Buzzin Championship Football

The first thing that struck me when looking at tonight’s game is how it’s a carbon copy of the second leg of the recent Champions League semi final between Barcelona and Chelsea. Blackpool don’t have to win but as long as they don’t lose by two clear goals or more then The Tangerines will be [...]

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The Easter holiday is a moveable feast – in the last five seasons it’s been as early as the end of March and as late as the end of April – but regardless of the date there seem to be consistent trends in the Championship. I took a look back at the tables going into [...]

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We’ve reached an unusual point of the season: with the exception of Birmingham City and Burnley, every team has now played 39 games.
Even though there are still seven games to play, Southampton may have already sewn up promotion. Former Doncaster player Billy Sharp scored both goals at St. Mary’s on Saturday afternoon against his old [...]

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Cardiff City lost last Sunday’s Carling Cup Final but – as I mentioned last week – it was a close game. The Bluebirds took the lead with a goal from Joe Mason and then Ben Turner managed to force home a dramatic short range equaliser with two minutes left in injury time. Unfortunately Anthony Gerrard [...]

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Portsmouth went into administration for the second time on Friday morning, although at time of writing there had been no confirmation of the widely expected points deduction. Rather than making any comment about the situation right now, I’m tempted to leave it until next week when the situation should be clearer.
(Update: the ten point deduction [...]

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