{"id":626594,"date":"2026-06-07T22:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626594\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T22:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T22:08:10","slug":"new-to-the-sky-bet-championship-west-ham-burnley-and-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/626594\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Sky Bet Championship: West Ham, Burnley and Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"

City’s return to the Sky Bet Championship brings fixtures against West Ham United, Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers back onto the calendar.<\/p>\n

West Ham United, Burnley and Wolves all dropped out of the top flight last season and will provide fresh tests for Chris Cohen and Tom Shaw\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

West Ham United<\/p>\n

The Hammers battled hard in the second half of the season to retain their Premier League status but their 14-year-stay in the top flight came to an end on the final weekend. A 3-0 win at the London Stadium against Leeds on the final day wasn\u2019t enough for West Ham with relegation rivals Tottenham Hotspur winning against Everton.<\/p>\n

Former Nottingham Forest and Spurs boss Nuno Espirito Santo will lead United into the 2026\/27 season as they look to bounce straight back to the Premier League.<\/p>\n

City’s most recent meeting with West Ham came in the second round of the Carabao Cup in 2023, when the Hammers secured a 1-0 victory despite a battling performance at the LNER Stadium. The 2026\/27 campaign will also bring a first trip to the London Stadium for the Imps, with West Ham’s home ground boasting a capacity of 62,500.<\/p>\n

Burnley<\/p>\n

Burnley return to the Sky Bet Championship after a single season in the Premier League. Scott Parker, who guided Burnley to promotion, departed Turf Moor towards the end of the 2025\/26 with Mike Jackson leading the team in the final four games of the season.<\/p>\n

The Clarets enjoyed an impressive promotion-winning campaign in 2024\/25, collecting 100 points to finish second behind Leeds United on goal difference.<\/p>\n

One of the most memorable matches in City’s recent history came against Burnley in February 2017. Sean Raggett’s dramatic late winner secured a famous 1-0 victory at Turf Moor, making the Imps the first non-league side in more than a century to reach the quarter-finals of the Emirates FA Cup.<\/p>\n

City’s visit to Turf Moor next season will be their first since that memorable FA Cup tie in 2017. The historic Lancashire ground, which has been Burnley’s home since 1883, has a capacity of 21,944.<\/p>\n

Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/p>\n

Wolves\u2019 relegation from the Premier League ended their longest ever run in the competition, having spent eight consecutive seasons in the top flight.<\/p>\n

City have not faced Wolves since 1989, with the two sides set to meet twice in the Sky Bet Championship during the 2026\/27 campaign. Supporters travelling to Molineux will be visiting a stadium with a capacity of 31,750, which hosted UEFA Europa League football as recently as the 2019\/20 season.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on any of the action in City\u2019s Sky Bet Championship campaign – join the Gold Membership waiting list NOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"City’s return to the Sky Bet Championship brings fixtures against West Ham United, Burnley and Wolverhampton Wanderers back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-626594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}