Andy Thorn’s Coventry City are still yet to reach double figures in terms of goals scored away from the Ricoh Arena this season, so their 2-2 draw at Cardiff in midweek must have felt like a victory. Wins remain elusive, but safety is well within reach. Neil Allison speaks to Joe Harrison about his club’s chances of staying up. So far, the Sky Blues have spent just six weeks of the season outside of the bottom three. Was this sort of a struggle anticipated by fans in August? I guess so. Although, at the start of the year my personal…
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Relegation Week: Will the Robins rise away from the relegation zone?
Before Bristol City’s 2-0 defeat to a David James-inspired Watford on Tuesday, Joe Harrison spoke to Paul Binning of The Exiled Robin about his side’s hopes of steering clear of League One. What were expectations at Ashton Gate at the start of the season? After a 15th place finish in 2010-11, were there fears of a relegation battle this time out or were fans predicting pushing higher up the table towards the play-offs? Neither really. There had been little key activity in the summer – we must have been the quietest club in the land with regard to ins and…
Relegation Week: Can Millwall stay clear of the maelstrom?
Millwall are keeping their heads above water at present, but is there a danger they could still be sucked into the whirlpool of relegation to League One? Lions fan Kate Murray speaks to Joe Harrison about her side’s chances of avoiding the dreaded drop. After an impressive 9th place finish last term in Millwall’s first season back in the second tier, have this year’s struggles come as a surprise? Call me an ostrich if you will, but answering a set of questions headed ‘Millwall relegation’ still comes as a bit of a shock. It shouldn’t of course, given that we’re…
Relegation Week: Portsmouth fight for two kinds of survival
It is only a few weeks since Portsmouth were scooting along quite happily in lower mid-table. Then administration struck - again - and the club now fights for survival on two fronts. Oli Igoe from Pompey blog When Sol Went Up speaks to Joe Harrison about the task ahead. At times in recent weeks, matches seem to have been the least of Portsmouth’s problems. However, even without the 10 point deduction, Pompey would be battling the drop. Are off-field issues the only reason for their struggles this season? Well, yes. Before the ten-point deduction we were in lower mid-table obscurity….
Relegation Week: Can Nottingham Forest avoid the chop?
A recent upturn in fortunes has seen Nottingham Forest rise up the Championship table at just the right time. Coinciding with Portsmouth’s ten-point deduction, Forest have taken ten points from their last six games to give themselves the upper hand in their fight against the drop. So can Pat Riddell see his team getting over the line? Joe Harrison finds out. With the appointment of Steve McClaren in the summer, many people made Forest one of their favourites for promotion – were you confident and could you have envisaged a fight against relegation at that stage? Talk of being favourites…
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