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Blackburn reel in Nottingham Forest as Leyton Orient fans force 'abandonment'

Reading, Sheffield Wednesday and (almost certainly) Fulham sealed play-off places, Wigan went down and it’s still tight all round in League Two• Blackburn Rovers took the fight for Championship survival to the final day of the season with a 1-0 win over Aston Villa at Ewood Park, courtesy of Danny Graham steering home after 54 minutes. The win brought Rovers level with Nottingham Forest, who lost 2-0 at QPR, confirming Rangers’ safety in the process. Both sides have 48 points; Forest host Ipswich in their final game, and Blackburn head to Brentford. Related: Harry Redknapp’s 10-man Birmingham City sink Huddersfield Related: League One finale: what’s at stake in the promotion and relegation battles #EFL media advisory - @leytonorientfc v @ColU_Official...

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The Joy of Six: nearly Premier League teams | Jacob Steinberg

From Ipswich’s play-off hoodoo to a youthful Nottingham Forest, half a dozen teams who have been on the fringes of the Premier League partyMillwall have only ever had two seasons in the top flight of English football. Founded in 1885, it took them more than 100 years to reach the elite and they were understandably determined to make a strong first impression after going up as champions in 1988. They looked like First Division naturals at first, finishing 10th under John Docherty, thriving thanks to the goals of Tony Cascarino and Teddy Sheringham. They were top after five games of the 1989-90 campaign, but second-season syndrome bit real bad and they straggled home in last place. Related: The Joy of...

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Managers suffer time deprivation in Championship that never sleeps | Ed Aarons

Derby County’s quickfire turnover symptomatic of the alarming hire-and-fire culture in the division that has seen 14 managers leave their posts this seasonGary Rowett must know he does not have long. Around 18 weeks, if the Derby chairman’s form is anything to go by. Just ask Paul Clement. Or Nigel Pearson.Derby are in their ninth consecutive season in the Championship and their appointment of Rowett to replace Steve McClaren this week means that when they face their bitter rivals Nottingham Forest on Saturday the fixture will feature two new faces in the dugouts for a fifth time in succession – a run that stretches back to January 2015. On that occasion, McClaren – in his first spell at Pride Park...

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Nottingham Forest's scorching hot seat makes Warburton acknowledge the risks | Nick Miller

The former Rangers manager wasn’t expecting the City Ground job until the summer but now faces a survival battle, beginning against DerbySaturday’s encounter between Nottingham Forest and Derby will feature two managers both new to the fixture. For many derbies that might be unusual, but in this case it is a familiar situation: this will be the fifth successive game between the two clubs with new managers in each dugout. In the 16 months since the pair last met at the City Ground, the two clubs have changed managers eight times between them. It is as if the two rivals are competing to see which can be the most chaotic club in the east Midlands.The latest man to make himself...

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Chaotic Nottingham Forest hand Clough a head versus heart dilemma | Daniel Taylor

The original ‘nice young man’ faces an impossible choice between the relative sanity of Burton Albion and the emotional pull of his father’s old clubPerhaps this is an apt moment to remember an old story about the last time Southampton reached the League Cup final, back in 1979, and what it says about the way the sport has changed bearing in mind their opponents that day could be described accurately as the most hungover group of players ever to walk out at Wembley.Brian Clough always liked to keep it interesting and it turned out to be a wise move, sensing his Nottingham Forest players were a bit uptight, to decide the best form of relaxation at the hotel the night...

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