Buzzin Championship Football

Although none of the major issues were settled over the Easter period, it’s fair to say that there were some surprises.
* Bristol City and Millwall won both of their games and in doing so gave themselves a much better chance of survival. Barring disaster Millwall are probably safe, but the Robins have some work to [...]

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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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Loads of stories in the Championship after the midweek games but the events at the bottom of the table have to take precedence.
It’s worth pointing out to Nottingham Forest fans that the last side to score more than five goals against Leeds in a league game were relegated and are now in the bottom half [...]

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The top two clubs in the nPower Championship reached the magic 70 point mark last weekend: the Saints had to come from behind to win at the New Den with Rickie Lambert scoring a hat trick as Southampton players scored four of the five goals against Millwall. Reading recorded yet another win ‘to nil’ as [...]

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