Buzzin Championship Football

The rather indifferent form of nPower Championship league teams in the first round of the Carling Cup this week – eight teams knocked out and four teams needing extra time to conquer opposition from lower divisions – was overshadowed on Thursday with the news of the first managerial casualty of the season. Steve Coppell resigned [...]

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It’s highly likely that the 2010/11 nPower Championship football league will be more competitive than last season: Newcastle United became the sixth club in the last 20 seasons to win the Championship the season after being relegated from the Premiership.
Middlesbrough – another club with recent Premiership experience – are current favourites. Manager Gordon Strachan has [...]

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Barnsley sprung the surprise of the last night’s Championship games by beating West Bromwich Albion 3-1 and denying Roberto di Matteo’s team the chance to go back to the top of the table.
It is the second defeat on the trot in the Championship and third in a week including the Carling Cup loss at Arsenal [...]

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A hat trick from Kevin Nolan helped Newcastle United to beat Ipswich Town at Portman Road and move two points clear of West Bromwich Albion at the top of the Championship.
It was an emotionally charged afternoon at Portman Road where both Ipswich and Newcastle paid generous tributes to Sir Bobby Robson before the game and [...]

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Mark Robins has been confirmed as the new manager at Barnsley after being put on ‘gardening leave’ by Rotherham after expressing an interest in talking to Barnsley about the coaching position.
Having reached a compensation deal with Rotherham, Robins starts his new job with Barnsley with immediate effect. He will take his backroom staff from Rotherham [...]

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