English Football Thread 2012/2013

[Manly]

Just a quick thought for Swansea FC, and moreover the family of Besian Idrizaj, who passed away aged 22 on Friday night.

RIP, 22 is not even an age...

 

[m_vaughan]

That is really sad. R.I.P.

 

[Auwais]

RIP. Used to be at Liverpool, didn't he?

That's terrible. I read that he's collapsed twice before though so maybe he had a heart condition like De La Red.

In the modern day, footballers should have frequent tests for these kind of deadly problems.

 

[JBlues08]

It's sad to hear the news. R.I.P.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

22. Sometimes you just wonder what God's playing at - or whether he's just become tired of the lot of us. R.I.P.

 

[War]

I dont know if anyone else has noticed. But i find it quite disturbing since Capello picked the 30-man training squad why every paper i read & rumour i read on the internet. That those in the media are trying to question what Capello has done. You would swear Capello had been doing crap as a manager until now.

The world cup hasn't even started & their off to their crapa gain. Geez the british media is ridiculous.

 

[JBlues08]

The British media always tend to report negative news regarding England during a major international tournament year. What happens when England did not live up to expectations? They find a scapegoat and start to blast that person all the way!

 

[WestIndian]

I saw that Blackpool victory over Cardiff got them promoted to the Premier League, I always thought that the top 3 Championship teams goes up and the last 3 form the Premier League goes down. Can someone please tell me how it works, because Cardiff and Blackpool finished 4th and 6th respectively.

 

[Highlander999]

Top 2 get auto promoted and then then 3rd-6th go into a play-off's against each other for the last promotion spot

 

[LongLegs?]

The 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th placed teams are involved in a play-off. I think 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 - might just be a random draw, not too sure about that. The winners of those 2 matches play each other and the winner of that match gets promoted, along with the top 2 sides.

Edit: Tom already got it then...

 

[WestIndian]

Top 2 get auto promoted and then then 3rd-6th go into a play-off's against each other for the last promotion spot

Thank for your reply Tom.
Damn this must be hard for the teams in-between! But Nott Forest finished 3rd, so what is to become of them?

 

[Manly]

Another year in the Championship.

 

[mattfb]

Unlucky to finish 3rd and not go up but they did get to play against 6th place instead of 4/5thth which could be seen as a bit of an advantage... Although didn't help them here unfortunately D: Definitely wanted Notts forest to go up out of all the teams in the Championship.

 

[Cricketdude]

They have a right to be pissed off. haha.

 

[Highlander999]

Nah they don't, their shite They had their chance's and they bottled it, then again it was because I was at St James when they lost 2-0 and I am Newcastle's lucky charm The Toon and West Brom both easily deserved the auto promotion spot, after that I wasn't too fussed.