Ipswich Town secured an immediate return to the Premier League as they defeated Queens Park Rangers to seal the Championship’s second automatic promotion spot.
Relegated 12 months ago after just four wins in their first top-flight season for 22 years, Kieran McKenna’s side have bounced back straight away.
With matters in their own hands going into the last day, Ipswich knew that three points at Portman Road would nullify anything that promotion rivals Millwall or Middlesbrough could do.
Goals inside the first nine minutes from George Hirst and Jaden Philogene set them on their way before substitute Kasey McAteer added a late third to rubber-stamp matters as the Tractor Boys enjoyed a third promotion in four seasons under Northern Irishman McKenna in a special period for the Suffolk club.
This fixture completed a miserable end to the season for QPR as they finished with four straight losses and six without a win to end up 15th as they completed an 11th straight season in the second tier.
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