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View portlandpaul's Profile portlandpaul Flag wallington 10 Mar 14 8.52pm Send a Private Message to portlandpaul Add portlandpaul as a friend

"Aguero double wins leaugue title for City"
One of the most exciting last day's of the season, probably since Manchesty City last won the title saw Chelsea lose to a plucky Cardiff side, and City win the title with two goals from their hero of 2012 Aguero.
But it was at the other end of the table where the real drama happened, and what drama it was. This is how the table looked before kick off.
Pts g/diff
C.Palace 34 -20
Norwich 34 -23
W.B.A. 32 -16
Sunderland 32 -16
Cardiff 31 -27
Fulham 29 -34

Fulham, who had all but been relegated due to their poor goal difference, were quickest out of the box against fellow strugglers Palace, with a converted penelty scored by Palace old boy Andy Johnson in the second minute. Half way through the second and with West Brom winning at home to Stoke, Sunderland winning at home to Swansea, cardiff winning at home to Chelsea and Norwich drawing at home to Arsenal it looked as though Palace's season in the top flight would end in disaster. Everywhere you looked fans had radios and phones pressed to their ears.
Palace were throwing everything at Fulham in the dying minutes, even the normaly stoic Pullis seemed to be kicking and heading every ball, then as they entered stoppage time a buzz spread around the ground as the unbelievable news came in that Giroud had scored for Arsenal. As the final whistles blew around the premiership grounds every fan of the bottom six clubs got their calculators out to work out the almost unfathomable algorithm. Soon it was clear, the table looked like this.
pts g/diff
W.B.A 35 -13
Sunderland 35 -15
C.Palace 34 -21
Norwich 34 -24
Cardiff 34 -26
Fulham 32 -33

News flashes around the country showed Poyet dancing with the Sunderland fans, The Palace fans singing at Craven cottage long after the match had ended, Norwich fans crying and Cardiff fans wondering if their Red strip really was the downfall of their season. In an interview with Sky sports Tony Pullis summed it up, saying it had been a dramatic last day and in reflection it was all about defending at the bottom end of the table, "Goal Difference has been critical at the end of the day, since i've been at the club everyone of my players has put their bodies on the line to stop the opponents scoring and i'm proud of them all"


 

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View adrian b's Profile adrian b Flag Landrindod, Wales 10 Mar 14 9.31pm Send a Private Message to adrian b Add adrian b as a friend


Then I was awoken by my clock radio. It was early March and Palace had just lost at home to the saints. Everyone was starting to panic and make up funny stories.

 

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View hastingseagle67's Profile hastingseagle67 Flag 10 Mar 14 9.34pm Send a Private Message to hastingseagle67 Add hastingseagle67 as a friend

If it had all gone wrong and we didn't get the required result at Fulham, could we contact the FA and call foul that Fulham had played a QPR player.

 


has resisted writing a single post on the Ross McCormack thread !!!

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View pstrutt's Profile pstrutt Flag Busselton, WA 10 Mar 14 10.55pm Send a Private Message to pstrutt Add pstrutt as a friend

Thanks for this Meg. I sincerely hope so. Beating Sheikh Man City 5-0 the weekend beforehand would be better.

 


So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.

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View Mangopablo's Profile Mangopablo Flag south LONDON 11 Mar 14 12.34pm Send a Private Message to Mangopablo Add Mangopablo as a friend

Quote hastingseagle67 at 10 Mar 2014 9.34pm

If it had all gone wrong and we didn't get the required result at Fulham, could we contact the FA and call foul that Fulham had played a QPR player.

Lol.

 


"The course of true love never did run smooth"

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