Ipswich secure Premier League return, Hull beat Wrexham to last play-off spot

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ipswich/thqhB2MB/"]Ipswich[/a] return to the English top flight on their first attempt after being relegated last year. The Tractor Boys join the champions, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a], in earning automatic promotion.[/p][p]Kieran McKenna's side spent the majority of the season outside of the top two, trailing Middlesbrough, but a poor run of form from Boro ignited a four-way battle for the second automatic promotion spot.[/p][p]Millwall and Southampton were both in with a chance of claiming it, but a mid-week draw against the latter and the win over QPR were enough for Ipswich.[/p][embed guid="8aa90445-60e0-4c2c-9cc9-898811cdf79e" url="https://x.com/IpswichTown/status/2050568213709078905" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/millwall/6uz2cJBL/"]Millwall[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/middlesbrough/6F0lvLNC/"]Middlesbrough[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/southampton/WdKOwxDM/"]Southampton[/a] - who were also relegated from the Premier League last season - and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Hull[/a] will compete in the play-offs.[/p][p]Hull entered the final day of the season in eighth, but moved up to sixth thanks to their 2-1 win over Norwich, Derby's defeat to Sheffield United and Wrexham's draw with Boro.[/p][p]As a result, Wrexham's run of three consecutive promotions under the ownership of Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney comes to an end.[/p][p]Hull will now face Millwall while Middlesbrough will go up against Southampton in the two-legged semi-finals, with the winners of those ties meeting at Wembley on May 23rd.[/p][image alt="The final Championship table" id="a1289f66-e8e0-45d6-bb21-75aa0545f5cb" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="64841b5b-3228-4fbb-a39f-d5535883a38d" original-width="1200" original-height="1200" /]