Lincoln City look to tread familiar success on the road in their season opener at Gillingham
Lincoln City travel to the Priestfield Stadium on Saturday to take on Steve Evans’ Gillingham in League One’s 2021/22 season opener.
Lincoln City travel to the Priestfield Stadium on Saturday to take on Steve Evans’ Gillingham in League One’s 2021/22 season opener.
A new season is again upon us, with the early sense of anticipation and optimism loitering in the Cumbrian air, but early hope could easily turn into misery if Colchester United get a result at Brunton Park.
West Bromwich Albion will be aiming to bounce straight back to the Premier League at the first time of asking as they look to secure a sixth promotion from the Championship under new boss Valérien Ismaël.
Mansfield Town begin their 2021/22 campaign at home against the newly relegated Bristol Rovers.
Sheffield United kick off their 2021/22 campaign as they host Birmingham City at Bramall Lane. Promotion is the long-term target, but with a tricky start, an opening day win would do wonders.
After their play-off success and promotion into League One, Morecambe will want to survive in the third tier and secure a stable finish away from a relegation dogfight.
Tranmere Rovers will be aiming to put last season’s play-off disappointment behind them as they get their League Two campaign underway on Saturday.
Marcus Renzi sits down with Chris Stonadge to discuss his incredibly unique journey into football coaching.
Sheffield United go into the 2021/22 Championship campaign as one of the favourites for promotion, but can new manager Slavisa Jokanovic guide the Blades to promotion at the first time of asking?
Wigan Athletic head into the 2021/22 season with renewed optimism after horror period plagued with administration and a near escape from back-to-back relegations.
Promotion’s the aim, as Carlisle United look to improve on their uninspiring tenth-placed finish last time out, after a catastrophic collapse in the second half of last season.
A lot of expectation will be on the shoulders of the players and the management staff as they hope to deliver a good season for the first time since 2018/19.
Reading’s final pre-season game against Crystal Palace was a scrappy but entertaining affair. Whilst quality was somewhat lacking technically, both managers could learn some valuable tactical lessons from Saturday’s game.
Blackpool will travel to the Mazuma Stadium to take of Stephen Robinson’s Morecambe in their final pre season game before league action begins.
Ipswich look to showcase new signings one last time in final pre-season outing against Millwall
With just nine days to go until Birmingham City’s first fixture of the 2021/22 season, manager Lee Bowyer might have a headache selecting the starting line-up which will travel to Sheffield United.
Reading face Crystal Palace in their last pre-season friendly before the new Championship campaign kicks off. How has each side’s summer fared so far, and what can we expect on Saturday?
Neil Critchley has delved into the loan market again and may well have picked out another gem in the form of Arsenal striker Tyreece John-Jules.
Whilst the returning fans made the game much more competitive than it ought to be, Blackburn Rovers put on an impressive showing against Leeds United.
Blackpool’s pursuit of a right back in the transfer market has been well documented and in trialist Mitch Clark they may well have found the answer.
Blackburn will face Leeds at Ewood Park as they build up yet more pre-season momentum.
Fleetwood played with an intensity befitting of competitive action against Championship side Huddersfield at Highbury.
Mansfield Town have signed Blues midfielder Ryan Stirk on a deal that will run until the conclusion of the 2021/22 season.
Sheffield United travel to League One side Doncaster Rovers as their preparations step up with the 2021/22 Championship season less than two weeks away.