Watford clinched their return to the Barclays Premier League on Saturday afternoon as they enjoyed a 2-0 victory over Brighton to win promotion.
With Middlesbrough slumping to a 4-3 defeat to Fulham and Norwich failing to see off Rotherham, the league-leading Hornets can only be caught by Bournemouth, who play on Monday.
Sky Bet Ch'ship
1 Watford 88
2 B'mouth 84
3 M'boro 84
4 Norwich 83
5 Ipswich 78
6 Derby 77
7 Brentford 75
8 Wolves 75
9 Blackburn 64
10 Charlton 60
11 Birm'ham 60
12 N Forest 59
13 Cardiff 59
14 Sheff Wed 59
15 Leeds 55
16 Huddsf'ld 54
17 Fulham 52
18 Bolton 51
19 Reading 47
20 Brighton 46
21 Rotherham 39
22 Millwall 41
23 Wigan 39
24 Blackpool 25
Middlesbrough's hopes of automatic promotion were dealt a blow by Ross McCormack, who scored three goals including a stoppage-time winner as Fulham won 4-3 at Craven Cottage.
Tranmere and Cheltenham dropped out of the Football League as Hartlepool sealed their Sky Bet League Two safety in the penultimate round of fixtures.
Managerless Rovers slipped into non-league football for the first time in 94 years following a 3-2 loss to Plymouth, while Gary Johnson's Robins will join them in the fifth tier next season after going down 1-0 to second-placed Shrewsbury, who celebrated promotion to League One thanks to Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro's strike.
Hartlepool's Jordan Hugill, a former Tranmere loanee and brought to the north east by ex-Rovers boss Ronnie Moore, scored Pools' winner in a 2-1 success over Exeter after Grecians striker Graham Cummins had cancelled out Scott Fenwick's opener.