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QPR promotion party is halted in its tracks

NEIL Warnock must wait at least another week before he will officially be in seventh heaven.

Preston relegated from Championship after home loss to Cardiff City

??? North End in League One for first time since 2000 ??? Swindon down to League Two after defeat at HillsboroughPreston North End's long-anticipated relegation to League One was confirmed yesterday with their 1-0 defeat against Cardiff at Deepdale. Peter Whittingham's early goal secured victory...

QPR 1-1 Hull City | Championship match report

There were people on the pitch, they thought it was all over: it is not yet. Thousands of QPR fans danced on to the turf at the final whistle, believing the draw was sufficient to secure a return to the Premier League after a 15-year exile, but their celebrations turned to groans after Simeon...

Crystal Palace 1-0 Leeds United | Championship match report

If Neil Danns is to depart Crystal Palace for pastures new at the end of the season then he will leave having guaranteed himself a place in the affections of those who hold the club dear. The midfielder, out of contract next month, scored the only goal of the game to all but secure the club's...

Preston 0-1 Cardiff

Peter Whittingham's goal relegates Preston but keeps Cardiff in the automatic promotion hunt.

Reading 2-3 Sheffield United | Championship match report

Sheffield United are clinging to their Championship status after producing a remarkable comeback to recover from two down to record a first away victory since November and with it extinguish Reading's hopes of automatic promotion. This result leaves the Blades third from bottom, six points behind...

Preston relegated after Cardiff defeat

Preston have been relegated from the Championship after a 1-0 home defeat to promotion-chasing Cardiff, Peter Whittingham firing the only goal of the game into the roof of the net early in the first half after good work from Craig Bellamy.

Meddling millionaires pose greatest threat to Rangers' continued rise

When the millionaires arrived at Loftus Road in 2007 the expectation was that Bernie Ecclestone, Flavio Briatore and Lakshmi Mittal would fund a Roman Abramovich-style spending spree to return QPR to the Premier League. With the list of likely recruits headed by such luminaries as Zinedine Zidane...