EFL Championship News

EFL Cup first round draw was this morning.

Ties will be played in the week commencing Monday August 13th.

Northern section
Blackpool v Barnsley
Carlisle United v Blackburn Rovers
Crewe Alexandra v Fleetwood Town
Grimsby Town v Rochdale
Leeds United v Bolton Wanderers
Macclesfield Town v Bradford City
Mansfield Town v Accrington Stanley
Middlesbrough v Notts County
Nottingham Forest v Bury
Oldham Athletic v Derby County
Port Vale v Lincoln City
Preston North End v Morecambe
Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic
Scunthorpe United v Doncaster Rovers
Sheffield United v Hull City
Shrewsbury Town v Burton Albion
Sunderland v Sheffield Wednesday
Tranmere Rovers v Walsall

Southern section
Bristol City v Plymouth Argyle
Bristol Rovers v Crawley Town
Cambridge United v Newport County
Cheltenham Town v Colchester United
Exeter City v Ipswich Town
Millwall v Gillingham
Milton Keynes Dons v Charlton Athletic
Norwich City v Stevenage
Oxford United v Coventry City
Portsmouth v AFC Wimbledon
Queens Park Rangers v Peterborough United
Reading v Birmingham City
Southend United v Brentford
Swindon Town v Forest Green Rovers
West Bromwich Albion v Luton Town
Wycombe Wanderers v Northampton Town
Yeovil Town v Aston Villa

Bielsa turned down the Socceroos job - to manage Leeds Utd ? Bizarre.

Forest are a laugh. The reality is that a club of their size and history should be in the Premier League. If Bournemouth, Huddersfield, Brighton etc are there, how aren’t Forest. That being said, they are flat out surviving in the Championship.....

I don't agree that Forest are a "big" club. Sure they had a few years of glory, but they were never big before that, or after. Leeds are a big club.

Leeds are a huge club. What happened to them is insane. Only Rangers is a bigger clusterfuck of mismanagement of a sporting club.

But I’ll stick by my assertion that Forest should be comfortably in the Premier League.....