Replacing the three promoted and three relegated teams are: Luton Town, Burnley, Sheffield United, Portsmouth, Derby County and Oxford United.

 

Pre-season managerial changes have occured at: Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland, Hull City, Norwich City and Burnley.

 

Odds: (Coral)

 

Leeds United 7-2f

Burnley 7-1

Luton Town 9-1

Middlesbrough 14-1

Norwich City 14-1

West Bromwich Albion 14-1

Coventry City 16-1

Sheffield United 16-1

Hull City 20-1

Stoke City 20-1

Watford 20-1

Derby County 25-1

Portsmouth 25-1

QPR 25-1

Sunderland 25-1

Bristol City 33-1

Millwall 33-1

Sheffield Wednesday 33-1

Swansea City 33-1

Blackburn Rovers 40-1

Cardiff City 40-1

Preston North End 40-1

Plymouth Argyle 50-1

Oxford United 80-1

 

Any early predictions?

Opening Fixtures:

 

Friday, 9 August

 

Blackburn Rovers v Derby County (20:00 BST)

Preston North End v Sheffield United (20:00 BST)

 

Saturday, 10 August

 

Cardiff City v Sunderland

Hull City v Bristol City

Leeds United v Portsmouth

Middlesbrough v Swansea City

Millwall v Watford

Oxford United v Norwich City

Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion

 

Stoke City v Coventry City

 

Sunday, 11 August

 

Sheffield Wednesday v Plymouth Argyle (16:00 BST)

 

Monday, 12 August

 

Luton Town v Burnley (20:00 BST)

Club by club fixture guide:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cg33me9eezgo

Stoke City have sacked head coach Steven Schumacher in the wake of Saturday’s defeat to Oxford, the Championship club have confirmed.

 

His departure comes following the Potters’ 1-0 loss at the Kassam Stadium, a result which left Stoke 13th in the table after two wins and three defeats from their opening five matches.

 

Schumacher joined the club from Plymouth Argyle in December 2023, replacing Alex Neil, and subsequently steered the team to Championship safety with a 17th-placed finish last season.

Coventry City owner Doug King has confirmed that Frank Lampard is among the contenders for the Sky Blues head coach's job following last week's sacking of manager Mark Robins.

 

At an hour-long Fans Forum at the Coventry Building Society Arena, King faced some searching questions from impassioned supporters and stated the club had received a number of applications with the next appointment being "very important".

Managerial Changes So Far:

 

Preston North End- Ryan Lowe (By Mutual Consent) [12 August 2024]- [New Manager: Paul Heckingbottom (20 August 2024)

Stoke City- Steven Schumacher (Sacked) [16 September 2024]- [New Manager: Narcis Pelach (18 September 2024)

Cardiff City- Erol Bulut (Sacked) [22 September 2024]

Coventry City- Mark Robins (Sacked) [7 November 2024]

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Lamps again lol

Another win for Leeds today - certainly hoping that this year will be the one we go back up!

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Next Millwall Manager Odds (betVictor)

 

Mark Robins 7-4f

Matt Bloomfield 3-1

Ryan Lowe 4-1

Steve Cooper 8-1

Steven Schumacher 12-1

Gary Rowett 12-1

Michael Appleton 20-1

David Moyes 20-1

Alex Neil 25-1

Cameron Toshack 33-1

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Oxford United head coach Des Buckingham has left his role after 13 months in charge.

 

After an encouraging start to the campaign the U's have struggled in recent weeks and have dropped to within a point of the Championship relegation zone.

 

Buckingham was appointed in November 2023 and led the club to promotion from League One via a play-off final victory at the end of last season.

 

"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Des for everything he has done during his time with us and wish him well for the future," said a club statement.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cn4x1mdkleno

Next Oxford United Manager Odds: (talkSPORT Bet)

 

Gary Rowett 4-5f

Mark Robins 11-4

Paddy McCarthy 5-1

John Terry 12-1

Steven Schumacher 12-1

Steve Cooper 16-1

Ryan Lowe 16-1

Alex Neil 20-1

Matt Bloomfield 25-1

Nathan Jones 33-1

 

Millwall head coach Neil Harris has left the club after Saturday's trip to Middlesbrough.

 

The Lions are currently 11th in the Championship and have not won in their past four games.

 

Harris returned for his second stint in charge of the club in February on a contract until June 2025.

 

The 47-year-old said it was not an easy decision to leave Millwall, where he remains their all-time leading goalscorer and previously spent four years as manager from 2015-2019.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y4mgp8360o

 

Next Millwall Manager (talkSPORT Bet)

 

Steven Schumacher 2-1f

David Wagner 3-1

Gary O'Neil 5-1

Ryan Lowe 5-1

Mark Robins 6-1

Matt Bloomfield 8-1

Gary Rowett 12-1

Jose Mourinho 16-1

Mat Sadler 20-1

Ole Werner 20-1

 

Another win yesterday for Leeds against Derby keeps them top of the table - still only 2 points separating the Top 3 though!

Wayne Rooney doing well again I see

I guess it's just the fact that not every great player is destined to he a great manager. If he does go I hope he can find something that really fits his character.

It’s like championship clubs like Plymouth don’t check his history. He hasn’t had any success anywhere as a manager and yet his star name gets him jobs. Only place he got an effective system in place was derby when they were already going down and he made them hard to beat at least.

 

Didn’t Birmingham sack John eustace to appoint him and nearly got relegated with the latter had already shown how good he was and is still showing that now at Blackburn!