What I want from my football club – Part 1: Supporter interaction

Posted by on Apr 16, 2012 in Blackpool, Burnley, Championship, Sheffield United, The Seventy Two | No Comments

The Seventy Two has canvassed the opinion of several Football League writers from a variety of different clubs to ask one simple question: what do you want from your football club? Given around 300 words to play with, there were numerous responses so we will be looking at a cross-section every day this week, beginning with the thoughts of Burnley, Blackpool and Sheffield United supporters.

Burnley by Adam Haworth

“I’ve …

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How many points are needed to reach the Championship play-offs?

Posted by on Mar 15, 2012 in Birmingham City, Blackpool, Brighton, Burnley, Cardiff City, Championship, Crystal Palace, Hull City, Leeds United, Leicester City, Middlesbrough, Reading, Southampton, The Seventy Two, West Ham United | No Comments

It offers you hope. It plunges you into despair. The strength of its grip increases the longer the sun stays in the sky each evening. Until the dreaded mathematical impossibility comes into play. Then it’s all over. It’s PO the PO and it’s an obsession throughout the Football League at this time of year. If your team are currently between seventh and twelfth in their division, you probably know exactly …

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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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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 15 of 25

Posted by on Dec 15, 2011 in Burnley, Championship, The Seventy Two | No Comments

After a rocky start, Burnley have rocketed up the Championship table in recent weeks. If they are to stay in the top half and push for the play-offs, one particular centre-forward’s form will be crucial. Joe Harrison pays tribute to a Turf Moor talent who is terrorising opposition defences this season.

Jay Rodriguez (Burnley)

“Jay is someone who you’d want to build your team around – a fantastic talent. He’s …

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