GUISELEY produced a stunning second-half comeback from two goals down to beat Chorley 3-2 in the Vanarama North play-off final to win promotion to the fifth tier of English football for the first time in their history.
Goals from Adam Boyes, Liam Dickinson and super sub Nicky Boshell went some way to erasing the play-off heartbreak of the previous four years.
Jubilant manager Mark Bower said: "We were poor in the first half, off the pace, making bad decisions, trying to play football on what can only be described as a cow field. It's a disgrace of a surface to be honest for a play-off final. We played without any intelligence and played into their hands.
"But even though we played badly we created three really good chances and the game could have been 5-3 at half-time.
"We said we wanted to go a bit more direct and get on those second balls better, which we started doing.
"Once we got to 2-1 I thought we would go on and win the game to be honest. It looked as though they'd gone. They didn't know what to do and had absolutely no threat going forward.
"It was a fantastic feeling to come back from two down to go 3-2 up... It's a proud moment."
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