BTP Weekly Digest | 29 March 2026 – 05 April 2026

Championship

Millwall made the most dramatic statement of the Easter weekend, with Josh Coburn scoring twice against former club Middlesbrough to move the Lions into second place — one point above a Boro side whose winless run continues to haunt Kim Hellberg. Elsewhere, Roy Hodgson rolled back the years at 78 to guide Bristol City to victory at Charlton on his first Championship touchline in decades, while Coventry City edged a five-goal thriller against Derby County, with Frank Lampard purring over Jack Rudoni and Frank Onyeka. With Coventry sitting 11 points clear at the summit and Hull’s run-in under the microscope in the season’s defining 30-day sprint, every point now carries enormous weight.

West Brom interim boss James Morrison was handed a welcome selection headache ahead of the Good Friday clash with Wrexham, with goalkeeper Max O’Leary and defenders Chris Mepham and Tammer Bany all returning to training. That match ended 2-2, with Wrexham recovering from two goals down — though manager Phil Parkinson was furious enough with the officiating to plan a dossier to the head of Championship match officials. The VAR debate continues to simmer in the division, with calls growing louder for its wider introduction following several controversial decisions this season.

Championship Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry	42	25	10	7	84	42	+42	85
2	Ipswich	41	21	12	8	71	42	+29	75
3	Millwall	42	21	10	11	56	47	+9	73
4	Southampton	42	20	12	10	73	50	+23	72
5	Middlesbrough	42	20	12	10	62	42	+20	72
6	Hull City	42	20	8	14	64	60	+4	68
7	Wrexham	42	17	13	12	63	60	+3	64
8	Derby	42	18	9	15	61	53	+8	63
9	Norwich	42	17	7	18	55	50	+5	58
10	Bristol City	42	16	10	16	52	51	+1	58
11	QPR	42	16	10	16	58	63	-5	58
12	Watford	42	14	15	13	52	51	+1	57
13	Preston	42	14	15	13	50	53	-3	57
14	Swansea	42	16	9	17	50	54	-4	57
15	Birmingham	42	15	11	16	51	52	-1	56
16	Stoke City	42	15	10	17	49	46	+3	55
17	Sheffield Utd	42	16	6	20	59	59	0	54
18	Charlton	42	12	13	17	39	51	-12	49
19	Portsmouth	42	12	12	18	43	57	-14	48
20	Blackburn	43	12	12	19	38	53	-15	48
21	West Brom	42	11	13	18	42	56	-14	46
22	Oxford United	42	10	14	18	41	54	-13	44
23	Leicester	42	11	14	17	54	64	-10	41
24	Sheffield Wednesday	42	1	11	30	25	82	-57	-4

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League One

Lincoln City remain on the brink of a League One title despite being held in check by results elsewhere, with Michael Skubala‘s side 18 points clear and unbeaten in 22 league games — a remarkable achievement whatever happens next. Meanwhile, Peterborough United handed 22-year-old winger Kyrell Lisbie — son of former striker Kevin Lisbie — a new deal through to 2030 after a 14-goal season that began at Braintree Town; Leyton Orient fans will note the ex-Orient links in that family name with a familiar pang. At the other end, Exeter City are in genuine peril — three points from safety, 15 games without a win, and interim boss Matt Taylor declaring their defending “not at the professional level” after losing to Blackpool.

League One

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln	42	28	9	5	79	36	43	93
2	Cardiff	42	24	10	8	77	43	34	82
3	Bolton	43	19	16	8	64	45	19	73
4	Stockport County	42	21	8	13	52	46	6	71
5	Bradford	42	21	8	13	52	46	6	71
6	Stevenage	42	19	10	13	44	43	1	67
7	Huddersfield	43	17	12	14	66	57	9	63
8	Plymouth	42	19	6	17	66	58	8	63
9	Reading	43	16	14	13	62	55	7	62
10	Luton	41	17	10	14	57	50	7	61
11	Wycombe	43	16	12	15	63	51	12	60
12	Barnsley	41	14	13	14	63	65	-2	55
13	Wigan	43	14	13	16	49	56	-7	55
14	Mansfield Town	41	13	15	13	50	43	7	54
15	Doncaster	42	15	8	19	43	64	-21	53
16	Peterborough	41	15	6	20	60	58	2	51
17	Leyton Orient	43	14	9	20	57	66	-9	51
18	Burton Albion	43	13	12	18	46	56	-10	51
19	Blackpool	43	14	9	20	51	65	-14	51
20	AFC Wimbledon	42	14	8	20	49	63	-14	50
21	Exeter City	43	12	11	20	47	55	-8	47
22	Rotherham	42	9	10	23	36	65	-29	37
23	Port Vale	40	8	11	21	30	54	-24	35
24	Northampton	41	9	8	24	34	60	-26	35

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Updated: 15 Apr 2026, 6:02 PM

Women’s Super League

One of the week’s most compelling WSL-adjacent stories came from the second tier, where Charlton Athletic — operating on one of WSL 2‘s smallest budgets — sit second in the table on goal difference behind Birmingham City and face Liverpool in the Women’s FA Cup quarter-finals. Manager Karen Hills has described potential promotion as one of the greatest achievements of her career. At the top end of the women’s game, Sam Kerr‘s long Chelsea chapter appears to be closing, with reports linking the Australian to new US side Denver Summit — though Kerr herself has denied the speculation on social media. Tottenham manager Martin Ho signed a new long-term deal and pointed to significant progress after last season’s near-relegation finish.

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: 15 Apr 2026, 6:02 PM

Weekly digest covering 29 March 2026 – 05 April 2026. Based on 92 articles. Sources: BBC Sport, The Guardian.

BTP Weekly Digest | 29 March 2026 – 05 April 2026

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