Wrexham to play Championship after third straight promotion

Wrexham hammered Charlton Athletic 3-0 to seal a historic promotion to the EFL Championship on Saturday.

Ollie Rathbone and Sam Smith scored inside three first-half minutes to set the Welsh facet on their manner.

Smith, who arrived on the membership in a file £2 million switch, added a 3rd within the 81st minute.

The victory secured second place for Wrexham in League One and the ultimate computerized promotion spot behind runaway champions Birmingham Metropolis.

Wrexham’s promotion sees them return to English soccer’s second tier for the primary time since they had been relegated from the division on the finish of the 1981-82 season.

Charlton had gone into the match as certainly one of solely two groups, alongside Wycombe Wanderers, who might deny Wrexham the second spot within the division.

Nevertheless, with Wycombe dropping 1-0 away to Leyton Orient earlier within the day, Wrexham knew {that a} win of their ultimate dwelling sport of the season would clinch a file third successive promotion.

No crew in English soccer historical past, relationship again to the primary aggressive season in 1888, had ever achieved three consecutive promotions throughout the highest 5 divisions.