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Oct 29, 2020
1 min

Movember - get involved!

So, we're taking the plunge. The Second Tier are growing their moustaches. Moustache-ai? Is there a term for multiple people with moustac...

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Oct 27, 2020
3 min

Officials bag Forest a draw, Stoke are firing, Wycombe are almost firing: The Second Tier Summary

It was a packed weekend, mostly of draws (half the fixtures ended in a draw) and teams playing 3 a the back (13 sides played 3 centre bac...

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Oct 25, 2020
2 min

Championship Betting Tips: Cherries To Turn Draws Into Wins

The past weekend was frustrating from a betting perspective. Weird tactical changes, defensive clangers and teams not taking their chance...

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Oct 22, 2020
3 min

Championship Betting Tips: Toney To Keep Impressing

The fixture list is the Championship is starting to gather pace, with games in midweek meaning starting to crop up. With the coronavirus ...

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Oct 19, 2020
3 min

Corberan gets rolling, Toney gets going and Hughton gets Forest winning: The Second Tier Summary

We're back from the dreaded and dull international break which means only one thing.. We have something to talk about. Terrific performan...

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Oct 14, 2020
3 min

Championship Betting Tips: Forest to shock Rovers

An international break has been and gone, and there's been plenty of change across the Championship. Of course, the transfer window is st...

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Oct 5, 2020
3 min

Warnock's back, Alex Neil gets a win and Lamouchi lost again: The Second Tier Summary

An interesting weekend which surprised some, well, surprises. Second half collapses, 100% records maintaining and more misery at the bott...

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Oct 1, 2020
2 min

Championship Betting Tips: Bristol City to Maintain Forest Misery

A full house a couple of weeks ago was followed up last weekend with one bet coming in. A solid enough return because I lumped on Swansea...

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Sep 28, 2020
4 min

Dolan does it again, Derby do it again, and Forest well, do it again: The Second Tier Summary

It felt like quite an average weekend in the Championship as we entered the third game week. Perhaps the draws and rather average display...

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Sep 24, 2020
3 min

Championship Betting Tips: Armstrong to Keep Firing

It was great to get a full house in betting last week. It's worth pointing out Cardiff also won, and they would have been my fourth bet i...

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Sep 21, 2020
6 min

Lamouchi, Luton Town and a dash of Olise: The Second Tier Summary

We're into the second week of the Championship which has given us goals, red cards, choke slams and some more goals. And of course, that ...

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Sep 16, 2020
3 min

Championship Betting Tips: The Lions to Roar at Rotherham

The first weekend of the Championship is always unpredictable. Usually you can base your betting on form and data but, unsurprisingly, th...

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Sep 14, 2020
4 min

A pleasant welcome back: The Second Tier Summary

The Championship is back ladies and gentlemen and that means all the football content your minds can digest. This weekend we saw some sur...

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Sep 10, 2020
2 min

Championship Betting Tips: Bees to Batter Blues

The best league in the world is back! That also means weekends of watching whatever's on Netflix are over, and we can get back to doing w...

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Sep 7, 2020
6 min

Championship Outright Tips 2020-21

The Championship looks even more wide open than usual this season. Usually there's plenty of value and the upcoming campaign looks to be ...

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Sep 1, 2020
3 min

The promoted sides

With every new season, there are obviously six new teams joining the Championship. Relegated from the Premier League, or promoted from Le...

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Aug 19, 2020
6 min

End of season grades: how did your team do?

With teams returning to preseason and a later start to a new season than usual. We thought we'd look back on the 19/20 season and grade e...

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Jul 15, 2020
4 min

Strike partnerships: where have they gone?

Strike partnerships are a rarity these days. You could argue English football has gone all continental with the one upfront. It developed...

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Jul 2, 2020
4 min

Bristol City: What has gone wrong?

Streaky, consistent, inconsistent, consistently inconsistent. What a source of frustration Bristol City have been since Lee Johnson took ...

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Jun 19, 2020
10 min

Has YOUR club benefited from a break in the season?

Financially, the coronavirus pandemic has delivered a real sucker punch to every club in the Championship. For many, it will have made an...

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