Shrewsbury booked another Wembley appearance by beating Charlton 1-0 in the second leg of the League One play-off semi-final. Carlton Morris, the on-loan Norwich striker, scored just before the hour to secure a 2-0 aggregate victory for the team who finished the season in third place.

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Paul Hurst’s side, who were beaten by Lincoln at the national stadium in the Checkatrade Trophy final last month, will meet Rotherham or Scunthorpe at Wembley on 27 May.

Shrewsbury were bottom of League One when Hurst was appointed manager in October 2016 but are now 90 minutes from playing in the second tier for the first time since 1989.

Jon Nolan’s stunning late goal at The Valley meant Shrewsbury kicked off the return leg with an advantage and they started brightly. They created the game’s first chance when Alex Rodman turned sharply and fired in a low shot which was well dealt with by goalkeeper Ben Amos at his near post.

Lee Bowyer’s Charlton enjoyed plenty of possession but found clear chances hard to come by. Josh Magennis was well off target with an acrobatic volley and then Nicky Ajose broke into the box but the central defender Aristote Nsiala produced a fine block.

Rodman then went close for the home side again just before the break when a neat move down the left saw the winger’s shot from a tight angle well stopped by Amos.

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Nolan fired wide for Shrewsbury early in the second half before Shaun Whalley’s cross-shot was blocked by Patrick Bauer.

The breakthrough arrived in the 58th minute as Whalley ran at the visiting defence down the right and pulled the ball back to Morris, who took a touch and drilled a powerful shot from 15 yards low past Amos.

Charlton chased an equaliser but Ben Godfrey came up with a vital block from Joe Aribo’s close-range effort before Jake Forster-Caskey’s 20-yard drive was pushed away by goalkeeper Dean Henderson.

Shrewsbury almost grabbed a late second when the visitors had committed men forward but Stefan Payne’s close-range effort was brilliantly kept out by Amos.