Buzzin Championship Football

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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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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