Source: FOOTYMAD
QPR and Norwich up as Scunthorpe and Blades go down
The penultimate weekend in the Championship has settled a number of issues with both QPR and Norwich being promoted to the Premier League and the relegations of Scunthorpe and Sheffield United confirmed alongside that of Preston. It was just a matter of when as far as QPR were concerned and that 'when' came at Watford on Saturday when they won 2-0. No surprise to see who scored the goals either. Adel Taarabt got the first and the second came from former Watford favourite Tommy Smith.Norwich's promotion was clinched yesterday after Cardiff went bottling it again in an amazing opening 20 minutes of their last home game of the season against Middlesbrough. They were 3-0 down and the game was over meaning almost certainly they would have to go through the play offs again.That was all confirmed when Norwich took all three points from Portsmouth at Fratton Park with a Simeon Jackson goal giving them a 1-0 win.That should mean QPR and Norwich promoted - but QPR will have to wait now for the verdict from the independent commission regarding the charges brought against them relating to the signing of Alejandro Faurlin.Cardiff, Swansea and Reading will contest the play offs with either Nottingham Forest or Leeds, and it is virtually certain that it will be Forest despite our defeat at Elland Road on Saturday.Down at the bottom, the final nails were hammered into the Scunthorpe and Sheffield United coffins. Scunny's relegation means a quick return to Bury for Alan Knill with the two sides set to meet in the league last season.As for Sheffield United; what a fall from grace. Just two years after playing us in the play off final they find themselves preparing for a Steel City derby in League One. Think Leeds, it's called the Blackwell effect.So the last day is on us with virtually nothing to play for - just a failed attempt from Leeds to make the top six. The weekend results and stats are below along with the leading scorers, each club's disciplinary record and the last fixtures of the season. The Weekend ResultsSaturday 30th AprilCoventry 0 Reading 0Leeds 1 Burnley 0Derby 0 Bristol City 2Millwall 0 Swansea 2Doncaster 1 Leicester 1Nottingham Forest 5 Scunthorpe 1Hull 1 Crystal Palace 1Sheffield United 2 Barnsley 2Ipswich 2 Preston 1Watford 0 QPR 2Monday 2nd MayCardiff 0 Middlesbrough 3Portsmouth 0 Norwich 1The Weekend StatsBiggest winNottingham Forest 5-1 v Scunthorpe (home)Total goals scored28 (12 home - 16 away)Player scoring most goals2Kris Boyd (Nottingham Forest)Luke Chambers (Nottingham Forest)Danny Haynes (Barnsley)Highest Attendance31,186 - Leeds v BurnleyLowest Attendance11,757 - Doncaster v LeicesterTotal Yellow Cards41Total Red Cards1Most cards in a gameCardiff v Middlesbrough (9Y) - Graham ScottThe leading scorers (league only)23Danny Graham (Watford) - includes 1 penalty21Shane Long (Reading) - includes 5 penalties20Grant Holt (Norwich) - includes 3 penalties19Luciano Becchio (Leeds)Adel Taarabt (QPR) - includes 6 penalties18Jay Bothroyd (Cardiff) - includes 1 penalty17Max Gradel (Leeds) - includes 2 penaltiesScott Sinclair (Swansea) - includes 5 penalties15Bill Sharp (Doncaster) - includes 4 penaltiesSteve Morison (Millwall) - includes 1 penalty14Andy King (Leicester)13Kris Commons (Derby) - includes 2 penaltiesSimeon Jackson (Norwich)Jay Rodriguez (Burnley)12Kris Boyd (Nottingham Forest) - includes 2 penalties and 6 for MiddlesbroughHeidar Helguson (QPR) - includes 5 penaltiesMarlon King (Coventry) - includes 3 penaltiesScott McDonald (Middlesbrough)Lewis McGugan (Nottingham Forest) - includes 3 penaltiesDavid Nugent (Portsmouth)Brett Pitman (Bristol City) - includes 4 penaltiesMarvin Sordell (Watford)Hat Tricks (league only)11th Sep3 - Chris Iwelumo - BURNLEY v Preston14th Sep3 - James Coppinger - DONCASTER v Norwich14th Sep3 - James Vaughan - CRYSTAL PALACE v Portsmouth28th Sep3 - Jon Parkin - Leeds v PRESTON30th Oct3 - Jonny Howson - Scunthorpe v LEEDS13th Nov3 - Luciano Becchio - LEEDS v Bristol City27th Nov3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Leeds28th Dec3 - Wes Hoolahan - NORWICH v Sheffield United1st Jan3 - Jason Puncheon - MILLWALL v Crystal Palace5th Feb3 - Matt Fryatt - Scunthorpe v HULL15th Feb3 - Connor Wickham - Doncaster v IPSWICH2nd Apr3 - Grant Holt - NORWICH v Scunthorpe2nd Apr3 - Simeon Jackson - NORWICH v Scunthorpe2nd Apr3 - Yakubu - Middlesbrough v LEICESTER23rd Apr3 - Scott McDonald - Hull v MIDDLESBROUGH25th Apr3 - Simeon Jackson - NORWICH v DerbyDisciplinary Record (all domestic games)ClubYRClubYRBarnsley713Middlesbrough671Bristol City603Millwall626Burnley865Norwich703Cardiff611Nottingham Forest714Coventry675Portsmouth899Crystal Palace839Preston895Derby783QPR646Doncaster503Reading684Hull762Scunthorpe574Ipswich695Sheffield United7411Leeds904Swansea652Leicester563Watford532The Next FixturesSaturday 7th MayBarnsley v MillwallNorwich v CoventryBristol City v HullPreston v WatfordBurnley v CardiffQPR v LeedsCrystal Palace v Nottingham ForestReading v DerbyLeicester v IpswichScunthorpe v PortsmouthMiddlesbrough v DoncasterSwansea v Sheffield United
