The League Paper News Updates

For those neutral fans up and down the English football pyramid as it spans across the country, if the Premier League race for Europe was not your thing last weekend, you would have undoubtedly tuned into the Championship, League One and League Two Play Off promotion finals for your football fix. At… Read more »

The three EFL leagues played their respective play-off finals at Wembley Stadium this weekend, with six teams vying for promotion.  The post EFL Play-Offs Team of the Week: Hero Tommy Watson fires boyhood club Sunderland to Premier League appeared first on The League Paper. Read more »

Johnnie Jackson believes Myles Hippolyte produced the best performance of his AFC Wimbledon career to help his side beat Walsall 1-0 in the League Two play-off final. The Dons were ahead at the break after Hippolyte fired an exquisite half-volley into the bottom-right corner of Tommy Simkin’s goal. Walsall came… Read more »

Wimbledon are back in League One after Myles Hippolyte’s first half goal fired them to promotion against Walsall under the Wembley Arch. The former Stockport County man struck moments before half time with a stunning half volley to secure Johnnie Jackson a first promotion as a manager and send Wimbledon… Read more »

Myles Hippolyte scored the match-winning goal as AFC Wimbledon secured promotion to League One with a 1-0 win against Walsall in the League Two play-off final. The Dons went ahead on the stroke of half-time thanks to a thunderous strike from Hippolyte. Johnnie Jackson’s side had to ride their luck… Read more »

Charlton returned to the Championship after five years away with a gutsy victory over Leyton Orient, which saw them edge out their London rivals with the kind of resolute defending they have become renowned for this season.   The only goal of the game flew in midway through the half… Read more »

Nathan Jones was left with a mixture of relief, delight and pride after leading Charlton Athletic back into the Championship but stressed the Addicks’ success was the culmination of everyone’s efforts at the club. The post Relief, euphoria and pride – Nathan Jones revels in Charlton Athletic’s play-off win appeared… Read more »

Macaulay Gillesphey struck the only goal of the game to beat Leyton Orient in the League One play-off final and send Charlton Athletic back into the Championship after a gap of five years, to the delight of their 40,000 fans in a crowd of 76,193. The post Charlton Athletic promoted… Read more »

Head coach Regis Le Bris admitted it was “impossible to predict” Sunderland’s promotion to the Premier League when he took over last summer after they beat Sheffield United 2-1 in the Championship play-off final at Wembley. The post Sunderland’s return to Premier League ‘impossible to predict’ – Regis Le Bris… Read more »

Sunderland turned heartache to ecstasy by propelling themselves back to the Premier League in the sweetest of fashions. The post Sheffield United 1-2 Sunderland: Black Cats back in the big time! appeared first on The League Paper. Read more »