FootballTalk - Episode 234: Leeds almost there as Boro, Hull and Bradford prepare for play-off drama

On this week’s show, The YP’s Stuart Rayner and Leon Wobschall join host Mark Singleton to applaud Leeds United following a campaign which has seen them all but confirm their Premier League status for the 2026-27 season.

Last week’s 3-1 win at home to Burnley – combined with subsequent results elsewhere – left Daniel Farke’s team seven points clear of the drop zone with three games to play. Leeds could be mathematically safe by the time they come to play relegation rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Monday night.

Elsewhere, Middlesbrough will look to overcome their disappointment at missing out on automatic promotion from the Championship on the final day of the regular season when they take on Southampton in the play-offs this weekend.

Hull City will join them in the post-season, their 2-1 win at home to Norwich City last Saturday proving enough to see them leapfrog Wrexham and into the top six at the final ask. It leaves them with a testing two-leg semi-final against Millwall.

Are we wishing for too much with an all-Yorkshire final at Wembley?

Bradford City are also gunning for the national stadium, but first will have to overcome League One rivals Bolton Wanderers in their play-off semi-final in order to book a day out in the capital.

With Sheffield Wednesday condemned to League One for most of the season, Rotherham United long relegated to League Two, Harrogate Town became the third Yorkshire team to suffer the drop – dropping out of the EFL after seven seasons. The team assess their chances of getting back up from the National League at the first time of asking.

And, on the final day of the season, with their new owner David Storch in attendance, Sheffield Wednesday found the perfect moment to record only their second win of the season with a 2-1 victory at home to West Bromwich Albion. Things can only get better.

Finally for this week, Leon picks out his Player of the Week, while Stuart nominates his Team of the Week.