The Colossus of Jordan Rhodes: Part 2 - Huddersfield Town’s gain

Posted by on Jan 6, 2012 in Championship, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, The Seventy Two | No Comments

Part Two of our three-part look at Huddersfield Town’s goalscoring gem is written by Marco Jackson.

Jordan Rhodes is a phenomenon; there’s no other way to describe him. His goal in Huddersfield’s 2-2 draw at Notts County was his 22nd goal for the team this season, in 22 appearances. This follows on from scoring 22 last season, and 23 the season before that. He knows where the goal is …

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The Colossus of Jordan Rhodes: Part 1 - Ipswich Town’s loss

Posted by on Jan 6, 2012 in Championship, Huddersfield Town, Ipswich Town, The Seventy Two | 3 Comments

The Seventy Two doesn’t focus on League One as much as it would like. So, with a guilty conscience firmly in mind, let’s over-egg the pudding and mix a few metaphors by taking an indulgent three-part look at one of the Football League’s hottest properties - the Huddersfield Town striker Jordan Rhodes. Part One of our trilogy concerns his exit from Ipswich Town, who are supported, amongst other lucky souls, …

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The Championship: some not-so-vital statistics

Posted by on Dec 28, 2011 in Barnsley, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Brighton, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, The Seventy Two, Watford, West Ham United | One Comment

The Seventy Two deals primarily with opinions rather than facts. So here’s one statistic or record for each current Championship club. If you know of any better ones, leave them in the comments.

BARNSLEY

Most consecutive second tier games without failing to score (44 between 2nd October 1926 and 8th October 1927).

BIRMINGHAM CITY

Won the first-ever second division title in 1892/3.

BLACKPOOL

Only Championship team so far this season …

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Ipswich Town are up and down and Leicester City are a mess in the middle

Posted by on Dec 27, 2011 in Championship, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, The Seventy Two | No Comments

No Leicester City manager has taken charge of successive home games against Ipswich Town for over ten years. The last to do so was Peter Taylor, whose own short-lived reign is well summarised by two book-ending clashes with the Suffolk side. The first, a 2-1 win in September 2000, took place less than a month before Leicester went top of the Premier League. The second, a 1-1 draw exactly one …

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Revisiting our predicted Championship table

Posted by on Dec 21, 2011 in Barnsley, Birmingham City, Blackpool, Brighton, Bristol City, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Hull City, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Millwall, Nottingham Forest, Peterborough United, Portsmouth, Reading, Southampton, The Seventy Two, Watford, West Ham United | One Comment

Back in the summer, a series of posts from a variety of guest writers brought about a predicted Championship table. The final entry in the series was written by Blackpool blogger Chris Walker and you can find the final predicted table below, with each team’s actual current league position in brackets:

  1. Nottingham Forest (22nd)
  2. Birmingham City (14th)
  3. West Ham United (2nd)
  4. Leicester City (11th)
  5. Cardiff City (5th)
  6. Hull City (4th)
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