Buzzin Championship Football

II seem to remember that at one point last season I was unable to post about managerial casualties as they happened – and once again I was unable on Saturday night when Nigel Clough was dismissed from Pride Park. More tomorrow, but I don’t think it was just losing to local rivals Nottingham Forest that [...]

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There’s no doubt about the story of last weekend: Jesse Lingard’s four goals for Birmingham against Sheffield Wednesday. In one game, the loanee from Manchester United has scored more goals than Yeovil have as a team this season and half as many as current leaders QPR.
QPR won 1-0 again, but the situation at the top [...]

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The third round of the Carling Cup consists of an odd set of games: there are only two guaranteed places in the next round and in five of the seven ties involving Championship teams involve teams that have played each other within the last two years. I think t’s fair to say that I’m not [...]

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QPR went back at the top of the Championship for the first time since May 2011 after goalless draw against Brighton on Wednesday – previous leaders Blackpool lost 1-3 at Millwall the night before.  Leicester and Watford were the other big gainers after the midweek round: the Foxes beat Blackburn and the Hornets beat Doncaster.
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There wasn’t much change at either end of the table over the weekend: Blackpool and QPR both won with the Tangerines remaining at the top of the pile after Neal Bishop’s strike early in the second half at Bournemouth earned them three points. Paul Ince’s side had to play the last 30 minutes with ten [...]

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