Results elsewhere meant that Scunthorpe secured promotion on that day regardless. Scunthorpe won just two of their first eleven matches back in League One, which resulted in Wilcox being sacked on 8 October 2014.
As a result of other teams' performances, Scunthorpe secured promotion automatically on that day, unaffected by their own results. Scunthorpe had a poor start to League One, losing only two of their first eleven matches, which ultimately led to Wilcox's sacking on 8 October 2014.