Follow live coverage as Burnley face Sheffield United in the Championship today.An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.

A season that began with Burnley in turmoil, following relegation and the departure of Vincent Kompany, ended with his successor Scott Parker leading them back to the Premier League on an occasion that flew in the face of much that has gone before this campaign.

Chris Wilder sent out his congratulations to Burnley and Leeds United after his Sheffield United came out on the wrong side of the three-horse automatic promotion race.