Buzzin Championship Football

The forthcoming nPower Championship season looks likely to be as exciting as previous seasons with several clubs in contention for the two automatic places.
Reading, Leicester, Millwall and Ipswich all finished strongly last season, while Leeds United and Nottm Forest will both be targeting a return to their former glories with a return to the top [...]

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Last weekend saw the second managerial casualty of the season: Kevin Blackwell parted company with Sheffield United after the Blades were soundly beaten at Bramall Lane by QPR. Blackwell had been United’s manager since February 2008 and led them to the 2009 play off final.
The club reacted quickly by giving Gary Speed the job, but [...]

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Newcastle United lead the Championship title race at the end of August following last nights victory at home to Leicester 1-0. Newcastle remain unbeaten after five games and top the table with 13 points from West Bromwich Albion on 11 points.
Danny Guthrie was the Newcastle goal hero, scoring in the early part of the second [...]

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Ipswich Town appear to have missed out on the signings of two players they had agreed a fee for last week, leaving the club manager Roy Keane to explain on the club website:
“We had two players in mind and were hopeful something could be sorted out last week but that has not come to fruition. [...]

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After winning promotion to the Premier League with Burnley, Owen Coyle appears to be a man in demand. Only a few days after watching his team defeat Sheffield United in the Championship play-off final, he was linked with the vacant manager’s position at Celtic.
Gordon Strachan resigned from the post after the last game of the [...]

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