Ipswich Town seal Premier League return after 22 year absence

Ipswich Town secured their return to the Premier League after 22 years away with a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield Town on the final day of the Championship season.

Kieran McKenna's side needed just to better Leeds United's score as Daniel Farke's third-placed team faced Southampton, but the Yorkshire outfit slipped to a 2-1 defeat to seal their play-off fate.

The Tractor Boys, however, confirmed automatic promotion with goals from Wes Burns and Omari Hutchinson, their two wide men, as the result also consigned Andre Breitenreiter's Terriers to relegation to League One.

At Elland Road, Adam Armstrong and Will Smallbone's goals were enough to overcome Joel Piroe's equaliser, but deep down, Leeds knew that automatic promotion would be a tough ask.

McKenna has led Ipswich to back-to-back promotions after winning League One last year in his first full season in charge, and the east Anglian club have been praised throughout the campaign for their adventurous and innovative brand of football.

There was drama elsewhere in the second tier as the play-off race went right down to the wire, but Hull City, the most likely gate-crashers outside the established top six, fell to a 1-0 defeat at Plymouth Argyle, which kept Neil Dewsnip's side in the division. Joe Edwards' 40th-minute strike was the difference in Devon.

However, it was not a happy final day for Birmingham City, who went down with fighting after a 1-0 win over play-off qualifiers Norwich City at St Andrews, but Paik Seung-ho's 55th-minute winner was not enough for Blues to stay afloat, with Sheffield Wednesday surprising Sunderland 2-0 at the Stadium of Light, and Blackburn Rovers shocking champions Leicester City 2-0 at the King Power Stadium, with the Championship's top goalscorer, Sammie Szmodics, sealing the golden boot with two goals to take him to 27 for the season.

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