Championship

Weekend Wanderings: Liverpool take on Arsenal as Bolton face Ipswich and Fiorentina host Napoli

August 23, 2019

The euphoria and devastation of football is hard to match on a weekly basis. For most of the year millions of fans regularly tune in to see their team or to look at what [...]

Revisiting Gillingham’s League Survival Fight of 1993, with Tom Simmond’s Midweek Muse

November 8, 2017

Gillingham went on a breakneck journey in the late 1990s and early 2000s, culminating in three upper mid-table finishes in what is now the Championship, from 2000-2003. [...]

Why Bournemouth’s Eddie Howe won’t consider the England job yet

September 8, 2017

The south coast manager remains focused on defying expectations in the league whilst expressing his concern that it’s getting harder for English managers to make it in [...]

Michelle Owen’s EFL Preview: John Terry to inspire Aston Villa; Blackburn to Bounce Back?

August 3, 2017

Football is back! This weekend the EFL returns and Michelle Owen takes a look at the hopeful clubs across all three leagues. Championship Sunderland, Middlesbrough and Hull [...]

Championship sack race: Norwich, Derby and Wigan join managerial merry-go-round but Lee Johnson wins reprieve at Bristol City

March 16, 2017

With several Championship clubs opting to replace their manager in recent weeks, Sky Sports football reporter Michelle Owen explores why they have chosen now as the time [...]

FIFA to punish Republic of Ireland over Easter Rising logo, League Cup to be known as Carabao Cup from 2017/18 and a sensationally bad chipped penalty in Chinese Premier League

November 4, 2016

1. FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against the Republic of Ireland for wearing shirts displaying a logo marking the centenary of the Easter Rising. It comes in the [...]

FA appeal to FIFA over Armistice Day poppies ban, new boss Bruce makes Villa players feel unbeatable and non-league game abandoned due to fan moaning at ref

November 1, 2016

1. Representatives of the English, Scottish and Welsh national teams are in talks with world football’s governing body FIFA over the organisation’s ban on political, [...]

Wenger claims no hooligan problem in English Football, Celtic captain to come out of retirement for England vs Scotland clash and Monchengladbach to cash in on problematic spelling

October 28, 2016

1. Mark Field MP says West Ham should be forced to play some home games behind closed doors if there are repeated incidents of crowd violence akin to those witnessed at [...]

Former Brazil captain Carlos Alberto passes away, Wigan and Wolves wield the axe to managers and Victor Wanyama promotes World Pasta Day

October 25, 2016

1. Former Brazil international and World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto has passed away following a heart attack at the age of 72. Our condolences go to his friends and [...]

Brentford’s McCormack given five-game ban for gender slur, Rotherham appoint Jackett as new manager and Bobby Robson to be honoured in Easter fixture

October 21, 2016

1. Brentford midfielder Alan McCormack has been handed a five-game ban for alleged remarks made to an official in the club’s game against Cardiff City in April. Tough [...]