 In the 2013–14 season they achieved their highest ever league finish of 16th and were runners-up to Arsenal, losing 3–2 after extra-time, in their first ever FA Cup Final appearance.There were relegated from the Premier League on the final day of the 2014–15 season, but made an immediate return by beating Sheffield Wednesday in the 2016 Football League Championship play-off Final at Wembley Stadium.On 22 July 2016, the BBC reported that manager Steve Bruce had resigned from his position.