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Apr 21, 2025, 02:28 PM ET
Leeds United and Burnley person been promoted to the Premier League aft Scott Parker's broadside bushed third-placed Sheffield United connected Monday.
Leeds moved connected to 94 points via a 6-0 triumph implicit Stoke City connected Monday afternoon, earlier Burnley's 2-1 triumph astatine Turf Moor enactment them connected 94 arsenic good and ensured Sheffield United could nary longer amended their rivals' tally.
"I'm speechless. All that hard enactment this season," said Burnley skipper Josh Brownhill, who scored some of his team's goals connected Monday. "We've been written disconnected truthful galore times, radical calling america boring. We've bored our mode to the Premier League.
"It takes a full team. It's not conscionable a backmost four, a extremity keeper, it takes everybody. I don't deliberation a batch of the lads volition sleep. I'm truthful buzzing for the lads that haven't played Premier League football."
The victories guarantee different 2 U.S.-owned clubs volition bask the estimated gross uplift of astir $180 cardinal that comes with a spot successful England's apical tier.
Leeds is owned by the San Francisco-based 49ers Enterprises group, members of whom see American golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas. Red Bull, the vigor portion institution whose different shot interests see owning Leipzig successful Germany, bought a number involvement successful the nine past May.
Burnley, meanwhile, has been majority-owned since 2020 by the ALK Capita concern group. The New York radical is fronted by U.S. businessman Alan Pace and counts erstwhile NFL prima J.J. Watts arsenic a notable shareholder.
After clinching promotion, Watt posted connected societal media: "WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!!!!!!!! Come On Burnley!!!!!"
With 2 games remaining, the Championship rubric volition beryllium decided betwixt Leeds, who big Bristol City and decorativeness the play distant to Plymouth Argyle, and Burnley, whose remaining games see a roadworthy travel to Queens Park Rangers and a location lucifer with Milwall.
Sheffield United are assured of a spot successful the Championship playoffs on with Sunderland and 2 different sides for the remaining spot successful the Premier League.
The contention for the automatic promotion spots has been typically competitory this season, but a tally of 3 consecutive defeats for Sheffield United successful the archetypal fractional of April spelled the extremity of their challenge.
Burnley person leaned connected their miserly defence to unafraid a instrumentality to the Premier League astatine the archetypal clip of asking aft they were relegated, on with Sheffield United, past season. Leeds dropped to the 2nd tier successful 2022-23 and mislaid the Championship playoff last astatine Wembley to Southampton successful May 2024.
Information from The Associated Press was utilized successful this story.
