The Championship: Mid-Season Reports

With the Championship now at the halfway mark, and the league table finally beginning to find something approaching a natural order, it felt the opportune moment to reflect on how each side's season is going so far. It has been an increasingly exciting season so far, as a slow start, possibly a result of the …

Which Championship club has the best academy?

Every supporter loves it when 'one of their own' emerges from the club's academy to make their debut and nail down a spot in the first team. The Championship has become a fertile environment for young players to develop, as more and more clubs have steered clear of big-money signings and promoted from within as …

Championship One to Watch: Ivan Sunjic

Ivan Sunjic is a 24-year old Bosnian-born Croatian International who has been anchoring Birmingham's midfield since joining for £7.2 million in July 2019. His first season in English football was up and down as Blues struggled to adapt to manager Pep Clotet's more progressive style of play. Considering the amount of money the club paid …

One piece of business every Championship club needs to do before the transfer deadline

The international transfer window may be shut but there is a domestic window that is still open until 5pm on Friday. Whilst it is mainly open to allow Premier League clubs to poach the EFL's best and brightest, Championship teams can still bring in players from the divisions above and below to help save their …

Championship round-up: Gameweek 4

What better way to warm the heart on a wet and windy weekend than a full slate of Championship fixtures? The weather did seem to have an impact on the quality of some of the games this week but there were still more than enough late goals, managerial grumbles and completely nonsensical red cards to …

Championship round-up: Gameweek 3

It was hard not to feel a sense of apathy towards all Football League fixtures this weekend as it became clear that supporters won't be returning to grounds for months rather than weeks, but that all ended at around a minute past three on Saturday afternoon as the madness of the Championship captured the imagination …

Championship round-up: Gameweek 2

Saturday was a momentous day for English football as test events at seven EFL grounds saw supporters return to football league stadiums for the first time in over six months. In the Championship, Norwich and Middlesbrough were the two clubs chosen to host 1,000 socially distanced fans, and images of fans at Carrow Road and …

Championship round-up: Gameweek 1

It's back! 38 days after the Play-Off final at Wembley, the Championship returned with more screamers, surprises and shithousery than ever. Supporters are obviously still absent from the stands, adding a tinge of sadness to the obvious excitement there is at the beginning of a new season, but the familiarity of those opening day hopes …

Championship season predictions 1-24

The highlight of the summer for every football supporter is the release of FourFourTwo's season previews that went through each division from Premier League to League Two in great detail before predicting where every side would finish. When it came to predicting the Championship, the 'fan's view' section for each side would see supporters of …