BTP Weekly Digest | 13 April 2026 – 20 April 2026

Championship

Frank Lampard was the story of the week, winning Championship Manager of the Season at the EFL Awards. Fair play to him for steering Coventry City back to the top flight after 25 years — proper achievement, mind you. With promotion secured three games early following a 1-1 draw at Blackburn, Lampard called it “special and unique” — I’ll give you that. Coventry did it all without those parachute payments too. Over at Middlesbrough, their Hayden Hackney nabbed Player of the Season, though they’ve still got some work to do: a 2-2 draw with Ipswich means both sides are level on goal difference, and Boro need wins in their final games to clinch second. Elsewhere, Stoke City‘s Mark Robins said his season has been “defined by injuries” after another loss to Wrexham.

Championship Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	44	26	11	7	90	44	+46	89
2	Ipswich	44	22	14	8	75	45	+30	80
3	Millwall	45	23	11	11	62	49	+13	80
4	Middlesbrough	45	22	13	10	67	45	+22	79
5	Southampton	44	21	13	10	77	53	+24	76
6	Hull City	45	20	11	14	68	64	+4	71
7	Wrexham	44	19	13	12	66	60	+6	70
8	Derby	44	19	9	16	63	55	+8	66
9	Norwich	44	19	7	18	61	53	+8	64
10	Birmingham	44	16	12	16	54	54	0	60
11	Swansea	44	17	9	18	53	57	-4	60
12	Bristol City	44	16	11	17	56	57	-1	59
13	QPR	44	16	10	18	59	67	-8	58
14	Sheffield Utd	44	17	6	21	62	62	0	57
15	Watford	45	14	15	16	53	58	-5	57
16	Preston	44	14	15	15	51	57	-6	57
17	Stoke City	44	15	10	19	50	51	-1	55
18	West Brom	45	13	14	18	47	56	-9	53
19	Blackburn	45	13	13	19	42	55	-13	52
20	Charlton	45	12	15	18	42	55	-13	51
21	Portsmouth	44	13	12	19	45	62	-17	51
22	Oxford United	44	10	14	20	41	56	-15	44
23	Leicester	45	11	16	18	57	68	-11	43
24	Sheffield Wednesday	44	1	12	31	26	84	-58	-3

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League One

Cardiff City were the big news in League One, sealing promotion with a 3-1 win at Reading. Their celebrations got even more dramatic when Exeter City‘s goalkeeper netted a last-minute equaliser against Stockport County, mathematically confirming Cardiff’s rise. Meanwhile, Bromley made history by getting promoted to League One for the first time in their 134-year run after Notts County‘s defeat to Barnet did the maths for them. At the other end, Rotherham United got relegated after a 3-0 loss to Wigan, with manager Lee Clark publicly questioning his players’ commitment — words that will sting at Oakwell.

League One

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln	44	29	10	5	83	38	45	97
2	Cardiff	44	26	10	8	81	44	37	88
3	Bolton	44	19	17	8	67	48	19	74
4	Bradford	44	21	10	13	55	49	6	73
5	Stockport County	43	20	11	12	64	54	10	71
6	Stevenage	44	20	11	13	47	45	2	71
7	Luton	44	19	11	14	63	53	10	68
8	Plymouth	44	20	7	17	70	60	10	67
9	Huddersfield	44	17	13	14	69	60	9	64
10	Reading	44	16	14	14	63	58	5	62
11	Wycombe	44	16	12	16	63	52	11	60
12	Mansfield Town	43	14	16	13	53	45	8	58
13	Barnsley	43	14	14	15	65	68	-3	56
14	Wigan	44	14	14	16	49	56	-7	56
15	Doncaster	44	16	8	20	46	67	-21	56
16	Blackpool	44	15	9	20	52	65	-13	54
17	Peterborough	43	15	7	21	62	62	0	52
18	Burton Albion	44	13	13	18	47	57	-10	52
19	Leyton Orient	44	14	9	21	57	68	-11	51
20	AFC Wimbledon	44	14	8	22	50	68	-18	50
21	Exeter City	44	12	12	20	50	58	-8	48
22	Rotherham	44	10	10	24	38	67	-29	40
23	Port Vale	43	9	12	22	33	56	-23	39
24	Northampton	43	9	8	26	36	65	-29	35

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Updated: 25 Apr 2026, 2:42 PM

Women’s Super League

It was a big week for international football, with England‘s Lionesses marking their 500th international fixture against Iceland. They won it 1-0 thanks to Alessia Russo, with goalkeeper Hannah Hampton making crucial saves. Keira Walsh also reached 100 England caps, becoming the 15th most-capped player in the nation’s history. On the home nations front, Wales won 1-0 against Albania, with Sophie Ingle celebrated for earning her 150th cap — only the second Welsh player after Jess Fishlock to reach that landmark.

Women's Super League

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City W	19	16	1	2	55	15	40	49
2	Chelsea W	19	12	4	3	36	18	18	40
3	Arsenal W	17	11	5	1	38	12	26	38
4	Manchester United W	19	11	5	3	37	20	17	38
5	Tottenham Hotspur W	19	9	2	8	31	36	-5	29
6	Brighton W	18	6	3	9	21	22	-1	21
7	London City Lionesses	19	6	3	10	20	31	-11	21
8	Everton W	19	6	2	11	23	32	-9	20
9	Aston Villa W	19	5	5	9	27	41	-14	20
10	Liverpool W	19	4	5	10	20	29	-9	17
11	West Ham W	19	3	4	12	16	41	-25	13
12	Leicester City WFC	18	2	3	13	9	36	-27	9

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Updated: 25 Apr 2026, 2:42 PM

Weekly digest covering 13 April 2026 – 20 April 2026. Based on 134 articles. Sources: BBC Sport, The Guardian. About our editorial process.

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