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So the play-offs it is then…
Last Saturday’s routine 2-0 win over an already-relegated Oxford United was as much as the Lions could do in their chase for the final automatic promotion spot.
But in truth, it was always Ipswich Town’s to lose – and the Tractor Boys were too good a side to allow the prize to slip from their grasp.
Two terrific goals from talisman Femi Azeez were
Four of the ever-present Championship sides since 2020-21 are also among the top six current second-tier clubs hardest hit by losses.
Bristol City (£111m), Preston (£84.4m), QPR (£82.9m) and Middlesbrough (£80.4m) have all failed to record a profit for five consecutive seasons – as have Derby, Millwall, Oxford, Portsmouth and Swansea.
Coventry City, who are on course to win promotion to the Premier League this season, have lost £29.5m in
To lose one game at home when you’ve largely dominated but can’t score is unfortunate. To lose three out of four is a very worrying pattern.
Potentially the most damning thing was Derby’s game plan. They seemed content to sit back and defend in the knowledge they could keep Pompey at bay and get a goal from a counter attack or a set-piece.
They were right. They hit the post
Blackburn’s form is in stark contrast to last season, when the club struggled for form in the Championship and Eustace arrived as replacement for Jon Dahl Tomasson following a run of eight Championship games without victory.
The former Birmingham City boss then kept the club in the division having navigated them to a 19th-place finish, three points clear of the drop zone.
Some canny signings in the summer, including former
Howey, who was a defender for Manchester City and Newcastle, has noticed he sometimes struggles to get words out or forget things that were said 10 minutes earlier.
Short-term memory loss can be an early sign of dementia and he had an MRI scan which showed some cognitive decline.
The 53-year-old said the effects of heading were never really talked about when he played and defenders would even ‘break in’
Masters said the legal action was not just about Fifa’s plans for an expanded Club World Cup and more about the impact its scheduling could have on existing competitions.
He added: “If our clubs get to the final of those competitions, what sort of teams are they going to be able to field at the start of the Premier League season when we have an obligation to the players to