Bristol City 2 Crystal Palace 1 (after extra time, Bristol City win 4-2 on aggregate)

IF Bristol City begin next season in the Premier League, much of it will be due to manager Gary Johnson’s flashes of inspiration in the early hours.

Crystal Palace 1 Bristol City 2

THE Sheffield half-marathon, a 13-mile test of physical and mental strength which yesterday snaked it way past Bramall Lane, provided the perfect metaphor to sum up the contrasting ways these two sides are ending the season.

FOR most footballers, a guaranteed place in the starting XI — not to mention a healthy pay-packet — is the essence of happiness.

Bristol City 1 Man City 2

STRIKER Kevin Phillips scored West Brom’s 100th goal of the season to earn the hosts a 1-0 victory over Wolves at The Hawthorns and propel Albioninto the Championship play-off final.

Wolves 2 West Brom 3

Wolves 2 Birmingham 3

Sunderland 2 Wolves 1

Wolverhampton 1 West Brom 0

Wolves 1 West Brom 0

STEPHEN WARD snatched his second goal in as many games as Wolves continued their Coca-Cola Championship play-off charge with a 1-0 win at Ipswich.

IRELAND U-21 midfielder Darren Potter was so disappointed by Wolves humiliating 3-0 home FA Cup defeat by local rivals West Brom at Molineux yesterday that he was: “lost for words.”

Scotland coach Walter Smith has named three Inverness Caledonian Thistle players in the squad for next week’s Future Cup match against Turkey at the Caledonian Stadium.

Doncaster 2 Arsenal 2 (arsenal win 3-1 on penalties)

Doncaster 2 Arsenal 2 (after extra time - Arsenal won 3-1 on penalties)

Doncaster 3 Aston Villa 0

Doncaster Rovers 0 Manchester City 1

GOOD enough to host the Irish Open on a couple of occasions in the early 1990s, the Killeen Course at Killarney, as we used to know it, is no more.