Buzzin Championship Football

Well, I wrote at the end of January that I wouldn’t mention Leicester by name again until one of the other promotion contenders were within three points of them – and 56 days later that’s the case!
The only reason the leaders have been caught is because they’ve dropped points against Blackburn and Yeovil in their [...]

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Yet another managerial casualty in the Championship: last year, Derby fired Nigel Clough after losing to Nottingham Forest and Forest fired Billy Davies yesterday after Derby battered them in the East Midlands Derby on Saturday.
Forest’s catastrophic defeat – combined with wins for Wigan and Reading – knocked the Tricky Trees out of the top six [...]

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As I mentioned last week, I’m only going to be covering the battle for the playoff places for the rest of the season. Wigan look as if they’ve timed their run to perfection – or at least it did until Tuesday night. With ten minutes left the Latics were leading 1-0 but then the game [...]

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Although the leaders won on Tuesday and Burnley earned a point that arguably should have been three last night,  both were significant results that had implications for the rest of the season.
To put it simply, both of the top clubs guaranteed themselves at least a playoff place – which means from now on that the [...]

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To nobody’s great surprise, Chris Powell and Charlton Athletic have parted company this morning.
I mentioned earlier there’d be more to follow on Friday, but in one of those moves that makes the decision look pre-planned, Jose Riga (no, I’ve never heard of him either) has already taken over from Powell.
So to recap, Charlton are bottom [...]

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