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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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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The 25 Best Players in the Championship - as voted for by you: Part 16 of 25

Posted by on Dec 16, 2011 in Championship, Leeds United, The Seventy Two | No Comments

Leeds United’s second name in our alternative Football League advent calendar is an obvious one. Wingers come in all different shapes, sizes and varieties, but one thing they tend to lack, particularly beneath Premier League level, is consistency. He may not turn in virtuoso performances in every single game he plays, but one Leeds wide man is about as consistent as they come in the Championship and one of the …

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The 25 Best Players in the Championship - as voted for by you: Part 10 of 25

Posted by on Dec 10, 2011 in Cardiff City, Championship, Leeds United, The Seventy Two | One Comment

Leeds United don’t spend much on players, so when they do put a few quid in another Championship club’s coffers it has to be worth it. As Joe Harrison explains, Simon Grayson shelled out a low six-figure fee less than 18 months ago for a player now valued well into the seven-figure bracket as one of the best strikers in the division.

Ross McCormack (Leeds United)

It’s hard to argue …

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Confessions of a Leeds United sympathiser

Posted by on Nov 17, 2011 in Championship, Leeds United, The Seventy Two | 30 Comments

There are four of us. We meet every other Thursday in the back room of a working men’s club. At this time of year, we shuffle in from the cold. All year round, we maintain the same hushed tones for fear of being overheard. For when we speak, we arrange words into sentences that are rarely heard outside of this room. Sentences such as: “I’m not a Leeds fan, but …

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