{"id":7523,"date":"2025-05-29T11:40:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/?p=7523"},"modified":"2025-05-29T11:40:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T16:40:58","slug":"congratulations-to-this-years-efl-league-two-promotion-winners-2024-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/congratulations-to-this-years-efl-league-two-promotion-winners-2024-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to This Year\u2019s EFL League Two Promotion Winners (2024-25)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a02024-25 <a href=\"https:\/\/sportspaper.info\/soccer-publications\/english-football-league-system\/efl-league-two\/\">EFL League Two<\/a> season\u00a0has drawn to a close and it\u2019s time to recognize the clubs that will be leaving via promotion for the Championship. This year the EFL League Two promotions are Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, and Bradford City on points, and AFC Wimbledon from winning the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Doncaster are returning to League One just three seasons after relegation. They&#8217;ve spend the majority of the past decade in the third flight. Port Vale has been on more of a yo-yo trip through the pyramid in recent years. They are back in League One after just one season in League Two. They had been in League One for two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bradford City had the longest stint in League Two of the automatic promotion clubs, having played in it since 2019-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doncaster Rovers (<a href=\"https:\/\/sportspaper.info\/2021-22-doncaster-rovers-match-publications\/\">2021-22<\/a>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc.webp\" alt=\"Doncaster Rovers vs. Sunderland (December 27, 2021)\" class=\"wp-image-7525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc.webp 1100w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc-206x300.webp 206w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc-704x1024.webp 704w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc-768x1117.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc-1056x1536.webp 1056w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-12-27_safc-drfc-1074x1562.webp 1074w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">vs. Sunderland (December 27, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Port Vale (<a href=\"https:\/\/sportspaper.info\/2023-24-port-vale-match-publications\/\">2023-24<\/a>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc-717x1024.webp\" alt=\"Port Vale vs. Cambridge United (April 27, 2024)\" class=\"wp-image-7527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc-717x1024.webp 717w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc-210x300.webp 210w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc-768x1096.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc-1076x1536.webp 1076w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc-1074x1533.webp 1074w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2024-04-27_cufc-pvfc.webp 1121w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">vs. Cambridge United (April 27, 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bradford City A.F.C. (<a href=\"https:\/\/sportspaper.info\/2018-19-bradford-city-match-publications\/\">2018-19<\/a>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2018-11-24_oufc-brafc.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"1463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2018-11-24_oufc-brafc.webp\" alt=\"Bradford City vs. Oxford United (November 24, 2018)\" class=\"wp-image-7532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2018-11-24_oufc-brafc.webp 1022w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2018-11-24_oufc-brafc-210x300.webp 210w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2018-11-24_oufc-brafc-715x1024.webp 715w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2018-11-24_oufc-brafc-768x1099.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">vs. Oxford United (November 24, 2018)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AFC Wimbledon (<a href=\"https:\/\/sportspaper.info\/2021-22-afc-wimbledon-match-publications\/\">2021-22<\/a>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-08-17_gfc-afcw.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"888\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-08-17_gfc-afcw.webp\" alt=\"AFC Wimbledon vs. Gillingham (August 17, 2021)\" class=\"wp-image-7544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-08-17_gfc-afcw.webp 640w, https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/english-football-program_2021-08-17_gfc-afcw-216x300.webp 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">vs. Gillingham (August 17, 2021)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a02024-25 EFL League Two season\u00a0has drawn to a close and it\u2019s time to recognize the clubs that will be leaving via promotion for the Championship. This year the EFL League Two promotions are Doncaster Rovers, Port Vale, and Bradford City on points, and AFC Wimbledon from winning the playoffs. Doncaster are returning to League One&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[459,742,715,825,785,832,828,824,833,827,14],"class_list":["post-7523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-galleries","tag-2010s","tag-742","tag-2020s","tag-825","tag-785","tag-afc-wimbledon","tag-bradford-city-a-f-c","tag-doncaster-rovers-f-c","tag-efl-league-one","tag-port-vale-f-c","tag-programs","wpcat-120-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7523"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7545,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7523\/revisions\/7545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportspaper.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}