Buzzin Championship Football

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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There are only ten games left to go and everything has to be sorted out by the end of next month, culminating in four games on the last day of the season that could settle issues both at the top and the bottom of the Championship.
I’ve identified 44 games that will have some affect on [...]

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As you might have noticed, I use a fair amount of statistics in these posts – I often have to rein myself in – but one aspect of this season that has really surprised me is the decline in the number of goals this season.
Admittedly, there are still two months to go before we can [...]

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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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