The official CHAMPIONSHIP Thread

Reading132012-04-10 09:20:26

Cannot stand Warnock. Such a prick. And good on you Azevo.

Pompey fans get on to www.nzsale.co.nz for some great Canterbury shirt deals. $33 for, what I consider, one of the coolest shirts around (OK, so its last seasons shirt but they are still sweet deals on nice shirts).

Way better than the Kappa shirts this season, thanks for showing me it. Where is Karori?...

Third from bottom :-)

Wooh, Island Bay are 1st. Wasn't to sure where they sat when watching them.

The website that you posted doesn't have the greatest of reputations.

good question as fog shrouds it most of the time

Well done Reading, 3-1 win over Southampton, was inevitable, Southampton haven't been that great lately.

Would be pretty special to see Brighton get into th play offs then go through to the Premier league, 2 double promotions in 2 seasons. Azevo2012-04-14 10:27:56

Brighton, one of only six teams in the Championship who havent been into the Premiership or EPL

Well I think thats us promoted! Despite outwardly being confident, was expecting a draw at best from the Southampton game.

Yeah. Well done Reading. You cant have a run like you  guys have had over the last few months and not get reward.

Oh no, please don't fall into that mindset that football was only invented in 1992. We have of course been in the top flight before, just not since the fat cats decided to stop sharing the money with the rest of the league and celebrated their greed by changing the division name.

He was just stating a fact. I can't see the problem.

Hmmm it does seem ti make a mockery of the fact that people see the Premiership as a closed shop. Its more of a revolving door than most people realise.

Just that it's misleading. Might as well say Tottenham have never won the Budweiser FA Cup in their history.

i find it convenient to say 'in the premiership/premier league' with certain statistics to serve as a loose starting point for 'modern' english top flight football, but on the whole i'm in the sinz camp on this one - particularly when it comes to facts like the brighton thing, that's pretty much meaningless

Interesting match against Doncaster last night, they went 2-0 up in the first 4 mins, Super Pompey came back to win it 4-3.   

Fake hoops up I believe?? Them and Saints. Who for the third spot?

Im prepared to accept the the top three teams at the moment deserve to go up on form..Reading have stormed up the table whilst our lot have had one win in 9!

REAL Hoops thank you very much - 1871 I do believe.

Quote from Southampton Manager, Nigel Adkins, "First of all I would like to congratulate Reading on winning the Championship title; after being so far behind in November they reeled us in like a Florida fisherman trying to land a Marlin".

Chances are they will sill go through anyway, to be honest, they did very well to lead the charge throughout the majority of the season anyway which is quite an achievement in itself.

WE ARE UP!!!!!!!WELL DONE BOYS!!!!!!!

Well done Reading. Thought you were good value in the Prem last time round, nice to see you back up.

Pompey's great escape continues, though next up is Derby, not keen on that.

Bye-Bye Reading13, come back and visit sometime

Well, at least I have someone to watch in the Premier League now.. I'd watch it anyway, but this makes it more exciting!Azevo2012-04-18 11:32:38

Anticipation for Saturday....

Jon Kirwan doesnt quite understand that the depression of supporting Pompey cant be lifted by swimming a few lengths.

Definitely been a roller coaster ride, don't care where we are next season, because it'll be a hell of a ride.

Ohh Boro we love you! Parmos are on me!!

Congratulations.  Welcome back to the top flight.

Well, now the relegation is set in stone, only interesting thing left in the regular season is whether Boro can go in front of Cardiff and if West Ham can have some incredible luck and overtake The Saints.

Happy to oblige...

Could be worse.. Still in for a shot. At least you haven't been relegated. A shame the battle didn't go till the end of the season, anti-climatic tbh. Though it was a massive ask for Pompey. Sad, but necessary.

IMO, the thread should be renamed to 'league football'.. heh.

OK Tigers, Im calling in a favour. It has to be big. Like 4 - 0.

From Winston Reid Thread

It's quite tight, don't see Southampton rolling over for Coventry, thinking Coventry will want to leave an impact in some way before dropping down.

Optimistically, I am looking at that fixture as a Pride over Pressure