Hull City v. QPR (12 April: Championship Match 43) [R]

[QPR Kevin H]

Let's get right to it, here are the teams...

Hull vs QPR

Hull: Myhill, Ricketts, Turner, Brown, Dawson, Garcia, Ashbee, Marney, Pedersen, Windass, Campbell

Subs: Duke, Hughes, France, Folan, Fagan

QPR: Camp, Mancienne, Stewart, Hall, Delaney, Ephraim, Ainsworth, Mahon, Rowlands, Blackstock, Agyemang

Subs: Pickens, Lee, Balanta, Leigertwood, Connolly

Referee: Graham Laws (Tyne & Wear)

Buzz not in the side, still might need another week or so for that injured ankle.

[doolittledog2]

U RRR's!!!

And for my wife...Supah Hoopsa!!!

[QPR Kevin H]

Up 1-nil at the half and sound good value for it. Blackstock given credit for the goal, though it might have been an OG and there was a dispute as to whether it crossed the line at all.

Good stuff though - hope they continue to play well in the 2nd

UUURRRRRRs!

[QPR Kevin H]

Hull steal a point in injury time - crap

[doolittledog2]

That ending sounds familiar!!!

[Atouk]

Scunthorpe are now all-but relegated. They're 9 points back with 3 to go, but would have to make up a 23 goal gap in goal difference to catch Leicester, so they're down.

Wednesday is in the last relegation spot, but have a game in hand which they play today against Plymouth. They have inferior goal difference to Leicester (by 3 goals) so need to win their game in hand to move out of the drop zone. It's tight down there -- win and they're 18th, lose or draw and they're still 22nd.

FIVE teams (including the top team) are still within three points of the top. Now just three teams (including Palace in 6th) are within three points of the last playoff spot.

Time is running out on Charlton (now 4 points behind a playoff spot) and Cardiff & Sheff United (5 points behind). I guess we could just about end Charlton's season if we beat them at Loftus Road on Saturday.

There are three mid-week games this week:

Monday, 14 April 2008
Sheff Wed v Plymouth, 20:00

Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Barnsley v Hull, 19:45
Wolverhampton v West Brom, 19:45


The Coca-Cola Football League Championship Table
Pos Team P GD PTS

1 Stoke 43 12 72
2 West Brom 42 29 71
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3 Bristol City 43 0 71
4 Hull 42 18 69
5 Watford 43 9 69
6 Crystal Palace 43 10 65
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7 Ipswich 43 8 64
8 Wolverhampton 41 2 62
9 Charlton 43 6 61
10 Cardiff 42 5 60
11 Sheff Utd 43 3 60
12 Plymouth 42 8 59
13 Burnley 43 -3 58
14 QPR 43 -2 55
15 Preston 43 -3 54
16 Norwich 43 -9 52
17 Barnsley 42 -10 52
18 Blackpool 43 -3 50
19 Southampton 43 -16 50
20 Coventry 43 -13 49
21 Leicester 43 -2 48
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22 Sheff Wed 42 -5 48
23 Scunthorpe 43 -25 39
24 Colchester 43 -19 37

[QPR Kevin H]

Goal - Sheff Wed 0 Plymouth 1 (Peter Halmosi 2)

Wicked deflection from a free-kick. Let the crazy Championship evening begin!

[QPR Kevin H]

Wednesday is in the last relegation spot, but have a game in hand which they play today against Plymouth. They have inferior goal difference to Leicester (by 3 goals) so need to win their game in hand to move out of the drop zone. It's tight down there -- win and they're 18th, lose or draw and they're still 22nd.
So Olly's old club could do him a massive favor tonight, if they can beat Wednesday. Although, QPR loanee Adam Bolder (and former loanee Ben Sahar) could hurt him if they keep up their recent form.

[QPR Kevin H]

Great goal for Sheffield Wednesday, 30 yard volley...

Goal - Sheff Wed 1 (Tommy Spurr 81) Plymouth 1

Live bottom of the table

Blackpool 50
Southampton 50
Sheff Wed 49
Coventry 49
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Leicester 48
Scunthorpe 39
Colchester 37

[Atouk]

It's tight down there -- win and they're 18th, lose or draw and they're still 22nd.Oops.. yeah, got that wrong. Draw and they're up to 20th. Win and they're 18th; lose and their 22nd.

[QPR Kevin H]

It's over at Hillsborough...

Full Time - FLC Sheff Wed 1 Plymouth 1

That's seven straight draws for Wednesday :eek: Still very tight in the race for 21st. Plymouth's promotion hopes might have ended this evening.

[Atouk]

Does Ollie go gardening again if Leicester goes down? :eek:

[QPR Kevin H]

Does Ollie go gardening again if Leicester goes down? :eek:
If they go down, he'll be looking for a League One club other than Leicester City next season.

[QPR Kevin H]

Another day, another couple of huge Championship matches...

Barnsley v Hull 19:45
Wolverhampton v West Brom 19:45

Now I can watch the Barnsley match, but I might opt for listening to Wolves-West Brom. Derby match with major promotion implications. Atmosphere should be pretty intense.

http://www.wolves.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/0,,10307~1289054,00.html

[QPR Kevin H]

20:10 Goal - Barnsley 0 Hull 1 (Dean Marney Pen 24)

1. West Brom 72
2. Hull 72
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3. Stoke 72
4. Bristol City 71
5. Watford 69
6. Crystal Palace 65
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7. Ipswich 64
8. Wolverhampton 63

Doesn't get much closer than that

[Atouk]

(Dean Marney Pen 24)
...another player who was, ever so briefly, a QPR player.

I saw him once as a late-game sub while he was on loan from Spurs -- he entered in the 75th in a 2-1 win over Brighton.

His only two starts for us before getting injured and returning to Spurs were awful efforts -- an 0-4 away defeat at Southend in the LDV Vans and an 0-1 away defeat at Bournemouth in the league. He was substituted and replaced by a striker after we trailed in both games. Accordingly, he's held in amusingly low regard by Rangers fans on the message boards! :D

[QPR Kevin H]

20:55 Goal - Barnsley 0 Hull 2 (Ian Ashbee 52)
21:03 Goal - Wolverhampton 0 West Brom 1 (Zoltan Gera 59)

1. West Brom 74
2. Hull 72
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3. Stoke 72
4. Bristol City 71
5. Watford 69
6. Crystal Palace 65
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7. Ipswich 64
8. Wolverhampton 62

[QPR Kevin H]

Hull have another huge goal towards their goal of top flight football (for the first time in their 104 year history)...

21:26 Goal - Barnsley 0 Hull 3 (Dean Windass 83)

[QPR Kevin H]

Full Time - FLC Barnsley 1 Hull 3
Full Time - FLC Wolverhampton 0 West Brom 1

West Brom top and looking good. Hull are +20 in GD, that's 8 better than Stoke. Bristol City look to be sliding and Hull are 11 goals better than Watford, who are also 3 points behind them. Can't believe it, but Hull might be favorites to go up in 2nd.

[Atouk]

Full Time - FLC Barnsley 1 Hull 3
Full Time - FLC Wolverhampton 0 West Brom 1

West Brom top and looking good. Hull are +20 in GD, that's 8 better than Stoke. Bristol City look to be sliding and Hull are 11 goals better than Watford, who are also 3 points behind them. Can't believe it, but Hull might be favorites to go up in 2nd.Yep. Hard to believe. The good news for us is they may be going up and we all but had 'em beat at their place last weekend.

Hull has three left -- two away -- and none are easy.

Saturday, 19 April 2008
Sheff Utd v Hull, 15:00

Saturday, 26 April 2008
Hull v Crystal Palace, 15:00

Sunday, 04 May 2008
Ipswich v Hull, 14:00