Buzzin Championship Football

Eight months have come and gone and by 2:30pm tomorrow afternoon the season will be over for 20 of the clubs in the nPower Championship. The only remaining issues are the last promotion place and the last play off place, but there may not be that much last day drama.
We’ll start with the last playoff [...]

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Southampton’s defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday evening meant that the 2-2 draw at the Majeski Stadium earlier in the day was enough for Reading to clinch the Championship title. The ‘race for second’ will be between West Ham & Southampton on Saturday: the Hammers won 2-1 at Leicester last night to keep their hopes for [...]

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This weekend is a really good example of the competitive nature of the Championship: with two games left,  the title is still up for grabs, there’s one automatic promotion left, two relegation places to be decided and three clubs competing for the final playoff spot.
However by the time ‘El Clasico’ kicks off in Barcelona some [...]

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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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