Ipswich Town 6-0 Exeter City: Tractor Boys promoted to Championship with win

Ipswich Town sealed their promotion back to the Championship in style – scoring five goals in the first 32 minutes as they thrashed Exeter City at a jubilant Portman Road.

And Kieran McKenna’s side got the job done in typically swashbuckling style, top scorer Conor Chaplin lashing in from 20 yards to get the ball rolling early on.

Massimo Luongo found the roof of the net to double the lead, with George Hirst’s close-range finish, Nathan Broadhead’s penalty and Chaplin’s second rounding off a special first half in front of a sell-out crowd.

When Wales winger Wes Burns added a sixth straight after half-time it looked like the score could be anything, but Ipswich allowed themselves to enjoy the occasion as they eased their way into next season’s second tier – even bringing on second-choice goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky in the closing stages for his first league appearance of the season.

Victory for League One leaders Plymouth – who also sealed promotion on Saturday – means Ipswich must better the Pilgrims’ result on the final day if they are to win the title.

In any case, if McKenna’s side triumph at Fleetwood on 7 May they will finish a memorable campaign on 100 points.

For mid-table Exeter it was a sixth successive defeat as a successful first season back in League One continues to peter out.

More to follow.