It's long been accepted by most that long time leaders Wolves will get promoted but currently shorn of their attacking force of Ebanks-Blake, Iwelumo and Kightley and poor in the extreme losing to 10 man Birmingham earlier in the week, there were hopes they may suffer a late collapse.
However that proved a hiccup as they beat relegation bets Southampton 3-0 at Molinez in a no context today. Amaturish Saints defending gifted Vockes a free header on 36 seconds, it was 2-0 after jusy 5 minutes then then Dave Jones ((no, not our one) made it three from the penalty spot before 20 minutes and game over, thanks very much.
Another huge game followed early evening with Reading facing Sheffield United at Madejski Stadium. A draw would have been ideal but Reading continued their freefall and The Blades their charfe to the summit as Brian Howard grabbed a scrappy only goal of the game on the hour, seconds after Dave Kitson had headed against the bar for the home side.
In truth, Sheffield deserved their result by keeping it tight while Reading self-imploded and were simply dreadful. The Blades are now in 2nd spot and genuine auto-promotion contenders while Reading have lost all confidence and appear to have given up - their was not just their 5th successive home defeat to Sheffield United but, more crucially, their 6th successive home game without victory after being the Championship's best home side of all at Christmas.
Table After Today's Games
| P | GD | PTS | ||
| 1 | Wolverhampton | 42 | 25 | 80 |
| 2 | Sheff Utd | 42 | 25 | 75 |
| 3 | Birmingham | 41 | 16 | 75 |
| 4 | Reading | 41 | 29 | 69 |
| 5 | Cardiff | 40 | 18 | 67 |
| 6 | Burnley | 41 | 8 | 66 |
| 7 | Preston | 41 | 3 | 62 |
| 8 | Swansea | 41 | 11 | 59 |
| 9 | Bristol City | 41 | 6 | 59 |
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