Entries from April 2011
Preston Relegated, QPR Almost Promoted
Mike Roberts - Friday 29.04.11, 10:41am
As soon the final whistle blew at Loftus Road on Monday, hundreds of QPR fans invaded the pitch hoping that their would be no more goals at Carrow Road and that their team had clinched promotion to the Premier League. However, in the sixth minute of injury time Simeon Jackson scored completed his hat trick to give Norwich all [...]
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An Easter Feast Of Football This Weekend
Mike Roberts - Thursday 21.04.11, 13:46pm
Suddenly it’s Easter – and when we’ve finished stuffing our faces with chocolate, we’ll be two games closer to finding out which clubs are going to be rich beyond their wildest dreams and those that may have to play Carlisle on a Tuesday night.
There were no big changes following last week’s games although Reading broke [...]
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Brighton Win Promotion To The Championship
Mike Roberts - Friday 15.04.11, 11:00am
All clubs were involved in two games this week with exciting games and unexpected results: significantly both Welsh sides broke the 70 point barrier and – for the time being – the Championship consists of 25 clubs after Brighton were promoted from League 1 in midweek.
The Seagulls haven’t played in the second tier since finishing [...]
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Date Set For QPR Hearing
Mike Roberts - Friday 08.04.11, 12:40pm
As they have been for most of the season, QPR are this week’s main story: the date of the FA disciplinary hearing concerning the signing of Alejandro Faurlin has been set and the timing is ‘interesting’ to say the least. The process starts on Tuesday 3rd May with a decision expected on Friday 7th May – the [...]
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QPR Guaranteed A Play Off Place
Mike Roberts - Friday 01.04.11, 15:28pm
No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke: Hogan Ephraim’s winner for QPR at Doncaster before the international break may have been more significant than anyone realised. The win – combined with Norwich’s failure to hold on to the lead at the KC Stadium – guaranteed a playoff place for Neil Warnock’s side. Since the First [...]
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