The world of fizzy pop

Thats right boys and girls, the final weekend of the Football season. Is there a finer 2 hours in the year? I don’t think so!! Strangely, when your team has rock all to play for, it seems to be even more enjoyable as you can relax and spend your time figuring out what interesting possible permutations there are and looking at the table ‘as it stands’ on ceefax page 335.

So, each day this week, we shall be taking a look at each division’s respective promotion and relegation situations approaching what sky would call ‘Judgement Day’ if they gave two hoots about the Football League, starting with;

THE CHAMPIONSHIP

It really is quite simple:

Promotion

West Brom will be promoted unless they lose 36-0 to QPR and Hull win by a similar margin.
Stoke will also exit the Football League should they manage a point against relegation threatened Leicester (see below) or if Hull fail to beat Ipswich at Portman Road.  Fizzy Pop Prediction – Its WBA and Stoke for the dizzy heights of the Premiership.

Playoffs

Bristol City are already there.
A draw is enough for Watford who travel to Blackpool, unless Wolves beat Plymouth by 3 goals and Crystal Palace beat Burnley.
Ipswich and Sheff United can only make it if they win and Palace, Watford and Wolves all fail to win.
Fizzy Pop Prediction – Watford snatch a late point to hang on to their place and join Palace in the race for the most expensive prize in football.

Relegation

Are you sitting down? Good…

Southampton will be relegated unless they manage at least a point at home to Sheffield United. 

If they do manage to draw, then Leicester will be relegated unless they can manage at least a point away to Stoke (see above)

If Southampton were to win, then I fear Geoff Stelling’s head may explode trying to explain who can go down and how.  Leicester will still need to at least draw with Stoke to save their own bacon.  However, a draw would not be enough should Sheffield Wednesday manage to get any points from their home game with Norwich.

In the event of both Southampton and Leicester winning, Sheffield Wednesday will be relegated unless they beat Norwich.  In these circumstances, Coventry City (remember them? Peter Ndlovu n all that) will be relegated unless they can manage a draw or better away to Charlton.  This would relegate Blackpool, unless they can draw with Watford, which would put us back where we started with Southampton being relegated.

Fizzy Pop Prediction – A headache.