Berwick Rangers 0-3 Cove Rangers (agg 0-7): Cove replace Berwick in senior set-up

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Cove celebrate after Jordon Brown scores Cove's sixth goal of the tieImage source, SNS
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Cove celebrate after Jordon Brown scores Cove's sixth goal of the tie

Cove Rangers have become the SPFL's newest side and ended Berwick Rangers' 68-year stay in Scotland's senior leagues by earning a League Two place.

Leading 4-0 following last week's first leg, Cove extended their aggregate advantage through Jamie Masson.

Berwick's misery continued just on half-time as Ross Brown was dismissed for a foul on Mitch Megginson.

And Jordon Brown and Paul McManus netted to give Highland League winners Cove a 7-0 win in the tie.

Last year's beaten finalists become the first Highland League side to enter the Scottish Professional Football League since the new Pyramid and League Two play-offs were introduced in season 2014-2015.

Berwick face relegation to the Lowland League, with their chairman in-waiting John Bell telling BBC Scotland before Saturday's second leg the club were "prepared for it but it's not a place we want to be".

Their relegation means that there will no longer be an England-based team in the Scottish Professional Football League next season.

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Watch: Cove Rangers celebrate promotion to League Two

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