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Leicester and Southampton fans discuss ‘El Crapico’ (part one)
Leicester: Chris Whiting, 29
First match attended: “Leicester 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday, 2002/03. I won the tickets for completing a primary school football course supported by the club – back when they didn’t treat us with contempt.”
Best match attended: “Leicester 3-1 Everton, 2015/16. I could have picked a few others but seeing us lift the Premier League trophy can’t really be topped.”
Southampton: Steve Grant, 41
First match attended: “Saints 0-3 Manchester City, November 1991. A cold rainy afternoon at the Dell where Jon Gittens scored an own goal while sat on his backside in our six yard box. Start as you mean to go on…”
Best match attended: “Liverpool 0-1 Saints, EFL Cup semi-final second leg, January 2017. We went to Anfield expecting them to easily overturn the one-goal deficit – then Shane Long scored on the break in injury-time.”
People have been calling this match ‘El Crapico’ – unfair, or about right?
CW: “I think it’s unfair on crap to be honest.”
SG: “Can I say ‘both’? In the context of the Premier League as it now is, we are two teams unfit to compete. But up against promoted teams from years gone by (and yes, I’m very much including 2007’s Derby County) both of us would wipe the floor with them. So it could be worse.”
In the early Premier League game Youri Tielemans’ goal was enough to earn Aston Villa a maximal point return from their home game against Fulham, which they won 1-0.
Leeds United win the Championship
The final whistle blows at Plymouth, where Leeds have secured three points and thereby pipped Burnley to the title on goal difference.
Below them there’s a pitch invasion at Bristol City, where the home side came back from two down to draw 2-2 with Preston, and with neither Blackburn (who drew 1-1 at Sheffield United) or Millwall (who lost 3-1 at Burnley) getting three points, they join Coventry, Sunderland and Sheffield United in the playoffs!
Luton Town relegated to League One
Luton, needing at least a point, playing a West Brom side with one win in nine and nothing but pride to play for, have lost 5-3. Hull City got a point at Portsmouth to send them spinning through ye olde relegatione trapdoor.
Just minutes left in the Championship season, and Rob Smyth is watching things play out:
Premier League teams
The line-ups for the two 3pm Premier League games have been announced, and here they are:
Everton v Ipswich
Everton: Pickford, Patterson, O’Brien, Branthwaite, Mykolenko, Gueye, Garner, McNeil, Alcaraz, Ndiaye, Beto. Subs: Virginia, Keane, Calvert-Lewin, Harrison, Chermiti, Young, Broja, Coleman, Iroegbunam.
Ipswich: Palmer, O’Shea, Woolfenden, Burgess, Greaves, Morsy, Jack Taylor, Hutchinson, Chaplin, Enciso, Delap. Subs: Walton, Phillips, Cajuste, Luongo, Hirst, Tuanzebe, Godfrey, Clarke, Boniface.
Referee: Lewis Smith.
Leicester v Southampton
Leicester: Stolarczyk, Justin, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Ndidi, Skipp, McAteer, El Khannous, Ayew, Vardy. Subs: Iversen, Okoli, Kristiansen, Daka, Soumare, Coulibaly, Golding, Evans, Monga.
Southampton: Ramsdale, Harwood-Bellis, Bednarek, Stephens, Walker-Peters, Downes, Ugochukwu, Manning, Fernandes, Sulemana, Stewart. Subs: McCarthy, Aribo, Smallbone, Bree, Wood-Gordon, Archer, Onuachu, Dibling, Robinson.
Referee: David Webb.
Hello world!
Welcome to a massive afternoon of springtimely football, with questions to be answered including:
Will Southampton win any more points?
Will Leicester score any more home goals?
Will Leyton Orient or Reading claim the final League One playoff spot?
Who’s going straight up from League Two with Doncaster and Port Vale?
Which two of AFC Wimbledon, Salford, Grimsby and Chesterfield will make the playoffs?
Is Harry Kane winning his first major title today?
Can Kortrijk avoid relegation at Cercle Brugge?
Yeah, OK, I probably won’t mention the last one again
Here are the 3pm fixtures from the Football League:
Premier League
League One
Blackpool v Bristol Rovers
Bolton Wanderers v Stevenage
Cambridge United v Birmingham City
Charlton Athletic v Burton Albion
Huddersfield Town v Leyton Orient
Lincoln City v Wrexham
Mansfield Town v Exeter City
Northampton Town v Wigan Athletic
Reading v Barnsley
Rotherham United v Peterborough United
Shrewsbury Town v Crawley Town
Wycombe Wanderers v Stockport County
League Two
Accrington Stanley v Chesterfield
Bradford City v Fleetwood Town
Bromley v Cheltenham Town
Carlisle United v Salford City
Colchester United v Barrow
Crewe Alexandra v Walsall
Grimsby Town v AFC Wimbledon
Morecambe v Harrogate Town
Newport County AFC v Tranmere Rovers
Notts County v Doncaster Rovers
Port Vale v Gillingham
Swindon Town v Milton Keynes Dons
Scottish Premiership
Bottom Six
Top six