Cove thumped Berwick 4-0 in the first leg of the Ladbrokes League Two play-off final on Saturday to take a huge step towards promotion to the division. The Highland League champions are chasing a place in the Scottish Professional Football League for the first time in their history and are now just 90 minutes from realising that dream. Sam Burnett put Cove in from from close range after 22 minutes, before Mitch Megginson’s header made it 2-0 at half-time. A 79th-minute Aidan McIlduff own goal put further daylight between the sides and Jamie Masson struck only three minutes later to surely put the tie beyond Berwick, who welcome Cove to Shielfield Park for the return leg next Saturday. Topics Berwick Berwick Rangers use social media to reveal unusual insult directed at manager Cowdenbeath’s Jordan Garden concedes ridiculous penalty after John Terry-esque dive 5 of the best challenges you need to try in Football Manager 2016 14 amazing football club badges we wish still existed… and 10 that are truly awful Roofe gives Leeds play-off advantage at Pride Park England forward Nikita Parris to leave Manchester City Gary Neville reflects on difficult Salford decisions following promotion Heckingbottom accuses Kilmarnock defender of diving Inverness boss John Robertson happy to get over the line after ‘nervous’ Ayr draw Farwell, Daniel Sturridge? How the true one-season wonder became a distant relic at Liverpool Quiz! Can you name all 34 teams to appear in the Championship play-offs since 2000? UEFA’s latest two-fingered salute to Arsenal and Chelsea fans is a disgrace – but reaches much further The 51 best players in the Football League this season Confessions of a turncoat: why I ditched Liverpool to support another team