Championship

The Championship Playoff Final is often dubbed the most valuable game in world football. One of Reading, Sheffield Wednesday, Huddersfield Town and Fulham will being playing in the top flight next season and will receive a slice of the Premier League’s television money as a result. The other three will ...

Embed from Getty Images   At the City Ground, Nottingham Forest have beaten Leeds, Newcastle, Huddersfield and Brighton. All these four clubs are in the top five of the Championship. In fact, the only teams in the top five they haven’t beaten at home is  Reading, and that is because ...

Embed from Getty Images   If you aren’t Welsh, or a fan of either Shrewsbury Town, Luton Town or Wolverhampton Wanderers, there’s a chance you won’t even have ever heard the name, Dave Edwards. Not one to usually grab the headlines, although he represented Wales at Euro 2016 he found ...

Embed from Getty Images   Roberto di Matteo has been sacked by Aston Villa after just 124 days in charge of the Championship club. The Italian manager is the fifth Villa boss to be relieved of his duties in the last year after Tim Sherwood, caretaker Kevin MacDonald, Remi Garde ...

Embed from Getty Images   Aston Villa suffered another late goal draw on Tuesday night at Barnsley, leaving them with only one win from their opening ten games after their relegation to the Championship. It could have been so different for them this season if they hadn’t conceded so late, so ...

A busy week in the Football League Championship saw all 24 clubs in action on Tuesday and Wednesday. We take a look at the results, with more action on the way this weekend throughout the country.   Embed from Getty Images BARNSLEY 1 – 1 ASTON VILLA  Just when it ...

With a two-week international break which included the usual frenzy that a deadline day brings, it seems an age since the last round of Championship fixtures. Fans of Huddersfield Town, Fulham and Barnsley will be hoping their side’s outstanding starts are not hampered by the break, while supporters of Blackburn ...

Watford have made their third signing this week after bringing in defender Daryl Janmaat from Newcastle United for a reported fee of £7.5 million haveing already signed French centre-back Younes Kaboul from Sunderland and Argentine midfielder Roberto Pereyra from Juventus. The Dutch International has played twice in the Championship this season ...

The Championship launched back into action last weekend with the abundance of goals, drama and controversy, as we come to associate with the division. The relegated sides had mixed returns from their opening fixtures with Newcastle and Aston Villa suffering narrow defeats while Norwich ran riot away at Blackburn to go ...

Embed from Getty Images   It’s been a difficult start to life in the Championship for Aston Villa following last seasons relegation, and a major EFL Cup upset has continued the poor start for new manager Roberto Di Matteo after his side lost at League Two Luton Town. Five time ...