Sunday, May 11, 2008

Fulham are safe! and other EPL results

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Fulham have survived miraculously off a Danny Murphy goal in the 79th minute to beat Portsmouth; and stay in the premiership for another season.  A win secured premiership status and Fulham delivered to the 2,000 fans that had made the trip to the south coast.  Danny Murphy hammered home a Jimmy Bullard cross to win the game; the goalie didn't even move.  However for Portsmouth, the lack of marking on the play has to be a major concern heading into the FA cup final.  Fulham were in control of their destiny at the beginning of the day, but had they tied or lost, they would have finished in 19th place.  Both Birmingham and Reading won on the day.  
Your new Premiership champion is Manchester United, they handled their business at the JJB and chelsea were held to a tie, off a last minute Bolton goal.  You have to think now that the Champions league final, will decide the fate of Avram Grant at Chelsea.
Everton secured UEFA cup status for next year after their 3-1 win over Kevin Keegan's Newcastle.  Aston Villa were only able to muster a tie after a late Dean Ashton equalizer made the score 2-2.  
All results are as follows: 
Birmingham beat Blackburn 4-1
Reading beat Derby 4-0
Manchester United beat Wigan 2-0
Chelsea ties Bolton 1-1
Everton beat Newcastle 3-1
Aston Villa tie West Ham 2-2
Middlesborogh beat Manchester City 8-1, yes you do read that correctly
Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0
Arsenal beat Sunderland 1-0
Fulham beat Portsmouth 1-0
Your three relegated teams are Reading, Birmingham, and Derby.
Your three promoted teams are West Brom, Stoke City, and TBD
It was a wild end to the season, I'll try to snag some video highlight of the Man City game.

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