Blackpool sealed a showdown with West Ham in the npower Championship play-off final after an absorbing semi-final second leg with Birmingham at St Andrew’s last night.

Birmingham 2 Blackpool 2 (Blackpool win 3-2 on aggregate)

Curtis Davies’ unfortunate own goal gave Blackpool a slender advantage over Birmingham in the first leg of their npower Championship play-off semi-final last night.

Blackpool 1 Birmingham 0

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers is set to restore his first-team regulars for his side's Barclays Premier League meeting with Chelsea.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has Alan Tate back in his squad for the FA Cup trip to Bolton as the defender steps up his return from the broken leg he suffered in a golf buggy accident in August.

Loan signing Josh McEachran is set to go straight into the Swansea squad for tomorrow’s BPremier League trip to Sunderland.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has almost a full squad to select from ahead of Sunday’s Liberty Stadium meeting with Arsenal.

New Swansea signing Gylfi Sigurdsson is in line to make his debut in tomorrow’s FA Cup third-round meeting with Barnsley at Oakwell.

Swansea 1 Tottenham 1

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers will make a late decision over the fitness of Angel Rangel ahead of tomorrow’s Barclays Premier League clash with Tottenham.

Swansea left-back Neil Taylor was sidelined by a knee injury for their Barclays Premier League clash with QPR at the Liberty Stadium.

Left-back Neil Taylor is Swansea's only major fitness doubt ahead of Tuesday’s clash with QPR at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea will be without midfielder Joe Allen for Saturday’s Premier League clash with Fulham at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea boss Brendan Rodgers is set to restore midfielder Joe Allen to his starting line-up for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Aston Villa.

Former Wales international Ryan Giggs made his return from a hamstring injury as Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United made their first trip to Swansea since 1982.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers must decide whether to bring winger Scott Sinclair back into his starting line-up for the visit of Premier League champions Manchester United.

Norwich 3 Swansea 1

Swansea are boosted by the return to full fitness of midfielder Leon Britton for their trip to Norwich.

Midfielder Leon Britton is the major fitness concern for Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers ahead of Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke at the Liberty Stadium.

Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers has no fresh injury concerns ahead of his team’s Barclays Premier League trip to Chelsea.

Captain Garry Monk is set for a first appearance of the season in Swansea’s Barclays Premier League clash with West Brom.

IT does not take a genius to know that leadership is a prerequisite for success in any walk of life, but one of the conundrums that surrounds Arsenal, and a reason why many observers fear for their future under Arsene Wenger, was encapsulated by an incident in the closing stages of their fortuitous victory over Swansea City.

Manager Brendan Rodgers will be without deadline-day signings Darnel Situ and Rafik Halliche when Swansea travel to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal tomorrow.

Garry Monk and Ferrie Bodde are the only absentees as Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers goes in search of a first Barclays Premier League win against Sunderland tomorrow.

Swansea 0 Wigan 0

MANCHESTER CITY manager Roberto Mancini issued a chilling warning to the rest of the Premier League last night by stating Sergio Aguero will not be at his best for another “two to three weeks”.

BRENDAN RODGERS believes the gods were with his Swansea City after the Swans sealed their place in the Premier League following a 4-2 win over Reading at Wembley yesterday.

Reading 2 Swansea 4

Influential winger Jimmy Kebe passed a fitness test on a thigh injury to take his place in Reading’s starting XI for the npower Championship play-off final against Swansea.

STEPHEN DOBBIE scored one and set up another as Swansea survived a late Nottingham Forest fightback to book their place in the npower Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Swansea 3 Nottingham Forest 1 (agg 3-1)

SWANSEA survived the first-minute sending off of Neil Taylor to earn a goalless draw against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, meaning it is all still to play for in the npower Championship play-off semi-final second leg on Monday night.

IAN HOLLOWAY was hailed as a managerial genius by his players after leading Blackpool to the Barclays Premier League after a dramatic 3-2 Coca-Cola Championship play-off final win over Cardiff on Saturday.

Blackpool and Cardiff were able to name unchanged sides for today’s Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Wembley.

BLACKPOOL stand on the brink of a return to the top flight for the first time since 1971 after a DJ Campbell hat-trick helped sink Nottingham Forest in a Championship play-off semi-final that swung one way then the other at the City Ground.

Queen of the South 4 Aberdeen 3

The mother of murdered Jodi Jones paid tribute today to her daughter – her “little mentor”.

Hibernian 2 Celtic 2

ANXIOUS Martin O'Neill is still hopeful of having a quartet of his top stars back for the UEFA Cup fourth round second leg tie against Barcelona on Thursday.

Hibernian 0 Celtic 4

Hibernian manager Bobby Williamson is keeping his cards close to chest ahead of the CIS Insurance Cup semi-final against Rangers.

Hibernian 0 Rangers 1

THE body of a murdered teenager was discovered