New-look Championship returns with competitive twist but old shadows linger

After the most dramatic play-off campaign of all, the Championship’s play-offs will be bigger than ever this season. The two developments are actually unconnected, but the most lucrative match in global football took a new turn, and England’s second flight gained more attention across the footballing planet, after a scandal that soon acquired its own name: Spygate.As the Championship restarts this weekend, it is with a warning that standing behind a tree and filming a training sessio