Cardiff City return to English Premier League 4 years after
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barnsleys 4-1 loss at derby ended their brief stay in the championship with burton managed by nigel clough also relegated after a 2-1 loss at preston1 four years after cardiff city returned to the premier league on sunday when a goalless draw at home to reading was enough to give veteran manager neil warnock a record eighth promotion1 a draw left cardiff waiting on fulhams result at birmingham but the cottagers 3-1 loss left the london club facing the lottery of the play-offs where the teams finishing third-sixth compete for the lone remaining promotion place1 the draw saw cardiff return to the premier league after a single season in the competition in 201314. we are going up the club celebrated on their website1 when warnock took over some 18 months ago cardiff were at the other end of the table but malaysian owner vincent tans decision to bring the experienced manager to the welsh capital paid dividends1 birmingham were still facing relegation when they kicked off but first-half goals from lukas jutkiewicz 15 and harlee dean 43 settled their nerves1 tom cairney scored for fulham with six minutes left but che adamss 89th-minute goal put the result beyond doubt1 only the top two at the end of the regular season were guaranteed a place in english footballs lucrative top flight and second-tier title-winners wolves had already secured one of those spots heading into sundays final round of regular-season championship matches1 meanwhile bolton beat the drop in remarkable fashion after beating nottingham forest 3-21 bolton were going down with three minutes left when forest led 2-1 after goals from ben osborn 70 and jack colback 79 overturning adam le fondres early volley1 but david wheater 87 and aaron wilbraham 88 scored to keep northwest side bolton in the division to the delight of their delirious home crowd1 elsewhere bottom club sunderland stunned champions wolves 3-0 in front of prospective new owner stewart donald1 on-loan pair ovie ejaria 19 and ashley fletcher 45 put the hosts 2-0 up before paddy mcnair scored sunderlands third midway through the second half1 atdhe nuhiu 14 60 and 90 hit a hat-trick in sheffield wednesdays 5-1 thrashing of norwich at hillsborough with wednesdays city rivals united winning 3-2 at bristol city1 leeds beat qpr 2-0 with goals from kemar roofe 30 and kalvin phillips 47 while brentford and hull drew 1-1 at griffin park1