James Piercy

2 weeks ago | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | James Piercy |Jesse Fishman |Victoria Higgins |James Pike

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4 weeks ago | bbc.com | James Piercy

Image source, Rex Features/Getty ImagesImage caption, (from left to right) Coventry's Frank Lampard, West Brom boss Tony Mowbray, Bristol City head coach Liam Manning and Michael Carrick of MiddlesbroughThe March international break tends to give way to a certain degree of madness in the football schedule. And there are few more chaotically compelling situations than what tends to transpire in the Championship play-off race.

1 month ago | bbc.com | James Piercy

Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Just two points separate Leeds United, Sheffield United and Burnley with 10 games of the season remainingDaniel Farke has been around the block marked 'Championship promotion race' enough times to know that as significant as Leeds United's win over Sheffield United on 24 February may have felt in the moment, it was, as he rather unromantically said, "just three points". But two weeks later, without those three points, they would now be third.

2 months ago | bbc.com | James Piercy

Image source, Rex/PA ImagesImage caption, Nathan Lowe (left) was recalled to Stoke City from his loan at Walsall after Leicester did the same to Tom CannonFor a stark reminder of the fragilities of operating in the loan market you need only look at how decisions made at Portman Road on deadline day resonated from the Premier League down through the divisions into the National League.

Sep 5, 2024 | bristolpost.co.uk | James Piercy

Loren Dykes doesn’t shy away from it. Last week’s bombshell decision by Lauren Smith to leave Bristol City, 12 days before the start of the Championship season, was a “shock” to everyone; staff and players, as well as fans. Smith has been influential and instrumental in rebuilding the Robins over the last three years, following the financial, structural and cultural reset that followed in 2021, the head coach leading them back into the top-flight only to experience demotion once again in 2023/24.