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Watford promoted to Premier League, Bayern fail to seal title: clockwatch – as it happened

Ismaila Sarr’s early penalty sent Watford back to the Premier League, while Hull were promoted to the Championship and Bayern were stunned by Mainz

5.27pm BST

5.14pm BST

That’s about it for today’s clockwatch. It’s still Metz 1-1 Paris Saint Germain in Ligue 1; you can follow that game here. And Scott Murray is in position for West Ham v Chelsea in the Premier League. Thanks for your company and emails, and congratulations to supporters of Watford and Hull. Bye!

5.09pm BST

Just a few fans left here at Old Trafford now. There were about a thousand people here at it’s height. Empty beer cans and bottles have been left on the concourse @MENnewsdesk pic.twitter.com/PfW8G3YqmB

5.08pm BST

5.06pm BST

Metz have equalised at the start of the second half. If it stays like this, PSG will be level on points with Lille, but having played a game more.

5.05pm BST

“We might find the ways of the Pozzo family unedifying, but they do work,” says Digvijay Yadav of Watford’s promotion. “Can think of many clubs around the country who’d trade PL football even if it meant putting up with a trigger-happy owner.”

5.04pm BST

“Promotion and relegation isn’t all that, really,” writes Simon McMahon. “Regards, F Perez.”

5.03pm BST

After a frantic, dramatic afternoon, here’s what’s what in the EFL.

Championship

5.00pm BST

Full time: Cardiff 2-1 Wycombe The mathematicians will tell you otherwise, but Wycombe are going back to League One. To their credit, they’ve gone down with a helluva fight.

4.59pm BST

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“Yeeeeeeesssss!” says Watford supporter Mac Millings. “That’s all I can manage for now.”

Oh to be Mrs Millings tonight.

4.57pm BST

Full time: Middlesbrough 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday Another tale of woe for Wednesday, who are on the brink of relegation to League One.

4.57pm BST

Full time: Lincolon 1-2 Hull City Hull have bounced back at the first attempt!

4.56pm BST

Peterborough are one win away from promotion to the Championship.

4.55pm BST

Lincoln 1-2 Hull Lincoln have hit the post in injury time!

4.54pm BST

Full time: Watford 1-0 Millwall Watford join Norwich in yo-yoing back to the Premier League! Ismaila Sarr’s early penalty was enough to secure victory on a tense afternoon at Vicaragte Road.

4.53pm BST

Cambridge won’t be promoted today, but they have two more chances to get the two points they need.

4.53pm BST

A bad day for Derby, who threw away a half-time lead. But it could have been worse: all the teams below them are losing.

4.52pm BST

Norwich need two points from the last two games to clinch the title.

4.51pm BST

The Super League corpse is twitching

4.48pm BST

“Hold the front page, Rob,” says Simon McMahon. “Dundee are 2-0 up at Dens against Raith Rovers, meaning they will remain in third place in the Scottish Championship, but be only a point behind the Fifers with one game to play, as the play-off battle heats up. Though the real action takes place tomorrow when Micky Mellon’s Dundee United travel to face Aberdeen in the quarter finals of the Scottish Cup, a tournament the Dens men haven’t won, they won’t need reminding, though I’ll do it anyway, since 1910.”

4.47pm BST

With a few minutes to play, here are the latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

4.46pm BST

GOAL! Sunderland 3-3 Accrington (McConville 85) A delicious free-kick from Sean McConville has brought Accrington level again!

4.46pm BST

Hull are back in front! Mallik Wilks’ nonchalant penalty has made it 2-1, and if it stays like that they will be promoted today.

4.45pm BST

GOAL! Middlesbrough 3-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Watmore 81) A bit of good news for Derby and Wayne Rooney: Sheffield Wednesday, who they play on the last day of the season, have missed a big chance to close the gap.

4.44pm BST

GOAL! Sunderland 3-2 Accrington (Power 83) Max Power resotes Sunderland’s lead at the Stadium of Light.

4.43pm BST

Now then. Lukas Jutwiewicz terrific header, his second of the game, has given Birmingham the lead at Pride Park. An hour ago, Derby looked safe. Not any more.

4.41pm BST

Emi Buendia wraps up victory for Norwich. They won’t clinch the title today, unless Millwall equalise at Watford, but it’s been a good day for them.

4.39pm BST

Watford 1-0 Millwall It’s been a nervy second half at Vicarage Road. But Watford held onto their lead, and now they are 10 minutes away from becoming one of the Small 14 next season.

4.37pm BST

A big blow to Sheffield Wednesday. Josh Coburn has headed Middlesbrough ahead, and as it stands Wednesday will be relegated if Derby get a winner against Birmingha.

4.35pm BST

Get team news from the London Stadium with Scott Murray

4.33pm BST

GOAL! Cardiff 2-1 Wycombe (Moore 71) Kieffer Moore’s second goal of the game leaves Wycombe needing snookers if they are to avoid relegation.

4.33pm BST

Derby 1-1 Birmingham Derby are hanging on for a point at Pride Park. Birmingham have been excellent in the second half, and Alen Halilovic has just hit the post from a very tight angle.

4.32pm BST

Accrington’s equaliser at Sunderland was a gem of an own-goal, a 25-yard header from Luke O’Nien that beat the outrushing keeper Lee Burge.

4.30pm BST

Lyndon Dykes brings QPR back into the match with a tap-in at the far post.

4.30pm BST

GOAL! Sunderland 2-2 Accrington Sunderland have spunked a 2-0 lead at home to Accrington. That means Hull will be promoted today, as things stand.

4.29pm BST

“Did the Will Grigg volcano blow him all the way to Wigan?” asks Chad Saunders.

Acccccccccccch! I knew I’d cock at least one thing up today, and there it is.

4.27pm BST

Hull’s promotion might not be confirmed today after all. In a match they need to win to satisfy the mathematicians, they have been pegged back by an equaliser from Lewis Montsma. This is the League One table as things stand.

4.26pm BST

The latest scores

Premier League

4.25pm BST

Peep peep! There will be no title party for Bayern Munich today. The returning Robert Lewandowski got one back in the 94th minute, but Bayern ran out of time.

4.24pm BST

Bundesliga Dortmund won 2-0 at Wolfsburg despite Jude Bellingham’s red card early in the second half. The Beast scored both goals.

4.22pm BST

Luke Norris has given Stevenage a surprise lead at the Abbey Stadium. Cambridge will be promoted today if they win, but they have played poorly by all accounts and are now behind.

4.21pm BST

A long throw is flicked on towards Lukas Jutkiewicz, who heads in from close range. That’s a big goal for Birmingham - and for Sheffield Wednesday, Wycombe and Rotherham. Here’s the updated Championship table.

4.17pm BST

Moments after that missed penalty, Max Aarons puts Norwich two goals clear. Football, eh. It was a brilliant goal, slammed past Seny Dieng on the volley from a very tight angle.

4.14pm BST

MISSED PENALTY! QPR 0-1 Norwich Penalty-saving expert Tim Krul has saved an admittedly crap penalty from QPR’s Lyndon Dykes. He smashed it straight down the middle and Krul, who had started to fall to his right, saved with his legs.

4.12pm BST

MK Dons 5-0 Swindon Grigg has scored his fourth goal, doubling his tally for the 2020-21 season.

4.10pm BST

Swindon are on the way down to League Two. They’re 4-0 down to MK Dons, with Will Grigg reviving an old song by scoring a hat-trick. Swindon needed at least a draw to have any chance of staying up.

4.06pm BST

An early goal for Kylian Mbappe at Metz. PSG are a point behind Lille in Ligue 1, so Mauricio Pochettino didn’t have the luxury of resting players before their semi-final against Manchester City on Wednesday.

4.05pm BST

Stat of the day (thanks to my colleague Paul Bellsham for digging it out)

Congrats to @JamesMilner on beating my record of @premierleague substitute appearances.
It’s the one they all want!

4.01pm BST

Mainz 2-0 Bayern It looks like Bayern will not clinch the Bundesliga title today. They’re still 2-0 down with 18 minutes remaining in a match they need to win.

3.50pm BST

It’s half time in the 3pm games. These are the latest scores:

Premier League

3.49pm BST

Bundesliga Jude Bellingham has received a second yellow card in Borussia Dortmund’s match at Wolfsburg. With half an hour remaining, Dortmund lead 1-0 through yep him.

3.45pm BST

Joe Jacobson’s penalty has brought Wycombe level at Cardiff. But they’re still going down, as things stand.

3.41pm BST

Championship Sheffield Wednesday have equalised at Middlesbrough through Josh Windass’s penalty. That means, as things stand, they won’t be relegated today.

3.40pm BST

LUHG department

Man United fans are making their voices heard during protests at Old Trafford pic.twitter.com/UN1mDEYCKw

3.38pm BST

Colin Kazim-Richards taps in from five yards to give Derby the lead. That’s a really big goal; as things stand, Wycombe and Sheffield Wednesday are going down today.

3.35pm BST

Xavier Quintilla has given promoted Norwich the lead at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium. It was a bad mistake from the QPR keeper Seny Dieng, who made a complete Horlicks over a routine long-range shot. Norwich could clinch the title today, though it’s more likely to happen next weekend.

3.32pm BST

WSL: Aston Villa 2-2 Bristol City

3.28pm BST

“Rob,” says Matt Dony, “is there any truth to the rumours of a breakaway Super MBM? I heard that Naylor and Millings have submitted the paperwork...”

I’m trying to get away from the MBM dungeon, not make it a closed shop from which there’s no escape.

3.26pm BST

The bottom three in the Championship - Rotherham, Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe - all trail. If they lose and Derby win, Sheffield Wednesday and Wycombe will be relegated today.

3.21pm BST

Half time: Mainz 2-0 Bayern

Bayern’s latest title party will be on hold unless they score at least three in the second half. Mind you, Bayern were 2-0 down at half-time in the return fixture, and won it 5-2.

3.17pm BST

Metz v PSG team news

#FCMPSG #GrenatChezMoi [ ℂ ]

La composition des Grenats pour la réception du @PSG_inside vous est présentée par ABC Groupe ! pic.twitter.com/QGwUhfy7Zr

Le onze de départ, avec un @kimpembe_3 capitaine #FCMPSG pic.twitter.com/vYI3uPc9Ks

3.15pm BST

The latest scores in our featured games

Premier League

3.14pm BST

League One Charlie Wyke has scored twice for Sunderland, who lead Accrington 2-0 at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland still have an outside chance of automatic promotion, but they need Peterborough to fall in a heap.

3.12pm BST

The brilliant Ismaila Sarr wins and then scores a penalty to put Watford ahead against Millwall. By 5pm, they could be a Premier League side agan.

3.11pm BST

And so, in all probability, are Peterborough.

3.11pm BST

Hull are heading for the Championship...

3.10pm BST

What’s the German for ‘Well I never’?

3.10pm BST

Barnsley 1-0 Rotherham There’s been a fair bit of controversy at Oakwell. Barnsley took the lead in the second minute through Carlton Morris, but there were a couple of buts. It looked like the ball came off his arm rather than his head, as he jumped for the ball with the keeper Viktor Johansson, and he also flattened the keeper in the process. In short, it was probably handball and a foul. Oh, and Johansson has gone off injured, to be replaced by Jamal Blackman.

3.04pm BST

Mainz 1-0 Bayern The home side still lead through Jonathan Burkhardt’s early goal. As things stand, Bayern are still going to win the league, just not today!

2.58pm BST

Watford v Millwall is about to kick off, along with all the other 3pm games. Brentford’s victory at Bournemouth means Watford need to win today to clinch promotion. A draw simply won’t cut it.

2.54pm BST

Bristol Rovers have been relegated to League Two. It’s been on the cards for a while, and a 1-0 defeat at Portsmouth this lunchtime has confirmed it.

2.50pm BST

2.44pm BST

Here’s the updated Premier League table. Liverpool are sixth, but I still think they’ll make the top four. Apart from their next game, at Old Trafford, they have a pretty easy run-in.

2.38pm BST

Well I never. Bayern are behind already in Mainz, with Jonathan Burkardt rifling one through Manuel Neuer.

2.30pm BST

JOE WILLOCK WITH THE LAST KICK OF THE GAME!!

Off the bench to grab a massive goal, and a massive point in the fight against relegation for Newcastle pic.twitter.com/J6nGsq9D9i

2.26pm BST

Peep peep! A terrific win from ten-man Brentford, who move above Bournemouth into third. It’s unlikely to change much, as both teams are heading for the play-offs, but it’ll give Brentford a bit more confidence should they meet again this season.

2.25pm BST

Peep peep! That’s a marvellous result for Newcastle, who are this close to safety. Liverpool are still in the top-four race, but that’s another big blow.

2.24pm BST

This time they have equalised!

2.22pm BST

Cambridge v Stevenage team news

Here's the confirmation of this afternoon's all-important Team News. #CamUTD

TEAM NEWS! Alex Revell names two changes to the eleven.

Smith keeps his place in the team
James-Wildin & Aitchison return
Martin & Hutton drop to the bench#GreaterTogether

2.21pm BST

There’s late drama at Anfield, where Callum Wilson had has a 93rd-minute equaliser ruled out by VAR.

2.20pm BST

Charlton v Peterborough team news

Here's how your Addicks line up at The Valley this afternoon...

⚪ #cafc | https://t.co/f36HsGurv4 pic.twitter.com/E4fbwP3TCG

One change for The Posh this afternoon as Ethan Hamilton comes in for Reece Brown. #pufc pic.twitter.com/xNETaJSzjZ

2.19pm BST

Lincoln v Hull team news

@JorgeGrant18 returns to the Starting XI

Tom Hopper and Liam Bridcutt return to the matchday squad

Here’s how the Tigers line-up for #LINHUL…

Unchanged.
⬛️ Coyle captains the side.#hcafc | #theTigers pic.twitter.com/qdwBAZtZJh

2.18pm BST

Watford v Millwall team news

The Golden Boys make one change...

⬅️ Cathcart
➡️ Femenía@Sportsbetio | #WATMIL pic.twitter.com/Lbye4fkhQZ

Today's line-up...#Millwall

2.18pm BST

QPR v Norwich team news

'!#QPRNOR pic.twitter.com/IfxcKuLwnF

◼ No changes to today's starting line-up! pic.twitter.com/NFREcQS4yN

2.17pm BST

Derby v Birmingham team news

⚪️ ⚫️

Here's how the Rams line up to take on @BCFC this afternoon #DCFCvBCFC

The team to face #DCFC!

Brought to you by @BoyleSports.

2.07pm BST

Ten-man Brentford are ahead at the Vitality Stadium. Bryan Mbuemo dragged the ball in from close range after Ivan Toney’s fierce shot was saved.

1.51pm BST

Liverpool 1-0 Newcastle Just over half an hour to go at Anfield, where Liverpool lead through an actual first-half goal from Mo Salah.

1.48pm BST

Mainz v Bayern Munich team news

Tor machine Robert Lewandowski is back for Bayern, who will be champions if they win today.

1.40pm BST

Bournemouth 0-0 Brentford It’s goalless at the Vitality Stadium with just under 40 minutes remaining. Brentford are down to 10 men, with Pontus Jansson receiving a second yellow card just after half-time. If it stays like that, Watford will need only a draw at home to Fulham to clinch promotion.

1.33pm BST

Well it looks like we might have made it to the business end of this unique season. It’s time to start handing out the prizes, and the P45s. Today, Watford could be promoted back to the Premier League at the first attempt, Bayern Munich should win their ninth consecutive Bundesliga. Hull (League One) and Cambridge (League Two) could also be promoted.

There’s a lot going on, and we’ll almost certainly fail to keep abreast of it all. The plan is to focus on these games, all 3pm kick-offs unless stated.

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