Burton Albion promoted, Blackpool relegated

Burton Albion gain promotion to the Championship after their 0-0 draw away at Doncaster, while Blackpool head for League Two.

By Liam Apicella, Features Editor

Published: May 8 2016 | 14:36

Last updated: May 10 2016 | 13:18

Burton Albion will be playing their football in the Championship next season.

A 0-0 draw away at Doncaster Rovers this afternoon secured the second automatic promotion spot for Nigel Clough's men behind champions Wigan Athletic.

It means that Walsall have been forced to settle for a place in the playoffs, despite recording a hefty 5-0 win away at Port Vale, while Doncaster go down.

Staying with the playoffs, Barnsley managed to squeeze their way in ahead of Scunthorpe United courtesy of their 4-1 triumph at Wigan.

However, there was not such positive news for Blackpool, who were thrashed 5-1 at Peterborough United and consequently relegated.

As a result, Bloomfield Road will be hosting League Two football next term, when just five years ago Pool were a Premier League outfit.

For the complete League One table, click here.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe	15	11	2	2	35	18	17	35
2	Wrexham	16	9	4	3	25	11	14	31
3	Stockport County Stockport	17	8	6	3	29	17	12	30
4	Birmingham City Birmingham	14	9	3	2	26	15	11	30
5	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	15	8	2	5	23	15	8	26
6	Barnsley	16	7	5	4	24	20	4	26
7	Lincoln City Lincoln	16	7	5	4	23	20	3	26
8	Reading	15	8	2	5	24	22	2	26
9	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	15	8	2	5	24	25	-1	26
10	Mansfield Town Mansfield	14	7	3	4	20	16	4	24
11	Exeter City Exeter	15	7	2	6	14	13	1	23
12	Peterborough United Peterborough	16	6	3	7	32	29	3	21
13	Bristol Rovers	16	6	3	7	17	21	-4	21
14	Charlton Athletic Charlton	15	5	4	6	16	17	-1	19
15	Stevenage	16	5	4	7	11	16	-5	19
16	Northampton Town Northampton	16	4	6	6	18	21	-3	18
17	Wigan Athletic Wigan	15	4	5	6	13	12	1	17
18	Rotherham United Rotherham	16	4	5	7	14	19	-5	17
19	Blackpool	16	4	5	7	22	30	-8	17
20	Crawley Town Crawley	17	4	4	9	15	27	-12	16
21	Leyton Orient	15	4	3	8	14	18	-4	15
22	Cambridge United Cambridge	15	3	3	9	13	24	-11	12
23	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury	16	3	2	11	16	29	-13	11
24	Burton Albion	15	1	5	9	15	28	-13	8