Football: the final day of the Championship

Wolverhampton Wanderers fans wave flags in the stands before kick-off in what will be their last game in the Championship after they sealed top spot last month Photograph: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport

Ipswich manager Roy Keane appluads the fans before their match with Coventry Photograph: Frances Leader/Action Images

Marcel Seip of Plymouth Argyle battles for the ball with Daniel Bogdanovic of Barnsley Photograph: Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Nottingham Forest's Lewis McGugan, right, tries to evade Southampton's Morgan Schneiderlin Photograph: Steven Paston/Action Images

Birmingham City's James McFadden, left, and Reading's Dan Harding battle for the ball as both sides seek automatic promotion Photograph: Rebecca Naden/PA

Norwich City fans have a message for majority shareholder Delia Smith as their team face relegation to League One Photograph: Joe Giddens/EMPICS Sport

Nicky Bailey of relegated Charlton Athletic is congratulated after scoring a goal which could condemn Norwich to the drop Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images

QPR's Rowan Vine and Billy Jones of Preston take a tumble. Preston are hunting for a promotion spot, but lie two points behind sixth-placed Burnley and three points behind fifth-placed Cardiff Photograph: Paul Currie/Action Images

Keith Fahey breaks the deadlock for Birmingham Photograph: Alex Morton/Action Images

Graham Alexander celebrates scoring the first goal for Burnley against Bristol City Photograph: Paul Burrows/Action Images

A young Sheffield United fan watches from the stands Photograph: Peter Cziborra/Action Images

Ipswich's Pablo Counago is congratulated on scoring their seond goal against Coventry Photograph: Frances Leader/Action Images

Crystal Palace's Matt Lawrence and Sheffield United's Darius Henderson leap for the ball Photograph: PA Wire/PA

Kazenga Lualua of Doncaster Rovers tackles Richard Stearman of Wolves Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images

Sheffield Wednesday's Jermaine Johnson wheels away in delight as his 71st minute goal dents Cardiff's play-off aspirations Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images

Coventry manager Chris Coleman looks to the skies as his side endure another miserable day Photograph: Frances Leader/Action Images

Watford's Adrian Mariappa attempts an acrobatic strike against Derby County Photograph: David Field/Action Images

Norwich City players try to come to terms with relegation as a 4-2 defeat sends them down Photograph: Tom Dulat/Getty Images

Lee Carsley of Birmingham City celebrates after a 2-1 win earns his team automatic promotion Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images

Cardiff City's players are dejected at the end of the match as a 1-0 defeat costs them a place in the play-offs. Sheffield United, Reading, Burnley and Preston will now compete for the final promotion slot. Photograph: Craig Brough/Action Images