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After celebrations on the streets of Leeds and probably in most corners of the globe on Friday night at the club's promotion from the Championship, there were still plenty more plot lines to follow as Saturday saw nine more games from the penultimate round of the delayed league season.

Here's a look at what unfolded at both ends of the table and what will still need to be resolved both on Sunday and Wednesday as the campaign moves towards its conclusion.

Relive Saturday's Championship action
Catch up with Saturday's Championship reports
Tigers clinging on by their claws as others face nervous last day
Flipping the table upside down, we'll start with the situation at the bottom where still nothing is decided in terms of who goes down.

What's more, there are still plenty of on-field and off-field permutations, leaving as many as eight clubs unsure which division they'll be playing in next season.

But the most significant result on Saturday came at KCOM Stadium where 22nd met 23rd and, come full-time, Hull City and Luton Town had switched places.

Luton's 1-0 win leaves Hull facing relegation to League One barring a "miracle" - to use boss Grant McCann's own words - or a reprieve at the hands of a points deduction for at least one other club.

The Tigers' are now three points adrift of safety after a fifth successive defeat. Luton, meanwhile, remain inside the bottom three on goal difference.

Hull v Luton
Hull City's players were left distraught at the end of their loss at home to Luton Town
They would have climbed out of danger had one of the day's earlier games not been affected by some stoppage-time drama.

Charlton snatched a point at home to Wigan in a 2-2 draw thanks to Macauley Bonne's equaliser.

The Addicks are above Luton because of their -11 goal difference compared with the Hatters' -29, but the result also had an effect on Wigan, who still face an anxious last day despite sitting in 13th.

Wigan's administration means they have a 12-point deduction pending at the end of the season, which the club are appealing against to the English Football League.

That draw has left Paul Cook's side 10 points above the bottom three rather than 12 and on Wednesday night they will face a Fulham side who could be a Premier League club come full-time.

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