Championship 2024-25

Best I can do is after the postponement I'm afraid

 

Still suspended m8.

 

See you next season Derby County!

 

Pretty good achievement for Derby to get back up in two years considering they didn't even make the play-offs last season and how hard it is these days for the bigger clubs to get out of League 1 (Sunderland and Ipswich both took four years, Portsmouth 12 with the last seven in League 1, losing the play-offs twice, and Sheffield Utd six). If Birmingham go down they could be stuck in the lower divisions for a fair while, especially they haven't been down there for a long time and won't know what to expect.

So we won't be playing Lincoln next season even though it was in their hands to compete in the play-offs. But Oxford deserve it, it would have been unfair on them to have missed out with 77 points after being in the promotion frame all season in place of Lincoln who only got into contention from March.

At the other end, Burton survive a nerve-wracking final day during which for a long time they were only one Cheltenham goal from relegation. A valiant effort from the Robins, but you can't expect to not score in any of your first 11 games and stay up. Credit to Stevenage though for not planning for their holidays already after their play-off hopes all but ended two weeks ago, giving Lincoln hope and Burton a big helping hand.

 

No guarantees Burnley will even be in the division next season!