The 20th and final place in the English Premier League for the 2011/2012 season will be won today when Swansea City takes on Reading FC at Wembley Stadium in the League Championship Promotion Final (10am, Fox Soccer Channel).
Swansea City will be looking to reach the Premier League for the first time in its history, while Reading will try to return to the Premier League for the first time since the 2007/2008 season.
If you will be watching today's match, please feel free to share your thoughts, opinions and some play-by-play in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action.
I thought you got Champions League invites based on the League, not the country?
The Premier League is similar to MLS in that there are teams in two different nationalities playing in the same league. Here is a good question? Let’s say, hypothetically, Swansea City wins the Premier League title next season (again, hypothetically, most likely won’t happen)? They wouldn’t be eligible for the Champion’s League for England, right?
Full time, Reading 2-4 Swansea City. Swansea City is in the Premier League!
Both teams played well and it was a very entertaining game. But in the end it was silly penalties Reading commited that made the difference.
I heard it’s $35 mil in TV money for just getting to the Prem and not $150 mil. WALES!!!!!!!!
Gotta give Swansea credit – they have contained Long all game.
And Sinclair gets his hat trick! Reading 2-4 Swansea. Surely that’s the dagger.
Well that should do it.
Another penalty for Swansea! Andy Griffin with a horrible foul in the box.
Cracker of a game. You just have to wonder though, if Reading were to get through whether these players are good enough for the EPL. Last time they were up, only Kebe was a starter with Long, Hunt, Karacan, Federici, Mills, Church all playing in the reserves. Just seems that they look to be more of a Championship team.
Fifteen minutes to go, can Reading find another goal?
The difference between the Premier League and the Championship in TV money alone I think, so it’s possibly greater than that overall.
150,000,000??
Wow. I’ve missed most of the game. 3-2 with 30 minutes left.
Gotta feel that if Reading find a 3rd they are going to find a 4th.
Every game should have $150,000,000 on the line. This is great.
Wow, don’t know how Dobbie missed that just before Reading’s 2nd goal.
Now Reading hits the post and has a corner!
Swansea players diminishing chances of scoring by taking too long on the ball when they have space.
Reading is in complete control right now. Still over 30 minutes plus stoppage time to go.
And another Header conversion! Game back on. If they are able to tie this and it goes to OT, they may well miss not being able to use Jay Tabb.
Dobbie has got to be kicking himself right now.
Well this is now a game again. 3-2
Now THAT was a header. Exciting game.
Mills scores! Reading 2-3 Swansea. Mills heads it in on a corner. What a game!
It looks like it on the replay. Think it went off Allen.
Hunt’s header was an own goal on the replay. Never been a Hunt fan (neither him or his brother) and he clearly isn’t EPL quality.
Dowd desperately trying to keep control of this match
It was an own goal – brilliant? Lol.
Finally Reading able to convert a corner. Can they get another one?
Reading gets one back. Hunt with a brilliant header to the near post. Reading 1-3 Swansea.
Reading’s assistant manager has been banished from the pitch and substitute Jay Tabb has received a red card for arguing with the ref during halftime.
Fair….Reading the more solid and had the most chances. Swansea got three chances and converted.
Falling apart for REading with an assistant and sub red-carded and sent off.
Not really. Silly challenges, turnovers, and bad clearances have been Reading’s downfall.
I get the sense that, from the descriptions of the run of play, Reading might have felt slightly unlucky to go into the half down 1-nil, much less 3-nil. Fair?
Halftime, Reading 0-3 Swansea. Reading has a mountain to climb.
Long misses a beautiful chance to get one back for Reading. Man they needed that.
The fat lady is warming up to start singing.
it’s over at Wembly….time to switch over to French Open Tennis
3-0 Swansea after 40 minutes.
Goal Swansea, Dobbie with the goal from a poor clearance. 3-0 Swansea.
AND… Game.
I will be very surprised if Khizanishvili actually finishes this game.
have a feeling the card situation will only get uglier
Too bad for Reading who arguably had the stronger 1st 20 minutes….they are lucky to have 11 players though
Poor challenge by the Reading defender…not a really good chance for the ball and from behind. The official had to call that. Lucky he didn’t get a yellow on top of it.
Holy cow, Sinclair scores again! 2-0 Swansea
nightmare for Reading
And Sinclair converts. 1-0 Swansea
Penalty Swansea!
good game so far, hopefully it doesn’t get out of control with the yellow cards.
This is one of my favorite matches of the season. So much money on the line.
I going to try to watch the game, but I fear the current FIFA soap opera has most of my attention right now.
Go Reading!
Excited about the game but sorry to see the swan song of English football…..