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I would suggest the best place to look would be to see the winners of the championship and predecessors in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_English_Football_League_Championship_and_predecessors And compare it to all clubs who have achieved promotion from League 1 and predecessor level in this list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_English_Football_League_Championship_and_predecessors

No, they had at least one season of mid-table at Championship level before Jean Tigana led them to winning the Championship.

For away games i'm a bad omen. And for that reason I am on a work trip for the Peterborough game and in Malta for the Middlesbrough game. Feel free to thank me with beer tokens.

Silly season has begun.

Dad asked the odds for me at the Coral in Winchester last week, they refused to offer.

31 years old journeyman. For that reason, i'm out.

Federico 'The Torpedo' Arias

How about a gentleman's agreement with Reading play for a draw? Stranger things have happened.... ....Oh, wait, this isn't Serie B.

That 'Clive' is an intelligent chap.

I wonder if Midland Blue will rear his ugly head again.

Did you interpret the ending in the same way I do? (Spoilers: That Shepard had been fighting indoctrination and the final confrontation with Anderson/The Illusive man is a manifestation of this..... and that the 'child' is the visual representation of the Reaper's attempts to manipulate Shepard?)

On Monday I purchased my first set of bolt cutters. I heart them.

But hey, spare a tear for the poor souls. Seven in fact. Let the torrents begin. [video=youtube;9I_Sckl-WhY]

They banned me from Pompey online tonight...... until tomorrow. Must be feeling a little sore right now.

So, in summary. As things stand they need a 9 point swing over Bristol City in 4 games. WTFILN?

They have experienced financial trauma in 1976 (raising money to avoid bankruptcy), 1988 (Selling the club to Jim Gregory to fend of bankruptcy after spending their way up the leagues, sound familiar?), 1998 (Mandaric taking them over whilst in administration), 2010 (First PL team to go into administration) and of course, 2012. So, in fact, you can argue it's 5 times. It truly is a culture down there.

Birmingham? I've always found it ok. Well, it always helps that it's only a taxi ride to the train station and then a 10 minute ride away. F**k driving to the London airports and paying parking charges.

Anyone else managed to finish yet then?

Yes, I was flying to Munich for two weeks and followed the results at the departure lounge of Birmingham airport. Really vivid memories of that day.

Far, far too premature.

That's just the kind of refreshing candour that our own politicians would be too scared to come out with. Fair play to her.

All of their effort went into the derby. Typical of that club to get their priorities horribly wrong. Far too caught up in their own sense of self importance and melodrama to notice the neck deep layer of sh*t they have found themselves in. I'm sure that point away at St Mary's will keep them warm while competing with Yeovil and the Franchise..... or more likely Havant and Waterlooville and Bashley.

Now playing in Thailand #hashtag!?

Let's list them: 1 Davis 2 Bialkowski 3 Butterfield 4 Richardson 5 Seaborne 6 Martin 7 Hooiveld 8 Fonte 9 Fox 10 Harding 11 Dickson (?) 12 Schneiderlin 13 Hammond 14 Chaplow 15 Cork 16 Ward-Prowse 17 Lallana 18 Do Prado 19 Puncheon 20 De Ridder 21 Holmes 22 Ben Reeves 23 Jack Stephens 24 Ryan Doble 25 Johno Forte 26 Lee Barnard 27 Rickie Lambert 28 David Connolly 29 Tadanari Lee 30 Billy Sharp 31 Hoskins 32 Luke Shaw 33 Iago Falque

Just found this archive while google searching for a Crystal Palace forum. Maybe worth a read for anyone interested. A curious snapshot of how far we have come. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/archive/index.php/f-5.html?