The Latics managed to grab the second automatic spot on Sunday, leaving Ipswich Town facing the playoffs despite a sizeable gap in points total over the other clubs.

We here on wiganer.net would like to wish the Tractor Boys the best of luck in their playoff games with West Ham.

It could so easily have been the Latics who missed out, thankfully it wasn't, but it would be great if Ipswich could join us in the Premiership after a hard faught battle between the two clubs.

It would be nice if Preston made it to keep the local rivalry up - plus they would be whipping boys - but after the fight the Latics have had with Ipswich this season, it would be superb to see the line-up alongside the Latics in the top division next season.

North End face Derby in the other playoff semi-final.

The away leg of Town's play-off semi final will be held at Upton Park on SATURDAY 14TH MAY with a kick off time of 12.15PM.

Whilst the home leg of the play-off semi final will be held at Portman Road on WEDNESDAY 18TH MAY 2005 with a kick off time of 7:45PM.

Play Off Semi-Final Ticket Details - Home Leg - Away Leg

Here is how the table was after the final round of games:

Last game played on Sunday 8th May 2005		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	GD
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	[P] Sunderland	46		16	4	3	45	21		13	3	7	31	20		29	7	10	76	41		94	+35
2	[P] Wigan Athletic	46		13	5	5	42	15		12	7	4	37	20		25	12	9	79	35		87	+44
3	Ipswich Town	46		17	3	3	53	26		7	10	6	32	30		24	13	9	85	56		85	+29
4	Derby County	46		10	7	6	38	30		12	3	8	33	30		22	10	14	71	60		76	+11
5	Preston North End	46		14	7	2	44	22		7	5	11	23	36		21	12	13	67	58		75	+9
6	West Ham United	46		12	5	6	36	24		9	5	9	30	32		21	10	15	66	56		73	+10
7	Reading	46		13	7	3	33	15		6	6	11	18	29		19	13	14	51	44		70	+7
8	Sheffield United	46		9	7	7	28	23		9	6	8	29	33		18	13	15	57	56		67	+1
9	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		9	11	3	40	26		6	10	7	32	33		15	21	10	72	59		66	+13
10	Millwall	46		12	5	6	33	22		6	7	10	18	23		18	12	16	51	45		66	+6
11	Queens Park Rangers	46		10	7	6	32	26		7	4	12	22	32		17	11	18	54	58		62	-4
12	Stoke City	46		11	2	10	22	18		6	8	9	14	20		17	10	19	36	38		61	-2
13	Burnley	46		10	7	6	26	19		5	8	10	12	20		15	15	16	38	39		60	-1
14	Leeds United	46		7	10	6	28	26		7	8	8	21	26		14	18	14	49	52		60	-3
15	Leicester City	46		8	8	7	24	20		4	13	6	25	26		12	21	13	49	46		57	+3
16	Cardiff City	46		10	4	9	24	19		3	11	9	24	32		13	15	18	48	51		54	-3
17	Plymouth Argyle	46		9	8	6	31	23		5	3	15	21	41		14	11	21	52	64		53	-12
18	Watford	46		5	10	8	25	25		7	6	10	27	34		12	16	18	52	59		52	-7
19	Coventry City	46		8	7	8	32	28		5	6	12	29	45		13	13	20	61	73		52	-12
20	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		7	7	9	24	29		6	5	12	16	36		13	12	21	40	65		51	-25
21	Crewe Alexandra	46		6	8	9	37	38		6	6	11	29	48		12	14	20	66	86		50	-20
22	[R] Gillingham	46		10	6	7	22	23		2	8	13	23	43		12	14	20	45	66		50	-21
23	[R] Nottingham Forest	46		7	10	6	26	28		2	7	14	16	38		9	17	20	42	66		44	-24
24	[R] Rotherham United	46		2	7	14	17	34		3	7	13	18	35		5	14	27	35	69		29	-34