Newcastle and Chelsea have picked up crucial victories in the Premier League to move into the Champions League qualification positions while Ipswich became the third and final team to be relegated.

On the day Newcastle manager Eddie Howe returned to the dugout after recovering from pneumonia, his team's 3-0 win over Ipswich at St. James' Park was significant at both ends of the standings.

It meant Newcastle jumped into third place in the congested race to finish in the top five and secure a spot in next season's Champions League, but it also confirmed Ipswich's return to the Championship.

Ipswich, partly owned by pop star Ed Sheeran, now join Southampton and Leicester back in the second tier.

It's the second consecutive season that the three promoted clubs have gone straight back down.

Chelsea climbed into fifth, two points behind Newcastle and one behind Manchester City, by beating Everton 1-0 thanks to Nicolas Jackson's first-half goal.

Just five points separate Newcastle and seventh-place Aston Villa, who weren't in action in the Premier League on Saturday as they played Crystal Palace at Wembley Stadium in the first of the FA Cup semi-finals.

Elsewhere, Jamie Vardy's long goodbye to Leicester — after confirming Thursday he'd be leaving at the end of the season — began with him having a penalty saved in a 3-0 loss at Wolverhampton.

Matheus Cunha, linked heavily with a summer move to Manchester United, scored one goal and set up two for Wolves.

Last-place Southampton conceded in stoppage time to lose 2-1 at home to Fulham and stay on 11 points — tied for the lowest-ever tally for a single season in the Premier League, set by Derby County in the 2007-08 season.

Brighton scored in the 89th minute and again in stoppage time to secure a 3-2 win over West Ham, whose winless run extended to seven games under recently hired manager Graham Potter, formerly the Seagulls' boss.