3pm: CAMPBELL CAN DO IT; BRISTOL CITY v HULL CITY CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF FINAL TODAY, WEMBLEY, 3PM TV: LIVE ON SKY SPORTS 1.Byline: BY KEVIN PRICE Kevin Price is a radio host in Houston, Texas. Born December 18, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan, he grew up in the small suburb of Ferndale, Michigan until the age of 13 when he and his family left the state for Texas. & JOHN CURLE What a game it was .. Man United and Chelsea's Champions League meeting on Wednesday had everything. Thrills, spills, goals and, even better than all that, laughs. Drogba getting sent off for a girly girl·y adj. Variant of girlie. slap, JT ending up on his backside and Anelka making EVERYONE'S prediction come true by missing .. well, it was simply glorious. Not that we particularly wanted United to win but the class is always empty whenever Chelsea are around and now the trophy cabinet is too. Anyway, if you thought that was the end of Manchester United's involvement in football for this season you'd be wrong. The reason? Frazier Campbell. The Hull striker has been on loan from United for most of the season and - according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. him - today's Championship play-off final could be his Tigers swansong. Campbell is expecting to return to United for pre-season. But that's then, this is now and he could well be the difference between Hull and today's opponents, Bristol City. Campbell started this campaign with two inauspicious in·aus·pi·cious adj. Not favorable; not auspicious. in  aus·pi games for
United. He came on as sub as the Reds crashed 1-0 to Manchester City in
August and he followed that by being part of the United side that lost
2-0 to Coventry in the League Cup.
Fergie throught the 20 year-old (as he is now) needed a bit of rough and tumble The first use of the term Rough and Tumble for fighting dates back to the early 1700s in the North American frontier. Rough and Tumble fighting was the original American No Holds Barred underground hybrid "sport" that had but one rule - you win by knocking the man out or making him , so off he went to Hull .. and he hasn't looked back. Campbell has formed an excellent front-line partnership with Dean Windass Dean Windass (born April 1, 1969 in Hull, England) is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for his hometown club, Hull City. Career Windass' career has come full circle, having started as a YTS trainee at Hull City before being released and playing for and has scored 15 goals in 34 appearances (two as sub). His pace and hunger in front of goal has made him an excellent foil for the muchtravelled Windass and we're banking on the dynamic duo
Dynamic Duo (다이나믹 듀오) is a Korean hip hop duo, made up of members Choiza and Gaeko (former members of the trio, CBMass). to send Hull careering into the Premier League. Bristol City, though, won't just roll over. They have a tremendous team-spirit fostered by manager Gary Johnson, who, ironically, refuses to bring players into the club on loan. And all 16 Bristol City players turning up at Wembley today know they are playing for a chance to mix with the elite. All of them have contracts with City for next season and Johnson has promised that they will all get a crack at proving themselves in the top flight. That's really great to hear and we've got to agree with Hull boss Phil Brown when he says that Johnson is the best boss in the Championship. So how do we think this game will go? Bristol City have got the upper hand in the head-to-heads recently. In the last ten meetings between these sides, City have won seven and Hull only one. But Hull have been more prolific this season and in Campbell have a possible match-winner. He's our tip to open the scoring with Hull going on to win. OUR BET: Frazier Campbell to score first (7/1, Coral). MATCH ODDS: Bristol City 15/8 Draw 9/4 Hull 5/4. VC Bet FIRST GOALSCORER: 7/1 C Folan, D Windass, F Campbell (H), L Trundle (B), No goalscorer, 8/1 D Adebola, E Showunmi, S Brooker (B), N Barmby (H), 9/1 C Fagan (H), 10/1 R Garcia (H), 11/1 M McIndoe (B), 12/1 I Sproule (B), 16/1 D Marney (H), 20/1 Bar. Coral. LAST FIVE HEAD-TO-HEAD Mar 08 Bristol C 2 Hull 1 Nov 07 Hull 0 Bristol C 0 Feb 05 Hull 1 Bristol C 1 Oct 04 Bristol C 3 Hull 1 Apr 96 Hull 2 Bristol C 3 LAST FIVE GAMES May 13* Bristol C 2 C Palace 1 May 10* C Palace 1 Bristol C 2 May 4 Bristol C 3 Preston 0 Apr 26 Sheff Utd 2 Bristol C 1 Apr 19 Stoke 2 Bristol C 1 LAST FIVE GAMES May 14* Hull C 4 Watford 1 May 11* Watford 0 Hull C 2 May 4 Ipswich 1 Hull C 0 Apr 26 Hull C 2 C Palace 1 Apr 19 Sheff Utd 2 Hull 0 *cup match CAPTION(S): SUCK IT AND SEE Frazier Campbell has the bottle to score in today's play-off. Below with Dean Windass |
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