One team this week has celebrated promotion to the Barclay's Premier League. Today another team suffered the pain of relegation. To me, promotion and relegation just adds incentive to nearly every fixture on the schedule. Plus, it keeps us footy fans glued to our sets and favorite news sites long after the titles have been handed out.
First off for the excited folks: Reading FC has earned automatic promotion to the Premier League by virtue of their 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest earlier this week. The automatic promotion means they will not have to take part in the promotion playoff.
Now for the sad folks. Today Wolverhampton Wanderers were relegated to the Championship. They lost 0-2 at home to Manchester City, but this has been in the cards for a few weeks at least. Fearing eventual relegation back in February, Wolves fired manager Mick McCarthy and replaced him with Terry Connor. However, Wolves have just taken two points from a possible 30 since then, and it has sealed their fate. This ends a three year run in the top flight for them.
So Wolves become the first of three teams that will lose their place in the Premier League this year. The rest of the bottom of the table as of 4/22/12 is as follows:
15. Aston Villa 36 pts
16. QPR 34 pts
17. Wigan 34 pts
18. Blackburn 31pts
19. Bolton 30 pts
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20. Wolves 23 pts
All of the other EPL teams have reached the 40 point mark, which is traditionally the mark at which teams consider themselves safe.
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