Buzzin Championship Football

Southampton’s defeat at Middlesbrough on Saturday evening meant that the 2-2 draw at the Majeski Stadium earlier in the day was enough for Reading to clinch the Championship title. The ‘race for second’ will be between West Ham & Southampton on Saturday: the Hammers won 2-1 at Leicester last night to keep their hopes for [...]

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Birmingham clinched  second place, and with it automatic promotion to the Premier League by beating Reading 2-1 at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday in a fantastic last day of the 2008/09 Championship League season.
There was plenty to play for as all games kicked off simultaneously. Birmingham’s fate was in their own hands as they withheld [...]

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At the start of the season I tipped Birmingham to win the Coca-Cola Championship.  But last week Wolves were crowned Championship Champions.  Now the race for the other automatic promotion place is between Birmingham (80 points), Sheffield United (79 points) and Reading (77 points), with Cardiff City and Burnley only strong enough to hold on [...]

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Wolves striker Sylvan Ebanks Blake was celebrating over the weekend as he picked up two of the most significant Football League Awards for his efforts this season.
Sylvan Ebanks Blake was named Championship player of the year, beating Reading’s Kevin Doyle and team-mate Michael Kightly to the top prize. It comes on the back of scoring [...]

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With only 40 days until the final fixture of the Coca Cola Championship calendar the race is well and truly on to see who can secure automatic promotion to the Premier League.
Wolverhampton Wanderers appear to have the title sewn up. Sitting proudly 5 points ahead of nearest rivals Birmingham City (competitively and geographically), the league [...]

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