Ipswich promoted to Premier League for first time in 22 years

Ipswich returned to the Premier League for the archetypal clip successful 22 years aft beating Huddersfield 2-0 to unafraid promotion from the Championship connected Saturday.

Goals from Wes Burns and Omari Hutchinson ensured the Tractor Boys became conscionable the 4th broadside successful the Premier League epoch to spell from the 3rd to the apical tier via consecutive promotions.

Leeds needed an Ipswich decision coupled with triumph implicit Southampton to leap into the apical two.

But Daniel Farke’s men mislaid 2-1 to Saints astatine Elland Road, meaning helium volition travel up against aged nine Norwich successful the playoff semi-finals.

Ipswich’s astir celebrated instrumentality Ed Sheeran, who sponsors the club’s shirts, was not successful attendance for chaotic scenes of solemnisation astatine Portman Road arsenic fans poured onto the transportation and lit bluish flares astatine full-time.

The Suffolk club, which was sold to American investors for conscionable £40 cardinal ($50 million), volition present pouch astatine slightest £200 cardinal successful tv gross successful the coming years.

Huddersfield had already been realistically relegated anterior to Saturday owed to their vastly inferior extremity quality compared to their rivals astatine the bottom.

Burns settled immoderate nerves among the location enactment erstwhile helium fired debased into the bottommost country connected 27 minutes.

On-loan Chelsea winger Hutchinson has been 1 of the stars of Ipswich’s play and made definite Kieran McKenna’s men could unbend by smashing location a 2nd conscionable 3 minutes into the 2nd half.

Ipswich could look a combat conscionable to clasp connected to the highly-rated McKenna, a erstwhile first-team manager astatine Manchester United.

The 37-year-old Northern Irishman has been linked with a determination to Brighton should Roberto De Zerbi permission the Seagulls.

West Brom bushed Preston 3-0 to unafraid their playoff spot and volition look Southampton.

There was besides play astatine the bottommost of the array arsenic Birmingham were relegated successful their archetypal play with NFL fable Tom Brady arsenic a number proprietor of the club.

A 1-0 triumph implicit Norwich was not capable to prevention the Blues.

Blackburn spoiled Leicester’s rubric enactment with a 2-0 triumph astatine the King Power to past and contradict the Foxes amassing 100 points.

Plymouth ended Hull’s playoff hopes with a 1-0 triumph to clasp disconnected Birmingham by a point.