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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It’s highly likely that the 2010/11 nPower Championship football league will be more competitive than last season: Newcastle United became the sixth club in the last 20 seasons to win the Championship the season after being relegated from the Premiership.
Middlesbrough – another club with recent Premiership experience – are current favourites. Manager Gordon Strachan has [...]

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Coventry City have parted company with manager Chris Coleman following this weekend’s 4-0 home defeat against Watford, although the club stress that the decision is not based merely on that result but on Coleman’s achievements overall since taking charge in February 2008.
Coleman’s appointment helped to keep Coventry in the Championship in 2008 and they finished [...]

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Watford Leisure, the owner of Watford Football Club, could fall into administration by close of business today if demands to repay loans of £4.9 million are not met.
Chairman Jim Russo and senior board members Vince Russo and Robin Williams resigned at the club AGM on Tuesday and immediately demanded the repayment of £4.9 million of loans [...]

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Queens Park Rangers have suspended manager Jim Magilton pending an internal investigation relating to an incident in Monday night’s 3-1 loss to Watford at Vicarage Road.
The suspension takes immediate effect and Magilton has been told to stay away from the club until they have conducted a thorough investigation into the incident that is believed [...]

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