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Championship play-offs: Who is going up out of Millwall, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Hull City?
7 May 2026 Off

Championship play-offs: Who is going up out of Millwall, Southampton, Middlesbrough and Hull City?

By Total Football News

Position: Third, 83 points (GD +15)

Top scorer: Femi Azeez – 11 goals

Key stat: 41% of Millwall’s Championship goals this season came from set-pieces (26/64 – excluding penalties). Only Sheffield Wednesday (48%) and Oxford United (44%) had a higher proportion.

Play-off record: Eight campaigns, two promotions (both in League One in 2010 and 2017).

Last time in second-tier play-offs: 2001-02 – lost 2-1 on aggregate to Birmingham City in

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Millwall opinion: Lions heading into Championship play-offs with confidence
5 May 2026 Off

Millwall opinion: Lions heading into Championship play-offs with confidence

By Total Football News

So the play-offs it is then…

Last Saturday’s routine 2-0 win over an already-relegated Oxford United was as much as the Lions could do in their chase for the final automatic promotion spot.

But in truth, it was always Ipswich Town’s to lose – and the Tractor Boys were too good a side to allow the prize to slip from their grasp.

Two terrific goals from talisman Femi Azeez were

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Derby County 1-2 Sheffield United: Rams fall short of Championship play-offs
3 May 2026 Off

Derby County 1-2 Sheffield United: Rams fall short of Championship play-offs

By Total Football News

Defeat consigned the Rams to an eighth-placed finish, four points adrift of the Tigers, while victory ensured the Blades ended up 13th, a respectable finish after their awful start to the season.

While Szmodics squandered a huge chance inside the first 90 seconds when sent clear on goal on a must-win afternoon in the East Midlands, the Republic of Ireland international wasted no time in making amends when he popped

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Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough: Boro into play-offs as Red Dragons miss out on top six
2 May 2026 Off

Wrexham 2-2 Middlesbrough: Boro into play-offs as Red Dragons miss out on top six

By Total Football News

The Stok Cae Ras was a sea of red as supporters from both clubs gave their all knowing so much was at stake.

However, the home faithful were silenced in the fourth minute as Callum Brittain’s cross was turned into the net by Conway from close range.

Only Watford have claimed more points from losing positions than Wrexham in the Championship this season, and the Red Dragons responded well to

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Jay Stansfield: Birmingham City striker – missing play-offs a learning curve
25 April 2026 Off

Jay Stansfield: Birmingham City striker – missing play-offs a learning curve

By Total Football News

Stansfield’s goal against Preston was his 11th of the season and first since 7 February.

After moving for a tier-three record £15m from Fulham at the end of August 2024, the 23-year-old scored 19 goals as Blues romped to the League One title with an EFL-record 111 points.

This season, after helping England defend their European Under-21 Championship title last summer, Stansfield’s return has reflected his move into a slightly

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Derby County: John Eustace vows Rams will fight for play-offs to the end
25 April 2026 Off

Derby County: John Eustace vows Rams will fight for play-offs to the end

By Total Football News

John Eustace says his Derby side will go all-out to gatecrash the Championship play-off places, despite the odds being against them.

The Rams are eighth, four points adrift of both sixth-placed Wrexham and Hull City in seventh, with just two games remaining.

Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Norwich was a third straight away defeat for County, who have now lost six of their past seven games on their travels.

However, Eustace

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Oxford United v Wrexham: Windass goal sees Wrexham back into the play-offs
21 April 2026 Off

Oxford United v Wrexham: Windass goal sees Wrexham back into the play-offs

By Total Football News

It means this weekend will be no less anxious for sides involved at either end of the table.

Still, while the pressures of the climax to the Championship season are clear and present, there was still time at the Kassam for a nod to past glories.

Some 40 years on from what is considered to be Oxford’s greatest day, members of the 1986 Milk Cup winning squad – including Ray

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Championship: Who will make play-offs? Have your say
30 March 2026 Off

Championship: Who will make play-offs? Have your say

By Total Football News

Millwall are the side most likely to end up in the play-offs with an 83.86% chance they will land somewhere between third and sixth.

Fellow automatic promotion chasers Middlesbrough and Ipswich Town are embroiled in a closer contest for second, with the two sides harbouring a 56.18% and 58.42% probability of ending up in the play-offs respectively.

But league leaders Coventry City have just a 0.14% chance of falling out

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Championship: Managers react to the EFL extending the Championship play-offs
5 March 2026 Off

Championship: Managers react to the EFL extending the Championship play-offs

By Total Football News

Neil Warnock is the play-offs’ most successful manager since they were first introduced in 1987, winning four promotions and thinks it will encourage more teams who may have previously thought their season was over.

“I thought it was a bad thing when it first came in but it turned into a good thing – certainly for me anyway. I finished in every position and got promotion so I don’t think

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