Falkirk ended their 15-year exile from the Scottish Premiership with a 3-1 win over Hamilton.
The Bairns, who have stumbled towards the finish line in recent weeks, needed to match Livingston’s result to secure promotion and the Championship title.
They had a scare early on when Hamilton, whose relegation was confirmed a day earlier when their appeal against a 15-point deduction was dismissed, took a shock lead through Scott Robinson.
But Ethan Ross equalised with a free-kick before half-time and fired them ahead on the hour mark.
Calvin Miller then drilled a shot into the bottom corner to really get the party started 19 minutes from time.
As it turned out, Livingston fluffed their lines as Macaulay Tait’s own-goal gave Partick Thistle a 1-0 win and the final play-off spot ahead of Raith Rovers.
A Lewis Vaughan brace and further goals from Callum Fordyce, Dylan Easton and Aiden Marsh at least saw Rovers end on a high with a 5-1 win at Queen’s Park, for whom Seb Drozd replied.
Third-placed Ayr United beat second-bottom Airdrieonians 1-0 thanks to Ben Dempsey’s strike.
Owen Moffat’s third-minute goal and a penalty after seven minutes from Grant Gillespie gave Morton a 2-0 win over Dunfermline.
Sheffield Wednesday secured a top-half Championship finish after a 1-1 draw at Watford in what could turn out to be Danny Rohl’s last game in charge.Josh Windass gave the Owls a 29th-minute lead but Moussa Sissoko replied in first-half added time to ensure a stalemate in a game between two teams with little left to play for.Rohl – whose future has been in doubt after he was linked with...
Manor Solomon scored a brilliant stoppage-time winner to send Leeds up to the Premier League as champions as they came from behind to beat relegated Plymouth 2-1.With Burnley beating Millwall 3-1, United knew only a win would make them champions on goal difference and Solomon made it happen, with both Leeds and Burnley ended the season on a remarkable 100 points.On-loan Spurs ace Solomon latched o...
Luton were relegated from the Sky Bet Championship after a 5-3 defeat to West Brom at The Hawthorns.The Hatters needed to match Hull’s result at Portsmouth to avoid a second successive relegation.Instead, first career braces from Tom Fellows and Callum Styles and one from Daryl Dike put paid to their hopes.After the results were confirmed, Luton’s sell-out 2,500 following sang ‘Y...
Ross McCrorie’s double kicked off a party for both sets of fans at Ashton Gate as Bristol City recovered from two goals down to draw 2-2 with Preston and clinch a Sky Bet Championship play-off place.The shared points also saw the visitors avoid relegation thanks to results elsewhere and full-time sparked scenes of celebration at both ends.Preston struck first in the 28th minute when poor mar...
Anel Ahmedhodzic struck Sheffield United’s equaliser as Blackburn fell short in their Sky Bet Championship play-off bid with a 1-1 draw at Bramall Lane.Yuki Ohashi gave Blackburn a second-half lead and briefly lifted them into the top six before Ahmedhodzic levelled it up nine minutes later to deny the visitors victory, which would have sealed a play-off place.Blackburn needed a win and for ...
Sunderland will head into the Sky Bet Championship play-offs without a win in six matches after losing 1-0 to managerless QPR at the Stadium of Light.The Black Cats failed to recover from Nicolas Madsen’s calm finish in the fifth minute and that resulted in a fifth straight defeat for Regis Le Bris’ side.Sunderland had already secured fourth spot before this match, and a dramatic final...
Coventry sealed their place in the Championship play-offs thanks to a hard-earned 2-0 victory against Middlesbrough.Jack Rudoni scored both goals for the hosts as Frank Lampard’s side booked a play-off double-header against Sunderland.Boro, meanwhile, have ultimately paid the price for a hugely inconsistent second half of the season as they blew their chance of sneaking back into the top six...
Joe Allen brought the curtain down on his distinguished career as Swansea and Oxford ended their Championship campaigns with an entertaining 3-3 draw.With no play-off or relegation issues at stake and only pride to play for, Swansea led three times through Eom Ji-sung, Ronald and Liam Cullen.But Oxford responded on each occasion, first through defenders Greg Leigh and Michal Helik and then former ...
Josh Brownhill scored twice as Burnley came from behind to beat Millwall 3-1 and hit 100 points only to miss out on the Sky Bet Championship title on goal difference.Having been the man to cancel out Mihailo Ivanovic’s 11th-minute opener, Brownhill had the final say with a stoppage-time free-kick after Jaidon Anthony had put Burnley in front in the 65th minute.At that point the Clarets had t...
Matt Crooks scored his third goal of the season to help ensure Hull avoided relegation from the Championship on the final day with a 1-1 draw at Portsmouth.The Tigers started the weekend in the bottom three but knew a victory would guarantee survival with Derby hosting Stoke and that a point would be enough if Luton or Preston lost.It was a far cry from the last day of last season when Hull only n...
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