Promotion confirmed Now for the title

18 April 2013 00:50
City lead Hull by 7 points with three games to go. Surely it's a formality.

Hull, likely to be going up with Cardiff, entertain already relegated Bristol City on Friday evening and if they lose then City will be Champions without kicking a ball.

A win for Cardiff at Burnley will confirm it anyway.

It seems that City will be Champions sooner rather than later and hopefully in time to celebrate with a presentation on Saturday week at the final home game with Bolton.

No doubt the open top bus planned in 2008, 2010 and 2012 but never needed will get a run out in 2013.

On Tuesday April 16th Cardiff secured the point needed to go up and in front on the biggest crowd in the league that evening. The results were:

npower Championship   BARNSLEY (0)  1 DERBY COUNTY (0)  1 9,007     O'Grady 47 Coutts 90+1       BLACKBURN ROVERS (1)  1 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (0)  0 15,317     Rhodes 37         BLACKPOOL (0)  0 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY (0)  0 13,845               BRISTOL CITY (0)  0 BIRMINGHAM CITY (1)  1 12,093       Elliott 16       CARDIFF CITY (0)  0 CHARLTON ATHLETIC (0)  0 26,338               IPSWICH TOWN (3)  3 CRYSTAL PALACE (0)  0 17,656     Nouble 37, 45+4Cresswell 45+2         LEEDS UNITED (0)  1 BURNLEY (0)  0 16,788     Austin 62         LEICESTER CITY (2)  3 BOLTON WANDERERS (1)  2 22,442     Wood 39 (pen)Dyer 41Schlupp 79 Ngog 3 (pen)Pratley 71       MIDDLESBROUGH (1)  1 NOTTINGHAM FOREST (0)  0 13,861     Carayol 42         MILLWALL (0)  1 WATFORD (0)  0 9,366     Batt 83         PETERBOROUGH UNITED (0)  0 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION (0)  0 8,780               WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS (0)  1 HULL CITY (0)  0 19,641     Doyle 55      

 

Table:

 

HomeAwayOverall  #TeamPlWDLFAWDLFAWDLFAPtsGD 1 [P] Cardiff City 43 15 5 2 36 14 10 4 7 32 27 25 9 9 68 41 84 +27 2 Hull City 43 13 2 6 33 20 11 3 8 26 28 24 5 14 59 48 77 +11 3 Watford 43 10 5 6 36 25 11 3 8 42 30 21 8 14 78 55 71 +23 4 Brighton & Hove Albion 43 9 9 3 31 16 7 9 6 28 25 16 18 9 59 41 66 +18 5 Crystal Palace 42 12 7 2 47 27 6 5 10 20 30 18 12 12 67 57 66 +10 6 Leicester City 43 13 4 5 45 21 5 6 10 20 21 18 10 15 65 42 64 +23 7 Bolton Wanderers 43 13 5 3 33 17 4 7 11 31 40 17 12 14 64 57 63 +7 8 Nottingham Forest 43 10 7 4 35 25 6 8 8 25 31 16 15 12 60 56 63 +4 9 Charlton Athletic 43 6 6 9 26 32 9 7 6 31 23 15 13 15 57 55 58 +2 10 Middlesbrough 43 13 2 7 36 25 5 2 14 22 39 18 4 21 58 64 58 -6 11 Birmingham City 43 6 8 7 27 33 8 7 7 33 32 14 15 14 60 65 57 -5 12 Ipswich Town 43 9 5 8 31 26 6 6 9 13 31 15 11 17 44 57 56 -13 13 Blackpool 43 7 9 6 30 23 6 7 8 27 31 13 16 14 57 54 55 +3 14 Derby County 43 10 7 4 39 21 4 6 12 21 38 14 13 16 60 59 55 +1 15 Millwall 41 8 3 9 23 27 7 7 7 27 28 15 10 16 50 55 55 -5 16 Leeds United 42 12 3 6 27 23 3 7 11 25 38 15 10 17 52 61 55 -9 17 Burnley 43 8 7 6 28 21 6 5 11 29 37 14 12 17 57 58 54 -1 18 Sheffield Wednesday 42 8 3 10 27 34 7 6 8 22 23 15 9 18 49 57 54 -8 19 Blackburn Rovers 42 10 5 7 26 22 3 9 8 25 33 13 14 15 51 55 53 -4 20 Peterborough United 43 7 5 10 33 39 7 4 10 29 30 14 9 20 62 69 51 -7 21 Wolverhampton W'drs. 43 7 7 8 29 33 7 2 12 24 30 14 9 20 53 63 51 -10 22 Huddersfield Town 43 6 9 6 23 24 7 3 12 22 46 13 12 18 45 70 51 -25 23 Barnsley 43 8 5 9 24 31 5 6 10 28 37 13 11 19 52 68 50 -16 24 [R] Bristol City 43 8 4 10 39 41 3 3 15 18 36 11 7 25 57 77 40 -20

Source: Cardiff City Online

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