Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 13 of the Sky Bet Championship season.
Running order…
Preamble
Luton vs West Brom 
Stoke vs Derby
Blackburn vs Sheff Utd 
Oxford vs Swansea 
Millwall vs Burnley 
Rest of the Saturday 3pms
Outro

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Simeon Gholam is joined by Curtis Davies to discuss his incredible two-decade career after he recently made the jump from the pitch to the studio, joining the Sky Sports EFL team.

Davies discussed his breakthrough at Luton, and all his clubs right through to Cheltenham Town, assessing the highs and the lows.

There was Wembley heartache, times of being frozen out, battles with injury and more, before an emotional farewell to his playing career with Sierra Leone.

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Simeon Gholam puts David Prutton to the test as he gets him to pick a five-aside team of current managers, blind ranks second-tier legends and then quizzes him on his Championship knowledge.

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Simeon Gholam chats with two managers on this episode of The EFL Interviews on the Essential EFL podcast.

First is Hull City's Tim Walter who speaks to Sim about his footballing philosophy and his time in charge of Hamburg. That's followed by Darren Moore who explains why the club as a whole should take credit for their good start to League Two.

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Sky Sports duo Simeon Gholam and David Prutton take a look ahead at Gameweek 10 of the Sky Bet Championship season.

Running order…

Preamble 
Leeds vs Sheff Utd
Oxford vs West Brom
Cardff vs Plymouth 
Luton vs Watford
Preston vs Coventry
Hull vs Sunderland
Rest of the Saturday 3pms
Outro

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Simeon Gholam is joined by Curtis Davies and David Stowell for the League One & Two Review on the Essential EFL podcast.

The panel take a look at back at a madcap EFL weekend, which saw 40 goals scored across 12 games on Saturday - assessing the two games in League One which saw Peterborough fight back to draw 3-3 with Rotherham and Shrewsbury win 5-3 at Crawley.

Onto League Two and it is Port Vale who sit top of the tree after a 1-0 win at MK Dons, a chaotic draw between Chesterfield and Notts County, a win on their return home for AFC Wimbledon, big wins for Accrington and Morecambe at two high-flying sides, and the continued struggles of Salford City.

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Joining Simeon Gholam on this week’s EFL interviews: Morecambe's Rhys Williams talks about his Liverpool whirlwind, Bradford's Olly Sanderson on breaking into the game and his hopes for the future and Grimsby's Charles Vernam on his Goal of the Month exploits.

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Simeon Gholam is joined by Andy Hinchcliffe and Gary Weaver to look back on all the latest action from the Championship. 

The panel look back on an incredible game between Sunderland and Leeds, Sheffield United's surge up the table and whether Wayne Rooney is starting to prove the doubters wrong at Plymouth.

Attention then turns to whether VAR should be introduced to the Championship after the controversy in the clash between Burnley and Preston, before assessing the managerial situation at Cardiff, and the poor form of Luton, Coventry, Portsmouth and QPR.

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Joining Simeon Gholam on this week’s EFL interviews: Portsmouth’s Josh Murphy says he’s confident Pompey can turn their season around; Hull City’s Canadian import Liam Millar on playing against Lionel Messi; and Chelsea goalkeeper Gabriel Slonina discusses his loan spell at Barnsley.

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Simeon Gholam is joined by Curtis Davies and David Stowell for the League One & Two Review on the Essential EFL podcast.

The panel take a look at the flying start made by Birmingham in League One, and the starts made by Wrexham and Lincoln near the top of the table.

Davies then assesses the fine start made by his former boss Steve Bruce at Blackpool, before analysing the poor start of Cambridge United, improving Bolton and the continuing strife at Reading.

Onto League Two in part two and the pacesetters Gillingham and their flying start, an impressive opening to the campaign for Walsall, the pitch problems at AFC Wimbledon and the struggles of the bottom two Accrington and Morecambe.  

Davies then looks at his former club Cheltenham and how they've coped on their return to the fourth tier.

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