League Championship News & What Not

Brutal! Not once but twice!

 

so bournemouth, norwich, and watford for promotion?

 

It's too close to call for automatic and in the playoffs the form book tends to go out of the window. So no idea.

 

I agree with MyShoe. Few weeks run of good or bad luck for the top six and the whole thing could change. It's actually kind of exciting.

To be honest, I think the relegation survival fights are more intense. Lose and it's down with loss of revenue and everything else that goes along with that.

Stay up, and you live to fight another day with a chance to wear the Golden Fleece next year and get promoted. Wish they had this system in MLS!

 

There are only four matches remaining between the top eight teams:
Sat, Apr 11, 12:15 PM ENG time, Derby County -v - Brentford
Tue, Apr 14, 7:45 PM ENG time, Middlesbrough -v - Wolverhampton Wanderers
Fri, Apr 17, 7:45 PM ENG time, Norwich City -v - Middlesbrough
Sat, Apr 18, 12:15 PM ENG time, Wolverhampton Wanderers -v - Ipswich Town

 

Table with the maximum possible points (the bold-italic column), the highest position they can possibly reach (if they win all remaining games), and the lowest they can go (if they lose all of their games). [If the "low" column is 21 or less, they can't be relegated.) Also, for info, the points-per-game for home and away matches.

Blackpool is relegated, as the highest they can finish is 22.

Pos	Pts	team	Hppg	Appg	max	high	low
1	77	Bournemouth	2.00	1.75	92	1	8
2	76	Norwich City	1.86	1.85	91	1	8
3	76	Watford	2.00	1.70	91	1	8
4	75	Middlesbrough	2.15	1.52	90	1	9
5	71	Derby County	1.95	1.52	86	1	10
6	71	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.95	1.50	86	1	10
7	70	Brentford	1.81	1.60	85	1	11
8	68	Ipswich Town	2.05	1.29	83	1	13
9	58	Nottingham Forest	1.60	1.24	73	5	21
10	57	Blackburn Rovers	1.60	1.25	75	4	21
11	55	Charlton Athletic	1.57	1.10	70	7	21
12	54	Sheffield Wednesday	1.10	1.52	69	8	22
13	52	Cardiff City	1.48	1.05	67	9	22
14	52	Leeds United	1.45	1.10	67	9	22
15	50	Birmingham City	1.50	1.00	68	8	23
16	49	Bolton Wanderers	1.70	0.71	64	9	23
17	48	Huddersfield Town	1.43	0.90	63	9	23
18	46	Reading	1.47	0.86	64	9	23
19	45	Brighton and Hove Albion	1.25	0.95	60	9	23
20	44	Fulham	1.35	0.81	59	9	23
21	43	Rotherham United	1.29	0.80	58	9	23
22	36	Millwall	0.90	0.90	54	12	24
23	35	Wigan Athletic	0.67	1.05	50	15	24
24	25	Blackpool	0.86	0.35	40	22	24

 

Forest top 10, I'll take it.

 

Better than League 1 matches next year! Next year Forest and Wednesday automatic promotion.

 

We'll have to settle for the playoffs next year then.

 

We will have to make a table of three to gait crash the EPL with RUFC going up too!

 

so only us vs brentford today...?

 

Tue 14/04/15 Birmingham City
14 : 45
Blackburn Rovers
Brighton & Hov…
14 : 45
Huddersfield Town
Derby County
14 : 45
Blackpool
Ipswich Town
14 : 45
Cardiff City
Leeds United
14 : 45
Norwich City
Middlesbrough
14 : 45
Wolverhampton …
Millwall
14 : 45
Wigan Athletic
Sheffield Wedn…
14 : 45
Brentford
Bolton Wanderers
15 : 00
Charlton Athletic
Reading
15 : 00
AFC Bournemouth

Note that the time is in between the clubs playing each other. For example, Leeds United is playing Norwich City, not Cardiff City.

 

I don't know if you guys can access it but I always use this:
http://live.skysports.com/ScoreCentre/live.html

It keeps you updated in play as well (delayed though) and has live tables.

 

I'm sorry, I should have been more explicit, out of our little group of 3, NFC, RUFC and SWFC, only Wednesday have a match today. I realize there is a full slate. I really was kinda talking to the regulars in this thread: @Myshoe /RUFC and @baseballbert /NFC ... and of course all are welcome to post we, along with @pookspur, seem to be the usual suspects, thanks for the post though.

And, yes, @EvanJ, you tooare a frequent flyer in here as well...

 

The One Football app is pretty aces too.

 

After Tuesday's matches; breaking down the teams by possible finishing position.

This table is based on the result of Rotherham United -v- Brighton and Hove Albion: http://www.football-league.co.uk/ne...eague-statement-rotherham-united-2397427.aspx



Clinched top six

Pos	Gd	Pts	team	Hppg	Appg	max	high	low
1	47	83	Bournemouth	2.00	1.86	92	1	6
2	39	82	Norwich City	1.86	1.95	91	1	6
3	31	81	Middlesbrough	2.23	1.52	90	1	6

In the hunt for top six

Pos	Gd	Pts	team	Hppg	Appg	max	high	low
4	36	79	Watford	2.00	1.76	91	1	8
5	32	75	Derby County	1.95	1.52	84	1	8
6	18	74	Ipswich Town	2.14	1.29	83	1	8
7	14	71	Brentford	1.81	1.50	80	4	9
8	11	71	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1.95	1.36	80	4	9

Can't make top six; safe from relegation

Pos	Gd	Pts	team	Hppg	Appg	max	high	low
9	4	59	Blackburn Rovers	1.60	1.23	71	7	18
10	6	58	Nottingham Forest	1.52	1.24	70	9	18
11	-5	58	Sheffield Wednesday	1.18	1.52	67	9	18
12	-3	57	Charlton Athletic	1.57	1.09	66	9	19
13	-6	55	Cardiff City	1.48	1.09	64	9	21
14	-12	54	Birmingham City	1.55	1.00	66	9	21
15	-11	52	Leeds United	1.32	1.10	61	9	21
16	-17	52	Huddersfield Town	1.43	1.00	61	9	21

In danger of relegation

Pos	Gd	Pts	team	Hppg	Appg	max	high	low
17	-9	50	Bolton Wanderers	1.59	0.71	59	9	22
18	-20	47	Reading	1.38	0.86	59	9	22
19	-7	46	Brighton and Hove Albion	1.18	0.95	55	13	22
20	-21	45	Fulham	1.33	0.81	57	12	23
21	-22	43	Rotherham United	1.29	0.76	55	13	23
22	-30	39	Millwall	0.95	0.90	51	17	23
23	-22	36	Wigan Athletic	0.67	1.00	45	20	23

Relegated

Pos	Gd	Pts	team	Hppg	Appg	max	high	low
24	-53	25	Blackpool	0.86	0.32	34	24	24