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Hull City secure place in the top flight

Hull City secured a placein the Premier League yesterday beating Bristol City 1-0 in the Championship play-off final at Wembley. The only goal of the game came in the first have when vetran and Hull born striker Dean Windass volleyed in from the edge of the area. It was a great goal and will mean that Windass will ply his trade in the top flight at the grand age of 40.

Hull didn’t have it all their way in the match and had to rely on keeper Myhill to keep the lead making saves in the second half as Bristol City pushed on.

It been an amazing turnaround for Hull who were in the bottom league only four seasons ago. Promotion and the new KC stadium have been key to sucess this year as has manager Phil Brown who managed to save the side from relegation last year and lead them to promotion this year. The league One play-off between Leeds and Doncaster kicks off this afternoon.

The League Play-Offs 2008 - Championship Hull V Bristol City

Some may say that it doesn’t get bigger than the Champions League or the F.A. Cup or the Premier League but for me it doesn’t get much better than the League Play-Offs. Theres been some classic down the years at Wembley and Cardiff, City V Gillingham, Bolton V Reading and maybe the best Sunderland V Charlton.

This weekend six teams meet at Wembley the home of football, three will go home unhappy and three go home in a higher division. This season the games are played backwards, no not penalties first then extra time but the Championship game is on Saturday with the League Two match moving to bank holiday Monday.

Hull V Bristol City

Bristol City are looking for a second promotion in as many years, manager Gary Johnson has masterminded the rise the Robins first year in the Championship. They’ve remained in the top 6 all season and have punched above their weight. Their opposition Hull have been on a great run coming into the play-offs late on and narrowly missing out on promotion. Phil Brown is looking to take the tigers to the top division for the first time in history, as the famous fact goes Hull is the biggest city never to have a team in the top flight.

It’s a close match with Hull having a slight edge with experience in Barmby, Pedersen and Dean ‘Fat Boy’ Windass. Bristol have been the underdogs all season and they might just grab a place in the top flight.

Bristol City secure Play-Off Final place

Bristol City secured their place in the Championship Play-Off final beating Crystal Palace 2-1 on the night to go through 4-2 on aggregate.

Palace put up a fight and forced the game in to extra time when Ben Watson scored from all of twenty yards with a header when there was a mix up in the Bristol defense.

It could have been all so different in the second half when Watson missed a penalty which would have put Palace ahead in the tie. Nick Carle had fouled Tom Soare in the 72nd minute but Watson struck the post from the resulting penalty.

Bristol took the game to Palace in extra time, Lee Trundle curled in a goal on 104 and the game was sealed when Michael McIndoe smashed in a free kick.

Bristol will face the winners of the Hull V Watford match which concludes tomorrow night. Hull go into the game at the KC Stadium with a two-nil lead.

Bristol City take the advantage over Crystal Palace

Bristol City will take a lead into the second leg of their Championship Play-Off Semi after beating Crystal Palace 2-1. The lead was only secured late on when David Nobel smashed the ball home from 30 yards to make it 2-1 to the away side.

Bristol City took the lead in the match in the second half when Louis Carey curled in a free kick. Carey then turned from hero to villain when he fouled Jose Fonte, Ben Watson smashed home the penalty to draw Palace level.

With 90 minutes on the clock Nobel struck and Bristol will now be favorites going into the second leg at Aston Gate.

Stoke go top as Bristol City lose to Plymouth

Stoke City went back to the top of the Championship after a three match spell at second after hanging on for a 0-0 draw at Watford, Bristol City were knocker off the top after losing at home for only the third time this season by Plymouth.

It was another interesting day in the Championship which is set to have an exciting end due to a lot of teams being very close in the table, top and at the bottom. Eyes were on the top of the table as two of the top three met at Vicarage Road, Watford had former Stoke midfielder John Eustace sent off in the first half for a high tackle, on second inspection it was a poor decision by Rob Styles who went on to have a poor game.

Despite being one man down Watford were awarded a penalty in the second half, a somewhat dubious decision from Mr Rob Styles. Darius Henderson effort from the spot was saved by Carlo Nash in the Stoke goal much to the delight of manager Tony Pulis.

Stoke were able to go top as leaders Bristol City lost at home to Plymouth 2-1. A Rory Fallon brace either side of half time gave the away side the lead. Lee Trundle grabbed a goal with 15 minutes to go from the spot after Jermaine Easter handled.

The shock of the day came at the Hawthorns as third placed West Bromich Albion went down 4-1 to Leicester. Koren had given the home side the lead but loanee Luke Moore was sent off which opened the flood gates for McAuley to equalize and then Brian Howard to grab his third hattrick of his career.

Pressure is off Bristol City in race for the Premier League

Bristol City Manager Gary Johnson has stated that he believes the pressure is off his side in the Championship promotion race.

The Robins currently sit at the summit of the Championship and are looking to secure their second promotion in successive seasons with just eight games left.

Johnson has stated that in his view all the pressure is on Watford and West Brom to secure top flight status due to the fact that they have experienced this in recent times.

Speaking to Sky Sports News, he stated –

“They [Watford and West Brom] still have some Premier League players and the financial clout that former Premier League clubs have with the parachute payments to be competing. That is why they are the ones under pressure,”

It will be an incredible achievement for the ex Yeovil Town manager and just reward for opting against remaining at Huish Park on the back of two promotion campaigns there.

Winning is Everything wish the Robins the best of luck and feel that it will be them and Stoke City celebrating come early May!

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