Proper teams don't have a game today because we had/have players in World Cup qualifying duty in the footballing hotbeds of Bermuda, Curacao, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
Anyway 16 teams are still in action. Go...
Luton comfortably beat a poor Burton side 3-0.
Slowly getting into gear, but improvement available.
Cardiff are absolutely flying having beat Plymouth 4-0. How a reverse of fortunes since May.
Burton v Port Vale
Exeter v Mansfield
Barnsley v Bolton
Blackpool v Huddersfield
Bradford v Luton
Cardiff v Rotherham
Doncaster v Wycombe
Leyton Orient v Stockport
Lincoln v Plymouth
Reading v Wimbledon
Stevenage v Northampton
Wigan v Peterborough
Most teams will probably use this as an extra pre-season friendly to try and get fringe players a bit more field time.
Matches involving L1 teams:
Middlesbrough v Doncaster
Stockport v Crewe
Accrington Stanley v Peterborough
Blackburn v Bradford
Blackpool v Port Vale
Chesterfield v Mansfield...
OK - I'm putting my head on the line here. We are now 1 week from the season starting, so an appropriate time to make some league table predictions for 2024/25.
EFL CHAMPIONSHIP 2024/25
1. Leeds United
2. Burnley
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3. Coventry City
4. Luton Town
5. West Bromwich...
As quite a few teams are now safe and don't have much chance of getting to the play offs (cough Watford cough), I'm sure some management teams are looking to do some changes to their squad this summer.
LUTON TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB
*Disclaimer: LTFC do not release the contract lengths of their...
12 days until the start of the season - lets have a competition. One point for every place out - player with the fewest points wins...
My prediction:
1
Sheffield United
2
West Bromwich Albion
3
Norwich City
4
Middlesbrough
5
Burnley
6
Queens Park Rangers
7
Hull City
8
Swansea...
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/three-swansea-city-stars-cardiff-20350397
Some really strange choices here. I know they will want to pander to a mass audience and won't want to have too many players from the same side, but some of these choices are ridiculous. I'd...
Only a quarter left of the season - most teams have something to play for still, but a number of teams have got into a position where they are consolidated in the Championship and unlikely to go up or down. Who would you keep, unsure of or get rid?
Luton Town Football Club
*Working assumption...
Luton play their first game today v Berkhamsted (Step 4). Not sure why we're bothering with such lowly opposition these days to be honest, 6 divisions below.
2-0 up after 15 minutes.
To be honest, it was only a matter of time that someone was going to go pop. I'm surprised it has taken as long as it has, but I suppose cash reserves would've been decimated if players hadn't agreed significant deferrals.
Wigan would go bottom with 38 points after a 12 point deduction.
Some truly shocking numbers. It looks like some teams could well be paying more to agents than we’re paying players wages:
Stoke City - £5.68m
Swansea City - £5.19m
Fulham - £4.42m
Leeds United - £4.03m
Cardiff City - £3.46m
Brentford - £3.32m
West Brom - £2.08m
Huddersfield - £2.35m...
Sky have announced that 30 games plus the play offs with be broadcast live and the remainder will be streamed at least on iFollow, with season ticket holders given free access.
The turnaround in my opinion is way too quick - I can't help but agree with QPHa that the players only given 3 weeks...
Been doing some research over the last few days whilst on furlough over how TV money is distributed and who are the real winners and losers.
It is amazing how much difference a bigger contribution from the Premier League pot could make for clubs down the divisions.
The bottom three in the...
Nothing else is happening and clearly teams will be starting to be thinking about this, especially with contracts officially expiring in about 6 weeks. Of course, financial constraints are going to be a big factor.
I predict this basing that we will be a League One club next year, but I don't...