Buzzin Championship Football

The rather indifferent form of nPower Championship league teams in the first round of the Carling Cup this week – eight teams knocked out and four teams needing extra time to conquer opposition from lower divisions – was overshadowed on Thursday with the news of the first managerial casualty of the season. Steve Coppell resigned [...]

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The Championship league table is starting to take shape, a quarter of the way through the season, with last years Premiership relegated teams Newcastle and West Bromwich Albion continuing their push for an automatic return to the top tier.
Newcastle were easy winners against a Peterborough side who are struggling for form and find themselves unceremoniously [...]

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Barnsley sprung the surprise of the last night’s Championship games by beating West Bromwich Albion 3-1 and denying Roberto di Matteo’s team the chance to go back to the top of the table.
It is the second defeat on the trot in the Championship and third in a week including the Carling Cup loss at Arsenal [...]

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Leroy Lita has signed for Middlesbrough today on a free transfer having finished his contract with previous club Reading in June. Earlier reports suggested that Lita had been made offers from Sheffield United, Leicester and Norwich,but the player has opted for Middlesbrough.
Lita spent most of last season away from the Madjeski Stadium with loan spells [...]

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Steve Coppell has resigned from his position as Reading manager after watching his side miss out on a place in the Championship play-off final. The Royals lost 2-0 at home to Burnley and went out 3-0 on aggregate to Owen Coyle’s men.
The former Crystal Palace boss had been in charge of Reading since 2003 and [...]

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