Championship Betting Odds 2009/10

With just days to go before the Coca Cola Championship 09/10 season gets underway, we thought for all you football betting enthusiasts that we would run a post here at the Free Bets betting blog on who might be promoted or relegated come next May. Without question, the Championship is THE toughest league in England. Sure, the Premiership has the big 4, the big name players and a very nice TV kitty dividied out to all the competing teams. However, in The Championship, there are about a dozen teams all equipped to win the league and the remaining are not that far off the mark either. The margin between success and failure in The Championship is very tight indeed.

This season sees Newcastle, West Brom plus Middlesbrough drop down from the Premiership and Leicester City, Peterborough United plus Scunthorpe come up from League 1. West Brom and Newcastle are early favourites to win the Championship and head back to the Premiership but I wouldn’t say that’s a sure thing. The Welsh duo of Cardiff and Swansea look as though they could be in the mixx this season alongside Preston and Roy Keane’s Ipswich Town. Rejuvenated Derby County might also be worth a flutter and don’t discount Bristol City or Reading.

I feel the competition might just be too tough for new boys Scunthorpe and have them earmarked for the drop. Other contenders for the drop include Plymouth and Coventry although there is a fine line between about 7 or 8 clubs. Getting an important start off to the season will be vital and points on the table is always a great confidence boost for the long and arduous campaign that the Championship demands.

To Win The Coca Cola Championship Betting Odds

West Bromich Albion	5	5	11/2	27/5	6	6	6	11/2	5	11/2
Newcastle United	6	6	11/2	8	9/2	6	5	11/2	11/2	5
Middlesbrough	6	6	7	31/5	6	6	7	6	7	6
Ipswich Town	8	8	9	19/2	10	9	9	8	8	10
Sheffield United	10	11	10	23/2	11	10	11	10	10	12
Reading	14	14	14	29/2	14	14	16	12	12	12
Queens Park Rangers	16	14	16	17	18	18	12	14	16	14
Cardiff City	20	20	20	24	22	20	18	20	18	20
Nottingham Forest	16	22	20	24	16	18	14	22	16	16
Leicester City	22	22	25	25	22	25	25	25	18	25
Derby County	25	25	20	33	20	20	18	22	20	28
Preston North End	25	25	33	31	28	22	25	22	20	28
Crystal Palace	28	25	33	43	33	25	33	28	25	28
Swansea City	28	25	33	45	33	25	28	28	22	33
Bristol City	28	33	33	35	28	22	33	33	28	33
Peterborough United	40	40	40	54	33	33	40	33	28	40
Sheffield Wednesday	28	40	33	47	33	33	50	40	40	40
Coventry City	50	40	33	84	80	50	33	40	40	50
Watford	66	40	50	159	50	33	50	50	40	80
Plymouth Argylle	80	100	80	159	66	80	80	80	80	100
Doncaster Rovers	80	80	66	179	66	66	66	66	66	100
Barnsley	100	125	80	299	100	80	80	100	100	150
Blackpool	100	125	80	319	125	125	66	125	66	125
Scunthorpe United	125	200	125	319	100	125	100	125	125	150