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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   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 ...

Embed from Getty Images   Fulham 1-0 Newcastle A Matt Smith header earned Fulham a shock win over title favourites Newcastle in the opening game of the new Championship season. Slavisa Jokanovic’s side struck just before half time as Tom Cairney’s dangerous cross was met by Smith, giving Newcastle’s debut ...

For many fans, the unbearable wait for the return of the football season is so very nearly over. The SkyBet Championship explodes back into life this weekend and promises to bring its usual madness and unpredictability with it. A third of the clubs have new managers with many appointing big ...

Embed from Getty Images   Championship side Leeds United have signed Kemar Roofe from League One outfit, Oxford United, for an undisclosed fee. The 23 year old, who scored 26 goals as Oxford won promotion from League Two last season, is Garry Monk’s sixth summer signing, after the club also acquired ...

Today, the EFL released the fixtures for the upcoming season. Here is the key dates in the Championship, League One and League Two:   Embed from Getty Images Championship: Relegated Newcastle United begin life in the Championship with a trip to former Premier League side Fulham on Friday 7 August. ...

  During the Football League’s annual conference, their members voted in favour of including Premier League (EPL) U21 sides into the Football League Trophy (formerly Johnstone’s Paint Trophy) for a trial next season, which would mean that the competition – usually reserved for clubs within League One and Two – ...

Embed from Getty Images The Football League is set to have a massive shake up before the 2019/2020 season, according to the BBC. They want to create an extra league, resulting in 100 clubs across five divisions, as opposed to its current conception of 92 teams across four divisions. It ...

Embed from Getty Images   For every team other than Hull and Brentford the season only has five games left. It is very close at the top  with teams fighting for automatic spots as well as a play-off place. However, down the bottom it isn’t as close as other years have ...

Embed from Getty Images   Brighton 3-0 Brentford Knockaert (27′), Hemed (43′), Murphy (90’+3), Brighton move up to 3rd in the Championship table after a demanding 3-0 victory over promotion chasing Brentford. The home side could have taken the lead after 90 seconds when Jamie Murphy’s blocked shot fell to ...