Heres the prediction league   

Championship

1. Champions  1st place   

2. Automatic 2nd place   


3. 3rd position playoffs     
4. 4th position playoffs     
5. 5th position playoffs     
6. 6th position playoffs       


7. playoff winner     
8. playoff runner up     


9. Wednesdays final position     

10. 3rd from bottom relegation     
11. 2nd from bottom relegation     
12  bottom of the league relegation       




13. Premiership winners 
14. Premiership relegation     

15. Facup winners     
16. League cup winners 

17. Pub league winners     
18. Pub league relegation     

19. Pub league 2 winners     
20. Pub league 2 relegation     

21. National league winners     
22. National relegation       

All incorrect positions merit note that relegations are classed as without significance of position apart from.our league the championship as and winners of the leagues need correct positions to to merit


closing date August 1st all results will be carried over to the BML and BMPL remember last season this made a big difference to the final table  so choose wisely  or just copy maddix 

Leicester City have appointed Treble-winning Manchester City assistant coach Enzo Maresca as their manager on a deal which runs until 2026.

The 43-year-old Italian joins the Foxes just six days after Manchester City's Champions League final win.

He replaces interim boss Dean Smith, who oversaw just two victories from eight games in a failed attempt to keep the Foxes in the Premier League.

"We have a big season ahead of us," Maresca said following his appointment.

"At the beginning, the target is to play in the best way we can. From there, we can build, day by day, our idea and our philosophy, and the most important thing is to try to win games.

"First of all, we're going to give 100%, absolutely, because the club deserves this. It's our job, our duty to do that. Then, as I said, day by day, step by step, absolutely we're going to improve."

Leicester also confirmed the contract of Smith will not be renewed when it expires at the end of the month, with his assistant Craig Shakespeare and coach John Terry also leaving.

Maresca's move to the King Power Stadium brings an end to a hugely successful year as part of Pep Guardiola's backroom team in what was his second stint as a coach at Manchester City, having previously worked as their under-23s boss.

He had an unsuccessful 180-day spell as Parma manager in 2021, overseeing just four wins from 14 games after they were relegated from Serie A.

Leicester are back in the Championship for the first time in 10 years after a disastrous campaign that saw them finish 18th in the table, with just nine Premier League wins.

Relegation brought a miserable end to a decade of unparalleled success for the club, with Maresca to take training for the first time on 3 July.

After promotion as Championship title-winners in 2014, the Foxes went on to become unlikely Premier League champions two years later before then going on to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, win the FA Cup and reach the semi-finals of a European competition for the first time in 2022.

Who is Maresca?
The Italian has had a long association with English football during what has been an eclectic playing and coaching career.

He was a teenage midfielder when he joined West Bromwich Albion, a stay that lasted less than two years before he went on to join Juventus.

A number of loan spells followed, before he moved to Spain to play for Sevilla, where he won five trophies - including the Uefa Cup twice.

His four successful seasons there is the longest he has remained at one club.

Maresca had spells at Olympiakos in Greece, a return to Spain with Malaga before going back to Italy where he eventually ended his playing career in Serie B with Hellas Verona in 2017.

His coaching career has been just as diverse, starting as assistant manager at Ascoli, before going back to Sevilla as a coach and then moving to England as West Ham assistant boss under Manuel Pellegrini.

His first experience as a first-team manager proved miserable, at Parma, but working with Guardiola he helped Manchester City to reach new heights with their Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League success.

Analysis - 'Appointment well-received by fans'
BBC East Midlands Today sports editor Natalie Jackson

The arrival of Enzo Maresca, less than a week after he helped Manchester City complete their Treble with a Champions League final victory against Inter Milan, has been well-received by many Foxes fans.

He is a novice manager but offers the club a fresh start. A man with new ideas, incredible contacts and a coach who is keen to develop young players and his own playing pedigree will help earn the respect of the dressing room.

In interview he was the one who impressed Leicester's hierarchy the most - with his philosophy and style of play right out of the Guardiola playbook - and his desire to take Leicester straight back to the Premier League, but while also re-building the club for the long term.

With many players out of contract he has to hit the ground running, but the club have appointed swiftly as a new era begins.

Scotland "sitting pretty" on six points at the top of Group A with two victories in matches 1 and 2 (a big 2-0 win v Spain btw!). Still a lot more work to do albeit a great start to the campaign. Now the boys travel to Oslo for a testy match v Norway tomorrow, KO 5.00pm. Haaland clearly the big threat to our 100% winning record - gotta deal with that defensively! Hendry looking like Erlin Haaland's main marker although I'm sure Stevie Clarke will have deployed a defensive strategy that will give the big CB additional protection. I hope Scotland can put in a decent away performance as our away record needs improving as we progress through this quali-group campaign. C'mon Scotland! Keep playing well and with newly-found confidence!

Reading have been charged with failing to pay their players on time and in full on three occasions last season by the English Football League.

The charges relate to October, November and April's wage bills.

Reading's owner Yongge Dai has also been charged with causing the club to be in breach of EFL regulations.

The managerless Royals were relegated to League One last season for the first time in 21 years following their disappointing 2022-23 campaign.

Reading and Dai have until 16:00 BST on Thursday, 29 June to respond to the charges.

Wigan Athletic, who were also relegated from the Championship, have faced similar charges from the EFL for failing to pay their players on time.

The Latics were subsequently docked four points on two occasions and will start their League One campaign with an eight-point deficit on their opponents.

Reading were deducted six points by the EFL in April for breaching the terms of an agreed business plan for a previous profit and sustainability rule breach - all but sealing their relegation fate.

They were were also given a six-point penalty in 2021, for losing £57.8m between 2017 and 2021 - the EFL's limit for that period was £39m.

On Thursday, Royals chief executive Dayong Pang posted a letter to fans where he said he was "confident" the club would "fully correct the mistakes that were made many years ago".

He added: "As a club, financially we continue to face a number of significant challenges and our owner, Mr Dai, is working very hard to resolve those issues to ensure the future of Reading Football Club is stable, successful, progressive and positive."

Former England international Theo Walcott and Mohamed Elyounoussi will leave Southampton when their contracts expire at the end of the month.

Forward Walcott, 34, rejoined the Saints in 2020 and scored two goals in 24 appearances last season as the club were relegated from the Premier League.

Norway forward Elyounoussi, 28, scored nine goals in 90 games after his switch from Swiss side Basel in 2018.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Willy Caballero is in talks over a new contract.

The 41-year-old Argentine has featured five times since joining the club in December 2021.

Southampton saw their 11-year stay in the top flight come to an end after finishing bottom last season, having had three different managers over the course of the campaign.

Russell Martin is set to be appointed as Southampton boss, but the move is being held up by a disagreement over compensation due to Championship rivals Swansea City for his services.

Reported in several places today - talks going on that could eventually lead to change of owners.
Investors don't exactly sound like Mary Poppins but GOTTA be better than the current crook, surely??

https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/foo...nvestment/

Blackpool have signed midfielder Albie Morgan on a three-year deal with the option of a further 12 months following his release by Charlton Athletic

The 23-year-old came through the Addicks' academy and went on to make 146 first-team appearances.

"I'm delighted to be here and looking forward to the fresh start and new chapter in my career," he said.

"Hopefully I can hit the ground running quickly and contribute as much as possible for a successful season."

Wigan Athletic have been sold to local businessman Mike Danson.

Danson, who owns a 25% stake in Super League club Wigan Warriors, has stepped in amid major financial issues affecting the League One club.

The Latics were served a winding-up petition by His Majesty's Revenue and Customs earlier this week over unpaid tax bills.

The club confirmed all players and staff will be paid "immediately along with other creditors".

"I am delighted to become involved in Wigan Athletic Football Club. I was born in Wigan, I grew up locally and the community of the town is close to my heart," Danson told the club website.

"I want to recognise that the club has a hugely important part to play in the local community, not just for players, but for fans, employees and all its suppliers, business partners and numerous community groups."

Danson added the English Football League have been shown a "realistic financial plan to stabilise operations".

A new board will be formed at the club but manager Shaun Maloney, who was unable to save the team from relegation last season after taking over in February, will be kept on as boss.

Wigan are currently due to start next season on minus eight points as punishment for failing to pay their players on time on six separate occasions in 2022-23. They were also deducted three points last season, as they finished bottom of the Championship.

Chairman Talal Al-Hammad had initially been in discussions with young entrepreneur Sarbjot Johal. But, as he had failed to pass the EFL's Owners and Directors' Test when he tried to buy Morecambe last season, the chance of an acceptable deal being reached was highly unlikely.

Analysis - Avoiding second administration 'major positive'
BBC Radio Manchester sports reporter Mike Minay

This will be seen as positive news among the fanbase after relations with the previous owners had completely melted.

Failing to pay the players and staff on time once is concerning, but six times over a season really sounded the alarm bells and has already cost them eight points into the next campaign.

Danson, already involved with Wigan Warriors, gets what Wigan is as a community and the role the club can play.

It's hard not to use the words of the previous chairman here, but actions will speak louder than words.

Above all, avoiding administration is a major positive. Fans will have been fearing the worst after living it through it just three years ago.

Now they can focus on the pitch, and backing manager Shaun Maloney.

To add to all the doom and gloom that you have mentioned, I'm concerned that CC is not the Manager we are bigging up.

Why, because with a few matches to go and in a good position to be in the play-offs, what happened, we lost 3 of the last 4 matches.  Now does that sounf like a Manager who can motivate his team of slackers, no it doesn't. 

So for that reason i reckon next year we'll be average top 10.

Of course like all of you, I wish for promotion to get the dosh and come down again where we belong - without a good owner.

Have a good summer all.

Baggie Bob

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