Doncaster Rovers won promotion to League One with a 2-1 victory over Bradford City, ending a three-season stay in the fourth tier.

Goals from Rob Street and Billy Sharp ensured Rovers beat their Yorkshire rivals, who still have a chance of going up next weekend.

Rovers were made to sweat against a Bradford side who were reduced to 10 men at half-time when Aden Baldwin was sent off for dissent.

Teddy Sharman-Lowe saved a penalty when the score was 1-0 with six minutes of normal time to go and Billy Sharp then added the clincher before Romoney Crichlow-Noble pulled one back for the Bantams in stoppage time.

Grant McCann's Doncaster side, who are unbeaten in 10 games since the first week of March, will have to wait to see whether they return to League One as champions.

Port Vale's win at Wimbledon kept the title race alive until the final round of fixtures but Doncaster take a one-point lead at the top into their final game at Notts County.

"The promotions get sweeter and I'm lucky that's a sixth one," said veteran striker Sharp, who was playing in the Premier League with Sheffield United just four years ago.

"I got sent off a few weeks ago and I let the lads down - I've had to sit it out and they didn't let me down.

"They won the games to get us where we are today and I've just been the lucky one to get the opportunity to score."

The home side took the lead just after the half-hour mark when a well-worked corner routine paid dividends, Tom Anderson heading Luke Molyneux's corner from the left to Street at the far post, and the striker nodded in his ninth of the campaign.

But they were given a huge help in the task of holding on to that lead when Baldwin was sent off by referee Ross Joyce.

It was a needless red card, Baldwin haranguing Joyce as they left the field, initially receiving a caution for his troubles before going back to give the official a second piece of his mind.

Celebratory chants nearly stuck in Rovers' fans throats when James Maxwell upended George Lapslie with six minutes of normal time left, but fortunately for the home side, Sharman-Lowe proved equal to Tyreik Wright's spot-kick.

Second-half substitute Sharp double the lead following a Doncaster counter attack before Crichlow-Noble pulled one back with just a minute of stoppage-time left.

McCann, who returned to the club for a second spell in May 2023, guided his side on a remarkable run to reach the play-offs last season, winning a club record-equalling 10 games in a row to go from 22nd to fifth.

However, they were beaten by Crewe Alexandra on penalties in their play-off semi-final after blowing a 2-0 lead from the first leg.

Veteran striker Sharp returned to the club in the summer for a fourth stint and scored a debut goal as they hammered Accrington 4-1 on the opening day to get their season off to a flying start.

Despite a run of two wins in 10 league games they ended the calendar year in third place, albeit 12 off then runaway leaders Walsall.

Five wins and one defeat from their first six league games in 2025 strengthened their promotion push, only for successive losses at Chesterfield and at home to Grimsby in February to drop them to sixth.

Since the 2-1 loss to the Mariners, they have been beaten just once in 14 games, a 1-0 setback at Bromley on 4 March.

They climbed into the top three on Good Friday with a hat-trick from Luke Molyneux, one of the division's players of the season, in a 3-0 win at struggling Tranmere.

Another 3-0 victory over Colchester on Easter Monday, coupled with fellow promotion hopefuls Bradford, Port Vale and Walsall all failing to win either of their two Easter fixtures, returned them to the top of the table for the first time since September with two games to play.

BBC Radio Sheffield reporter Rob Staton

The turnaround at Doncaster Rovers has been quite remarkable. They've gone from a club that was stuck in a rut and drifting towards, some feared, a similar fate to other clubs looking at the Football League trap door, to promotion.

Inspired decision-making at board level, the excellent appointment of McCann and strong investment in the squad have led to this moment.

Fans are energised again. League Two has been a rollercoaster all season, but when it mattered Rovers found form at the best possible time. Molyneux has been a revelation and they've got a good mix in the squad of youth, experience and character.

They'll go up with optimism about next season in League One. McCann, chairman Terry Bramall and chief executive Gavin Baldwin deserve a lot of credit for this achievement.

It's a promotion that Rovers' loyal following will be celebrating all summer.