It’s been a fascinating season for Wales’ footballers domestically this season.

Throughout the EFL, Welsh players have risen to the top, with many receiving titles, individual awards and promotions.

Beginning in League Two, Wrexham achieved a remarkable second consecutive promotion.

Led once again by talismanic striker Paul Mullin who scored 24 league goals and was particularly crucial in the run-in with Wrexham winning seven of their last eight games.

Mullin also won PFA Fans Player of the year award for the league and also took home Wrexham’s player of the season award.

21-year-old defender Max Cleworth was given particular praise by ex-Wrexham boss Brian Flynn on the Sportin Wales Wrexham Promotion Special Podcast and won Young Player Of The Season at the club where he started his career.

Moving to League One and Portsmouth who were crowned champions, returning to the Championship after a 12-year absence from the English second tier.

Welsh defender Regan Poole, who made his senior international debut in the 4-0 win against Gibraltar in October, moved to Pompey from Lincoln in the summer and began the season as a crucial cog in his new side’s defence.

Playing at centre back, he started all but one league game from the start of the season until the end of October, helping his side to four consecutive clean sheets in August, whilst also scoring three goals.

However, Poole suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury in the opening minutes of his side’s loss to Chesterfield in the FA Cup first round, ruling him out for the remainder of the season.

Injury also curtailed Poole’s teammate Joe Morrell. Morrell played 27 times in the league for Pompey this season, captaining the side on eight occasions, but suffered a knee injury in February which ruled him out for the remainder of the season.

The injury meant Morrell missed Wales’ crucial play-off qualifiers for the Euros which ultimately ended in disappointment with a penalty shootout loss to Poland.

Derby were the other side automatically promoted from League One, leaving Bolton Wanderers, Peterborough, Oxford and Barnsley to fight it out in the play-offs.

Bolton run to the play-off’s was helped by Welsh duo Aaron Collins and Josh Sheehan.

Collins joined Bolton from Bristol Rovers in January for £750,000. The uncapped forward won League One player of the season last year and joined Wanderers after three goals and seven assists in the league for Rovers this season.

After a slow start at his new club, failing to score in his first seven appearances for his new club, Collins ended the regular season with eight goals, including a hattrick against Reading on April Fools’ Day.

Collins also scored a crucial goal in Bolton’s 2-3 home loss to Barnsley in the play-off second leg, a result which ensured their place in the play-off final after a 3-1 win in the first.

Alongside Collins, Wales international Josh Sheehan was superb in midfield, earning 12 league assists and another in the 3-1 over Barnsley, missing just three games of the eventual 49 in their league season.

Sheehan’s performances ensured he won a place in League Two’s team of the year.

In the play-off final, Bolton came up against Oxford United, a side they had beaten 5-0 in March with Sheehan grabbing a goal and an assist.

The U’s were led by top scorer Mark Harris who moved to the club on a free from Cardiff in the summer.

Harris scored six goals in the final six games of the regular season to help his side to fifth in the table and secure a spot in the play-offs while fellow Welsh international Billy Bodin played 37 times in all in the league, grabbing five goals and four assists.

‘Sparky’, to use Harris’ nickname, played the full game in each of the play-off games and was a key cog in his side’s 2-0 win against Bolton in the final, performing a brilliant defensive display to limit the space of fellow Welsh international Sheehan.

Harris certainly enjoyed the celebrations as was well documented on social media, suffering a black eye after being jumped on by his teammates.

Moving up to the Championship and an automatic promotion race for the ages.

Leicester, Ipswich, Leeds and Southampton were locked in an intense battle for automatic promotion and after the Foxes were made champions both Ipswich and Leeds could have been promoted on the final day.

Both the Tractor Boys and The Whites have benefitted from Wales manager Rob Page asking his players to gain more game time at club level with Kieffer Moore dropping down on loan from Bournemouth to Ipswich while Joe Rodon and Connor Roberts both moved on loan from Spurs and Burnley respectively to Leeds.

In the end, it was Ipswich who succeeded automatically, with Moore, Nathan Broadhead and Wes Burns all to the fore.

Moore ended with seven goals in the Championship from 18 games while Broadhead was Ipswich’s joint-top scorer with 13 goals in the competition.

Burns meanwhile finished with six league goals and four assists, but one of those goals was his superb Trivela (outside of the foot) finish into the far top corner after a good team move, earning him the goal of the season award.

Leeds and Southampton were left in the play-offs and after both sides played out 0-0 away draws in the first legs of the semi-final against Norwich and West Brom respectively, both won the decisive home title with Leeds winning 4-0 and Southampton 3-1.

Wales and Leeds have been intrinsically linked through the years with players such as Brian Flynn, John Charles, Terry Yorath and Gary Speed having appeared in white domestically along with the red of the national side.

This season Ethan Ampadu and Rodon have both been crucial to Leeds’ success. Ampadu has barely missed a minute for Leeds this season and has captained his side on 21 occasions, including the play-off semi-final legs.

Since January, he has been used almost exclusively as a centre back, partnering Rodon, for an impressive run of nine clean sheets in 12 games between January 13^th and March 17^th.

Both continued their form, keeping Norwich’s attackers quiet over 180 minutes in the play-off semi-finals.

Dan James is another who has shone this season, scoring 13 goals and six assists in the league, playing his part in a potent Leeds attack which also features former Swansea man Joël Piroe and Championship Player of The Season Crysencio Summerville.

To his credit, Ampadu was also busy during awards season, winning Leeds’ Player of The Year Award along with being named in the Championship’s Team of the Season.

Another who was given an EFL Championship award was Sheffield Wednesday and Wales midfielder Will Vaulks who won the Player in the Community Award.

It’s the third time he has been presented with the award having won it whilst at Cardiff City and Rotherham and is a recognition of his charitable work and connection to the Club’s community organisation.

Connor Roberts is the final one of Leeds’ quartet and after joining on loan from Burnley in January he had played 13 times in the league and play-offs scoring is solitary goal in a 3-1 win against Leicester.

Leeds will be hoping their Welsh contingent can lead them to victory on Sunday when they face Southampton who have they’re own Welsh star in David Brooks.

Like Moore, Rodon and Roberts, Brooks dropped down from the Premier League for more football to improve his fitness for the Euros play-offs.

Joining on loan from Bournemouth on the 30^th of January, Brooks scored twice and assisted five goals in the league before providing the pass for Will Smallbone’s opener in a 3-1 win against West Brom in the play-off second leg.

Whoever the winner on Sunday, Wales will have played it’s part in reaching the golden ticket of the Premier League.