The party started early for both Rochdale and Notts County after securing promotion from League Two.
Historic day at Spotland
The party started early for both Rochdale and Notts County whose match-winning performances secured their promotion from League Two.
The Dale faithful raced on to the pitch at Spotland to celebrate a historic day for the club and their first promotion after 41 years.
Chris O'Grady was the star of the show as his 21st goal of the season was enough to see off
Northampton 1-0 and saw Keith Hill's men promoted.
Notts County also wasted no time to make sure of their promotion when the club's top scorer Lee Hughes bagged a brace either side of Ricky Ravenhill's goal and saw the home side 3-0 up with less than 20 minutes gone.
David Artell pulled one back for
Morecambe in the 73rd minute when the home side took their foot off the pedal, however that goal galvanised County and Ben Davies added to the scoresheet in the 77th minute for a 4-1 thumping.
Canadian striker Gavin McCallum snatched the winner for
Hereford in the final minutes to add to his earlier opener against
Accrington which cancelled out a Michael Symes penalty.
Bournemouth comfortably beat an already-relegated
Darlington side thanks to Anton Robinson's close range header for the Cherries in the 56th minute after great work from Liam Feeney.
Brett Pitman bagged his 26th of the season as he coolly converted a spot-kick to compound the Quakers' misery even further for a 2-0 victory.
Dying minutes
Bradford City came back from an early Albery Adomah goal in the 28th minute when Luke O'Brien equalised in the second half for the Bantams and Michael Flynn broke
Barnet hearts after he scored the winner in the dying minutes for 2-1.
Torquay demolished a struggling
Grimsby Town outfit when Nicky Wroe netted a penalty, Elliott Benyon expertly finished off a good move and Mustapha Carayol went on a surging 50-yard run to slot past the keeper to make it 3-0.
The result was slightly marred when Guy Branston saw red for the away side for a second bookable offence.
Youngster Vinny Mukendi gave
Macclesfield a 2-0 win over
Chesterfield when the 18-year-old's strike added to an Emile Sinclair goal for the Silkmen.
Kris Bright gave
Shrewsbury Town all three points with just seven minutes to spare to secure a 1-0 win over
Lincoln City.
Equaliser
The day's other results saw a 1-1 draw between
Aldershot and
Crewe with goals from Clayton Donaldson in the opening minute for the Railwaymen which Ben Harding cancelled out just before half-time.
Bury and
Port Vale shared the spoils when Efe Sodje's equaliser struck off forward Marc Richards' 20th goal of the season for the away side for a 1-1 draw.
Romain Vincelot announced his first goal in English football in his fifth appearance for
Dagenham which brought the game level after Shaun Harrad's 22nd minute goal for
Burton as the game ended 1-1.
Neither side could break the deadlock at the Don Valley Stadium as
Rotherham and
Cheltenham came away with a point each in a goalless draw.
