Championship: Who got promoted, relegated and who made the play-offs?
Relive all the action from a nail-biting final day
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Your support makes all the difference.It’s the final day of the Championship season and before the chaos of the play-offs takes hold next week, there is the small matter of deciding who goes up to the Premier League… and who drops down to League One.
Cardiff City know a win at home to Reading will see them return to the Premier League for the first time since 2014, but their opponents are not totally safe, sitting only two points above the drop zone in 19th.
Fulham will be waiting in the wings knowing they must win to capitalise on any slip-ups, although they are also playing a relegation-threatened side in Birmingham City.
At the other end of the table, there are five teams fighting to avoid the two final relegation places as Burton Albion and Barnsley are away to play-off chasing Preston North End and Derby County respectively. The final team involved are Bolton Wanderers, who are at home to Nottingham Forest.
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Derby County 1-0 Barnsley
14: The first goal in the games that matter! It's Cameron Jerome who breaks the deadlock, who went hurtling down the left flank, surged into the box and smashed it into the roof of the net.
Birmingham City 1-0 Fulham
15: HUGE GOAL. Lukas Jutkiewicz scores as he gets on the end of a whipped cross from to fire past Stockdale. Cardiff are up as things stand Birmingham are safe.
Cardiff City 0-0 Reading
20: The home side, in blue, are pressing against the Royals. The stands were sent into raptures by the news from St Andrew's. As things stand, the Bluebirds are returning to the top flight.
Birmingham 1-0 Fulham
21: Close to second for the home side! Goalscorer Jutkiewicz heads into the side-netting after a Maghoma cross. Elsewhere, Sunderland, who have been relegated, are somehow beating champions Wolves.
Derby County 1-0 Barnsley
24: The Rams have the ball in the net again but it's been ruled offside. Another excellent finish from Jerome, but it's been ruled out by the linesman. That's why he's keeping Vydra on the bench!
Preston 1-0 Burton
26: Big news for Barnsley. They are safe as against the run of play, the home side have taken the lead against the run of play through Callum Robinson. It would be a miracle if Nigel Clough could keep them, but as things stand they are going down.
AS IT STANDS
Barnsley are safe on goal difference!
Promoted
Cardiff
Relegated:
Bolton
Burton
Sunderland
Playoffs
Fulham
Aston Villa
Middlesbrough
Derby
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