One of the recurring themes in last season’s Championship campaign was that despite being handed repeated opportunities to overtake them, none of QPR’s rivals ever really took advantage when the eventual champions dropped points. The biggest culprits were Cardiff City: despite having spent most of the first half of last season in second place, the [...]
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Entries from December 2011
Cardiff City Get Another ‘Second Chance’
Mike Roberts - Thursday 15.12.11, 09:30am
Tags: Barnsley · Birmingham · Blackpool · Bristol City · Cardiff · Coventry · Crystal Palace · Hull City · Ipswich · Middlesbrough · Reading · Southampton · West Ham
The FA Cup: Fun While It Lasts
Mike Roberts - Friday 09.12.11, 18:00pm
The FA Cup presents a unique set of challenges for Championship clubs: the extra revenue generated by a run in the oldest knockout competition in the world is always welcome, but as it’s been over three decades since a second tier side won the cup. The competition is also a distraction from the league but [...]
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Tags: Barnsley · Birmingham · Brighton · Burnley · Cardiff · Coventry · Crystal Palace · Derby · Doncaster · FA Cup · Hull City · Ipswich · Leicester · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Nottm Forest · Paul Jewell · Portsmouth · Reading · Southampton · Swansea · Watford · West Ham
Gary Speed – a tribute
Terry Lane - Saturday 03.12.11, 13:55pm
God Speed – a tribute to Gary Speed from Roy Stannard
God Speed you. Black and white Emperor.
Pure breath of granite hewed from the ground of Flintshire
where dragons fly and the hills sigh for the business of dreaming.
You were already formed as a warrior
As the Merlin alchemists mixed your being together
In the days before the men [...]
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Tags: Leeds United
At Last: A Championship Team In The Carling Cup Final
Mike Roberts - Friday 02.12.11, 17:14pm
Well done to both Cardiff City and Crystal Palace who both reached the semi finals of the Carling Cup this week after beating Blackburn Rovers and Manchester United on consecutive evenings.
The Bluebirds reached the semi finals on Tuesday with a straightforward 2-0 win. Rovers’ manager Steve Kean seems to have confused the words ‘forfeit’ and [...]
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Tags: Birmingham · Bristol City · Cardiff · Coventry · Crystal Palace · Derby · Doncaster · Hull City · Ipswich · Leeds United · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Portsmouth · Southampton · Watford · West Ham
