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The Guardian // Sport // Football

Bristol City end Championship playoffs wait and Preston dodge the drop

Saturday 3rd May 2025, 1:44PM

The cider will taste that little bit sweeter in these parts after Bristol City secured a place in the Championship playoffs for the first time in 17 years. At the final whistle, everyone of a Bristol City persuasion had to wait a little longer for confirmation, the sold-out home crowd and those on the pitch.A draw at home to Preston, who averted relegation on the final day, would be sufficient providing Blackburn came up short. Liam Manning, his assistant Chris Hogg and a throng of players huddled around Harry Cornick, the striker not in the squad, whose phone carried updates from Bramall Lane, where a Blackburn goal would have changed everything. Continue reading...

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