Scunthorpe collect second title in their history
Walsall promoted after one year in League Two
The only other time Scunthorpe United won a championship title was back in 1964 when they were crowned champions of Division III (North).
This season, the Iron of Glanford Park added the League One title and will be playing in The Championship in 2007/08.
Forty-three years have passed since Scunthorpe last figured in the second grade of the English game.
It is indeed a great honour for Nigel Atkins's side and their supporters. In early November they sacked Brian Laws and appointed Atkins.
Bristol City gained the other automatic promotion slot from League One after finishing runners-up to Scunthorpe.
League Two champions Walsall bounced back at the first attempt.
Last year, they finished bottom of League One but regained their status as title winners.
Walsall clinched only the second piece of silverware in their entire history after they had finished champions of the 'old' Division IV in 1959-60.
Hartlepool United and Swindon Town were also promoted after finishing behind Walsall in the final standings.
Boston and Torquay lost their Football League status and were relegated to the Conference League. They will be replaced by champions Dagenham & Redbridge and Morecambe, who won the promotion play-offs. This will be the duo's first ever appearance in the Football League.
Boston lasted only five years in League Two as they slid back to the Conference.
Torquay are out of the Football League structure for the first time since 1927.
The Johnstone's Paint Trophy - the silverware for the winners of the knock-out competition for sides in the lower divisions - went to Doncaster Rovers.
They defeated Bristol Rovers 3-2 (Forte, Heffernan, Lee - Walker, Igo) after extra time in Cardiff.
April review
• In Cardiff, Doncaster topple Bristol Rovers 3-2, after extra time, to lift the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, the knock-out competition for Division Two and Three clubs (also includes top sides in the Conference League).
• Liverpool beat PSV Eindhoven 3-0 away in the Champions League quarter-final first leg. Other results: Chelsea-Valencia 1-1, Roma-Manchester United 2-1.
• Tottenham go down 1-2 in Seville in the UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg.
• English clubs create a Champions League record when three Premier League teams reach the last four. Man. United go berserk with a 7-1 annihilation of Roma at Old Trafford for an 8-3 aggregate. Other results: Valencia-Chelsea 1-2 (2-3), Liverpool-PSV Eindhoven 1-0 (4-0).
• Fulham sack Chris Coleman as Northern Ireland boss Lawrie Sanchez takes over on a caretaker basis for the rest of the season.
• Tottenham's 2-2 draw against Seville at White Hart Lane leaves them reeling, bowing out of the UEFA Cup quarter-finals 3-4 on aggregate.
• Leicester dismiss manager Rob Kelly for Nigel Worthington.
• Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho and goalkeeper Peter Cech named Manager and Player of the Month for March.
• Chelsea and Man. United reach the FA Cup final after semi-final wins over Blackburn 2-1 (at Old Trafford) and Watford 4-1 (at Villa Park) respectively.
• Northern Ireland have moved up 14 places to 33rd in the April FIFA world rankings, equalling their highest ever placing for 1994. England go down from sixth to eighth.
• Celtic's 2-1 win at Kilmarnock crown them as Scottish Premier League champions.
• Manchester United's superstar Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first player to claim both PFA awards in one season, Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year, since Andy Gray for Aston Villa in 1977.
• In Scotland the PFA yearly awards are distributed thus: Manager - Gordon Strachan (Celtic), Player - Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic), Young Player - Steven Naismith (Kilmarnock).
• In the Champions League semi-final, first leg, Manchester United edge Milan 3-2 at Old Trafford, while Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0 at Stamford Bridge.
• England's 1966 World Cup hero Alan Ball dies at the age of 61.
• Liverpool retain the FA Youth Cup after the 1-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford that levelled the tie on a 2-2 aggregate. The Reds won the penalty shoot-out 4-3.
• West Ham are fined £5.5 million over charges relating to the transfers of Argentine duo Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
• Leeds are relegated to the third tier of the English game (League One) for the first time in their 88-year history.
• Sam Allardyce steps down as Bolton manager. The club appoint assistant Sammy Lee as his replacement.