Nottingham Forest v Leicester City: A blue view on red territory

Posted by on Jan 6, 2012 in Championship, Leicester City, Nottingham Forest, The Seventy Two | One Comment

Before Christmas, I wrote a bit of a preview of Leicester City’s trip to Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup Third Round for the excellent Forest site Seat Pitch. With the game fast approaching, here’s an excerpt and a link to the full article as these two East Midlands clubs attempt to give their faltering seasons another timely boost after both registered much-needed victories to welcome in the New Year.…

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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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The 25 Best Players in the Championship - as voted for by you: Part 12 of 25

Posted by on Dec 12, 2011 in Championship, Leicester City, The Seventy Two | 2 Comments

Leicester City’s move for Leeds United goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel came somewhat out of the blue in the summer. Schmeichel seemed to be a Leeds United fans’ favourite last season, but he was part of a defence that conceded 70 goals during the 2010/11 campaign - a full 20 more than the Nottingham Forest side that pipped them to the final play-off place. The Dane was shipped on and replaced by …

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