Buzzin Championship Football

The 4th Round of the FA Cup was the usual mixed bag with four Championship teams definitely through to the last sixteen, a figure that could rise to six depending on next week’s replays.
Having wondered if  Birmingham might face a tricky trip to Sheffield United, it was nice to be proven completely wrong – the [...]

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After last weekend’s games in the oldest knockout competition in the world, only six teams from the Championship are definitely through to the fourth round, with four clubs facing replays next week. If that sounds familiar, take a look at this post from almost exactly a year ago; to put this season’s competition into perspective, [...]

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First of all, Happy (belated) New Year – the port and mince pies were to blame for the lack of posts over the holidays, but I’m planning on two more before next weekend.
We’re now past the half way stage in this season’s nPower Championship and results over the Christmas break have set up what looks [...]

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One of the recurring themes in last season’s Championship campaign was that despite being handed repeated opportunities to overtake them, none of QPR’s rivals ever really took advantage when the eventual champions dropped points. The biggest culprits were Cardiff City: despite having spent most of the first half of last season in second place, the [...]

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The three newly appointed managers suffered different fates last weekend: Nigel Pearson and Nick Barmby both oversaw victories when their new sides shut the opposition out whereas Portsmouth’s new boss Michael Appleton looked on as Watford beat Pompey 2-0.
Blackpool had to come from behind twice at Middlesbrough; Scott McDonald scored both goals for the hosts [...]

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