The Sportsman Untitled - Championship Podcast

The Championship returned this weekend after a two-week break and boy did we miss it! Middlesbrough and Ipswich battled it out on Friday night, before a packed Saturday, which concluded with Leicester and Portsmouth at 7:45pm.Simon Lillibury is joined by Statman Dave and Callum Fowler to review the weekend's action and look ahead to a tantalisingly packed mid-week as the Championship table begins to really take shape.We'll be back on Friday with Untitled EXTRA as the same trio look at the most important players in the Championship.

Simon Lillibury is joined by Conor McGilligan and Gab Sutton to discuss all the latest EFL Championship news including the manager mayhem that could soon be upon us, with managers on the move around the footballing world and Championship managers past and present being linked with some big, big jobs!

The panel also take a look at the Watford situation, with Paulo Pezzolano OUT at Vicarage Road, with familiar face Javi Gracia back in. And what does the future look like for Frank Lampard - is it the potential next England manager after a superb tenure at Coventry City, seeing them reach the play-offs last season and remaining unbeaten this season (so far).

And what about the Premier League? Could we see an influx of past and present EFL Championship managers head to the top-tier, with jobs at Manchester United, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and more under threat?

Simon is joined by Benjamin Bloom and Jonny from Boro Breakdown as they take a deep dive into Middlesbrough just after they lose their unbeaten record. The lads also look at the Old Farm derby, Coventry City sitting at the top of the league still unbeaten and Preston North End flying after being overlooked by everyone at the start of the season.

Seven games into the 25/26 Championship season and we're starting to see some shape to the league. 7 down, 39 to go - and this coming week will see the return of the mid-week fixtures.

Simon Lillibury is joined by Benjamin Bloom to review the weekend's biggest news stories including the Lancashire Telegraph being banned from Blackburn Rovers, Phil Parkinson's future, Birmingham's underwhelming start under Chris Davies and whether Boro and Coventry can remain invincible.

It goes without saying that we'll discuss the elephant in the room, the Old Farm Derby as Ipswich take on Norwich this Sunday.

But that will be saved by and large for Friday. This week we'll be discussing each team's start to the season under Kieran McKenna and Liam Manning's stewardship and discussing whether it's been the start both teams expected, or whether they've both underwhelmed (despite Ipswich's 5-0 thrashing of Sheffield United).

As always the pair will preview the biggest fixtures ahead of the weekend.

On Friday we will be back with a more in-depth preview of Ipswich Town vs Norwich City in our EXTRA show for the first Old Farm derby of the season.

Please note however, Friday's show is filmed on Monday, so there will be no mid-week fixture review. It will purely be a weekend preview for Ipswich vs Norwich.

Another wicked weekend of Championship action comes to a close. While Sheffield United welcomed Chris Wilder back, The Sportsman Untitled welcomes you to a new panelist in the form of Callum Fowler, a Barnsley fan and EFL aficianado to accompany Simon and Conor to review the weekend's biggest Championship results and stories, including the downpour at Ewood Park, leading to confusion over when - or if -the fixture will need to be replayed, to the high-turned-low as Charlton Athletic nicked a late winner at Bramhall Lane.We take a deep dive into Wrexham, whose manager Phil Parkinson has been under the microscope in recent weeks after a big-spending summer, but underwhelming start to the season (despite a solid win at Carrow Road).Before we finish, we look ahead to some of the biggest fixtures this weekend, including Southampton vs Middlesbrough and Preston vs Bristol City.On Thursday, we will be back with a more in-depth preview of West Brom vs Leicester, a day earlier than usual, in our EXTRA show. West Brom vs Leicester kicks off at 8pm on Friday night, live on Sky Sports.

The Championship is back after the dreaded international break and with the transfer window now sealed shut, the managers are able to fully utilise their squads and implement their tactics without fear of losing players to rivals.

Simon is back in the hosts chair alongside Gab Sutton and Derby County fan and host of The Second Tier Podcast Justin Peach to review the weekend's action, The Championship's biggest stories and take a deeper look at Derby County under John Eustace.

The inevitable happened on Sunday as Ruben Selles was relieved of his duties at Sheffield United, with Chris Wilder expected to return for a third stint at Bramhall Lane, but is this the direction fans want the club to go in?

The trio will also look ahead to the weekend's biggest fixtures, with

And on Friday we will be back with a full preview of Leicester City vs Coventry City, arguably the biggest game of the weekend, a 12:30 kick off on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.

Could Danny Rohl become the new Sheffield United manager after Ruben Selles’ poor start? Frank Lampard has also been linked to the West Ham job with Graham Potter under pressure. Would it be a wise move for Lampard? Elsewhere, Coventry City are facing criticism from Birmingham City fans after tickets went on sale at £45 for away fans for the Midlands clash.

Join Simon Lillibury, Conor McGilligan and Benjamin Bloom to review all the latest stories from The Championship as well as looking at the story so far in the division, the best deadline day signings and a look ahead to some of the weekend’s biggest fixtures.

Leicester City buried Birmingham City on Friday to kick off a bumper Championship weekend, which saw Sheffield United lose a fourth consecutive league game - 1-0 away at Middlesbrough - to pile the pressure on Ruben Selles going into the international break.

Coventry City’s scoring spree was halted at Oxford United, with the sides battling out a 2-2 draw, while Wrexham chalked their first Championship win away at Millwall.

Meanwhile Ipswich continued to frustrate with a 2-2 home draw with Derby, in a game where they needed a 116th minute penalty to salvage a point after taking the lead in the first half. 

It was goals galore elsewhere in the division, with more than 1.5 goals in 9 of the 12 games, returning 33 goals overall, with Bristol City’s 4-2 win over Hull City the highest scoring individual fixture.  

As we hit the first break in the season for the September internationals, Simon returns to host alongside Sheffield United podcaster Oli Mann and EFL Expert Gab Sutton to chew the fat on the weekend's action and find out exactly what is going wrong at The Blades and whether the time is right for Sheffield United to sack Ruben Selles and bring a new man in. Could Chris Wilder be making his return to football sooner than later?

It's been an impressive start for Mark Robins in the Potteries, Frank Lampard's Sky Blues are in the goals, Rob Edwards has his mojo back and the struggles continue in Sheffield. Conor McGilligan is joined by EFL expert Benjamin Bloom as they look at all of this and more on this week's Sportsman Untitled.

Conor McGilligan is joined by EFL expert Gab Sutton and Sheffield Wednesday fan and journalist Kris Voakes to dissect the biggest stories in the Championship from over the weekend.

Kris Voakes joins the panel to discuss the turmoil at Sheffield Wednesday and offer a peak behind the curtain from happenings at Hillsborough under Dejphon Chansiri.

Coming up later in the show, the trio preview the biggest fixtures of the weekend...