Buzzin Championship Football

The three newly appointed managers suffered different fates last weekend: Nigel Pearson and Nick Barmby both oversaw victories when their new sides shut the opposition out whereas Portsmouth’s new boss Michael Appleton looked on as Watford beat Pompey 2-0.
Blackpool had to come from behind twice at Middlesbrough; Scott McDonald scored both goals for the hosts [...]

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Having finally finished the international ‘breaks’ for 2011, the league programme will not be interrupted until the FA Cup third round in January.Having finally finished the international ‘breaks’ for 2011, the league programme will not be interrupted until the FA Cup third round in January. In the space of a week, [...]

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Another busy week in the Championship: it’s fair to say that Southampton took advantage of some of the interesting results in midweek and now have a much bigger lead than QPR did this time last season. Of course, there’s no way of telling how significant that lead might be but having pointed out before the [...]

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Without sounding as if we want to disparage Doncaster Rovers or Dean Saunders, arguably it shouldn’t really have come as much of a surprise that Rovers won their first game with the former Welsh international in charge. Crystal Palace haven’t beaten Donny since a 5-1 victory at Belle View in August 1960 and the Eagles have only won two [...]

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Amazingly, the ten sides left in this season’s competition actually represent an improvement on last season – even taking into consideration that both Crystal Palace and Southampton are both still a round behind in the competition due to having games postponed due to the riots at the start of the month. We pointed out last [...]

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