Fittingly, Collingwood provided the momentum at the start of a second day in which the 2013 champions-elect batted twice. |
Nevertheless, the battle for the second automatic promotion spot in League One behind champions-elect Charlton continues to heat up. |
Next, City will travel to Old Trafford 15 points behind the champions-elect. |
Since 1970 we'd had teams like the 1982 side, which had been hailed as world champions-elect as soon as they took to the field. |
But it was the champions-elect that were sent home in defeat, the champagne, for now at least, chilling on ice. |
That season, too, they reached the last four of the Scottish League Cup before losing to League champions-elect, Hibernian. |