Leicester City were relegated to the third tier of English football on Tuesday, a decade after their astonishing run to the Premier League title, while Coventry City ensured they moved up to the top flight as champions.
The Foxes were relegated to the Second Championship last season and suffered a humiliating second successive defeat after drawing 2-2 at home to promotion chasers Hull City in a King Power Stadium with many empty seats.
With promotion already on the horizon, Frank Lampard’s Coventry defeated Portsmouth 5–1 to finish with an unassailable 10-point lead at the top with two games to spare.
Millwall finished second after a 3-1 win at Stoke City and are now three points clear of Ipswich Town, who have two games in hand and play at Charlton Athletic on Wednesday.
It was also a good night for Wrexham, who moved back into the promotion play-off places ahead of Hull on goal difference after a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Oxford United thanks to a goal from Josh Windass.
ONE TARGET DOWN, THEN A TARGET UP
Leicester needed to beat the Tigers to avoid relegation for at least another day, but were already a goal behind after 18 minutes when Liam Miller capitalized on a mistake by goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
However, the fans dreamed an impossible dream in the second half as Jordan James equalized from the penalty spot in the 52nd and Luke Thomas put Leicester ahead two minutes later. The joy was short-lived: Oli McBurnie scored the equalizer in the 63rd.
The result left the Foxes 23rd in the standings with 42 points from 44 games and seven away from safety with just two games remaining.
“Incredibly frustrating,” said Gary Rowett, who only took over in February as Leicester’s fourth manager in less than a year.
«I think the bigger picture is that you don’t get relegated over three or four games. You get relegated over a season… we’ve only kept five clean sheets all season.»
Thai Leicester delighted the neutral fans in 2015-2016 when, as 5,000-1 outsiders led by Italian Claudio Ranieri, they won the top-level title as the world watched in amazement.
They reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2017, but the death of owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha in a helicopter crash in 2018 came as a devastating blow.
Leicester won the FA Cup in 2021, a first for the club, but was docked six points this season for breaching the English Football League’s profitability and sustainability rules on spending, and lost its appeal this month.
The team suffered 0-1 losses to Swansea City and Portsmouth before Tuesday’s draw saw them drop to the third tier for the second time in its 142-year history.
Next season’s opponents include newly promoted Bromley, who have played all but two non-league football in their 134 years of existence and whose grounds are home to just over 5,000 people.
“This club won the Premier League not so long ago,” Rowett said of Leicester’s leap. «That was an incredible highlight for the fans… I think everyone saw that as a great achievement. I think we can be just as disappointed with how poor this moment is.»
«The club has to get back up, but it has to learn its lessons because it has certainly been a season that is very regrettable.»
Published on April 22, 2026
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