A goal two minutes before the end of the game from Ricardo Vaz Te meant that West Ham returned to the Premier League after beating Blackpool 2-1 at Wembley Stadium yesterday. Carlton Cole gave the Hammers the lead after 35 minutes, but Blackpool’s Tom Ince equalised shortly after half time.
With the win, West Ham become [...]
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So this is it: the end of another season. 556 games played and arguably the last and most important one takes place tomorrow afternoon when either Blackpool or West Ham will be promoted back to the Premier League.
Like the rest of the mini tournament, Saturday’s game is unusual as it features two clubs who are [...]
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Tags: Blackpool · Burnley · Charlton · Crystal Palace · Hull City · Ipswich · Leeds United · West Ham · Wolves
The first thing that struck me when looking at tonight’s game is how it’s a carbon copy of the second leg of the recent Champions League semi final between Barcelona and Chelsea. Blackpool don’t have to win but as long as they don’t lose by two clear goals or more then The Tangerines will be [...]
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First of all, congratulations to Sheffield Wednesday – their 2-0 win over Wyconbe Wanderers combined with Sheffield United failing to win at Exeter City meant that Dave Jones, Milan Mandaric et al return to the Championship in 2011/12. I’m not going to dwell on the League 1 playoffs for too long, but with two of [...]
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Tags: Birmingham · Blackpool · Cardiff · Charlton · Sheffield Wednesday · West Ham
The playoffs are very unusual this season: all three clubs that were relegated from the Premier League last season are involved as well as Cardiff City, who have been unsuccessful at this stage in the last three seasons. Although it’s been a long time since a relegated club was promoted via the playoffs (the last [...]
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Tags: Birmingham · Blackpool · Cardiff · West Ham
