Fulham and West Brom stars tipped to shine in the Championship

Fulham and West Brom stars tipped to shine in the Championship – originally posted on Sportslens.com While the ultimate goal of the Championship season is promotion to the Premier League, the Golden Boot race is always an interesting sub-plot. Expect this season to be no different, with a number of proven goalscorers looking to make […]

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Championship 2021/22 Preview: West Brom & Sheffield United firmly in the mix

Championship 2021/22 Preview: West Brom & Sheffield United firmly in the mix – originally posted on Sportslens.com At the beginning of the Championship season, there tend to be six teams to immediately look out for – the three coming down and the three that lost in the play-offs. From last year’s top six, only Barnsley […]

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Report: Club ‘most keen on’ Nottm Forest man, FL rivals ‘willing to pay’ £2m

Report: Club ‘most keen on’ Nottm Forest man, FL rivals ‘willing to pay’ £2m – originally posted on Sportslens.com Brennan Johnson has an uncertain future at Nottingham Forest as he has interest from Brentford, Leeds United and Leicester City while being at a club that need to sell valuable assets to balance the books. The […]

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Barnsley complete signing of Scottish Premiership goal machine

Barnsley complete signing of Scottish Premiership goal machine – originally posted on Sportslens.com Barnsley have completed the signing of striker Devante Cole from Motherwell, as per their official website. The 26-year-old previously spent the 2014/15 season on loan with the Tykes when he was still a Manchester City player, scoring seven goals from 23 appearances […]

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Swansea 1-1 Barnsley (2-1 agg): Swans face Bees in play-off final

Swansea survived a late Barnsley surge to book a Sky Bet Championship final date with Brentford at Wembley. The Swans held on for a winner-takes-all shot at Premier League football on May 29 by drawing 1-1 at the Liberty Stadium for a 2-1 aggregate victory. Matt Grimes had doubled their first-leg lead with a superb […]

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Swansea v Barnsley: Chess-playing Cooper must cope with kitchen sink

We have partnered with Betfair and the Benjamin Bloom Football Channel on YouTube to cover the Championship play-offs. Here, Ben looks ahead to the second leg between Swansea and Barnsley at the Liberty Stadium (Saturday, 6.30pm)…   The first leg It was a big tick in the box for Swansea boss Steve Cooper after Monday’s first leg at Oakwell, with […]

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F365 says: Dike the hero despite Ayew’s Swansea winner

Andre Ayew scored the winner but Daryl Dike scored with us all. This was such good fun. There are cult heroes and there’s Daryl Dike. This was the first opportunity the Barnsley fans have had to pay homage to their 6’1”, 220 pound Oklahoman, and boy, did they make the most of it. They arrived at […]

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Barnsley 0-1 Swansea: Ayew puts the Swans in control

Swansea kept Barsnely at bay as Andre Ayew’s first half strike earned them a valuable victory in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final. Ayew produced the game’s only moment of class six minutes before half-time in the first leg when he curled home a crucial goal for Steve Cooper’s side. Swansea, who will […]

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2020/21 Championship Play-Offs: Teams, Preview, Schedule & Live Streams

2020/21 Championship Play-Offs: Teams, Preview, Schedule & Live Streams – originally posted on Sportslens.com The 2020/21 EFL Championship campaign approaches the ultimate stage, with four sides preparing to discover their fate in the upcoming play-offs. Premier League football is at stake as only one team goes up, leaving the remaining three stuck in the second division […]

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Football365’s Championship awards of the season

We have some Championship awards to give out. And we start with manager of the year…   Manager of the Season: Valerien Ismael (Barnsley) Regardless of Barnsley’s fate in this month’s play-off campaign, Ismael has cemented his status as the manager of the season largely by virtue of very few EFL fans even knowing of […]

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