Congratulations To Blackpool
Blackpool have just beaten Cardiff 3-2 in a thrilling play-off final at Wembley to win promotion to next season’s Premier League, joining automatically promoted Newcastle and West Brom.
Besides the Premiership link, the game also featured ex-Villan Peter Whittingham, who has been one of Cardiff’s key players over the last couple of seasons, and also our very own Barry Bannan got a run out for Blackpool in the last couple of minutes.
This was the match recently christened “the £90m game” since that’s the estimated amount of earnings almost certainly heading the winner’s direction over the next few years thanks to the newly increased parachute payments.
I imagine quite a few fans will be looking for Blackpool away when the fixtures are published!
So, we now know the 20 teams who will contest the 2010/11 English Premier League: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Newcastle, Stoke, Sunderland, Tottenham, West Brom, West Ham, Wigan and Wolves.
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