Championship finale: Ipswich promoted to Premier League; Hull grab playoff spot ahead of Wrexham – live

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Championship 2025-26 final table

Coventry and Ipswich promoted; Millwall to play Hull, Southampton to play Middlesbrough in the playoffs; Oxford, Leicester and Sheffield Wednesday relegated; the Owls celebrate reaching zero.

Championship final day final scores

Blackburn Rovers 0-1 Leicester City
Bristol City 2-0 Stoke City
Derby County 1-3 Sheffield United
Hull City 2-1 Norwich City
Ipswich Town 3-0 QPR
Millwall 2-0 Oxford United
Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City
Preston North End 1-3 Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 West Brom
Swansea City 3-1 Charlton Athletic
Watford 0-4 Coventry City
Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

There’s a pitch invasion at Hull, even though they have another game to play. Wild celebrations at Ipswich, too. Portman Road is, once again, a Premier League ground.

Full-time: Derby 1-2 Sheffield United

Derby fall short. At one point, a playoff position was in their hands. Instead, disappointment.

Hull go into the playoffs

Penalty call for Norwich? They want it, and Maghoma is booked for his complaints. It’s a corner instead. The final moments of the season and Ivor Pandur claims it. That’s the last of the action, and Hull claim sixth place and will play Millwall over two legs in the playoffs.

Ipswich promoted!

Ipswich are back, and in the Premier League after beating QPR 3-0. They made short work of the job in hand. Well done to Kieran McKenna’s men.

Final score: Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

Kieffer Moore spoons his shot wide, and that’s the last of it. Wrexham fall short. They are relying on Norwich.

So, it comes down to Hull and Wrexham. The latter are in the final minute of time added on. Six minutes are added on at Hull.

Coventry now lead 4-0 at Watford, Victor Torp getting it. Leo Walta has made it 3-1 to Swansea against Charlton. Leicester’s horror season is over, and they sign off with a 1-0 win at Blackburn, Stephy Mavididi getting their goal. It’s full-time at Ewood Park, and Bristol City sign off with a 2-0 win over Stoke.

Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

A huge scramble as Wrexham chase that goal. It’s remaining elusive.

Goal! Ipswich 3-0 QPR (McAteer, 86)

The job is done as the sub, Kasey McAteer, scores as QPR commit men forward and leae themselves open. Ipswich are back in the big time.

Kasey McAteer of Ipswich Town celebrates scoring his team's third goal.

Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

Close! Windass smashes over after a counterattack, Nathan Broadhead had laid that on a plate.

Swansea now lead again against Charlton, Adam Idah getting his second. At Hillsborough, Karlan Grant has got one back for West Brom. A Baggies equaliser would stop the Owls getting to zero points. Bristol City, in Roy Hodgson’s last game in charge – we think – now lead 2-0, Sam Bell getting it.

Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

All guns blazing for Wrexham, as they seek the goal that takes them into the playoffs. Imagine the streaming content this would bring about.

Hull 2-1 Norwich

This game kicked off later in the second half than the others, and now the Hull keeper, Ivan Pandur, is down.

We’re into the last ten minutes of the Championship regular season.

By the way, Charlton have equalised, through Miles Leaburn, son of Addicks great Carl Leaburn.

Ipswich 2-0 QPR

Jack Clarke, who nearly got the job done at St Mary’s, is on and causing trouble for Rangers. This has been comfortable, and it might have been more when O’Shea heads back across goal, and McAteer can’t get there.

Swansea lead Charlton 1-0, Adam Idah getting the goal.

Millwall 2-0 Oxford

Femi Azeez, who has scored twice, is subbed off, to be kept for the playoffs. As it stands, Millwall will play Hull, and Southampton will face Middlesbrough.

Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

News reaches Wrexham fans, looking pensive as they realise their own dream is dying.

Goal! Hull 2-1 Norwich (McBurnie, 67)

Another shift! Hull are in sixth, and Wrexham will go mad, and they’ve every right to go mad; that looked offside.

Oliver McBurnie tucks the ball home to give Hull the lead against Norwich.

Oli McBurnie of Hull City celebrates after scoring his second goal to make it 2-1 against Norwich City.

Goal! Derby 1-2 Sheffield United (Peck, 69)

The Derby dream is slipping away. Is it just Hull and Wrexham with a chance now? Sydie Peck’s goal has them sunk.

That’s been the fifth time the final playoff position has changed. The second-placed spot has been in full Ipswich command all afternoon. They cannot let this slip, can they?

Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

News has reached the Racecourse, and the atmosphere is buoyant. Tom Cannon’s name is being heard in the stands, via transistor radio and 5g.

Wrexham fans check on scores from other matches.

Goal! Derby 1-1 Sheffield United (Cannon, 62)

Tom Cannon’s equaliser puts Wrexham in the final playoff position.

Goal! Preston 1-2 Southampton (Dobbin, 60)

A breakaway goal, and Dobbin scores. Saints hoping for the best playoff draw possible.

Ellis Simms has made it a hat-trick for Coventry at Watford. The champions of the Championship are cruising.

Ellis Simms celebrates after scoring Coventry City’s third and complete his hat-trick.

Ipswich 2-0 QPR

Jaden Philogene almost finished it off, only to be denied by Joe Walsh. Life’s been good to Ipswich so far, though.

Hull 1-1 Norwich

A fine save from Kovacevic in the Norwich goal, after a McBurnie header.

Millwall 2-0 Oxford

Millwall are all over Oxford at the moment. All they can do is keep up the pressure and await good tidings from Suffolk.

Southampton now lead 2-0 at Preston, with Ross Stewart on the scoresheet.

Ross Stewart of Southampton scores to put his team 2-0 up at Preston North End.

Goal! Millwall 2-0 Oxford (Azeez, 48)

That man again, and Millwall are keeping up the pressure on Ipswich.

Femi Azeez celebrates after scoring his, and Millwall’s, second goal of the game against Oxford United.

Ipswich appear to be taking their time coming back on. That could delay the conclusion being reached.

Back underway for the second halves

What fun awaits us in the next 45 minutes?

As it stands: automatic promotion

As it stands: playoffs

Championship half-time scores

Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Leicester City
Bristol City 1-0 Stoke City
Derby County 1-0 Sheffield United
Hull City 1-1 Norwich City
Ipswich Town 2-0 QPR
Millwall 1-0 Oxford United
Portsmouth 1-1 Birmingham City
Preston North End 0-1 Southampton
Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 West Brom
Swansea City 0-0 Charlton Athletic
Watford 0-2 Coventry City
Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough

Ipswich 2-0 QPR

Rangers have come back into this one, having rained the last six shots. Have Ipswich blown themselves out? We’re into time added on of the first halves.

Coventry score a second, as does Ellis Simms, at Watford, their 95th goal of the season.

Goal! Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough (Strelec, 43)

Tommy Conway lays it up for a neat sidefoot, and Derby are back in sixth. Big cheers at Hull for that one.

David Strelec sidefoots the ball home to put Middlesbrough back on level terms.

Sheffield Wednesday are 2-0 up on West Brom, Liam Palmer scores and they will climb to zero points and win a first home game of the season it stays this way.

Goal! Wrexham 2-1 Middlesbrough (Smith, 41)

A brilliant header from Sam Smith and Wrexham are up into the play-offs.

A flying Sam Smith heads home to give Wrexham the lead.

Sam Smith of Wrexham celebrates scoring his team's second goal with a flying kick at the corner flag.

Jamie Cowper gets in touch: “The Oxford away end at Millwall is a sell out, we’ve been put in the upper stand, plenty of us here cheering the team on as they’ve put up a fight to try and keep us in the division, “We’re going to Bromley, you’re going to Spurs.”

Safe home, Jamie.

Sheffield Wednesday, for whom there was already good news of a takeover, have taken the lead against West Brom; Nathaniel Chalobah scored in the 36th minute at a packed Hillsborough.