With three International breaks spread across the opening four months of the season, some EFL teams have played 17 league games, while others have only played 15 league games. Therefore, goals per game feels like the fairest way to assess a team’s potency in front of goal. At present, nine EFL teams are averaging 1.80...
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The weekend that was: ten nuggets from this weekend’s EFL action (13th & 14th November 2021)
#1 Plymouth Argyle celebrated Ryan Lowe’s 100th league game in charge of the club with a 4-1 win at Accrington Stanley to move back to the top of League One. The Pilgrims are now 16 games unbeaten in the league with their only defeat coming on the opening day of the season. #2 Ipswich and...
The Near Post’s team-by-team breakdown of the 2021/22 League Two season to date.
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The Near Post’s team-by-team breakdown of the 2021/22 League One season to date.
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The Near Post’s team-by-team breakdown of the 2021/22 Championship season to date.
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The weekend that was: ten nuggets from this weekend’s EFL action (6th & 7th November 2021)
#1 Bournemouth bounced back from their first league defeat of the season with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Swansea. After his brace at the weekend, Cherries striker Dom Solanke has now scored ten goals in his last eight home games. #2 Aleksandar Mitrovic has broken another record. On Saturday, Mitro’s goal against Peterborough made him...
The weekend that was: ten nuggets from this weekend’s EFL action (30th & 31st October 2021)
#1 Bournemouth wracked up their fifth win in a row and their ninth clean sheet of the season as they beat Reading 2-0 on Saturday. The Cherries are now nine points clear of third-placed West Brom. #2 We’re running out of superlatives for Aleksandar Mitrovic. The Serbian striker scored his second hattrick of the season...
The weekend that was: ten nuggets from this weekend’s EFL action (23rd & 24th October 2021)
#1 Scott Parker’s Bournemouth are still unbeaten in the Championship. The Cherries beat Huddersfield Town 3-0 on Saturday; wracking up their eighth clean sheet of the season. #2 After eight straight defeats and only six wins in their last 25 league games, Cardiff City have dispensed with the services of Mick McCarthy. His final game...
The weekend that was: ten nuggets from this weekend’s EFL action (16th & 17th October 2021)
#1 Bournemouth maintained their record as the only unbeaten team in the EFL. The Cherries beat Bristol City 2-0 on Saturday, thanks to goals from Jamal Lowe and Jordan Zemura. The players and supporters of both sides showed their support for Bournemouth’s David Brooks, who has been diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin Lymphoma. #2 In...
Goal King Cole: how Cole Stockton became the back-to-back League One Player of the Month.
Cole Stockton’s 2021/22 season is only 13 games old, but what a 13 games it’s been. In League One, he’s registered nine goals and two assists for Stephen Robinson’s new-look Morecambe, who have enjoyed a positive start to life in the third tier and are currently 13th in the table. With two Carabao Cup goals...