Buzzin Championship Football

Two quick goals from Scott Sinclair and a third before half time from Stephen Dobbie meant that club from South Wales took a 3-0 lead into the break, but an unlikely Reading comeback looked on the cards following an own goal from Joe Allen and a Matt Mills header just before the hour. However, Sinclair’s second penalty of the [...]

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This is fifth final between the clubs that finished third and fifth: three of the four previous games were won by the team that finished lower in the table - the only exception was Watford’s win over Leeds in 2006. In some ways, that fact seems to support the argument that the Championship playoff final is usually [...]

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After 90 seconds last Thursday evening, Swansea faced a nightmare scenario: Neil Taylor- who was only booked once during the regular season in the nPower Championship - was sent off for a challenge on Nottingham Forest’s Lewis McGugan and will miss this evening’s second leg (Sky Sports 1, 7:45pm kick off).
However, at times during the game [...]

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Forget lucky dressing rooms, carrying a rabbit’s foot, not walking under ladders or stepping on cracks in the pavement. Don’t worry about avoiding the number thirteen, not crossing your fingers or letting a black cat cross your path.
There’s only one thing that your club has to do if you want to be promoted via the Championship play [...]

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Neil Warnock was all smiles just today as QPR were officially crowned nPower Championship champions this morning when the FA finally announced they had come to the decision that QPR had breached two technical issues but would not be docked any points.
Whether you agree with the outcome, no one can disagree that once again the [...]

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