Buzzin Championship Football

QPR and Reading will be playing in the nPower Championship next season after a goalless draw at Loftus Road earlier this afternoon meant that both clubs were relegated. Rangers had lasted two seasons in the Premier League, whilst the Royals were promoted as Champions at the end of last season.
After a dramatic ending to the [...]

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Well, well, well. Two big games this weekend and Sky Sports are showing them both. I’ve mentioned their rather bizarre scheduling before but it’s funny how they manage to pick the big games at the end of the season – almost as if they can remind viewers that the only place to watch the football [...]

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I think we all knew it was coming, but having earned a point at Turf Moor, Cardiff City won the 2012/13 nPower Championship.
Congratulations are also in order for AFC Bournemouth, who will be playing in the Championship next season after their 3-1 win over Carlisle yesterday.
The Cherries – under former Burnley boss Eddie Howe – [...]

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The first long term issues were settled on Tuesday night: I doubt if anyone was surprised by either of them. Cardiff are in a fantastic position to win the Championship, while Bristol City will finish bottom of the table regardless of what happens before the end of the season.
At a later date I’ll post something [...]

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I don’t write ‘op ed’ pieces that often for this blog (the last one was about the attack on Chris Kirkland last autumn), but after what happened at Wembley last Saturday evening I don’t think I’ve got any choice.
I’m not going to call all Millwall fans every name under the sun as I’m fairly sure [...]

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