Amazing to be one game from Championship - Challinor

Amazing to be one game from Championship - ChallinorTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Challinor: 'It's not lost on me how well we've done'ByTim DurransBBC Sport EnglandPublished5 minutes agoStockport County manager Dave Challinor says it is "amazing" for the club to be one match away from the second tier for the first time in 24 years.County's 2-0 semi-final second-leg victory over Stevenage on Wednesday secured a 3-0 aggregate win and booked their place in next Sunday's League One play-off final at Wembley.Owner Mark Stott's target when he took over the club in 2020 was to get County, then playing in the National League, into the Championship in seven years."It's amazing," Challinor - who, in 16 seasons as a manager, has won seven promotions, including two with Stockport - told BBC Radio Manchester. "Even if you're the most optimistic person, and I think the owner is, I don't think anyone else would think a plan to get this club back into the Championship would be exactly on line [track]."It's the biggest step and the hardest step, but it's an opportunity, and that's all you can ask for. "The supporters have been fantastic. It would be great for the players and the staff to thank the fans. Hopefully, we'll get the ultimate opportunity to thank them by holding up a trophy at Wembley a week on Sunday."Stockport beat Stevenage to reach play-off finalLouie Barry - Barcelona to Wembley via nine loansPublished5 hours agoRelegation from the second tier in 2002, following arguably the club's glory years around the turn of the century, preceded a sharp decline that included financial turmoil and six seasons at National League North level from 2013 to 2019.But now, following promotion back into the Football League in 2022, then into League One as fourth-tier champions in 2024, the near qu...