Burnley beat Charlton Athletic 3-0 to go up as winners of the Championship.
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Downing has achieved much in his football career – at both club and worldwide level.
It was suggested the Spaniard could part ways with Middlesbrough regardless of the result of their promotion shoot-out with Brighton on Saturday.
Middlesbrough enter the fray this week looking to pick up perhaps the most important win in their history, with a three-point haul or even a draw confirming their automatic promotion back to the Premier League.
“It is more than deserved”.
And top-flight status has propelled the club into the world’s top 30 richest clubs because of the guaranteed cash bonus of £170m – made up of a minimum prize pot of £95m and then parachute payments – just for playing in the Premier League next season. “I am going to be one of them after just two and a half years of experience, and that is unbelievable”. “The chairman was one of the big reasons why I came back here and he deserves it more than anyone”.
“If you compare it to a year ago, we got to the playoff final but did we really deserve to go up?”
Good luck to the Clarets in the Premier League!
The draw leaves Brighton facing playoff uncertainty in which they will take on Sheffield Wednesday, While Hull City take on Derby County in the other tie.
“I think there will be a momentum with Middlesbrough”, Southgate said.
“The steelworkers gave us inspiration and to be in this position is nice to help them forget their problems and I am really proud and the third inspiration was our friend Ali (Brownlee) because I knew he would be supporting us”.
Stephens went into a challenge with Gaston Ramirez and caught the midfielder high up his leg, leaving referee Mike Dean with no alternative but to reach for the red card.
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“The chairman (Steve Gibson) deserves it because he’s worked so hard to get this club back into the Premier League”. David Cotterill put the Blues ahead, but Anthony Pilkington’s simple finish meant it was a point apiece.
