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Final Matchday Preview

May 4th, 2007 · No Comments · Leeds, Queens Park Rangers, West Brom, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, derby county, preston north end, sunderland

All of the action in the Coca-Cola Championship takes place on Sunday with only the play-off places to be decided. A recent report from Deloitte’s Sports Business Group estimates that promotion from the Championship to the Premiership will be worth about £60m. The three promoted teams are guaranteed at least £35m extra revenue and if […]

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Weekend Recap

April 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Leeds, Queens Park Rangers, Southend United, birmingham city, cardiff city, colchester united, preston north end, southampton, sunderland

A massive win for Birmingham on Sunday in a tough Midlands derby with Wolverhampton sent the Blues back to the top of the Championship. On-loan striker Andy Cole opened the scoring, Nicolas Bendtner powered in a header and Cameron Jerome scored late on before Colin Doyle’s late penalty save sealed the points. You can catch […]

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Three games to go

April 18th, 2007 · No Comments · Queens Park Rangers, West Brom, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, derby county, plymouth argyle, preston north end, stoke city, sunderland

Its down to the wire in the Championship with only three matches remaining for most clubs. Sunderland (82 pts) continue to sit first in the table after their 2-1 win over QPR on the weekend. It’s not all sunshine and lollipops over on Wearside as it was announced that midfielder Graham Kavanagh will miss the […]

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Weekend Preview - April 13-14

April 12th, 2007 · 2 Comments · West Brom, birmingham city, cardiff city, derby county, hull city, ipswich, stoke city, sunderland

Kicking off the weekend action on Friday is West Brom v Sheffield Wednesday. I hope for EPL Talk Community member fsquid’s sake that Wednesday pull a result West Brom will want all three points to keep themselves in the thick of the playoff race.
On Saturday Birmingham host Southampton, whose play-off hopes have been dealt […]

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Round up of loan deals

March 26th, 2007 · No Comments · Leeds, andy cole, birmingham city, hull city, leicster city, michael gray, shaun newton

This past Thursday was the deadline for Football League teams to arrange loan deals. In exceptional circumstances, clubs can apply for special dispensation to the Premier League or Football League to arrange deals outside these times - for instance, if they had no goalkeepers available. Here’s a quick look at four of the “bigger” names […]

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Race tightens up

March 14th, 2007 · No Comments · West Brom, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, norwich, preston north end, southampton, stoke city, sunderland

Championship leaders Birmingham dropped valuable points yesterday after suffering a 1-0 loss at Norwich. A fantastic individual effort from Darren Huckerby gave Norwich the lead in the 47th minute. Huckerby collected the ball in his own half and charged up the flank, he then slipped past two tackles before powering home a strike from about […]

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Weekend Preview - March 9-11

March 9th, 2007 · No Comments · Leeds, West Brom, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, derby county, southampton, stoke city

The glamour match took place today as Birmingham regained top spot in the Championship from Derby by beating their promotion rivals thanks to a goal from striker Rowan Vine. The Blues also took all three points back on October 26th, 2006 courtesy of a late Steven Clemence goal.
Saturday’s fixtures include Barnsley hosting the surging Sunderland […]

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Championship League Football On U.S. TV

March 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment · birmingham city, derby county, fox soccer channel, plymouth argyle, preston north end, setanta sports, southampton, stoke city, watford

The drama that is the Championship League just took another twist and turn Monday night as Preston North End clobbered promotion rivals Southampton 3-1 at Deepdale to move into fifth place, just a point behind and a game in hand over third-place West Bromwich Albion.
In the past few weeks, it keeps on seeming that the […]

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