Summary

  • Sheff Wed beat Newcastle to deny them top spot

  • Striker Gayle off injured in first half

  • Sheff Utd promoted to the Championship

  • Doncaster win promotion to League One

  • Norwich thrash high-flying Reading 7-1

  • Third-placed Huddersfield lose at Forest

  • Wigan score 97th-min winner against Rotherham

  1. HITS THE WOODWORKpublished at 3 mins

    Sheff Wed 0-0 Newcastle

    Almost an early goal! Gary Hooper hits the bar from close range! He side-footed it onto the woodwork.

    Karl Darlow was beaten. It came after good work down the left from Daniel Pudil. Hooper probably should have scored.

  2. Postpublished at 2 mins

    Sheff Wed 0-0 Newcastle

    Jonjo Shelvey tries a dinked through ball towards Dwight Gayle but it runs all the way through to the Owls keeper.

  3. KICK-OFFpublished at 0 mins

    Sheff Wed 0-0 Newcastle

    Newcastle, playing in their traditional black and white kit, get the game started.

    Sheffield Wednesday are in their all-blue kit.

  4. The teams are outpublished at 17:28 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Sheff Wed v Newcastle (17:30 BST)

    It is a beautiful evening in Sheffield. Out come the teams, into blinding, low sunshine.

  5. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:26 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    #bbcefl

    Sheffield United celebrateImage source, Rex Features

    Whether you want to react to your side's win today (Blades and Donny fans - how thrilled are you to be up?!) or rant about a loss, get involved via #bbcefl on Twitter.

    Wednesday and Newcastle fans - we also want your predictions for this evening's game.

  6. Team newspublished at 17:23 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Sheff Wed v Newcastle (17:30 BST)

    Here are the line-ups at Hillsborough in full:

    Sheff Wed: Westwood, Hunt, Loovens, Lees, Pudil, Wallace, Jones, Bannan, Reach, Fletcher, Hooper.

    Subs: Wildsmith, Winnall, Palmer, Rhodes, Semedo, Sasson, Forestieri.

    Newcastle: Darlow, Anita, Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett, Ritchie, Shelvey, Diame, Gouffran, Perez, Gayle.

    Subs: Elliot, Gamez, Haidara, Ameobi, Atsu, Mitrovic, Murphy.

  7. Team newspublished at 17:21 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Sheff Wed v Newcastle (17:30 BST)

    Jordan RhodesImage source, Rex Features

    Sheffield Wednesday make one change, as Jordan Rhodes drops to the bench. Adam Reach starts in his place.

    Newcastle also make one change, as Yoan Gouffran replaces Christian Atsu, wide on the left.

    Here are the full line-ups...

  8. Still to comepublished at 17:18 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Sheff Wed v Newcastle (17:30 BST)

    That's not all for today though - we still have a real humdinger of a Championship game on the way.

    Newcastle have collected 43 points in away games this season, at least 10 more than any other second-tier side has managed.

    Can they add to that tally with another away win today?

    Their opponents, Sheffield Wednesday, want a win to return to the top six, after Fulham's win over Ipswich.

  9. League Two headlinespublished at 17:15 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Graham Carey (right)Image source, Rex Features

    Doncaster clinched promotion by beating Mansfield, while Plymouth, who fought back from a goal down to beat 10-man Crawley, can follow them into League One with a victory in their next game when they travel to third-placed Portsmouth.

    Luton's win at Barnet sees them move up to fourth but they are eight points adrift of Pompey.

    Leyton Orient's defeat at Cambridge leaves them 10 points off safety with six games to go.

  10. League One headlinespublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Ruben LameirasImage source, Rex Features

    Sheffield United beat Northampton to secure promotion to the Championship, but Bolton, who are second, failed to capitalise on third-placed Fleetwood's 2-0 defeat at Oldham as they were beaten by fellow promotion hopefuls Scunthorpe. 

    Coventry City's win against Peterborough, thanks to a Ruben Lameiras goal, means they will not be relegated before the Easter weekend.

    Meanwhile, second-bottom Chesterfield claimed a precious win over fellow strugglers Port Vale.

  11. Championship headlinespublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Bristol City v WolvesImage source, Rex Features

    At the bottom:

    • Big home wins for Forest and Bristol City
    • Burton earn a point; Blackburn lose
    • Wigan strike late to stay seven points below safety
    • Birmingham lose to a late goal to stay in trouble

    At the top:

    • Reading thrashed at Norwich; Huddersfield lost at Forest
    • Leeds beat Preston; Fulham go back to sixth
    • Derby's late winner puts them eighth

    And, in the middle, Cardiff came from behind to beat Brentford.

  12. Postpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Reckon we could do with rounding up a crazy afternoon of EFL football?

    We agree, so here goes...

  13. FULL-TIMEpublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Wigan 3-2 Rotherham

    How big could that three points turn out to be for Wigan? Nick Powell's late free-kick has kept them just about in the race for Championship survival...

  14. Postpublished at 17:00 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    FT: Leeds 3-0 Preston

    Leeds v PrestonImage source, Empics

    Souleymane Doukara added a third for Leeds late on to cap a win that really dampens Preston's play-off hopes and makes Leeds a very safe bet to be in the top six come the end of the season.

  15. Postpublished at 16:59 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    FT: Birmingham 1-2 Derby

    Tom Ince's late goal makes Gary Rowett's return to Birmingham a very sweet one.

    Three wins in a row for the Rams.

    Birmingham remain just six points above the relegation zone. They travel to Rotherham next.

  16. goal

    GOAL: Wigan 3-2 Rotherhampublished at 16:58 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Nick Powell

    Drama! Wigan aren't down yet!  Nick Powell nets a 96th-minute free-kick! A vital moment for the Latics.

  17. Doncaster are promoted to League Onepublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 8 April 2017
    Breaking

    FT: Doncaster 1-0 Mansfield

    DoncasterImage source, Rex Features

    And the whistle has gone at the Keepmoat too, where the supporters are celebrating because Doncaster Rovers have sealed promotion to League One.

  18. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:57 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Blackburn 0-2 Barnsley

    Bad day for Blackburn - they've lost at home while others around them have picked up big results. They're now seven games without a win.

  19. FULL-TIMEpublished at 16:56 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    Bristol City 3-1 Wolves

    Lee Johnson's side bounce back after losing 5-0 at Preston!

    Wolves' five-match winning run is over.

  20. Postpublished at 16:55 British Summer Time 8 April 2017

    FT: Norwich 7-1 Reading; Fulham 3-1 Ipswich

    Ipswich pulled one back through Christophe Berra in stoppage time but it wasn't enough to stop Fulham moving back into the top six.

    Meanwhile, Norwich's win was sealed after half-an-hour's play...