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Watford 0-2 QPR

From a forgettable encounter came a golden memory for Queens Park Rangers. Denied promotion by Norwich's late winner last Monday, they got the win they so keenly wanted here, one that sees QPR back in the Premier League for the first time since 1996 and also secures them the Championship title....

Millwall 0-2 Swansea City | Championship match report

The Den was a happy, good-natured place to be before kick-off. That was never going to last.Millwall had arrived with dreams of the Premier League still alive but, after a crushingly disappointing defeat that ends their play-off hopes, the mood soured. Their fans did little to improve their...

Relegated twice but you can't keep Hunt down

Relegated with Reading. Relegated with Hull City. Second from bottom with four games left with Wolverhampton Wanderers. Stephen Hunt is in danger of becoming an expert in plummeting out of the Premier League. "Not so much a relegation expert," says the Ireland midfielderwith a self-mocking laugh,...

The chief problem for Dalglish on Tyneside was that he wasn't Keegan

Failure is always more box-office than success. There have been eight films made about the Titanic's one voyage and none at all about her sister ship, Olympic, nicknamed "The Old Reliable". It is why Brian Clough's 44 days at Leeds are always picked over and why Jose Mourinho's nine games at the...

League round-up: Forest fire relegates Scunthorpe

Reading confirmed their play-off berth with an entertaining 0-0 draw at Coventry City while Nottingham Forest edged closer to a top-six finish as Kris Boyd and Luke Chambers both scored two in a 5-1 defeat of Scunthorpe United, who are relegated.

Taarabt seals title – for now

The prize could yet be taken from their grasp by an FA enquiry into the signing of Alejandro Faurlin, but Neil Warnock's Queens Park Rangers team have done all they can to secure their return to the Premier League after an absence of 15 years. Yesterday's victory at Vicarage Road, secured by...

Haynes double sends Blades plunging

From the heady heights of the Premier League four years ago, Sheffield United must now prepare for life in the third tier for the first time since 1989. Their decline was confirmed as Danny Haynes, the Barnsley striker, claimed the second of his two goals in the 84th minute.

Millwall 0 Swansea 2: Swans stitch up Jackett

KENNY JACKETT'S old club came back to haunt him by crushing Millwall's slim play-off hopes.