Championship LIVE: Reaction as Leeds United and Burnley are promoted to the Premier League

Summary

Leeds United and Burnley are both promoted to the Premier League with two games to spare
Josh Brownhill's first-half double secures a 2-1 win for the Clarets against third-placed Sheffield United who are eight points adrift
Leeds thrash Stoke 6-0 with Joel Piroe claiming four to book their return to the top flight
Tony Mowbray is sacked as West Brom manager following their 3-1 defeat to Derby
Mustapha Bundu's double guides bottom side Plymouth past sixth-placed Coventry
Cameron Brannagan's long-range strike earns Oxford a point at Cardiff in Aaron Ramsey's first game in charge
Isaiah Jones seals Luton's fine 3-1 win over Bristol City as Robins fail to confirm play-off spot
Joel Gelhardt converts two penalties for Hull to beat Preston
Anthony Musaba's late winner edges Sheffield Wednesday past Middlesbrough and dent visitors' play-off hopes
Mihailo Ivanovic's double and Femi Azeez keeps Millwall's top six chances alive against Norwich
Blackburn also still in play-off mix as Tyrhys Dolan's solitary strike secures win over Sunderland
Colby Bishop's goal against 10-man Watford confirms Portsmouth's safety
Swansea claim fifth-straight win under Alan Sheehan with a 2-1 victory at QPR
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Live Reporting

Glenn Speller, Kate Holloway, Ben Hutchinson, Ben Ashton & Lennan Tomlins

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Get Involvedpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 21 April
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Replying to Steve: as a Plymouth fan, I agree refereeing should be improved pretty sure Argyle have seen their fair share of poor calls look at Friday when Joe Edwards was shown a red for a very very soft touch against M'boro.
Anon
GOAL Hull 1-1 Prestonpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 21 April
Joe Gelhardt pen (50 mins)

The former Leeds man finds the bottom corner with a brilliant penalty to make it all square for Hull.
The penalty was awarded after Gelhardt was fouled in the penalty area.
PENALTYpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 21 April
Hull 0-1 Preston

Penalty to Hull.
KICK-OFFpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 21 April
QPR 0-1 Swansea

No changes for these two as QPR look to find a leveller.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 21 April
Sheff Wed 0-1 Middlesbrough

Sheffield Wednesday boss Danny Rohl has made one change at the break.
Anthony Musaba is on in place of Djeidi Gassama.
KICK-OFFpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 21 April
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The Pilgrims get us underway for a massive second-half for both these teams.
No changes for either side.
The rest of the games are also resuming - off we go again people...
As it stands at the bottompublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 21 April
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What half that has been to change the way things look at the bottom of the Championship.
Plymouth lead Coventry 2-1 and are just two points from safety in the live table, while Derby are 2-0 ahead at West Brom and are out of the bottom three, two points clear of danger as things stand.
Cardiff are level with Oxford and two points adrift with the U's five points above the drop zone.
Hull are trailing Preston and two points above Luton in 22nd, who are goalless with Bristol City.
It's so tight.
Get Involvedpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 21 April
HT: Plymouth 2-1 Coventry

Bundu goes in knee height on Jamie Allen, should be a straight red, but gets a yellow. He then scores one and sets up another. And you wonder why there is a growing dissatisfaction with referees currently, when key decisions like that don't just define games, but can define promotion/relegation.
Steve
Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 21 April
HT: Leeds 5-0 Stoke
Mark Elliott
Stoke City commentator

I'm losing count of the goals myself.
The only time I've picked up the pen is to write down Leeds United's goals and it's already half way down the page.
Get Involvedpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 21 April
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A shout out to my Leeds supporting mate Jerry who couldn’t get a ticket, pacing the room nervously pre match, I reckon you can break out your Dad dancing now!
Paul
Is it Easter or Christmas. MOT.
Pete in Keighley
Fantastic stuff from Leeds but Solomon should have added two more with easy tap ins had he been where he should have. I think we can let him off today!
Steve
New song from Leeds this season! Leeds are tearing 'em apart again!
Anon
The composure this Leeds side is showing in this match is very un-Leedslike to say the least! Time to jump in the car and head north to celebrate I think!
Tim, a Leeds fan in Nottingham
'Sky Blues still in the game'published at 15:56 British Summer Time 21 April
HT: Plymouth 2-1 Coventry
Steve Ogrizovic
Ex-Coventry City goalkeeper on BBC CWR

Coventry still have lots of work to do but they're still very much in the game.
'Utterly embarrassing'published at 15:55 British Summer Time 21 April
HT: Leeds 5-0 Stoke
Angela Smith
BBC Radio Stoke

I think Stoke are feeling sorry for themselves at the moment, they've got to show some fight in the second half.
I've supported Stoke all my life and I'm utterly embarrassed at that performance. It's a little bit of a sobering afternoon for us all.
At this moment in time I can't see it getting any better.
'Hold on to your hats'published at 15:53 British Summer Time 21 April
HT: Plymouth 2-1 Coventry City
Brent Pilnick
BBC Sport at Home Park

What a mad ending to this half here.
Just as Argyle's fans were celebrating, Haji Wright inserts some nerves back into them.
It was a smart finish from the American forward and has set up a thrilling game here.
Hold on to your hats in the second half...
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 21 April
Portsmouth 1-0 Watford

Colby Bishop's 11th goal of the season has Pompey in front and safe as things stand.
It came after Egil Selvik fumbled Josh Murphy's cross.
Nicolas Schmid superbly denied Imran Louza to prevent a Watford leveller.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 21 April
Leeds 5-0 Stoke

Leeds' Joel Piroe feasts on an abysmal defensive performance from Stoke City.
The Dutchman has found the net four times in the opening 45 minutes, with Junior Firpo joining the fun to make it five.
I don't know what Mark Robins' half-time team talk plans are but with how his team have been shaken in the first-half, he'll need to make it a good one if he wants to stop the bleeding.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 21 April
Millwall 2-1 Norwich City

Norwich City find an added time goal to drag themselves back into the contest at the Den.
GOAL: Millwall 2-1 Norwichpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 21 April
Shane Duffy (49 mins)

The Canaries are back in this just before the break.
Jacob Wright's corner cross finds the head of Shane Duffy to reduce the deficit to just one.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 21 April
Luton 0-0 Bristol City

Decent enough but goalless.
Nahki Wells wasted the best chance for the visitors when dragging an effort wide.
Thelo Aasgaard has hit a free-kick over the bar for Luton and been brilliantly denied by Max O'Leary.
Tight at the top, tight at the bottom and that affects both of these teams.
HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 21 April
West Brom 0-2 Derby

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Goals from Ebou Adams and Jerry Yates have put Derby in the driving seat on a huge afternoon at the foot of the Championship.
West Brom have come more into the game as the half has progressed with Josh Vickers denying Tom Fellows.
What a day at the bottom - league table on its way.
Postpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 21 April
Luton 0-0 Bristol City

Just the two minutes added on here.

Championship Table

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Difference	Points	Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first
1 Leeds United	44	27	13	4	89	29	60	94	Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
2 Burnley	44	26	16	2	61	15	46	94	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
3 Sheffield United	44	27	7	10	60	35	25	86	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
4 Sunderland	44	21	13	10	58	41	17	76	Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
5 Bristol City	44	17	16	11	57	49	8	67	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
6 Coventry City	44	19	9	16	62	57	5	66	Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
7 Middlesbrough	44	18	9	17	64	54	10	63	Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss
8 Millwall	44	17	12	15	45	46	-1	63	Result Loss Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Loss Result Win
9 Blackburn Rovers	44	18	8	18	50	46	4	62	Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win
10 West Bromwich Albion	44	14	18	12	52	44	8	60	Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss
11 Swansea City	44	17	9	18	48	52	-4	60	Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win Result Win
12 Watford	44	16	8	20	51	58	-7	56	Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
13 Sheffield Wednesday	44	15	11	18	58	67	-9	56	Result Draw Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Win
14 Norwich City	44	13	14	17	67	66	1	53	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
15 Queens Park Rangers	44	13	14	17	52	58	-6	53	Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Draw Result Win Result Loss
16 Portsmouth	44	14	10	20	56	69	-13	52	Result Win Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw Result Win Result Win
17 Stoke City	44	12	14	18	45	60	-15	50	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Win Result Win Result Loss
18 Preston North End	44	10	19	15	45	55	-10	49	Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Loss
19 Oxford United	44	12	13	19	44	62	-18	49	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw
20 Hull City	44	12	12	20	43	52	-9	48	Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
21 Derby County	44	12	10	22	47	56	-9	46	Result Win Result Loss Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win
22 Luton Town	44	12	10	22	41	64	-23	46	Result Win Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Win Result Win
23 Cardiff City	44	9	16	19	46	69	-23	43	Result Draw Result Draw Result Draw Result Loss Result Loss Result Draw
24 Plymouth Argyle	44	10	13	21	48	85	-37	43	Result Draw Result Win Result Loss Result Win Result Loss Result Win

Key

Position 1, 2 : Promotion
Position 3, 4, 5, 6 : Promotion Play-off
Position 22, 23, 24 : Relegation

Sheffield United have been deducted two points for defaulted transfer payments.

Last Updated 21st April 2025 at 23:29

Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made.

Championship: Burnley and Leeds promoted - reaction

Summary

Live Reporting

Get Involvedpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 21 April

GOAL Hull 1-1 Prestonpublished at 16:07 British Summer Time 21 April

PENALTYpublished at 16:06 British Summer Time 21 April

KICK-OFFpublished at 16:05 British Summer Time 21 April

SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 16:04 British Summer Time 21 April

KICK-OFFpublished at 16:03 British Summer Time 21 April

As it stands at the bottompublished at 16:01 British Summer Time 21 April

Get Involvedpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 21 April

Postpublished at 15:59 British Summer Time 21 April

Get Involvedpublished at 15:58 British Summer Time 21 April

'Sky Blues still in the game'published at 15:56 British Summer Time 21 April

'Utterly embarrassing'published at 15:55 British Summer Time 21 April

'Hold on to your hats'published at 15:53 British Summer Time 21 April

HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:52 British Summer Time 21 April

HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 21 April

HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 21 April

GOAL: Millwall 2-1 Norwichpublished at 15:51 British Summer Time 21 April

HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 21 April

HALF-TIMEpublished at 15:49 British Summer Time 21 April

Postpublished at 15:48 British Summer Time 21 April

Championship Scores and fixtures

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Championship Table

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