A final-day defeat against fellow strugglers Wigan - and West Ham's win at Man Utd - condemns Sheffield United to the drop Watford's stay in the top division proves to be a short one as last year's play-off winners are relegated After losing 2-0 at home to Spurs, Charlton confirm their relegation after a seven-year stay in the Premiership Sunderland claim the Championship crown on the last day of the season as they return to the top flight after one season Birmingham boss Steve Bruce also delivers a quick return to the Premiership following last season's relegation And Stephen Pearson's play-off final winner against West Brom at Wembley takes Derby back the Premiership Leeds lose their battle to stay in the Championship and are relegated to the third tier for the first time in their history A bad run under Mike Newell put Luton among the strugglers and his replacement Kevin Blackwell is unable to keep them up Even with the services of striker Freddy Eastwood, Southend find the going too tough and return to League One Billy Sharp's 30 league goals for Scunthorpe though fires them into the Championship as League One champions Bristol City's final-day victory also sees them return to the second tier following an eight-season stay in League One Blackpool will also play Championship football next season after beating Yeovil in the League One play-off final But Brentford endure a torrid season and are relegated to League Two along with Rotherham, Chesterfield and Bradford Dean Keates top scores for Walsall as they win the League Two championship for an immediate return to League One Hartlepool and Swindon also return straight back to League One after finishing second and third respectively Bristol Rovers beat Shrewsbury in the League Two play-off final to complete a Bristol promotion double Wrexham preserve their League status with a final-day victory over Boston, who go down to the Conference with Torquay Dagenham & Redbridge romp to the Conference title and will play league football for the first time next season
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