Paul Scharner. There’s a name you probably haven’t heard in a long minute, or perhaps not at all depending on when you started your relationship with the beautiful game. For the uninitiated, Scharner was a man – a man’s man. A man who did whatever he damn well pleased with the hair on his head […]

Best XI:  Best Performer: Many players have impressed this season, with the goalscorers Patrick Bamford, Kike and Lee Tomlin crucial to the team's success. However, there’s no doubt about it, skipper and midfield general Grant Leadbitter has been the outstanding player this season, popping up with nine goals in 18 games – a stat strikers […]

Soccer is often referred to as a game of two halves. Well, for Norwich City so far this season, with only 17 games played, it has already proven to be a season of two halves. Norwich started with a flourish, and quickly raced to the top of the table, proving right many of the pundits […]

The English Championship is usually a tight league but the early signs of this season show it to be the closest one yet with two points separating first to eighth place in the table. The early season table toppers are Norwich City managed by former player Neil Adams. In recent weeks, they have drawn a few […]

Being a Fulham supporter I feel is a unique experience, as I have gone through many incredible moments such as watching the team play in a Europa League Final, but I have seen the other side now, as the club is currently struggling in the Championship after being relegated from the Barclays Premier League. Through […]

With Fulham starting life in the Championship slowly, following their relegation from the English Premier League, it is hard to see the finger pointing and recriminations at the London club slowing down anytime soon. At the heart of the inquisition you will find the name of Greece striker Kostas Mitroglou, who signed from Olympiacos in […]

Competitive English football is back this weekend, as what is arguably the most exciting league in Europe starts up again. The Championship – English football’s second tier – was nothing short of exhilarating last season. The race to avoid relegation, the fight for playoff spots and clamor for automatic promotion went right down to the […]

This week’s game of the week was the Saturday evening kick off at Bramall Lane, which was screened live on BSKYB. Those fortunate enough to catch the game either from the stands or via their television were treated to a five goal thriller featuring two sending offs, three penalties and a bucket load of late drama.

Ever since Blackpool won promotion in that pulsating Championship Play-Off Final back in May, things have been a little quiet in the North West. Even Ian Holloway, the manager who is known and loved for his bizarre and occasionally weird post match comments has been a little shy. There is no doubt that everyone involved […]

It's hard to deny that Leeds United fans have had to suffer for the past half a decade. It was always one of England's biggest teams, in the 60's and 70's Leeds were in the same mould as what the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal are today. I won't go into the downfall of things […]

Not too long ago, I wrote a blog regarding the six new teams that would be playing in the Championship next season via relegation and promotion. One of these teams is Hull City, a side that has had an adventurous past decade or so. My belief was that Hull wouldn't be promoted straight back to […]

It certainly doesn't feel like every season we see six different teams in the Championship, and depending what way you enter the league can often dictate expectations for a club. After the weekend's League One Playoff final, we now know the three teams that will be playing the Championship via relegation from the Premiership and […]

Congratulations to Blackpool FC for winning the Championship Playoff Final today and being promoted to the Premier League. Here are some pictures from Blackpool's day in the sunshine. More after the jump.

Blackpool's promotion to the best league in the world today was exactly what the Premier League needed. In a season with plenty of highs and lows on and off the pitch, it was down to feel-good stories from Fulham, Portsmouth and Blackpool this season to end the 2009-10 football calendar on a high. Congratulations go […]

Today's Championship Playoff Final is often called the richest final in the sport. The winner stands to gain around 90 million pounds, which is far more than the 36 million pound prize on offer in this afternoon’s Champions League final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. Needless to say, this match is massive for both […]