After securing promotion to League One on Tuesday night with a win over Barrow, Exeter City now have the League Two title in the sights following their 1-1 draw with Northampton Town.
The Grecians' 2-1 victory over Barrow had moved them level on points with Forest Green Rovers, but City are now one points ahead of Rovers after they lost to Harrogate Town.
Matt Taylor's side can clinch the title if they beat Port Vale at St James Park next Saturday, however Vale can still secure automatic promotion themselves should they beat the Grecians and Northampton Town and Bristol Rovers fail to win their respective fixtures.
Regardless out of the outcome of their encounter with Port Vale, City will definitely be playing Plymouth Argyle in a Devon Expressway Derby next season - after the Pilgrims missed out on the League One play-offs.
On manager Steven Schumacher's 38th birthday, Argyle were thumped 5-0 by Milton Keynes Dons who themselves had harboured hopes of automatic promotion.
The Pilgrims only needed to match Wycombe Wanderers' result to finish in the top six, but they were 3-0 down at half-time and reduced to ten men after Jordan Houghton received two yellow cards. Scott Twine had netted twice for the Dons in the first half and he also another two goals in the second half, as he set a club record for the club by scoring four times in one match.
However, Argyle can take some comfort by the fact that with a haul of 80 points in any other season would have been more than enough to secure a play-off spot. And with a young team and a young manager, the Pilgrims will surely be there or thereabouts in League One in the 2022-23 campaign.
