Category Archives: Championship

Championship Play-off Final 2023/24: Leeds United & Southampton chase Premier League spot

By 11v11 Site Editor , 23rd May 2024 at 6:10 PM (11v11 blog)

Leeds United and Southampton face a date with destiny at Wembley Stadium when they meet in the 2023/24 Championship play-off final on Sunday. A coveted place in the Premier League is up for grabs and both sides will be eager to claim it having spent just one season in the second tier. Leeds demolished Norwich City 4-0 on aggregate to book their place in the final, while Southampton recorded a 3-1 win overall against West Bromwich Albion. Read on as…

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Can Rotherham United defy the odds again?

By 11v11 Site Editor , 09th November 2023 at 4:09 PM (11v11 blog)

Source: Unsplash For the better part of a decade, Rotherham United have been the very definition of a yo-yo club. Between 2016 and 2022, the Millers didn't play two consecutive seasons in the same division. They were either promoted from League One or relegated from the Championship. Last term, however, that came to an end. The club lost long-term manager and club legend Paul Warne at the beginning of last season, with the club's former striker, fitness coach, and eventually…

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Is Kompany destined for Man City reunion?

By Editor , 29th March 2023 at 12:16 PM (11v11 blog)

Vincent Kompany was incredibly successful during his illustrious 11-year playing career at Manchester City, and the former Belgium captain is now making waves with Burnley as a manager. Kompany is destined to manage in the Premier League, possibly with Man City in the not-so-distant future. Who will Burnley replace in the Premier League? Kompany’s Burnley is well on the way to promotion to the Premier League, but who will be heading in the opposite direction? Looking at the latest Premier…

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Rooney’s Rams are slipping after months of back-breaking work, can they still get the job done?

By Editor , 15th February 2022 at 10:21 AM (11v11 blog)

Football is a strange business but you probably already know that by now if you’re an avid follower of a certain team. Indeed, the easiest opportunities to win against teams down on their luck are normally passed up, which is infuriatingly always followed by beating sides that should, in theory, pose a much bigger threat. It’s a bizarre phenomenon that makes you pull your hair out but it is also one that warns about complacency in football for nothing is…

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Could Hull deliver back-to-back promotions?

By Editor , 02nd September 2021 at 2:27 PM (11v11 blog)

Hull City secured promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt after winning League One last season. The Tigers finished bottom of the second tier in the 2019/20 campaign and there were concerns about whether they would be forced to sell a number of their players amid financial issues. However, Grant McCann galvanised the club and restored their Championship status by finishing top of the third tier. Josh Magennis, Mallik Wilks and Keane Lewis-Potter rose to the occasion by…

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Five former Premier League players Derby County should sign

By Editor , 22nd July 2021 at 1:58 PM (11v11 blog)

Derby County have avoided relegation by the narrowest of margins on three occasions over the past couple of months. Firstly, they relied on Cardiff City scoring an 88th minute equaliser versus Rotherham United in order to finish above the Millers. They then hung onto a 3-3 draw with Sheffield Wednesday on the final day of the season to finish above the Yorkshire club. Following the end of the 2020-21 Championship campaign the Rams have then had to fight off two…

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Brentford vs Swansea City: Championship Play-offs Final preview

By Editor , 26th May 2021 at 2:02 PM (11v11 blog)

Brentford and Swansea City are set to trade tackles at Wembley Stadium in the Sky Bet Championship Play-off final on Saturday afternoon. If you are betting on the ‘most lucrative game in football’, you should see the Bet365 bonus codes available at https://bet-bonuskoodi.com/ for an easy entry into betting on this game. Like it was the case last season, Brentford rekindled their Premier League bid with a stunning second-leg comeback against Bournemouth in their semi-final tie. After succumbing to a…

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Can Parker’s Fulham rebound in the Championship?

By Editor , 20th May 2021 at 10:52 AM (11v11 blog)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/Sb14t8QuxT4 Scott Parker was resolute that his Fulham side could escape relegation until the very end. A 2-0 loss to Burnley at Craven Cottage, however, ended their faint hopes of another season in the Premier League. Over the past four seasons, Fulham have been promoted twice, both from the Championship playoffs, and relegated twice. Two years ago they were punished for a spending spree that largely replaced their promotion-winning squad; this time their lack of spending made them favourites for…

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EFL Championship: Why the race for the playoffs is hotting up

By Editor , 11th February 2021 at 11:19 PM (11v11 blog)

In the UK, we’re often guilty of obsessing over the Premier League. It is one of the best and most entertaining divisions in world football, so it’s easy to see why. Still, the English Football League Championship is also incredibly competitive, and the race for the playoffs symbolises this better than anything else. Four sides get a shot at reaching the Holy Land by making it to the final and winning the mini-competition, a tournament that is always full of…

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The rise and fall – and rise again – of Leeds United

By Editor , 06th July 2020 at 10:39 PM (11v11 blog)

On 2 May 2001, Leeds United faced Valencia in the first leg of a Champions League semi-final. Their appearance in the last four of the competition represented arguably their biggest achievement since lifting the league title in 1992. A 0-0 draw at Elland Road was followed by a 3-0 defeat in Spain and, though Leeds’ decline wasn’t immediate, elimination from the competition and subsequent struggles to scale similar heights in the seasons that followed saw the club’s fortunes suffer a…

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