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Posted by: Mack Jun 13 2017, 12:25 PM

The 2017/18 season of the Sky Bet League One will begin on Friday 5th August.


• Replacing the four promoted and three relegated teams from last season are Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Rotherham, Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle, Donacaster Rovers and Blackpool
•Pre-season managerial changes have already occurred at Wigan Athletic and Portsmouth


Any early predictions?

Fixtures will be released next Wednesday.

Posted by: Mack Jun 23 2017, 11:36 AM

Opening Fixtures:


Saturday, 5 August

Bradford City v Blackpool
Bury v Walsall
Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers
Doncaster Rovers v Gillingham
Fleetwood Town v Rotherham United
Milton Keynes Dons v Wigan Athletic
Oldham Athletic v Oxford United
Peterborough United v Plymouth Argyle
Portsmouth v Rochdale
Scunthorpe United v AFC Wimbledon
Shrewsbury Town v Northampton Town
Southend United v Blackburn Rovers

Posted by: Houdini Jun 27 2017, 05:59 PM

Frank Lampard is holding talks with Oxford over the vacant manager's position.

Posted by: Mack Jul 2 2017, 04:51 PM

Odds: (Coral)

Blackburn 9-2f
Wigan 15-2
Portsmouth 8-1
Bradford City 9-1
MK Dons 12-1
Oxford United 12-1
Charlton Athletic 16-1
Bristol Rovers 16-1
Scunthrope 18-1
Peterborough 20-1
Bury 20-1
Northampton Town 20-1
Fleetwood 25-1
Southend 25-1
Doncaster Rovers 25-1
Rotherham 25-1
Rochdale 28-1
Plymouth 33-1
AFC Wimbledon 33-1
Walsall 50-1
Gillingham 50-1
Oldham 66-1
Blackpool 66-1
Shrewsbury 80-1

Posted by: Mack Aug 20 2017, 10:11 PM

Solid and great start to the season for Wigan.

Posted by: Steve201 Aug 22 2017, 03:32 PM

Yeh I'm rooting for Fleetwood to be finally promoted this season - another small club in the chamipionship!

Posted by: Flatcap Aug 23 2017, 12:29 AM

I'll be rooting for Shrewsbury this season, I usually have a team in each tier down to National League North and South, the Scottish football league and the Welsh Premier. Last season it was Coventry, so that didn't go too well.

Posted by: Fogarty Sep 4 2017, 03:17 PM

John Sheridan still manager of Oldham following a poor start to the season.


Posted by: Mack. Sep 13 2017, 07:49 AM

So far a surprising club on top of the league with Shrewsbury Town leading after 7 games.


Posted by: Mack. Sep 22 2017, 09:20 PM

Shame to see Franchise Club beat AFC Wimbledon tonight. Bit surprised it was played at night.

Posted by: blackmint Sep 23 2017, 04:43 AM

Chalton is champion biggrin.gif

Posted by: Mack. Sep 23 2017, 02:46 PM

Are you a Charlton Athletic supporter then, blackmint?

Posted by: Steve201 Sep 24 2017, 09:54 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Sep 22 2017, 10:20 PM) *
Shame to see Franchise Club beat AFC Wimbledon tonight. Bit surprised it was played at night.


AFC Wimbledon may get in trouble for referring to MK Dons as MK at the game lol.

Posted by: Flatcap Sep 25 2017, 03:55 PM

Oldham have parted company with John Sheridan by mutual consent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41239989

Ady Pennock has also left Gillingham by mutual consent.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41386079

Posted by: HeadlessJockey Oct 1 2017, 04:45 PM

And Shrewsbury Town still remain unbeaten following a 2-0 win over Scunthorpe United. A great start to the season for them.


Posted by: Steve201 Oct 2 2017, 06:33 PM

Shrewsbury are doing fantastically!

Posted by: Flatcap Oct 2 2017, 08:04 PM

Shrewsbury are doing a lot better than I thought they would.

Posted by: Hocus Pokus Oct 2 2017, 09:02 PM

My hometown Gillingham are practically rock bottom, they were practically so close to winning the league 2 years ago, till they blew it in the play offs. I can see them going down a league at the end of this season, they certainly need to pick themselves up a bit and start scoring.

Posted by: OutstandingMike Oct 2 2017, 10:18 PM

QUOTE(Hocus Pokus @ Oct 2 2017, 10:02 PM) *
My hometown Gillingham are practically rock bottom, they were practically so close to winning the league 2 years ago, till they blew it in the play offs.


Gillingham actually finished 9th! tongue.gif

Also, 18 points off the top spot isn't exactly close to winning the league... laugh.gif

Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack Nov 3 2017, 12:15 PM

And still Shrewsbury remain in the Top 2, fantastic start to the seaaon for them.

Posted by: Flatcap Nov 30 2017, 09:41 PM

Since this thread was last updated, a couple of managerial movements.

Bury have appointed Chris Lucketti as manager (replacing Lee Clark) and Gillingham have appointed Steve Lovell (replacing Ady Pennock).

Richie Wellens has also been appointed as manager at Oldham Athletic with Paul Jewell recently added as assistant.


Posted by: Mack'sXmasSack Dec 3 2017, 09:12 AM

J can see Wigan probably consolidating the top spot in the league after moving top spot last week.

Posted by: MvG501 Jan 19 2018, 10:54 PM

Southend have sacked Phil Brown.

Posted by: MvG501 Jan 20 2018, 11:33 PM

MK Dons have parted company with manager Robbie Neilson.

Posted by: Flatcap Jan 22 2018, 11:58 AM

Chris Lucketti has been sacked and so has Pep Clotet. Just updating the managerial merry go round..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42687587

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42772878

Posted by: MvG501 Jan 23 2018, 12:55 PM

Southend have appointed Chris Powell as their new manager.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42731682


And MK Dons have appointed Dan Micciche as their new manager

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42789224

Posted by: Mack. Feb 4 2018, 04:45 PM

And back to the automatic promotion places go Shrewsbury Town by beating Bristol Rovers with a game in hand over Blackburn.


Posted by: Mack. Feb 5 2018, 11:25 PM

Bradford City have sacked manager Stuart McCall after a run of six straight defeats in all competitions.

Posted by: Flatcap Feb 14 2018, 10:01 PM

Simon Grayson has been appointed in McCall's place.

Posted by: Suedehead2 Feb 14 2018, 10:05 PM

QUOTE(MvG501 @ Jan 23 2018, 12:55 PM) *
Southend have appointed Chris Powell as their new manager.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42731682
And MK Dons have appointed Dan Micciche as their new manager

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42789224

Southend are doing well under their new manager so far.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Feb 15 2018, 10:33 AM

And MK Dons aren't tongue.gif

Posted by: Mack. Feb 17 2018, 10:54 PM

Fleetwood have sacked Uwe Rosler as their head coach after six straight league defeats.

Posted by: Flatcap Feb 23 2018, 09:36 PM

John Sheridan has been named as the new Fleetwood boss.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43158401

Posted by: Steve201 Feb 24 2018, 11:29 PM

How do these bosses keep getting new jobs??

Posted by: Mack. Feb 25 2018, 10:48 PM

Peterborough United have sacked manager Grant McCann after just one win in their last nine matches.

Posted by: Mack. Feb 27 2018, 11:29 PM

Blackburn Rovers extended their lead at the top of League One to four points thanks to a 3-0 victory at AFC Wimbledon tonight.

Posted by: Mack. Feb 28 2018, 01:25 PM

Peterborough United have named Steve Evans as their new manager, less than 24 hours after the Scot resigned as Mansfield boss.

Posted by: Flatcap Mar 1 2018, 12:17 PM

Indeed he has joined Peterborough along with Paul Raynor.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43213736

Posted by: Mack. Mar 2 2018, 08:46 PM

These all off due to the snow:

AFC Wimbledon vs Charlton Athletic
Blackpool vs Northampton Town
Bradford City vs Portsmouth
Doncaster Rovers vs Bury
Gillingham vs Rotherham United
Rochdale vs Plymouth Argyle
Shrewsbury Town vs Peterborough United

Posted by: Mack. Mar 12 2018, 07:43 PM

Walsall have sacked Jon Whitney as their manager after two years at the club.


Posted by: Mack. Mar 14 2018, 10:46 PM

Wigan left it late at Bradford.

Michael Jacobs' goal in injury time was enough to send them back into the top two.

Posted by: Flatcap Mar 17 2018, 08:48 AM

Walsall have appointed Dean Keates to succeed Whitney.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43423513

Posted by: Mack. Mar 19 2018, 11:23 PM

Bradford lose 2-0 away to Doncaster which keeps them seven points behind Argyle in the last of the League One play-off places - with only one game in hand now.

Posted by: Steve201 Mar 21 2018, 09:58 PM

Big club that underperforms at that level Bradford are!

Posted by: Mack. Mar 31 2018, 12:13 AM

Scunthorpe sack Graham Alexander. 5th in the league, what else are they expecting?

Posted by: Mack. Mar 31 2018, 11:37 PM

Gutting for Shrewsbury as they dropped out of the promotion places with that loss to Rochdale yesterday.

Posted by: Steve201 Mar 31 2018, 11:50 PM

Yeh with Wigans games in hand can't see anyone but them and Blackburn heading up, pity we need more smaller clubs getting into the championship like Yeovil and Burton have!

Posted by: Mack. Mar 31 2018, 11:58 PM

There is still the playoffs for Shrewsbury. I hope this isn't a decline for them in the last few weeks of the season.

Posted by: Steve201 Apr 2 2018, 09:05 AM

For a team like Shrewsbury just missing out will mean they will do poorly in the playoffs for me, it's always the way unfort. Probably fall away next season too as they are a small club.

Posted by: Mack. Apr 3 2018, 02:22 PM

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink was sacked as manager of League One strugglers Northampton Town after their 2-0 defeat at Peterborough yesterday.

The ex-Chelsea and Netherlands striker arrived on a three-year deal in September, replacing Justin Edinburgh.

Posted by: Mack. Apr 17 2018, 10:38 PM

Something you don't want to see at a game:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/pitch-invader-attempts-attack-referee-12382275.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Apr 18 2018, 03:28 PM

Eek, at least no-one was injured. Referees really need to be shown more respect for what they do.

Posted by: Mack. Apr 18 2018, 03:56 PM

Fleetwood are set to appoint..... Joey Barton as their new manager.

Posted by: Steve201 Apr 19 2018, 10:04 PM

Disappointing Blackburn and Wigan have kept winning, Shrewsbury heading to the playoffs being 8 points behind the top 2 with only a game in hand!

Posted by: Mack. Apr 25 2018, 05:02 PM

And back to the Championship go Blackburn as they did last night.


Posted by: Mack. Apr 28 2018, 05:06 PM

Franchise FC have been relegated to League Two.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds Apr 28 2018, 05:33 PM

Not great for my MK Dons SoccerManager team then, looks like I'll have to brace for a lot of rating decreases then tongue.gif Or make some quick transfers.

(and apparently they've cancelled the first-team awards ceremony, eek)

Posted by: Suedehead2 May 1 2018, 10:25 PM

Much rejoicing as real Wimbledon secured safety tonight meaning they can look down on Franchise FC next season.

Posted by: Steve201 May 6 2018, 12:46 AM

Oldham get relegated to League 2 while Keith Hill keeps Rochdale up for another season!

Posted by: Mack. May 7 2018, 10:48 AM

Play-off semi-finals

Charlton v Shrewsbury
Scunthorpe v Rotherham


Posted by: Mack. May 17 2018, 10:56 AM

In the play-off final it will be:

Shrewsbury v Rotherham


Posted by: Mack. May 28 2018, 10:46 PM

Shame to have seen Shrewsbury miss out and Rotherham going up. It will be a big ask if Shrewsbury were to make a promotion challenge next season.

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