BTP Weekly Digest | 03 May 2026 – 10 May 2026

Championship

The EFL has charged Southampton with spying on Middlesbrough before their Championship play-off semi-final, after an analyst allegedly recorded Boro’s training and took tactical photos near Rockliffe Hall. Southampton say they’ll cooperate fully. Elsewhere, Portsmouth captain Marlon Pack signed a new one-year deal after helping retain Championship status, while Cardiff City made Nathan Trott’s loan permanent for £1.5m following 16 clean sheets. Will Lankshear reflected on his 12-goal loan at Oxford United, praising the fans despite relegation.

Championship Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	46	28	11	7	97	45	+52	95
2	Ipswich	46	23	15	8	80	47	+33	84
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	+15	83
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	+26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	+25	80
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	+4	73
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	+4	71
8	Derby	46	20	9	17	67	59	+8	69
9	Norwich	46	19	8	19	63	56	+7	65
10	Birmingham	46	17	13	16	57	56	+1	64
11	Swansea	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62
13	Sheffield Utd	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60
14	Preston	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60
15	QPR	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55
19	Charlton	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53
20	Blackburn	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52
21	West Brom	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47
23	Leicester	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0

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League One

Lincoln City celebrated their League One title win and promotion to the Championship with an open-top bus parade, as thousands lined the streets and head coach Michael Skubala praised the turnout. In play-off buildup, Stevenage boss Alex Revell backs his side not to be fazed by a sold-out tie against Stockport County, while Bolton manager Steven Schumacher believes his team have proved they can perform at Bradford City despite a three-game winless run. Leyton Orient released defender Tom James and offered Dan Happe a new contract after narrowly avoiding relegation.

League One

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln	46	31	10	5	89	41	48	103
2	Cardiff	46	27	10	9	90	50	40	91
3	Stockport County	46	22	11	13	71	58	13	77
4	Bradford	46	22	11	13	58	51	7	77
5	Bolton	46	19	18	9	70	52	18	75
6	Stevenage	46	21	12	13	49	46	3	75
7	Luton	46	21	11	14	68	56	12	74
8	Plymouth	46	22	7	17	75	63	12	73
9	Huddersfield	46	18	13	15	74	64	10	67
10	Mansfield Town	46	16	17	13	62	50	12	65
11	Wycombe	46	17	12	17	69	58	11	63
12	Reading	46	16	15	15	64	60	4	63
13	Blackpool	46	17	9	20	54	65	-11	60
14	Doncaster	46	17	9	20	50	69	-19	60
15	Barnsley	46	15	14	17	68	73	-5	59
16	Wigan	46	14	14	18	49	58	-9	56
17	Burton Albion	46	13	15	18	50	60	-10	54
18	Peterborough	46	15	8	23	64	68	-4	53
19	AFC Wimbledon	46	15	8	23	51	72	-21	53
20	Leyton Orient	46	14	10	22	59	71	-12	52
21	Exeter City	46	12	13	21	52	61	-9	49
22	Port Vale	46	10	12	24	36	61	-25	42
23	Rotherham	46	10	11	25	41	71	-30	41
24	Northampton	46	9	8	29	39	74	-35	35

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Updated: 15 May 2026, 4:31 PM

Women’s Super League

Khadija Shaw was named Football Writers’ Association Women’s Footballer of the Year for the second time after a stellar Manchester City season, but she is set to leave as a free agent this summer with Chelsea favourites to sign her. Liverpool’s women have a chance to reach the FA Cup final after a quarter-final win, facing Brighton in the semi-finals as they aim to salvage a difficult WSL campaign. The inquest into former manager Matt Beard’s death has been delayed after his family raised bullying concerns linked to his departure from Burnley Women.

Weekly digest covering 03 May 2026 – 10 May 2026. Based on 103 articles. Sources: BBC Sport. About our editorial process.

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