Championship weekend in brief
Queens Park Rangers stretched their lead at the top of the Championship to six points after another convincing win.
Queens Park Rangers stretched their lead at the top of the Championship to six points after another convincing win.
Queens Park Rangers opened up a five point lead at the top of the Championship while Watford produced the shock of the day at The New Den.
Tottenham appear to be the worst affected Premier League side as the international break takes its toll on the injury hit-list.
Blackburn Rovers boss, Sam Allardyce, says his side are ready to pull away from the bottom half of the table over their next few games.
It appears the taxman in the United Kingdom is quickly losing sympathy for Portsmouth after the club have accepted a nine point penalty. The penalty condemns the club to virtually certain relegation from the Premier League and means they will have their work cut out to stem the flow of current problems from developing.
Portsmouth manager, Avram Grant, has said that he will not walk away from the club even if they get relegated.
Pompey have had one of the worst seasons in the club’s history and many had said that Grant would not be blamed for walking away from the situation and getting another managerial job.
Premier League club, Hull City, have confirmed that Phil Brown has been relieved of all duties as the club’s manager.
Brown was struggling to keep Hull in a competitive position in the Premier League table and it seems the time has come for the side to move on in a last bid attempt to try and prevent relegation.
The Football Association is set to hold onto fees, which will keep Portsmouth from going a long way to paying off their creditors. Portsmouth have accumulated prize money from playing in the domestic cup competition and face a reunion with former boss, Harry Redknapp, in the semi finals.
Portsmouth have been told that they must find another £7 million before the end of this month or they will face liquidation. This will mean that Portsmouth will cease to exist as a football club and the logistics of Premier League fixtures and results will plunge the league into chaos. It is the worst possible scenario, which the club’s fans were hoping to avoid.
Portsmouth have become the first Premier League side in history to go into administration.
The news broke this morning that the current owner, Balram Chainrai, had been unable to find another investor for the club and Pompey now face the certainty of relegation.