{"id":99705,"date":"2025-05-14T03:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/99705\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T03:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T03:07:13","slug":"when-is-the-championship-play-off-final-date-and-kick-off-time-as-sunderland-and-coventry-look-to-join-sheffield-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/99705\/","title":{"rendered":"When is the Championship Play-Off Final? Date and kick-off time as Sunderland and Coventry look to join Sheffield United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Championship Play-Off Final is one of the biggest games in English football, and Sheffield United have booked their place in it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113163\/sheffield-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Blades<\/a> breezed past <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113024\/bristol-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bristol City<\/a> in their semi-final, winning both legs 3-0 to claim a spot at Wembley. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Southampton won last year's Championship Play-Off Final\" height=\"677\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747192032_363_jack-stephens-southampton-lifts-sky-904950098.jpg\" data-caption=\"Southampton won last year's Championship Play-Off Final\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747192032_363_jack-stephens-southampton-lifts-sky-904950098.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Southampton won last year&#8217;s Championship Play-Off FinalCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>They missed out on automatic promotion after <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113088\/leeds-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leeds United<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113026\/burnley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burnley<\/a> confirmed their spots in the top two.<\/p>\n<p>But now they&#8217;re on the brink of the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> as they await who will be joining them in the big game. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/sport\/football\/team\/113176\/sunderland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunderland<\/a> head into their home second leg with an advantage, having beaten Frank Lampard&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/coventry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coventry<\/a> 2-1 last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats, who finished fourth in the regular season, will now look to finish the job tonight, live on talkSPORT.<\/p>\n<p>When is the Championship Play-off Final?<\/p>\n<p>The 2024\/25 Championship Play-Off Final will take place on Saturday, May 24, at Wembley Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>A kick-off time for the game is yet to be officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s big game was held on a Sunday at 3pm, while in 2023, the final started at the strange time of 4:45pm. <\/p>\n<p>talkSPORT and talkSPORT.com will have live coverage of the final. <\/p>\n<p>To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/radioplayer\/live\/index.html?interstitial=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE for the live stream<\/a>.\u00a0You can also listen via the <a href=\"https:\/\/app.talksport.com\/EDmeyTmEEub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talkSPORT app<\/a>, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.<\/p>\n<p>It will also be broadcast live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sheffield United are into the Play-Off final\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty Images - Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000993075559.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sheffield United are into the Play-Off final\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/NINTCHDBPICT000993075559.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United are into the Play-Off finalCredit: Getty Images &#8211; Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sunderland are in a great place heading to the second leg\" height=\"728\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747192033_553_fe897d24-7bb3-47e4-8829-449af035dac1.jpg\" data-caption=\"Sunderland are in a great place heading to the second leg\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1747192033_553_fe897d24-7bb3-47e4-8829-449af035dac1.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland are in a great place heading to the second legCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Championship Play-Off fixtures<\/p>\n<p><strong>Play-Off Semi-Finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 12<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheffield United 3-0 Bristol City [6-0] talkSPORT Exclusive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tuesday, May 13<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunderland vs Coventry [2-1] talkSPORT Exclusive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Play-Off Final<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, May 24 &#8211; Sheffield United vs TBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What has been said?<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after Sheffield United booked their place in the Championship Play-Off Final, Wilder said: \u201cI don\u2019t feel there\u2019s any negativity because of our previous campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s a freshness about it. A real belief that we can make history and put to bed all that, other things have gone on previously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019ve witnessed the majority of it as well. It isn\u2019t easy to go straight back up. It\u2019s not straightforward. And we pushed and pushed all season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got 92 points&#8230;for two teams to get to 100 points is an insane season. Then we\u2019ve had to have the challenges of the narrative of being the team that\u2019s got so close. But how do they deal with it?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe narrative as well of\u00a0Sheffield United\u2019s play-off history and stuff like that, so we\u2019ve had to make sure that we were right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to be good tonight, we had everything to lose. The first goal was always going to be a big goal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had to play well and do a lot of things right over the two games to get to the final.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristol City boss brands referee\u2019s decision as a \u2018disgrace\u2019 as his pre-match fears come true in play-off blow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Championship Play-Off Final is one of the biggest games in English football, and Sheffield United have booked&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8817],"tags":[18228,748,46294,46293,46296,46295,46297,26190,393,4884,1620,4239,2958,16,15,46292],"class_list":{"0":"post-99705","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sheffield","8":"tag-bristol-city","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-championship-play-off-final-confirmed-date","11":"tag-championship-play-off-final-date","12":"tag-championship-play-off-final-details","13":"tag-championship-play-off-final-kick-off-time","14":"tag-championship-play-off-final-latest","15":"tag-coventry","16":"tag-england","17":"tag-great-britain","18":"tag-sheffield","19":"tag-sheffield-united","20":"tag-sunderland","21":"tag-uk","22":"tag-united-kingdom","23":"tag-when-is-the-championship-play-off-final"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114503984391632743","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}