Simeon Gholam is joined by Andy Hinchcliffe to look back on another dramatic midweek in the promotion race, and ahead to another weekend of Championship action, with Leeds, Burnley and Sheffield United all live on Sky.

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Simeon Gholam chats with three Championship players on this week's episode of The EFL Interviews on the Essential EFL podcast.

First up is Sheffield United forward Rhian Brewster, then it's Watford's Mattie Pollock and we round off the episode with Stoke City striker Nathan Lowe.

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Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 40 of the Sky Bet Championship season.

Running order… Blackburn vs Middlesbrough, Luton vs Leeds, Coventry vs Burnley, West Brom vs Sunderland, Oxford vs Sheff Utd, Rest of the Saturday 3pms

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Simeon Gholam chats to three players who have all earned promotions out of League Two over the course of their careers on this week's episode of The EFL Interviews on the Essential EFL podcast.

First up is Stevenage’s captain Carl Piergianni, then we hear from Bradford City’s Antoni Sarcevic and we finish the episode with AFC Wimbledon’s Matty Stevens.

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Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 39 of the Sky Bet Championship season.

Running order… Sheff Utd vs Coventry, Watford vs Plymouth, Hull vs Luton, Burnley vs Bristol City, Leeds vs Swansea, Rest of the Saturday 3pms

Simeon Gholam is joined by Aaron McLean and David Stowell on League One and Two review on the Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast.

The panel look at the latest in the promotion race, play-off and relegation battles across the third and fourth tier as the 2024/25 season approaches its climax.

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Simeon Gholam is joined by Don Goodman and Jobi McAnuff on a Championship Catch-up episode of the Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast.

The panel look back on all the latest action from the second tier, and assess the respective promotion, play-off and relegation battles as we head into the run-in.

Simeon Gholam speaks to three more players on this week's episode of The EFL Interviews on the Essential EFL podcast.

First up is Harrogate Town’s Jack Muldoon who speaks about having to prove people wrong, dealing with having Type 1 diabetes as a professional footballer and winning promotion during Covid.

Then it's on to Notts County’s on-loan Tottenham midfielder George Abbott who tells Sim how he's adapting to senior football and what it was like to come through the Spurs academy.

And we finish with Bromley’s Michael Cheek who's finally getting his chance in the EFL after a long career in non-league.

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Simeon Gholam and David Prutton pick out their 'seven wonders' of the Championship, including incredible goals, moments, games, players and managers from second-tier history.

Sim then puts Prutts to the test in a 'guess the player' quiz of Championship legends, past and present.

Simeon Gholam speaks to three Championship players on this week's episode of The EFL Interviews on the Essential EFL podcast.

First up is Calum Chambers who joined Cardiff City at the start of the season. He tells Sim why he wanted the move and how he’s trying to show people he’s more than just a right back!

Then we head to Swansea to hear from Ben Cabango who was named the club’s new captain after long-time skipper Matt Grimes left for Coventry in January.

And finally it’s Millwall’s Tristan Crama. The Frenchman chats to Sim about moving to England during Covid and how he’s trying to take every chance to test himself at the highest level he can.