Entries from March 2012
West Ham v Reading: Round 2
Mike Roberts - Friday 30.03.12, 19:48pm
Only going to be looking at three games from this weekend’s programme: tonight’s match between Doncaster and Birmingham City and tomorrow’s games featuring Middlesbrough’s trip to Brighton and the game of the week between West Ham & Reading.
The point Doncaster earned at Palace on Tuesday night shouldn’t have come as much of a surprise as [...]
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West Ham Close The Gap At The Top, Portsmouth Off The Bottom
Mike Roberts - Wednesday 28.03.12, 08:00am
We’ve reached an unusual point of the season: with the exception of Birmingham City and Burnley, every team has now played 39 games.
Even though there are still seven games to play, Southampton may have already sewn up promotion. Former Doncaster player Billy Sharp scored both goals at St. Mary’s on Saturday afternoon against his old [...]
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What’s Gone Wrong At Cardiff City?
Edwin Huxley - Tuesday 27.03.12, 09:56am
Before the Carling Cup Final, Cardiff City sat third in the table and were just four points off the top. Less than one month later, they find themselves in eigth position after just one win in the seven league games that followed.
With automatic promotion now just a pipe dream, Malky Mackay’s early season high-flyers are [...]
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The Battle For Survival Heats Up
Mike Roberts - Saturday 24.03.12, 10:39am
Loads of stories in the Championship after the midweek games but the events at the bottom of the table have to take precedence.
It’s worth pointing out to Nottingham Forest fans that the last side to score more than five goals against Leeds in a league game were relegated and are now in the bottom half [...]
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Southampton And Reading Reach The Playoffs
Mike Roberts - Tuesday 20.03.12, 18:42pm
The top two clubs in the nPower Championship reached the magic 70 point mark last weekend: the Saints had to come from behind to win at the New Den with Rickie Lambert scoring a hat trick as Southampton players scored four of the five goals against Millwall. Reading recorded yet another win ‘to nil’ as [...]
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