2014–15 Football League Championship

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The 2014–15 Football League Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh season of the Football League Championship under its current title and the twenty-third season under its current league structure. The 2014–15 season began on 8 August 2014 and ended on 2 May 2015.

Season2014–15
ChampionsBournemouth
1st Championship title
1st 2nd tier title
PromotedBournemouth
Watford
Norwich City
RelegatedMillwall
Wigan Athletic
Blackpool
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Football League Championship
Season2014–15
ChampionsBournemouth
1st Championship title
1st 2nd tier title
PromotedBournemouth
Watford
Norwich City
RelegatedMillwall
Wigan Athletic
Blackpool
Matches552
Goals1,474 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorerDaryl Murphy
(Ipswich Town)
(27 goals)[1]
Biggest home winDerby County 5–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
(8 November 2014)
Birmingham City 6–1 Reading
(13 December 2014)
Norwich City 5–0 Huddersfield Town
(13 December 2014)
Norwich City 6–1 Millwall
(26 December 2014)
Watford 5–0 Charlton Athletic
(17 January 2015)
Watford 7–2 Blackpool
(24 January 2015)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5–0 Rotherham United
(21 February 2015)
Biggest away winBirmingham City 0–8 Bournemouth
(25 October 2014)
Highest scoringWatford 7–2 Blackpool
(24 January 2015)
Longest winning run6 games[2]
Bournemouth
Norwich City
Longest unbeaten run14 games[2]
Bournemouth
Longest winless run18 games[2]
Blackpool
Longest losing run6 games[2]
Blackpool
Highest attendance33,381[3]
Middlesbrough 0–0 Brighton & Hove Albion
(2 May 2015)
Lowest attendance8,250[3]
Millwall 2–2 Blackburn Rovers
(4 November 2014)
Total attendance9,771,471[3]
Average attendance17,863[3]
All statistics correct as of 2 May 2015.
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Bournemouth won the league on the last day of the season, confirming their place in the top flight for the first time in their history. Watford were runners-up and took their place in the Premier League for the first time since the 2006–07 season. Norwich were the final promoted team, bouncing straight back from their relegation the previous season by beating Middlesbrough 2–0 in the Play Off Final.

At the other end of the table, Blackpool were relegated in April having been cut adrift at the bottom of the table for much of the season. Wigan and Millwall were the other two teams to be relegated on the penultimate weekend of the season.

Changes from last season

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2013–14 season.[4]

To Championship

Promoted from League One

Relegated from Premier League

From Championship

Relegated to League One

Promoted to Premier League

Rule changes

Changes to the Championship's financial fair play system allow clubs:[5]

  • Acceptable losses of £3 million during the 2014–15 season
  • Acceptable shareholder equity investment of £3 million during the 2014–15 season (down from £5 million during the 2013–14 season).
  • Sanctions for exceeding the allowances take effect from the set of accounts due to be submitted on 1 December 2014 for the 2013–14 season.

Team overview

Stadia and locations

More information Team, Stadium ...
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Personnel and sponsoring

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager[α] Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Back sponsor Shorts sponsor
Birmingham City England Gary Rowett Carbrini[6] Zapaygo[7] None None
Blackburn Rovers England Gary Bowyer Nike[8] Zebra Claims Ltd.[9] None None
Blackpool England Lee Clark Erreà[10] Wonga[11] None None
Bolton Wanderers Northern Ireland Neil Lennon Macron FibrLec[12]/Wix.com (in FA Cup matches) None None
Bournemouth England Eddie Howe Carbrini Energy Consulting[13] Energy Consulting[13] None
Brentford England Mark Warburton Adidas Skyex Matchbook Matchbook
Brighton & Hove Albion Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton Nike[14] American Express[14] American Express[14] American Express[14]
Cardiff City England Russell Slade Cosway Sports[15] Visit Malaysia Visit Malaysia Visit Malaysia
Charlton Athletic Israel Guy Luzon Nike[16] University of Greenwich Andrews Air Conditioning Mitsubishi Electric
Derby County England Steve McClaren Umbro[17] Just Eat[18] M&DH Insurance M&DH Insurance
Fulham Wales Kit Symons Adidas[19] Marathonbet[20] None None
Huddersfield Town England Chris Powell Puma Rekorderlig Cider (H)[21]/RadianB (A)/Cavonia (T) Northern Commercials (H)/Rekorderlig Cider (A & T) Stafflex
Ipswich Town Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy Adidas Marcus Evans None None
Leeds United England Neil Redfearn Macron[22] Enterprise Insurance Help Link Direct Help Link Direct
Middlesbrough Spain Aitor Karanka Adidas[23] Ramsdens[24] None None
Millwall England Neil Harris Macron[25] Euro Ferries Wallis Teagan Southwark Metals
Norwich City Scotland Alex Neil Erreà[26] Aviva[27] None None
Nottingham Forest Scotland Dougie Freedman Adidas[28] Fawaz International Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Company[29] ICM Capital None
Reading Scotland Steve Clarke Puma [citation needed] Waitrose[30] Thai Legend Alliance Ltd
Rotherham United Scotland Steve Evans Puma Parkgate Shopping (H)/Shedlands (A & T) Perrys (H)/Hughie Construction (A & T) Balreed
Sheffield Wednesday England Stuart Gray Sondico Azerbaijan: Land of Fire None None
Watford Serbia Slaviša Jokanović Puma[31] 138.com[31] Football Manager (H)/Football Manager Handheld (A)[31] None
Wigan Athletic Scotland Gary Caldwell MiFit Intersport Premier Range/Roofing Consultants Group None
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wales Kenny Jackett Puma WhatHouse? Reconomy None
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  1. [α]
    According to current revision of List of English Football League managers

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Blackpool Scotland Barry Ferguson End of contract 9 May 2014[32] Pre-season Belgium José Riga 11 June 2014[33]
Brighton & Hove Albion Spain Óscar García Resigned 12 May 2014[34] Finland Sami Hyypiä 6 June 2014[35]
Charlton Athletic Belgium José Riga End of contract 27 May 2014 Belgium Bob Peeters 27 May 2014[36]
Leeds United England Brian McDermott Mutual consent 31 May 2014[37] England David Hockaday 19 June 2014[38]
Huddersfield Town England Mark Robins 10 August 2014[39] 24th England Chris Powell 3 September 2014
Leeds United England David Hockaday Sacked 28 August 2014[40] 21st Slovenia Darko Milanič 23 September 2014[41]
Watford Italy Giuseppe Sannino Resigned 1 September 2014[42] 2nd Spain Óscar García 2 September 2014[43]
Cardiff City Norway Ole Gunnar Solskjær 18 September 2014[44] 17th England Russell Slade 6 October 2014[45]
Fulham Germany Felix Magath Sacked 18 September 2014[46] 24th Wales Kit Symons 29 October 2014[47]
Watford Spain Óscar García Resigned due to ill health 29 September 2014[48] 4th Scotland Billy McKinlay 29 September 2014[48]
Bolton Wanderers Scotland Dougie Freedman Mutual consent 3 October 2014[49] 23rd Northern Ireland Neil Lennon 12 October 2014[50]
Watford Scotland Billy McKinlay 7 October 2014 3rd Serbia Slaviša Jokanović 7 October 2014[51]
Birmingham City England Lee Clark Sacked 20 October 2014[52] 21st England Gary Rowett 27 October 2014[53]
Leeds United Slovenia Darko Milanič 26 October 2014[54] 18th England Neil Redfearn 1 November 2014[55]
Blackpool Belgium José Riga 27 October 2014[56] 24th England Lee Clark 30 October 2014[57]
Wigan Athletic Germany Uwe Rösler 13 November 2014[58] 22nd Scotland Malky Mackay 19 November 2014[59]
Reading England Nigel Adkins 15 December 2014[60] 16th Scotland Steve Clarke 16 December 2014[61]
Brighton & Hove Albion Finland Sami Hyypiä Resigned 22 December 2014[62] 22nd Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton 31 December 2014[63]
Norwich City England Neil Adams 5 January 2015[64] 7th Scotland Alex Neil 9 January 2015[65]
Charlton Athletic Belgium Bob Peeters Sacked 11 January 2015[66] 14th Israel Guy Luzon 13 January 2015[67]
Nottingham Forest England Stuart Pearce 1 February 2015[68] 12th Scotland Dougie Freedman 1 February 2015[69]
Millwall England Ian Holloway 10 March 2015[70] 23rd England Neil Harris 29 April 2015[71]
Wigan Athletic Scotland Malky Mackay 6 April 2015[72] 23rd Scotland Gary Caldwell 7 April 2015[73]
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bournemouth (C, P) 46 26 12 8 98 45 +53 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Watford (P) 46 27 8 11 91 50 +41 89
3 Norwich City (O, P) 46 25 11 10 88 48 +40 86 Qualification for Championship play-offs
4 Middlesbrough 46 25 10 11 68 37 +31 85
5 Brentford 46 23 9 14 78 59 +19 78
6 Ipswich Town 46 22 12 12 72 54 +18 78
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 22 12 12 70 56 +14 78
8 Derby County 46 21 14 11 85 56 +29 77
9 Blackburn Rovers 46 17 16 13 66 59 +7 67
10 Birmingham City 46 16 15 15 54 64 −10 63
11 Cardiff City 46 16 14 16 57 61 −4 62
12 Charlton Athletic 46 14 18 14 54 60 −6 60
13 Sheffield Wednesday 46 14 18 14 43 49 −6 60
14 Nottingham Forest 46 15 14 17 71 69 +2 59
15 Leeds United 46 15 11 20 50 61 −11 56
16 Huddersfield Town 46 13 16 17 58 75 −17 55
17 Fulham 46 14 10 22 62 83 −21 52
18 Bolton Wanderers 46 13 12 21 54 67 −13 51
19 Reading 46 13 11 22 48 69 −21 50
20 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 10 17 19 44 54 −10 47
21 Rotherham United 46 11 16 19 46 67 −21 46[a]
22 Millwall (R) 46 9 14 23 42 76 −34 41 Relegation to Football League One
23 Wigan Athletic (R) 46 9 12 25 39 64 −25 39
24 Blackpool (R) 46 4 14 28 36 91 −55 26
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Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: Sky Sports
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Rotherham United were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[74]

Play-offs

See also: 2015 Football League play-offs
Semi–Finals Final
        
3 Norwich City 1 3 4
6 Ipswich 1 1 2
3 Norwich City 2
4 Middlesbrough 0
4 Middlesbrough 2 3 5
5 Brentford 1 0 1

Results

More information Home \ Away, BIR ...
Home \ Away BIR BLB BLP BOL BOU BRE BHA CAR CHA DER FUL HUD IPS LEE MID MIL NWC NOT REA ROT SHW WAT WIG WOL
Birmingham City 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–8 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 6–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–1 2–1
Blackburn Rovers 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–1
Blackpool 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–6 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–1 0–0[a] 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–3 4–4 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–0
Bolton Wanderers 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–4 3–1 2–2
Bournemouth 4–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–2 5–3 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–0 2–1
Brentford 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–2 3–1 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–4 2–0 0–1 2–2 0–3 2–2 3–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–0 4–0
Brighton & Hove Albion 4–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1
Cardiff City 2–0 1–1 3–2 0–3 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 2–4 2–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–4 1–0 0–1
Charlton Athletic 1–1 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Derby County 2–2 2–0 4–0 4–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 5–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–2 5–0
Fulham 1–1 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–5 1–4 0–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 4–3 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 4–0 0–5 2–2 0–1
Huddersfield Town 0–1 2–2 4–2 2–1 0–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–4 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–4
Ipswich Town 4–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–1
Leeds United 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–2
Middlesbrough 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–1
Millwall 1–3 2–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–3 1–3 2–0 1–5 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 3–3
Norwich City 2–2 3–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 3–2 0–1 1–1 4–2 5–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 6–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–1 2–0
Nottingham Forest 1–3 1–3 2–0 4–1 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 5–3 0–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 3–0 1–2
Reading 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–3
Rotherham United 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 3–3 3–3 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–2 1–0
Sheffield Wednesday 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–1
Watford 1–0 1–0 7–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 5–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–1
Wigan Athletic 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 3–3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–3 1–1 4–3 2–0 4–2 1–0 0–3 1–2 5–0 3–0 2–2 2–2
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Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Blackpool/Huddersfield match was abandoned, and was subsequently awarded as a 0-0 draw.[75]

Top scorers

As of 2 May 2015
More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[76]
1 Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town 27
2 England Troy Deeney Watford 21
Scotland Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers
4 Benin Rudy Gestede Blackburn Rovers 20
Nigeria Odion Ighalo Watford
England Callum Wilson Bournemouth
7 England Cameron Jerome Norwich City 18
Scotland Chris Martin Derby County
9 England Patrick Bamford Middlesbrough 17
Scotland Ross McCormack Fulham
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Football League Championship hat-tricks
More information Player, For ...
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Republic of Ireland Joe MasonBolton WanderersRotherham United3–2[77]16 September 2014
Democratic Republic of the Congo Britt AssombalongaNottingham ForestFulham5–3[78]17 September 2014
England Marc PughBournemouthBirmingham City8–0[79]25 October 2014
England Troy DeeneyWatfordFulham5–0[80]5 December 2014
Belgium Jelle VossenMiddlesbroughMillwall5–1[81]6 December 2014
England Demarai GrayBirmingham CityReading6–1[82]13 December 2014
England Clayton DonaldsonBirmingham CityWigan Athletic3–1[83]10 January 2015
Scotland Ross McCormackFulhamNottingham Forest3–2[84]21 January 2015
Nigeria Odion Ighalo4WatfordBlackpool7–2[85]24 January 2015
England Gary HooperNorwich CityBlackpool4–0[86]7 February 2015
Spain Jon ToralBrentfordBlackpool4–0[87]24 February 2015
England Brett PitmanBournemouthBlackpool4–0[88]14 March 2015
Benin Rudy GestedeBlackburn RoversNottingham Forest3–3[89]18 April 2015
England Lee GregoryMillwallDerby County3–3[90]25 April 2015
Scotland Ross McCormackFulhamMiddlesbrough4–3[91]25 April 2015
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4 Player scored 4 goals

Monthly awards

More information Month, Manager of the Month ...
Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month Ref.
Manager Club Player Club
August Wales Kenny Jackett Wolverhampton Wanderers Angola Igor Vetokele Charlton Athletic [92]
September Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy Ipswich Town England Tyrone Mings Ipswich Town [93]
October England Eddie Howe Bournemouth England Callum Wilson Bournemouth [94]
November England Mark Warburton Brentford England Andre Gray Brentford [95]
December England Eddie Howe Bournemouth Republic of Ireland Daryl Murphy Ipswich Town [96]
January Spain Aitor Karanka Middlesbrough England Lee Tomlin Middlesbrough [97]
February Scotland Alex Neil Norwich City England Henri Lansbury Nottingham Forest [98]
March England Eddie Howe Bournemouth England Troy Deeney Watford [99]
April Serbia Slaviša Jokanović Watford England Tom Ince Derby County [100]
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Attendances

Source:[101]

More information No., Club ...
No.ClubAverageChangeHighestLowest
1Derby County29,23217.2%32,70526,373
2Norwich City26,343-1.7%27,00525,595
3Brighton & Hove Albion25,645-6.0%28,89023,044
4Leeds United24,052-4.1%31,85017,634
5Nottingham Forest23,4923.8%30,22719,619
6Wolverhampton Wanderers22,4197.4%28,13217,744
7Sheffield Wednesday21,9933.6%29,84816,881
8Cardiff City21,124-23.0%26,35719,057
9Ipswich Town19,60314.6%26,15715,726
10Middlesbrough19,56224.2%33,38114,970
11Fulham18,276-26.8%23,27114,325
12Reading17,022-11.2%20,04813,775
13Charlton Athletic16,7083.6%25,54513,433
14Watford16,6647.4%20,25013,468
15Birmingham City16,1114.2%23,85113,837
16Bolton Wanderers15,413-4.5%23,20312,790
17Blackburn Rovers14,913-0.3%22,34012,852
18Huddersfield Town13,613-4.2%20,02910,282
19Wigan Athletic12,882-15.1%16,81010,016
20Blackpool10,984-22.7%12,2339,168
21Millwall10,902-1.5%16,2058,250
22Brentford10,82240.3%12,2558,765
23AFC Bournemouth10,2653.1%11,3188,480
24Rotherham United10,24021.2%11,7078,534
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