Buzzin Championship Football

All clubs were involved in two games this week with exciting games and unexpected results: significantly both Welsh sides broke the 70 point barrier and – for the time being – the Championship consists of 25 clubs after Brighton were promoted from League 1 in midweek.
The Seagulls haven’t played in the second tier since finishing [...]

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No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke: Hogan Ephraim’s winner for QPR at Doncaster before the international break may have been more significant than anyone realised. The win – combined with Norwich’s failure to hold on to the lead at the KC Stadium – guaranteed a playoff place for Neil Warnock’s side. Since the First [...]

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More managerial casualties this week: Aidy Boothroyd left Coventry City eight months after taking charge of the Sky Blues and Ian Baraclough was shown the door at Scunthorpe after six months in charge at Glanford Park following a catastrophic 3-0 home defeat by Preston on Tuesday night.
Revisiting the theme of managerial stability, fourteen clubs have [...]

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Congratulations to Reading, who reached the quarter finals of the FA Cup following a surprise 1-0 win at Everton on Tuesday night. Having beaten West Brom and Stevenage in the earlier rounds, the Royals will travel to Eastlands on Sunday March 13th to play Manchester City.
It would be extremely foolish to write Brian McDermott’s side [...]

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When the nPower Championship is over this season, anyone looking back at how the 2010/11 season unfolded will be struck by a recurring theme: the inability of QPR’s nearest rivals to catch them despite the multiple opportunities Neil Warnock’s side seem to have given them.
This situation happened again last weekend. The game of the week [...]

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