BBC Sport looks at how Mansfield Town's years of near promotion misses and 'heartbreak' finally earned them a spot in League One.
"Horrible" and "heartbreaking" is how the masterminds of Mansfield Town's promotion summed up what it has taken to reach League One.
Finally, Mansfield - a side who have flirted with promotion almost constantly in recent years - got over the line. "We are not a club looking backwards, we are always looking forward. We wanted to get promoted, wanted to get to League One and we have."In each full season since, the Stags have been a promotion contenders.Defeat at Wembley prompted him to call football "horrible", but when asked if he still felt that way on such a blissful night, he chose to reiterate his previous point.
In the meantime, preparations for life in League One will be getting under way for a side that last played in the third tier when it was still known as the Second Division in 2002-03.Clough insists they have not "tempted fate" in getting a head start on those plans, and adds that any thoughts on promotion from previous attempts are of little use as "circumstances are different" now.
"Obviously there is an improvement in quality and standards, and we just need to raise our standards.
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