Buzzin Championship Football

Slightly later than advertised due to flat pack furniture being more complicated than I expected but here we go.
Results over the past seven days should show precisely how competitive and surprising the Championship ought to be – West Ham being walloped 5-1 at Ipswich was probably the most surprising result of the season. The leaders [...]

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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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First of all, congratulations to Cardiff City on reaching the Carling Cup Final – the first time that they’ve reached that stage of the competition. It’s been over ten years since the last time a Championship side reached the final and I’d like to wish the Bluebirds good luck against Liverpool – the final means [...]

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It was a bit like last season in the nPower Championship last weekend: despite having the means, motive and opportunity to do so, neither Cardiff nor Middlesbrough were able to overtake Southampton and West Ham. Of course, there are plenty of games left but will be there be fewer clear cut opportunities to overtake 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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