friggin huge 4th last round coming.

Contestant # 3 - Wigan Athletic

Where to start with this Circus ?

Having spent 8 years in the Premier League until 2013, yoyo'd between The Championship and League 1 since

Downfall has come after the Dave Whelan, who'd owned the club for 23 years, sold it to some dodgy fuckers from Hong Kong at the end of 2018

They onsold it to even more dodgy fuckers (with EFL approval !) from Hong Kong, who then didn't hand over any cash and put the club into Administration less than a month later

The 12 point deduction for being dodgy fuckers meant they got relegated (Barnsley say Thanks!)

Administrators have been running it all this season.  Some more dodgy fuckers from Spain almost bought it before being found to be dodgy fuckers in time. 

Now seems enough Bahranian cash has appeared to get the Inland Revenue off their backs and not go totally bust as they can't start next season in Administration again

Newly approved Owners on March 31 has been followed by 3 consecutive wins to dig them out of the League 1 shit-fight for now

Rovers lose and everyone else wins



So, my team is relegated with 3 rounds still to play

2nd goal sums it all up

friggin soft as that.
Was up against it vs the Dons.

Championship Watch : Rotherham Chase # 5

Both lost on the weekend with the other 3 winning so its Rotherham or Derby for the chop

Derby lost again last night, so it's now 4 points behind with 3 games in hand





other 4 playing tonight 



(6 games in 18 days now)

Championship Watch :Rotherham Chase # 6

Rotherham lost again which has also actually given a faint glimmer to Wednesday



Wednesday play Derby on the last day , so if they can get within 3.....................

Contestant # 4 - AFC Wimbledon


Technically only 18 years old, The "Real Wimbledon"  has climbed from their starting point in the 9th Tier to the same level as the Fake Dons who imported the clubs Status across to Milton Keynes in 2003 in order to justify a Real Estate deal  (Sound familiar ?)



Ironically, after 30 years of ground-sharing following Hillsborough, and having finally managed to build a new Stadium next door to the original Plough Lane, it has been used without Spectators due to COVID this Season

Swindon have to win their last 3 and pray

Looks ominous for bottom 4 as Wimbledon and Wigan have both won 4 in a row

Top 4 all drew, so it's as you were but it's almost too late for Rochdale and Northampton



Swindon 100% down as well now

Last catchup game tonight



Bit of a must win for Rochdale, only a point and it's virtually curtains

Championship Watch :Rotherham Chase # 7

How to fuck up your games in hand 101

1.  Lose 4 in a row







How to still be in with a chance 101

2.  Get Derby to lose 5 in a row





4 games in 12 days now, another chance tonight

haha Rooney
Would love it to fall apart for him.

Contestant # 5 - Rochdale

Having spent most of their League life in the 4th tier and never in the 2nd, these past 7 years in the 3rd has seen their highest ever finish at 8th.

But as minnows in the League and finishing 20th, 16th and 18th in the last 3 seasons, this years struggle was the bookies favourite

Probably happy to still be in business, COVID'n'all, having seen their main rivals Bury go to the wall the previous year due to more dodgy Developer takeovers

From an article about the recent Fan Forum

This muddle overshadowed more serious messages coming from the assembled head honchos, the main one being that we are absolutely skint and just getting to the end of the season solvent would better remaining in League One as an achievement. 

Championship Watch : Rotherham Chase # 8

Rotherham make it 5 losses in a row and it looks like they've blown the opportunity





Saving grace maybe that Derby and Sheffield Wednesday play each other on the last day and may end up eating each other

Final catch up game after this weekends full round

3 games in 10 now left

So Rochdale are 3-2 up in the 83rd Minute, and the Ref gives the dodgiest penalty



but



then in the 97th minute

just wow.

P/R always exciting end of the season.

Championship Watch : Rotherham Chase # 9



So, Sheffield Wednesday on the Saturday Lunchtime Slot,

Win or draw and they're still alive, at least for a nervous couple of hours



Rotherham now relying on the hopelessly out of form Derby dropping points

Rochdale , in theory, look least likely to lose, but again really need to win

Unless Wigan can score a major upset away to the Leaders, they look like the 2 who'll be fighting for the last dropspot next weekend

good updates mate.
I was with my Derby mate this morn, was having good banter with him.
Saying losing 9 injured start up players nothing more you can do.
He has strong hopes they will survive.

I had strong hopes Rovers would survive.

I reckon he's buggered, Wednesday staying up by beating them on the last day has fairytale written all over it 

Rotherham are cactus

So Wimbledon and Wigan finally back to losing



but it was too late to let the rest catchup

the other 2 losing left them too far short and it's all over with a game left

Championship Watch : Rotherham Chase # 10

Derbys arch rivals Forest just happened to have let Wednesday get a point, so they're still in the mix







Rotherhams last catch up game tonight, can they do it ?

With their Goal difference, 2 wins will keep them up, and maybe just 1

Tonight they will have played 11 games in 32 days

what a schedule.

Rotherham sneak another point



Boring game !

Championship Squeaky Bum Time



Derby County
Win - Up
Lose - Down
Draw -  Down if Rotherham wins

Rotherham
Win - Up if Derby don't win
Lose - Down
Draw - Down



Sheffield Wednesday
Win - Up if Rotherham don't win
Lose - Down
Draw - Down


and, to be fair

Wycombe Wanderers
Lose - Down
Draw - Down
Win - Up if

1. Sheffield Win by 1 and
2. Rotherham don't win and
3. beat Middlesborough away 14-0

great last game summary - I will lol IF Derby lose or draw.

Haven't picked up a point in the last 6, and Rotherham unfortunately haven't won any of their last 7

Wednesday however have come from an impossible situation, to a chance and being in every game

They have the momentum so to my mind they look better odds than the bookies

If things weren't Bad Enough # 1 - Derby County

Derby have lost 6 in a row, and if they lose tomorrow they are Down

But just to Ice the Cake, now their Dodgy Sale is looking less likely again

Having called off the Sale to an Arab mob in March now they're trying to be bought by a 29 year old ex-boxer 

Erik Alonso is Spanish but works as an Asian Player Agent and makes all sorts of claims of contacts at Real Madrid and wants a piece of Indonesian Football.

Still to pass the "fit and proper" owners test, he comes from a recent highly myserious involvement with Sheffield Wednesday and a very short lived takeover attempt there.

Ironic if Wednesday send Derby down this weekend and he bales out on buying a League 1 club

If things weren't Bad Enough # 2 - Sheffield Wednesday

Dodgy previous accounting trying to avoid the Loss making rules meant Wednesday started the Season on -12 points. 

If it had been applied the Season before, Wednesday would already be in League 1, but that's another story (sorry Charlton)

It got halved to - 6 points in November, but they've still spent the whole season in the drop zone.

PFA were called in at Christmas when players weren't paid.

4 Managers later, they're unable to do much in the Transfer market or pay high wages. 



Now the 4th Manager has contracted Pneumonia whilst recovering from COVID-19



Blood clots on his Lungs means he hasn't yet returned 

So now they're effectively under their 5th Manger in Assistant Jamie Davies for the Big Game