Leicester have been relegated to League One, 10 years on from their historic 5,000-1 Premier League title win.
While lifting the top-flight trophy at the King Power Stadium in May 2016 ranks as the Foxes’ greatest day, Tuesday night’s 2-2 draw with Hull will go down as one of their worst as it confirmed a second successive relegation.
Gary Rowett’s side briefly had dreams of a great escape as quickfire goals from Jordan James and Luke Thomas overturned Liam Millar’s opener, but Oli McBurnie’s strike midway through the second half left them seven points from safety with just two games to go.
The draw condemns them to the third tier for the first time since 2009 and memories of winning the Premier League under Claudio Ranieri, a run to the Champions League quarter-finals and an FA Cup victory will seem like distant memories.
Hull have plans on exiting the second tier through the front door, but they have now dropped out of the play-off positions.
Ephron Mason-Clark scored a brace as Coventry clinched the Championship title with a convincing 5-1 victory over Portsmouth.
Haji Wright opened the scoring before Mason-Clark pounced on an error from Nicolas Schmid just 90 seconds after the break, which was compounded by Regan Poole’s own goal three minutes later.
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Adrian Segecic got one back for the visitors, but Mason-Clark fired in his second before Kaine Kesler-Hayden got in on the act in added time.
In spite of their defeat, results elsewhere ensured that Pompey preserved their place in the division next season.
Former Stoke boss Alex Neil saw Millwall move back into the Championship top two and guarantee a play-off place with a 3-1 win at the bet365 Stadium.
Camiel Neghli fired the Londoners into a first-half lead before Femi Azeez’s ninth goal of the season made it 2-0 after 55 minutes.
A Caleb Taylor own goal on the hour made Neil and his team sweat before Josh Coburn wrapped up the points with a 69th-minute strike, punishing some sloppy home defending.
Millwall’s win lifted them three points above third-placed Ipswich, who travel to Charlton on Wednesday.
Southampton dropped points in their automatic promotion hunt for the first time in over a month as they twice pegged Bristol City back to draw 2-2 at St Mary’s.
A Ryan Manning (above) own goal and Sam Bell’s glancing header twice had the Robins ahead but Cyle Larin and Ross Stewart cancelled them out.
Saints extended their unbeaten run to 20, but their winning spell ended at eight ahead of their FA Cup semi-final against Manchester City on Saturday.
The dugouts saw the oldest and youngest Championship managers face off, with Roy Hodgson’s 78 years of experience and Tonda Eckert’s 33 years of youthful energy.
Wrexham moved into the play-off places as in-form Josh Windass (below) pushed Oxford closer to the relegation trapdoor.
Top scorer Windass gave Wrexham a precious 1-0 victory with his fifth goal in six games five minutes before the break.
The win saw Wrexham take sixth spot from Hull on goal difference as the Tigers were held at Leicester.
West Brom clinched Championship safety – pending a possible points deduction – with a 3-0 win over Watford at The Hawthorns.
Isaac Price scored the first goal and made the second for Daryl Dike’s second in as many games before half-time as James Morrison’s side made it nine games unbeaten.
On-loan Crystal Palace right-back Danny Imray scored a deserved third goal for the Baggies, who made it 488 minutes without conceding.
Albion must now wait to see the outcome from a hearing following alleged infringements of Profit and Sustainability Rules.
But for now they are safe following one of their most one-sided victories of the season, with Watford registering just one on-target effort.
Norwich recorded a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Derby at Carrow Road to deal a huge blow to the Rams’ dreams of reaching the play-offs – and keep their own slender hopes alive.
Mohamed Toure fired the Canaries into the lead just after the half-hour mark after missing an early penalty before Derby hit back when David Ozoh took advantage of a defensive mistake to equalise early in the second half.
But Norwich had the final say on 60 minutes, with Liam Gibbs curling the ball home to keep his side’s season just about alive.
Steve Cook ruined his own QPR leaving party by gifting Swansea an early goal in their 2-1 win at Loftus Road.
The 35-year-old defender was making his 100th and final appearance for Rangers after the club announced on Monday he is leaving when his contract expires at the end of the season.
Cook, who played 180 times in the Premier League for Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest before joining Rangers in 2023, was named captain for the night and given a rousing reception by the home fans.
However, less than two minutes had elapsed when Melker Widell lifted a hopeful ball towards the edge of the Rangers box.
Cook slid in to try to clear the danger, but succeeded only in tripping team-mate Rhys Norrington-Davies while the ball ran through to Ronald. The Brazilian winger could hardly believe his luck as he tucked his finish beyond home keeper Joe Walsh for his first goal since September.
Swansea, who like Rangers have little to play for with both sides stuck firmly in mid-table, doubled their lead with a controversial late penalty tucked in by top scorer Zan Vipotnik before Norrington-Davies scored a stoppage-time consolation.
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