Buzzin Championship Football

I don’t normally go in for superlatives, but tonight’s game at St Mary’s between Southampton and Cardiff City is huge.
If Southampton win and West Ham lose at Ipswich, the Saints will go top. If Cardiff win, they’ll move into second place regardless of how West Ham do and the Bluebirds will also have a two [...]

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The 4th Round of the FA Cup was the usual mixed bag with four Championship teams definitely through to the last sixteen, a figure that could rise to six depending on next week’s replays.
Having wondered if  Birmingham might face a tricky trip to Sheffield United, it was nice to be proven completely wrong – the [...]

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First of all, congratulations to Cardiff City on reaching the Carling Cup Final – the first time that they’ve reached that stage of the competition. It’s been over ten years since the last time a Championship side reached the final and I’d like to wish the Bluebirds good luck against Liverpool – the final means [...]

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It was a bit like last season in the nPower Championship last weekend: despite having the means, motive and opportunity to do so, neither Cardiff nor Middlesbrough were able to overtake Southampton and West Ham. Of course, there are plenty of games left but will be there be fewer clear cut opportunities to overtake the [...]

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In the first leg of the Carling Cup semi final, a header from Anthony Gardner at the end of the first half was enough to separate Crystal Palace and Cardiff on Tuesday night, but as the old cliché goes, the tie is far from over. The second leg is on 24th January, but with only [...]

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