72. Crewe Alexandra (Football League Trophy, 2012/13)
Having gone up to League One via the play-offs the previous season, Crewe made it two Wembley wins in as many years.
71. Cardiff City (Championship, 2012/13)
Two years after seeing Swansea become the first Welsh side to win promotion to the Premier League, Cardiff joined their arch-rivals in the promised land. The Bluebirds hadn’t played in the top flight since 1961/62.
70. Mansfield Town (Conference Premier, 2012/13)
Mansfield’s five-year stint in non-League came to an end as they edged out Kidderminster Harriers to take the fifth-tier title by two points. Their triumph included a run of 12 straight wins from February to April.
69. Doncaster Rovers (League One, 2012/13)
Relegated after finishing bottom of the Championship in 2011/12, Doncaster wasted no time in returning to the second tier.
68. Newport County (Conference National play-offs, 2012/13)
Twenty-four years on from reforming, Newport made it back to the Football League, under the late Justin Edinburgh.
67. Bradford City (League Two play-offs, 2012/13)
Bradford only secured a play-off spot on the final day of the regular season – but the outsiders went all the way in the post-season, beating Burton 5-4 on aggregate in the semis before sweeping aside Northampton 3-0 in the final.
66. Crystal Palace (Championship play-offs, 2012/13)
It wasn’t to be for Palace in the 2016 FA Cup final – but they have won at the new Wembley. An extra-time penalty from 39-year-old Kevin Phillips sent the Eagles soaring back to the Premier League.
65. Cambridge United (National League play-offs, 2013/14)
Cambridge’s journey back up the pyramid began with their return to the Football League after nine years away, against Gateshead at Wembley.
64. Queens Park Rangers (Championship play-offs, 2013/14)
Derby dropped the ball in the play-offs, as Bobby Zamora fired QPR to the promised land.
63. Fleetwood Town (League Two play-offs, 2013/14)
Antoni Sarcevic struck the in 2014 to earn Fleetwood their first-ever promotion to League One.
62. Bristol City (League One, 2014/15)
What a way to win the title: Bristol City hit Bradford for six in 2015, with James Tavernier, Joe Bryan and Luke Ayling all netting.
61. Bournemouth (Championship, 2014/15)
Eddie had a dream - and it was realised in 2015 after a superb title winner for Bournemouth.
60. Burton Albion (League Two, 2014/15)
An epic 3-2 win with a late winner away to Cambridge United clinched a famous title in 2015.
59. Bristol Rovers (Conference Premier play-offs, 2014/15)
After a penalty shootout victory against Grimsby, Bristol Rovers were promoted back to the Football League back in 2015.
58. Preston North End (League One play-offs, 2014/15)
A Jermaine Beckford hat-trick secured a play-off promotion in style in 2015 against Swindon Town.
57. Barnsley (Football League Trophy (2015/16)
A humdinger of a final against Oxford United, Barnsley won 3-2 to clinch the Trophy.
56. AFC Wimbledon (League Two play-offs, 2015/16)
An Ade Akinfenwa penalty 11 minutes into stoppage time put the icing on the cake for AFC Wimbledon's promotion in 2016.
55. Newcastle United (Championship, 2016/17)
Newcastle managed to get back to the Prem at the first time of asking, under the management of the much-loved Rafa Benitez. Perhaps they'll shoot up this list very soon with their billionaire owners...
54. Millwall (League One play-offs, 2016/17)
A 1-0 win against Bradford City clinched a play-off promotion for the Londoners to send them back to the second tier.
53. Huddersfield Town (Championship play-offs, 2016/17)
Huddersfield managed to get to the Premier League under the stewardship of David Wagner for the first time back in 2017, where they remained for two seasons.
