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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Barry Glendenning

Leeds on verge of promotion after 6-0 win over Stoke in Championship: football – as it happened

Dreamland  for Leeds as Joel Piroe bags a hat-trick inside the first 20 minutes.
Dreamland for Leeds as Joel Piroe bags a hat-trick inside the first 20 minutes. Photograph: Malcolm Bryce/Leeds United/Getty Images

Leeds United 6-0 Stoke City

Championship match report: Joel Piroe scored four goals and the latest member of the Gray dynasty rolled off the assembly line as Leeds all but secured promotion to the Premier League. Louise Taylor reports from a jubilant Elland Road …

Doncaster go top of League Two

Rovers win over Colchester United takes them a point clear of Port Vale, who could only draw at home to Grimsby. Bradford’s draw at Chesterfield leaves them in the third automatic promotion spot.

Walsall, AFC Wimbledon, Notts County and Grimsby are in the playoff places, but Colchester, Salford and Chesterfield will all be hopeful of gatecrashing that particular party.

At the bottom of the table, Morecambe have been relegated to the National League and look likely to be joined by Carlisle, who are four points behind Tranmere Rovers. The side from Prenton Park are third from bottom and hovering above the thick black line but not safe yet.

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