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	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

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	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: 03 Nov 2026, 4:33 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	22	18	1	3	62	19	43	55
2	Arsenal W	22	15	6	1	53	14	39	51
3	Chelsea W	22	15	4	3	44	20	24	49
4	Manchester United W	22	11	7	4	38	22	16	40
5	Tottenham Hotspur W	22	11	3	8	35	38	-3	36
6	London City Lionesses W	22	8	3	11	28	35	-7	27
7	Brighton W	22	7	5	10	27	28	-1	26
8	Everton W	22	7	2	13	25	37	-12	23
9	Aston Villa W	22	5	5	12	28	48	-20	20
10	West Ham W	22	5	4	13	20	45	-25	19
11	Liverpool W	22	4	5	13	21	34	-13	17
12	Leicester City FC W	22	2	3	17	11	52	-41	9

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Updated: 03 Nov 2026, 4:33 PM

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

BTP Weekly Digest | 13 April 2026 – 20 April 2026

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