Buzzin Championship Football

In what appears to be becoming a two horse race in the competition to become the most dysfunctional team in the Championship, Blackburn Rovers have sacked Henning Berg less than 24 hours after Nottingham Forest showed Sean O’Driscoll the door.
To be fair to Blackburn, they were front runners anyway – with Venky’s having eventually caved [...]

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Just a quick one whilst I finish off the last of the cider: Cardiff’s 2-1 won over Crystal Palace earlier ensured that they’re five points clear at the top, which as I mentioned last week means that based on what’s happened over the last few seasons they’re probably as good as promoted to the Premier [...]

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One of my pet peeves is the insistence by the pundits on the Football League Show that Easter is more important than Christmas in the Championship Calendar, although I also heard Michael Appleton of Blackpool say the same thing on Sky Sports News this morning while he was eating his poached eggs on toast. By [...]

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Before the season started, I posted a four part preview of the season (you can find Part 1 here) and I thought it might be a good idea to produce a half term report before Christmas. The rankings are based on my personal system: without going into a lot of detail, it compares season on [...]

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Last weekend may have been the most significant weekend in the nPower Championship so far: wins for Crystal Palace (two more goals for Glen Murray) and Cardiff put those two four points ahead of Leicester at the top of the table, while Birmingham managed a surprise victory over Middlesbrough which means there’s now a four [...]

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