Hull, likely to be going up with Cardiff, entertain already relegated Bristol City on Friday evening and if they lose then City will be Champions without kicking a ball.
A win for Cardiff at Burnley will confirm it anyway.
It seems that City will be Champions sooner rather than later and hopefully in time to celebrate with a presentation on Saturday week at the final home game with Bolton.
No doubt the open top bus planned in 2008, 2010 and 2012 but never needed will get a run out in 2013.
On Tuesday April 16th Cardiff secured the point needed to go up and in front on the biggest crowd in the league that evening. The results were:
| npower Championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNSLEY | (0) 1 | DERBY COUNTY | (0) 1 | 9,007 | ||
| O'Grady 47 | Coutts 90+1 | |||||
| BLACKBURN ROVERS | (1) 1 | HUDDERSFIELD TOWN | (0) 0 | 15,317 | ||
| Rhodes 37 | ||||||
| BLACKPOOL | (0) 0 | SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY | (0) 0 | 13,845 | ||
| BRISTOL CITY | (0) 0 | BIRMINGHAM CITY | (1) 1 | 12,093 | ||
| Elliott 16 | ||||||
| CARDIFF CITY | (0) 0 | CHARLTON ATHLETIC | (0) 0 | 26,338 | ||
| IPSWICH TOWN | (3) 3 | CRYSTAL PALACE | (0) 0 | 17,656 | ||
| Nouble 37, 45+4 Cresswell 45+2 |
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| LEEDS UNITED | (0) 1 | BURNLEY | (0) 0 | 16,788 | ||
| Austin 62 | ||||||
| LEICESTER CITY | (2) 3 | BOLTON WANDERERS | (1) 2 | 22,442 | ||
| Wood 39 (pen) Dyer 41 Schlupp 79 |
Ngog 3 (pen) Pratley 71 |
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| MIDDLESBROUGH | (1) 1 | NOTTINGHAM FOREST | (0) 0 | 13,861 | ||
| Carayol 42 | ||||||
| MILLWALL | (0) 1 | WATFORD | (0) 0 | 9,366 | ||
| Batt 83 | ||||||
| PETERBOROUGH UNITED | (0) 0 | BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION | (0) 0 | 8,780 | ||
| WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS | (0) 1 | HULL CITY | (0) 0 | 19,641 | ||
| Doyle 55 | ||||||
Table:
| Home | Away | Overall | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | Pl | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | GD |
| 1 | [P] Cardiff City | 43 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 68 | 41 | 84 | +27 |
| 2 | Hull City | 43 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 48 | 77 | +11 |
| 3 | Watford | 43 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 78 | 55 | 71 | +23 |
| 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 43 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 31 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 28 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 59 | 41 | 66 | +18 |
| 5 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 47 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 67 | 57 | 66 | +10 |
| 6 | Leicester City | 43 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 15 | 65 | 42 | 64 | +23 |
| 7 | Bolton Wanderers | 43 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 64 | 57 | 63 | +7 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 43 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 25 | 31 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 60 | 56 | 63 | +4 |
| 9 | Charlton Athletic | 43 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 31 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 57 | 55 | 58 | +2 |
| 10 | Middlesbrough | 43 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 39 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 58 | 64 | 58 | -6 |
| 11 | Birmingham City | 43 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 | 33 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 60 | 65 | 57 | -5 |
| 12 | Ipswich Town | 43 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 31 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 44 | 57 | 56 | -13 |
| 13 | Blackpool | 43 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 57 | 54 | 55 | +3 |
| 14 | Derby County | 43 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 38 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 60 | 59 | 55 | +1 |
| 15 | Millwall | 41 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 50 | 55 | 55 | -5 |
| 16 | Leeds United | 42 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 38 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 61 | 55 | -9 |
| 17 | Burnley | 43 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 17 | 57 | 58 | 54 | -1 |
| 18 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 49 | 57 | 54 | -8 |
| 19 | Blackburn Rovers | 42 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 51 | 55 | 53 | -4 |
| 20 | Peterborough United | 43 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 33 | 39 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 69 | 51 | -7 |
| 21 | Wolverhampton W'drs. | 43 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 20 | 53 | 63 | 51 | -10 |
| 22 | Huddersfield Town | 43 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 22 | 46 | 13 | 12 | 18 | 45 | 70 | 51 | -25 |
| 23 | Barnsley | 43 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 31 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 28 | 37 | 13 | 11 | 19 | 52 | 68 | 50 | -16 |
| 24 | [R] Bristol City | 43 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 41 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 57 | 77 | 40 | -20 |