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They finished the season as Division One runners-up, and in a normal season this would have meant automatic promotion to the FA Premier League.
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Lee Nogan
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As a player he was a forward between 1987 and 2009. Nogan notably for Watford, Reading and He also played for Oxford United, Brentford, Southend United, N ottinghamshire County, Darlington and Luton Town, before joining York City where he also became part of the coaching staff
He then moved on to Whitby Town as player/manager in 2006, before retiring from playing in 2009.
He came out of retirement in 2011 for Football Club Halifax Town. He joined the Berkshire club for £250,000 on 12 January 1995, halfway through the 1994-1995 season, from Watford.
He joined Reading while they were contesting for a Division One playoff place. However, a restructuring of the league meant that only the champions would be promoted automatically that season, forcing Reading to negotiate the playoffs.
They eliminated Tranmere Rovers in the semi-finals and were paired with Bolton Wanderers in the Wembley final.
Nogan put Reading ahead in the fourth minute with the first goal of the game, and by half time they were 2–0 up, but two goals in the final 15 minutes saw Bolton force extra time and go on to defeat Nogan and his colleagues 4–3. This would be the closest that Nogan would come to experiencing top flight football in England. He remained at Reading until 1 August 1997, by which time he had scored 29 goals for the Royals, when he signed for in a £170,000 deal.
Brief spells with Darlington and Luton Town followed, before Nogan signed for his final professional club, York City, on 12 February 2001.
He found the Netto 37 times for the Minstermen between then and his departure on 31 May 2006, although he was unable to prevent them from suffering relegation from the Football League to the Conference in 2004. Nogan was appointed as manager of Whitby Town in June 2006 before resigning in October 2007.
On Thursday 27 January 2011 Nogan registered as a player at Evo-Stik Premier League side F.C. Halifax Town, where he is also the clubs assistant manager. Nogan was Neil Aspin"s Assistant Manager for the promotion from the Northern Premier League in 2011 and the promotion into the Conference Premier in 2013.
On 28 November 2015, it was announced that Nogan was to be Neil Aspin"s assistant once again at Gateshead.
