Increasing the Football League’s television coverage

Posted by on Apr 19, 2011 in Brighton, Championship, Derby County, Nottingham Forest, QPR, The Seventy Two | No Comments

It is often said that the Football League does not receive enough television coverage. The BBC’s Football League Show is broadcast so late that it disrupts sleep patterns, Sky are obsessed with the Big Four (or whatever the number is these days) and nobody else bothers to even bid for any rights. So, a solution…

We need to raise the profile of the Football League across the nation’s television screens. …

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Crowd Control: Derby County’s Season Ticket Teaser

Posted by on Apr 6, 2011 in Championship, Derby County, The Seventy Two | No Comments

Derby County supporters have become accustomed to spin at this time of the year. Season ticket sale time. It has seemed to work over recent seasons, with around 29,000 season tickets being sold for the 2008/09 season, 26,000 for the 2009/10 season and 23,000 for the current campaign. Joel Clyne gives the lowdown on the challenge ahead at Pride Park.

In theory, Derby should have been able to compete in …

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The Championship run-in: a very brief overview

Posted by on Mar 4, 2011 in Barnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End, QPR, Reading, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Watford | 5 Comments

At this stage of the Championship season, most teams have stabilised at a position that reflects their overall quality. There are some anomalies, of course, with Portsmouth perhaps the most pressing of these - Pompey have won their last five - but, generally speaking, you can measure the task ahead by a team’s league position.

So let’s do precisely that. Listed below is the current Championship table including the average …

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Which Championship managers are bound for the Premier League? Part 1

Posted by on Feb 24, 2011 in Bristol City, Burnley, Championship, Derby County, Leeds United, Leicester City, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Reading, The Seventy Two | 8 Comments

Ultimately, the Premier League is the standard that all Championship clubs must aspire to reach. And every manager in the second tier must believe in his ability to earn a living at the highest level. So which managers are cut out for the top flight? The Seventy Two enlisted some readers to offer their views…

Steve Cotterill (Portsmouth)

by @mrnipps

Ten years ago, the answer would almost certainly have been …

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The best that the Championship has to offer

Posted by on Feb 19, 2011 in Barnsley, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Portsmouth, Preston North End, QPR, Reading, Scunthorpe United, Sheffield United, Swansea City, The Seventy Two, Watford | 18 Comments

It should go without saying but it seems worth re-enforcing that it would be difficult for any casual viewer to see every Football League team in action over the course of a season. Of the three divisions, the Championship certainly receives the most coverage but even this can be a devil to keep track of.

Things are made even trickier these days given the revolving door of short-term loan signings …

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