Ipswich secure Premier League return to end 22-year wait

 Ipswich Town ended a 22-year exile from the Premier League when the second-tier Championship club secured a return to the top flight with a 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town on Saturday, denying Leeds United the second automatic promotion spot.

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Ipswich needed a point to confirm promotion going into the final day of the season as Kieran McKenna's side became the first club since Southampton in 2012 to gain back-to-back promotions from third-tier League one to the Premier League.

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After Leicester City had secured promotion last weekend, Ipswich and Leeds were battling for the second automatic promotion spot going into the final day of the league season.

Leeds needed results to go their way but a 2-1 home defeat by Southampton left them third, six points behind Ipswich.

Ipswich took the lead from a well-worked move in the first half where Conor Chaplin found Wes Burns unmarked in the box and the Welshman fired home to draw a huge roar from the Portman Road crowd.

As Leeds fell behind against Southampton, Ipswich struck again three minutes after the restart when Omari Hutchinson skipped away from a challenge and found the back of the net from the edge of the box.

LEEDS V NORWICH IN PLAYOFFS

Leeds will now look to gain promotion through the playoffs where manager Daniel Farke will meet his former side Norwich City, who finished sixth.

"It's a bit special. It was quite emotional to return there as an opposition manager but the second game was business as usual," Farke said.

"I will always be grateful for my time there but my only focus is here."

West Bromwich Albion play Southampton in the other playoff.

Huddersfield Town, who were relegated from the