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When Mount, who has played most of his career as an attacking midfielder, joined United from Chelsea for £55m in 2023, his ability to play in central midfield was cited as one of the attractions.
Although too much time in his first two seasons at Old Trafford was spent dealing with injuries, the 27-year-old was able to make a consistent impact last term.
While it is still early days in
As BBC Sport marks the 40th season of the Football League play-offs, we’re testing your knowledge on the teams to have won promotion to the top flight through the end-of-season format.
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It’s been a decade since Hull City last contested the Championship play-off final at Wembley.
Steve Bruce led the Tigers to the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday under the arch on 28 May, 2016.
But who did he pick in his starting XI that day?
Test your knowledge of the Tigers in our quiz below.
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Should the match need to be rescheduled due to the outcome of the hearing and any subsequent appeal process, the EFL says it has a “number of contingency plans” available.
The Championship fixture is the first of three play-off finals held across three days at Wembley, with the League One and Two versions due to be held on the Sunday and Monday, respectively.
The stadium is booked out the following
The play-off dream proved to be a step too far for Derby County this season.
In previous Championship campaigns, losing on the final day and finishing eighth in the table would have been disappointing, particularly with a play-off place up for grabs.
However, looking around Pride Park on Saturday, I didn’t see disappointment. Instead I saw a lot of excitement for the future, and a sense that the pressure was
Hull owner Acun Ilicali struggled with his emotions after the final whistle and he can look forward to the play-offs, in which the Tigers have won twice promotion twice previously.
They began, however, like a team who had not won in their previous six games as Norwich took control, opening the scoring when Toure volleyed home Anis Ben Slimane’s dinked pass into the middle.
But 12 seconds after the restart,
McKenna has no fresh injury problems in his squad as they prepare to face a mid-table QPR side beaten in their past three matches.
“I watched their game against Derby last week, they had nearly 70 per cent possession against a team in the play-offs – they’ve got a very good manager, a very professional manager, I’m sure they’ll have trained and prepared this week,” McKenn
“They’ll be motivated to
Coventry City fans have waited a generation for nights like this.
It has been 25 long years since the Sky Blues last graced the top flight, and now with promotion sealed, it’s all eyes on the Championship title.
All that separates them from glory is one final hurdle – Portsmouth.
And they get to face it at a near sold out CBS Arena – a stadium which has become a
This season’s English Football League play-off finals at Wembley will take place over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend in May.
The EFL has announced the Championship final will be held on Saturday, 23 May, with League One to follow on Sunday, concluding with League Two on Monday.
This is the final season in which the Championship play-offs will be contested solely by the teams finishing third to sixth in double-headed
I was hugely impressed with Watford on Saturday.
It was a performance that had a little bit of everything.
Ed Still’s side were well-drilled and robust when they needed to be, pressed high on occasion and attacked in numbers; traits that will greatly please the new manager.
There was, though, one man who stood out – Nestory Irankunda. The winger was back in the side following a suspension against Preston