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Stage Set For Tightest Ever Championship Title Race

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Apr 28 2016 17:30
Stage Set For Tightest Ever Championship Title Race With just 180 minutes of the regular Championship season remaining, things could not be tighter at the top of England’s second tier. Just three goals separate Burnley, Middlesbrough and Brighton, with the Clarets favourites to secure glory once more. Michael Keane’s 92nd minute equaliser...
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Team Focus: Middlesbrough's Promotion Push Built on Solid Defence

by Alan Smith at Thursday, Jan 21 2016 16:20
Team Focus: Middlesbrough's Promotion Push Built on Solid Defence It had to end at some point, but the manner was terribly cruel. Middlesbrough must have felt awfully sore to concede that injury-time goal to managerless Bristol City last weekend, which left them seconds from breaking an 88-year-old record for 10 consecutive clean sheets. There is plenty of consola...
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Player Focus: Interest Set to Mount in Fit Again Charlie Austin

by Ben McAleer at Thursday, Dec 17 2015 11:10
Player Focus: Interest Set to Mount in Fit Again Charlie Austin As the hectic festive period approaches, any team would happily welcome one of their star players back to the fold, be it from injury or suspension. For QPR, the return of Charlie Austin has been well-timed. The striker suffered a hamstring problem earlier in the season, ruling him out for quite som...
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Team Focus: Patience Needed For New QPR Boss Hasselbaink

by Alan Smith at Wednesday, Dec 9 2015 15:30
Team Focus: Patience Needed For New QPR Boss Hasselbaink When Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was unveiled as news Queens Park Rangers manager on Monday, there was plenty of talk about change. A certain degree is inevitable when a new coach takes over, but the scale in which the Dutchman, after a successful start in management at Burton Albion, is planning on ove...
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League Focus: Premier League Core has Helped Hull to Championship Summit

by Alan Smith at Wednesday, Nov 11 2015 10:30
League Focus: Premier League Core has Helped Hull to Championship Summit For all the Championship's promise of the unpredictable, the expected names are sitting near the top of the table and those predicted to suffer are finding things difficult. The pair of financially-stable teams relegated from last season's Premier League occupy two of the top three places, but Brigh...
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League Focus: Reading the Championship's Surprise Package So Far

by Alan Smith at Wednesday, Oct 7 2015 10:45
League Focus: Reading the Championship's Surprise Package So Far Embryonic stages these may still be, but if there is a major surprise package this season; then Reading appear the most likely. They have won five of their last six games and Steve Clarke, courtesy of 13 summer signings, has brought the Berkshire side from mid-table obscurity last campaign to a genu...
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Player Focus: Austin Deserving of a Second Chance in the Premier League

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Jul 22 2015 17:01
Player Focus: Austin Deserving of a Second Chance in the Premier League Of all the players relegated from the Premier League last term, many would have expected Charlie Austin to have remained in England’s top tier beyond the end of the campaign. The Englishman was one of the surprise packages in his debut season in England’s top division, netting a notewort...
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Player Focus: Pint-sized Pritchard Central to Brentford's Promotion Push

by Ben McAleer at Friday, May 15 2015 10:29
Player Focus: Pint-sized Pritchard Central to Brentford's Promotion Push Back in December 2013, Mark Warburton was handed the opportunity to succeed Uwe Rösler as Brentford boss after the German took over at Wigan Athletic. Despite being offered the chance to follow Rösler to the DW Stadium, Warburton opted to remain at Griffin Park, with the decision, in hinds...
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Player Focus: The Most In-Demand Championship Players

by Beth Simon at Wednesday, Dec 10 2014 12:28
Player Focus: The Most In-Demand Championship Players As we edge closer to the start of the January transfer window, clubs throughout the leagues will be hoping to hang on to their best talent in the face of interest from the bigger sides. Boasting a steady supply of homegrown, exciting talent, the Championship often finds itself as the ideal shopping ...

League Focus: Championship 2014/15 Preview - Scots Key to Promotion Hopes

by Alan Smith at Tuesday, Aug 5 2014 16:15
League Focus: Championship 2014/15 Preview - Scots Key to Promotion Hopes If much of the Championship's charm comes from its unpredictability, then this season promises plenty to get excited about. Write the names of 24 clubs on a sheet of paper, pick up a pen, close your eyes and circle one of them: the chances are you will have picked a team tipped somewhere for promoti...