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Posted by: Mack. 5th June 2019, 11:48 AM

• Replacing the three promoted and relegated teams from last season are Cardiff City, Fulham, Huddersfield Town, Luton Town, Barnsley and Charlton Athletic.
• Pre-season managerial changes have already occurred at Luton Town and Queens Park Rangers. West Bromwich Albion, Middlesbrough and Swansea City are currently looking for a new manager.



Odds: (Coral)

Leeds United 5-1f
Fulham 8-1
West Bromwich Albion 9-1
Cardiff City 10-1
Middlesbrough 12-1
Stoke City 12-1
Brentford 14-1
Derby County 14-1
Huddersfield Town 14-1
Sheffield Wednesday 16-1
Bristol City 20-1
Luton Town 20-1
Nottingham Forest 20-1
Hull City 25-1
Swansea City 25-1
Birmingham City 33-1
Preston North End 33-1
Blackburn Rovers 40-1
Barnsley 50-1
Millwall 50-1
QPR 50-1
Wigan Athletic 50-1
Charlton Athletic 66-1
Reading 66-1


Any early predictions?

Posted by: Mack. 13th June 2019, 02:23 PM

Slaven Bilic has been appointed new West Brom Head Coach on a two-year deal.

Posted by: bigwiglaf 13th June 2019, 02:27 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jun 13 2019, 10:23 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 13th June 2019, 07:30 PM

Swansea City have named England Under-17 World Cup-winning boss Steve Cooper as their new head coach on a three-year deal.

Posted by: Steve201 13th June 2019, 07:32 PM

Why are Brentford 7th favourites?

Posted by: Mack. 14th June 2019, 10:03 AM

Middlesbrough have named Jonathan Woodgate as their new head coach on a three-year deal.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 14th June 2019, 10:11 AM

I love those odds but somehow we'll still end up missing out!

Posted by: Mack. 18th June 2019, 02:25 PM

Posted by: Mack. 18th June 2019, 03:49 PM

Birmingham City part company with Garry Monk:

Posted by: Mack. 20th June 2019, 11:04 AM

Opening Championship fixtures

Friday, 2 August

Luton Town v Middlesbrough (19:45 BST)

Saturday, 3 August, 15:00 BST kick-off unless stated

Barnsley v Fulham
Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic
Brentford v Birmingham City
Millwall v Preston North End
Reading v Sheffield Wednesday
Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers
Swansea City v Hull City
Wigan Athletic v Cardiff City
Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion (17:30 BST)

Sunday, 4 August

Bristol City v Leeds United (16:30 BST)

Monday, 5 August

Huddersfield Town v Derby County (19:45 BST)

Posted by: Mack. 20th June 2019, 04:12 PM

Birmingham have announced that Pep Clotet will be caretaker head coach following the departure of Garry Monk, and the club are not actively seeking another manager at this time.

Posted by: Mack. 21st June 2019, 10:21 PM

Hull City have appointed Doncaster Rovers manager Grant McCann as their new boss on a 12-month rolling deal.

The Championship side had been without a manager since 8 June, with Nigel Adkins failing to agree a new contract.

Posted by: Mack. 28th June 2019, 02:35 PM

Posted by: Mack. 15th July 2019, 02:53 PM

Steve Bruce has resigned as head coach of Sheffield Wednesday amid reports he is due to be named as manager of Newcastle United.

Bruce was only appointed in January and did not actually take over for another month, guiding the Owls to a 12th-place finish in the Championship.

Posted by: Mack. 17th July 2019, 11:36 PM

Posted by: Mack. 21st July 2019, 11:34 AM

Huddersfield Town have revealed their new kit - without the diagonal sponsor's logo that was worn in Wednesday's friendly against Rochdale.

The original kit, which had the name of a bookmaker splashed across it, was believed to be a spoof when unveiled.

Posted by: Mack. 1st August 2019, 12:04 AM

Sheffield Wednesday forward Fernando Forestieri has been banned for six matches and fined £25,000 after being found guilty of using racist language.

Forestieri says he will contest the decision of the Football Association's independent regulatory commission.

In March, the 29-year-old was acquitted of racially aggravated harassment and using threatening words or behaviour towards Mansfield's Krystian Pearce.

Posted by: Steve201 3rd August 2019, 09:38 AM

Just want to say that first game of the season last night was a cracker

Luton 3 Boro 3

Posted by: coi 3rd August 2019, 05:49 PM

It was indeed!

Also a surprise in today's games, Fulham lost to Barnsley!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 3rd August 2019, 05:52 PM

Ooh have we started already? Let's hope Leeds do a tiny bit better this season.

Posted by: coi 3rd August 2019, 05:54 PM

QUOTE(PeteFromLeeds @ Aug 3 2019, 06:52 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 4th August 2019, 01:51 PM

QUOTE(coi @ Aug 3 2019, 06:49 PM)

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 5th August 2019, 12:10 PM

A good start for Leeds then! Let's see how long we keep this up.

Posted by: Steve201 10th August 2019, 09:29 PM

Nathan Jones at Stoke must already be under pressure after today's 4-1 defeat at Charlton!

Posted by: Steve201 11th August 2019, 12:15 PM

Is it ok for us to do our Champinship predictions in here @Mack?

Posted by: LewisGT 16th August 2019, 10:00 PM

Huddersfield have sacked Jan Siewert after tonight’s 2-1 defeat at home to Fulham.

Posted by: Mack. 16th August 2019, 10:26 PM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Aug 11 2019, 01:15 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 16th August 2019, 10:27 PM

QUOTE(LewisGT @ Aug 16 2019, 11:00 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 18th August 2019, 11:27 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Aug 16 2019, 11:26 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 18th August 2019, 11:29 AM

Middlesborough could go straight down if they stick with Woodgate but he will be gone by Xmas if things go on like this.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 18th August 2019, 11:55 AM

Brentford bottom is a very bold pick. I can't imagine any scenario where they'd be anywhere near a relegation battle.

Posted by: Houdini 18th August 2019, 01:02 PM

QUOTE(LewisGT @ Aug 16 2019, 11:00 PM)

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 18th August 2019, 01:03 PM

Siewart had done nothing at all in 8 months to suggest he's a competent manager. They've been just as bad in this division as they were last season.

Posted by: Steve201 18th August 2019, 02:43 PM

QUOTE(RabbitFurCoat @ Aug 18 2019, 12:55 PM)

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 18th August 2019, 03:08 PM

They've spent years successfully replacing their best players, don't see why that'd stop, especially as they're now shopping from a more proven lower risk pool of players. Jansson hardly a downgrade on Konsa, signed a more consistent keeper and the likes of Mbuemo, Valencia and the two Dane's are really highly rated

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 18th August 2019, 03:13 PM

Autos: Leeds, Fulham
Top 6 contenders: Brentford, Cardiff, WBA, Stoke, Forest, Bristol City

Comfortable Mid-Table: Blackburn, Derby, Swansea, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Preston, Barnsley

Lower Mid-Table: Reading, QPR, Hull, Middlesbrough, Huddersfield, Charlton

Bottom 3: Birmingham, Luton, Wigan

Posted by: Steve201 18th August 2019, 04:50 PM

Maybe have to rethink my Cardiff prediction lol

Posted by: Steve201 25th August 2019, 12:52 PM

Leeds played some scintillating stuff as they beat crisis club Stoke City 0-3 yesterday!

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 31st August 2019, 08:05 AM

Not sure what was funnier yesterday, Harry Arter's dive or Scott Parker's defence of it.

Posted by: Mack. 6th September 2019, 03:38 PM

Sheffield Wednesday have appointed former Leeds United and Swansea City boss Garry Monk as their new manager.

The Owls, who are 11th in the Championship table, have not disclosed the length of Monk's contract.

The 40-year-old ex-defender has been out of work since being sacked by Birmingham City in June after 15 months in charge.

Posted by: LewisGT 9th September 2019, 07:02 PM

Huddersfield have appointed Danny Cowley as their new first team manager.

It’s going to be very interesting to see how the Cowleys do at Huddersfield as they have undoubtedly done an amazing job at Lincoln.

Posted by: Steve201 9th September 2019, 07:51 PM

Indeed interesting appointment!

Posted by: Mack. 11th September 2019, 09:09 AM

Leeds' Jordan Stevens has been banned from all football-related activity for six weeks for breaking Football Association betting rules, a punishment his club has called "disproportionate".

The midfielder, 19, admitted a charge of placing 59 bets last season, five on matches involving the Whites.

Stevens will be suspended until 10 October and has also been fined £1,200.

Posted by: Steve201 22nd September 2019, 07:57 PM

Don't think I've seen a team dominate as much as Leeds yday and yet Derby equalised in the last minute!

I do wonder if it'll be more of the same this season for Leeds?

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 26th September 2019, 09:00 PM

Two of Derby's players drive home pissed after a night out and crash, causing the club captain to injure himself for the rest of the season. Great to see them in chaos and glad no one innocent was hurt.

At least they've got Wayne Rooney arriving soon to inject some moral standards into the club.

Posted by: Mack. 26th September 2019, 09:24 PM

We all know about Wayne Rooney's moral standards and his very public private life.

Posted by: Mack. 26th September 2019, 10:17 PM

This certainly doesn't make for great viewing or reading as well:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-7509579/Mason-Bennett-filmed-throwing-new-Derby-captain-Tom-Huddlestone-just-hours-crashing.html

Posted by: Mack. 3rd October 2019, 09:58 PM

Neil Harris has stepped down as manager of Millwall after more than four years in charge.

Posted by: Mack. 4th October 2019, 10:44 PM

Can't see Woodgate staying at Middlesbrough much longer following that defeat against Birmingham City.

Posted by: Mack. 4th October 2019, 10:57 PM

Tom Lawrence and Mason Bennett have been fined six weeks' wages by Derby County after the Rams pair were charged with drink-driving.

Lawrence, 25, and Bennett, 23, were arrested after a crash in the city on 24 September and are due to appear in court on 15 October.

The Championship club have also ordered the pair to serve 80 hours of community service and rehabilitation.

Derby said the fine was the maximum their contracts allowed.

Posted by: Mack. 8th October 2019, 03:03 PM

Barnsley have parted company with head coach Daniel Stendel following a run of 10 Championship games without a win.

The 45-year-old German took charge at Oakwell in June 2018 and led the Tykes to promotion from League One in his first season in English football.

Posted by: Wall 8th October 2019, 06:04 PM

The Barnsley manager deserved better, do they honestly think they have the budget to be competing near the top 10?

Posted by: Mack. 8th October 2019, 06:10 PM

You would have realistically thought their aim was to avoid relegation.


Reading manager sacked apparently

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 8th October 2019, 06:32 PM

Stendel has been massively f***ed over. I know they have a Brentford-type model but you can't sell the keeper, both centre halves and centre forward of a title winning team and expect to compete when you're strategy is to sign untapped potential. I did still think he'd have them better than they are, but he's a good coach that will go on to do good things.

Posted by: Steve201 8th October 2019, 09:28 PM

Disgraceful after how well they did last year!

Posted by: Wall 8th October 2019, 10:01 PM

Mark Hughes to Reading apparently lmao

Posted by: Mack. 8th October 2019, 10:27 PM

Next Barnsley Manager Odds:

https://www.thesackrace.com/teams/barnsley

Posted by: Mack. 9th October 2019, 03:13 PM

Next Reading Manager Odds

Mark Hughes 4-1f
Mark Bowen 6-1
Phil Parkinson 10-1
Chris Hughton 14-1
Gareth Ainsworth 20-1
Neil Harris 20-1
Roy Keane 20-1
Gary Rowett 20-1
Daniel Stendel 20-1
Nigel Adkins 25-1
John O'Shea 25-1
Joey Barton 33-1
Sol Campbell 33-1
Mark Cooper 33-1
Mick Harford 33-1
Kenny Jackett 33-1
Aitor Karanka 33-1
Mick McCarthy 33-1
Graeme Murty 33-1
Martin O'Neill 33-1
Mark Warburton 33-1

Posted by: Flatcap 13th October 2019, 03:09 PM

Millwall future at the Den secured.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50015025

Posted by: Mack. 22nd October 2019, 03:17 PM

Millwall has appointed Gary Rowlett as their new manager.

Posted by: Mack. 23rd October 2019, 04:02 PM

West Bromwich Albion had to come from 2-0 down at The Hawthorns to claim a draw against bottom club Barnsley and they remain top of the Championship.

Posted by: Mack. 30th October 2019, 07:54 PM

Derby County have sacked captain Richard Keogh for gross misconduct over his involvement in a crash that led to the arrest of two of his team-mates.

Posted by: Steve201 31st October 2019, 06:00 PM

And what about Lawerence and Bennett?

Posted by: Mack. 1st November 2019, 12:31 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Oct 31 2019, 07:00 PM)

Posted by: Flatcap 1st November 2019, 12:48 PM

I am rather surprised as Keogh was a casualty in this incident, not the actual perpetrator.

In other news, Stoke have sacked Nathan Jones. Not surprising, just surprised it didn't happen earlier.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49428903

Posted by: Steve201 1st November 2019, 07:05 PM

It's all about money, he's only got 18 months left on his contract and is out for 14 months.

Posted by: Seinfeld 1st November 2019, 09:53 PM

What a load of shite. A w*** result and performance

JOHNSON OUT

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 4th November 2019, 09:23 PM

Gosh that's all a bit worrying about Keogh. Of course he shouldn't have been involved in the crash in the first place but just reading articles now that this could signal bad news for older players on higher wages.

Posted by: Mack. 8th November 2019, 06:50 PM

Michael O'Neill has been appointed as manager of Stoke City but will take charge of Northern Ireland for any potential Euro 2020 play-off games.

Posted by: Mack. 12th November 2019, 01:07 AM

Cardiff City have parted company with Neil Warnock after three years in charge.

Posted by: Mack. 16th November 2019, 07:31 PM

Cardiff City appoint Neil Harris as their new manager.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 2nd December 2019, 10:45 AM

Leeds back at the top of the table right where they should be Watch a repeat of last season happen now though...

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 11th December 2019, 12:41 AM

Leeds United moved top of the Championship as two goals in the last 20 minutes saw them edge past Hull City for a seventh straight league victory.

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 12th December 2019, 12:21 AM

Wonder if Leeds will have the energy to go all the way this season!?

Posted by: Shepeteherd 14th December 2019, 09:38 AM

Let's hope so, it would be brill to see Leeds in the Prem for the first time in a while! There's always the worry that we'll end up with a repeat of last season though.

Posted by: Snowfeld 14th December 2019, 05:30 PM

Typical Bristol City, beat Fulham away then lose two consecutive home games against Millwall and Blackburn

JOHNSON OUT

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 15th December 2019, 12:57 PM

Yeh I think he's too inconsistent to get you up perhaps? But yous could also fall away to league one if yous chose the wrong manager.

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 23rd December 2019, 04:40 PM

Swansea City head coach Steve Cooper has been charged by the Football Association over comments he made after a 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers on 11 December.

Posted by: Shepeteherd 28th December 2019, 11:42 AM

Stoke managing to edge their way out of relegation with 2 goals in stoppage time - let's hope they can keep that form up!

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 28th December 2019, 01:50 PM

Good end to the game, they've got O'Neil's spirit.

Posted by: Shepeteherd 30th December 2019, 10:13 AM

Genuinely thought I was hallucinating when I saw the Leeds/Birmingham result yesterday Birmingham were certainly good at equalizing but glad we finally came out on top.

Posted by: ChristmaSteve201 30th December 2019, 11:29 PM

Was a crazy game.

Ashley Fletcher scored a stunning goal to beat West Brom too and now Leeds and West Brom meet on Thursday - can't wait for that!

Posted by: Flatcap 2nd January 2020, 09:42 PM

After rather a long wait, Birmingham City confirmed Pep Clotet as permanent boss at the beginning of December...

Posted by: Snakebite501 2nd January 2020, 09:45 PM

Much appreciated the manager updates, Flatcap thanks.

Posted by: Mack. 11th January 2020, 03:55 PM

Posted by: Steve201 12th January 2020, 10:33 PM

The BMW combination zooming ahead for Brentford.

And I thought they'd go down at the start of the season, would love to see them beat WBA into the top division.

Posted by: Mack. 18th January 2020, 01:05 PM

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 21st January 2020, 12:18 PM

Aaand now the downfall begins. Looking like a repeat of last year now yay.

Posted by: Mack. 7th February 2020, 11:40 PM

Birmingham City recovered from conceding a goal after 40 seconds to win at Ashton Gate and end Bristol City's four-game winning run by winning 3-1.

Posted by: Houdini 8th February 2020, 09:41 PM

There's only 6 points separating the top seven teams! Anything could happen here.

Posted by: Wall 8th February 2020, 09:43 PM

Leeds are kings of bottling it

Posted by: Steve201 9th February 2020, 12:26 AM

I have to admit they are. Would love Brentford to sneak into the top 2!

Posted by: Mack. 13th February 2020, 12:33 AM

West Bromwich Albion extended their lead at the top of the Championship to six points by beating Reading 2-1.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 14th February 2020, 05:26 PM

QUOTE(Wall @ Feb 8 2020, 09:43 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 15th February 2020, 12:03 PM

Hull City and Swansea City had to be content with a point apiece as a remarkable Championship encounter ended 4-4.

Hull snatched a draw through Tom Eaves' 95th-minute goal, dashing Swansea's hopes of claiming a memorable comeback win in the process.

Posted by: Steve201 16th February 2020, 01:07 AM

Watched it, cracking game. The forest West Brom game was just as good this afternoon too!

Posted by: Wall 16th February 2020, 01:12 AM

Leeds were legit the only team in the top half not to f*** up today, this league is seriously incredible

Posted by: Houdini 16th February 2020, 01:29 AM

It seems like The Championship never fails to bring excitement! At least a quarter of the teams in this league would probably do a better job in the top flight than the current mid-lower table Premier League teams.

Posted by: Mack. 16th February 2020, 01:33 AM

Well that is what you get with one of the most competitive leagues in Europe.

Posted by: Steve201 16th February 2020, 02:39 PM

QUOTE(Houdini @ Feb 16 2020, 01:29 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 21st February 2020, 10:43 PM

West Bromwich Albion striker Charlie Austin has been formally warned by the Football Association in relation to recent social media activity.

Austin appeared to criticise fans of former club Southampton but, having been asked to explain his comments by the FA, he will face no further action.

Posted by: Mack. 21st February 2020, 10:49 PM

Barnsley have been fined £20,000 and told to implement an action plan after some of their fans directed sectarian abuse at Stoke's James McClean.

The incident happened in a Championship game between the sides on 9 November.

Barnsley admitted failing to ensure their fans behaved in an orderly fashion and refrained from using abusive language.

The abuse was aimed at McClean because he does not wear a poppy on his shirt for games around Remembrance Day.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 22nd February 2020, 06:19 PM

Another 1-0 win to Leeds, there is still hope although a result like that is hardly convincing...

Posted by: Steve201 23rd February 2020, 05:01 PM

Some goal for Ollie Watkins vs Blackburn!

Posted by: Mack. 27th February 2020, 12:49 AM

Leeds United moved back to within four points of Championship leaders West Bromwich Albion as Mateusz Klich's strike earned victory over lowly Middlesbrough at the Riverside.

Klich guided a fine shot in off the far post in first-half injury time moments after Pablo Hernandez's low effort came back off the upright.

Posted by: Mack. 28th February 2020, 06:20 PM

Hull City striker Tom Eaves will miss the rest of the Championship season after injuring ankle ligaments.

The 28-year-old was hurt in the second half of the Tigers' 2-1 defeat at Preston North End on Saturday.

"He's a big loss and, as I said after the game, it was a horrendous tackle on him," head coach Grant McCann said.

"He's torn a couple of ligaments

Posted by: Steve201 29th February 2020, 12:58 PM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/championship/top-scorers

Interesting only 2 players from the top 2 in this list - Bamford (12) and Robson Kanu (10).

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 29th February 2020, 01:31 PM

And at half time against Hull, Leeds are... 1-0 up. There seems to be a recurring theme here, I just can't put my finger on it...

Edit: Okay we ended up winning 4-0, the curse is broken

Posted by: Steve201 29th February 2020, 02:32 PM

Played scintillating football!

Posted by: Mack. 9th March 2020, 11:10 PM

Leeds are so close to the Premier League. Surely they can't mess it up now.

Posted by: Mack. 8th April 2020, 10:54 PM

The English Football League will appeal against the decision of an independent disciplinary commission to clear Birmingham City of a misconduct charge.

The charge, which was in relation to an alleged breach of an agreed business plan, was brought against the club in January but dismissed last month.

However, the EFL has exercised its right to an appeal.

Birmingham were deducted nine points last season for breaching the EFL's profitability and sustainability rules.

Posted by: Mack. 🐠 24th April 2020, 11:13 PM

Luton Town have parted company with manager Graeme Jones after just under a year in charge at Kenilworth Road.

The former Everton, Wigan and West Brom assistant, 50, has had his contract terminated "by mutual agreement".

The Hatters said the decision was "in order to reduce its cost base".

Posted by: Mack. 🐠 24th April 2020, 11:15 PM

Posted by: Mack. 🐠 28th April 2020, 10:47 PM

Derby County players and staff have agreed to take wage deferrals amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Championship side has not revealed how big a percentage of wages are being deferred but said it was "considerably more than has been reported".

Posted by: Mack. 🐠 30th April 2020, 10:45 PM

Blackburn Rovers players and the senior management team have agreed "significant" salary deferrals in light of the coronavirus pandemic.

The first team, executives and senior football management team will defer between a third and a half of monthly salaries between 1 April and 30 June.

Posted by: Mack. 13th May 2020, 09:51 PM

Championship clubs hope to gain government clearance for a 25 May return to regular training, as part of plans to resume the 2019-20 season.

It is understood a target restart of 6 June has been discussed but clubs still anticipate a more likely 13 June date, in line with the Premier League.

All 24 clubs held a conference call on Wednesday, after an EFL board meeting.

Posted by: Mack. 19th May 2020, 09:59 PM

Hull City say they are "disappointed" that a club letter reportedly opposing the resumption of the Championship campaign has been leaked.

The Telegraph reports Tigers vice-chairman Ehab Allam had called for the season to be voided.

Hull said the correspondence was "intended to remain

Posted by: Mack. 21st May 2020, 10:23 PM

Clubs will still be promoted and relegated from the three divisions of the English Football League if seasons are ended amid the coronavirus crisis.

Play-offs will also be played, but with no more than four teams.

The EFL has confirmed that 51% of Championship, League One and League Two clubs need to agree for the campaign in each division to be curtailed.

This could pave the way for the League One season to be cancelled, with teams currently split over a resolution.

Posted by: Mack. 25th May 2020, 10:49 PM

Players at Championship clubs were allowed to return to training on Monday - the first step towards the potential resumption of the second-tier season.

On Friday, the English Football League provided safety protocols and guidance for clubs to follow upon their return.

Players took part in non-contact sessions and trained in small groups.

A total of 1,014 Championship players and staff were tested for coronavirus towards the end of last week, with two people testing positive.

Posted by: Mack. 27th May 2020, 08:17 AM

Reading's first-team players are to defer "a substantial percentage" of their wages for three months to help the club deal with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

Manager Mark Bowen agreed to a similar salary deferral in April.

Posted by: Mack. 31st May 2020, 10:18 PM

The Championship season is set to resume on 20 June, more than three months after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The EFL said the date was "provisional" and "subject to the strict proviso that all safety requirements and government guidance is met".

There are 108 matches remaining, plus the play-off semi-finals and final.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 4th June 2020, 06:58 PM

As long as Leeds keep the momentum they had before all this started I'll be happy.

Posted by: Steve201 4th June 2020, 11:10 PM

The rest will have done them the world of good with Bieslas style!

Posted by: Mack. 5th June 2020, 11:01 PM

Season-ticket holders at Championship clubs will be able to watch their team's remaining regular-season games online, the EFL has announced.

Access, via the iFollow service, will be determined by the club with which the supporter holds the season ticket.

It "may be in lieu of a refund or part of a wider package as determined by each individual club".

The arrangement includes any of the 30 regular-season games involving their club being shown by Sky Sports.

None of the remaining 108 games will be shown on free-to-air television, while watching a stream of an individual Championship fixture via iFollow will cost a non-season ticket holder £10.

Posted by: Mack. 8th June 2020, 02:20 PM

Pep Clotet will leave his position as Birmingham City head coach at the end of the season.

The Spaniard, 43, has been allowed to leave the Championship club to "explore other coaching opportunities".

Posted by: Mack. 10th June 2020, 12:13 PM

Sat June 20: Fulham vs Brentford - 12.30
Sat June 20: West Brom vs Birmingham - 15:00
Sun June 21: Cardiff vs Leeds - 12:00

Fri June 26: Brentford vs West Brom - 19:45
Sat June 27: Preston vs Cardiff - 12.30
Sat June 27: Leeds vs Fulham - 15:00
Sun June 28: Bristol City vs Sheff Wed - 12:00
Sun June 28: Nottm Forest vs Huddersfield - 14:15

Tue June 30:- Millwall vs Swansea - 17:00
Wed July 1: Preston vs Derby - 17:00
Thu July 2: Hull vs Middlesbrough - 17:00

Posted by: Mack. 10th June 2020, 01:33 PM

Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill has tested positive for Covid-19 after the latest round of testing on Monday.

Posted by: Mack. 10th June 2020, 01:41 PM

Matty Fryatt is suing Nottingham Forest after he claims the club mismanaged the injury which ended his career.

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 10th June 2020, 05:16 PM

He did spend the vast majority of his career here injured and didn't really do anything afterwards. It wouldn't surprise me that much unfortunately if there was something that was the clubs fault.

Posted by: Mack. 10th June 2020, 10:43 PM

Businessman Paul Elliott is the new owner and chairman of Charlton Athletic after his consortium completed their takeover of East Street Investments.

ESI bought the Addicks from previous owner Roland Duchatelet in January.

Tahnoon Nimer and Matt Southall, who were at the forefront of that deal, later fell out and they will no longer be involved with the Championship club.

Posted by: Wall 20th June 2020, 10:21 PM

West Brom and Fulham both struggling today!

Yet all the teams at the bottom end of the table either won or managed a draw. Another win from Wigan! They were dead and buried 6 games ago but they’ve went on quite a run winning four out of their last five and not conceding!

Posted by: Wall 20th June 2020, 10:22 PM

Also 12th are 3 points behind 6th! It’s going to be incredibly close

Posted by: Wall 21st June 2020, 01:54 PM

Leeds also getting beat from Cardiff 2-0! Anytime Leeds have a chance of putting themselves into a good position they somehow seem to f*** it up! I still dislike Cardiff with the whole Sala business so would prefer them staying down!

Posted by: Mack. 21st June 2020, 03:06 PM

Surely Leeds couldn't f*** it up again?

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 22nd June 2020, 05:12 PM

As is often the case, Leeds created far more chances that the opposition but couldn't convert, Bamford even managed to block one of hims team mates shots on the line! If they continue to play like that they should be fine.

Leeds v Fulham and WBA v Brentford this weekend, will show whether there's much of a race or not. I hope Brentford can win on Friday and put the pressure on the top 2.

Posted by: Steve201 22nd June 2020, 06:29 PM

Same here, Brentford are my second tier team. Love watching the BMW excel upfront!

Posted by: Mack. 22nd June 2020, 10:23 PM

A technical issue hit the streaming of Championship games, prompting some fans to miss the start of the first matches back after the coronavirus pandemic.

With games having to be played behind closed doors, the English Football League enabled clubs to stream them.

Fans expressed frustration on social media after being unable to log in to some clubs' iFollow service.

The EFL said the service was restored within 15 minutes and apologised to fans "for the inconvenience caused".

An EFL spokesperson said: "We unfortunately experienced a small disruption at the start of today's 3pm fixtures that affected approximately eight clubs.

"The issue was a result of an overload on servers at our streaming partners who resolved the matter within 15 minutes of the kick-off and supporters were then able to enjoy coverage of their respective matches. "

Posted by: Neinfeld 23rd June 2020, 10:12 AM

Warnock has replaced Woodgate

Posted by: Wall 23rd June 2020, 12:06 PM

Feel sorry for Woodgate.

I always had a tiny soft spot for Middlesbrough but hopefully they go down now

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 23rd June 2020, 02:06 PM

Would have thought they'll stay up now with that change. A change Barnsley might have caught Woodgate's side. Woodgate was on a hiding to nothing with far too much pressure, but bringing through some academy lads the only thing he's done with any success.

Posted by: Mack. 24th June 2020, 07:11 PM

Leeds United have said they "will ensure there are no more offensive images" after a photograph of Osama Bin Laden was placed on a seat at their Elland Road ground.

Supporters are unable to attend the remaining games of the season because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Several clubs invited fans to send in photos of themselves or loved ones to put on the empty seats.

The image of the al-Qaeda leader, who was killed in 2011, has been removed.

Posted by: Steve201 26th June 2020, 10:48 PM

Some result for Brentford tonight beating league leaders West Brom. They have dragged themselves right back into automatic promotion contention with 6 points since the return from lockdown with 0 goals conceded.

Knowing Brentford they will get beat by Luton or someone next time out!

Posted by: Wall 27th June 2020, 03:30 PM

West Brom surely aren’t going to f*** this up! They’ve not scored or won in four games!

The relegation battle and promotion battle is incredibly tight! Luton somehow managing to win again! It would be insane or Stoke or Huddersfield got relegated!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 27th June 2020, 04:27 PM

Leeds United 3-0 Fulham The hope rises.

(I can't really be picky with one of my teams in the mix but it would be nice to see Brentford get promoted as well!)

Posted by: Mack. 27th June 2020, 10:15 PM

It would be ideal for Brentford if they went up with moving to a new stadium at the start of next season.

Posted by: Wall 30th June 2020, 07:13 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jun 27 2020, 11:15 PM)

Posted by: Wall 30th June 2020, 07:18 PM

Another win for Barnsley who haven’t conceded in their last 3 games and have managed seven points out of nine which has taking them off the bottom spot! This relegation battle is incredible as all the bottom three seem to be picking up points!

Leeds v Luton
Wigan v Stoke
Are currently in action but current standings

QPR 50
Reading 49
Birmingham 49
Wigan 48
Charlton 46
Stoke 44
Middlesbrough 44 (Play Hull 2nd)
Hull 42 (Play Middlesbrough on 2nd)
Huddersfield 42
Barnsley 41
Luton 40

I feel if Wigan beat stoke tonight, they could survive but QPR are in massive danger judging by their current form!

Posted by: Mack. 30th June 2020, 07:32 PM

I'm not even gonna predict what will happen regarding relegation in the Championship because it is so unpredictable.

Posted by: Mack. 30th June 2020, 07:43 PM

Brentford comfortably beat Reading and move within two points of second-placed West Bromwich Albion.

Posted by: Mack. 30th June 2020, 07:59 PM

Leeds still need 14 more points to be sure of promotion to the Premier League.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 30th June 2020, 08:29 PM

Aaand we appear to be struggling against bottom-of-the-table Luton. Not looking good.

Posted by: Mack. 30th June 2020, 08:47 PM

A draw not the result Leeds wanted.

Posted by: Steve201 30th June 2020, 08:51 PM

Who do West Brom play next?

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2020, 11:51 AM

Wigan Athletic have gone into administration, becoming the first English professional club to do so since the coronavirus pandemic began.

The Latics have been struggling to manage their finances and say there was no alternative if they were to safeguard the club.

The move may see the Championship side deducted points.

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2020, 11:52 AM

QUOTE(Steve201 @ Jun 30 2020, 09:51 PM)

Posted by: Wall 1st July 2020, 12:10 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jul 1 2020, 12:51 PM)

Posted by: Steve201 1st July 2020, 12:39 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jul 1 2020, 12:52 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 1st July 2020, 02:14 PM

QUOTE(Wall @ Jul 1 2020, 01:10 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2020, 05:11 PM

The sanction will be applied at the end of this season if the Latics, 14th in the Championship, finish outside the bottom three after 46 games.

Should Wigan finish in the relegation zone, the penalty will be applied during the 2020-21 season instead.

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2020, 06:20 PM

It's five wins in a row for Derby as they move to one point of a play-off place.

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2020, 06:34 PM

Wigan Athletic could be followed into administration by "10 or 15" clubs unless some financial help comes from the top of the game, warns the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

Administrators acting for the Latics have said the club is 'finished' if funding cannot be found to get it through to the end of the season after its Hong Kong-based owners pulled out.

But the fear of many within the game is that Wigan will only represent the tip of a large iceberg as the full impact of Covid-19 starts to take effect.

Posted by: Mack. 1st July 2020, 06:40 PM

The as-it-stands Championship table suddenly has Nottingham Forest just four points off an automatic promotion spot.

Posted by: Oliver 2nd July 2020, 08:02 PM

It probably won't be enough to survive the drop, but it was very nice to see that we actually remembered how to win.

Posted by: Mack. 4th July 2020, 12:00 AM

Millwall boosted their Championship play-off chances with a late winner against rivals Charlton which dented the Addicks' survival hopes

Posted by: Wall 4th July 2020, 01:17 PM

Big blow for Derby today being beaten by Nottingham Forrest! Forrest are on quite a run but so were Derby who remain 7th!!

Posted by: Wall 4th July 2020, 01:31 PM

Omg the drama

Posted by: Mack. 5th July 2020, 09:17 AM

Lee Johnson has been sacked as head coach of Bristol City.

The 39-year-old, who had been in the role since February 2016 and was the longest-serving manager in the Championship, departs following a run of four successive defeats.

Posted by: Mack. 5th July 2020, 09:21 AM

Local MP Lisa Nandy and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham have called for an investigation into Wigan Athletic's recent takeover.

The Latics entered administration earlier this week having been taken over by the Next Leader Fund on 29 May.

The Labour politicians have asked that administrators be stopped from selling players and the club's 12-point penalty be frozen until an inquiry is complete.

Posted by: Suedehead2 5th July 2020, 05:06 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jul 5 2020, 10:21 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 5th July 2020, 07:49 PM

West Bromwich Albion moved back to within a point of Championship leaders Leeds and restored their five-point cushion over the play-off pack as they finally saw off Hull City in a stunning game of six goals.

Posted by: Mack. 7th July 2020, 05:34 PM

Wigan Athletic administrator Gerald Krasner has said the club have appealed against their 12-point deduction for going into administration.

The Football League said the punishment would apply this season if Wigan avoided finishing in the bottom three.

Posted by: Wall 8th July 2020, 08:05 PM

I’ve just caught up with all the Wigan goss and why they went into administration which was to basically hope they would go in a twelve point deduction due to a massive bet on them being relegated by their owners in phillipanes

Posted by: Mack. 8th July 2020, 10:40 PM

Posted by: Mack. 8th July 2020, 11:10 PM

Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet has left the club after Wednesday's 3-1 defeat by Swansea City.

The Spaniard, 43, was set to leave the Championship side at the end of the season but said it was "mutually agreed" he would step down immediately.

Posted by: Steve201 9th July 2020, 12:14 PM

Birmingham are a strange club, he seemed to have them doing alright.

Posted by: Mack. 9th July 2020, 06:03 PM

Leeds now require seven points from their final four matches to be sure of automatic promotion.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 9th July 2020, 07:48 PM

Leeds and Stoke are the only two teams I follow on Facebook so to see both reactions to that result was certainly interesting!

Posted by: Houdini 9th July 2020, 09:43 PM

It looks like Leeds wont be stopped this time!

Posted by: Steve201 9th July 2020, 11:40 PM

Would love Brentford to get into the top 2 but looks like they will have to go the playoff route now.

Posted by: Wall 10th July 2020, 07:00 PM

Luton besting Huddersfield 2-0 at Huddersfield. This relegation battle is incredible!

Posted by: Steve201 10th July 2020, 07:03 PM

Some effect by Jones returning - you wonder why he left than at all.

Posted by: Mack. 11th July 2020, 08:46 AM

Fulham kept their faint hopes of automatic promotion alive with a 2-0 win that dents Cardiff's play-off bid.

Aleksandar Mitrovic marked his return from suspension with a first-half penalty before Josh Onomah crashed home a second for the hosts after the break.

The Bluebirds have lost back-to-back games and will be leapfrogged by bitter rivals Swansea City if they can beat league leaders Leeds United on Sunday.

Fulham's fourth successive win sees them move four points behind West Brom.

The Cottagers visit the second-placed Baggies on Tuesday, the same night that Cardiff will host another play-off contender, Derby County, by which time Swansea may have knocked them out of the top six.

Posted by: Wall 11th July 2020, 09:20 AM

Cardiff suffering two defeats in a row could be costly as their currently 6th in the Championship! If Derby win against Brentford today, it will be a huge match for both next week! It’s all very close as Blackburn, Swansea and Preston all have difficult matches today but a win makes it even tighter

Posted by: Oliver 14th July 2020, 06:10 PM

What an utterly embarrassing shit show. Sooner we get relegated the better, might make our cancerous owners finally leave!

Posted by: Mack. 14th July 2020, 06:28 PM

What the hell happened in the first half to Hull?

Posted by: Steve201 14th July 2020, 06:49 PM

Wild like!

Posted by: Wall 14th July 2020, 07:06 PM

Wigan winning 8-0 is comical, I’m sure they’d be top of the league since the restart!

Posted by: Wall 14th July 2020, 07:06 PM

Also looking likely of Leeds winning the championship now

Posted by: Mack. 14th July 2020, 07:22 PM

Surely now Leeds will got promoted unless there's another twist.

Posted by: Suedehead2 14th July 2020, 07:27 PM

QUOTE(Wall @ Jul 14 2020, 08:06 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 14th July 2020, 08:51 PM

There goes Derby County's play-off chances for another year.

Posted by: Mack. 16th July 2020, 06:06 PM

Leeds now need one point from the final two games to be assured of promotion.

Posted by: Mack. 17th July 2020, 07:42 PM

Leeds United have been promoted to the Premier League after 16 years away.

Their place in the top flight for next season was confirmed by West Brom's 2-1 defeat at Huddersfield Town on Friday.

Leeds will now be crowned champions if Brentford do not beat Stoke on Saturday or the Whites then take a point from Sunday's visit to Derby County.

Pete, how does it feel?

Posted by: Houdini 17th July 2020, 07:43 PM

Leeds have been promoted to the Premier League after West Brom lost to Huddersfield. This also opens the door for Brentford to get into the 2nd automatic place if they win their next match.

I'm hoping Brentford manage to get promoted as it would be something new to see. As for Leeds "the war of the roses" starts again next season after 16 years. Their promotion has been coming for a long while.

Posted by: Wall 17th July 2020, 07:54 PM

I——

West Brom going to finish third would be tragic! I still feel like they would win the play offs though

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 17th July 2020, 07:55 PM

Leeds are up! Great news, will be good to see them in the first flight of English football for the first time since I actually started watching football.

I'm sure it'll get very rowdy in Leeds tonight, part of the reason I'm glad I moved to Wiltshire two weeks ago

Posted by: Rooney 17th July 2020, 08:06 PM

Happy to see Leeds back only for their fans to go through torture again and for there to be an extra Derby game for Manchester United! Fancy Brentford to go up now, West Brom's form is quite patchy, but doesn't bode well for the play-offs..

Posted by: Steve201 18th July 2020, 08:02 AM

Was loving when Huddersfield took the lead lastnyt means it's in Brentford's hands for the first time. Avoiding defeat vs Stoke will mean they are in second spot due to their 12 goal lead in GD meaning it'll be like an extra point for them.

Posted by: Mack. 18th July 2020, 02:58 PM

What an opportunity missed for Brentford.

Posted by: Steve201 18th July 2020, 06:30 PM

I'm gutted tbh!

Posted by: Wall 22nd July 2020, 07:20 PM

So they’ve decided that Wigan point deduction will stand this season despite originally saying it would come into play next season if they survived.

I really pray they beat Fulham tonight, justice.

Posted by: Wall 22nd July 2020, 08:27 PM

Nottingham Forrest f***ed it

Also did wba or Brentford want to get promoted ?

Posted by: Mack. 22nd July 2020, 08:33 PM

Brentford choked at the vital opportunity.

Posted by: Suedehead2 22nd July 2020, 09:13 PM

QUOTE(Wall @ Jul 22 2020, 08:20 PM)

Posted by: Houdini 23rd July 2020, 12:10 AM

Can't say that I'm looking forward to seeing West Brom back in the Premier League but hopefully Brentford will make it through the play offs instead. Fulham, Cardiff & Swansea all have a chance of promotion as well after all three of them got relegated in recent seasons. Wigan will be very strong favourites for League One next season, they should win that league with ease as they are clearly too good for it.

Posted by: Steve201 23rd July 2020, 12:56 PM

Wonder how many players will leave Wigan with relegation though!?

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld 23rd July 2020, 03:00 PM

Posted by: Flatcap 23rd July 2020, 08:47 PM

^

I too hope Brentford will make it through the play-offs, would like to see another name in the list of clubs who have played in the Premier League.

Posted by: Mack. 23rd July 2020, 09:44 PM

Huddersfield Town have appointed Leeds United assistant Carlos Corberan as their new head coach.

The 37-year-old has spent the past three years with the Whites and coached the club's under-23s as well as being on Marcelo Bielsa's staff.

He replaces Danny Cowley after the ex-Lincoln manager was sacked on Sunday.

Posted by: Steve201 26th July 2020, 07:01 PM

Never a ref that for Rico Henry!

After Reya saved Ayews penalty too.

Posted by: Mack. 28th July 2020, 10:08 PM

Posted by: Steve201 29th July 2020, 08:16 AM

Done a great job there all things considered.

Posted by: Mack. 29th July 2020, 10:23 PM

Brentford overturned a first-leg deficit to beat Swansea City 3-2 on aggregate and book their spot in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Posted by: Wall 31st July 2020, 06:16 PM

Sheffield Wednesday have been deducted 12 points for breaking rules but it doesn’t apply until next season. Had it applied this season they would have finished bottom of the league.

Surely Wigan can kick up a fuss about this as originally their deduction was next season but they changed their minds the final game of the season

Posted by: RabbitFurCoat 31st July 2020, 06:52 PM

It will be Charlton that would kick up a fuss, although they're also in a state with no one quite sure what's happening with ownership so may not fight it. Barsnley said they would fight any penalty applied next season in the event of them being relegated.

Wigan's deduction was always going to be applied this season. A points penalty for administration is only applied in the following season if the club are relegated the season they go into admin, they couldn't finish in the relegation zone with about 3 games to go so was always going to be applied to the final table

Posted by: Mack. 31st July 2020, 07:32 PM

Aitor Karanka has been appointed the new head coach at Birmingham City, signing a three-year contract.

Posted by: Mack. 31st July 2020, 07:37 PM

Posted by: Wall 31st July 2020, 08:03 PM

I wonder if other teams are going to be deduced points, were Birmingham not rumoured to receive a deduction too?

Posted by: Houdini 4th August 2020, 09:35 PM

Gutted for Brentford, it would have been nice to have a brand new team in the Premier League but instead we have boring Fulham yet again who will probably just end up going straight back down next year. Add West Brom to this and the promotions this year don't look too promising apart from Leeds.

Posted by: Rooney 4th August 2020, 09:48 PM

QUOTE(Houdini @ Aug 4 2020, 10:35 PM)

Posted by: Suedehead2 4th August 2020, 09:49 PM

QUOTE(Rooney @ Aug 4 2020, 10:48 PM)

Posted by: fchd 4th August 2020, 10:23 PM

Fulham will have the money to invest, hoepfully on defenders this time around. They'll certainly have to play better than they did tonight but there's still a lot of mediocre teams in the Premier League. Are they that much worse than Brighton, Aston Villa, Southampton, Everton even?

Posted by: Steve201 4th August 2020, 10:54 PM

Gutted Brentford didn't go up as they're my championship club but well done to Fulham and Scott Parker he's done an amazing job this year. It's def not the same Fulham as came up last time though they have a more solidity and steeliness to their play if anyone watched their games this year. The tactics in the final there were an example of that, spot on to counter the Benrahma threat.

If lamps went to Chelsea after losing the playoff last season surely Parker is in line for a top 6 job now?!

Posted by: Rooney 4th August 2020, 11:48 PM

QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Aug 4 2020, 10:49 PM)

Isn't that what most people thought about Sheffield Utd?

QUOTE(fchd @ Aug 4 2020, 11:23 PM)

Posted by: Houdini 4th August 2020, 11:59 PM

With teams like Fulham, West Brom, Norwich it feels like getting promotion just for the sake of it, just because they happened to be in the top 2 or in the play offs at the end of the season only for them to get relegated back not too long after. It must be hard to get your head around going up and down so frequently, I remember Birmingham used to be like this as well years ago until their most recent relegation kept them in the EFL leagues.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld 5th August 2020, 06:43 AM

Posted by: Mack. 5th August 2020, 12:08 PM

Now Fulham, don't go and spend £100m on players and get relegated.

Real shame about Brentford not getting promoted, it may be their best opportunity for a while to get promoted to the Premier League.

Posted by: Jerry Seinfeld 5th August 2020, 06:33 PM