Chris Dunlavy
Chris Dunlavy: James McClean’s time at Wrexham shows the value of a veteran
James McClean’s success at Wrexham shows that there is value in the older generation.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 days agoTame Terriers in hunt for lost spirit
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL IS MANAGING Huddersfield Town the most difficult job in the EFL right now? Liam Manning is about to find out. On paper, the 40-year-old is walking into a...
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 5 days agoCLOSING ‘CHUTE PAYMENT WILL DO FOR ME…
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL PLEDGE: David Kogan DAVID Kogan, the chair of the new football regulator, has promised to review the impact of parachute payments on the EFL. It shouldn’t take long,...
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Championship
/ 5 days agoSwansea City’s Josh Tymon leads the way for EFL Goal of the Month winners!
If there is another month with better Sky Bet EFL Goal of the Month winners than the latest one, it’s going to be something really special!
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Adam Virgo
/ 5 days agoAdam Virgo: Ibrahim Osman must grab big Birmingham City chance
It's make or break time for Ibrahim Osman, the Ghanaian winger who has just joined Birmingham on loan from Brighton.
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Big Interview
/ 5 days agoBig Interview: Liam Miller – home World Cup always in the back of my mind
Liam Millar does not regard the anterior cruciate ligament tear that kept him out for nearly a year as a total catastrophe.
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Player Profile
/ 5 days agoPlayer profile: Marcelino Nunez – Ipswich Town’s creative yet tenacious midfielder
Ipswich Town have emerged from their early-season malaise to launch a challenge for the Championship title – thanks in no small part to a tactical tweak that has unlocked the creative power of Marcelino Nunez....
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Oops! Josh Sargent has made a major error
Josh Sargent clearly hadn’t done his homework on Philippe Clement when he fired off the explosive text that may have ended his Norwich City career.
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Big Interview
/ 2 weeks agoBig Interview: Jon Brady – Port Vale plight doesn’t frighten me
Jon Brady was no stranger to a League One relegation battle during nearly four years at the helm of Northampton Town.
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EFL Monthly Awards
/ 2 weeks agoKieran McKenna, Brian Barry-Murphy and Andy Woodman bag top manager EFL prizes
Promotion-chasers Kieran McKenna, Brian Barry-Murphy and Andy Woodman have scooped the final Sky Bet EFL Manager of the Month awards of 2025.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 2 weeks agoCHAMP FAILURE CAN BE PATH TO THE TOP
Chris Dunlavy A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL CHANCE: Michael Carrick DOWN in the dumps after being sacked by a Championship club? Don’t worry – you might be heading for the top. Michael Carrick’s return to...
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EFL Monthly Awards
/ 2 weeks agoNew Sheffield United ace Patrick Bamford nets top EFL prize!
Patrick Bamford has made a storming start to life at Sheffield United – and picking up the Sky Bet Championship Player of the Month award has iced the cake.
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Features
/ 2 weeks agoPlayer Profile: Hayden Hackney – Middlesbrough star destined to make Prem leap
Hayden Hackney further underlined his Premier League credentials with a goal in last weekend’s FA Cup defeat to Fulham. The 23-year-old midfielder showed a sniffer’s instinct to attack the six-yard box and finish a slick passage...
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Graham Westley
/ 2 weeks agoGraham Westley: Collaboration can work – with effort
Gareth Southgate was reported as saying this week that the erosion of a manager’s authority has been a gradual process over many years. He added that the process has accelerated with the widespread introduction of...
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Graham Westley
/ 2 weeks agoMATT & JON HAVE TOOLS TO TURN THE TABLES
Graham Westley EX-STEVENAGE, PRESTON, PETERBOROUGH AND NEWPORT MANAGER ENERGY: Matt Bloomfield BOTH Matt Bloomfield (Oxford United) and Jon Brady (Port Vale) have picked up fantastic new challenges. Young managers who inherit relegation threatened squads in...
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Columnists
/ 3 weeks agoSimon Grayson: Frank Lampard’s Coventry City have the class to overcome wobble
If you spoke to Frank Lampard in private, I don’t think he’d be too worried about Coventry City’s dip in form.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Scarred Southampton need mental reset to improve Championship form
For a while there, it looked like Tonda Eckert might be the solution to Southampton’s post-Premier League malaise.
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Chris Dunlavy
/ 3 weeks agoChris Dunlavy: Listen, axed Ryan Mason needs to learn from West Brom flop
Ryan Mason was sacked because West Brom lost too many games and he struggled to implement a coherent style of play.
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Big Interview
/ 3 weeks agoBig Interview: James Abankwah – Learning under Fabio Cannavaro unbelievable for Watford stalwart
James Abankwah was understandably awestruck when, in April 2024, Fabio Cannavaro was appointed manager of Udinese.
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Features
/ 3 weeks agoPlayer Profile: Kai Wagner – Birmingham City’s fighting assist machine
Kai Wagner, Birmingham City’s new left-back, boldly self-identified as an “assist machine” upon completing a £2m switch from Philadelphia Union last week.



