As the dust settles on a thrilling ‘Survival Sunday’ Blackpool and Birmingham are joining West Ham in the realisation of their relegation and life in the Championship next season. This site talks a lot about the great qualities of the Championship yet this is going to be scant consolation to fans of three different clubs […]

Today is ‘Survival Sunday’ as the five teams in danger of relegation from the Premier League play the final game of the season that will decide their fate. Two of the five teams will be relegated and featuring in ChampionshipTalk regularly next season is unlikely to provide much consolation in what is one of the cruelest […]

The relegation battle in the Premier League will be decided on Sunday with five teams all in danger of having to play Championship football next season. Of those in the relegation fight there is one team amongst the five threatened teams that has caught the imagination of the neutral this season and will be roared […]

The Championship play-off final will be contested between Reading and Swansea on the 30th of May at Wembley stadium. The winner will gain a place in the Premier League next season competing against the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City. The loser will be quickly forgotten and have to cope with the mental […]

Tonight Swansea City and Nottingham Forest will play the second leg of their play-off semi final at the Liberty stadium. The tie is currently evenly balanced with even the smallest of factors potentially the difference between success and failure. Therefore Swansea fans will hope that the small things are with them in a fixture which may define […]

After forty six hard fought games Swansea, Reading, Cardiff and Nottingham Forest have been rewarded for their efforts with a place on the play off rollercoaster. The play offs consist of two rounds; a two legged semi final where third plays sixth and third plays fourth and a final played at Wembley, with the winner gaining […]

Today signals the end of the regular Championship season with just the play offs remaining to decide the team that will join Queens Park Rangers and Norwich in the Premier League next season. Commiserations must go to Scunthorpe, Preston and Sheffield United who have been relegated and will start next season in League One. The […]

The FA still ruled that Queens Park Rangers were guilty of two charges in the Alejandro Faurlin case but that a points deduction would not be levied. This means that after months of uncertainty it is finally safe to say congratulations to Queens Park Rangers on promotion to the Premier League as champions. Neil Warnock’s […]

If you scan the major football news sites it is impossible to avoid the ongoing legal saga at Queens Park Rangers, that is overshadowing the fine achievement of gaining promotion to the Premier League. Before I give my analysis/ramblings on the situation I think I should not that my views are based on my opinion […]

On the 3rd of May 2009 Norwich lost against Charlton confirming their relegation to League One for the first time since 1960, marking a low moment for the club. This however was eclipsed on the opening day of the following season as Norwich marked their first game in League One with a 7-1 humiliation at home […]

The BBC are known for attempting to remain impartial and keep an air of decorum, however when BBC Radio Norfolk commentated on the late winner at Carrow Road against Derby, the commentary team were unable to control their joy at their county's side scoring a late winner. Here is the recording, which shows just how […]

Today has been one of the stand out days in the Championship as Norwich and Cardiff took it in turns to occupy the final automatic place and deny Queens Park Rangers confirmation of their promotion to the Premier League. Cardiff did their job by recording a relatively straight forward victory that relegates Preston North End. […]

Congratulations to Queens Park Rangers on gaining promotion, bar a disaster on goal difference to the Premier League ending a fifteen year wait to rejoin the top tier of English football. QPR were expecting confirmation of promotion to win today, however failure to win and victories for Cardiff and Norwich mean that theoretically the West London […]

Easter Monday sees a full program of fixtures in the Npower Championship with most sides entering their final three games of the season. With so few games left in the season, every game is important and every point vital in the battles for both relegation and promotion in the Championship. ChampionshipTalk looks at the key […]

Nottingham Forest and Norwich fans enjoyed a double celebration this weekend as they boosted their promotion chances and secured bragging rights with victories over local rivals Leicester and Ipswich respectively.  East Anglian Derby  Norwich and Ipswich faced off for the East Anglian Derby with both sides in form with Ipswich continuing a post Roy Keane […]