Matchday 29 Results & Updated Tables

Championship

Audenshaw Dynamo  2   Stalybridge Celtic   2

Burnley  1   Hartlepool United   2

Hungaria  2   Liverpool St Helens   2

Manchester City  3   Oxford Excelsior   1

Matlock Town  5   Marlow   3

Mossley  4   Gainsborough Trinity   2

Northwich Victoria  1   Wrexham   1
Red Star Sunderland  2   Blyth Spartans   1

Second Division

Atletico Espanol  3   Sheffield Wednesday   1

Crewe Alexandra  2   Gateshead Dynamo   3

Hendon Hotspur  3   Inter-Italiano   2

Manchester Newton Heath  6   Newcastle United   0

Merthyr Tydfil  2   Marine   2

Nelson CBR  4   Crystal Palace   1

Newcastle Blue Star  3   Spartak-Slavia   1

South Liverpool Red Star  3   Bradford City   2

Stalybridge Celtic confirmed as Champions, gaining the point they required at neighbours Audenshaw Dynamo, whilst the only team who could have overtaken them at the start of play, Gainsborough Trinity, were blowing their last chance with defeat at Mossley, who would never knowingly do Celtic a favour, of course - a thoroughly deserved triumph for Stalybridge, consistently the best team in the league and impressive winners of the title, their second but first in 30 seasons.

At the bottom, Matlock Town have given themselves a chance of avoiding relegation, even if they remain in the bottom two, by beating closest rivals Marlow in a 5 - 3 thriller, rendering Hartlepool's surprise win at Burnley critical to their hopes of survival too. Oxford Excelsior's virtually-certain demotion was confirmed by their defeat at Manchester City.

In the Second Division, things remain tight and the promotion places still undecided going into the final round, with only Marine of the top four picking up a point, although Sheffield Wednesday's defeat at Atletico Espanol rules them out of the equation now, whilst the bottom two were hammered.