Brunt's Mansfield Town Achieve Promotion From League 2
- Lewis Brunt's Mansfield Town promoted to Sky Bet League 1
- Boubakary Soumaré helped Sevilla to victory over Getafe and Las Palmas
- There were successive draws for Bologna and Victor Kristiansen in Serie A
- Development Squad duo Paul Appiah and Zach Booth were both on the winning side
- Nathan Opoku scored for OH Leuven
All three automatic promotion spots from League Two have now been confirmed after Mansfield's home win over Accrington on Tuesday evening placed them in the celebration party alongside AFC Wrexham and champions Stockport Country who achieved the same accolade last weekend.
Although having not featured since a first half display against Wrexham last month at the Racecourse Ground, Brunt has played a key part in the Stags' 2023/24 campaign, featuring 34 times and scoring twice during a successful year on loan in Nottinghamshire.
Soumaré’s Sevilla have won consecutive games in La Liga, beating Getafe 1-0 before a 2-0 away triumph over Las Palmas. The French midfielder played 90 minutes in both games to take his total appearance number for Rojiblancos up to 28.
Mallorca are Sevilla’s next league opponents at Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán next Monday (8pm kick-off). Currently 13th on 34 points from 31 matches, the Andalusia-based club are looking to move further into mid-table.
An unused substitute in Bologna’s 3-0 home victory over Salernitana, full-back Kristiansen started back-to-back goalless draws against Frosinone and Monza. The defender could make his 28th Serie A appearance for I Rossoblù in next Monday’s clash with Roma at Stadio Olimpico - a fourth versus fifth clash at 5:30pm.
After missing out on the matchday squad for Maidstone United’s 5-1 victory over Eastbourne Borough, Paul Appiah was an unused substitute in United’s 1-1 home draw with Welling United. The centre-back then played throughout two successive 1-0 away triumphs over Taunton Town and Farnborough.
A 2-0 success over Weymouth continued that winning run of form in National League South, with a further 90 minutes and third clean sheet on the bounce for Appiah. A 3-1 defeat at Truro City last time out saw the defender play 54 minutes at Meadow Park.
After the Kent Senior Final against Ebbsfleet United on Wednesday (7:45pm kick-off), the Stones take on Hampton & Richmond Borough back in the league at Gallagher Stadium (3pm kick-off), having already confirmed their play-off spot.
Zach Booth helped FC Volendam to secure a rare Eredivisie success, playing 80 minutes of their 3-2 victory at home to RKC Waalwijk. The young forward also started the 4-0 defeat at Excelsior last Friday, which came after draws against Almere and Feyenoord.
With four games to go, Volendam sit 17th and are five points from safety prior to travelling to Sparta Rotterdam on Sunday 28 April (1:30pm kick-off).
Forward Nathan Opoku came off the bench to score a 96th-minute goal for OH Leuven in defeat to Mechelen before missing the last two through injury, as the Jupiler Pro League Play-Offs began. Sint-Truidense V.V. are up next on Saturday (3pm kick-off).
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