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Bromley has secured automatic promotion to League One for the first time in their 134-year history. Under Andy Woodman, they will face notable teams like Sheffield Wednesday and potentially Leicester City next season.
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Andy Woodman led Bromley to automatic promotion to League One [Getty Images]
It has already been a season to remember for Bromley.
Having spent 132 of their 134 years in existence playing non-league football, the Ravens have been promoted to the third tier for the first time.
Andy Woodman's side will welcome Sheffield Wednesday and potentially Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Huddersfield Town and Premier League-title winners Leicester City to Hayes Lane next season, but the Bromley boss and his players could yet make a truly outstanding season even more memorable.
Win their final two games at Salford City on Thursday and at home to Walsall on Saturday, 2 May, and they will be League Two champions.
Avoid defeat against the Saddlers and they will become just the third club this century to go an entire season unbeaten at home in the fourth tier.
Cardiff City did it in 2000-01 and Shrewsbury Town in 2010-11, though both finished as runners-up in those respective seasons.
Only Terry Cooper's Exeter City team in 1989-90 have achieved that feat and won the fourth-tier title.
So more history is on the horizon for the club.
Woodman was named League Two manager of the year at the EFL Awards on Sunday [Shutterstock]
"I've said to the guys from the minute we've come, you know, January [when] we've got top of the league - going up is brilliant," Woodman told BBC Radio London.
"There's no doubt about it, it's an amazing achievement.
"Going up as champions - you're forever etched on every picture, wall, everywhere at the club. You'll have a legacy at this football club. And I think it's important the guys really embrace that."
Bromley secured automatic promotion to League One for the first time in their 134-year history.
Andy Woodman is the manager who led Bromley to their historic promotion.
Bromley could face Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton Wanderers, Bradford City, Huddersfield Town, and Leicester City.
Bromley has spent 132 of their 134 years in existence playing non-league football.

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Bromley have been top of the league since they beat Crawley Town in December.
That success was reflected on Sunday as Woodman was named League Two manager of the season at the EFL Awards.
Woodman, 54, joined the club in 2021 and has helped take them from the National League to League One.
Owner Robin Stanton-Gleaves said the team had exceeded his expectations on the field this season.
Bromley have won 84 points from 44 matches in League Two this season [Shutterstock]
"Myself and Andy Woodman started a journey five years ago and I was pretty clear in what I wanted to achieve. Andy was also of the same mindset, which is why we twinned ourselves so well," Stanton-Gleaves said.
"We're beyond expectation but we set ourselves the targets, we set ourselves objectives and we've ticked them along the journey.
"This year we set ourselves the target of getting in the play-offs and and he's done outstandingly well.
"He's gone one step further and he's got his promotion and it's fully deserved for the way that he's gone about it, the team have gone about it and the entire club behind the scenes."
Notts County's defeat by Barnet confirmed Bromley's promotion without the Ravens even playing last weekend.
Beat Salford on Thursday, then any slip-ups from Cambridge United this week or defeat for MK Dons on Saturday would mean Bromley are crowned champions without kicking a ball this weekend.
Bromley owner Robin Stanton-Gleaves [left] hired Woodman as manager in 2021 [Getty Images]