English Championship wahala full the place! As April 6, 2026 come, two very different stories dey run side by side in England’s second tier. First story: Sheffield Wednesday don already be relegated — dem don go League One, and the season no even finish yet. Second story: Leicester City, the former Premier League champion, wey dem win the league in 2016 like fairy tale, dey battle for their Championship survival with just a handful of games left. This na emotional rollercoaster for English football fans!
Sheffield Wednesday — How a Big Club Reach Rock Bottom
Sheffield Wednesday. This na a club wey play in the Premier League not too long ago. A club with proud history, passionate fans, and tradition stretching back generations. But for the 2025-26 Championship season, Wednesday na the worst team in the league by a wide, wide margin. We no dey exaggerate — the numbers are shocking.
Sheffield Wednesday get the worst attack in the entire Championship, with just 24 goals scored all season. That na terrible. On top of that, dem also get the worst defence, having conceded a whopping 81 goals. And they last won a league match back in September 2025 — we dey talk about how many months ago that is! Dem no been able to keep a clean sheet for 15 consecutive matches — 15 matches without keeping the back door shut!
But the most devastating thing of all is that Sheffield Wednesday had 18 points DEDUCTED from them this season because of financial rule violations. Yes — eighteen points taken away before the season properly kick into gear. That na like saying a 100-metre sprinter must start from 20 metres behind everybody else. Impossible to recover. With those deductions, Wednesday currently sit on MINUS SIX points. Yes — negative points. They are mathematically confirmed for relegation to League One, and the season still has games to play.
What can Wednesday do now? Nothing for promotion or survival.
Leicester City — From Premier League to Championship Danger Zone
Now this na the really heartbreaking story. Leicester City — the club wey won the Premier League in 2016 in one of the greatest sporting fairy tales in history — find themselves staring at the possibility of dropping from the Championship to League One. That would mean two consecutive relegations in recent years. From Premier League to Championship, and now possibly from Championship to League One.
The facts are these: Leicester sit on 40 points from 40 matches. They dey in 22nd position — that na the second relegation spot. Dem only one point above Portsmouth, who sit in 21st place, and Portsmouth still get a game in hand. If Portsmouth win that game in hand, the gap between Leicester and safety go open up further.
Leicester’s form been terrible. They win just ONE of their last TEN matches. ONE! That na 1 win, several draws, and many losses across the last ten league games.
What Leicester Need to Do
For Leicester to survive, dem go need to beat teams like Sheffield Wednesday (wey already relegated and may not be fighting hard), while hoping that the teams around them also drop points. The Championship survival race dey tight at the bottom, and several clubs are still involved.
The cruel irony is that Leicester spent last season in the Premier League — one of the richest leagues in the world. The financial gap between Premier League and Championship is enormous. When a club get relegated from the Premier League, dem receive “parachute payments” for a few years, but managing the budget, keeping good players, and adjusting to the lower level is still very difficult. Clearly, Leicester have struggled with that transition.
For their remaining six or so matches, Leicester go need their best players to step up. Their squad still have quality — some players wey still have Premier League pedigree. But form and momentum are everything in football, and right now Leicester have neither.
The Championship Chaos — Multiple Teams Fighting to Not Go Down
Sheffield Wednesday already gone. Leicester in danger. But who else dey fight to avoid the drop? Casa Pia in Portugal already dey at the bottom of their league — but in England Championship, the drama just as intense. Several clubs around positions 21 to 24 are all bunched together within a few points of each other. Every weekend, the table shift as teams around the bottom win, lose, or draw.
This is why the Championship is often called the most competitive league in the world — not because the quality is the highest, but because of the drama, the pressure, and the financial stakes. Relegation from the Championship to League One mean massive loss of income, stadium revenue, and the ability to attract good players. For historic clubs like Leicester, it fit mean setting the whole project back by years.
Can Leicester Escape? Pidgin Prayer Corner
We for ThePidginBlog no be official football predictor, but we go say this: Leicester City can survive IF dem win their games in hand and the teams around them drop points. It is genuinely possible. But dem MUST win against the likes of Sheffield Wednesday — that na minimum requirement.
The Foxes fans must be living on the edge of their seats every weekend. The Premier League dream of 2016 feel very far away right now. But Leicester City don survive hard times before — this na the club wey shock the whole world once. Can them do it again? Not win the title this time — just stay up?
Football dey give and football dey take. Sheffield Wednesday can testify to that. Leicester City must fight with everything dem have to make sure dem no join Wednesday in League One next season.
We go monitor the Championship survival race every week. Leicester City — find your form fast before time run out! Six more games. Make it count!
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