Hull City ready for bumper MKM crowds as Championship line-up confirmed for next season

Replacing them are Southampton , whose relegation was confirmed long before the end of the season after a dismal campaign. The Saints exit the Premier League for the first time since 2012 and finished in the top half for four seasons running from 2014-2017.

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Leicester City went down on the final day despite beating West Ham United, thanks to Everton simultaneously claiming victory against Bournemouth. The Foxes had been in the top flight since winning the Championship in 2014, incredibly winning the Premier League just two years later and adding an FA Cup win in 2021.

Also relegated on Sunday afternoon were Leeds United , who ended the season in awful form with no victories from their final nine games, ending their three-year stint back among the English elite having just narrowly escaped the drop on the final day last year. The Tigers last met Leeds in the Carabao Cup at Elland Road, with the Yorkshire rivalry no doubt seeing the two paired together for a Christmas fixture.

Meanwhile, going through the trapdoor to League One are Reading, Blackpool and Wigan Athletic, with the Royals’ relegation following a six-point deduction confirmed by Huddersfield Town’s victory over the Blades on the penultimate day.

Leading their replacements are Steven Schumacher’s Plymouth Argyle. The Pilgrims moved into the League One automatic promotion places as early as September and did not surrender their place in the top two thereafter, claiming the league title with a whopping 101 points to reach the second tier for the first time since 2010.

Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich Town had to battle Sheffield Wednesday for second place but did so with a game to spare, finishing just three points behind Plymouth. The Tractor Boys had spent four seasons in League One following their relegation in 2019.

The final Championship place was filled by Darren Moore’s Sheffield Wednesday, who claimed victory over Barnsley in a South Yorkshire derby at Wembley on Monday afternoon after narrowly missing out on automatic promotion then suffering a 4-0 loss to Peterborough United in the play-off semi finals only to claim the most sensational of comebacks in the second leg. Just like his dad Deano did, Josh Windass scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory.