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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