Only a bobble on the Wembley turf prevented Charlie Austin scoring against Millwall to take Swindon Town one step closer to returning to the Championship.

After Wednesday were relegated, Sheffield United couldn’t bare another season without the Steel City Derby, so got themselves relegated.

After relegation from the top tier of English football, Birmingham, Blackpool and West Ham will be hoping they can bounce back at the first time of asking. After being harshly axed from previous jobs all to do with dodgy ownership, Chris Hughton and Sam Allardyce want their respective clubs to be pushing for the Championship title. I reckon they would have a good chance of winning it too.

With the Fabregas-Barcelona switch turning into a repetitive bore fest, there is a new name constantly cropping up on the back pages. His name: Alberto Aquilani. In the past month or so, he’s been linked to many different clubs, including AC Milan, Fiorentina and most surprisingly, Chelsea.

The on-going saga surrounding the ownership of Plymouth Argyle has, and still could, put the club very close to extinction.

2 years ago today, the proud Toon Army were preparing themselves for the inaugural match of the Coca-Cola Championship after falling victim to relegation from the Premiership, nobody believed it until it would happen, but fans and pundits alike were awestruck when the Tynesiders faced the drop. Not even the prodigal son Alan Shearer could save them from dropping out of the top tier of English football.

Former City midfielder fined 2 weeks wages as saga continues…