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mwooldri

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33. Championship games are on US TV.

Tue May 3, 2016, 12:26 PM

May 2016

Besides if Aston Villa pull their socks up they'll spend a year in the Championship and be back in the Premier League. Or... *shudder* fall to League 1. Let's hope their absence is short... unlike Brighton who stand a chance of promotion if they beat Middlesboro... been out of the top league since 1983.

Until recently the interest has been who's going up, who's going down. How would US sports work if there were a promotion/relegation system here? Imagine the Atlanta Braves going to the minor leagues, to be replaced by a minor league team? Major League Baseball lends itself to a two tier system but have no interchange with minor leagues. Unsure how that would work with NFL or NBA...

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Leicester City wins the Premier League [View all] iandhr May 2016 OP

Wooooo!!! Let's hear it for the underdogs, er, Foxes!!!! Coventina May 2016 #1

To put it in terms Americans sarisataka May 2016 #2

Also the barley survived relegation last year. iandhr May 2016 #5

damn just damn dembotoz May 2016 #3

This is a real thumb in the eye to big time football Buzz cook May 2016 #4

One of the greatest sports stories ever! HuckleB May 2016 #6

I can't think of an equivalent achievement in this or any other sport. Ron Obvious May 2016 #7

Yes, but LBN? n/t Earth_First May 2016 #8

Yup. n/t TygrBright May 2016 #9

The odds of them winning were set a 5,000 to 1. iandhr May 2016 #11

Yeah, this is a big story! HuckleB May 2016 #17

Top story on CNN International website (nt) muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #21

It's huge news over here T_i_B May 2016 #34

Nothing against them but I am a Spurs fan. LisaM May 2016 #10

Commiserations... Ron Obvious May 2016 #18

it was intense. LisaM May 2016 #26

Man and I thought the Cubs suffered from a title drought... Initech May 2016 #12

Unlike Leicester City, the Cubs have the money. So, yeah, they should be able to do it. HuckleB May 2016 #14

And to win all they had to do was Tie Travis_0004 May 2016 #13

Some of the greatest games I've watched were 0-0. HuckleB May 2016 #16

I don't know a single fan of the sport who wants to do away with draws. Ron Obvious May 2016 #19

They needed Spurs, who are in 2nd place, to not win muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #20

And they had twelve points still on the board. HuckleB May 2016 #22

That brings up another point Travis_0004 May 2016 #24

Yeah, I'm not a fan of how they do stoppage time muriel_volestrangler May 2016 #25

You know what would happen with a stopped clock? Ron Obvious May 2016 #29

I've attended great 1-1 draws. Codeine May 2016 #28

Good to see the little guy prevail alfredo May 2016 #15

And my team, Aston Villa, was relegated this year. OnlinePoker May 2016 #23

Championship games are on US TV. mwooldri May 2016 #33

Sadly.... T_i_B May 2016 #37

Leicester players reaction video jakeXT May 2016 #27

Locking after a review by forum hosts Omaha Steve May 2016 #30

English national interest definitely. mwooldri May 2016 #32

It is still running on the AP news radio! Omaha Steve May 2016 #36

Kick for the unlock! Omaha Steve May 2016 #31

I have a friend who is a ridiculous Leicester fan. reflection May 2016 #35

50000 pounds richer or did he bet it on the champions league ?/nt jakeXT May 2016 #40

50K, he says reflection May 2016 #42

It was more likely for Kim Kardashian to become US president at 2000:1 jakeXT May 2016 #43

Prescient MowCowWhoHow III May 2016 #38

The funny part is none of those examples even compare Blue_Tires May 2016 #39

Kick for the unlock: this is one of the greatest stories in the history of organized sports alcibiades_mystery May 2016 #41