Brentford were promoted to the Premier League for the first time in 74 years on Saturday as they beat Swansea 2-0 in a Championship play-off final worth around 180 million pounds ($255 million) to the winners.
FA Cup: Everton beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-4 after extra-time, while Manchester City eased to a 3-1 win against Swansea.
Trevor Birch will take up the role on January 1, 2021 with current EFL CEO David Baldwin set to leave his role on December 31, 2020.
Manchester City roared back from a two-goal half-time deficit to score three times after the break.
West Brom were relegated from the Premier League on Tuesday after Southampton took a huge step towards keeping their place in the English top flight by beating fellow strugglers Swansea
Premier League: Chelsea, in fifth, are hard on Tottenham Hotspur's heels in the battle for a top four finish.
Manchester City took just 11 minutes to open the scoring as David Silva juggled a Raheem Sterling pass and volleyed home.
Goals from Romelu Lukaku and Nemanja Matic helped Manchester United beat Brighton 2-0.
Swansea's demolition job means boss Carlos Carvalhal can look forward to a fifth round trip to Sheffield Wednesday.
Sergio Aguero's hat-trick inspired a 6-0 demolition of Watford.
Newcastle's second win lifted them into mid-table, providing Rafael Benitez with the hope they can avoid relegation despite their lack of top-class signings since last season's promotion.
Renato Sanches has joined Swansea City on a season-long loan move from Bayern Munich
Attacking changes left Swansea vulnerable at the back in the latter stages and United took full advantage to score three goals in the space of just four minutes.
Machester City went past Leicester City 2-1 as Swansea beat Sunderland 2-0 to boost their survival bid while Southampton ended their barren run against Middlesbrough on Saturday.
Manchester City leapfrogged Liverpool on goal difference into third place and also moved four points clear of fifth-placed Manchester United as the battle to finish in the top four heats up.
Fourth-placed Manchester City crashed to their first defeat in nine games, while Chelsea are still in pole position for the Premier League title.
While Arsenal drew 2-2 against Manchester City, Middlesbrough drew 0-0 versus Swansea City in the Premier League on Sunday.
Everton beat West Brom 3-0, Hull City defeated Swansea City 2-1 and Bournemouth edged past West Ham 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday.