Entries from February 2012
History Not On Cardiff’s Side In The Carling Cup Final
Mike Roberts - Saturday 25.02.12, 10:16am
First of all, good luck to Cardiff City in Sunday’s Carling Cup Final against Liverpool. It’s been 11 seasons since a side from outside the top tier reached the final: strangely enough, that was when Birmingham City lost to Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium.
I’ll be taking a look at that game later on – with [...]
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A Bad Week For The South Coast Teams
Mike Roberts - Wednesday 22.02.12, 15:32pm
It’s only Wednesday and it’s already been another busy week in the Championship – it’s unusual to have games on consecutive days in the middle of the week but with a televised game tomorrow night, it’s worth pausing to catch breath and take a slightly more detailed look at the two big stories that have [...]
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Portsmouth Enter Administration: Neil Warnock Is Back
Mike Roberts - Friday 17.02.12, 18:49pm
Portsmouth went into administration for the second time on Friday morning, although at time of writing there had been no confirmation of the widely expected points deduction. Rather than making any comment about the situation right now, I’m tempted to leave it until next week when the situation should be clearer.
(Update: the ten point deduction [...]
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Pompey Facing Administration Again?
Mike Roberts - Tuesday 14.02.12, 18:40pm
The big news in the nPower Championship this week is that for the second time in the last three seasons it looks as if Portsmouth will have to go into administration. Although it wasn’t abundantly clear how – or even if – the fraud charges against current owner Vladimir Antonov would affect the future of [...]
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West Ham In Pole Position
Mike Roberts - Friday 10.02.12, 21:47pm
Last weekend was quite an eventful day in the nPower Championship, even though the top and the bottom of the table stayed more or less the same.
In the early game on Saturday, West Ham temporarily increased their lead after beating Millwall despite playing with ten men for most of the game – Kevin Nolan was [...]
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