Kristian Downer

Having summarised the completed deals in the Championship last week, during my review of how much was being spent I found myself struggling to work out how much each club has been spending on their new players this transfer window. This is because over the last decade the practice of publishing the details of the value of […]

Join us on FACEBOOK Last week this site featured a guest post by Connor Diggin who ignited the debate about the role of money in football, by suggesting that investment by teams such as Leicester was ruining the game. This is not an attitude that I share as I believe that this nostalgic ideal is […]

Last week ChampionshipTalk published research on the average cost of a season ticket in the NPower Championship. Further research shows that the headline figures hide the complex ticket pricing strategies employed by clubs can mean that determining how much the person in front of you paid for their seat is difficult to fathom. Attempting to decipher […]

We have spent the last week or so looking at the players that have already signed for a club in the Championship. Whilst some such as Derby have already signed a gaggle of players others have yet to get going in the market even though we are now well into pre-season. This may appear worrying […]

The series looking at the completed deals thus far in the Championship is concluded in a rather quiet fashion with few of the alphabetically challenged teams that active in the transfer market thus far with more players going out that coming in. However as per the rest of the series here are the confirmed […]

Last week saw the announcement that Kevin Phillips would not be retiring as many had expected following his release from relegated Birmingham City. The 37 year old striker has instead joined Blackpool on a one year contract continuing a career that has seen Phillips rise from the non-league football to play for seven different clubs. […]

The chance to write about football is great as I get to talk about something that I have a true passion about to people that share this with me. Sadly between watching and writing about football I am obligated to spend 7.5 hours each week day working a day job, which cuts into the time […]

We continue our round up of the transfers that have been agreed in the Championship so far, whilst not exhaustive these are done deals and feel free to comment if you think I have missed any important transfers. Cham­pi­onshipTalk is now has a page on Face­book and you can fol­low Kris­t­ian Downer on Twit­ter! Millwall Darius Henderson […]

Our summary of confirmed deals rather than speculation continues today covering Hull, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester and Middlesbrough. Remember these are confirmed purchases rather than a rumour I heard from my mate Paul who claims to be best friends with Alex Ferguson’s best friend’s sister’s aunties cousin’s babysitter. Cham­pi­onshipTalk is now on Face­book and you can […]

As part of our summary of some of the deals that have been made in the Championship so far here are some of the players that have bought in the Championship from Cardiff to Doncaster. Cardiff City Don Cowie (Watford) –Free Transfer Craig Conway (Dundee United) – Free transfer Andrew Taylor (Middlesbrough) –Free Transfer Robert […]

A this time of year the tabloids morph into a machine of unadulterated speculation with very little footing in reality, churning out transfer speculation in the hope of shifting a few extra copies. Suddenly every journalist has inside sources that they just cannot reveal and the inside scoop on who is moving where, working on the principle […]

This week marks the start of pre-season training at clubs across England as the wind up to the first game of the season which is now just one month away. Whilst in the Premiership this increasingly means far flung tours to regions such as South East Asia or North America chasing the money, the Football League […]

The old season is now well and truly behind us and as we start looking forward to the new it is time to welcome the six teams that will be playing in the Championship next season following promotion from League One or relegation from the Premiership. A rollercoaster final day of the Premier League last […]

The last few days have seen a power struggle at St Andrews with Alex McLeish resigning only for the Birmingham board to reject his resignation in the wake of interest from Aston Villa. Speaking about the approach from Aston Villa acting Birmingham chairman Peter Pannu was adamant that 'It will cost you as he's still […]

Nottingham Forest have punished Billy Davies for failing to get the team promoted or toeing the line with Chairman Nigel Doughty by sacking him with immediate effect. Davies had always had a tumultuous relationship with the club’s board and it is the timing rather than the decision that is surprising after the club failed to […]