Championship

Following Cheltenham Town’s staggering 6-5 away win at Burton Albion on Saturday, I felt it was only right to delve into the archives of the best high-scoring games in the past few years.

Game 1: Chelsea 4-4 Liverpool, April 14th 2009.

After a 3-1 win at Anfield the week before, it looked as if Chelsea were going to coast into the semi-finals, but no-one could have predicted the events that …

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The former Newcastle United, Everton and Aston Villa utility man Steve Watson was something of a Premier League mainstay for well over a decade. But what exactly happened to him?

Steve Watson started his career at Newcastle United and …

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It was late July and the atmosphere inside the Newcastle dressing-room was unexplainable after their 6-1 pre-season thrashing by Leyton Orient, which at the time made me think, ’surely not another disastrous season for Newcastle’. Shell-shocked players stared at their boots, their thoughts hidden and unspoken but nearly all the same – how had that happened and what can we do about it?

But last Sunday evening was evidence of how much Newcastle’s …

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Many things grind my gears about football. Most of them are completely inane. Some of them don’t bother anyone else and I seem like a complete mad person for getting so worked up by them, but some things are universally baffling. These are but a few of them.

1. Automatic bookings for stripping off – The passion, excitement and euphoria of

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Is it just me or has Chris Hughton been given little in the way of plaudits for the job he is doing this season with Newcastle United? With 10 games remaining the Magpies need 16 points to mathematically guarantee their return to the Premier League at …

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Some footballers have a knack for getting in to trouble. Joey Barton is a prime example. One player who falls into this category is Nile Ranger, the 18 year old prodigy that has overcame a life of crime on the streets to flourish at Newcastle this season.

Starting his career at Crystal Palace, Ranger was signed by …

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Costa Rica is not usually a country associated with footballing greatness. But one player helped put Costa Rican football on the map at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups. That player was Paulo Wanchope, a flamboyant striker that played in the Premiership with Derby, West Ham and

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When Boro’ supporters hold a big flag with an arrow pointing to Newcastle United supporters underneath the slogan ‘Trophy Virgins’, what, exactly, are they trying to imply? That neither I, nor any of my fellow supporters, have ever attempted to engage in the act of copulation with one? Well, frankly, I should hope not. You know, they do ask for those things back at …

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As Reading FC become the form team in the division, West and Williams ask was Rodgers unlucky or Bad? As the Royals score eleven goals in their last three home match’s and look more than a handful for any Championship side.

In Latest News with Reading fc reporter Jonny Fordham. We get his view on both games and his thoughts on …

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Not everyone from Manchester United’s famous class of 92 could have been expected to make it in the big time and win trophies for fun. The likes of the Neville brothers, David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Nicky Butt may have clocked up hundreds of appearances for United but there were players who did not make the grade. A name that springs to mind is

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