2023 National League play-off final
The 2023 National League play-off final, known as the Vanarama National League Promotion Final for sponsorship reasons, was an association football match played on 13 May 2023 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Chesterfield and Notts County. The match determined the second and final team to gain promotion from the National League, the fifth tier of English football, to EFL League Two. The champions of the 2022–23 National League season gained automatic promotion to EFL League Two, while the teams placed from second to seventh took part in the play-offs; Notts County finished in second place while Chesterfield ended the season in third position. Boreham Wood and Bromley were the losing semi-finalists, while Barnet and Woking had lost at the play-off eliminator stage.
Notts County players and supporters celebrate shortly after the match's conclusion.
Notts County players applaud their supporters following their win at Chesterfield in February 2023.
John Bostock, pictured here in 2016, scored Notts County's first equaliser. He also missed his penalty kick in the shootout attempting a Panenka.
Chesterfield Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth level of the English football league system, but will play in EFL League Two in the 2024–25 season after winning the 2023-24 National League title.
Proact Stadium in February 2011