Jonathan Oakes is joined by presenter David Prutton and pundit Andy Hinchcliffe to discuss all the latest from the Championship, League One and League Two.

Fans have returned to some stadiums across the last week, and the panel assess the impact they had as Reading and Norwich won on Saturday, with a detailed look too at Bournemouth and Stoke.


Following that is an assessment of Sheffield Wednesday's struggle for goals under Tony Pulis, and we hear from Reading's Liam Moore as he takes on Ten To Tackle.

Attention then turns to League One, after Lee Johnson led Sunderland to defeat in his first game in charge against Wigan. While Ipswich got back to winning ways, Peterborough's poor run and Blackpool's flying form.

Then it is League Two after some dramatic wins for Port Vale and Cheltenham, the plight of Bradford and Grimsby, and then the rescue package being delivered for the EFL.

All that and much more!

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