Championship - Wolves promoted, Charlton down

Eurosport - Sun, 19 Apr 13:16:00 2009

Wolves will be playing Premier League football next season after their promotion from the Championship was confirmed by a 1-0 win over QPR at Molineux.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Championship Wolves players mob David Jones - 0

As he has been throughout the season, top-scorer Sylvan Ebanks-Blake was the hero of the hour once again for Mick McCarthy's side, slotting Andy Keogh's pass home a minute after the break for his 25th goal of the season.

Wolves had to ride their luck at times as the visitors applied the pressure in the second half, but the league leaders held firm to secure their ticket to the top flight next season.

Birmingham remain in the second automatic promotion spot and moved four points clear of third-placed Sheffield United after Cameron Jerome's late winner gave them victory at Watford.

Cardiff stay in fourth but their hopes of making automatic promotion took a major blow after they were hammered 6-0 at Preston, who revived their own hopes of making the play-offs.

North End are now just a point away from the top six after a Neil Mellor brace, strikes from Jon Parkin, Chris Brown and Lee Williamson and a Mark Kennedy own goal giving them a crushing win at Deepdale.

Swansea also kept their play-off hopes alive with a 1-0 win over Bristol City, Garry Monk heading in at the near post from a corner on 25 minutes to give Roberto Martinez's side all three points.

Reading are still fifth after a disappointing goaless draw at the Madejski Stadium with Barnsley, who are a point above the relegation zone.

At the bottom, Charlton were relegated to League One after letting a two-goal lead slip at home against Blackpool.

The Addicks appeared to be going down fighting after Deon Burton and Jonjo Shelvey scored a minute apart straight after half-time.

But DJ Campbell pulled a goal back from the penalty spot for the visitors with just over 20 minutes remaining before substitute Lee Hughes sealed Charlton's fate with an equaliser in stoppage time.

Things also look grim for second-bottom Southampton after a Luke Varney brace condemned them to a 2-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday, and they are three points from safety with two games to play.

Nottingham Forest moved out of the bottom three and up to 20th with a 1-0 victory over Coventry courtesy of James Perch's winner a minute after the break.

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace beat Derby 1-0 despite having Victor Moses sent off, while Doncaster ran out 3-0 winners at Plymouth.

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  1. Charlton 2 league 1

    From Nath, on Tue 21 Apr 4:51PM

  2. Jon G. Have a look at who is 12th and 19th respectively­ in the Premiership and tell me whether you expected­ that back in September...

    From Peter, on Mon 20 Apr 11:59AM

  3. enjoy iy while it lasts,youll @#$% straight back­ down,no where near good enough

    From jon g, on Mon 20 Apr 1:44AM

  4. c'mon you wolves!! well done to all involved yeh­ !
    we are premier league !!

    From leerichards470, on Sun 19 Apr 10:48PM

  5. Great to see The Wolves back where they belong. I­ remember many exciting games at Molineux in the­ '50's watching with my dad. With the likes of­ Bill Slater, Eddie Clamp, Ron Flowers, Bert Williams­ and Billy Wright, they were great days, now they're­ back.

    Old Staffordian

    From rogermossnorbury, on Sun 19 Apr 6:56PM

  6. Sapper commando you sad little man! We are a proper­ team, not like the prawn sandwich eating glory hunters­ that mainly go to watch Premiership sides nowadays.­ They have forgotten about the true fan's and sold­ out to the corporate pimps that attend these matches so­ they think they look cool. I would rather support a­ none league side they follow those sell-outs

    From sean.davies3, on Sun 19 Apr 4:47PM

  7. Congratulations Wolverhamton Wanderers ! !

    I wander­ what the devil happend to Charlton Ath. ??

    From obliss, on Sun 19 Apr 4:28PM

  8. Come on lads , lets stay in the premiership , do it for­ me , Steve Bull .

    From Steve Bull, on Sun 19 Apr 9:18AM

  9. welcome back mick mccartney and wolves, well done

    From tunde, on Sun 19 Apr 9:03AM

  10. Nice job, Wolves. You've always been destined to­ play Prem soccer. Best of luck to you, as long as­ you're not playing Man U :p

    From Lt. Comm. Data, on Sun 19 Apr 8:42AM

  11. I feel so happy I think I'm gonna explode - WD the­ Wolves

    From Mr Rundog, on Sun 19 Apr 7:50AM

  12. Welcome to the Premiership chaps , good show ,Gin all­ round

    From Harold, on Sun 19 Apr 7:37AM
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    I find it really amusing how the likes of Wolverhampton­ jo jo between the Championship and the Premiership.­ They won't last in the Premiership just like the­ last time. What a joke of a side that is, just like­ their Brummie counterparts Birmingham City.

    From sappercommando25, on Sun 19 Apr 5:51AM

  14. Good luck to Wolves next season goes to show that­ giving a manager a fair"Crack at the­ Whip"instead of showing him the exit door at the­ first sign of trouble DOES pay off!!!If only Flavio­ Britore could adopt the same approach at Rangers it­ would not have been yet another pantomime of a season­ for us Good luck to Wolves!

    From markfriel100, on Sun 19 Apr 3:25AM

  15. What a great second half of season for Doncaster, way­ to go boys

    From whfutballmaniac, on Sun 19 Apr 2:25AM

  16. welcome back mick .............. u done a great job­ ...... every where ya went ,.

    From chartiot111, on Sun 19 Apr 1:39AM

  17. What a fall-from mid table of the premier league 3­ years ago to league one.

    From JONHBOY, on Sun 19 Apr 1:19AM

  18. Half A Brain

    Your name says more about you than­ anything I could write!!!

    From thelampshade2000, on Sun 19 Apr 12:12AM

  19. charlton are relegated again !! oh dear manchester­ united in the 70s

    From PHIL, on Sat 18 Apr 11:47PM

  20. Welcome back to the premier league Wolves. This time­ Spend some money on some New Players so that you can­ survive in the Big time, Again well done.
    From a­ liverpool fan !!!

    From DJ Viper, on Sat 18 Apr 11:33PM
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