Buzzin Championship Football

After some confusion, Dougie Freedman has been confirmed as the new boss of Bolton Wanderers, Paul Jewell has left Ipswich and neither Blackburn nor Crystal Palace have full time managers.
After the midweek games finished, it’s possible to say that things are slightly clearer than they were before. Leicester and Cardiff are still battling neck and [...]

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Unfortunately the major talking point last weekend was the attack on Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland at Hillsborough on Friday night. By contemporary standards, the wheels of justice were particularly quick in this case, but having already seen a Leeds away game in person this season I’d suggest that there is an element within their [...]

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Cardiff and Leicester are in the automatic promotion positions going into this weekend, but both are away from home tomorrow. The current leaders travel to Nottingham Forest (which will give them the opportunity to play in their traditional blue shirts), while The Foxes visit Birmingham City – Leicester fans might want to take flasks with [...]

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‘Tomorrow’ became a flexible concept after England’s win over San Marino: I simply forgot to post this last weekend and although I’ve seen the statistics about the bottom of the table elsewhere, I researched them myself a week ago and it came as a surprise to me to see them in print.
We’re now into the [...]

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Howe had been manager at Turf Moor since January 2011 but it’s fair to say that the Clarets have managed to avoid troubling the playoff spots during his tenure: although he mentioned that the move was ‘a decision I have to make for my family and for personal reasons’, seven wins in the last 30 league [...]

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