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A dramatic late 3-2 comeback win over Barnsley sealed the League One title for Pompey as they returned to the second-tier for the first time in 12 years. Video footage from a bird's eye view above the stadium shows thousands of fans running onto the pitch at Fratton Park. Blue flares can also be seen getting lit as the jubilant fans embrace and hug their heroic players. Promotion marks a huge turning point in the club's history, who were relegated from the Championship in 2012 after receiving a 10-point deduction for entering administration for the second time in two years.

HENRY CLARK: Jamie Grimes, the Chesterfield captain, was left to savour a day of firsts after being sent back to the Football League after a six-year absence. The 33-year-old defender earned his first brace of his career to help clinch his second National League title on a sunny afternoon for the first time in history. If there is one, I've not found it.'

LEWIS STEELE AT THE SMH GROUP STADIUM: Nothing sums up Chesterfield's enthralling return to the Football League is any better than the players' walk-out songs. The sun is shining in the sky, there isn't a cloud in sight, it's stopped raining, everybody is in the game...and, oh my goodness, it's a beautiful new day.' Unlike Mr Blue Sky's 1977 debut, there have been no blue skies on this club in the last decade, with back-to-back relegations followed by six seasons in a shambles of non-league. But, in the end, it's a stunning new day in Derbyshire. The corks were more literal than literal, but Paul Cook's men's season would come to a glorious season. In truth, those champagne bottles have been on ice long before Christmas. The Spireites tragically missed out on promotion last year when they were defeated by Notts County in a play-off final penalty shoot-out, but they haven't looked back since.

Since being linked with the departure of Roy Hodgson from Crystal Palace, Ipswich chief Kieran McKenna has confirmed he wants to play in the Premier League. With his team's sweeping 2-1 win over Swansea on Saturday, the 37-year-old has put Ipswich to within three points of the Championship's automatic promotion positions. In the meantime, Palace flocked to Goodison Park on Monday, aiming for a dramatic triumph. According to Mail Sport, the 76-year-old Hodgson's second stint at Palace would come to an end shortly as executives begin their search for a long-term replacement capable of removing them from the Premier League's relegation zone and planning for future success.

Sebastian Timmis, 32, of Marksbury, Somerset, stole £32,000 from women he encountered on dating websites in 2022, the year he was serving a jail term for similar offences in the previous year. Timmis was 'emotionally and seriously betrayed' by the judge when sentencing him in Taunton Crown Court on Thursday, January 11. To gain his victims' trust, he used internet dating portals and apps, then setting up ostensibly sad scenarios in order to gain their sympathy and take money from them.

Many of the Premier League teams have been selected by top division sides for their third round matches, while others will face lower league outfits. Arsenal's match against Liverpool at the Emirates is likely to be the headline match, but there are other games that might have sparked controversy, with those opposing the trend being eager to make news. The largest chunk of the games will be played over Saturday and Sunday following Crystal Palace's match on Thursday, as well as a few Friday night fixtures.

ON THE ROAD: Did you bring your boots?' As Mail Sport wanders down the tunnel at Roots Hall, one steward jokes. Southend United are so depleted, they've only named two replacements for the tour of Chesterfield, the National League champions who haven't lost in their last 13 outings. The door to the home dressing room is open, and the players, who are semi-clad as they are changed, are listening to Don't Look Back in Anger by Oasis. Despite the fact that TNT Sport cameras are in town to tell the Southend story, there is no sense of nerves in this impoverished group. It's a sad tale for such a warm and historic institution. Since September 2022, they have been subjected to a transfer ban. They were suspended ten points at the start of this season after failing to clear a £275,000 HMRC loan. Despite losing three players to international call-ups - Noor Husin for Afghanistan, Daniel Kanu for Sierra Leone, and Mauro Vilhete for Sao Tome and Principe, they were refused on Saturday's game postponed.

LEWIS STEELE: County has had their fair share of disappointment in the Football League's history, which has been restored since promotion. As an example, the previous five seasons featured one relegation and four play-off losses. They say that what goes around comes around, but not for Notts. Until now. Luck is earned in football, and Luke Williams' side deservingly deserved theirs after five years. Boreham Wood needed a 97th-minute equalizer and 120th-minute winner to advance to the semi-finals.

LEWIS STEELE AT WEMBLEY: Notts County defeated Chesterfield 2-0 in a Wembley penalty shoot-out, bringing an end to a four-year absence from the English Football League. County defeated 4-3 on penalties after the game had been drawn 2-2 after 120 minutes, with Mair on loan from Norwich and sending on in the final minute of extra time for the spot-kick competition. Macaulay Langstaff, Ruben Rodrigues, Jodi Jones, and Cedwyn Scott were all able from the spot for County, the latter winning redemption after missing from 12 yards in the promotion showdown with Wrexham last month.

HENRY CLARK: Notts County's 107 points would have been enough to win the title at a canter in every previous National League season. But not this year, but never before in the history of non-League football. Wrexham made a name for themselves in the top battle after 46 games of pulsing drama. And so Luke Williams and his all-breaking heroes, who should be on the beach celebrating a return to the Football League, have been compelled to travel to Wembley. On Saturday afternoon, they will face Chesterfield, a local rival in the National League play-off final.

Liverpool is'set for days of high-camp mayhem' ahead of Eurovision, according to James March. Whether you're a fan of the annual song competition or not, this city offers a warm welcome and an uplifting sense of humor,' he says.

When he was arrested for murdering 19-year-old Bethany Branson after driving through a red light, van driver Luke Hawkes, of Bridgwater, was caught on camera telling police, 'I hope I killed someone.' Hawkes, 28, sped through the traffic light at high speeds, colliding with two cars and killing Bethany immediately on November 18. Hawkes is seen driving a white Ford Transit van along the A38 in Bridgwater, Somerset, in a video taken by Avon and Somerset Police. Hawkes refused to provide a specimen of breath for analysis at Taser Point following the horror smash.

ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE TECHNIQUE STADIUM: The Anstey Nomads, Northampton Town, AFC Wimbledon, and now West Brom have all fallen victim to Chesterfield's FA Cup wizard, Armando Dobra. When Dobra, a former Albanian youth international, joined the Spireites from Ipswich at the start of the season, he was faced with further goals to his tumultuous wing play. The 21-year-old has certainly contributed to the National League's rise to a spot in the fourth round, as shown by his goals. On Saturday, Dobra was at the double as Chesterfield came within seconds of overturning a 66-place divide in the pyramid before the Championship club pulled a replay at The Hawthorns.

3-3 CHESTERFIELD BROM WEST BROM EST BROM ADAM SHERGOLD AT THE TECHNIQUE STADIUM: This was all that was good and brilliant about the FA Cup. In the stands, we saw tinfoil trophies and the vivacious energy that comes from a sold-out crowd of people expressing pride in their hometown town. An underdog's maul opponents were ranked some 66 places higher than they were, with the bloody determination of a bloody devoted to maul opponents. Not that you would have guessed there was such a gap.

After people learned that it was selling genderless ginger biscuits, traditionally known as gingerbread men, the Cottage Bakery, a Blackpool, Lancashire, was blasted online. Absolute madness,' one user wrote.' In the case that offends gingers, it will not even be able to call it gingerbread soon.' Despite the trolling, bemused boss Paul Cook was still shocked that it took so long for them to notice this.

Reg Pye, a resident of Burry Port, south Wales, served with the Royal Engineers as a pilot carrying sappers, mines, and ammunition during the Battle of Normandy. Mr Pye noticed a 14-year-old girl starring her as he ate his evening meal in Normandy, 14 days after D-Day. Huguette, a 92-year-old girl, was reunited with Mr Pye in France, where he presented her with the photo he had coveted for 78 years and gave her another jam sandwich.

Lester Pistont was described as "a man with unparalleled loyalty to the horse and unmatched talent as a jockey" at a memorial service in London for the 11-time champion jockey, who died in May at the age of 86. William Haggas, the eldest son of Piggott's eldest daughter Maudeen, delivering the eulogy at St Luke's Church in Chelsea, Derby-winning trainer William Haggas, referred to Piggott as "a man revered in all parts of the world and one of the few invariably identified by their Christian name." Haggas read a letter from a former prisoner who had 'looked after' Lester while he spent a year in a Highpoint prison for tax fraud.

After being ordered to get rid of swear words in a clip of the band's notorious appearance on the Bill Grundy show in 1976 (pictured), Mark Sloper (inset) was left furious. He was forced to make last-minute changes ahead of the opening of a major new exhibition at the prestigious Saatchi Gallery in London's King's Road. "It's f****** ridiculous," Mark said. The Bill Grundy programme may have been shocking to a family audience in the Seventies but now, in an art exhibition?How is it offensive now? It's a piece of music history.' Grundy was fired by ITV after courting singer Johnny Rotten and guitar player Steve Jones to scream during the teatime Today program on December 1, 1976. The interview is embedded in a montage of punk rock footage from the 1980s, which is shown on a 40ft television screen as part of the exhibit.

From October to next March, the new Energy Bill Relief Scheme will have a discount on wholesale prices for all non-domestic customers, with more targeted assistance promised after that. Businesses have seen skyrocketing energy bills in recent months, and businesses have been left with the option of either passing the bill to customers or absorbing the financial blow, with some choosing the latter. And although government calls for a support package have been answered, businesses have been left concerned that electricity bills will increase after March and put companies at a greater risk, while others are worried about who will be able to obtain assistance after the deadline. Guy Adams, the owner of the Isle of Barra Beach Hotel, said it would have been cheaper for him to close his website since his bills had risen by an astounding 377 percent since the start of the year.

The singer, 66, has stated that he is 'distancing' himself from any band activity that seeks to promote their 1977 catalog, claiming that doing so would be 'disrespectful' to the Royal Family. John, better known by his stage name Johnny Rotten, wrote the lyrics to God Save the King, and the anti-royalist song was released just days before the Queen's Silver Jubilee.