DIV 1 Playoffs

[Aussie]

The Div 1 playoffs start today with

Crystal Palace V Sunderland

Ipswich V West Ham

Always great these games with lots on the line.

Who do you hope to see win?

West Ham so there is another team in London that is better than Sp**s. And Crystal Palace.

 

[goonerling]

i hope palace come up. ian dowie is quite fierce-looking and i like that. they deserve it just for the momentm they've built up since he went there.

 

[Aussie]

Palace have put an amazing streak in. They started the season off with three wins i think then were lingering down the bottom. Now they are only a few games away from the premier league.

 

[goonerling]

totally. and rather their style of football than sunderlands.

 

[JazzG]

Would be funny seeing Mcarthy and Keane meet each other again if Sunderland go up

 

[Gunnsie]

I'm going to the Palace Sunderland game tonight with a few mates, should be a laugh.

 

[afundell]

the hammers winning, i get 20 quid then!!!

 

[arsenal99]

Come on ipswich.I got to support them tommrow as i come from there.But Arsenal will always be me through and through.Good Luck Ipswich.

 

[namliam]

I want West ham to come up..amongst the four I can only see them having enough of a fan base to survive in the Premiership. Really tragic that they got relegated in the first place. Joe Cole, Lampard, Di Canio, Defoe, Ferdinand...they had a lot of great palyers there and I rather liked their attacking entertaining approach..

 

[The Mini]

I only know that I dont want Palace to go up. I have reasons of strange sorts for the others.

 

[Aussie]

Final result

Palace 3

Neil Shipperley (52)
Danny Butterfield (64)
Andrew Johnson (87)

Sunderland 2

Marcus Stewart (pen 51)
Kevin Kyle (85)

Follow up game to be played on Monday night

Fans celerbrate with Andy Johnson after he scores the late winner.

 

[skart14]

Would be funny seeing Mcarthy and Keane meet each other again if Sunderland go up

how about mcateer and keane

 

[Soler]

I only know that I dont want Palace to go up. I have reasons of strange sorts for the others.

... why? There is nowt wrong with Crystal Palace! Ian Wright came from there, you know.

 

[Aussie]

And Ash went there on loan.

 

[Aussie]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=300562&cc=3436

A good little read with a bit of info on the Playoff teams in Div 1, Div 2 and Div 3

 

[Soler]

Sunderland: "A mixture of Premiership reserves and other sides' cast-offs who have contrived to make the Stadium of Light a fortress again. As more or less everyone was up for sale last summer, McCarthy's team are based on the players who had no takers. The lowest scorers of the four teams in the play-offs, but defensively solid, especially at home."

Ipswich: "A club with an unparalleled tale of rapid decline, until Leeds topped them: from fifth in the Premiership to administration via relegation in 18 months. Shorn of their top earners and big buys, now rebuilding in the First Division."

Hahaha.

 

[bobbypires]

Ipswich 1-0 West Ham

 

[arsenal99]

yea!go ipswich

 

[Aussie]

The second leg of Palace V Sunderland is to be played today.

 

[Aussie]

Crystal Palace have booked there place in the div 1 playoff final with a 5-4 penalty win over Sunderland after it was 4-4 on aggregate.

Palace substitute Darren Powell had headed home in the final minute of normal time to level the tie 4-4 on aggregate and force extra-time.

Palace substitute Darren Powell had headed home in the final minute of normal time to level the tie 4-4 on aggregate and force extra-time.