Premier League
Manchester City need one more win to secure the title but will win it without kicking a ball if Liverpool beat Manchester United tomorrow. Any lingering relegation jitters Brighton fans may have been suffering from will have evaporated ast the final whistle of their win over Leeds United. Fulham are at Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea in a game that kicks off in five minutes and one suspects nothing less than a win will realistically do for Scott Parker’s side.
- Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City
- Brighton 0-0 Leeds United (3pm)
- Chelsea v Fulham (5.30pm)
- Everton v Aston Villa (8pm)
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League Two results
Cheltenham Town have secured promotion but could stiull be overtaken at the top of the table by Cambridge. With one game of the season remaining, one of Cambridge, Bolton or Morecambe will miss out on automatic promotion. Down at the bottom, Southend are relegated along with Grimsby. Morecambe are the only team outside the top three to be guaranteed at least a play-off place.
- Barrow 1-2 Southend United
- Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Exeter City
- Bradford City 0-0 Scunthorpe United
- Colchester United 1-0 Salford City
- Forest Green Rovers 2-1 Tranmere Rovers
- Grimsby Town 1-0 Port Vale
- Leyton Orient 2-3 Carlisle United
- Mansfield Town 4-1 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 1-0 Cheltenham Town
- Stevenage 3-3 Crawley Town
- Walsall 0-2 Morecambe
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League One results
Hull go up as Champions, Peterborough United are also promoted and Rochdale and Northampton have been relegated along with Swindon and . Sunderland and Lincoln City have guaranteed themselves play-off places.
- AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Portsmouth
- Accrington Stanley 1-1 Charlton Athletic
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
- Burton Albion 1-1 Gillingham
- Fleetwood Town 1-1 MK Dons
- Hull City 3-1 Wigan Athletic
- Northampton Town 0-3 Blackpool
- Peterborough United 3-3 Lincoln City
- Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Sunderland
- Rochdale 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
- Shrewsbury Town 2-3 Oxford United
- Swindon Town 1-2 Ipswich Town
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Championship results
Norwich City go up as Champions following their win over Reading, while Watford had already guaranteed promotion despite their defeat at the hands of Brentford. Derby County’s defeat at Swansea means nobody got relegated from the Championship today.
- Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Nottingham Forest
- Birmingham City 0-4 Cardiff City
- Brentford 2-0 Watford
- Huddersfield Town 1-1 Coventry City
- Luton Town 1-1 Middlesbrough
- Millwall 4-1 Bristol City
- Norwich City 4-1 Reading
- Preston 2-0 Barnsley
- Rotherham United 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Stoke City 0-2 QPR
- Swansea City 2-1 Derby County
- Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Bournemouth
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League Two result: Barrow 1-2 Southend - the win for Phil Brown’s team isn’t enough to keep them up. They drop out of the Football League for the first time in their history.
League One result: Peterborough 3-3 Lincoln City - Peterborough are promoted and Lincoln have to settle for a play-off place.
League One: Having been 3-0 down, Peterborough have a penalty against Lincoln City and if they score it they will get promoted to the Championship ... added time permitting.
THEY SCORE!!! Jonson Clarke Harris does the needy and wheels away in celebration, stripping off his shirt and GPS bra. Elsewhere in the division, Rochdale and Northampton are about to be relegated.
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Championship: Derby have lost 2-1 at Swansea, a result that sets up a mouthwatering final day showdown between themselves and Sheffield Wednesday.
League One: Sunderland have made it 3-1 against Plymouth Argyle, a scoreline that will guarantee the Mackems a play-off place.
Full-time: Brighton 2-0 Leeds United
Premier League: Brighton were their usual wasteful selves but Fabian Gross and Danny Welbeck did enough to take all three points against a seriously out-of-sorts Leeds United.
Championship: Teemu Pukki makes it Norwich City 4-1 Reading at Carrow Road, while Rotherham equalise at Blackburn Rovers courtesy of a fine free-kick from Lewis Wing. That’s a huge goal from Wing - as things stand nobody is being relegated from the Championship today, although Wycombe are as good as down because their goal difference is so bad.
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League One latest
- AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Portsmouth
- Accrington Stanley 1-0 Charlton Athletic
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
- Burton Albion 0-1 Gillingham
- Fleetwood Town 1-1 MK Dons
- Hull City 3-1 Wigan Athletic
- Northampton Town 0-2 Blackpool
- Peterborough United 2-3 Lincoln City
- Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Sunderland
- Rochdale 1-2 Doncaster Rovers
- Shrewsbury Town 2-2 Oxford United
- Swindon Town 1-2 Ipswich Town
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Championship: Norwich City will go up to the Premier League as champions - Xavier Quintilla has put them 3-1 up against Reading at Carrow Road. Further down the table, Huddersfield have equalised against Coventry through Danny Ward. It’s a gift from Cov goalkeeper Ben Wilson.
GOAL! Brighton 2-0 Leeds United (Welbeck 80)
Premier League: Danny Welbeck hammers another nail into the coffin of West Brom and Fulham, performing a Cruff Turn to take himself away from his man before slotting a low diagonal shot into the far corner.
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League One: Already promoted, Hull City look nailed on to win the League One title after taking a 3-1 lead against Wigan. Further down the table, Peterborouogh have pulled another goal back against Lincoln City. They trail 3-2 and need a point to secure promotion.
Championship: Coventry take a 1-0 lead at Huddersfield, where Jordan Shipley has put scored in the 69th minute. At the Bet365 Stadium, QPR now lead Stoke 2-0, with Osman Kakay doubling the London side’s lead.
League One: James Henry has scored an eqauliser for Oxford United at Shrewsbury, where it’s two goals apiece.
League One: Plymouth equalise against Sunderland while Peterborough pull a goal back against Lincoln and now trail 3-1 at London Road.
Championship: Connor Roberts gives Swansea the lead against Derby County, a state of affairs that means Sheffield Wednesday, Rotherham and Wycombe Wanderers would all live to fight against the drop on another day.
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Championship: With just a one-step “run-up”, Ivan Toney puts Brentford 2-0 up against Watford with as confidently spanked a penalty as you’ll ever see. Meanwhile at the Liberty Stadium, Swansea have equalised against Derby County. In London, at the Den, Billy Mitchell has scored his second of the afternoon to make it Millwall 4-1 Bristol City.
League One: Rochdale have gone 2-0 down against Doncaster Rovers, a scoreline that will consign them to League Two.
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League Two: Southend have been gifted a goal at Barrow, whose goalkeeper Joel Dixon has just thrown one into his own net after fumbling what should have been a very straightforward save. Elsewhere, Bolton have conceded an equaliser to visitor Exters, with Randell Williams cancelling out Gethin Jones’s opener.
League One: Peterborough look hell-bent on blowing their chance to go up to the Championship. Anthony Scully has just put Lincoln City 3-0 against the Posh.
Premier League: Leeds are showing few signs of life in their match against Brighton, who have just squandered yet another great chance to extend their lead. Danny Welbeck chased a ball over the top but lacked the compusure to finish.
Championship: Derby County have taken the lead against Swansea at the Liberty Stadium through a Tom Lawrence goal that could send Wycombe Wanderers, Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham down to League One.
Elsewhere, Brentford, who are already guaranteed a play-off place, have taken the lead against Watford, who are already guaranteed a place in the Premier League.
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Championship: As things stand, Norwich will be crowned champions, while Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham will be relegated this afternoon.
Premier League: Play resumes at the Amex Stadium, where Brighton lead their visitors Leeds by the only goal of the game.
Championship half-times
- Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Nottingham Forest (result)
- Birmingham City 0-2 Cardiff City
- Brentford 0-0 Watford
- Huddersfield Town 0-0 Coventry City
- Luton Town 1-1 Middlesbrough
- Millwall 2-1 Bristol City
- Norwich City 1-1 Reading
- Preston 1-0 Barnsley
- Rotherham United 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
- Stoke City 0-1 QPR
- Swansea City 0-0 Derby County
- Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Bournemouth
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League One half-times
- AFC Wimbledon 1-3 Portsmouth
- Accrington Stanley 0-0 Charlton Athletic
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
- Burton Albion 0-1 Gillingham
- Fleetwood Town 0-0 MK Dons
- Hull City 2-1 Wigan Athletic
- Northampton Town 0-1 Blackpool
- Peterborough United 0-2 Lincoln City
- Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Sunderland
- Rochdale 0-1 Doncaster Rovers
- Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Oxford United
- Swindon Town 0-1 Ipswich Town
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League Two half-times
- Barrow 1-1 Southend United
- Bolton Wanderers 1-0 Exeter City
- Bradford City 0-0 Scunthorpe United
- Colchester United 0-0 Salford City
- Forest Green Rovers 0-0 Transmere Rovers
- Grimsby Town 1-0 Port Vale
- Leyton Orient 2-1 Carlisle United
- Mansfield Town 2-0 Oldham Athletic
- Newport County 1-0 Cheltenham Town
- Stevenage 1-1 Crawley Town
- Walsall 0-1 Morecambe
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League One: Lincoln City are 2-0 up against Peterborough United, whose fans celebrated promotion prematurely during the week. Lincoln can still overtake the Posh andf are going the right way about it.
Half-time: Brighton 1-0 Leeds United
Premier League: It’s half-time at the Amex Stadium, where Brighton have scored the only goal of the game against Leeds courtesy of a Fabian Gross penalty after 14 minutes.
Championship: Harry Wilson scores his second of the afternoon with a free-kick to put Cardiff City 2-0 up against Birmingham City. Elsewhere, Preston have taken the lead against Barnsley at Deepdale, while QPR lead by the only goal of the game at Stoke.
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Premier League: Danny Welbeck sends a low diagonal effort flashing wide of the far post as Brighton squander another chance to double their lead.
Premier League: Brighton pounce on a slapstick Leeds effort to play the ball out from the back, only for Leandro Trossard to shoot high and wide with the goal gaping. That’s a shocking miss ... unless you’re a Brighton fan who is used to seeing your team miss those kind of gilt-edge chances.
League One: Doncaster go a goal up against Rochdale, who could be relegated this afternoon even if they win.
Championship: Millwall retake the lead against Bristol City at The Den. Scott Malone scores their second of the afternoon.
Championship: There are two goals in as many minutes at Kenilworth Road, where Luton take the lead through Glen Rea, only for his opener to be cancelled out by Duncan Watmore. At Carrow Road, Norwich have equalised against Reading through Kieran Dowell.
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AFC Wimbledon go ahead against Porstmouth with a clearly offside goal that was flagged by the linesman, who was weirdly over-ruled by the referee. Justice is served when they are pegged back almost straight from kick-off. Hull City and Wigan also exchanged quick-fire goals, but the league leaders have just gone ahead for a second time. Sunderland, meanwhile, lead at Plymouth Argyle. A win today will guarantee them a play-off place.
- AFC Wimbledon 1-1 Portsmouth
- Accrington Stanley 0-0 Charlton Athletic
- Bristol Rovers 0-1 Crewe Alexandra
- Burton Albion 0-0 Gillingham
- Fleetwood Town 0-0 MK Dons
- Hull City 2-1 Wigan Athletic
- Northampton Town 0-1 Blackpool
- Peterborough United 0-0 Lincoln City
- Plymouth Argyle 0-1 Sunderland
- Rochdale 0-0 Doncaster City
- Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Oxford United
- Swindon Town 0-0 Ipswich Town
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League Two: Southend have to beat Barrow to avoid relegation today but they’re losing at Holker Street. The hosts lead courtesy of a Scott Quigly goal on 19 minutes. Elsewhere in League Two, it’s Bolton 1-0 Exter City, Leyton Orient 1-0 Carlisle United, Mansfield Town 1-0 Oldham Athletic, Newport County 1-0 Cheltenham Town and Stevenage 1-0 Crawley Town. All the rest are scoreless.
Championship: Rotherham go behind against Blackburn after Adam Armstrong robs a defender, scuttles upfield and rifles the ball past Jamal Blackman.
Championship: Norwich trail against Reading, who went a goal up through Josh Laurent after 12 minutes.
GOAL! Brighton 1-0 Leeds United (Gross 14pen)
Premier League: Ezgjan Alioski brings down Welbeck in the Leeds penalty area and Chris Kavanagh points to the spot. Illan Meslier goes the right way but the ball squirms past him.
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Championship: Harry Wilson has just scored a terrific opportunist’s goal to put Cardiff City ahead against Birmingham City. Spotting Zachary Jeacock a few off his line, he lobbed the goalkeeper with a wonderful effort off the outside of his boot.
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Premier League: The deadlock remains unbroken but Brighton are very much in the ascendency in their game against Leeds.
Championship: All but dead and buried, Wycombe have taken the lead against Bournemouth at Adams Park. Uche Ikpeazu has put his side in front with a wonderful curled effort past Asmir Begovic. At the Den, Millwall have gone one up against Bristol City, with Jed Wallace doing the honours.
Championship: Swansea have just messed up a wonderful opportunity to go a goal up against Derby, their two-on-one counter-attack breaking down due to an overhit pass.
Premier League: Leeds are dominating possession against Brighton in the early stages, the visitors wearing kit that looks a little like the burgundy with gold trim of Roma. Here’s hoping they don’t play like them. No chances for either side so far.
We’re off! Play begins at the Amex Stadium and assorted grounds the length and breadth of the United Kingdom.
Brighton v Leeds: Kalvin Phillips is absent from Leeds United’s matchday squad today. He shipped a bang on the back of his knee that has forced him to the sidelines. He’ll be a big loss.
Full-time: Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Nottingham Forest
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday have failed to beat Nottingham Forest at Hillsborough, which means they will be relegated later this afternoon if Derby County avoid defeat in their match against Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.
If the final 20 minutes of this game is anything to go by, they deserve to go down. It looked a fairly pitiful effort from a group of players supposed to be fighting for their lives.
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Match report: Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City
Premier League: A quick-fire second-half double won the points for Manchester City, who will regain the title if Liverpool beat Manchester United tomorrow afternoon. Ed Aarons was there to see it ...
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Premier League: Brighton v Leeds line-ups
Brighton: Sanchez, Burn, Webster, Dunk, Veltman, Bissouma, Trossard, Gross, White, Welbeck, Maupay
Subs: Steele, Connolly, Mac Allister, Jahanbakhsh, Alzate, Izquierdo, Propper, Zeqiri, Moder
Leeds United: Meslier, Ayling, Llorente, Koch, Alioski, Struijk, Klich, Dallas, Roberts, Harrison, Bamford
Subs: Poveda-Ocampo, Casilla, Hernandez, Berardi, Shackleton, Rodrigo, Drameh, Huggings, Jenkins
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday have to at least draw against Nottingham Forest in today’s early kick-off to maintain their slim hopes of staying up. It remains scoreless between the sides at Hillsborough with 35 minutes to go.
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Goals! Crystal Palace 0-2 Manchester City
Premier League: Manchester City have scored two goals in a minute to pull clear of Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Sergio Aguero bagged the first, with Ferran Torres doubling their lead about 60 seconds later. Scott Murray has the latest ...
Today's Premier League fixtures
A win for Manchester City this weekend would leave them just two points shy of claiming the title; a couple of points they won’t need if Liverpool do them a favour by beating Manchester United tomorrow. City are currently playing Crystal Palace in today’s early kick-off and it’s scoreless between the sides ahead of the second half at Selhurst Park.
Leicester City tightened their grip on a top four spot last night but will see their draw with Southampton as two points frittered away, having played against 10 men for 80 minutes. They remain in third place, eight points clear of West Ham in fifth, having played one game more. They also have games against Manchester United, Chelsea and Spurs to come.
- Crystal Palace v Manchester City (12.30pm)
- Brighton v Leeds United (3pm)
- Chelsea v Fulham (5.30pm)
- Everton v Aston Villa (8pm)
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Today's League Two fixtures
Cheltenham Town secured promotion to League One with their midweek draw against Carlisle and will – notwithstanding a wild swing in goal difference – go up as champions if they beat Newport County today.
Cambridge United squandered another chance to secure promotion, losing by the odd goal of nine to a second-string Harrogate side in an extraordinary game at the EnviroVent Stadium last night.
The U’s remain in second place with one game left to play but can still be overtaken by Bolton, Morecambe and Tranmere Rovers. Should Morecambe and Tranmere fail to win this afternoon, Cambridge will go up. A win for Bolton will guarantee the Lancashire side one of the three automatic promotion places.
Grimsby Town were relegated in midweek and Southend will join them in the National League unless they beat Barrow. Even victory is unlikely to be good enough for the Shrimpers, who will go down if both Colchester and Scunthorpe avoid defeat.
League Two fixtures
- Barrow v Southend United
- Bolton Wanderers v Exeter City
- Bradford City v Scunthorpe United
- Colchester United v Salford City
- Forest Green Rovers v Transmere Rovers
- Grimsby Town v Port Vale
- Leyton Orient v Carlisle United
- Mansfield Town v Oldham Athletic
- Newport County v Cheltenham Town
- Stevenage v Crawely Town
- Walsall v Morecambe
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Today's League One fixtures
Having secured promotion last weekend, Hull will go up as champions if they better Peterborough’s result. In a massive game at the top of the table, Peterborough will go up if they avoid defeat against Lincoln City, the only team that can still catch them.
Defeat for Northampton against Blackpool will guarantee their relegation, while a win might not be good enough to keep them up depending on results elsewhere. Rochdale are in an almost identical position going into their home game against Doncaster.
League One fixtures
- AFC Wimbledon v Portsmouth
- Accrington Stanley v Charlton Athletic
- Bristol Rovers v Crewe Alexandra
- Burton Albion v Gillingham
- Fleetwood Town v MK Dons
- Hull City v Wigan Athletic
- Northampton Town v Blackpool
- Peterborough United v Lincoln City
- Plymouth Argyle v Sunderland
- Rochdale v Doncaster City
- Shrewsbury Town v Oxford United
- Swindon Town v Ipswich Town
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Today's Championship fixtures
Already promoted Norwich City will win the title with a win over Reading. Daniel Farke’s side will also be crowned champions if Watford, who have also guaranteed their promotion, fail to win their match against Brentford.
At the bottom of the table, all three relegations could be confirmed today. Anything other than a win will guarantee Wycombe’s quick return to League One and even victory over Bournemouth might not be enough to keep them hanging on for another week, depending on results elsewhere.
Sheffield Wednesday must at least draw with Nottingham Forest in the lunchtime kick-off to give themselves any chance of staying up, while defeat against Blackburn will consign Rotherham to the drop.
Fixtures
- Sheffield Wednesday v Nottingham Forest (12.30pm)
- Birmingham City v Cardiff City
- Brentford v Watford
- Huddersfield Town v Coventry City
- Luton Town v Middlesbrough
- Millwall v Bristol City
- Norwich City v Reading
- Preston v Barnsley
- Rotherham United v Blackburn Rovers
- Stoke City v QPR
- Swansea City v Derby County
- Wycombe Wanderers v Bournemouth
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Brighton v Leeds
With their social media team participating in a high profile boycott, it’s probably safe to say that Leeds looked a little leggy in their bore-draw with Manchester United last weekend without fear of subjected to mockery – and the inevitable pile-on – that comes with it by the club’s Twitter account.
While they have nothing to play for, it is difficult to imagine Marcelo Bielsa countenancing the sight of his players downing tools, even if Brighton might hope to get an easier game than many who have faced Leeds this season. The Seagulls are not yet safe and their inability to score let them down once again in defeat against Sheffield United in their most recent outing.
Defeat against Leeds would come as welcome news in the Fulham dressing-room ahead of their must-win game against Chelsea at 5.30pm. Later tonight, Everton host Aston Villa in a game the Merseyside club almost certainly need to win to keep their hopes of underwhelming in next season’s Europa League group stages alive.
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Saturday afternoon clockwatch ...
As this long slog of a season rumbles inexorably towards its conclusion it’s time for another busy Saturday afternoon of top flight and EFL action. Below the Premier League there is no shortage of of teams throughout the Football League desperately fighting to either secure promotion or avoid the drop. While Fulham remain visible in Brighton’s rear-view mirror, Graham Potter’s side are not yet safe and we’ll be keeping tabs on their trip to Leeds in the Premier League’s only three o’clock kick-off.
In the divisions below, it is a pivotal afternoon during which – for better or worse – the fate of several clubs will be sealed. We’ll bring you team news, goal updates, all the major talking points, results and post-match reaction, so stay tuned and let us watch all the action so that you don’t have to.
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