Despite consistent claims of a gulf in class between England’s top two divisions, there’s no shortage of Championship stars who thrive once given a chance in the Premier League. The second tier is currently brimming with talent and there are a number of names who have attracted top-flight interest after...
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Through his two-decade-long playing career, David McGoldrick has often joked that his best claim to fame is being able to look back on sharing a home — and a football pitch — with the likes of Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott and Adam Lallana. Having been sold by Notts County at...
There are *three* guarantees in life: Death, taxes and these ten Championship stars getting a big move to the Premier League (or elsewhere) this summer. Whether it’s relegated Premier League players jumping a sunken ship or second tier standouts being rewarded with a major transfer, this talented group of individuals...
Amid the gloom of falling short in the League One play-offs last month came a timely sweetener for Bolton Wanderers. A club with aspirations to reach the Championship had reached out to its supporters for financial support and within a week had raised £3.5million ($4.33m) to accelerate its plans for...
Paul Fennessy BARRY QUINN vividly recalls the night before he left for England having just turned 16. He had secured a move to Coventry City, a Premier League team at the time, despite putting in what he considered a sub-par performance for Ireland U15s against the North. “When it happened,...
After scoring for Coventry City in the Championship play-off final at Wembley — a game they lost to Luton Town — Gustavo Hamer limped off with an ankle injury having played 80 minutes of the match. It was a turning point. The Dutchman had been a key source of creativity...
The 22/23 Championship campaign is in the can and this is an XI of players whose reputations have soared to new heights over the past 10 months. As F365’s resident Millers fan, I’ve been quite restrained and only included two Rotherham players. They make the cut alongside three promotion winners...
Roberto De Zerbi hopes to help goalkeeper Jason Steele gain England recognition after claiming Lewis Dunk’s international recall is a comparable achievement to Brighton qualifying for the Europa League. Seagulls skipper Dunk has been included in Gareth Southgate’s squad for next month’s Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia,...
Luton Town won promotion to the Premier League for the first time with a penalty shoot-out victory over Coventry City after a 1-1 draw at Wembley. The Hatters lost captain Tom Lockyer after the Welsh defender collapsed just 10 minutes into the match. Lockyer, Luton’s player of the year and...
Luton secured promotion to the Premier League when they beat Coventry on penalties in the Championship play-off final against at Wembley on Saturday. Luton took first-half lead through Clark Hamer goal forced extra time and penalties The Hatters win the shootout TELL ME MORE: The tension reached unbearable heights as...