Following the final day, the four managers had this to say heading into the play-offs...
Mansfield boss David Flitcroft: "I am hurting and I never want to feel like this again.
"I have told the players to soak it in, understand why we got beat and how you are feeling straight after the whistle on the pitch, having 15,000 MK Dons fans celebrate around you, coming into your face. It's a tough one.
"But I've said don't let it haunt you. Let it be the thing that frees you into driving for a performance against Newport. There is regret and hurt in the dressing room."
Forest Green Rovers' Mark Cooper: "We could have played our players, won the game and still finished in the same position and picked three injuries up so we're in a better position than when we started.
"We respect them (Tranmere), I think they're a really good club, with really good players and a really good manager.
"We always have good games against them and I'm sure Friday will be no different."
Tranmere manager Micky Mellon: "We never really had any targets at the start of the season other than to make sure that we gave our best in every game, we took it game-by-game, and to get into this position is fantastic.
"I was pleased that the players were disappointed at the end of the Bury game, because that’s what our standards are.
"We wanted to get automatically promoted, we fell short of that, so we will very quickly move on. We now get the fantastic opportunity to fight for the next route out, and that’s the play-offs."
Newport's Michael Flynn: "It is an amazing feeling. Is it a better feeling that the Great Escape? Of course it is. There are different reasons, but last-gasp things at the top of the table are better than at the bottom!
"At the start of the season we would have bitten your hands off for seventh.
"We have a bottom-three budget, but we have a formula that means we have a group of lads who play above themselves more often than not."