EFL Extra: Championship manager(s)
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🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Tom Clarke and Gregor Robertson with all the latest from the EFL.
It has been a mad fortnight for managers in the Championship with Norwich, Swansea, Southampton and of course Middlesborough just some of those undergoing a change at the top.
Who is in line for the vacancies and how will the teams respond?
League One is proving why it’s arguably the toughest division – with six points separating the top twelve clubs!
At Charlton Nathan Jones is getting impressive results; Gregor has been to meet him.
In League Two it is a quiet but welcome return for Tom Lockyer, the former Luton Town captain who had two cardiac arrests whilst playing for the hatters is now a regular at Bristol Rovers.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the game football podcast from The Time. |
| 0:07.7 | This is our EFL extra show every two weeks with me, Tom Clark and the former Football League |
| 0:12.6 | legend Gregor Robertson looking at the highs and lows, the best and the worst of the championship |
| 0:17.9 | League 1 and League 2. |
| 0:20.7 | Gregor, there might have been no action in the championship on the pitch of the championship, League one and League two. Gregor, there might have been no action |
| 0:22.5 | in the championship on the pitch during the international break that there's been plenty of |
| 0:26.8 | action off it. Managerial changes galore. I think we probably have to start with one that we've |
| 0:33.1 | been, I wouldn't say touting. Touting is the wrong word, but we've been fearful that this might happen for Liam Manning at Norwich. |
| 0:40.7 | Those two deciding to Park Company after the last round of fixtures. |
| 0:45.3 | Norwich still on the search for a new manager. |
| 0:48.3 | As I say, this is one that we have talked about previously on the show. |
| 0:51.8 | Didn't seem to be the right fit. |
| 0:53.3 | They were struggling. |
| 0:59.0 | What do you make of this decision that they took around 10 days ago now yeah this is this is one we've seen coming for quite some time when a manager loses |
| 1:04.0 | all eight of their home fixtures at the start of a season it's you're going to be on rocky ground |
| 1:09.0 | and ultimately I think there's there's quite a lot |
| 1:12.4 | of sympathy for leon manning both within the fan base uh norwich fan base which might sound surprising |
| 1:18.2 | to some people given the results but um i think they feel that the hand he was dealt was was a very |
| 1:24.0 | difficult one and i think from outside Norwich as well, |
| 1:27.8 | because I think everyone knows that Liam Manning is a talented coach. |
| 1:30.8 | And it's just been a kind of union that's not worked out at all. |
| 1:35.0 | And there's been bigger issues at Norwich for a while. |
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