The Championship football thread 2008-2009

[ChiangMai noon]

Here we go again in a couple of hours time.

Picking a winner from this lot is like picking a winner at the grand national.

I fancy Birmingham and Reading to pop back up, but wouldn't hazard a third.

Hopefully Cardiff will continue to improve and I'm vaguely optimistic that we have a chance of making the play off spots.

first lot of fixtures:

Birmingham v Sheff Utd, 12:45
Blackpool v Bristol City, 15:00
Cardiff v Southampton, 15:00
Charlton v Swansea, 15:00
Coventry v Norwich, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Watford, 15:00
Derby v Doncaster, 15:00
Ipswich v Preston, 15:00
Plymouth v Wolverhampton, 15:00
QPR v Barnsley, 15:00
Sheff Wed v Burnley, 15:00

Sunday, 10 August 2008
Nottm Forest v Reading, 13:15

[Red dragon]

Never been so confident of Cardiff doing so well in a season

[NickA]

[NickA]

[ChiangMai noon]

Birmingham pipped Sheffield in the dying seconds 1-0.

[Mr Pot]

0-0 here Cov V Norwich, nothing special yet hmmmphhh. C'mon city;thank fok for the link to the radio

[Mr Pot]

1-0 Coventry; happy days

[astasinim]

Doncaster just popped one in 1-0

[justwingit]

the swans must have forgotten to turn up

[ChiangMai noon]

good win for City.

happy with that first up.

[Mr Pot]

Saturday, 9 August Scottish Premier Aberdeen 0 (0) Inverness CT 2 (1) Barrowman 27
McBain 90
Full time Falkirk 0 (0) Rangers 1 (0) Velicka 64
Full time Hearts 3 (2) Motherwell 2 (1) Stewart 25
Ksanavicius 40
Mikoliunas 82
Clarkson 33, 81
Full time Kilmarnock 1 (0) Hibernian 0 (0) Hamill 80
Full time Coca-Cola Championship Birmingham 1 (0) Sheff Utd 0 (0) Phillips 90
Full time Blackpool 0 (0) Bristol City 1 (0) Brooker 90
Full time Cardiff 2 (1) Southampton 1 (1) Thompson 41
Johnson 90
McGoldrick 45
Full time Charlton 2 (1) Swansea 0 (0) Hudson 3
Gray 85
Full time Coventry 2 (0) Norwich 0 (0) Ward pen 48
McKenzie 86
Full time Crystal Palace 0 (0) Watford 0 (0) Full time Derby 0 (0) Doncaster 1 (0) Guy 59
Full time Ipswich 1 (1) Preston 2 (2) Lisbie 2
McKenna 21
Whaley 34
Full time Plymouth 2 (1) Wolverhampton 2 (1) Fallon 7
Seip 55
Kightly 19
Vokes 78
Full time QPR 2 (2) Barnsley 1 (1) Hall 29, 31
Hume 5
Full time Sheff Wed 4 (3) Burnley 1 (1) Tudgay 1, 65
Sodje 4, 17
Paterson 6
Full time Coca-Cola Division One Bristol Rovers 2 (1) Carlisle 3 (2) Lambert 15
Williams 90
Carlton 19, 80
Bridge-Wilkinson 45
Full time Crewe 1 (0) Brighton 2 (1) Zola 85
Virgo 36
Forster 90
Full time Hartlepool 4 (2) Colchester 2 (0) Brown 13, 14
Boland 66
Jones 76
Gillespie pen 78, 90
Full time Huddersfield 1 (1) Stockport 1 (1) Booth 30
Rowe 45
Full time Leicester 2 (1) Milton Keynes Dons 0 (0) Fryatt pen 24, 83
Full time Leyton Orient 2 (2) Hereford 1 (1) Melligan 23
Boyd pen 45
Beckwith 14
Full time Northampton 4 (1) Cheltenham 2 (1) Doig 42
Akinfenwa pen 64, pen 68
Constantine 77
Gyepes og 35
Townsend pen 74
Full time Oldham 4 (1) Millwall 3 (2) Liddell 3, pen 74
Alessandra 80
Taylor 85
Kandol 1
Hazell og 14
Grabban 56
Full time Scunthorpe 1 (0) Leeds 2 (0) Hooper 57
Showunmi 61
Beckford 80
Full time Southend 1 (0) Peterborough 0 (0) Clarke 76
Full time Swindon 3 (2) Tranmere 1 (0) Paynter 5
Cox 37
McGovern 51
Savage 85
Full time Yeovil 1 (1) Walsall 1 (0) Tomlin 10
Ibehre 77
Full time Coca-Cola Division Two Accrington Stanley 0 (0) Aldershot 1 (1) Donnelly 43
Full time Barnet 1 (1) Chesterfield 3 (0) Carew 19
Lester 57, 62
Ward 80
Full time Bournemouth 1 (1) Gillingham 1 (0) Anderton 42
Mulligan 90
Full time Bradford 2 (1) Notts County 1 (0) Thorne 21, 61
Butcher 73
Full time Bury 1 (1) Brentford 0 (0) Bishop 43
Full time Dag & Red 6 (2) Chester 0 (0) Green 16
Strevens pen 42
Saunders 55, 60
Benson 79
Nwokeji 88
Full time Darlington 1 (1) Exeter 1 (0) Purdie pen 40
Seaborne 60
Full time Grimsby 0 (0) Rochdale 0 (0) Full time Luton 1 (1) Port Vale 3 (2) Parkin 35
Dodds 25
Taylor 45
Richards 58
Full time Rotherham 1 (1) Lincoln City 0 (0) Reid 44
Full time Shrewsbury 4 (1) Macclesfield 0 (0) Cansdell-Sherriff 31
Holt pen 51
Coughlan 79
Hibbert 85
Full time Wycombe 1 (1) Morecambe 1 (0) Spence 34
Artell 66
Full time

[Mr Pot]

Apologies, terrible cut n paste to show the results

[Red dragon]

NickA obviously didn't read that it was a CHAMPIONSHIP football thread!!!!
and Crewe lost 2-1 at home to Brighton

[Red dragon]

Very happy that Cardiff got off to a winning start infront of a sell out crowd of 19,500.

[CB79]

We were awful first half and looked like a team who had never played together before. All week my phone had been buzzing about the game yet 15 minutes gone I was looking at my watch and thinking about the next beer.

Coleman obviously had a few words at half time and we came out much better second half. Got lucky with the penalty but a deserved win in the end.

We looked solid at the back, Steven Wright at right back was probably my man of the match but the two new midfielders and two strikers looked like they had never seen each other before. If they can click then we will be a half decent side.

I'll take a top half finish this season.

[ChiangMai noon]

Sounds like Cardiff played quite poorly but just about deserved their win.

This makes it doubly sweet.

I can't remember the last time Cardiff won a game in injury time.
Last season, especially early on, it sounded like we were running rings around teams only to be pipped back late in the game.

Listening on the radio is way more exciting than watching on tv, keeps you on edge constantly.

Doncaster away next week.

[Sputnik]

Good to see Derby carrying on where they left offlast season.

[NickA]

NickA obviously didn't read that it was a CHAMPIONSHIP football thread!!!!

Yes, I did, that's why I posted a....



I'm just here to scupper CMN's devious plans.

....and Brighton cheated

[CharleyFarley]

This where they will play next year, as yet un-named.

19,000 plus on Olympics day one, wow, they gotta keep winning. (Cardiff of course)

[Red dragon]

^ it's starting to take shape nicely but I do love Ninian Park!!
The crowd so close to the pitch, we have terracing and can make it so intimidating for visiting teams and fans which I am sure gives Cardiff the edge, you just have to look at the game against Leeds United who were top of the premier league at the time.

[ChiangMai noon]

Sounds like Nottingham Forest gave Reading a tough time in that nil nil draw yesterday.

not bad for a team that were 2 leagues apart last season.

btw, anyone who is a member of thebox.bz, the torrent of the championship football highlights show is up for download every sunday evening our time.

[Red dragon]

the swans must have forgotten to turn up

they turned up and that was their downfall!!

welcome to the Championship, don't bother taking your shoes off, you wont be here long

[ChiangMai noon]

^

only saw the goals on the championship show but sounds like they played quite well.


defence seems very leaky though.

they conceded plenty enough last season.

Doncaster looked very good against Derby, showed fairly extensive highlights.
Will be a good game next Saturday i think.

[Sputnik]

0-0 against Reading not the worst result for us....even though at home.

Hopefully can take the 4-0 thrashing we gave to the cockle pickers from Morecambe & follow it up against the "Jacks" on Saturday. BTW...did I get that right ?? the "jacks" ?

[Red dragon]

^
Excellent, a Forest fan, I went to see them alot as a kid due to my football coach supporting them so everytime we had a team day out it would always be to watch forest, watching the likes of Nigel Clough, Shaun Teale, Gordon Cowans and my personal favourite Tony Daley!!!

I will be keeping an eye on Forest as you signed our former goal scoring machine who scored twice last night EARNIE!!!!!

I will be hoping Earnie and co take the piss against Swansea on Saturday 4-0 would be nice