Buzzin Championship Football

After winning promotion to the Premier League with Burnley, Owen Coyle appears to be a man in demand. Only a few days after watching his team defeat Sheffield United in the Championship play-off final, he was linked with the vacant manager’s position at Celtic.
Gordon Strachan resigned from the post after the last game of the [...]

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Steve Coppell has resigned from his position as Reading manager after watching his side miss out on a place in the Championship play-off final. The Royals lost 2-0 at home to Burnley and went out 3-0 on aggregate to Owen Coyle’s men.
The former Crystal Palace boss had been in charge of Reading since 2003 and [...]

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Birmingham clinched  second place, and with it automatic promotion to the Premier League by beating Reading 2-1 at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday in a fantastic last day of the 2008/09 Championship League season.
There was plenty to play for as all games kicked off simultaneously. Birmingham’s fate was in their own hands as they withheld [...]

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At the start of the season I tipped Birmingham to win the Coca-Cola Championship.  But last week Wolves were crowned Championship Champions.  Now the race for the other automatic promotion place is between Birmingham (80 points), Sheffield United (79 points) and Reading (77 points), with Cardiff City and Burnley only strong enough to hold on [...]

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Before the start of the season Wolves were 7/1 to win the Coca-Cola Championship.  Now they are six points clear at the top of the table on 53 points and looking favourite for promotion to the Premier League as this season’s champions.
I had a football bet on Birmingham as I felt they had a stronger [...]

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