As the world's strongest sub-league, the Championship is a tricky place every year, and last season was full of drama: there was the 100-point domination of Pompey's, Sheffield's, but the most interesting was Luton's victory over Sunderland, and the success of Coventry and Middlesbrough in the league.
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Huddersfield, as well as Huddersfield, staged a great escape and sent Reading, Blackpool and Wigan Athletic down to League One in one fell swoop.
The 2023/24 Championship will see League One promotion play-off winners Sheffield Wednesday face each other in the early hours of August 4th.
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Furnace hosts Southampton raise the curtain. Who of the 24 teams will make the breakthrough this season and who will be sorry to stay up or get relegated?
With 6 teams promoted vs 6 teams relegated, the derby map has changed quite a bit (bolded are the teams promoted/relegated to the Championship this season)
London Derby: Millwall, QPR, Watford
(South) Wells Derby:
Swansea
Cardiff City
West Midlands Derby: Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Coventry
M69/A46 Road Derby: Coventry,
Leicester City
West Yorkshire Derby:
Ritz United
Huddersfield
South Yorkshire Derby:
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Rotherham
Lancashire derby: Blackburn Rovers, Preston
Severn derby (similar to the Rhine derby in Germany): Bristol City, Cardiff City
A19 Road/Tees-Wear Derby (North East Derby?) : Sunderland, Middlesbrough
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Champion Conversation:
Leicester City
Blackburn Rovers
South Coast Derby:
Plymouth
Southampton
Southwest Derby:
Plymouth
Bristol City
East Anglian Derby: Norwich City,
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Civil War:
Ritz United
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