Championship

• The Championship play-off final is – financially speaking – the biggest game in British sport. While Leicester are now just three wins away form promotion after a 2-0 win over second place Burnley (who are nine points off the chasing pack behind them) the four teams that'll be contesting the £120 million game at Wembley on 24 May are far from decided.

• The injury to Charlie Austin took the wind out of the QPR sails at the turn of the year and the West London club continue to puff their cheeks in third, a late Junior Hoilett strike earned the R's a 1-1 draw at Blackpool. After a disappointing set of recent results, a Patrick Bamford inspired Derby won for just the second time in seven: the Rams beat struggling Charlton 3-0. Wigan have impressed since Uwe Rosler took charge but the Latics played their 51st game of the season today and required an 88th minute goal from Nick Powell to earn a point at Bolton. Gallingly for Rosler's team, Jordi Gómez then missed an injury-time penalty that would have snatched victory.

• Nigel Adkins' Reading are the side with most to fear, however. The sixth placed side went in to today's match against Huddersfield having failed to win any of their last six home games. Nahki Wells put the visitors ahead only for a Pavel Pogrebnyak penalty to earn the home side a point.

• The division's form team are Bournemouth who beat a very much out-of-form Birmingham 4-2 at St Andrews. Two goals from the excellent Lewis Grabban helped put the Cherries four up, Federico Macheda scored twice in the second half to give the score a more respectable polish. Bournemouth's late surge – they are now five points behind Reading – was helped by Brighton's 2-0 defeat at home to Middlesbrough and Ipswich's 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest.

• Noteworthy results elsewhere at the bottom saw Barnsley beat fellow relegation strugglers Yeovil 4-1 at Huish Park, Doncaster beat troubled Leeds at Elland Road, and Millwall grabbed one point from the jaws of three by conceding a late Blackburn Rovers equaliser in their 2-2 draw.

• Watford tore apart Sheffield Wednesday 4-1 at Hillsborough. Wednesday, now safely lodged in mid-table, have – you feel – got the beach towels out.

League One

• Kenny Jacket's Wolves have one hand on the League One title after Liam McAlinden's 81st minute goal gave them a 1-0 victory over MK Dons. Wolves are now six points clear of second place Brentford, held 0-0 at Oldham, and early season pace setters Leyton Orient who lost 1-0 at home to Bradford. With both London sides wobbling, Rotherham, who beat Bristol City 2-1, and Preston North End, who beat Crawley 1-0, are far from out of the automatic promotion running.

• For the past few seasons League One has been every bit as polarised as the Premier League and this year is no different. While 20 points separate fifth from ninth, just two points separate the bottom six in League One, and just eight points split the entire bottom half of the table. Notts County were the only team to win in the bottom six today – the Magpies beat Colchester 2-0. Ronan Murray and Haydn Hollis scored the goals. The U's are now just three points clear of the drop after a poor run of results in March.

League Two

• Congratulations to Ross Willcox. The Scunthorpe manager become the Football League's first manager to claim a 24-game unbeaten start. Second placed Iron drew 0-0 with Wycombe at home and remain two points behind leaders Rochdale who were held 0-0 at fourth place Fleetwood. The previous holder of Willcox's record was Preston's William Suddell in 1889, pub quiz fans.

• Portsmouth's new manager Andy Awford, their third manager this season, made a winning start to life in the Fratton Park very hot seat. Pompey won 2-1 at Newport County who had two men sent off. The result lifted Portsmouth five points clear of relegation from the Football League.

• Basement club Torquay are in danger of being cut adrift after losing 1-0 at Southend, while Northampton slipped a further point behind Wycombe after Bury dished out a 0-3 thrashing at Sixfields.