tier of English football for the first time in May 2002 with our full match replay.

A 3-1 win over Rushden & Diamonds at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff secured Steve Cotterill's sides latest promotion, and you can watch the whole game back above from start to finish.

Goals from Martin Devaney, Julian Alsop and John Finnigan were crucial in front of thousands of travelling Robins supporters, as once again Cheltenham overcame old rivals Rushden & Diamonds to make it into what it now more widely known as League One.

CHELTENHAM: Book, Griffin, Duff, Walker, Victory, Williams, Yates, Finnigan, Devaney (Grayson), Alsop, Naylor

Subs: Howarth, Muggleton, Lee, Tyson.

RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS: Turley, Mustafa, Peters, Tillson, Underwood, Hall, Wardley, Butterworth, Gray (Brady), Lowe, Partridge (Angell)

Subs: Brady, Angell, Pennock, Setchell, Hunter

Referee: A Leake (Darwen)


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