Laughing stock sack another manager

The paragraph above was to be the first in the report of the weekend results and the news in the Championship. I'd made a start on the report this morning, before leaving for an appointment, with the intention of completing it on my return home. That all changed when I received a text that just simply read: "Appleton sacked".

I'd heard a rumour yesterday that things might be happening down the road but dismissed it as the pure nonsense it surely had to be. Oh no it wasn't as the pantomime club gave Burnley fans some real entertainment with the third managerial sacking in under six months.

Agent Kean, who officially resigned, departed in September. Henning Berg followed him in December and 67 days after they'd wrestled Michael Appleton out of Blackpool they've shown him the same door with suggestions of an altercation with the brilliant Shebby Singh.

We might not have beaten them this season, although surely would have done on Sunday but for two shockingly poor offside decisions that went against us, but this club is now giving Burnley fans more laughs than we've had in years.

Chickens on the pitch, snowballed owners, managers and coaches coming in and out so fast they've run out letters for the training tops and, as the vicar said at my friend's funeral yesterday, Burnley are still above them in the league.

Hull, Watford, Palace and Leicester did all lose. Cardiff won and if they blow it this time it will be even worse than in previous years but that news hardly seems worth reporting now.

The results, stats and fixtures are below but one other piece of news worth reporting is that which has hit Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme. He let a ball roll through his legs on Saturday to give Bristol City the lead.

Wolves did win the game but Ikeme was substituted at half time. It's now been reported that he sustained an injury during the half time interval after reacting angrily to criticism from manager Dean Saunders and has been ruled out for the season. I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.

Judan Ali for Bolewood anyone?