Derby survive, Sheffield Wednesday and Rotherham relegated: Championship final day – live!

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Thank you very much for joining me for all that drama.

Ben Fisher has kindly written a match report about it all, as he’s a very nice man.

Waghorn hits spot as draw keeps Derby up but relegates Sheffield Wednesday

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Waghorn says he felt like Derby would stay up thanks to sticking together, adding he just had a feeling they would do it today.

“As someone who has won absolutely everything, he [Rooney] has just tried to keep us calm as a team. He has told us he believes in us from day one. He has instilled that belief to keep going.”

Waghorn’s son also played against Sheffield Wednesday, which is nice.

Derby manager Wayne Rooney smiles after the draw kept the Rams up. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images Sheffield Wednesday’s Barry Bannan is consoled by Derby’s Colin Kazim-Richards. Photograph: Ryan Browne/BPI/Shutterstock Derby’s double goalscorer Martyn Waghorn and his teammates celebrate with the fans outside Pride Park. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images

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Rotherham will be very frustrated after they are relegated due to the goal they conceded in the 88th minute.

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What a dramatic day in Derby. Sheffield Wednesday will feel hard done by in the end and I am sure Dunkley will feel pretty bad now after the penalty he gave away cost them survival.

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Full-time! Derby 3-3 Sheffield Wednesday

The Rams survive by the skin of their teeth.

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90+6 mins: A corner for Wednesday sees Westwood go up but it is headed clear. That is almost that.

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90+5 mins: A long throw is sent into the box by Paterson. It reaches the six-yard box and Lawrence clears.

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90+2 mins: Bannan lumps the ball into the box, it is cleared to Paterson on the right but his cross is turned behind. The corner is cleared back to Bannan whose second cross is belatedly sent out of the box.

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90+1 mins: Derby are doing some impressive timewasting here. I am sure Mike Dean will not stand for it.

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89 mins: Derby are defending deep as Wednesday just look to smash it up the field.

Steve McClaren is also down in the technical area, I assume for novelty value.

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88 mins: Wednesday are now the ones lumping it up but Derby have a back five now so are not too worried by it all.

Harris replaces Dunkley for the visitors.

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86 mins: Ebosele is booked while warming up after punching the ball away. What larks.

Waghorn is shouting advice to the defence from the sidelines.

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Full-time! Cardiff 1-1 Rotherham

All over for the Millers. It’s down to Derby and Wednesday now for who survives.

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83 mins: Bannan fails to collect the ball on his own halfway line, allowing for a pass to slipped through for Roberts to latch onto but he tries to go round the goalkeeper and fails.

A goal for Wednesday would see them stay up …

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82 mins: Waghorn is down but seems to be laughing. Curtis Davies replaces him.

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80 mins: Also a reminder that the game in Cardiff is 10 minutes ahead of this. It would be ruddy dramatic if Rotherham do take the lead there.

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GOAL! Cardiff 1-1 Rotherham (Pack, 88)

Bad news for Rotherham. They need a goal to stay up. Derby are the ones who sill survive now.

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GOAL! Derby 3-3 Sheffield Wednesday (Waghorn, pen, 78)

The closest thing to a free-flowing move from Derby we’ve seen all day sees Waghorn slip in Jozwiak, who gets across Dunkley, resulting in the defender taking him down. Waghorn steps up and calmly puts it into the top corner.

Derby County’s Kamil Jozwiak goes down in the penalty area to win his side a penalty. Photograph: Nigel French/PA Adam Reach of Sheffield Wednesday looks dejected. Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images Martyn Waghorn of Derby County takes the penalty … Photograph: Alex Pantling/Getty Images And Derby are level. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

Updated at 9.38am EDT

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76 mins: Wednesday look to break from a corner but Jozwiak takes one for the team and brings his man down near the halfway line.

Wycombe are not down yet!

Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor)

10 goals in 10 minutes and a Cardiff equaliser vs Rotherham and Wycombe are safe. You won’t read that in the MSM

May 8, 2021

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74 mins: Poor Forsyth is taken off after a tough day at the office.

A free-kick is swung into the Owls box from Waghorn but Kazim-Richards heads it well wide.

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72 mins: Roberts tries to chest the ball down in the Wednesday box but it bounces away from him and a defender clears. Changes are coming for Derby.

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70 mins: Rotherham are the ones staying up. They need to hold on at Cardiff.

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GOAL! Derby 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday (Borner, 69)

A corner is sent in from the right by Bannan, Kazim-Richards flicks it to the back post where Dunkley is waiting to nod it to Borner to turn it home from pretty much on the line. Terrible defending from Derby.

Sheffield Wednesday’s Julian Borner (right) celebrates scoring their third goal. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

Updated at 9.24am EDT

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68 mins: Wednesday need to win and hope Cardiff can turn things around against Rotherham, so they are going for it. A Derby win would guarantee their survival. It’s all quite tense now.

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66 mins: Edmundson launches a throw into the Wednesday box and it’s headed behind for a corner. Roberts whips it in from the right but the ball is cleared.

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64 mins: Rhodes needs treatment after getting a whack in the face.

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GOAL! Derby 2-2 Sheffield Wednesday (Paterson, 62)

A long ball into the box is flicked on and Forsyth misscontrols it, allowing Paterson to send a shot into the bottom corner. Rotherham are now staying up …

Wednesday forward Callum Paterson scores a goal and celebrates to make the score 2-2. Photograph: Malcolm Bryce/ProSports/Shutterstock

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60 mins: Windass wins a corner on the right-hand side. Bannan comes over to take it but it goes straight into Roos’ arms.

Kazim-Richards has been booked for something or other.

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58 mins: Reach whips a very dangerous cross into the corridor of uncertainty, but no Owls attacker can get on the end of it, allowing Forsyth to clear.

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56 mins: Derby are now the ones staying up thanks to their quickfire double but I am sure there will be another twist before the 90 minutes is up.

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54 mins: The Owls have now realised they need to up things here. A cross from the right is flicked towards goal by Rhodes but Clarke turns it behind.

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GOAL! Derby 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Roberts, 52)

Roberts, who once cost Manchester City £10m, picks up the ball in the Wednesday half, drives towards the box and curls a shot beyond Westwood from 20 yards. What a turnaround.

Patrick Roberts puts Derby County ahead in a stylish fashion. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

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51 mins: Sheffield Wednesday need to get some intensity into their play now. They’ve started very slowly.

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GOAL! Derby 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Waghorn, 49)

The first bit of quality from Derby all day sees a lovely cross from the left flicked home by Waghorn.

Derby County’s Martyn Waghorn scores their equaliser. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

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47 mins: Derby just going direct and hoping for the best. Not what is needed. Surely Roberts and Lawrence can bring some variety to this.

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Second half

Here we go! A huge 45 minutes ahead!

(Cardiff v Rotherham is seven minutes ahead of this).

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Luke Jones asks: “I don’t watch a lot of Championship games. Are they always this bad? Is it just these teams? Or is the pressure getting to them?”

I am hoping it’s the pressure as this is awful.

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Half-time!

We ended up with eight minutes added on. Derby are staring down the barrel here. Not that things are much better for Wednesday. Rotherham are currently the ones staying up.

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GOAL! Derby 0-1 Sheffield Wednesday (Hutchinson, 45+4)

A long throw makes it into the box which is flicked on by Derby’s Forsyth and Hutchinson reacts first after Rhodes’ shot is repelled, allowing the defender to turn home. What a moment.

Sheffield Wednesday’s Sam Hutchinson celebrates scoring the opening goal of the game. Photograph: Nigel French/PA Hutchinson is mobbed by his Sheffield Wednesday team mates. Photograph: Ryan Browne/BPI/Shutterstock

Updated at 8.38am EDT

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45+3 mins: Shambles in the Wednesday defence as Westwood comes to claim but runs into Dunkley, resulting in the goalkeeper dropping the ball. Dreadful communication.

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45+2 mins: Roberts tries to dribble through the Wednesday midfield but his run is curtailed by a Bannan trip, which earns him a booking.

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45 mins: Five minutes added on due to the Waghorn issue before.

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44 mins: Byrne swings in a corner to the near post but it is headed clear.

Kazim-Richards gets the chance to find Waghorn free in the box but his cross hits Borner. This game needs more quality.

Rotherham are leading going into half-time at Cardiff.

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42 mins: Wednesday have had 75% possession in recent times but have not actually created a chance.

Lawrence pings a shot from 20 yards or so but it hits a Wednesday body and loops wide.

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40 mins: You can certainly see why these two sides are fighting for survival. All a bit mediocre.

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38 mins: NO GOAL! Roberts cuts in from the right and gets away a bobbling shot from the edge of the box, Westwood parries it straight out to Kazim-Richards who taps home from from a few yards out but he is very much offside.

Derby County’s Colin Kazim-Richards scores but the goal is ruled out for offside. Photograph: Nigel French/PA

Updated at 8.26am EDT