What a great finish to this season's Division 2 (or Championship), 40 games played and only 7 points between the top 8.
Nobody even guaranteed a play off space yet let alone automatic promotion.
1 Middlesbrough 75
2 Bournemouth 74
3 Norwich 73
4 Watford 73
5 Brentford 69
6 Derby 68
7 Ipswich 68
8 Wolves 68
Personally I would like to see Bournemouth and Brentford go up, just because neither have been there before :)
Both only have a 12,000 capacity so don't really fit the bill of having big teams in the Premier league but it would be great if they could both have at least one season mixing it with the "big" boys.
Realistically Middlesbrough, Norwich and Watford probably have the better resources to cope with promotion, but all have been there before without really impressing.
Not going to shed any tears for the Brolly Wally if Derby fail after hearing from someone who claims to have "insider knowledge" that West Ham are going to go for McLaren in the summer?, hopefully they will think twice if he manages a 2nd failure in a row with a team that should be running away with the league.
Hopefully Eddie Howe will stay with Bournemouth whatever happens, as I guess he will be in huge demand but after his Burnley experience he should realise that he is one of those managers who should stay put with a club that loves him.
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Saturday, 4 April 2015
Saturday, 2 June 2012
Cigarette Cards (Part 2)
Here's part two of the 1930's cigarette card collection, starting out with three London sides.
Chelsea - Early Ken Bates picture?, Chelsea had a couple of famous moments before the Abramovich era but most of their trophies have come in the last nine years with this years Champions league win being the pinnacle.
Tottenham Hotspur - Won Two League titles in 1951 & 1961 and have won the FA Cup eight times, but only have one League cup win in the last twenty years so they have been underachieving for a long while.
Brentford - Sadly like these cards Brentford's finest moments were back in the 1930's, having had just one season in the top two tiers in the last fifty years.
Darlington - Very little to cheer about for supporters of Darlington over the years with only a couple of lower tier titles in their history. The last year has been like a soap opera with them winning their first Wembley final (FA Trophy) last May with a last minute goal then getting relegated from the conference and coming as close as any team could to going out of business, before being saved by the supporters finding enough money to keep them afloat. The FA then relegated them four divisions to the Northern League Division one :(
Darlington's ground serves as a warning for any lower league team thinking of building a new stadium as it holds 25,000 but has never seen more than 11,600 and is very unlikely to get more than a few hundred people there in the foreseeable future.
Blackburn Rovers - Three league titles including being one of only five teams to have won the Premier league and six FA Cups (although five of those were in the 1800's), the Jack Walker era made them a regular top flight team but this season under the Venkey's makes you worry for their future?
Liverpool - Much as I dislike Liverpool for a lot of reasons you cannot deny they have an honours list to die for - 18 league titles in the last century, 7 FA Cup wins, 5 European Cups, 8 League Cups and 3 UEFA Cups. They always seem to have the finances to stay as one of the top ten clubs but will need some major changes to compete with the current "big four". If Brendan Rogers is as good as some think he is and the supporters actually give him a chance maybe things could be on the up?
Chelsea - Early Ken Bates picture?, Chelsea had a couple of famous moments before the Abramovich era but most of their trophies have come in the last nine years with this years Champions league win being the pinnacle.
Tottenham Hotspur - Won Two League titles in 1951 & 1961 and have won the FA Cup eight times, but only have one League cup win in the last twenty years so they have been underachieving for a long while.
Brentford - Sadly like these cards Brentford's finest moments were back in the 1930's, having had just one season in the top two tiers in the last fifty years.
Darlington - Very little to cheer about for supporters of Darlington over the years with only a couple of lower tier titles in their history. The last year has been like a soap opera with them winning their first Wembley final (FA Trophy) last May with a last minute goal then getting relegated from the conference and coming as close as any team could to going out of business, before being saved by the supporters finding enough money to keep them afloat. The FA then relegated them four divisions to the Northern League Division one :(
Darlington's ground serves as a warning for any lower league team thinking of building a new stadium as it holds 25,000 but has never seen more than 11,600 and is very unlikely to get more than a few hundred people there in the foreseeable future.
Blackburn Rovers - Three league titles including being one of only five teams to have won the Premier league and six FA Cups (although five of those were in the 1800's), the Jack Walker era made them a regular top flight team but this season under the Venkey's makes you worry for their future?
Liverpool - Much as I dislike Liverpool for a lot of reasons you cannot deny they have an honours list to die for - 18 league titles in the last century, 7 FA Cup wins, 5 European Cups, 8 League Cups and 3 UEFA Cups. They always seem to have the finances to stay as one of the top ten clubs but will need some major changes to compete with the current "big four". If Brendan Rogers is as good as some think he is and the supporters actually give him a chance maybe things could be on the up?
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