Championship Football: West Brom, Stoke Promoted; Leicester Relegated

Stoke City joined West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League as Leicester City were relegated, and Crystal Palace and Watford completed the play-off line-up.

For the first time, while the title and second promotion spot still to be decided on the final day, all eyes were at the bottom. 

As the day started, Southampton sat in the dreaded third relegation spot, with Leicester City, Coventry City, Blackpool and Sheffield Wednesday doing all they can to try and avoid the drop. 

Coventry away at Charlton Athletic proved a stroll in the park for the Londoners. The score ended 4-1 with Coventry not looking like a team fighting for survival. They would now have to rely on either Southampton or Leicester to mess up.

Sheffield Wednesday, on the other hand, did exactly what they set out to do as they destroyed Norwich 4-1 to effectively secure their status in the championship, regardless of other results

Southampton were hosting Sheffield United, in a game full of drama and controversy. Soton ran out 3-2 winners with Stern John scoring the winner to keep them up. Although, that was before he eventually saw red for picking up two yellow cards.

With these scores coming in, Liecester knew they HAD to win their game against Stoke City. As I was watching this game, the sheer desparation clearly visible on the Leicester players was unbearable to look at. The Stoke Keeper pulled off some magnificent saves to deny Leicester, in particular, Humes. With 4 added minutes onto the 90 and the score still at 0-0, Leicester threw in the towel, throwing everybody forward. The stoke fans suddenly burst onto the pitch celebrating their clubs promotion to the premier league. Not only did I find completely stupid and irritating to watch but also it was completely disrespectful to the Leicester players, who still had 4 minutes to save their season. The game wasn't finished yet!!! - Finally, the fans were brought off the field but the fizz had gone out the Leicester players and the game ended 0-0 confirming Stoke's promotion and Leicester's relegation.

One thing i found heart-warming, in the midst of all the chaos at the Brittania Stadium, was seeing the Leicester fans applauding the Stoke players for their achievement. Some of them were applauding, while in tears.

Elsewhere, Hull City's 1-0 loss at Ipswich meant Stoke's draw actually meant nothing.

West Brom secured the title with a 2-0 win at QPR, Kim Do-Heon and Chris Brunt scoring the goals.

Watford secured their play-off spot with a 1-1 draw at Blackpool, who also secured championship status with that point.

After a day full of emotions, drama and excitement. I couldn't help but feel good and bad for Leicester City. Seeing such a big team go down was a sad sight, especially after seeing them put up such a fight at arguably the toughest place in the championship. I was glad because, had they managed to score, it would have meant Coventry City had gone down.

As you can see I have a soft spot for Coventry and I have been rooting for them all season.

But there we have it. Leicester City for the first time in their history will play their football outside the top two divisions, joining Scunthorpe and Colchester (who by the way, played out and exciting 3-3 draw).