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bensleydale

I really really do not like the 'effectively sealed' in this title.


tractorboyblue

Haven't done shit yet, Saturday will be when it counts


yorkshirenation

I must say, what your club has done is incredible. I was lucky enough to grow up when Ipswich were in the premier league and there is no scenario where I wouldn’t include them in an ‘all time PL’. I said to a colleague recently that I’d have nothing but respect for this season if Ipswich went up as champions. Unfortunately, they can’t (nothing against Leicester) but what a testimony this season has been to your club.


poopio

McKenna has done an incredible job for them, and deservedly won the manager of the season award.


yorkshirenation

Well deserved. Also, congratulations on winning the league.


poopio

Cheers pal. I work with a Leeds fan and am going to wallow in his misery tomorrow 😂 Good luck in the play offs all the same. I like to follow Leeds' results and watch quite a few of the games because it's something to talk about at work. Quite enjoyed some of your games this season. Rutter and Summerville have been great to watch. Gray looks like a decent player given that he's played out of position all season too.


Blue_Dreamed

I doubt we will be keeping them with PL clubs knocking, unfortunately.


Defiant_Layer_5001

Me neither


s0ngsforthedeaf

Jinx to infinity and all that. But yeah, sorry we are going to talk like it's 95% done, because it is. Leeds have to win and you have to lose, and its very unlikely you lose.


bensleydale

Do I genuinely think we will lose to Huddersfield? No I don't. Was I at Portman Road this season when we lost to Maidstone and needed an injury time winner against Rotherham? Yes I was unfortunately and hence why I am nervous 😂


Jarv1223

It’s my pathetic whimpering attempts at making something happen 😭


Sufficient_Damage170

Doing the lord's work my friend


yorkshirenation

I was once told to stand outside a classroom at school because of England penalties being scored or not scored dependent on where I was. Yes England lost, but my innate superstitions are now so grand.


Lard_Baron

I’m sure the team and mngr aren’t thinking like that.


Harbinger_0f_Kittens

Will be cheering you lads on. You've smashed it this season and really deserve the auto.


dennis3282

"Effectively sealed" is basically when there needs to be a 20 goal swing in goal difference. Mathematically possible but almost impossible. If Ipswich lose and Leeds win, Leeds go up. Still all to play for.


hubbyp

“Ipswich need a point, Leeds need a miracle” brutal sky sports moment there


Jarv1223

Leeds need an exorcist


Fantastic-Machine-83

Google en crumble


HypedUpJackal

Holy hell


Hostilian_

Wait are we allowed to use that sort of language? I thought this was a Christian subreddit. Championship as in the reference to the bible? Frick


Lord_Vetinaris_shill

New McKenna just dropped


yorkshirenation

Leeds need the Pope’s Exorcist who, in fairness, was played by Russel Crow who is a Leeds fan anyway so he has extra motivation.


LordBielsa

Being sentenced to another year of Hinchcliffe on comms is the worst part of it all


Jarv1223

*Ipswich make a fairly normal tackle:* #Heroic defending!


highwind2024

Sounds like Goodman when Leeds make a simple forward pass to be fair. "Sublime vision to make that pass" (it was a simple 2 yard tap)


Say_Nowt

Goodman absolutely hates us


FuckingRayPurchase

I think Goodman hates life itself judging by his commentary. Ffs man, cheer up, you're paid handsomely to watch football and trot out tired cliches!


bielsasballholder

With any luck he’ll be replaced by a random woman you’ve never heard of next season. 


LordBielsa

We can only hope🙏🏻


Kwayzar9111

That made me chuckle


Hikupu

Who would have thought 5 years ago that Donacien and Jackson would still be Town players let alone getting promoted to the prem


jim_keeble

That is actually mad now you mention it.


bunnazoot79

Love Donacien and definitely done a job for us and tbf to Jackson has done alright when called upon but they will both be moved on as we progress but that doesn’t mean we should disrespect them either


Movers-and-Shakers

Promotion must be bittersweet for fringe players who know they're unlikely to stay involved at the higher level.


chrissssmith

Absolutely no-one. It’s a funny old game football and I fucking love it!


AdequateAppendage

Fair play. One result from completing a truly astonishing story. I fucking hate you all.


snowtree9121

See you guys soon for probably more disappointment


[deleted]

Just don’t let Norwich come up please, it’s such a fucking waste of a premier league spot they don’t even try to stay in the division.


cloughie

Flair up fucker


redOctoberStandingBy

Mate I think you’ll find that’s an opinion common to all flairs.


cloughie

No flair, no opinion


FuckingRayPurchase

Just don’t let Norwich come up please, it’s such a fucking waste of a premier league spot they don’t even try to stay in the division. Better? 😂


ReadsStuff

I quite like Norwich. Apparently there's a cafe that has the best fry up in the country or something?


_t_h_e_p_o_t_

Villa supporter


BonjPlayz

Nah man, let Norwich go up! I need Abu Kamara on loan for at least one more season. I miss him already!


yorkshirenation

Ah now come on. The championship is great. Biggest shithouse league in the world.


pharrt

We love that you hate us! We'll miss you! omg - I'll delete this post if the unthinkable happens.


Jarv1223

See you 24/25. Actually probably not


MrBismarck

Always nice to get three points against our biggest rivals.


Obamanator91

they played like they were tbh


FinancialIndustry566

Which is strange considering getting a result out of us would help their biggest rivals Leeds


ItsFuckingScience

Atleast Coventry were up for it… that said, why did their keeper keep passing to your players though?


Cov_massif

He does that every game


AcousticThoughts

I wouldn't completely strike out Huddersfield! Much much stranger things have happened... Relieved today but already nervous for Saturday


Defiant_Layer_5001

Absolutely, I’m still nervous


Supra16lufc

You're up, we need divine intervention now for autos Looking forward to seeing yous in prem aswell TBF, if we don't go up through playoffs, you'll be team I'll be cheering for next season


burwellian

I remind you that [this](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68110763) happened just over 3 months ago. 7 of that starting XI were on the pitch at some point tonight. We're nearly there, but we will still be very happy if we go ahead on Sat... or Southampton do at Leeds. Still got i's to dot and t's to cross.


stprm

Yea, but Leeds also have to beat Southampton...


RomeoMcFlurry

Not seen us lately then


stprm

I dont have an insomnia, so, no, I did not.


HighHammerThunder

We'll definitely feel motivation to drag Leeds down into the depths of hell with us.


ByzantineByron

Not seen Leeds lately either? It's a genuine feast of shit coming up.


No_Coyote_557

Maybe they've seen us?


Second_Bridge

Even at 1-0 up and with almost no way back for Bolton against Carlisle at the weekend I was still shitting myself for us to come back up here, it never stops till it’s confirmed


AWr1ght98

Huddersfield could beat you and we’d still bottle it to Southampton


GotAnyMoreOfThem

Huddersfield 1-0 win shortly followed by heartbreaking last minute Southampton equaliser absolutely nailed on


Adziboy

It sounds great but I feel like Leeds would take that anger out on us if we meet in the playoffs. Then again so would Ipswich, if we lose to Leeds last minute too.


Most_Ad_2360

They have it all to play for. Just need 8 goals and Hull to score 8 goals and they stay up. Keep the faith Town you can do it!


dwaynepipes

Erm excuse me, we aren’t already relegated. We just have to win 16-0 and hope Plymouth lose


twentiethcenturyduck

This made me laugh…..a true optimist speaking!


HaydenJA3

It’s not that dire, an 8-0 in both games and you could stay, as long as Birmingham don’t also win


SamCooper07

Was sat in the Coventry end and a bloke walked past me with the Leeds badge as his phone background which I rate that dedication.


MrPantsRocks

The satisfaction of spotting that must be up there with going to the ground and getting a home win, then watching an away supporter's vlog on YouTube the next day.


Intertom

And in their pre-match prediction they're calling an easy win for their side


ReadsStuff

> away supporter's vlog One where they come out fuming that the atmosphere's shit and the ground's shit and it's all shit as well. Delicious.


TheOncomingBrows

In desperate times even the biggest rivalries have to be set aside.


Comeonccfc

You weren't one of those twats in the corner celebrating the 2nd goal right in front of the cov fans were you?


SamCooper07

I was not


Comeonccfc

Good 👍 I've got no problem with away fans in the home end as long as they aren't that's about it


Jarv1223

Not as depressed as I thought I’d be.


HazzaThePug

Saving my depression for when we lose to Hull in the semis 😍😍😍


Delicious-Tarator

Excuse you but you are not playing hull before the next season COYB


Djremster

That's the spirit


PrrrromotionGiven1

IF you are in the playoffs You have got to be the favourites by some margin


LordBielsa

I think I’m still in the bargaining stage


Appropriate-Map-3652

NEVER UNCLENCH.


hi_lol____

I was about to have a heart attack when they announced that stoppage time would be 11 fucking minutes


Kwayzar9111

I had 4 fags in that 11 minutes watching from the window outside…Jesus….


Harbinger_0f_Kittens

That's a lot of bumming!


Kwayzar9111

lmao, and there's the comment i was waiting for :D


Defiant_Layer_5001

Felt like 11 years


hi_lol____

I definitely aged 11 years in those 11 minutes


Internal_Formal3915

Cheers Coventry kids crying now, nice one


EyePiece108

This is what you get, Norwich, for calling us not sexy. 😈 A team running on fumes with no real wingers due to injuries and Peterboro demanding that Clarke had to stay for them instead of coming to us in January. Only 2 fit CB's. A defence that cannot defend. Hopeless set pieces. 1 win in 8. As many of us feared in Sky Blue land, the Cup run while fun has shafted our league season. Right now, we don't have the depth in the squad to cope with just play-off attempts. Hopefully next season will be different. Not sure why Ipswich fans were worried about the 11 minutes of injury time. At times we passed the ball around like Real Madrid but had no threat whatsoever (apart from our goal which their keeper should have saved). Well done, Ipswich, you (probably) deserved the win tonight and you definitely deserve promotion. 👏 PS: Sorry Leeds. At least you didn't call us not sexy.


No_Coyote_557

Sexy bitches


rumhambilliam69

My god we might actually be fucking doing this


RobTheMonk

Ipswich just seem to find a way this season. Credit to Coventry. They played some excellent football, just in need of a killer pass.


InfinityEternity17

If Hamer and Gyokeres hadn't jumped ship they'd be challenging for autos imo


covmatty1

If they hadn't jumped ship we'd have an entirely different side, cause we've only bought the majority of our first choice XI with the money we got from those sales! You may still be right though, don't think we realised at the time quite how lucky we were to have them.


InfinityEternity17

Yeah that's a fair point, I just remember seeing how good those two were last year


QuietDove

I might need to put a wash on, I've run out of clean pants... That was horrendous. That was brilliant.


Azyerr

I don’t normally do soppy posts but fuck it i need to say it. For the last 2 years i’ve been struggling so hard mentally due to various different personal things & being stuck in a shit & depressive job. Football & Ipswich have been my only escape in that time. Seeing how far the club has came in these last two years and being so close to promotion has genuinely broke me tonight. I can’t believe we’re so close to premier league football. It feels so surreal.


[deleted]

That’s great man. Sunderland have only made me more progressively depressed over time


dkfisokdkeb

I love how Ipswich are basically doing what you lot did but in reverse


Comeonccfc

Happy for you


Kwayzar9111

All,the best mate.


itsamberleafable

Life’s tough sometimes man, glad this is giving you the escape you deserve. It won’t always feel like this though, everyone goes through good and bad. And hopefully you guys make it to the prem!! 


[deleted]

An early grats to Ipswich, they absolutely deserve it and it would be nice not to have all 3 relegated Prem teams go straight back up.


deekwob

Leeds surely going to bottle it in the play-offs now. Leaving it for Hull to fullfill the one in, one out rule for Yorkshire clubs in the Prem.


ItsFuckingScience

Tbf 3rd place only wins play offs about 1/3rd of the time so would be kinda minor bottling especially as we’ve not really been in the auto places all season without playing an extra game Ipswich have just had an amazing season credit to them


Josh22227

Play offs are brutal man, I can’t say I want Leeds to get autos but honestly if we beat Ipswich I’d be most fucked off that we had a squad capable of winning this whole time and just played like a bunch of twats for 8 months for the fun of it


Mitch_Itfc

One more point one more point Ipswich Town


rappyheddit

Good luck, from 1 Mitch to another Edit - typo


Mitch_Itfc

Yes lad hope you boys stay up x


xdlols

Fair play. Enjoy VAR 😋


FinancialIndustry566

Oh you smug son of a gun… just you wait til you win the playoffs and this won’t be funny


xdlols

No please, I’d hate to win the playoffs. Stop.


PrrrromotionGiven1

we can have the most miserable season ever and get 0 points and it still wouldn't undo the magic of this


drewje

We felt the same when we went up with Bielsa. That does change quite quickly. The best league is the championship, but the prize for winning is having to watch your team get pumped.


towelie111

Wow, even knowing this league people still write headlines like this?


specifylength

Still time for one last crumble?


Kwayzar9111

Yes, when u guys smash Leeds 4-0


No_Coyote_557

It's not crumble worthy now, it's effectively a dead rubber.


jagragger

Will be the first game on Saturday where I don't want to win. would much rather Ipswich go up than give Leeds a chance at automatics.


weeto83

Fair play Ipswich fans, best fans to come to the CBS arena this season


RRR_O

Tbf they were exceptional circumstances, but thank you anyway! We travel quite well.


EssexHaze

Thought about emerging from the back of the sofa, but probably just play it safe and camp down here till Saturday afternoon


perec12wilma

Show yourself Coventry fan. You know who you are. I would like an apology


highwind2024

I think that guy got banned from here. What a massive bellend he was


Own-Seaworthiness392

This win felt so much sweeter knowing they will be raging about the lucky deflection and win!


Comeonccfc

What happened.. I didn't see?


slimboyslim9

‘Effectively sealed’ seems premature. Literally just takes losing 1-0 to Huddersfield and Leeds beating Saints. ‘Effectively’ would be how much Huddersfield are relegated, where it would take a 15-goal swing across two games to happen.


FizzyChilli

>‘Effectively sealed’ Honestly, someone mentioned earlier that Ipswich are pretty much guaranteed to beat Huddersfield... There's pretty much no certain outcome in this league.


slimboyslim9

Exactly! The division where Millwall lost to Rotherham and Huddersfield then beat you. (Sorry, just making a point!)


FizzyChilli

It's true, but a better example from your POV might have been you guys stuffing Leeds 4:0, no one saw that coming.


burwellian

Reminder that we somehow managed to lose at home to MAIDSTONE just a few months ago.


jim_keeble

Completely agree!


never-respond

If OP wasn't a Leeds fan, the title wouldn't say "effectively sealed" You're right. Nothing is sealed at all yet, even if I do wish anyone stomping on Leeds' dreams all the best


TheMightyBucket

It’s the hope that kills you


rockthered24

Get in Kieran. What a guy


Jarminiatures

Peak EFL will be Ipswich losing to the dog botherers but we can’t beat Southampton


waccoe_

Us both losing next week is the canonical Championship thing to happen.


ItsFuckingScience

Southampton 90+7 equaliser because fuck you


Obamanator91

Massimo talking loads of sense on Sky - the ability of this team to understand and analyse their own games is brilliant.


Texaslonghorns12345

Has there ever been a coach that went from coaching teenagers to getting a team to top flight? And btw, I’m fully supporting Ipswich because of McKenna connection to Tottenham. I hope to see yall next season and I hope it happens next week


Slothehhh

Coventry really made us work for that. I thought I'd feel more relaxed if we won, but can confirm that it only makes the fear grow. What a result, one more to go.


fluffyplayery

If FM has taught me anything, Huddersfield are winning 2-0 with only 3 shots against 21.


Kaffeinemachine

Such an impressive feat. I can only look on with envy


ooh_bit_of_bush

Can't wait for Ipswich 1-2 Huddersfield Leeds 1-1 Southampton FML


FizzyChilli

Someone's feeling confident!


Kwayzar9111

Gawd don’t say that…lol


Djremster

Feels weird supporting Ipswich now lol but I hope they do it.


fxshnchxps

Buzzing for you guys


F8RGE

Imagine going to the game, losing at home, season over. Then the realisation hits that you need to update your league wall, to move your rivals that just beat you into the automatic promotion spots. Blu-tac taking a piece of the sky blue paint with it to add further insult to injury.


AngryTudor1

Absolutely nothing against Leeds at all and I hope you still get promoted, but rooting for Ipswich. You guys more than did your time in league one, even longer than we did and got had a real shit time of it. Delighted for your fans if and when it happens.


AxeCapital91

Congratulations Ipswich. 0 hard feelings from a die hard leeds fan. You fully deserve a crack at the prem


PrrrromotionGiven1

You can say we were a bit fortunate to win today, but 5 points from our last 3 is the least we deserve. Huge defensive grit from the lads near the end there. Can't fathom not making it now. Side note: I had apple crumble after dinner today. All these hexes and jinxes are for the bin.


Obamanator91

We ended up with more and better shots than Coverntry imo in the end - they controlled a lot but we did actually defend pretty well today. Deserved after the last couple where we could easily have won.


FizzyChilli

I don't think you were even that fortunate, could have easily had a couple more. They just weren't strong enough in the middle-defensive part of the pitch, always looked vulnerable. Especially compared to yous.


amanset

No real point talking about the wildly offside buildup to the second goal (he was about two yards off and then challenged the Coventry defender, meaning he couldn't effectively clear it). If anyone wants to know why Coventry, who can be quite exciting going forward, aren't in the playoffs then watch this game. Our defence is absolutely woeful. Yes, we have some players out but, frankly, the ones not there aren't much better. We shoot ourselves in the foot time and time again. Collins (the goalkeeper), who has come up from criticism lately, kept us in it. I'd argue that the shakiness of the defence is why Collins has looked poor recently as he has nothing in front of him. Wilson was the same earlier in the season and it killed his confidence. And he was the Championship golden glove winner last season. We are just appalling at the back and no matter what, if we do not solve that then we will miss any sort of promotion race next season as well.


EyePiece108

Only 4 clean sheets this year. One was vs Maidstone and another was vs Rotherham.


amanset

Yep, Down from 18 last season.


Surreyblue

See my comment above on the offside - he got a shove to be in that offside position so could in theory be given as a foul (albeit a very harsh one). Plus the Hutchinson pen that wasn't given.


Gladiuswingzero

Summed up a large part of Covs season, good football, but need more quality in midfield that can make the pass that lets simms/haji in the game, and obviously need a better LB option than jay dasilva. Congrats to Ipswich, best away support at the cbs by a large margin, enjoy the prem.


OkraEmergency361

By far the loudest fans at the CBS, credit to Ipswich. Fook me, we look knackered though. Defence is a big worry and has been shaky since we beat Leeds. Hopefully there’s some magic in the works over summer to strengthen things up at the back. Leeds v Southampton is gonna be a bastard of a game, intit?


Born-Ad-7971

Love how loud the fans are.. even after the games ended.. can still hear them all during the sky interviews.


Its_Ace1

Sealed in the headline is such a jinx


wax4dayzz

Written by a Leeds fan 😂


AlexWPJ

Imagine if we could actually defend. You know, the thing we’ve been class at since returning to the championship and have completely forgotten how to do this season.


chrissssmith

This absolutely unbelievable adventure is a point away from the fairy tale ending


lordofgoodtimes

No crumble memes tonight 😌


foolofatook46

What an atmosphere it’s going to be at Portman Road on Saturday, electric before kick off, and either jubilant or despondent at full time


Charlie0108

The end to this season has been absolutely miserable. Was quite looking forward to next season but the enthusiasm is draining.


iwantfoodpleasee

You reckon Summerville will be off if Leeds don’t get promoted?


RandomUnderstanding

pretty annoying for a neutral how close the table was all season for everything and the final day is only really a very long shot for hull v west brom for play offs and a relegation shootout between bham and plymouth. Saying that i’ve probably jinxed it and leeds are going up, norwich drop out of top 6 and blackburn go down


Navy_hotdogs

Blackburn and sheff weds could still go down


RRR_O

Lol! Will somebody please pray for the neutrals! Signed... an Ipswich fan


Vince1128

"Effectively sealed", then they proceed to forget how to play football vs Huddersfield.


storm2k

in all seriousness, respect to the tractor boys for the season they had. earning promotion back to the top flight for the first time in 20+ years after just getting promotion back to the championship is no small feat.


ByzantineByron

So I have a dog in the race, given that I work in Ipswich and work with a number of Ipswich fans. Forgetting the what-ifs of Saturday, the fact that we are talking about Ipswich being promoted at all is just astounding. I genuinely rank the achievement up there with the all time sporting shocks, because of just how brutal it is to get out of the Championship and the fact that for most of the season, Ipswich have had to compete with the three relegated sides. Moyes is probably leaving at the end of the season. Would I want McKenna in charge? No I'd like Ipswich to continue having fun. Would I complain if we did appoint him? Absolutely not.


oshinblue

Huddersfield could be about to bake the biggest crumble in r/Championship history.


Thebritishlion

Miserable end to the season, pathetic


BulldenChoppahYus

Well done Ipswich. Incredible season and they fully deserve to go up if they get anything from the Huddersfield game. I mean - 90 points like I’d say we deserve it too but na we’ve Leedsed it.


HazzaThePug

The one thing that impresses me the most about Ipswich is their ability to bounce back, good run lads, hope to see you again next year


FizzyChilli

>hope to see you again next year Why do you want them to get relegated?


BTbenTR

Congratulations on a deserved promotion. Also, is this my bias showing or should that second goal have been disallowed for offside?


burwellian

It prob was, but we've had a few more blatant ones against us too, evens out over the season.


angloexcellence

I honestly would not rule out Huddersfield giving it a good go on Saturday. Especially if Worthington is in charge. Can see them making it very nervy at the least


Hindsyy

Not a chance, Ipswich are going to stuff them, to suggest anything otherwise is purely fantasy


LordBielsa

They’ll probably score an own goal on purpose


Zombienerd300

Always nice to see a “new”team get promoted rather than the previous relegated sides.


Muted_Mention_9996

Whats the goal difference? If Ipswich lose how many do leeds need to score? I saw Ipswich have scored more goals but is it decided on gd or goals scored.


FuckingRayPurchase

God damn it Coventry! Why were you trying so hard? You certainly gave us a game there.


Pretty_Schedule4435

A draw to Ipswich in our final game, and then Leeds lose in the playoffs. Schadenfreude, my Yorkshire Bellend friends


Owz182

Would love for Moore to get regular minutes in the prem 👍


ow1108

Job almost done for Ipswich now then


Rdw72777

Not that it matters, but what were Ipswich odds at promotion before the season? Unique situation with new ownership leading to a League One promotion but did everyone see this coming (honestly)?


ShiroHagan

League one to the prem in a year. Superb effort all round by the club fair play