Hello and welcome to the game, football podcast from The Times and Sunday Times.

This is our EFL extra show every two weeks, taking a closer look at the Championship League 1 and League 2.

And today, we're dissecting a jam-packed Easter bank holiday weekend of football,

two full fixture lists in all three

divisions which will have a big say on the outcome of promotion and relegation. I'm Tom Clark

and joining me as usual is the former defender who made more than 300 appearances for clubs

at all three levels of the football league. Gregor Robertson, hello. Hello Tom, welcome back to.

Thank you very much. Thank you very much. I've missed you all very, very much. So I just thought I'd ease myself back in with a bit of football league chat. There's loads and loads to discuss, of course. Before we get into the kind of ramifications and the permutations of things of what can happen this weekend.

Just as a former pro, I teed it up there, two full fixture lists, two games in four days

for most of the players at this level. As a former pro, it's quite a big ask, isn't it,

really? End of the season, you've got nerves, fatigue, and all of a sudden you get hit

with two massive games. Is this one of these moments where you've told me in fatigue, and all of a sudden you get hit with two massive games.

Are you, is this one of these moments where you've told me in the past? No, this is what it's about, Tom. This is, you relish it. Or will there be some players thinking, God, this is a big ask at this time of year? Well, I think it all depends on what's riding on it as well, because, you know, if you're in a relegation battle you know that these two games could be definitive and if you're

chasing promotion there's riding on it as well because you know if you're in a relegation battle you know that these two games

could be definitive and if you're chasing promotion the same is true so it's like it's a bit like

this Christmas and this point and the Easter weekend are pretty unique because just the game the

you know the how close the games are back to back it can really make or break your season and yeah

there's fatigue and you know injuries and all sorts of things come into play form all that but

it's like we you just know that there's so much on the line so um these are these are the kind

of parts of the season i think that make the football league so Absolutely. And it gives the neutrals absolutely loads of football to watch across a four-day weekend, of course. Let's start at the very top of the championship Coventry. You have to say, as you kind of alluded to in your piece, looking at this bumper weekend of football that you can read on the Times website over the coming

days you've kind of hinted at it there they're nearly there aren't they Coventry they've had a few

little blips along the way and that's probably the best compliment you can pay them that they've

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