Play-off final: Hartlepool 1-1 Torquay (aet, 5-4 on penalties)Lucas Covolan’s equaliser in normal time proves in vainHartlepool sealed their return to the English
Football League after four years away despite a dramatic stoppage-time strike from Torquay goalkeeper Lucas Covolan threatening to derail their quest to win the Vanarama National League play-off final.
Luke Armstrong’s first-half strike looked to have secured Pools’ return to Sky Bet League Two, with Torquay seeing two Kyle Cameron goals ruled out, but right at the death Brazilian stopper Covolan intervened to make it 1-1.