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Guides > Club League Guides > English Championship
The Championship is an extremely competitive league,
with any team capable of beating another on their day. The price of
success and failure in this division can be massive. On the one hand
there is promotion to the promise land of the Premiership, on the other,
either staying in the Championship or relegation to League One can mean
financial difficulties for many teams.
Such is the competitive nature of the league, that there are up to ten
teams battling it out for just three promotion places, with a couple of
dark horses in there as well.
Clicking on the clubs name will open the club guide.
League Structure:
- Top 2 teams are promoted automatically
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Teams finishing 3rd - 6th contest play offs, with the winner being promoted
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Bottom 3 teams are relegated
| Club |
Expectations |
Star Players |
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Charlton Athletic |
Promotion |
Madjid Bougherra, Matt Holland, Jerome Thomas, Andy
Reid, Svetoslav Todorov |
| Sheffield United |
Promotion |
Paddy Kenny, Chris Lucketti, Michael Tonge, James
Beattie, Billy Sharp |
| Watford |
Promotion |
Mart Poom, Jay DeMerit, Danny Shittu, Alhassan
Bangura, Jobi McAnuff, Marlon King, Nathan Ellington |
| West Bromwich Albion |
Promotion |
Dean Kiely, Martin Albrechtsen, Curtis Davies,
Jonathan Greening, James Morrison, John Hartson |
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| Burnley |
Reach Play Offs |
Gabor Kiraly, Jon Harley, Joey Gudjonsson, James
O’Connor, Alan Mahon, Ade Akinbiyi |
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Cardiff City |
Reach Play Offs |
Darren Purse, Glenn Loovens, Aaron
Ramsey, Joe Ledley, Robbie Fowler, Jimmy Floyd
Hasselbaink |
| Leicester City |
Reach Play Offs |
Stephen Clemence, Marco Ferreira (L), DJ Campbell,
Matt Fryatt, Mark de Vries |
| Southampton |
Reach Play Offs |
Kelvin Davis, Gregory Vignal (L), Adam Hammill (L),
Marek Saganowski |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers |
Reach Play Offs |
Matt Murray, Gary Breen, Michael Kightly, Freddy
Eastwood
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| Crystal Palace |
Mid Table |
Julian Speroni, Leon Cort, Carl Fletcher, Paul Dickov |
| Preston North End |
Mid Table |
Andy Lonergan, Sean St. Ledger, Jason Jarrett, Neil
Mellor
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Barnsley |
Avoid Relegation |
Robert Atkinson, Jamal
Campbell Ryce, Brian Howard, Rohan Ricketts, Kim Christensen |
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Blackpool |
Avoid Relegation |
Rhys Evans, Ian Evatt, John Hills, Wes
Hoolahan, Kiegan Parker |
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Bristol City |
Avoid Relegation |
Jamie McCombe, Michael McIndoe, Lee
Trundle |
| Colchester United |
Avoid Relegation |
Dean Gerken, Matthew Connolly, Teddy Sheringham,
Kevin Lisbie |
| Coventry City |
Avoid Relegation |
Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, Julian Gray, Arjan De
Zeeuw, Michael Hughes, Michael Mifsud
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| Hull City |
Avoid Relegation |
Boaz Myhill, Michel Turner, Nick Barmby, Jay-Jay
Okocha
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| Ipswich Town |
Avoid Relegation |
Shane Supple, Jason De Vos, Sylvain Legwinski, Alan
Lee, Pablo Counago |
| Norwich City |
Avoid Relegation |
David Marshall, Darren Huckerby, Luke Chadwick |
| Plymouth Argyle |
Avoid Relegation |
Romain Larrieu, Peter Halmosi, Dan Gosling, Bojan
Djordjic, Barry Hayles
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| Queens Park Rangers |
Avoid Relegation |
Lee Camp, Patrick Kanyuka, Damion Stewart, Danny
Cullip, Dexter Blackstock, Ben Sahar (L) |
| Scunthorpe United |
Avoid Relegation |
Andy Butler, Matthew Sparrow, Paul Hayes |
| Sheffield Wednesday |
Avoid Relegation |
Lee Grant, Richard Wood, Kenny Lunt, Akpo Sodje |
| Stoke City |
Avoid Relegation |
Russell Hoult, Rory Delap, Liam Lawrence,
Vincent Pericard |
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