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  Phew, what an afternoon of action! To sum up, Birmingham are promoted automatically, while Sheffield United, Reading Burnley and Preston will head to the play-offs. Norwich join Charlton and Southampton in the bottom three!

Burnley-Bristol C

90'+2’ BURNLEY JOIN THEIR LANCASHIRE RIVALS IN THE PLAY-OFFS!

Preston-QPR

90'+3’ ALL OVER AT DEEPDALE AND PRESTON SEAL A PLACE IN THE PLAY-OFFS!

Plymouth-Barnsley

90'+2’ Full-time at Plymouth and BARNSLEY STAY UP! And that means that Norwich are down!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

90'+4’ And there goes the final whistle at Selhurst! Disappointment for Sheffield United in the end...

Reading-Birmingham

90'+6’ THERE GOES THE FINAL WHISTLE! BIRMINGHAM WIN AND THE BLUES ARE PROMOTED!

Nottm Forest-Southampton

90'’ GOAL! Earnshaw nets to give Forest a 3-1 lead!

Reading-Birmingham

90'+5’ Birmingham are holding on.... less than 30 seconds to go....

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

90'+4’ OFF THE POST BY MORGAN! So close to a later winner with a header!

Wolves-Doncaster

90'’ GOAL! Wolves finally take the lead to cap a glorious season! The champions are set to win 1-0 thanks to Stearman's late strike!

Burnley-Bristol C

86'’ GOAL! A fourth for Burnley comes thanks to Gudjonsson's effort!

Nottm Forest-Southampton

87'’ GOAL! Chambers puts Forest into a 2-1 lead late on!

Watford-Derby

82'’ GOAL! Eustace pulls one back for Derby against his parent club!

Ipswich-Coventry

79'’ GOAL! Morrison pulls one back for Coventry! 2-1 now!

Reading-Birmingham

84'’ OFF THE POST BY O'CONNOR! That would have sealed it for Birmingham!

Burnley-Bristol C

76'’ GOAL! Burnley make it three with another Alexander penalty! 3-0 now!

Preston-QPR

74'’ GOAL! Preston take the lead through St Ledger's header from close range! Preston are going to the play-offs as things stand!

Reading-Birmingham

77'’ Reading are pushing hard for an equaliser... Long glances a header over the bar!

Nottm Forest-Southampton

73'’ GOAL! Garner equalises for Forest with a looping effort over the keeper and into the back of the net!

Reading-Birmingham

73'’ Kevin Phillips is brought off... Bouazza comes on to replace him... Brum want to sit on their lead now...

Sheff Wed-Cardiff

71'’ GOAL! Johnson puts Wednesday ahead with a brilliant half-volley! Cardiff are still in the play-offs, but should Preston score, that will change!

Sheff Wed-Cardiff

70'’ Chance for Wednesday! Tudgay tries to head back across Heaton in the Cardiff goal! But it lands just wide of the post!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

66'’ Big penalty shout for the Blades! But the ref ignores the claims and waves play on! United are finally beginning to apply some pressure on the Palace goal!

Charlton-Norwich

61'’ GOAL! Clingan with a brilliant free-kick to pull a goal back for Norwich! 4-2 now... but with Barnsley winning, it might all be in vain...

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

63'’ And then Halford heads goalwards, only to be denied by another Speronoi save, this time the keeper backpeddling to tip over the bar!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

62'’ WARD! MUST BE! NO! Speroni denies the United man again, this time with a great stop from close range!

Preston-QPR

57'’ GOAL! Good work from Vine... he plays it into Agyemang who fires home with the help of a slight deflection!

Reading-Birmingham

61'’ GOAL! BUT WAIT! It's not over yet! Kitson lays it off for Matejovsky who turns inside and fires home into the far corner! 1-2 now!

Reading-Birmingham

60'’ GOAL! PHILLIPS! Fahey plays the ball through for the substitute... he's just onside... two touches later and the ball is rolling into the back of the net! 2-0 and surely Brum are on their way back to the top flight!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

56'’ Great chance for Palace! But Danns misses a sitter when through one-on-one with the keeper! He sends his effort wide of the mark and it remains goalless!

Charlton-Norwich

51'’ GOAL! Charlton take a 4-1 lead as Burton claims s hat-trick! And that surely spells the end for Norwich!

Reading-Birmingham

56'’ Kevin Doyle comes on for Reading as the Royals search for an equaliser...

Preston-QPR

55'’ Two great chances for Mellor! The first he elects not to pass to Whaley and on the second he blazes over the bar!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

53'’ Ward! Oooh! It's a decent strike from the United man, but it's straight at Speroni, who claims gratefully!

Preston-QPR

50'’ Agyemang cuts inside and sends a bender inches wide of the post! Preston are living dangerously...

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

47'’ Great chance for Moses open the scoring at Selhurst! But he stabs straight at the keeper when played in on goal!

Plymouth-Barnsley

47'’ GOAL! Campbell-Rice sends Barnsley fans wild as he slots home to give his side a 2-1 lead!

46'’ Back under way across the land!

  So, as things stand, Birmingham will be promoted automatically with Cardiff and Burnley joining Sheffield United and Reading in the play-offs. And Norwich, despite their late first half goal, will be joining Southampton and Charlton in League One.

Charlton-Norwich

45'’ GOAL! Norwich pull one back through Alan Lee's close range header at The Valley! 3-1 now in the game that kicked off late... is that the lifeline the Canaries need?!

45'’ Half-time whistles sound across the country! Hectic stuff indeed!

Sheff Wed-Cardiff

45'’ Cardiff are still level... that's good enough at the moment, but should they concede, that could all change!

Watford-Derby

41'’ GOAL! Rasiak put Watford two up and the Hornets are cruising now!

Burnley-Bristol C

44'’ GOAL! WADE ELLIOT PUTS BURNLEY TWO UP! And Bristil City's resistance is crumbling rapidly!

Burnley-Bristol C

42'’ GOAL! ALEXANDER FIRES HOME FROM THE SPOT AND BURNLEY LEAD!

Burnley-Bristol C

41'’ Penalty to Burnley! McAllister with the foul in the box!

Preston-QPR

37'’ GOAL! Preston take the lead! Parkin takes full advantage of a terrible back pass to fire into the corner!

Reading-Birmingham

37'’ Ooh! Another chance for Birmingham! McFadden plays in Phillips, but his strike is straight at Hahnemann!

Charlton-Norwich

30'’ GOAL! Oh no! Norwich are three down! They're crumbling under the pressure! It's Burton with a second in five minutes!

Plymouth-Barnsley

34'’ GOAL! Hammill equalises for Barnsley after great work by Macken!

Burnley-Bristol C

27'’ Eagles is proving to be Burnley's main threat today... but still no goal!

Charlton-Norwich

25'’ GOAL! Marshall spills a shot into the path of Burton and it's two for Charlton! Norwich are looking doomed at the moment, unless they can stage a miraculous comeback!

Watford-Derby

28'’ GOAL! Rasiak puts Watford two ahead against his former club!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

28'’ Still goalless at Selhurst Park...

Ipswich-Coventry

26'’ GOAL! Another! Counago makes it two for Roy Keane's side! What a couple of minutes for Town!

Ipswich-Coventry

24'’ GOAL! Giovani opens the scoring with a great strike into the far corner!

Reading-Birmingham

24'’ Great turn from Hunt... but there's no one there to get on the end of his cross-shot into the six-yard box!

  As things stand, Birmingham are going up automatically....

Reading-Birmingham

19'’ GOAL! BIRMINGHAM TAKE THE LEAD IN THE BIG ONE! FAHEY GETS IT! He fires goalwards from outside the box, but Hahnemann lets it slip under his body! Bad mistake, and it could prove costly!

Nottm Forest-Southampton

16'’ GOAL! Saints take the lead through Wright-Phillips! It's his second in two games!

Swansea-Blackpool

13'’ GOAL! Campbell finds the far corner to put Blackpool ahead!

Reading-Birmingham

14'’ Phillips launches a scissor kick at goal... but it's a weak effort and the ball bounces wide of the mark!

Watford-Derby

14'’ GOAL! McAnuff opens the scoring for the Hornets!

Charlton-Norwich

9'’ GOAL! BAILEY PUTS CHARLTON AHEAD! That brief glimmer of hope has been extinguished!

Charlton-Norwich

8'’ News just filtering through to Norwich fans of that goal at Plymouth... they like that!

Plymouth-Barnsley

12'’ GOAL! Plymouth take the lead through a Sawyer header! Bad news for Barnsley!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

11'’ HENDERSON! Oooh! He gets his head on a Cotterill cross, but it's wide of the mark!

Reading-Birmingham

10'’ Jerome gets to the by-line before crossing to the near post! Fahey's there! More penalty appeals as he hits the deck, but more disappointment for Brum fans!

Reading-Birmingham

8'’ Duberry clatters into Jerome in the Reading box, but the ref waves play on! No penalty!

Burnley-Bristol C

8'’ Burnley well on top at the moment... and Eagles hits the bar with a volley! A goal can't be far away!

Nottm Forest-Southampton

7'’ McGoldrick hits the post early on for Saints! But still goalless at the City Ground!

Wolves-Doncaster

6'’ What about the champions? It's a party for Wolves fans today... it's been an open and entertaining opening at Molineux...

Plymouth-Barnsley

5'’ Barnsley need anything from today's game to stay up, but it's Plymouth on an early attack...

Sheff Wed-Cardiff

4'’ Tudgay heads on target for Wednesday! It's an easy save for Heaton in the end!

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

3'’ United fans have invaded south London today! And they're creating a real carnival atmosphere...

Reading-Birmingham

1'’ Bright sunshine in Reading today as Karacan fires an early shot across Birmingham's bows!

1'’ Here we go! Under way across the board!

Watford-Derby

  Watford: Loach, Hoyte, DeMerit, Mariappa, Cork, Doyley, McAnuff, Rose, Priskin, Rasiak, Smith - Subs: Lee, Hoskins, Cauna, Stepanov, Hodson. Derby: Bywater, Connolly, Nyatanga, Bannan, Pearson, Commons, Savage, Varney, Teale, Eustace, Hulse - Subs: Price, Villa, Beardsley, Dudley, O'Brien. Referee: Scott Mathieson (Cheshire)

Burnley-Bristol C

  Burnley: Jensen, Williams, Carlisle, Caldwell, Kalvenes, Elliott, Alexander, McCann, Eagles, Paterson, Blake - Subs: Penny, McDonald, Gudjonsson, Rodriguez, Thompson. Bristol City: Basso, Orr, Fontaine, Skuse, McAllister, Elliott, Johnson, McIndoe, Iriekpen, Maynard, Adebola - Subs: Henderson, McCombe, Styvar, Sproule, Williams. Referee: Clive Oliver (Northumberland)

Reading-Birmingham

  Reading: Hahnemann, Rosenior, Duberry, Bikey, Harding, Stephen Hunt, Karacan, Tabb, Kebe, Kitson, Long - Subs: Federici, Cisse, Gunnarsson, Matejovsky, Doyle. Birmingham: Maik Taylor, Carr, Martin Taylor, Jaidi, Traore, McFadden, Carsley, Johnson, Fahey, Phillips, Jerome - Subs: Doyle, Larsson, O'Connor, Bent, Bouazza. Referee: Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

Sheff Wed-Cardiff

  Sheff Wed: Grant, Buxton, Hinds, Wood, Spurr, McAllister, Potter, O'Connor, Johnson, Tudgay, Jeffers Subs: O'Donnell, Beevers, Simek, Boden, Modest. Cardiff: Heaton, McNaughton, Purse, Roger Johnson, Kennedy, Burke, Rae, McPhail, Whittingham, Bothroyd, Chopra - Subs: Eddie Johnson, Owusu-Abeyie, Comminges, Scimeca, McCormack. Referee: Phil Crossley (Kent)

Ipswich-Coventry

  Ipswich: Richard Wright, Peters, Bruce, Smith, Balkestein, Giovani, Norris, Garvan, Lisbie, Counago, Stead - Subs: Bialkowski, Haynes, Quinn, Shumulikoski, Richards. Coventry: Westwood, Osbourne, Ward, Turner, McPake, Simpson, Gunnarsson, Doyle, Best, Morrison, Eastwood - Subs: Ireland, Beuzelin, Thornton, Grandison, Cain. Referee: Graham Laws (Tyne & Wear)

Plymouth-Barnsley

  Plymouth: Larrieu, Gray, Seip, Barker, Sawyer, Judge, Fletcher, Duguid, Gallagher, Douala, Barnes - Subs: Timar, Clark, Noone, Mackie, Donnelly. Barnsley: Steele, Hassell, Moore, Foster, Kozluk, Campbell-Ryce, De Silva, Colace, Hammill, Macken, Bogdanovic - Subs: Muller, El Haimour, Teymourian, Devaney, Mifsud. Referee: Clive Penton (Sussex)

Crystal Palace-Sheff Utd

  Crystal Palace: Speroni, Lawrence, McCarthy, Jose Fonte, Hill, Ertl, Danns, Carle, Moses, Kuqi, Stokes - Subs: Scowcroft, Hills, Rui Fonte, Clyne, Cadogan. Sheff Utd: Kenny, Walker, Kilgallon, Morgan, Naughton, Halford, Montgomery, Stephen Quinn, Cotterill, Henderson, Ward - Subs: Lupoli, Webber, Hendrie, Beattie, O'Toole. Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Preston-QPR

  Preston: Lonergan, Jones, St, Ledger, Mawene, Nolan, Whaley, McKenna, Carter, Sedgwick, Parkin, Mellor - Subs: Neal, Brown, Nicholson, Chilvers, Elliott. QPR: Cerny, Ramage, Connolly, Gorkss, Delaney, Routledge, Leigertwood, Mahon, Ephraim, Agyemang, Vine - Subs: Cole, Hall, German, Alberti, Balanta. Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)

Swansea-Blackpool

  Swansea: De Vries, Williams, Tate, Bessone, Serran, Britton, Orlandi, Gomez, MacDonald, Butler, Scotland - Subs: O'Leary, Gower, Pintado, Allen, Collins. Blackpool: Rachubka, Baptiste, Crainey, Barker, Coid, Southern, Adam, Vaughan, O'Donovan, Ormerod, Campbell - Subs: Gilks, Burgess, Walton, Jorgensen, Small. Referee: Carl Boyeson (E Yorkshire)

Wolves-Doncaster

  Wolverhampton: Hennessey, Stearman, Craddock, Berra, Stephen Ward, Foley, Henry, Edwards, Jarvis, Ebanks-Blake, Keogh - Subs: Collins, Elokobi, Vokes, Hill, Hemmings. Doncaster: Sullivan, Chambers, Van Nieuwstadt, Roberts, Hird, Spicer, Wellens, Martin Woods, Shiels, LuaLua, Hayter - Subs: Gary Woods, Guy, Greer, Fairhurst, Clarke. Referee: Richard Beeby (Northamptonshire)

Charlton-Norwich

  Charlton: Elliot, Butterfield, Hudson, Ward, Youga, Sam, Zhi, Racon, Bailey, Shelvey, Burton - Subs: Randolph, Wagstaff, Solly, Kandol, Tuna. Norwich: Marshall, Otsemobor, Doherty, Leijer, Shackell, Smith, Russell, Clingan, Lappin, Lee, Mooney - Subs: Nelson, Cureton, Carney, Gow, McDonald. Referee: Russell Booth (Nottinghamshire)

Nottm Forest-Southampton

  Nottm Forest: Smith, Gunter, Chambers, Breckin, Lynch, McCleary, McGugan, Moussi, Cohen, Blackstock, Earnshaw - Subs: Perch, Anderson, Davies, Garner, Thornhill. Southampton: Davis, James, Saeijs, Perry, Surman, Lallana, Schneiderlin, Gillett, Wright-Phillips, Jason Euell, Jason Euell, McGoldrick Subs: Forecast, Gasmi, Lancashire, Gobern, McNish. Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

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