Championship

With the Championship season in full throttle there seem to be a myriad of teams battling it out at the top end of the table for those precious two automatic promotion spots. Norwich and Swansea City appear to be leading the Championship pack, with the Canaries sitting at the apex of the table and the […]

West Bromwich Albion head coach Slaven Bilic saw his side claim a gold-plated place in the Premier League with a draw against Queens Park Rangers and declared: I am the proudest man alive. The Baggies, whose fans have adopted the stirring hymn “The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want” as their anthem, will go to […]

As the football world eyes developments regards the resumption of games that have been halted because of the Covid-19 crisis, Sheffield Wednesday owner Dejphon Chansiri will be paying particular attention –because the Owls supremo is weighing up how to come to terms with the pressing issue of his current manager, Gary Monk. The Hillsborough head […]

In becoming a player/coach with Derby County for 2019/20, Wayne Rooney underlines the East Midlands club’s reputation as a breeding ground for promising young coaches, and managers-in-waiting. For most living Rams fans, Brian Clough’s glorious reign at the club is the obvious genesis of this reputation. Retired at the age of just 26 due to […]

New Luton Town boss Graeme Jones faces something of a baptism of fire on Friday when he takes charge of the newly-promoted Hatters as they host Middlesbrough in the first Sky Bet Championship fixture of the 2019/20 campaign. Jones, who has previously worked under Spanish coach Roberto Martinez (notably as an assistant coach of the […]

Leeds United narrowly missed out on securing a place in the Premier League last term — but their scintillating brand of football still have punters convinced they are destined for the top flight. But one aspect of being the side that everyone aims to beat is that the bigger fish come circling looking for bites. […]

It’s weird. It’s hard to put into words. Yes we’ve clinched promotion and yes we’ve taken the first step to cracking the elite, but it’s all just a bit meh. Not only was it an anti-climax with promotion being sealed when Fulham dropped points at home to Brentford, but the game against Blues was a […]

In memory of the late great Ray Wilkins, QPR manager Ian Holloway dedicated his side’s 4-2 thumping over Sheffield Wednesday to his former Hoops teammate. “I am a very emotional man and Ray’s passing rocked football, the whole world of football – 61 years old is nothing… We feel he was ours, and the beautiful […]

It takes a lot to take my breath away. Nonetheless, every once in a while something happens that does just yet. For there to have been two instances since I last put pen to paper (I know it’s typed, shut up) is simply mind-blowing yet such is the wonder of this season we are having. […]

That’s it. The dream is over. Yes, we’re still top and yes we’ll be in the Premier League next season. Nonetheless, it is somewhat disappointing that we can’t match Reading’s record points haul anymore. I say that because I do believe that we are one of if not the greatest side ever to play in […]

The International break always comes as something of an inconvenience to the modern football fan. For reasons we can’t quite put our fingers on, International football just doesn’t have the same entertainment values as club football but all is well, because QPR are the Championships current form team. Since the turn of the year, Ian […]

You were probably wondering where I was yesterday. Ok, well maybe you weren’t! Never mind. Moving swiftly on. Nothing to recap from a Wolves perspective this week in terms of results due it being an international break, nevertheless, due to us being an absolutely massive club, we had eighteen players out on international duty. International […]

Ian Holloway’s QPR showed tremendous character last Saturday, as his team fought back from 2 goals down to save a point at Fulham’s Craven Cottage. The London Derby was a chance for Fulham to close the gap to Cardiff in 2nd place. At the beginning of the month I wrote how it would be a […]

What a difference a week makes. Birmingham City have not only gone and beat someone, they have completely demolished them and dominated the game. We aren’t used to this, we were used to either sneaking a 1-0 win or getting beat comfortably by teams. Monk has completely changed this side around and I can’t believe […]

A week is considered a long time in football. 604,800 seconds, 10,080 minutes or 168 hours. Mad really isn’t it? If you count to 604,800 in real time, then a week would’ve been and gone. Anyway, the reason why I’m starting with that is that last week, looking back on it, I may have been […]

QPR’s eccentric manager Ian Holloway described his sides 3-1 win at Aston Villa on Tuesday night as a “coupon buster”, as QPR make it back-to-back wins for the first time since October. Eyebrows were raised ahead of the game as Holloway opted to bench talisman Luke Freeman, but he entered the game in the second […]

It seems nothing is changing for Blues, in terms of the results they are getting. We are definitely showing progress under Monk but the players are still making stupid mistakes at the back and we desperately need a goalscorer. The Cardiff game was a prime example of what our season has been like, trying to do […]

It crossed my mind not to do this, this week. We’re still top with a seven-point gap to third which is all that matters in the grand scheme of things, but that didn’t stop me from hurting on Sunday. For once, it had nothing to do with an overzealous consumption of alcohol, instead, it was […]

Massimo Luongo saved a late point for QPR against Derby on Tuesday night at Loftus Road, as he headed home a Luke Freeman free-kick in the 87th minute. The late goal extended Derby’s winless run to 6 games, whilst fan favourite Luongo made it back-to-back goals for the first time in his QPR career. The […]