LONDON pair Millwall and Dagenham & Redbridge completed the domestic football season in Britain over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend with wins at Wembley in their respective playoff finals.
Millwall skipper Paul Robinson scored the only goal as the Lions beat Swindon Town 1-0 on Saturday afternoon to achieve promotion to the Championship where they have not played since 2005/06.
Dagenham & Redbridge won a more open and entertaining game against Rotherham United 3-2 on Sunday to reach League One for the first time in their history, having been a non-league side as recently as 2007.
In a thrilling encounter, the Daggers twice took the lead through Paul Benson and Danny Green only to be pinned back by two goals from the Millers' Ryan Taylor.
But the Daggers took the lead for a third time through Jon Nurse's deflected strike and, this time, it proved to be decisive - the last act of season 2009/10.
A comprehensive list of the ups and downs, and Cup Final results, for 09/10 can be found below:
ENGLAND
PREMIER LEAGUE
Champions: Chelsea
Runners-up: Manchester United
Champions League: Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur
Europa League: Manchester City, Aston Villa, Liverpool
Relegated: Burnley, Hull City, Portsmouth
CHAMPIONSHIP
Champions: Newcastle United
Runners-up: West Bromwich Albion
Playoff winners: Blackpool (beat Cardiff City 3-2 in the Final)
Relegated: Sheffield Wednesday, Plymouth Argyle, Peterborough United
LEAGUE ONE
Champions: Norwich City
Runners-up: Leeds United
Playoff winners: Millwall (beat Swindon Town 1-0 in the Final)
Relegated: Gillingham, Wycombe Wanderers, Southend United, Stockport County
LEAGUE TWO
Champions: Notts County
Runners-up: Rochdale
Also promoted automatically: Bournemouth
Playoff winners: Dagenham & Redbridge (beat Rotherham United 3-2 in the Final)
Relegated: Grimsby Town, Darlington
BLUE SQUARE PREMIER
Champions: Stevenage Borough
Playoff winners: Oxford United (beat York City 3-1 in the Final)
Relegated: Forest Green, Ebbsfleet United, Grays Athletic
BLUE SQUARE NORTH
Champions: Southport
Playoff winners: Fleetwood Town (beat Alfreton Town 2-1 in the Final)
Relegated: Vauxhall Motors, Harrogate Town
BLUE SQUARE SOUTH
Champions: Newport County
Playoff winners: Bath City (beat Woking 1-0 in the Final)
Relegated: Worcester, Weston-super-Mare, Weymouth
DOMESTIC TROPHY FINALS
All matches played at Wembley
FA Cup Final: Chelsea 1-0 Portsmouth
League Cup Final: Manchester United 2-1 Aston Villa
FA Community Shield: Chelsea 2-2 Manchester United - Chelsea won on penalties
Johnstone's Paint Trophy: Southampton 4-1 Carlisle United
FA Trophy: Barrow 2-1 Stevenage Borough (after extra time)
FA Vase: Whitley Bay 6-1 Wroxham
SCOTLAND
SCOTTISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Champions: Rangers
Runners-up: Celtic
Europa League: Dundee United, Hibernian, Motherwell
Relegated: Falkirk
SCOTTISH DIVISION ONE
Champions: Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Runners-up (not promoted): Dundee
Relegated: Airdree United, Ayr United
SCOTTISH DIVISION TWO
Champions: Stirling Albion
Playoff winners: Cowdenbeath (beat Brechin City 3-0 on aggregate in the Final)
Relegated: Arbroath, Clyde
SCOTTISH DIVISION THREE
Champions: Livingston
Playoff winners: Forfar Athletic (beat Arbroath 2-0 on aggregate in the Final)
DOMESTIC TROPHY FINALS
FA Cup: Dundee United 3-0 Ross County
League Cup: Rangers 1-0 St Mirren
Challenge Cup: Dundee 3-2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle
WALES/NORTHERN IRELAND
WELSH PREMIER LEAGUE
Champions: The New Saints
Europa League: Llanelli AFC (runners-up), Port Talbot Town (third)
Relegated: Rhyl, Connah's Quay, CPD Porthmadog, Welshpool Town, Caersws FC, Cefn Druids
IFA PREMIERSHIP
Champions: Linfield
Europa League: Cliftonville (runners-up), Glentoran (third), Portadown (losing Cup finalists)
Relegated: Institute
DOMESTIC TROPHY FINALS
Welsh FA Cup: Bangor City 3-2 Port Talbot Town
Welsh League Cup: The New Saints 3-1 Rhyl
IFA Cup: Linfield 2-1 Portadown
Irish League Cup: Glentoran 2-2 Coleraine - Glentoran won 4-1 on penalties
EUROPE
UEFA FINALS
Champions League: Inter Milan 2-0 Bayern Munich
Europa League: Athletico Madrid 2-1 Fulham (after extra time)
Super Cup: Barcelona 1-0 Shakhtar Donetsk (after extra time)
MAJOR EUROPEAN LEAGUE WINNERS
Spain: Barcelona
Italy: Inter Milan
Germany: Bayern Munich
France: Marseille
Portugal: Benfica
Holland: FC Twente Enschede
*Why not click on the 2009/10 Label at the bottom of this post for a month-by-month account of this season?
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