Buzzin Championship Football

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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Having finally finished the international ‘breaks’ for 2011, the league programme will not be interrupted until the FA Cup third round in January.Having finally finished the international ‘breaks’ for 2011, the league programme will not be interrupted until the FA Cup third round in January. In the space of a week, [...]

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Another busy week in the Championship: it’s fair to say that Southampton took advantage of some of the interesting results in midweek and now have a much bigger lead than QPR did this time last season. Of course, there’s no way of telling how significant that lead might be but having pointed out before the [...]

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After two games in less than a week, there are gaps opening at the top and bottom of the table. Southampton are five points clear of West Ham, who were beaten by the Saints on Tuesday night when Dutch defender Jos Hooiveld scored on the stroke of half time.
At the other end of the table [...]

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And there goes the first of the terrible headlines this season…
This weekend sees the last action in the Championship for a couple of weeks due to the international break: after most clubs played two league games in the past seven days, there are some signs that this season’s competition might be much tighter than 2010/11.
At [...]

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