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The Championship will go right down to the last day with a relegation spot still open, the second automatic promotion place still up for grabs and a fair few teams still grappling for a play-off place. Fair dos to Preston for keeping themselves in the hunt, shame the scorer of the winning goal (cannae remember his name) was sent off for a second yellow while celebrating! Peterborough win a remarkable second promotion on the bounce and according to their chairman, will be a top flight club within 3 or 4 years. Brentford are crowned League 2 champions (it was quite nice to see some cheerful fans on the Uxbridge Road this Saturday for once) and Burton are a league club for the first time ever (right?) despite losing yesterday. Huzzah!
Many of the papers are still focusing on the dubious penalty in the Utd-Spurs game, Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is still adamant that Utd are feeling the pressure of the title chase and John Terry has suggested that West Ham fans 'went too far' with their abuse of him and team mate Frank Lampard in Chelsea's 1-0 win at Upton Park.
Rumours are that Man Utd will move for Karim Benzema to replace an exiting Carlos Tevez and the press build up for this week's Champions League semi-finals is in full swing, with Lionel Messi being apparently quoted as saying Frank Lampard is the player he most admires in the English game.