Buzzin Championship Football

Two big stories in the nPower Championship this week: QPR lost for the first time on Friday and Gary Speed left Sheffield United.
As I wrote last week, it was a case of when rather than if QPR suffered their first defeat and they were comprehensively outplayed by Watford, who were 3-0 up before the hour [...]

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This week the weather isn’t the biggest challenge to Championship football. With just over two weeks left until Christmas, the dual threat of shopping and television schedules almost ensures that the two televised games will probably only be watched by hardcore fans wanting to escape from the manufactured drama of talent shows and soap opera [...]

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With a number of games already postponed and several more under threat at time of writing (Friday lunchtime), any further postponements in the next couple of weeks could have a dramatic impact on the various aspirations of clubs in the nPower Championship. We’re already approaching the busy Christmas and New Year period and so any [...]

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One game left in the Championship programme this weekend: Barcelona v Real Madrid will be overshadowed by the East Midlands’ version of El Clasico when Nottingham Forest travel to Leicester (Sky Sports 2, 7:45pm). Both clubs got off to sluggish starts following the trauma of failing in the playoffs last season, but they are more [...]

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Unusually for the Championship, this weekend’s games are spread over four days and culminate with the draw for the third round of the FA Cup on Sunday afternoon.
QPR took advantage of an increasingly embattled looking Preston side and another Cardiff home defeat to reclaim top spot. Fortunately for Rangers, Cardiff’s loss of form seems to [...]

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