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It might not have worked out at QPR but Gareth Ainsworth is back in management and perhaps on more familiar territory as he takes charge of rock bottom Shrewsbury Town for the first time on Saturday against League One title favourites Birmingham City.
Having frequently defied the odds in more than 10 years in charge of Wycombe Wanderers, Ainsworth will need all his know how to extract the Shrews from
Pep Guardiola says people expect to see Manchester City wiped “off the face of the Earth” amid the ongoing hearing into the club’s 115 charges for alleged breaches of the Premier League’s financial rules.
Champions in six of the past seven seasons, City could, in theory, face a points deduction serious enough to condemn them to relegation – or even expulsion – from the Premier League, if found to have
“The challenge will be to operate within the league’s financial rules from the club’s current position.
“Championship clubs cannot lose more than £39m across three seasons. The club recorded an £11m loss for the 2022-23 season and will confirm another significant deficit for the 2023-24 campaign – our first without Premier League monies in 22 years.”
Albion were relegated from the top flight in 2021, since when they have finished
Luton led at half-time but were outclassed by West Ham after the break.
Their failure to win an away game since December and a lack of clean sheets ultimately proved their undoing.
However, after getting promoted with one of the smallest budgets in the Championship, Luton defied the odds for most of the season, earning respect and praise for the way they battled to survive.
As Edwards and his players
Albion are the least fancied side of the four play-off contenders with the bookmakers – including Norwich, who finished below them.
“I don’t think it’s a bad thing,” Albion keeper Alex Palmer told BBC Radio WM.
“People were writing us off earlier in the season before we were really in the play-off places.
“So now we just go about our business. Whether it’s under the radar or people have got
Luke Williams says there is a “huge task” ahead as Swansea City prepare for another close-season rebuild.
Swansea overhauled their playing squad and staff last summer, thanks in part to Russell Martin’s move to Southampton.
But after a difficult season, Williams is expecting another raft of changes.
“We have all but ticked off the first big hurdle,