League Two club Crewe Alexandra is renowned for having a good academy. Even today youngsters are given a chance in the first-team. Over the past 30 years, Crewe have produced some top talents. They have also signed players at a young age…

There have been some prolific goal scorers in the Championship over the past nine years. It is a fascinating division where any team can beat every other. It never disappoints. Heroes are made in the Championship, with many being…

Bristol City moved within touching distance of remaining in the Championship after a hard fought draw at home to West Ham.Cole Skuse cancelled out James Tomkins' opener to earn City a much needed point with Coventry losing at home to Millwall.The…

West Ham picked up a fifth successive draw, in a game that in hindsight they will feel they ought to have won. With Southampton and Reading both picking up wins, the gap is now four points between the Hammers and automatic promotion.The game…

A late equaliser from Nigerian substitute Bart Ogbeche salvaged a point for Middlesbrough at Upton Park to keep their play-off hopes alive.Boro made two changes to the side that lost at Birmingham at the weekend, with Richard Smallwood and…

Leeds United have experienced something of a boost since the introduction of Neil Warnock last month. Having said that, one win in four games isn't the sort of record a promotion chasing team should settle for. Unfortunately, league wins don't…

Goals from Kevin Nolan and George McCartney gave West Ham United a 2-0 win away at Carling Cup runners up Cardiff City to keep up the pressure on league leaders Southampton, whilst Cardiff drop out of the play-off positions for the first time…

It's been a disappointingly inactive window for Wolves fans and another reason for the anti-McCarthy clerics to take to their preaching pulpitsAs I wrote at the start of the window (see ‘Has the Window Closed on Wolves?'), we were unrealistic…

Bristol City and Nottingham Forest shared the spoils in a cagey affair at Ashton Gate which lacked attacking quality.In an evenly contested match that consisted of few chances for both sides, a man of the match performance from David James…

Lacklustre City suffer defeat at Pride ParkBristol City fell to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Derby County after a disappointing performance on a cold afternoon in the East Midlands.Martyn Woolford's first goal for the Robins on the 56 minute…

As Nottingham Forest prepare for the dawn of a new Npower Championship this Saturday, there is one thing that is tormenting the minds of many reds fans along the River Trent. That vexation is of course, whether or not the once proclaimed “Wally…

Prior to the sacking of Billy Davies, there was two weeks of silence from the club. The thought of players wanting to sign for Forest seemed a rather distant possibility. Now, after a week or so of McClaren attempting to get his backroom staff…