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Leeds United Back To Premier League After 16 years
Leeds United set return to the Premier League after a 16-year absence as West Bromwich Albion’s loss at Huddersfield Town guaranteed them a top-two finish in the Championship on Friday night.
Marcelo Bielsa’s side, who edged past Barnsley 1-0 on Thursday, have sealed promotion from the Championship with two games to spare, after the Baggies failed to keep the pressure up at the John Smith’s Stadium.
While speaking with BBC, Leeds United Captain Liam Cooper said, “It’s unbelievable and it’s still not properly sunk in.
“Our club, our fans and our players have sacrificed so much – we’ve been in the doldrums for 16 years.
“To be part of this team and to lead this team to promotion back to where we know we’ve always belonged is unbelievable.
“We deserve it – we’ve been the best team all season on a consistent level and we’ve got the job done. We set out to get promoted and now we want to go and be champions and lift that trophy.”
Leeds enjoyed an impressive campaign after bouncing back from last season’s play-off heartache to clinch promotion, returning to the top flight for the first time since 2004.
In that time there have been several near misses, while they also spent three years in League One between 2007 and 2010.
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Leeds are yet to clinch the Championship title, although a failure for Brentford to win at Stoke on Saturday will do that.
If the Bees are victorious, then a point at Derby in Leeds’ game on Sunday.
Five wins from six since, however, ensured that they got the job done. Leeds haven’t been out of the top five all season, they have only ended seven game weeks outside of the top two, and have occupied an automatic-promotion spot since mid-November.
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