Championship Season Finale: Promotion, Playoffs, and Pride

0:00On May 2nd, all 12 championship matches kickoff at 1230 British Summertime. Today, wrapping up a wild season after 200, 67 days and 540 games. Champions Coventry head to Watford aiming for 95 points, a mark that would have clinched the title in most recent years. But the real drama sits with Ibswitch, Millwall, and Middlesbrough, all chasing that second automatic promotion spot behind the sky blues. Ibswitch holds the edge, but needs a win over QPR to lock in second. Any slip could let Millwall beat Oxford or Middlesbrough, top Rexham and Leapfrog. Them, meanwhile, Southampton waits on playoff foes while facing Preston and at least two from that top pack joined the semis. Down the stretch, Rexham, Hall, and Derby scrap for the final six place playoff birth with the red dragons leading on gold difference in a point. Robert Derby ahead of whole versus Norwich. Fans are buzzing, grading seasons from Coventry's A-plus triumph to Lester's drop to the third

1:03tier for just the second time ever. Other clashes carry pride stakes too, like Blackburn hosting relegated Lester, Bristol City, bidding farewell to interim boss Roy Hodgson against, Stoke or SafeSides, Portsmouth and Westbrougham playing out the string, pressure mounts on Watford's edge still as they face the partying champs. As the table shakes out in hours, one last push decides whose premier league bound come August, who grabs second auto promo, snacks playoffs and maybe. Lips it all at Wimbley on May 23rd. Stay locked in for the chaos.