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It’s finished Everton 2-2 Tottenham, the visitors coming from 0-2 down to level in a four-goal first half. Aston Villa, contemplating life without Carla Ward, lead 1-0 at Brighton with around a quarter of an hour.
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And that’s that. A dominant performance from Mikel Arteta’s side earns its reward, though Bournemouth had a couple of decisions to quibble with.
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The Blues are in the third tier for the first time since Barry Fry took them up in 95 as a result of Plymouth, Blackburn and Wednesday winning, despite their own 1-0 win over Norwich. A penny for John Eustace’s thoughts …
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A sumptuous team goal makes absolutely sure for the Premier League leaders. Over to you, City.
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And Plymouth have stayed up, beating Hull 1-0
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The full-time whistle goes at Portman Road, fans flood the pitch. Kieran McKenna’s side seal it with a dominant 2-0 win over Huddersfield, whose relegation is confirmed. It’s hard to overstate what an achievement this is by Ipswich, given the ever-increasing stratification of the Championship between those doped by parachute payments and those without them. The two sides who came up with them last season have struggled but Ipswich have just stormed on. Immense.
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Brentford: Flekken, Lewis-Potter, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Reguilon, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Toney. Subs: Maupay, Schade, Wissa, Jorgensen, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Roerslev, Valdimarsson, Yarmolyuk.
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Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Joao Palhinha, Lukic, Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Willian, Rodrigo Muniz. Subs: Rodak, Tete, Jimenez, Wilson, Broja, Cairney, Traore, Ream, De Cordova-Reid.
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Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
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Sheff Utd: Foderingham, Trusty, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Bogle, Hamer, Arblaster, Brooks, Osborn, Brereton, Archer. Subs: Brewster, Grbic, Norwood, Vinicius Souza, Ben Slimane, Larouci, McAtee, Holgate, Osula.
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Nottm Forest: Sels, Montiel, Boly, Murillo, Aina, Yates, Danilo, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. Subs: Turner, Sangare, Kouyate, Awoniyi, Toffolo, Dominguez, Niakhate, Reyna, Origi.
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Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (Lancashire)
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Burnley: Muric, Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Vitinho, Berge, Cullen, Odobert, Brownhill, Bruun Larsen, Foster. Subs: Trafford, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Fofana, Amdouni, Ndayishimiye.
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Newcastle: Dubravka, Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Hall, Jacob Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes, Longstaff, Wilson, Isak, Gordon. Subs: Dummett, Joelinton, Ritchie, Barnes, Pope, Almiron, Anderson, White, Alex Murphy.
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Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
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Leandro Trossard curls in a fine goal and that should be enough to keep the title race boiling. Join Tim de Lisle for more.
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Greetings all, and welcome to the afternoon leg of a breathless sporting Saturday. While we digest the hows, whys and do-you-mind-if-I-don’ts of the Championship finale, we’ve got a couple of significant Premier League matches to now home in on. Luton’s failure to beat Everton last night has encouraged Nottingham Forest, whose fate is consequently in their own hands and they’ll expect to put daylight between themselves and the drop zone with a win at doomed Sheffield United. Burnley still fancy their survival chances too, after promising recent displays, and host a Newcastle side with eyes on a Europa League slot. Elsewhere, local bantz but not much else is at stake when Brentford host Fulham.
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Further afield, Real Madrid can clinch the Spanish title today if they beat Cádiz at home in a 3.15pm BST kick-off and Barcelona fail to win at Girona in their game at 5.30pm. In the Bundesliga, dethroned Bayern Munich can at least make sure of the runners-up slot if they win at third-placed Stuttgart, while Dortmund will be looking to follow their dynamic display against PSG with a win over Augsburg as they look to close the gap on fourth place.
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There’s also signifcant action in Scotland, with the leaders, Celtic, hosting third-placed Hearts looking to stretch their three-point advantage over Rangers (who play Kilmarnock tomorrow) while the battle for survival hots up with second-bottom Ross County hosting Hibs and third-bottom St Johnstone at Aberdeen, Oh, and there’s the National League North playoff final between Brackley and Boston to stay across. Go nowhere!
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The party on the pitch is in full swing at Portman Road. Our man Jonathan Liew has been there to soak it up:
How can you not adore football on days like this? How can you walk these streets and not feel the passing of time, the 22 years of watching and waiting, a volcano of ennui and frustration finally bubbling over into something strange and beautiful?
Kalvin Phillips news: in which the word “career” is asked to do some notably heavy lifting:
What “career”? https://t.co/q2opcSoWSC
— Brian Williams (@BrianWill26) May 4, 2024
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WSL latest
It’s finished Everton 2-2 Tottenham, the visitors coming from 0-2 down to level in a four-goal first half. Aston Villa, contemplating life without Carla Ward, lead 1-0 at Brighton with around a quarter of an hour.
Full-time: Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth
And that’s that. A dominant performance from Mikel Arteta’s side earns its reward, though Bournemouth had a couple of decisions to quibble with.
Birmingham are relegated to League One
The Blues are in the third tier for the first time since Barry Fry took them up in 95 as a result of Plymouth, Blackburn and Wednesday winning, despite their own 1-0 win over Norwich. A penny for John Eustace’s thoughts …
Goal! Arsenal 3-0 Bournemouth (Rice 90+6)
A sumptuous team goal makes absolutely sure for the Premier League leaders. Over to you, City.
And Plymouth have stayed up, beating Hull 1-0
Ipswich are in the Premier League!
The full-time whistle goes at Portman Road, fans flood the pitch. Kieran McKenna’s side seal it with a dominant 2-0 win over Huddersfield, whose relegation is confirmed. It’s hard to overstate what an achievement this is by Ipswich, given the ever-increasing stratification of the Championship between those doped by parachute payments and those without them. The two sides who came up with them last season have struggled but Ipswich have just stormed on. Immense.
Big goal at the bottom of the Championship: Blackburn are staying up, now 2-0 up at beach-adjacent champions Leicester, the effervescent Sammy Szmodics scoring the second. Given the mess Rovers are in off the pitch, this is a huge boost
Brentford v Fulham teams
Brentford: Flekken, Lewis-Potter, Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Reguilon, Damsgaard, Norgaard, Janelt, Mbeumo, Toney. Subs: Maupay, Schade, Wissa, Jorgensen, Ghoddos, Onyeka, Roerslev, Valdimarsson, Yarmolyuk.
Fulham: Leno, Castagne, Diop, Bassey, Robinson, Joao Palhinha, Lukic, Iwobi, Andreas Pereira, Willian, Rodrigo Muniz. Subs: Rodak, Tete, Jimenez, Wilson, Broja, Cairney, Traore, Ream, De Cordova-Reid.
Referee: Graham Scott (Oxfordshire)
Sheffield United v Nottingham Forest teams
Sheff Utd: Foderingham, Trusty, Ahmedhodzic, Robinson, Bogle, Hamer, Arblaster, Brooks, Osborn, Brereton, Archer. Subs: Brewster, Grbic, Norwood, Vinicius Souza, Ben Slimane, Larouci, McAtee, Holgate, Osula.
Nottm Forest: Sels, Montiel, Boly, Murillo, Aina, Yates, Danilo, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wood. Subs: Turner, Sangare, Kouyate, Awoniyi, Toffolo, Dominguez, Niakhate, Reyna, Origi.
Referee: Christopher Kavanagh (Lancashire)
Meanwhile, Bournemouth are in a bit of a funk about a contentiously disallowed goal, ruled out for a foul by Solanke on Raya when the Cherries argued they had a shout for a foul against them. More here.
Burnley v Newcastle teams
Burnley: Muric, Assignon, O’Shea, Esteve, Vitinho, Berge, Cullen, Odobert, Brownhill, Bruun Larsen, Foster. Subs: Trafford, Taylor, Gudmundsson, Rodriguez, Benson, Ekdal, Fofana, Amdouni, Ndayishimiye.
Newcastle: Dubravka, Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Hall, Jacob Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes, Longstaff, Wilson, Isak, Gordon. Subs: Dummett, Joelinton, Ritchie, Barnes, Pope, Almiron, Anderson, White, Alex Murphy.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Goal! Arsenal 2-0 Bournemouth
Leandro Trossard curls in a fine goal and that should be enough to keep the title race boiling. Join Tim de Lisle for more.
Preamble
Greetings all, and welcome to the afternoon leg of a breathless sporting Saturday. While we digest the hows, whys and do-you-mind-if-I-don’ts of the Championship finale, we’ve got a couple of significant Premier League matches to now home in on. Luton’s failure to beat Everton last night has encouraged Nottingham Forest, whose fate is consequently in their own hands and they’ll expect to put daylight between themselves and the drop zone with a win at doomed Sheffield United. Burnley still fancy their survival chances too, after promising recent displays, and host a Newcastle side with eyes on a Europa League slot. Elsewhere, local bantz but not much else is at stake when Brentford host Fulham.
Further afield, Real Madrid can clinch the Spanish title today if they beat Cádiz at home in a 3.15pm BST kick-off and Barcelona fail to win at Girona in their game at 5.30pm. In the Bundesliga, dethroned Bayern Munich can at least make sure of the runners-up slot if they win at third-placed Stuttgart, while Dortmund will be looking to follow their dynamic display against PSG with a win over Augsburg as they look to close the gap on fourth place.
There’s also signifcant action in Scotland, with the leaders, Celtic, hosting third-placed Hearts looking to stretch their three-point advantage over Rangers (who play Kilmarnock tomorrow) while the battle for survival hots up with second-bottom Ross County hosting Hibs and third-bottom St Johnstone at Aberdeen, Oh, and there’s the National League North playoff final between Brackley and Boston to stay across. Go nowhere!