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League One and League two playoffs: how the contenders measure up

Some clubs surged towards these fixtures while others, particularly in the EFL’s bottom tier, limped over the line

The Guardian - UK

Second best: which manager has most titles a step down from top flight?

Plus: league-leading teams taking a nosedive, more statistically average seasons and final-day survival turnarounds

The Guardian - UK

EFL final day permutations for Championship, League One and League Two

Title races, automatic promotion battles, play-off tussles and relegation fights will all be decided in a dramatic last round of games

Evening Standard

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League Two final day preview: What's on the line for promotion, play-offs and relegation?

Only two of the three automatic promotion places have been filled while there's a multi-way battle for the playoff spots

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Ups and downs: what’s at stake in Leagues One, Two and National League

Orient and Reading tussle for final playoff spot, Bradford have promotion in reach as Doncaster and Vale contest title

The Guardian - UK

Is this the biggest collapse in EFL history?

The EFL is often dramatic, but even for its standards 2024/25 has shown a collapse of great magnitude...

FourFourTwo

Leeds on verge of promotion after 6-0 win over Stoke in Championship: football – as it happened

Clockwatch: Leeds United all but confirmed their return the top flight, while four of the Championship’s bottom five sides won on a day Morecambe’s exit from the Football League was confirmed

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Port Vale break EFL record again as promotion hopefuls move to League Two summit

The new League Two leaders repeated their 2022 antics by breaking an EFL record

FourFourTwo

Are Ipswich, Leicester and Saints on course to be worst ever bottom three?

Plus: surnames that begin with the same letter, Gil Scott-Heron’s dad and Bradford Park Avenue’s unwanted record

The Guardian - UK

‘I want us to finish the job’: Bradford dream big as League Two enters final stretch

Bantams fans feel promotion is overdue, but topsy-turvy season means host of teams could still clinch the title

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ve been through a lot together’: Mat Sadler and Walsall aim to hold their nerve in unexpectedly dramatic promotion fight

Walsall were miles clear at the top of League Two. Now, they’re starting to find the grit they need to succeed after their advantage was eroded.

FourFourTwo

Leeds v Swansea, Bayern Munich 3-2 St Pauli, and more – as it happened

Leeds missed out on the chance to go top of the Championship table after conceding a late equaliser to Swansea, while Leroy Sané inspired another Bayern victory in the Bundesliga.

The Guardian - UK

Troy Deeney tipped for remarkable football return despite not playing since 2023

The 36-year-old has been without a club since he left Forest Green Rovers in 2024

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The only way is up for Mark Hughes’s Carlisle as US owners raise stakes

League Two’s basement dwellers are seven points from safety but win against Bromley gives hope of great escape

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Championship: Burnley’s Mejbri makes racism allegation after Preston incident

Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri said he had been the target of racism from an opposition player during the Clarets’ 0-0 draw with Preston at Deepdale

The Independent UK

Bradford and Walsall working with police over post about Valley Parade fire

A Facebook user referenced the fire in 1985 in which 56 football fans died.

The Guardian - UK

Walsall make the most of multi-club ownership to plot route to promotion

Runaway League Two leaders will not be overly worried by defeat against Bradford with club united on and off pitch

Evening Standard

Manchester United agree double January deal as latest loan move confirmed

Red Devils sanctioning two exits as rumours continue over Marcus Rashford and Alejandro Garnacho

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The Independent UK

Cheltenham’s League Two clash with Walsall postponed as icy weather takes hold

Racing at Newcastle has also fallen victim to plummeting temperatures.

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The biggest FA Cup upsets ever

A look at the ultimate FA Cup giant-killings

The Independent UK

Is Manchester United vs Leicester on TV today? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch Carabao Cup fixture

Everything you need to know ahead of the last-16 Carabao Cup fixture

The Guardian - UK

Which footballers have won most under-age caps and switched allegiances?

Plus: winless quintets this far into an English top-flight season, more unlikely tattoos and first-half shellackings

The Independent UK

Steve Cooper booed by Leicester fans despite Carabao Cup progress

The Foxes have only won once in all competitions this season and scraped past Walsall in the League Cup on Tuesday night

The Independent UK

Danny Ward the hero with three penalty stops to save Leicester cup embarrassment

Taylor Allen, David Okagbue and Liam Gordon all missed.

The Guardian - UK

Chelsea 5-0 Barrow, Manchester City 2-1 Watford, and more: Carabao Cup – as it happened

Clockwatch: It wasn’t a banner night for cup drama, never mind shocks. Scott Murray was watching

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