Entries Tagged as 'Birmingham'
Birmingham win automatic promotion to the Premier League
Terry Lane - Tuesday 05.05.09, 16:46pm
Birmingham clinched second place, and with it automatic promotion to the Premier League by beating Reading 2-1 at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday in a fantastic last day of the 2008/09 Championship League season.
There was plenty to play for as all games kicked off simultaneously. Birmingham’s fate was in their own hands as they withheld [...]
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Who Will Join Wolves in the Premier League?
Terry Lane - Tuesday 28.04.09, 10:22am
At the start of the season I tipped Birmingham to win the Coca-Cola Championship. But last week Wolves were crowned Championship Champions. Now the race for the other automatic promotion place is between Birmingham (80 points), Sheffield United (79 points) and Reading (77 points), with Cardiff City and Burnley only strong enough to hold on [...]
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Race for automatic promotion hots up
Rob Pilgrim - Monday 23.03.09, 15:15pm
With only 40 days until the final fixture of the Coca Cola Championship calendar the race is well and truly on to see who can secure automatic promotion to the Premier League.
Wolverhampton Wanderers appear to have the title sewn up. Sitting proudly 5 points ahead of nearest rivals Birmingham City (competitively and geographically), the league [...]
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Thomas Rooney - Monday 23.02.09, 09:41am
Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Mick McCarthy has admitted that his team are ‘desperate’ to win promotion to the Premier League, something which could actually be hindering their progress.
The Championship leaders have only won once in their last nine games and their lead at the top of the table was cut to four points after last week’s [...]
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Who will be promoted to the Premier League
Terry Lane - Thursday 18.12.08, 13:55pm
Before the start of the season Wolves were 7/1 to win the Coca-Cola Championship. Now they are six points clear at the top of the table on 53 points and looking favourite for promotion to the Premier League as this season’s champions.
I had a football bet on Birmingham as I felt they had a stronger [...]
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