Now that the International break is over the Championship gets back into action Saturday. Here are the fixtures for this coming weekend.

Bristol City (L-D-L-W-L) v Norwich (L-L-D-W-L) - Ashton Gate 10am est

Burnley (L-W-W-D-W)  v Birmingham (W-D-W-L-W)- Turf Moor 10am est

Cardiff City (D-W-L-D-W) v Charlton (W-L-L-D-W)- Ninan Park 10am est

Derby County (W-D-W-D-D) v Plymouth (W-D-W-W-W)- Pride Park 10am est

Doncaster (L-L-L-L-L) v Blackpool (D-D-D-W-L)- Keepmoat Stadium 10am est

Ipswich Town (L-W-D-D-D) v Swansea City (W-W-L-D-D)- Portman Road 10am est

Preston (L-L-L-L-W) v Reading (W-W-W-D-W)- Deepdale 10am est

QPR (L-D-L-L-W) v Nottingham Forest (L-L-L-D-L)- Loftus Road 10am est

Southampton (L-W-W-D-D) v Watford (W-L-L-D-L)- St. Mary’s Stadium 10am est

Wolves (L-L-W-W-W) v Coventry(W-L-D-W-D) - Molineux Stadium 10am est

Crystal Palace (W-W-D-L-L) v Barnsley (W-L-D-D-L) - Selhurst Park 12:20pm est

October 19

Sheffield Wednesday (L-W-W-D-L) v Sheffield United (W-W-W-L-D) – Hillborough 8:15am est

Week Three is done and dusted and here are your scorers, those red-carded and updated table (on the right side of the page) for the Championship.

Charlton 4( Holland 26′, Gray (pen) 42′, Varney 69′, Bouazza 72′) Reading 2 ( Sonko 45′, Hunt (pen) 54′)

Birmingham 2( Phillips 13′, O’Connor 45′) Barnsley 0

Coventry City 0 Bristol City 3( Adebolan17′, McIndoe 54′, Brooker 90′)

Crystal Palace 0 Burnely 0

Derby County 0 Southampton 1( McGoldrick 58′)  GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Ipswich Town 0 Wolves 2( Ebanks-Blake 21′, Edwards 78′)

Notts Forest 3( Martin 10′, Earnshaw 35′, Tyson 69′) Watford 2 ( Smith  22′, 61′)

Blackpool 1 ( Kabba 74′) Sheffield United 3( Quinn 21′, Speed (pen) 57′, Halford 78′)

Cardiff City 2 ( McCormack 3′, 67′ (pen) ) Norwich 2 ( Lupoli 77′, 81′)

QPR 2( Blackstock 5′, Ledesma 28′) Doncaster 0

Sheffield Wednesday 1 ( McAllister 20′) Preston 1 ( Chaplow 77′)

Plymouth 0 Swansea City 1 ( Scotland 44′)

Red Cards:

Crystal Palace: Scowcroft, Derry

Ipswich Town: Bruce

Reading: Sonko

Barnsley:

In: Roberto Colace (Newells Old Boys, Und),

Out: Istvan Ferenczi (Ferencvaros, Und)

Blackpool:

In: Matt Gilks (Norwich, Und), Adam Hammill (Liverpool, loan)

Burnley:

In: Diego Penny (Coronel Bolognesi, Und)

Crystal Palace:

In: Calvin Andrew (Luton Town, Und), Jose Fonte (Benfica, Und), Simon Thomas (Borehamwood, nominal)

 Derby County:

In: Rob Hulse (Sheffield Utd, £1.75M), Przemyslaw Kazmierczak (FC Porto, loan)

Doncaster:

In: Tomi Ameobi (Leeds United, nominal)

Ipswich Town:

In: Kevin Lisbie (Colchester, Und), Richard Wright (West Ham, Und)

Norwich:

In: Arturo Lupoli (Fiorentina, loan), David Bell (Luton Town, Und), Dejan Stefanovic (Fulham, Und), Elliot Omozvsi (Fulham, loan)

Out: Matt Gilks (Blackpool, Und)

Nottingham Forest:

In: Mickael Darnet (AS Cannes), Joe Garner (Carlise, £1.14M)

Sheffield United:

In: Darius Henderson (Watford, £ 2M + add ons)

Out: Luton Shelton (Valerenga)

Swansea City

In: Febian Brandy (Manchester United, loan)

Norwich City

In: Sammy Clingan (Nottingham Forest, free), Wes Hoolahan (Blackpool, undisclosed), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea, loan)

Out: Mark Gilks (Blackpool, undisclosed), Andrew Cave-Brown (Leyton Orient, free) Darren Huckerby (San Jose Earthquakes)

Released: Juan Velasco,Matthew Halliday, Rossi Jarvis, Steven Arnold, Ryan Jarvis, Patrick Bexfield, Bally Smart

Nottingham Forest

In: Robert Earnshaw (Derby County, 2.65M), Andrew Cole (Sunderland, undisclosed), Guy Moussi (Angers, undisclosed)

Out: Kris Commons (Derby County, Free), Alan Pwer (Hartlepool United, free), Junior Agogo (Zamaleck Sporting Club, undisclosed), Grant Holt (Shrewbury Town, 170K), Sammy Clingan (Norwich City, free), Matt Lockwood (Colchester United, free), Felix Bastians (released)

Plymouth

In: Jason Puncheon (Barnet, 250K), Karl Duguid (Colchester United, undisclosed)

Out: Paul Connolly (Derby County, free), Paul Wotton (Southampton, free), Nadjim Abdou (Millwall, free)

Preston NE

In: None

Out: None

Queens Park Rangers

In: Peter Ramage (Newcastle United, free) Samuel Di Carmine (Fiorentina, loan), Radek Cerny (Slavia Prauge, free), Jorge Ledesema ( Genoa, loan)

Out: Stefan Bailey (Grays Athletic, free), Daniel Nardiello (Barnsley, end of loan)

Released: Istvan Ferenczi, Sam Togwell, Paul Reid, Andy Johnson, Kim Christensen

Reading

In: None

Out: Adam Bygrave (Weymouth, free), Joshua Webb (Weymouth, undisclosed), Ben Hamer (Brentford, loan), Glen Little (Portsmouth, undislcosed)

Released: John Oster, Aaron Brown, Ulises De La Cruz, Graham Stack, John Halls

Sheffield United

In: Greg Halford (Sunderland, loan), Sun Jihai (Manchester City, free)

Out: Lloyd Kerry (Chesterfield, free), Chris Lucketti (Huddersfield Town, free)

Released: Paul Gerrard, Dean Oliver, Geoff Horsfield, Stephen Hernandez, James Ashmore, Martin Donnelly

Sheffield Wednesday

In: James O’Connor (Burnely, free)

Out: None

Released: Ronnie Walworkd, Jason Bradley, Burton O’Briend, Rob Burch, Dave McClemments, James Kay

Southampton

In: Lee Holmes (Derby County, free), Chris Perry, Luton Town, free) Paul Wotton (Plymouth, free), Morgan Schneiderlin (Strasbourg, 1.2M), Tommy Forecast (Tottenham, undisclosed)

Out: Cedric Baseya (Lille, free)

Swansea City

In: Ashley Williams (Stockport County, 400K), Albert Serran (Espanyol, 80K), Gorka Pintado (Granada, undisclosed), Federico Bessone (Espanyol, free), Jordi Gomez (Espanyol, loan) Mark Gower (Southend United, free)

Out: Andy Robinson (Leeds United, free) Daryryl Duffy (Bristol Rovers, free), Kevin Austin (Chesterfield, free), Kevin Amankwaah (Swindon Town, free)

Watford

In: None

Out: Nathan Ellington (Derby County, free), Jordan Stewart (Derby County, free) Toumani Diagouraga (Stockport, free) Santiago Aloi (River Plate, end of loan)

Wolves

In: David Jones (Derby County, undisclosed), Sam Vokes (AFC Bournemouth, undisclosed), Richard Sterman (Leicester City, undisclosed)

Out: None

Released: Gary Breen, Keith Lowe Kevin O’Connor

Barnsley

In: Luke Steele (West Brom, Free), Ian Hume (Leicester City, 1.2M), Mounir El Haimour (NE Xamax, undisclosed), Darren Moore (Derby, Free)

Out: Paul Reid (Colchester, Free)

Birmingham City

In: Lee Carsley (Everton, Free), Kevin Phillips (West Brom, Free)

Out: Mikael Forssell (Hannover 96, free) Rafael Schmitz ( Lille, end of loan), Patrice Muamba ( Bolton, 5M), Asa Hall (released), Adam Ledzdins (Crewe, Free), David Howland (released), Daniel de Ridder (Wigan, Free), Stefan Milojevic (released) Mauro Zarate (Lazio, loan), Adam Legzdins (released)

Blackpool

In: Marlon Broomes ( Stoke City, Free), Joe Martin (Tottenham, undisclosed), Matt Gilks (Norwich City, undisclosed), Alex Babtiste (Mansfield Town, undisclosed)

Out: Wes Hoolaham (Norwich City, undisclosed) Kiegan Parker (Huddersfield Town, free), Michael Jackson (Shrewsbury Town, free) Marcus Bean (Brentford, free)

Released: Phil Marsh, John Hills, Matt Lawlor, Paul Tierney, Michael Flynn, Andy Welsh, Phil Doughty, Lewis Edge

Bristol City

In: Gavin Williams (Ipswich Town, undisclosed)

Out: Nick Carle (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Alex Russell (Cheltenham Town, free)

Released: Tamas Vasko (Ujpest, end of loan) Darren Byfield, Martin Slocombe, Enoch Showunmi

Burnley

In: Martin Paterson (Scunthorpe United, 1M), Cristian Calvenes (Dundee United, Free), Kevin McDonald (500K, Dundee)

Out: James O’Connor (Sheffield Wednesday, free), John Spicer (Doncaster Rovers, free), Kyle Lafferty (Rangers, 3M) Andrew Cole (released), Jon Harley (released)

Cardiff City

In: Tom Heaton (Manchester United, loan) Darren Dennehy (Everton, free), Ross McCormack (Motherwell, Free) Mark Kennedy (Crystal Palace, Free)

Out: David Forde (Millwall, free), Warren Feeny (Dundee United, free), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal, undisclosed), Michael Oakes (released), Trevor Sinclair (released), Matt Green (released) Matt Smith (released)

Charlton Athletic

In: Mark Hudson (Crystal Palace, free), Stuart Fleetwood (Forest Green, tribunal)

Out: James Walker (Southend United, free), Chris Powell (released), Patrick McCarthy (Crystal Palace, undisclosed), Osei Sankofa (Southend United, free)

Coventry City

In: Keiren Westwood (Carlisle United, free), Aron Gunnersson (AZ Alkmar, undisclosed)

Out: Colin Hawkins (Brighton &Hove Albion, free), Michael Hughes (released)

Crystal Palace

In: Patrick McCarthy (Charlton, undisclosed), Darryl Flahavan ( Southend United, free), Nick Carle (Bristol City, undisclosed), Johannes Ertl (Austria Vienna, undisclosed)

Out: Mark Hudson (Charlton, free), Ryan Hall (released), Jeff Hughes (Bristol Rovers, 100K), Ben Kudjodji (released), Lewwis Spence ( Wycome, free), Moses Swaibu (released), Mark Kennedy (Cardiff City, free), Aaron Fray (released)

Derby County

In: Kris Commons (Nottingham Forest, free) Liam Dickenson (Stockport County, 750K), Paul Connolly (Plymouth, free), Martin Albrechtsen (West Brom, free), Jordan Stewart (Watford, free) Nathan Ellington (Watford, free) Paul Gree (Doncaster Rovers, free) Steve Davies (Tranmere, tribunal)

Out: Robert Earnshaw (Nottingham Forest, 2.65M) Michael Johnson (Notts County, free), Kenny Miller (Rangers, 2M), Lee Holmes (Southampton, free), Craig Fagan (Hull City, 750K), David Jones (Wolves, undisclosed), Darren Moore (Barnsley, free) Jason Beardsley (Notts County, loan), Marc Edworthy (released), Ben Hinchliffe (released)

Doncaster Rovers

In: John Spicer (Burnley, free)

Out: Paul Green (Derby County, free), Graeme Lee (released), Stephen Roberts (Walsall, free), Matthew Noble (released), Mark McCammon (Gillingham, free)

Ipswich Town

In: Pim Balkestein (Heerenveen, undisclosed), Gareth McAuley (Leicester City, undisclosed)

Out: Gavin Williams ( Bristol City, undisclosed) Sylvain Legwinski (released), Fabian Wilnis (released), Sito (released)

The playoffs are almost done and only two more teams will be vying for promotion to League One, Rochdale and Stockport. What is known after today are what teams will be leaving and coming into the Championship for next season. Gaining promotion to the EPL along with the riches and glory are West Bromwich Albion as Champions, Stoke City in second place and Hull City winners of the CCC Playoff Final yesterday against Bristol City. Hull have now gotten rid of the “biggest city to never have a top flight team” tag. Coming up from League One are Swansea City as League One Champs, Nottingham Forest( or as I affectionately call them Notts Florist) in second and today Doncaster Rovers secured thier place in the Championship by beating Leeds United 1-0 in the League One Playoff Final. For Doncaster they were playing in the Blue Square Premier only 5 years ago so this is quite a rise for them.

Coming down from the EPL are my beloved Derby County, Birmingham City, and Reading. All three teams now have two years of 11 million dollars worth of parachute payments to help regroup and get promoted once more.In there last year of parachute payments  after relegation from the EPL last season are Charlton and Sheffield United and Watford. Going down into League One are Colchester, Scunthorpe, and Leicester City.

With the Championship being wide open and the transfer window not open yet its almost impossible to predict who will go up and will go down but as the summer evolves I will try to do just that and I am sure be proved spectacularly wrong.