Buzzin Championship Football

First of all, good luck to Cardiff City in Sunday’s Carling Cup Final against Liverpool. It’s been 11 seasons since a side from outside the top tier reached the final: strangely enough, that was when Birmingham City lost to Liverpool at the Millennium Stadium.
I’ll be taking a look at that game later on – with [...]

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It’s only Wednesday and it’s already been another busy week in the Championship – it’s unusual to have games on consecutive days in the middle of the week but with a televised game tomorrow night, it’s worth pausing to catch breath and take a slightly more detailed look at the two big stories that have [...]

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Portsmouth went into administration for the second time on Friday morning, although at time of writing there had been no confirmation of the widely expected points deduction. Rather than making any comment about the situation right now, I’m tempted to leave it until next week when the situation should be clearer.
(Update: the ten point deduction [...]

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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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