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Bradford cap season with promotion
Bradford City clinched promotion to the English League One second tier on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Northampton in the Wembley play-off final. Read full article

Brighton suspend manager Poyet
Brighton manager Gus Poyet was suspended by the Championship club on Thursday along with assistant manager Mauricio Taricco and first-team coach Charlie Oatway. Read full article

Zaha fires Palace into playoff final
Manchester United-bound Wilfried Zaha scored both goals as Crystal Palace beat Brighton and Hove Albion 2-0 on Monday to reach the Championship (second tier) playoff final where they will face Watford. Read full article

Deeney puts Watford into playoff final
Troy Deeney's last-minute goal earned Watford a dramatic 3-1 win over Leicester City on Sunday and a place in the Championship playoff final with a 3-2 aggregate victory. Read full article

Brighton hold Crystal Palace in playoff
Crystal Palace's Glenn Murray was carried off on a stretcher as the London side were held to a 0-0 draw by arch-rivals Brighton & Hove Albion in a Championship playoff semifinal first leg on Friday. Read full article

Leicester edge past Watford in playoffs
Leicester will take a slender 1-0 lead into the second leg of their Championship play-off semifinal against Watford after David Nugent bagged a late winner at the King Power Stadium on Thursday. Read full article

Saunders sacked by Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers sacked manager Dean Saunders on Tuesday following the club's second successive relegation. Read full article

Bruce flushed with success as Hull go up
Hull City manager Steve Bruce was flushed with success after his side clinched promotion to the Premier League while hiding in the loos. Read full article

Wolves boss apologises after relegation
Wolverhampton Wanderers chairman Steve Morgan apologised to the fans on Saturday after the club was relegated to the third tier of English soccer for the first time since 1989. Read full article

Hull City dramatically clinch promotion
Hull City won automatic promotion to the English Premier League after a dramatic 2-2 draw with Cardiff City on an extraordinary final day of the Championship season on Saturday. Read full article

Yeung fails to have case thrown out
Birmingham City owner Carson Yeung amassed tens of millions of dollars in unexplained deposits, prosecutors said Friday. Read full article

Palace face playoff wait after draw
Crystal Palace missed the chance to secure a Championship (second division) playoff place after failing to win for a ninth successive game in a 0-0 draw at relegation-threatened Millwall on Tuesday. Read full article

Blackburn ordered to pay sacked boss
Indian-owned Blackburn Rovers were ordered to pay £2.25 million in compensation to former manager Henning Berg by a High Court judge on Monday. Read full article

Hull's Bruce upbeat despite loss
Hull manager Steve Bruce insists his team can still clinch automatic promotion to the Premier League on Saturday after slipping to a 2-0 defeat against struggling Barnsley. Read full article

Hull waste EPL promotion chance
Hull City continued to suffer major promotion jitters when they missed the chance to seal a return to the Premier League on Saturday after losing 2-0 at relegation-threatened Barnsley. Read full article

Birmingham’s King arrested over crash
Controversial Birmingham City striker Marlon King has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, British police revealed on Saturday. Read full article

Watford keep promotion hopes alive
Watford remain in the hunt for automatic promotion to the Premier League after a 2-1 win at Leicester on Friday piled the pressure on second placed Hull. Read full article

Cardiff's owner gears up for BPL run
The Malaysian owner of newly promoted Cardiff City said on Tuesday he planned to open his wallet to acquire new forwards and defenders as the club eyes a successful English Premier League run. Read full article

Cardiff clinch second-tier title
Cardiff will go into the Premier League as Championship winners after clinching the second tier title with a 1-1 draw at Burnley on Saturday. Read full article

Hull edge closer to Premier League
Hull City took a jittery step closer to Premier League promotion when they drew 0-0 at home with already-relegated Bristol City in the English Championship (second tier) on Friday. Read full article