"WE'VE had one day out at Wembley – now let's get there again."
Those were the words of a delighted Rob Scott after his Grimsby Town side sealed their place in the Conference play-offs following a dramatic 2-1 win at Dartford last night.
Aswad Thomas scored his first goal for the Mariners, two minutes from time, to complete a thrilling comeback in Kent.
That result, combined with Forest Green Rovers' 1-0 defeat to Hereford, confirmed Town's place in the play-offs for the first time since dropping out of the Football League.
And now, having sampled the Wembley experience already this season in the FA Trophy final, Scott has set his sights on taking his side back to the home of football for another final.
The joint boss said: "We're absolutely delighted. Our aim was to improve on last season – we've done that, but everyone knows what we're like and we demand more and more and more.
"Now that we're in the play-offs, we want to go as far as possible. We've had one day out at Wembley – now let's get there again.
"It's about the town, the club, the players and the fans and we want to do it for them."
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As well as his understandable delight at sealing a top-five finish, Scott also spoke of his relief at seeing his side fight back to get the win he felt they deserved.
He continued: "It's a bit of a relief first and foremost because the way it was going last night, I didn't think it was going to go our way.
"After a minute, we had to make a pretty big change in regards to the back four. We had to put Aswad (Thomas) in there and it was a bit of a make-shift back four.
"At 1-0 down, James McKeown has pulled off, without being too over the top, one of the best saves I've ever seen. It was unbelievable and it would have been criminal to go in at 2-0 down.
"We passed it well but it was just that bit lacking in the final third. In the second half, Andy Cook and Lennell John-Lewis have made the keeper work and there's been some fantastic balls in from Joe Colbeck.
"I'm delighted that we're in the play-offs but I'm more delighted with the response in the second half from our players to get the win that sealed.
"At 1-1, there would be a lot of teams that would take that, but not this group and that's massive kudos to them – we're delighted with them."
