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The great race for the Premiership – Bristol City and West Brom make a move

Before I start, I’d just like to write a few words about Teddy Sheringham who has announced his retirement from playing at the end of this season. He will be 42 when he finishes and still oozes class. It is a shame that his last season as a player may well end in relegation. Teddy…

Nigel Adkins — Adkins diet just the tonic for united Scunny

Back with the fourth installment of his series on exciting young English managers in the Football League, Hugo Steckelmacher looks at Scunthorpe United’s Nigel Adkins, a man hard to pigeon-hole. Come back next week for Paul Ince! Who needs Mourinho, we’ve got our physio — Scunthorpe fans’ regular chant, home and away. Nigel Adkins (born…

Championship predictions – Watford, Bristol City and Ipswich to march on towards the Premier League (Or, your guess is as good as mine!)

“You’re writing a review of the championship games every Monday, so why don’t you do a preview of the games on Fridays?” Ahmed said to me. “No problem, I’ll start this week,” I said. “Yes,” Ahmed continued, “Just do a preview and make some predictions” That’s where I hit a big problem. As I said…

The Great Race for the Premiership: Stoke, Bristol, Watford, West Brom, Plymouth, Charlton or …?

This is the first of what will become a weekly round up of the events in the English Championship. A chance for me to let everyone know how my beloved Watford are doing, and to let you know how much hair I have left and how much of it has gone grey.

Lower League Roundup: Stoke City, Swansea, MK Dons, and Aldershot all in the catbird’s seat

While the Premier League title race rages on, things are edging closer to completion below the top flight. There are limited spots on the elevator up, but there are plenty of teams trying to throw some elbows and trip some others up to secure their place on the next level.

The Premier League, the Football League and the growing financial gap

As Richard Scudamore and The Premier League continue their campaign for a money spinning 39th fixture abroad, members of England’s Football League go about their daily lives, more concerned with the salient issue of survival. In the same month the Premiership big boys drooled over the prospects of earning an additional £5m a season for…

The Great Championship Title Race: Stoke, Watford, West Brom, Bristol, Charlton and Ipswich all in with a chance

As we approach the business end of the season the race for success is really starting to hot up with a whole host of clubs all in with a shout of glory! It’s just a shame I am talking about the Championship as opposed to what has been labelled ‘the greatest league in the world’,…