Championship Lowdown

By The Deck

The definitive voice of the Championship. Join James, Elliott, Ollie, and Lewis every week for the most comprehensive coverage of the second tier.

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How many episodes does Championship Lowdown have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.

Championship Lowdown episodes:

August 21, 2025 The First Manager to be Sacked? - EFL Championship Preview
Elliott and Ollie are joined by James as they preview the upcoming week three EFL Championship fixtures.
The trio look into some of the exciting games this week and predict how they think they will go
Championship Lowdown Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Southampton v Stoke City - 1:15
Norwich City v Middlesbrough- 6:30
Hull City v Blackburn Rovers - 11:46
Charlton Athletic v Leicester City - 17:30
Birmingham City v Oxford United- 23:05
Derby County v Bristol City - 28:00
Preston North End v Ipswich Town - 33:45
West Brom v Portsmouth 38:44
Sheffield United v Millwall - 42:54
Coventry City v QPR - 48:35
Wrexham v Sheffield Wednesday - 51:01
Swansea City v Watford - 54:11
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The Championship Lowdown is proud to be part of The Football Deck Network. https://deck.football/
Covering the 2025/26 EFL Championship Clubs
Birmingham City,
Blackburn Rovers,
Bristol City,
Charlton Athletic,
Coventry City,
Derby County,
Hull City,
Ipswich Town,
Leicester City,
Middlesbrough,
Millwall,
Norwich City,
Oxford United,
Portsmouth,
Preston North End,
Queens Park Rangers,
Sheffield United,
Sheffield Wednesday,
Southampton,
Stoke City,
Swansea City,
Watford,
West Bromwich Albion,
Wrexham.
The Championship Lowdown brings you the latest news, transfers, match reviews, match previews, football predictions, exclusive interviews and analysis from our team of second tier football fans.
Producer
Ryan Whelan
https://deck.football/author/ryanjwhelan
Head of Podcasts
Sam Griffin
https://x.com/Samuellofc97
Our Other Podcasts
League One Lowdown
Fourth Tier Fever
Top Deck
National League Lowdown
LOITalk
Hosts
Chris, James, Elliott, Ollie
The Football Deck is your home of independent football content, find news, opinion, analysis and statistics on our award winning website. Listen to some of the best football podcasts in the country as part of our network.

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1h
August 14, 2025 The Biggest Game of the Season! - EFL Championship Preview
Elliott and Ollie are back to preview the second week of EFL Championship action!
There are some huge games, local rivalries, and a lot of potential drama to look forward to in Week Two.
Timestamps:
Ipswich Town vs Southampton - 0:36
Wrexham vs West Brom - 4:35
Hull City vs Oxford United - 8:08
Blackburn Rovers vs Birmingham City - 12:15
Swansea City vs Sheffield United - 15:50
Derby County vs Coventry City - 20:19
Portsmouth vs Norwich City - 23:40
Bristol City vs Charlton Athletic - 26:35
Millwall vs Middlesbrough - 29:30
Preston North End vs Leicester City - 31:30
Sheffield Wednesday vs Stoke City- 34:00
Watford vs QPR - 37:00
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The Championship Lowdown is proud to be part of The Football Deck Network. https://deck.football/
@LeagueOneLowdown
@FourthTierFever
@TopDeckFootball
@NLLowdown
@LOITalkPod
Covering the 2025/26 EFL Championship Clubs
Birmingham City,
Blackburn Rovers,
Bristol City,
Charlton Athletic,
Coventry City,
Derby County,
Hull City,
Ipswich Town,
Leicester City,
Middlesbrough,
Millwall,
Norwich City,
Oxford United,
Portsmouth,
Preston North End,
Queens Park Rangers,
Sheffield United,
Sheffield Wednesday,
Southampton,
Stoke City,
Swansea City,
Watford,
West Bromwich Albion,
Wrexham.
The Championship Lowdown brings you the latest news, transfers, match reviews, match previews, football predictions, exclusive interviews and analysis from our team of second tier football fans.
Producer
Ryan Whelan
https://deck.football/author/ryanjwhelan
Head of Podcasts
Sam Griffin
https://x.com/Samuellofc97
Our Other Podcasts
League One Lowdown
Fourth Tier Fever
Top Deck
National League Lowdown
LOITalk
Hosts
Chris, James, Elliott, Ollie
The Football Deck is your home of independent football content, find news, opinion, analysis and statistics on our award winning website. Listen to some of the best football podcasts in the country as part of our network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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46min
August 12, 2025 The EFL Championship is Back with a BANG - Match Review
James and Chris are back as they review the action from the first week of EFL Championship games!
Late goals, surprise results, and refereeing controversy, it was certainly an opening weekend to remember.
Championship Lowdown Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:21 Birmingham City Ipswich
8:29 Southampton Wrexham
17:37 Middlesbrough Swansea
23:10 Stoke vs Derby
30:06 Sheffield United Bristol City
38:41 Sheffield Wednesday Leicester City
44:52 Final six results
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The Championship Lowdown is proud to be part of The Football Deck Network. https://deck.football
Covering the 2025/26 EFL Championship Clubs
Birmingham City,
Blackburn Rovers,
Bristol City,
Charlton Athletic,
Coventry City,
Derby County,
Hull City,
Ipswich Town,
Leicester City,
Middlesbrough,
Millwall,
Norwich City,
Oxford United,
Portsmouth,
Preston North End,
Queens Park Rangers,
Sheffield United,
Sheffield Wednesday,
Southampton,
Stoke City,
Swansea City,
Watford,
West Bromwich Albion,
Wrexham.
The Championship Lowdown brings you the latest news, transfers, match reviews, match previews, football predictions, exclusive interviews and analysis from our team of second tier football fans.
Producer
Ryan Whelan
https://deck.football/author/ryanjwhelan
Head of Podcasts
Sam Griffin
https://x.com/Samuellofc97
Our Other Podcasts
League One Lowdown
Fourth Tier Fever
Top Deck
National League Lowdown
LOITalk
Hosts
Chris, James, Elliott, Ollie
The Football Deck is your home of independent football content, find news, opinion, analysis and statistics on our award winning website. Listen to some of the best football podcasts in the country as part of our network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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55min
August 08, 2025 We Predicted the EFL Championship Table 2025/26
James and Elliott are joined by Ollie this week as they all make their 2025/26 EFL Championship Predictions!
We rank all 24 teams from bottom to top, let us know what you think below!
Who will be relegated to League One? Who will get promoted to the Premier League and who will be in the play-offs?
Championship Lowdown Timestamps
Intro- 0:00
Sheffield Wednesday- 1:25
Hull City - 3:30
Oxford United - 5:35
Stoke City - 8:39
Charlton Athletic - 11:05
Preston North End - 15:07
Watford FC - 17:40
Portsmouth - 22:02
Blackburn Rovers - 24:51
QPR - 29:00
Derby County - 32:29
Bristol City - 35:56
Wrexham - 39:06
Swansea- 44:44
Middlesborough - 49:16
Millwall - 53:15
Norwich City - 56:50
West Bromwich Albion - 01:00:00
Leicester City - 01:03:11
Coventry City - 01:06:35
Sheffield United - 01:08:36
Birmingham City - 01:11:30
Southampton - 01:15:57
Ipswich Town - 01:17:55
Final EFL Championship Table - 02:20:47
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The Championship Lowdown is proud to be part of The Football Deck Network.
Covering the 2025/26 EFL Championship Clubs
Birmingham City,
Blackburn Rovers,
Bristol City,
Charlton Athletic,
Coventry City,
Derby County,
Hull City,
Ipswich Town,
Leicester City,
Middlesbrough,
Millwall,
Norwich City,
Oxford United,
Portsmouth,
Preston North End,
Queens Park Rangers,
Sheffield United,
Sheffield Wednesday,
Southampton,
Stoke City,
Swansea City,
Watford,
West Bromwich Albion,
Wrexham.
The Championship Lowdown brings you the latest news, transfers, match reviews, match previews, football predictions, exclusive interviews and analysis from our team of second tier football fans.
Producer
Ryan Whelan
https://deck.football/author/ryanjwhelan
Head of Podcasts
Sam Griffin
https://x.com/Samuellofc97
Our Other Podcasts
League One Lowdown
Fourth Tier Fever
Top Deck
National League Lowdown
LOITalk
Hosts
Chris, James, Elliott, Ollie
The Football Deck is your home of independent football content, find news, opinion, analysis and statistics on our award winning website. Listen to some of the best football podcasts in the country as part of our network.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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1h 29min
July 30, 2025 Every EFL Championship Manager RANKED
James and Elliott are back and this week they are ranking every Championship manager, starting with Birmingham and ending with Wrexham! Let us know what you think of our ranking! Championship Lowdown Football Podcast Timestamps:0:00 Intro1:00 Birmingham City5:24 Blackburn Rovers7:37 Bristol City10:30 Charlton Athletic13:33 Coventry City 16:50 Derby County 19:44 Hull City22:30 Ipswich Town26:13 Leicester City28:56 Middlesbrough 33:05 Millwall 35:46 Norwich City39:02 Oxford United41:53 Portsmouth 44:27 Preston North end48:10 QPR 52:10 Sheff United55:20 Sheff Wednesday 57:53 Southampton1:01:10 Stoke City1:03:35 Swansea City 1:06:00 Watford 1:09:59 West Bromwich Albion1:12:30 Wrexham -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Part of The Football Deckhttps://deck.football/Sister Channels‪@LeagueOneLowdown‬ ‪@FourthTierFever‬ ‪@NLLowdown‬ ‪@TopDeckFootball‬ The Championship Lowdown is your new premier second tier football podcast covering the latest news, reviews, previews and transfers. The Football Deck is your home of independent football news from the Premier League, EFL and National League. Owned and managed by football journalist Ryan WhelanProducer Ryan Whelanhttps://deck.football/author/ryanjwhelanCurrent Championship RosterBirmingham City,Blackburn Rovers,Bristol City,Charlton Athletic,Coventry City,Derby County,Hull City,Ipswich Town,Leicester City,Middlesbrough,Millwall,Norwich City,Oxford United,Portsmouth,Preston North End,Queens Park Rangers,Sheffield United,Sheffield Wednesday,Southampton,Stoke City,Swansea City,Watford,West Bromwich Albion,Wrexham,

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1h 26min

FAQs about Championship Lowdown:

How many episodes does Championship Lowdown have?

The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.