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Relegation Sunday: Own Goal, Michael Owen Break Blackpool Hearts; Craig Gardner Stunner May See Birmingham Rescued

Oh good grief. Blackpool are behind at Manchester United after a ludicrous own goal by centre half Ian Evatt that 's probably best described as 'hilarious' if you're the type of person who thinks Blackpool going down would be funny, which is nobody. Michael Owen then scored his 'big goal' of the season to seal the deal. 4-2 at Old Trafford and Blackpool, depressingly, are down.

Birmingham have equalised against Tottenham Hotspur now, which hauls them out of the relegation zone and into 17th place. Craig Gardner is the man of the minute, thumping a beautiful shot from 25 yards out past Carlo Cudicini and into the back of the net. Stunning effort, that.

Wigan are 1-0 up against Stoke at the Britannia Stadium after a crazy series of events which included a fantastic save by Asmir Begovic to deny Tom Cleverly, a clear Stoke penalty which wasn't given, and finally a Hugo Rodallega header that made its way home to give the Latics a priceless lead.

Wolves have a goal back against Blackburn, which doesn’t actually matter with Birmingham equalising against Tottenham. They’re still set to go down in 18th as things stand, but it’s 3-1 at the Molineux.

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