Stephen O'brien

Wolves kept up their hot start to the season with a 2-0 win against Bristol City Saturday. Michael Knightly and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake found the net for Wolves and added another three points to the early promotion contenders tally. Birmingham kept pace with a 2-1 victory over Cardiff with James McFadden and Owusu-Abeyie Quincy scoring for the […]

Here is the Carling Cup draw for the remaining Championship sides. The matches will be played the week of November 10th. Chelsea v Burnely -Stamford Bridge Swansea City v Watford – Liberty Stadium Manchester United v QPR – Old Trafford Brighton/Derby County v Leeds United The Brighton v Derby match will be played on November […]

Wolves ( W-W-W-W-W) v Bristol City ( W-L-D-D-W) 7:30 est Barnsley (D-L-L-W-L) v Norwich ( W-L-W-D-D) 10:00 est Blackpool ( W-L-W-W-L) v Coventry ( W-D-D-L-L) 10:00 est Burnley ( D-W-W-D-D) v Preston ( L-W-D-W-D) 10:00 est Cardiff ( D-W-D-D-D) v Birmingham ( L-W-W-D-W) 10:00 est Charlton ( D-W-L-L-W) v Sheffield Wednesday ( D-L-W-D-D) 10:00 est Doncaster […]

Here are the scores for the Championship teams that were still alive in the Third Round of the Carling Cup. Arsenal 6 ( Bendter 31', 42, Vela 44', 50', 87', Wilshere 57') Sheffield United 0 Burnley 1 ( Rodriguez 88') Fulham 0 Rotherham 3 ( Fenton 20', Harrison 56', Broughton 69') Southampton 1 ( John […]

The Football League ruled today that ticket prices for the QPR-Derby match on Saturday will be what was agreed between the clubs before the season began. QPR raised ticket prices for Derby fans by 10 quid but Derby refused to pay the increase and appealed to Football League. The ruling today states that Derby fans […]

Here is the current Coca-Cola Championship Table as of 17 September 2008. Postion Team Games Played Goal Difference Points 1. Wolves 6 12 16 2. Birmingham 6 6 16 3. Preston NE 6 5 14 4. QPR 6 4 13 5. Reading 6 6 10 6. Cardiff City 6 2 10 7. Bristol City 6 3 9 8. Charlton 6 1 9 9. Sheffield United 6 3 8 10. Swansea City 6 -1 […]

16 September Barnsley (L-W-L-L-L) v Cardiff City (D-D-D-D-W) Bristol City (D-D-W-D-W) v Birmingham ( W-D-W-W-W) Burnely ( W-D-D-L-L) v Blackpool (W-W-L-D-L) Doncaster ( L-W-L-D-W) v Charlton (L-L-W-L-W) Preston NE ( D-W-D-W-W) v Nottingham Forest ( L-L-W-L-D) Sheffield Untied (L-D-W-W-L) v Coventry City ( D-L-L-W-W) Swansea City ( L-D-W-W-L) v Derby County (W-L-L-D-L) Watford ( L-W-L-W-D) […]

Wolves and Birmingham kept up their push for the two automatic promotion spots to the Premier League, Derby County finally got their first league win in 361 days making this writer a very happy girl. Here are all the scores from this weekends action, the Championship resumes this Tuesday with a full slate of matches. Birmingham […]

Now that the International break is over with for the time being, the battle for promotion resumes in the Championship this weekend and here are your fixtures. Birmingham (D-W-W-W) v Doncaster (W-L-D-W) Ipswich (L-L-W-L) v Reading (W-L-W-D) Blackpool (W-L-D-L) v Barnsley (W-L-L-L) Cardiff City (D-D-D-W) v Bristol City (D-W-D-W) Charlton (L-W-L-W) v Wolves (W-W-W-D) Coventry […]

The first month in the campaign to win promotion to the BPL is over and here are my thoughts on the CCC season so far and lord knows it will probably change by the end of the season. The relegated teams from the BPL last year are having solid seasons minus Derby County. Birmingham are […]

The draw for the third round of the Carling Cup has been made and here are the draws for the Championship Clubs still alive. The matches will be played the week of 22 September. Arsenal v Sheffield United Brighton Hove& Albion/Man City v Derby County Burnley v Fulham Rotherham United v Southampton Swansea City v […]

Southampton (W-L-L) v Blackpool (L-D-L) Swansea City (W-W-L) v Sheffield Wednesday (D-L-W) Wolves (W-W-D) v Nottingham Forest (W-L-D) Barnsley ( L-L-L) v Derby County (L-D-L) Bristol City (W-D-W) v QPR (W-L-W) Burnley (D-L-L) v Plymouth (L-L-D) Doncaster (L-D-W) v Coventry City (L-W-W) Norwich (D-D-L) v Birmingham (W-W-W) Preston (D-W-W) v Charlton (W-L-W) Reading (L-W-D) v […]

The Second Round of the Carling Cup is finished and the 16 CCC teams that made it to the Second Round, 10 made thier way to the third round which will be drawn live on Sky Sports Saturday August 30th and played the week of the 21st of September. I will have the Third Round […]

Week Three is done and dusted and here are your scorers, those red-carded and updated table (on the right side of the page) for the Championship. Charlton 4( Holland 26', Gray (pen) 42', Varney 69', Bouazza 72') Reading 2 ( Sonko 45', Hunt (pen) 54') Birmingham 2( Phillips 13', O'Connor 45') Barnsley 0 Coventry City […]

Here are the matches for week three in the CCC. Charlton ( W-L) v Reading (W-D) – Madjeski Stadium Birmingham (W-W) v Barnsley (L-L) -St. Andrews Stadium Coventry (W-W) v Bristol City (W-D) – Richo Arena Blackpool (D-L) v Sheffield United (W-L) – Bloomfield Road Crystal Palace (L-D) v Burnely (L-L) – Selhurst Park Cardiff […]