Championship. Results, Reviews and Table for 2008/9

[johntheclaret]

It's been a bit quiet round here lately. Time to get back on board with some news so here we go with the CCC stuff

Barnsley 0 Norwich 0
Blackpool 1 Coventry 1
Burnley 3 Preston 1
Cardiff 1 Birmingham 2
Charlton 1 Sheff Wed 2
Doncaster 0 Southampton 2
Ipswich 1 Crystal Palace 1
Plymouth 1 Nottm Forest 0
QPR 0 Derby 2
Reading 4 Swansea 0
Sheff Utd 2 Watford 1

Birmingham closed the gap at the top of the table, while Reading continued their recent return to form.

Wolves had opened a six-point lead earlier on Saturday following a 2-0 victory over Bristol City, but Birmingham moved to within a win of their Midlands rivals as they downed Cardiff.

Alex McLeish's side recorded a 2-1 victory at Ninian Park to add to a sorry week for Cardiff, who slumped out of the Carling Cup to Swansea in midweek.

Reading, meanwhile, produced a comfortable 4-0 victory against Swansea at the Madejski Stadium, to earn a record of 19 goals in four home games and move third in the table.

Preston, who had substitute Callum Davidson sent off for deliberate hand ball in the second half, dropped a place as Lancashire rivals Burnley came from behind at Turf Moor to earn the local bragging rights with a 3-1 victory.

Queens Park Rangers' early season promotion credentials took a knock at Loftus Road as a resurgent Derby netted twice in the final 10 minutes to earn a 2-0 win.

Nottingham Forest, who had Wes Morgan sent off late on for a second booking, slipped to the foot of the table as they lost 1-0 to Plymouth at Home Park, while Barnsley moved off bottom spot with a goalless stalemate against Norwich.

Southampton, who were stunned by Rotherham in the Carling Cup in midweek, eased their early season woes with a convincing 2-0 win at Doncaster.

Sheffield United moved into the top half as they downed fellow pre-season promotion candidates Watford 2-1 at Bramall Lane.

Charlton's inconsistent form continued as Sheffield Wednesday came from a goal down to record a 2-1 win at The Valley.

Elsewhere, Blackpool and Coventry drew 1-1 at Bloomfield Road as Ben Burgess' opener was cancelled out by Freddy Eastwood.

In the evening kick-off, Ipswich and Crystal Palace drew 1-1 at Portman Road in a result which does neither side any favours.

Table
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22
2 Birmingham City 19
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3 Reading 14
4 Preston North End 14
5 Queens Park Rangers 13
6 Bristol City 12
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7 Coventry City 12
8 Burnley 12
9 Sheffield Wednesday 12
10 Sheffield United 11
11 Cardiff City 11
12 Plymouth Argyle 11
13 Blackpool 11
14 Charlton Athletic 10
15 Norwich City 10
16 Ipswich Town 9
17 Derby County 9
18 Swansea City 9
19 Watford 8
20 Southampton 8
21 Doncaster Rovers 7
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22 Crystal Palace 6
23 Barnsley 5
24 Nottingham Forest 5

[heater31]

how's my second side Blackpool travelling JTC? Started their Stadium renovations yet

Surely they would be hemorrhaging some serious cash at the moment with the smallest capacity Stadium in the CCC

[johntheclaret]

how's my second side Blackpool travelling JTC? Started their Stadium renovations yet

Surely they would be hemorrhaging some serious cash at the moment with the smallest capacity Stadium in the CCC

Not yet H31. Very poor stadium with a capacity of about 9.5k As for travelling, they are doing ok. good win at Brum this week, and getting a few 1 - 0 wins under the belt. Except when they came to the Turf. They loooked pretty ordinary that night, and were very licky not to lose by more then 2. Still we disposed of PNE pretty comfortably yesterday.

[devilsadvocate]

Come on you Clarets - on a roll now JTC!

Burnley 3 - Watford 2

Eagles to Elliot for the winner - GET IN!

[devilsadvocate]

Other results:

Wolves 0 - Reading 3 - Massive result in the context of the season.
Bristol 2 - Argyle 2
Doncaster 0 - Sheff U 2
Cardiff 2 - Coventry 0
Preston 0 - Swansea 2 - Another massive result in the context. PNE are S....T....Ruggling!
QPR 1 - Blackpool 1
Derby 1 - Brum 1

[johntheclaret]

Come on you Clarets - on a roll now JTC!

Burnley 3 - Watford 2

Eagles to Elliot for the winner - GET IN!

Best goal of the night. We starte slow, but just got better and better. Worst officiating i've seen i a long time.

Clarets are on a roll, unfortunately there's a bloody brick wall waitng for them on Saturday.

[johntheclaret]

Tuesday 30th October 2008

Results

Bristol City 2 Plymouth 2
Burnley 3 Watford 2
Cardiff 2 Coventry 1
Crystal Palace 1 Charlton 0
Derby 1 Birmingham 1
Doncaster 0 Sheff Utd 2
Ipswich 3 Barnsley 0
Preston 0 Swansea 2
QPR 1 Blackpool 1
Sheff Wed 1 Nottm Forest 0
Southampton 2 Norwich 0
Wolves 0 Reading 3

Round Up

Reading recorded the result of Tuesday night as Steve Coppell's side ended Wolves' run of seven successive victories.
The on-form Royals earned an impressive 3-0 win in an entertaining encounter against table-topping Wolves at Molineux to secure a first three-point haul on their travels this season and reinforce their hold on third position.

Second-placed Birmingham, however, failed to draw level with Midlands rivals Wolves at the league's summit as Alex McLeish's men were forced to settle for a 1-1 draw at Derby as the resurgent Rams netted in the last five minutes.

Burnley and Watford played out a five-goal thriller at Turf Moor, with the home side - fresh from their weekend victory over Lancashire opponents Preston - coming out on top with a 3-2 victory to strengthen a seven-game unbeaten record and move fourth.

Sheffield United secured the Yorkshire bragging rights with a 2-0 victory over Doncaster at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Last season's defeated play-off finalists Bristol City left it late to secure a 2-2 draw at Ashton Gate and halt Plymouth's quiet ascent of the table.

Southampton eased their early season woes as they recorded their first home win of the campaign with a 2-0 victory over Norwich, who had Dejan Stefanovic sent off.

Ipswich ended their run of recent draws with a comfortable 3-0 win over Barnsley, who fielded the youngest player in Football League history as Reuben Noble-Lazarus came on as a second-half substitute at the age of 15 years and 45 days.

Nottingham Forest have struggled since earning promotion from League One last season and Colin Calderwood's side remain rooted to the foot of the table following a 1-0 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.

Preston have now lost three in a row and have dropped to ninth in the table as Swansea bounced back from their weekend hammering by Reading to record a 2-0 away victory.

Cardiff have moved into seventh position in the league following a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Coventry at Ninian Park.

In the late kick-offs, Crystal Palace defeated fellow Londoners Charlton 1-0 at Selhurst Park, while Queens Park Rangers were held 1-1 at home by Blackpool.

Table

Pos Team P Pts
1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 22
2 Birmingham City 9 20
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3 Reading 9 17
4 Burnley 9 15
5 Sheffield Wednesday 9 15
6 Sheffield United 9 14
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7 Cardiff City 9 14
8 Queens Park Rangers 9 14
9 Preston North End 9 14
10 Bristol City 9 13
11 Ipswich Town 9 12
12 Plymouth Argyle 9 12
13 Coventry City 9 12
14 Blackpool 9 12
15 Swansea City 9 12
16 Southampton 9 11
17 Charlton Athletic 9 10
18 Derby County 9 10
19 Norwich City 9 10
20 Crystal Palace 9 9
21 Watford 9 8
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22 Doncaster Rovers 9 7
23 Barnsley 9 5
24 Nottingham Forest 9 5

[Dirko]

as the resurgent Rams

Carn the Super Rams.....

[johntheclaret]

as the resurgent Rams

Carn the Super Rams.....

Good draw tonight Jabbber, against Brum

[johntheclaret]

Saturday 4th October

Results
Barnsley 4 Doncaster 1
Birmingham 1 QPR 0
Blackpool 1 Cardiff City 1
Charlton 2 Ipswich 1
Coventry 4 Southampton 1
Norwich 1 Derby 2
Nottm Forest 0 C.Palace 2
Plymouth 4 Sheff Weds 0
Reading 3 Burnley 1
Sheff Utd 3 Bristol City 0
Swansea City 3 Wolves 1
Watford 2 Preston NE 1

Table
Teams P GD PTS
1 Birmingham 10 7 23
2 Wolves 10 11 22
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3 Reading 10 15 20
4 SheffUtd 10 8 17
5 Plymouth 10 3 15
6 Coventry 10 2 15
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7 Cardiff 10 2 15
8 Swansea 10 -1 15
9 Burnley 10 -2 15
10 SheffWed 10 -6 15
11 QPR 10 0 14
12 Preston 10 -2 14
13 Bristol C 10 1 13
14 Charlton 10 0 13
15 Derby 10 0 13
16 Blackpool 10 -2 13
17 Ipswich 10 3 12
18 CPalace 10 -1 12
19 Watford 10 -3 11
20 Southampton 10 -4 11
21 Norwich 10 -4 10
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22 Barnsley 10 -4 8
23 Doncaster 10 -12 7
24 Nott'm Forest 10 -11 5

Round Up

Kevin Phillips scored the only goal of the game in front of the Sky Sports cameras in the lunchtime kick-off as Birmingham took all three points against out-of-form QPR.

Wolves would have gone back top with a point at Swansea, but they left Wales empty-handed with Roberto Martinez's men claiming a 3-1 victory as two goals from Jason Scotland extended their unbeaten home run.

Reading had found the net 16 times in four straight home league victories at the Madejski Stadium, and they made short work of seeing off fellow high-flyers Burnley 3-1 with brothers Noel and Stephen Hunt on target again.

Ten-man Barnsley triumphed 4-1 in their battle against fellow strugglers Doncaster at Oakwell, coming from behind to romp to victory with an astonishing comeback after Darren Moore had been dismissed early in the second half.

And Derby overcame the dismissal of goalkeeper Roy Carroll to take all three points with a 2-1 victory at Norwich as Nathan Ellington hit the winner five minutes from time.

Sheffield Wednesday slipped down the table after suffering a 4-0 reverse at Plymouth, with three of the goals coming in the first half of the game as Paul Sturrock enjoyed the meeting with his former club.

Blackpool snatched a point from their lunchtime home meeting against Cardiff with Alan Gow lashing home an injury-time equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw.

Sheffield United climbed into the play-off places with an impressive 3-0 victory over last season's beaten finalists Bristol City at Bramall Lane with James Beattie bagging a brace.

Watford recovered from the setback of conceding an early goal at home to Preston, with Jon Harley and Tommy Smith on target in their 2-1 win.

Nottingham Forest's woes continued as they suffered their seventh defeat in 10 Championship games, going down 2-0 at home to fellow strugglers Crystal Palace.

Moritz Volz put through his own net to hand Charlton victory as the Addicks defeated Ipswich 2-1 at The Valley to climb away from the wrong end of the table.

Coventry moved up to sixth in the table as they brought Southampton's four-game unbeaten run to an abrupt end with a 4-1 victory at the Ricoh Arena, thanks to two goals from Jay Tabb.

[devilsadvocate]

This weeks games:

Saturday, 18 October 2008
Bristol City v Norwich
Burnley v Birmingham
Cardiff v Charlton
Crystal Palace v Barnsley
Derby v Plymouth
Doncaster v Blackpool
Ipswich v Swansea
Preston v Reading
QPR v Nottm Forest
Southampton v Watford
Wolverhampton v Coventry
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Sheff Wed v Sheff Utd

Big game for the Clarets at Turf Moor! Come on you Clarets!

[johntheclaret]

This weeks games:

Saturday, 18 October 2008
Bristol City v Norwich
Burnley v Birmingham
Cardiff v Charlton
Crystal Palace v Barnsley
Derby v Plymouth
Doncaster v Blackpool
Ipswich v Swansea
Preston v Reading
QPR v Nottm Forest
Southampton v Watford
Wolverhampton v Coventry
Sunday, 19 October 2008
Sheff Wed v Sheff Utd

Big game for the Clarets at Turf Moor! Come on you Clarets!

Hey DA, should be a cracking crowd too. tickets £2.50 if you bring along a junior. Great gesture.

One of my managers, his mum works for me cleaning a couple of mornings a week. She's 84 and as fit as a fiddle. Been a Clarets fan for more than 70 years. So as a suprise her boys are bringing her along. She will be gobsmacked

[devilsadvocate]

Hey DA, should be a cracking crowd too. tickets £2.50 if you bring along a junior. Great gesture.

One of my managers, his mum works for me cleaning a couple of mornings a week. She's 84 and as fit as a fiddle. Been a Clarets fan for more than 70 years. So as a suprise her boys are bringing her along. She will be gobsmacked

That's great. I bet she'll come out with some gems of calls throughout the game. I recall my Grandma had the foulest mouth of any Port supporter I've ever heard. Away from Alberton, you'd never have picked her for a feral!

Hope you have a cracking day mate, a win and the Clarets are knocking on the door of the promotion qualifying spots! Come on you Clarets!

[devilsadvocate]

P.S. on the 2.50 tickets, just collected my tickets for the Spurs v Liverpool game in a couple of weeks - 51.80 including the booking fee. Translate that back to AUD at current rates of 2.55, that's $132. Equivalent of what I last paid for my AFL season ticket.

Having said that, I wouldn't even think twice about buying the EPL ticket!

[devilsadvocate]

Chris McCann!!!! you little beauty!!! COME ON YOU CLARETS! 1-0.

15 minutes to go - hold on boys!

[devilsadvocate]

PNE holding Reading 1-1 on 75 mins
Watford smacking Southampton 3-0
Derby 2-1 over Plymouth

Bugger, bugger, bugger!!! 1-1 now at Turf Moor - goal to Jerome, who I believe is too good to be in the EPL!

[devilsadvocate]

PNE 2-1 over Reading. Massive result if they can hold for 8 mins.

[devilsadvocate]

Bugger, bugger, bugger!!! 1-1 now at Turf Moor - goal to Jerome, who I believe is too good to be in the EPL!

1 a piece at the final whistle at Turf Moor.

Dammit!

[johntheclaret]

Chris McCann!!!! you little beauty!!! COME ON YOU CLARETS! 1-0.

15 minutes to go - hold on boys!

Guess who had £5.00 on McCann to score 1st at 16/1.

Most blatant handball in the box by Brum. Everyone saw it. Including the linesman who bottled it.

Brum were shite. 1 shot on goal, with a scabby breakaway. Clarets had 90% of the play. The best I've seen from them for a couple of years or more. Should (and that's the key word), have had 4 goals before that breakaway. plus a penalty. Ref was p1ss poor. I just don't understand the officials. they seem to bottle it when it comes to the big sides. Maybe that's how the league wants it. The big sides fighting it out at the top.

Not sour grapes, we got a point, just disappointed that two or three shite decisions or non decisions cost us the points.

As for Mary. I told one of the commercial boys that she had been following the Clarets for 70 years, they took her on a tour of the ground, even into the dressing rooms where the players were, into the Refs room where she had a photo with the matchball. then they took her up to the board room and trophy room. Even a trail of Clartes players came into the box to say hello, including some old greats, Willie Irvine, Ian Britton, Jim Thompson and Andy Lockhead. All signed her programme. Old love was in tears more than once.

Great effort by the club, all spontaneous. Bet you wouldn't see that happening at Chelski.

[johntheclaret]

Sat 18th Oct

Results

Bristol City 1 Norwich 0
Burnley 1 Birmingham 1
Cardiff 2 Charlton 0
Crystal Palace 3 Barnsley 0
Derby 2 Plymouth 1
Doncaster 0 Blackpool 0
Ipswich 2 Swansea 2
Preston 2 Reading 1
QPR 2 Nottm Forest 1
Southampton 0 Watford 3

Round Up

Wolves came from behind to overcome Coventry 2-1 at Molineux as goals from Michalel Kightly and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake cancelled out Michael Mifsud's early opener.

Cameron Jerome's late goal rescued a 1-1 draw for Birmingham at Burnley.
Chris McCann gave Burnley the lead on 25 minutes, but Jerome came off the bench to snatch an equaliser for Alex McLeish's men on 77 minutes.

Preston came from behind to shock Reading at Deepdale with an impressive 2-1 victory.
Stephen Hunt opened the scoring from the penalty spot after his brother Noel had been upended in the box, but Ivar Ingimarsson's unfortunate own goal (55) and Stephen Elliott's first goal for Preston gave the home side the spoils.

Southampton suffered a miserable day at St Mary's after going down 3-0 to Watford and missing two penalties in the process.
Richard Lee was the hero for Watford with two superb penalty saves in the opening 20 minutes to deny David McGoldrick and Paul Wotton.
Watford made Southampton pay for those misses with goals from Tamas Priskin (10, 41) and John Eustace (30).

Cardiff moved into fourth spot with a 2-0 win over nine-man Charlton at Ninian Park.
Ross McCormack gave Cardiff the lead on 18 minutes and he added a second on 52 minutes with a superb free-kick after Jose Semedo was sent off for a professional foul.
Charlton's misery was compounded when Mark Hudson was dismissed for a second bookable offence on 67 minutes.

Derby continued their resurgence as they came from behind to beat Plymouth 2-1 at Pride Park.
Goals from Rob Hulse (45) and Paul Green (52) cancelled out Paul Gallagher's stunning early opener to keep Paul Jewell's men heading in the right direction.

Pablo Counago scored twice to earn Ipswich a 2-2 draw with Swansea at Portman Road.
Counago gave Ipswich the lead on 43 minutes, but Swansea turned the game on its head with goals from Ferrie Bode (49) and Jordi Gomez (69) only for Coungao to level matters eight minutes from time.

Queens Park Rangers added to Nottingham Forest's away day woes with a 2-1 success at Loftus Road.
Second half goals from Angelo Balanta (48) and Akos Buzsaky (60) gave Iain Dowie's side a morale-boosting win with Lewis McGugan grabbing a late consolation with a superb free-kick.

Jamie McCombe's late goal gave Bristol City a narrow 1-0 win over Norwich at Ashton Gate.

Crystal Palace made it three wins on the trot with a comfortable 3-0 victory over struggling Barnsley.
Ben Watson set the home side on their way with the opener from the penalty spot on 25 minutes after Heinz Muller felled Victor Moses.
Watson doubled the lead on the hour mark and substitute Shefki Kuqi lobbed a late third to seal a good evening's work for Neil Warnock's men.

Doncaster missed the chance to climb out of trouble after being held to a goalless draw at home to Blackpool.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Wolves 11 12 25
2 Birmingham 11 7 24
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3 Reading 11 14 20
4 Cardiff 11 4 18
5 SheffUtd 10 8 17
6 QPR 11 1 17
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7 Preston 11 -1 17
8 Bristol C 11 2 16
9 Derby 11 1 16
10 Swansea 11 -1 16
11 Burnley 11 -2 16
12 Plymouth 11 2 15
13 CPalace 11 2 15
14 Coventry 11 1 15
15 SheffWed 10 -6 15
16 Watford 11 0 14
17 Blackpool 11 -2 14
18 Ipswich 11 3 13
19 Charlton 11 -2 13
20 Southampton 11 -7 11
21 Norwich 11 -5 10
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22 Barnsley 11 -7 8
23 Doncaster 11 -12 8
24 Nott'm Forest 11 -12 5