Wes Burns and Omari Hutchinson were the catalysts behind Ipswich’s charge back to the Premier League after a 22-year absence, securing a 2-0 victory against Huddersfield and simultaneously relegating the Terriers. This outcome rendered any efforts by Leeds, the team in third place and three points behind at the start of the day, redundant – a day which eventually ended in a 2-1 home loss to Southampton, the squad just beneath them.
Despite suffering from four losses in their previous six games, Daniel Farke’s squad became the first team since Sunderland in 1998 in the second-tier to amass 90 or more points and yet miss out on automatic promotion. West Brom climbed to fifth place by virtue of their 3-0 triumph over Preston, surpassing Norwich who still managed to procure the last playoff spot, despite a 1-0 defeat to Birmingham who nevertheless ended up in the third tier for the first time in twenty-six years. This came about as fellow strugglers, Plymouth, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn were all victorious.
Marc Canham, the FAI director of football, is up against chronic issues, with doubts still lingering about whether he is the right person to resolve them. Sammie Szmodics, an international player for the Republic of Ireland, netted two goals in Blackburn’s 2-0 win against reigning champions Leicester, taking his tally for the Championship to 27, the highest in the league.