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Article: Just when you thought it was safe: 13 really is unlucky... and so is 12
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 24, 2009
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Outside the Box
Lower-middle-class clubs in the Premier League who may feel there
is nothing but merit money to play for in today's games should
consider the danger of ending up in 12th or 13th place; these
comfortable positions, which provide the basis for an assault on
Europe, too often presage a dramatic slump and relegation. Check
last season's table: Newcastle 12th, Middlesbrough 13th. Two years
before that, Charlton fell from unlucky 13th out of the trap door
and in the preceding seasons Southampton and Birmingham finished
proudly in 12th place then, like Humpty Dumpty, had a great fall.
Wigan and Bolton beware.
Go Green, don't take flight
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