English Championship kicks off tonight

[HOSE B ROMERO]

Anyone interested in the English Championship (old div 2)?

Well it kicks off tonight with Reading vs Derby (managed by Frank Lampard).

Competing teams are:

1 Aston Villa
2 Birmingham City
3 Blackburn Rovers
4 Bolton Wanderers
5 Brentford
6 Bristol City
7 Derby County
8 Hull City
9 Ipswich Town
10 Leeds United
11 Middlesbrough
12 Millwall
13 Norwich City
14 Nottingham Forest
15 Preston North End
16 Queens Park Rangers
17 Reading
18 Rotherham United
19 Sheffield United
20 Sheffield Wednesday
21 Stoke City
22 Swansea City
23 West Bromwich Albion
24 Wigan Athletic

One of the rare occasions where the 3 Birmingham teams will be in the same division. Should make for some spice.

Aussies competing:

Mile Jedinak & Jordan Lyden - Villa
Bailey Wright -Bristol City
James Meredith - Millwall
Mass Luongo and maybe Trent Sainsbury - QPR
Ryan Williams - Rotherham
Jackson Irvine - Hull
Adam Federici - Stoke

Hopefully one of the above earns promotion or someone like Brentford or Preston.

[Twodogs]

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Come on PNE!

[chef]

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Go Derby. Keep your eye out for Mason Mount, the kids going to be a star.

[Twodogs]

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A lot of games on Foxtel just looking through the listings, 3 on opening day alone. Looking forward to seeing a fair bit of the EFL Championship this season and I'm hoping Preston can actually bridge the gap for once and find their way into the Premier League and that Milwall give it a fair shake too.

[Twodogs]

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Derby left it until the last (15) seconds!

[chef]

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Mount with a goal on debut.

[GVGjr]

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Mount with a goal on debut.

Nice strike but it should have been saved

[Twodogs]

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Nice strike but it should have been saved

I love the goal keeper watching it and saying to himself "I've got it covered, I've got it covered" then the ball dips and he lifts his hands but it's too late and you can almost hear him thinking "oh shit"

[chef]

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Nice strike but it should have been saved

Mannone is a terrible keeeper.

[Twodogs]

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Mannone is a terrible keeeper.

I didn't realise it was Vito. You're right he is appalling. I can't believe he was on Arsenal's list for so long.

[HOSE B ROMERO]

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Saturday's fixtures:


Aston Villa15:00Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers15:00Millwall
Bolton Wanderers15:00Bristol City
Middlesbrough15:00Birmingham City
Norwich City15:00West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest15:00Reading
Queens Park Rangers15:00Sheffield United
Rotherham United15:00Ipswich Town
Sheffield Wednesday15:00Hull City
Stoke City15:00Brentford
Swansea City15:00Preston North End
Derby County17:30Leeds United