Reading's play-off place has been confirmed

Leyton Orient's play-off hopes have ended after defeat to Tranmere

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Another win for Tranmere, 3 in a row. We might even overtake Charlton, Barry !

We'll probably wave you past...

Oops something odd happened there, but I'm just using an iPhone.

We ought to beat Hartlepool, but I fully believe Charlton have started their summer holidays early...

Yes, you go and beat Hartlepool. (Even though they aren't really rivals to us ).

Newcastle took a bit of a battering today. We probably will against Cardiff tomorrow.

Boro will do one of two things.

1) Relax as they have nothing to play for, thereby playing with freedom and handing Cardiff a beating.

or

2) Boro won't care what happens because they've nothing to play for, and Cardiff will give them a beating...

We don't have a very good record against Cardiff and I can't see that changing. Part of me would also like to see Cardiff go up - they've been consistently high in the Championship over a number of seasons and are probably worthy of promotion.

I'm hoping that Mogga will give some of our youngsters a run out.

That would give you more hope for next season : particularly if they acquit themselves well.

13 minutes gone - Boro are 2-0 up already...

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So, scenario number 1 then...

Flip, 3-0...

I hope you get a thank you card from Norwich...

Have we ever been 3-0 up on 21 minutes before?

I'm not sure we were even that quick in our 8-1 against Man City.

Boro's aim now is to finish the season with a positive goal difference I would've thought

If it stays as it is, a Norwich victory tonight against Pompey will confirm their promotion back to the Premier League.

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Famous last words, but I don't see Boro chucking this one away...

What changes are Cardiff going to make at half-time? They are more than capable of coming back from 0-3 (have a feeling that they came back from being 4-0 down near the start of the season!), but I'm not sure if they will.

We seem to have surprised them.

I'm a bit worried about the number of yellow cards. It's unlike us, and we're in danger of going down to 10 men.

They're getting excited, I bet

Cardiff are seriously dominating. It really would be typical Boro to throw it away now.

6 yellows though.

If Norwich win tonight then they're up. I would not have predicted that at the start of the season.

If we win our last match and Watford and Ipswich lose then we could get into the top half of the table. Unfortunately Watford are playing Preston...

Not withstanding the yellows, that's Boro's best result of the season - a few performances like that next season and you'll be challenging for promotion

Norwich have been promoted.

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Congratulations to Norwich.

I don't think I'm in a hurry to see any Cardiff fans.

Rumours floating around that if QPR are found guilty, they'll lose 15 points. We'll see...

Hmm. Well, the FA don't like Warnock...

Edit: On a much nicer note, we have two players in the provisional U21 squad. We are the only non-premiership team to have 2 players in the squad, and they are both ex-academy lads. Lets hope that doesn't make the Premier League vultures come after them...

So it'll be Man Utd v Barcelona in the Champions League final...

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A random bloke came up to me as I was walking home from work and he said to me, "Norwich have gone up, haven't they?", and then he was talking about the ruling with QPR and all that. So I had to pretend to be a Norwich fan saying how good it is for them to be back in the Premier League, etc...

Daren't mention I was a Reading fan...

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I had a similar scenario with a Millwall fan when they went up last season...

It's probably easier as a female - I can just pretend I don't know anything about football.

I hadn't noticed that the match was at 12:45.

I need to go to the post office and it's a 40 minute walk to the nearest one (each way) and it closes at 4pm so no time before football and no time after.

I'm still buzzing from last week's 0-3.

Do you want text updates, Flossie?

QPR have avoided losing any points...

No. I decided on football.

*goes to look at QPR info*

Fair enough!!!

Oooo. We've got the proper BBC live text this week, just like the Prem normally get.

Sounds like Cardiff are talking about appealling.


Well, it's going to be a long time before our next match.

Donny's keeper seems to be playing rather well.

Top half, maybe?...Will need Preston to do you a favour...

I know. I've had my eye on the spot all week. It's still possible...and it would be amazing given our position a few weeks ago...

Preston 2-1 up...

This is getting a bit nail-biting.

Swans are flying. Cardiff need a win to go back above them, being equal on points won't be enough.

I thought Leicester had finnished Ipswich off...but they haven't.

3-1 to Preston. Looks like your team will end the season 12th, Flossie, which isn't at all bad considering relegation was a real possibility not so long ago...

I think the BBC have got a bit confused again. Why would Park and Reach be shooting at their own goal?

It's the end of the season : they're probably having a laugh

Adam Reach has just scored on his first-team debut. 3-0.

12th place and 62 points, GD 0. Same points as last year, but one place lower. GD not as good.

I'm happy with that.



(Thank you Preston and Leicester. )

Not only that, recent form suggests you'll do better in 2011/12.

We'll see. We don't know how many of the players we'll still have...

I'd like us to sell Boyd and keep everyone else, but we need to reduce our wage bill.

I think Cardiff will be wanting to get their own back on us - unless they manage to go up via the play-offs.

Could be a Welsh derby final - bet the police are cringing at the thought of that...

What are people's predictions for the playoffs?

My (imaginary) money is probably on Swansea. They seem to be flying now, Cardiff have gone off the boil and I think Reading probably peaked too early. Forest have been rather inconsistent, but could sneak it.